Music History Events: Births
July 25, 1943 Drummer Jim McCarty (of The Yardbirds and Renaissance) is born in Walton, Liverpool, England.
July 23, 1943 Singer-songwriter Tony Joe White is born in Oak Grove, Louisiana. He has a hit in 1969 with "Polk Salad Annie" and pens "Rainy Night In Georgia," made famous by Brook Benton in 1970.
July 22, 1943 Bobby Sherman is born in Santa Monica, California. He becomes a teen idol in the late '60s with a string of pop hits, including the million-selling "Little Woman."
July 20, 1943 John Lodge (bass guitarist for The Moody Blues) in Erdington, Birmingham, England.
July 18, 1943 Robin McDonald (rhythm guitarist, bassist for Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas) is born in Nairn, Scotland.
July 12, 1943 Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is born Christine Anne Perfect in Bouth, Lancashire, England.
July 10, 1943 Jerry Miller (songwriter, guitarist for Moby Grape) is born in Tacoma, Washington.
July 6, 1943 Soul singer Jan Bradley, who becomes popular by covering Curtis Mayfield tunes before writing her own songs, is born Addie Bradley in Byhalia, Mississippi.
July 5, 1943 Robbie Robertson (lead guitarist for The Band) is born Jaime Royal Robertson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
July 4, 1943 Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (guitarist, harmonica player for Canned Heat) is born in Arlington, Massachusetts.
July 3, 1943 Judith Durham (lead singer of The Seekers) is born Judith Mavis Cock in Essendon, Victoria, Australia.
June 30, 1943 Florence Ballard (of The Supremes) is born in Detroit, Michigan.
June 29, 1943 Pop singer Little Eva is born Eva Narcissus Boyd in Belhaven, North Carolina.
June 29, 1943 Roger Spear (multi-instrumentalist of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) is born in Hammersmith, London, England.
June 26, 1943 R&B/jazz musician Georgie Fame is born Clive Powell in Leigh, Lancashire, England.
June 17, 1943 Barry Manilow is born Barry Alan Pincus in Brooklyn, New York. Despite never wanting to be an entertainer, he becomes one of the best-selling artists in the world as a famous soft-rock balladeer.More
June 6, 1943 Country singer Joe Stampley, known for the '70s chart-toppers "Roll On Big Mama" and "All These Things," is born in Springhill, Webster Parish, Louisiana.
May 28, 1943 Tony Mansfield (drummer for Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas) is born Anthony Bookbinder in Salford, Lancashire, England.
May 27, 1943 Cilla Black is born Priscilla Maria Veronica White in Vauxhall, Liverpool, England.
May 25, 1943 Country singer Jessi Colter is born Miriam Johnson in Phoenix, Arizona. Known for her collaborations with husband Waylon Jennings.
May 21, 1943 Hilton Valentine (original guitarist for The Animals) is born in North Shields, Northumberland, England.
May 21, 1943 Vincent Crane is born in Reading, England. As a member of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, he co-writes "Fire," and later joins Atomic Rooster.
May 14, 1943 Jack Bruce (bassist, singer for Cream, Manfred Mann, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers) is born in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
May 14, 1943 Derek Leckenby (lead guitarist for Herman's Hermits) is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
May 13, 1943 Motown singer Mary Wells is born in Detroit, Michigan.
May 11, 1943 Arnie Silver, aka Arnie Satin (of the '60s vocal group The Dovells), is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 11, 1943 Les Chadwick (bassist for Gerry and the Pacemakers) is born in Liverpool, England.
May 9, 1943 Rocker Bruce Milner (pianist for Every Mother's Son) is born.
May 8, 1943 Danny Whitten, guitarist in Neil Young's band Crazy Horse, is born in Columbus, Georgia. The song "The Needle And The Damage Done" is about Whitten, who dies of a drug overdose at 29.
May 8, 1943 Paul Samwell-Smith (bassist for The Yardbirds) is born in Richmond, Surrey, England.
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