Music History Events: Births
May 6, 1942 Colin Earl (pianist for Foghat, Mungo Jerry) is born Hampton Court, London, England.
April 29, 1942 Klaus Voorman (bassist for Manfred Mann), who designs The Beatles album cover for Revolver, is born in Hamburg, Germany.
April 26, 1942 '60s teen idol Bobby Rydell is born Robert Louis Ridarelli in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
April 19, 1942 Rock guitarist Larry Ramos (of The Association) is born Hilario Ramos in Waimea, Hawaii.
April 19, 1942 Alan Price (original keyboardist for The Animals) is born in Fatfield, England.
April 13, 1942 Academy Award-winning film composer Bill Conti (Rocky, The Right Stuff) is born in Providence, Rhode Island.
April 8, 1942 Rock singer Roger "Chappo" Chapman (of Family) is born in Leicester, England.
April 5, 1942 Allan Clarke (original lead singer of The Hollies) is born Harold Allan Clarke in Salford, Lancashire, England.
April 4, 1942 Kris Jensen, known for the 1962 hit "Torture," is born Peter Jensen in New Haven, Connecticut.
April 3, 1942 "Down In The Boondocks" singer Billy Joe Royal is born in Valdosta, Georgia.
April 3, 1942 Wayne Newton is born Carson Wayne Newton in Norfolk, Virginia.
April 2, 1942 Leon Russell is born Claude Russell Bridges in Lawton, Oklahoma.
April 1, 1942 Pop guitarist Alan Blakley (The Tremeloes) is born in Bromley, Kent, England.
April 1, 1942 Phil Margo is born in Brooklyn, New York. He and brother Mitch will form The Tokens and release the #1 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight."
March 20, 1942 Rockabilly singer Robin Luke is born in Los Angeles, California.
March 16, 1942 Country singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker, who writes the oft-recorded "Mr. Bojangles" in 1968, is born Ronald Clyde Crosby in Oneonta, New York.
March 9, 1942 Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & the Raiders is born in Eugene, Oregon.
March 9, 1942 Experimental musician John Cale (of Velvet Underground) is born in Wales.
March 9, 1942 Gary Walker, drummer of The Walker Brothers, is born Gary Leeds in Glendale, California.
March 8, 1942 Ralph Ellis (guitarist for The Swinging Blue Jeans) is born in Liverpool, England.
March 7, 1942 Disco drummer Bohannon is born in Newnan, Georgia.
February 28, 1942 Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones is born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He is the group's leader early on, but dies in 1969 at age 27.
February 25, 1942 Roy Michaels, bass player of Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys, is born.
February 24, 1942 Paul Jones (original lead vocalist for Manfred Mann) is born Paul Pond in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.
February 13, 1942 Peter Tork (of The Monkees) is born Peter Halsten Thorkelson in Washington, D.C.
February 11, 1942 R&B singer Otis Clay is born in Waxhaw, Mississippi.
February 11, 1942 Soul singer Leon Haywood is born in Houston, Texas.
February 9, 1942 Mark Mathis (of The Newbeats) is born in Hahira, Georgia.
February 2, 1942 Graham Nash is born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. After founding The Hollies in 1962, he leaves in 1968 to make more newsworthy music, which he does with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
January 30, 1942 Marty Balin (vocalist for Jefferson Airplane/Starship) is born Martyn Jerel Buchwald in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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