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October 19, 1944 Reggae musician Peter Tosh is born Winston Hubert McIntosh in Grange Hill, Jamaica.
October 9, 1944 Nona Hendryx is born in Trenton, New Jersey. After her group Labelle splits up, she embarks on an eclectic musical journey, singing with the experimental-funk group Material and new-wave innovators Talking Heads, as well as establishing a solo career.
September 12, 1944 R&B singer Barry White is born Barry Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas. He is raised in South Central Los Angeles.More
September 4, 1944 Gene Parsons (multi-instrumentalist for The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers) is born in Morongo Valley in California's Mojave Desert.
September 1, 1944 Soul singer Archie Bell is born in Henderson, Texas.
August 8, 1944 Country/Pop singer Michael Johnson is born in Alamosa, Colorado.
July 24, 1944 Guitarist Jim Armstrong, of Them, is born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
July 22, 1944 Supertramp vocalist/keyboard player Rick Davies is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. He's the singer and main writer of their songs "Bloody Well Right" and "Goodbye Stranger."
July 15, 1944 Soul singer-songwriter Millie Jackson is born in Thomson, Georgia.
July 7, 1944 Warren Entner (guitarist for The Grass Roots) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 24, 1944 Rock guitarist Jeff Beck is born in Wallington, England. At 20, he replaces Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds, and later forms the Jeff Beck Group.
June 24, 1944 Chris Wood (flautist/saxophonist/keyboardist for Traffic) is born in Quinton, Birmingham, England.
June 21, 1944 Ray Davies (rhythm guitarist, vocalist for The Kinks) is born in Fortis Green, London, England.
June 17, 1944 Chris Spedding is born Peter Robinson in Staveley, Derbyshire, England. A renowned session guitarist, he's recorded with the likes of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Brian Eno, and Art Garfunkel.
June 7, 1944 Country rocker Clarence White (guitarist for The Byrds) is born Clarence Joseph LeBlanc in Lewiston, Maine.
June 2, 1944 Marvin Hamlisch is born in New York City. The composer will not only win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Chorus Line in 1975, but will snag multiple Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and Academy Awards for his work for stage and screen (The Way We Were, The Sting).
May 30, 1944 Lenny Davidson (guitarist for The Dave Clark Five) is born in Enfield, Middlesex, England.
May 24, 1944 Patti LaBelle is born Patricia Louise Holt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She leads the vocal group Patti LaBelle And The Blue Belles, which evolves into the R&B trio Labelle of "Lady Marmalade" fame. Her solo career takes off in the '80s with hit singles like "New Attitude" and "On My Own."
May 23, 1944 Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood (drummer for Parliament, Funkadelic) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 12, 1944 R&B singer James Purify (of James & Bobby Purify) is born in Pensacola, Florida.
May 9, 1944 Rock guitarist Richie Furay (of Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is born in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
May 9, 1944 Don Dannemann (singer, guitarist for The Cyrkle) is born in Brooklyn, New York City. Dannemann will also become a jingle writer, penning the original 7Up "Uncola" song.
May 3, 1944 Pete Staples (bass guitarist for The Troggs) is born in Andover, Hampshire, England.
May 2, 1944 English drummer Bob Henrit (of The Kinks, Argent) is born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.
April 16, 1944 On shore leave from the Merchant Marines, Woody Guthrie arrives at Folkway Records' studios in New York City, where he starts recording with the label's founder, Moses Asch, in what becomes known as the "Asch recordings." Among the songs recorded during these sessions is "This Land Is Your Land," which becomes an iconic populist protest anthem, covered by countless artists including Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen.More
April 15, 1944 Dave Edmunds is born in Cardiff, Wales. He forms the band Rockpile with Nick Lowe and has a number of hits as a solo artist, including a #1 UK cover of "I Hear You Knocking."
April 13, 1944 Bass guitarist Jack Casady (of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, Hot Tuna) is born John William Casady in Washington, DC.
April 3, 1944 Tony Orlando is born Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. He becomes a teen singing sensation with the 1961 hit "Bless You," but by 1970 is working in music publishing. That year, he is asked to record vocals for a song called "Candida," as the original singer didn't work out. When it becomes a hit, Orlando resumes his singing career as Tony Orlando & Dawn.
March 31, 1944 Guitarist Mick Ralphs of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company is born in Herefordshire, England.
March 17, 1944 Pattie Boyd is born in Taunton, Somerset, England. She would later marry George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and also inspire the song "Layla."
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