Music History Events: Births
August 27, 1937 Pop singer Tommy Sands is born in Chicago, Illinois. Known for the 1956 hit "Teen Age Crush."
August 27, 1937 Phil Shulman (of Gentle Giant) is born in The Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland.
August 2, 1937 Garth Hudson (of The Band) is born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
July 28, 1937 Pianist/bandleader Peter Duchin is born in New York City.
July 22, 1937 R&B singer Chuck Jackson is born in Latta, South Carolina, but is raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
July 21, 1937 Plas Johnson, the sax soloist on Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther Theme," is born in Donaldson, Louisiana.
July 19, 1937 Country singer George Hamilton IV, known for the 1963 chart-topper "Abilene," is born in North Carolina.
July 12, 1937 Bill Cosby is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He makes the Music History Calendar for his 1967 hit "Little Ole Man."
July 10, 1937 Rockabilly singer Jumpin' Gene Simmons is born in Mississippi. He begins his music career at Sun Records as an opening act for Elvis Presley.
July 10, 1937 Singer and TV personality Sandy Stewart, known for the 1963 hit "My Coloring Book," is born Sandra Galitz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July 6, 1937 Gene Chandler is born Eugene Dixon in Chicago, Illinois.
June 25, 1937 Eddie Floyd is born in Montgomery, Alabama, and will grow up in Detroit, Michigan. Known for writing and performing the 1966 hit "Knock On Wood."
June 23, 1937 Niki Sullivan (original guitarist for Buddy Holly's Crickets) is born in South Gate, California.
June 20, 1937 Jerry Keller, known for the 1957 pop hit "Here Comes Summer," is born in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
June 15, 1937 Waylon Jennings is born in Littlefield, Texas.
June 5, 1937 R&B singer Floyd Butler (of The Friends Of Distinction) is born in California.
June 4, 1937 Freddy Fender is born Baldemar Huerta in San Benito, Texas. He'll have a #1 hit in 1974 with "Before The Next Teardrop Falls."
June 2, 1937 Jimmy Jones, known for the 1960 rock and roll hit "Handy Man," is born in Birmingham, Alabama.
May 15, 1937 Pop singer and guitarist Trini Lopez, known for the '60s hits "If I Had A Hammer" and "Lemon Tree," is born in Dallas, Texas.
May 9, 1937 R&B singer Dave Prater (of Sam & Dave) in Ocilla, Georgia.
May 9, 1937 Rock and roll singer-songwriter Sonny Curtis (of Buddy Holly's The Crickets) is born in Meadow, Texas.
May 4, 1937 Surf rocker Dick Burns (of The Hondells) is born in Buffalo, New York.
April 22, 1937 Jack Nitzsche, musician, songwriter, and film composer who worked alongside Phil Spector throughout the '50s and later co-wrote the Academy Award-Winning "Up Where We Belong" for An Officer and a Gentleman, is born Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche in Chicago, Illinois.
April 15, 1937 Country singer-songwriter Bob Luman ("Let's Think About Living") is born in Blackjack, Texas.
April 7, 1937 R&B vocalist Charlie Thomas (of The Drifters) is born in Lynchburg, Virginia.
April 6, 1937 Country musician Merle Haggard is born in Oildale, California. For the first years of his life, he lives in an abandoned boxcar that his father converted into a home.
March 24, 1937 Soul musician Billy Stewart is born in Washington, D.C.
March 22, 1937 Country/pop singer Johnny Ferguson is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
March 20, 1937 Country performer Jerry Reed is born Jerry Reed Hubbard in Atlanta, Georgia.
March 20, 1937 R&B singer Joe Rivers (of Johnnie & Joe) is born in Charleston, South Carolina.
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