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October 16, 1947 Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist and co-founder Bob Weir is born in San Francisco, California. The youngest member of the band (just 17 when they form), he anchors them musically and often contributes to vocals and songwriting, including on "One More Saturday Night" and "Truckin'."
October 4, 1947 Jim Fielder (bassist for Buffalo Springfield, Mothers of Invention, Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in Denton, Texas.
October 1, 1947 Martin Turner (bassist/lead vocalist for Wishbone Ash) is born in Torquay, Devon, England.
September 26, 1947 Country singer Lynn Anderson is born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but would be raised in Fair Oaks, California. Known for the 1970 hit "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden."
September 23, 1947 Neal Smith (Alice Cooper drummer, co-writer of "I'm Eighteen") is born in Akron, Ohio.
September 23, 1947 Don Grolnick is born in Brooklyn, New York, and grows up in nearby Levittown. The pop pianist/composer goes on to work with Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Steely Dan, and Carly Simon, among others.
September 18, 1947 The first-ever country music presentation is held at Carnegie Hall, featuring Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff.
September 9, 1947 Freddy Weller (guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders) is born Wilton Frederick Weller in Atlanta, Georgia. Co-wrote Tommy Roe's 1970 hit, "Jam Up and Jelly Tight."
September 3, 1947 Eric Bell (original guitarist for Thin Lizzy) is born in East Belfast, Northern Ireland.
August 21, 1947 Carl Giammarese (lead vocalist/guitarist for The Buckinghams) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
August 17, 1947 Rock/soul musician Gary Talley (of The Box Tops and Big Star) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.
August 10, 1947 Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson is born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Safe to say he's the biggest rock star whose primary instrument is flute, as heard on classics like "Aqualung" and "Bungle In The Jungle."
August 9, 1947 R&B/Soul singer Barbara Mason is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
August 5, 1947 Guitarist/vocalist Rick Derringer (of the Edgar Winter Group and The McCoys) is born in Fort Recovery, Ohio.
August 5, 1947 Greg Leskiw (guitarist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
July 29, 1947 Carlo Paul Santanna (lead singer of Paper Lace) is born in the UK to an Italian mother and Polish father.
July 24, 1947 Drummer Alan Whitehead, of Marmalade, is born in Oswestry, Shropshire, England.
July 19, 1947 Bernie Leadon (guitarist, vocalist for Eagles) is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
July 15, 1947 Guitarist Peter Banks, a founding member of Yes who is with the band until 1970, is born Peter William Brockbanks in Chipping Barnet, North London, England.
July 8, 1947 New Mexico's Roswell Daily Record reports an alien aircraft has crashed near a local ranch with the headline "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer In Roswell Region." In the coming decades, extraterrestrials and flying saucers invade several songs, including David Bowie's "Starman," Megadeth's "Hangar 18," and Radiohead's "Subterranean Homesick Alien."More
June 17, 1947 Keyboard player Gregg Rolie, a founding member of both Santana and Journey, is born in Seattle, Washington. He handles a lot of the vocals for Santana and is also Journey's lead singer for their first three albums until Steve Perry joins for their fourth.
June 17, 1947 Paul Young, singer with Sad Café and Mike + the Mechanics, is born in Manchester, England. Not to be confused with the Paul Young who sang "Everytime You Go Away."
June 14, 1947 Barry Melton (original lead guitarist for Country Joe & The Fish, Dinosaurs) is born in Brooklyn, New York.
June 11, 1947 Richard Palmer-James (vocalist, guitarist for Supertramp, songwriter for King Crimson) is born in Bournemouth, England.
June 9, 1947 Mick Box (lead guitarist for Uriah Heep) is born in Walthamstow, East London, England.
June 1, 1947 Guitarist Ron Wood is born in London. He goes on to join The Faces and The Rolling Stones.
May 31, 1947 Junior Campbell (of Marmalade) is born William Campbell Jr. in Glasgow, Scotland.
May 29, 1947 Pop musician Joey Levine (of Ohio Express, Third Rail, and Reunion) is born in New York City.
May 23, 1947 Bill Hunt (keyboardist and horn player for Electric Light Orchestra) is born in Birmingham, England.
May 21, 1947 Bill Champlin (keyboardist, guitarist for Chicago) is born in Oakland, California.
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