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November 17, 1942 Bob Gaudio (of The Four Seasons) is born in the Bronx, New York, but would be raised in Bergenfield, New Jersey. His first taste of fame came at age 15 from co-writing the Royal Teens' hit "Short Shorts."
October 27, 1942 Country singer Lee Greenwood is born Melvin Lee Greenwood in Los Angeles, California, but grows up on a poultry farm in Sacramento.
October 22, 1942 Rock singer Bobby Fuller, known for his hit "I Fought The Law" with his group The Bobby Fuller Four, is born in Baytown, Texas, but raised in Salt Lake City, Utah.
October 21, 1942 Rock and blues guitarist Elvin Bishop is born in Glendale, California, but grows up on a farm in Elliott, Iowa.
October 15, 1942 Pop singer Chris Andrews is born in Romford, Essex, England. Aside from his own 1965 hit, "Yesterday Man," he penned a string of hits for Adam Faith ("The First Time," "We Are In Love") and Sandie Shaw (including "Girl Don't Come").
October 14, 1942 Billy Harrison (guitarist/vocalist for Them) is born in Belfast, Ireland.
October 5, 1942 R&B/soul singer Richard Street (of The Temptations) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
September 16, 1942 Bernie Calvert, bass guitarist and keyboardist for The Hollies from 1966 to 1981, is born in Brierfield, Lancashire, England.
September 8, 1942 Brian Cole (bass guitarist for The Association) is born in Tacoma, Washington.
August 29, 1942 Sterling Morrison (guitarist for The Velvet Underground) is born Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. in East Meadow, New York.
August 26, 1942 Drummer Chris Curtis (of The Searchers) is born Christopher Crummey in Oldham, Lancashire, England. After a move to Liverpool at age 4, he meets bandmate Mike Pender in primary school.
August 23, 1942 Songwriter/producer Roger Greenaway is born in Fishponds, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Known for collaborations with Roger Cook, including "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)," which started out as a Coca-Cola jingle.
August 11, 1942 Guy Villari (of The Regents - the original "Barbara Ann" singers) is born in The Bronx, New York.
August 7, 1942 B.J. Thomas is born in Hugo, Oklahoma. He lands #1 hits in America with "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song."
August 5, 1942 Rick Huxley (bassist for The Dave Clark Five) is born in Dartford, Kent, England.
August 4, 1942 The movie Holiday Inn premieres in New York, introducing Bing Crosby's holiday classic "White Christmas."
July 23, 1942 Soul singer Madeline Bell (of Blue Mink) is born in Newark, New Jersey. She lands her first big hit in 1968 with a cover of Dee Dee Warwick's "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me."
July 21, 1942 Kim Fowley is born in Los Angeles, California. The flamboyant writer and record producer puts together the all-female rock band The Runaways in 1975 and later goes on to write for Kiss and Alice Cooper.
July 13, 1942 Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is born in Chicago, Illinois. With his trusty Rickenbacker 12-string guitar, he creates the signature jangle heard on hits like "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and "Eight Miles High."
June 29, 1942 Brazilian musician and songwriter Gilberto Gil is born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
June 24, 1942 Arthur Brown is born Arthur Wilton in Yorkshire, England. Making a name for himself in the world of performance art, he has a huge hit with "Fire."More
June 20, 1942 Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is born in Inglewood, California. The main songwriter in the group, his early songs focus on surfing and fun, but in the mid-'60s he makes complex, groundbreaking music exemplified by "Good Vibrations," which he recorded using dozens of musicians over 17 sessions.
June 5, 1942 The musical film Yankee Doodle Dandy is released. Starring James Cagney, the film features the song "The Yankee Doodle Boy," based upon "Yankee Doodle," a long-time standard American anthem.
June 3, 1942 Curtis Mayfield is born in Chicago, Illinois. With his group The Impressions, he writes, produces and sings on '60s classics like "People Get Ready" and "Keep On Pushing." He makes his mark in the '70s as a solo artist with songs like "Superfly" and "Move On Up."
May 24, 1942 Derek Quinn (guitarist, harmonica player for Freddie & the Dreamers) is born in Manchester, England.
May 17, 1942 Blues musician Taj Mahal is born Henry Saint Clair Fredericks in Harlem, New York.
May 14, 1942 Film composer Frank Churchill - who wrote several classic Disney numbers including "Heigh-Ho" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 40.
May 12, 1942 Country singer Billy Swan is born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
May 12, 1942 Ian Dury (Kilburn and the High-Roads, Ian Dury & the Blockheads) is born in England.
May 5, 1942 Tammy Wynette is born Virginia Wynette Pugh on a cotton farm in Mississippi. Her signature song comes in 1968 with "Stand By Your Man," which she says she spent 15 minutes writing and a lifetime defending.
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