Music History Events: Births
July 18, 1941 Country rocker Lonnie Mack is born Lonnie McIntosh in West Harrison, Indiana.
July 18, 1941 Producer Frank Farian is born in Kirn, Germany. In the '70s he masterminds the dance act Boney M., with his vocals mimed by lead lip-syncher Bobby Farrell. He follows a similar formula in the '80s with Milli Vanilli, who get embroiled in scandal when it's revealed they didn't sing on their albums.
July 16, 1941 Desmond Dekker (leader of The Aces) is born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica.
July 10, 1941 Ian Whitcomb, known for the 1965 hit "You Turn Me On," is born in Woking, Surrey, England.
July 9, 1941 Don McPherson (of The Main Ingredient) is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
July 7, 1941 Jim Rodford (bass guitarist for Argent, The Kinks) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
July 5, 1941 Terry Cashman (of Cashman & West, The Buchanan Brothers) is born Dennis Minogue in New York.
June 23, 1941 Lyricist Robert Hunter, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead, is born Robert Burns in Oceano, California.
June 16, 1941 Lamont Dozier, member of the famed Motown songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, is born in Detroit, Michigan.
June 15, 1941 Nilsson is born Harry Edward Nilsson III in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York.
June 12, 1941 Jazz keyboardist Chick Corea is born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
June 12, 1941 Folk rocker Roy Harper is born in Rusholme, Manchester, England.
June 12, 1941 Reg Presley (lead singer for The Troggs) is born Reginald Maurice Ball in Andover, Hampshire, England.
June 10, 1941 Shirley Owens Alston of The Shirelles is born in Henderson, North Carolina.
June 10, 1941 Janet Vogel (soprano singer of The Skyliners) is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
June 9, 1941 Jon Lord, keyboard player for Deep Purple and Whitesnake, is born in Leicester, England.
June 4, 1941 Linda Martell, the first Black woman to land songs on the Country chart and the first to play the Grand Ole Opry, is born Thelma Bynem in Leesville, South Carolina. She releases just one album but influences singers like Beyoncé, who includes Martell on her 2024 album Cowboy Carter.
June 2, 1941 The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born Charles Robert Watts in London.
June 2, 1941 R&B singer William Guest (of Gladys Knight & The Pips) is born in Atlanta, Georgia.
May 29, 1941 Roy Crewdson (guitarist for Freddie & the Dreamers) is born in England.
May 26, 1941 Art Sharp (former lead vocalist, guitarist for Nashville Teens) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.
May 23, 1941 "General" Norman Johnson (frontman for Chairmen of the Board) is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
May 21, 1941 Ronald Isley (of The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
May 17, 1941 Malcolm Hale (lead guitarist for Spanky & Our Gang) is born in Butte, Montana.
May 13, 1941 Rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California.
May 13, 1941 Rock and roll singer and guitarist Joe Brown is born in Swarby, Lincolnshire, England.
May 11, 1941 Eric Burdon (lead singer of The Animals) is born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
May 9, 1941 Peter Birrell (bass guitarist for Freddie & the Dreamers) is born in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
May 9, 1941 Doo-wop singer Danny Rapp (of Danny & the Juniors) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
May 8, 1941 Soul singer John Fred (of John Fred & His Playboy Band) is born John Fred Gourrier in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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