Music History Events: Births
December 12, 1943 Jazz/funk saxophonist Grover Washington Jr. is born in Buffalo, New York.
December 8, 1943 Jim Morrison is born James Douglas Morrison in Melbourne, Florida. He becomes lead singer of The Doors.
December 8, 1943 Graham Knight (original bass player for Marmalade) is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
December 6, 1943 Mike Smith (lead vocalist, keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five) is born in Edmonton, North London, England.
November 30, 1943 Leo Lyons (bassist for Ten Years After) is born David William Lyons in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.
November 30, 1943 Grass Roots frontman Rob Grill is born in Los Angeles, California.
November 28, 1943 "Take a Letter Maria" singer R.B. Greaves is born Ronald Bertram Aloysius Greaves III in Georgetown, Guyana.
November 24, 1943 Pianist Richard Tee is born in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to being a studio and session musician, Tee forms the band Stuff with drummer Steve Gadd.
November 24, 1943 Robin Williamson (of The Incredible String Band) is born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
November 19, 1943 Fred Lipsius (original saxophonist for Blood, Sweat & Tears) is born in The Bronx, New York.
November 12, 1943 Pop singer Brian Hyland is born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.
November 12, 1943 Errol Brown (frontman for Hot Chocolate) is born Lester Errol Brown is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
November 11, 1943 Mac Kissoon (of Mac and Katie Kissoon) is born Gerald Farthing in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.
November 9, 1943 Dennis Provisor (keyboardist for The Grass Roots) is born in Los Angeles, California.
November 9, 1943 Lee Graziano (drummer, trumpet player for The American Breed) is born in Chicago, Illinois.
November 7, 1943 Joni Mitchell is born Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.
November 6, 1943 Pop singer Mike Clifford, known for the 1962 hit "Close To Cathy," is born in Los Angeles, California.
November 5, 1943 Pablo Gomez (drummer for Los Bravos) is born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
November 3, 1943 Folk musician Bert Jansch, founder of Pentangle, is born in Glasgow, Scotland.
October 25, 1943 Pop singer and Mouseketeer Dick Dodd (of The Standells) is born Joseph Richard Dodd Jr. in Hermosa Beach, California.
October 25, 1943 Roy Lynes (keyboardist for Status Quo) is born in Redhill, Surrey, England.
October 23, 1943 Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie-Cups is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
October 21, 1943 Ron Elliott (lead guitarist for The Beau Brummels) is born in Healdsburg, California.
October 18, 1943 Russ Giguere (vocalist/percussionist/guitarist for The Association) is born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but would be raised in San Diego, California.
October 16, 1943 C.F. "Fred" Turner (bassist/vocalist for Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is born Charles Frederick Turner in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
October 11, 1943 Country singer Gene Watson is born in Palestine, Texas.
October 10, 1943 Denis D'Ell (lead singer/harmonica player for The Honeycombs) is born Denis James Dalziel in Whitechapel, East London.
October 5, 1943 Steve Miller is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is raised in Texas.
October 1, 1943 Jerry Martini, sax player for Sly and the Family Stone, is born in Denver, Colorado.
September 30, 1943 R&B singer Marilyn McCoo (of The 5th Dimension) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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