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Music History Events: Births

July 6, 1925 Bill Haley is born in Highland Park, Michigan.

June 27, 1925 Doc Pomus, a blues singer and songwriter who would pen several hits of the rock and roll era, is born Jerome Solon Felder in Brooklyn, New York.

June 19, 1925 English entertainer Charlie Drake is born Charles Springall in Elephant and Castle, Southwark, London, England.

June 5, 1925 Singer/actor Bill Hayes is born in Harvey, Illinois. Known for his long-running role as Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives and his chart-topping rendition of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett."

May 20, 1925 Vic Ames, pop singer of the '40s and '50s (The Ames Brothers), is born in Malden, Massachusetts.

May 17, 1925 Bluegrass musician Red Smiley (of Reno and Smiley) is born Arthur Lee Smiley in Asheville, North Carolina.

May 14, 1925 Big Band trumpeter Al Porcino is born in New York City.

April 30, 1925 Country/rockabilly singer Johnny Horton is born in Los Angeles, California.

April 26, 1925 Jazz and pop guitarist Jorgen Ingmann is born in Copenhagen, Denmark.

April 12, 1925 Country singer Ned Miller, known for the 1962 crossover hit "From A Jack To A King," is born in Rains, Utah.

April 12, 1925 R&B singer Prentiss Barnes (of The Moonglows) is born in Magnolia, Mississippi.

March 4, 1925 Paul Mauriat is born in Marseille, France.

January 25, 1925 Jazz pianist Barbara Carroll is born Barbara Carole Coppersmith in Worcester, Massachusetts.

December 10, 1924 Pop singer Ken Albers (The Four Freshmen) is born in Woodbury, New Jersey.

December 7, 1924 Rockabilly singer-songwriter Boyd Bennett is born in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Known for the 1955 hit "Seventeen."

December 7, 1924 Pianist/composer Bent Fabric is born Bent Fabricius-Bjerre in Frederiksberg, Denmark.

November 30, 1924 Allan Sherman is born Allan Copelon in Chicago, Illinois. Aside from being the producer of the popular game show I've Got A Secret, he makes a living as a novelty singer, notably with the 1963 hit "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah."

November 26, 1924 Pop singer Michael Holliday is born Norman Alexander Milne in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Known for '50s and '60s hits like "The Story of My Life" and "Starry Eyed."

November 24, 1924 Eileen Barton is born in Brooklyn, New York, to two vaudeville performers. Known for her 1950 hit "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake."

October 27, 1924 Country/rock 'n roll singer Bonnie Lou is born Mary Jo Kath in Towanda, Illinois. Known for the 1955 hit "Daddy-O."

October 25, 1924 R&B drummer Earl Palmer is born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for working with a score of artists, including Little Richard and Tom Waits (on Blue Valentine).

October 5, 1924 Ed Sullivan Show alum Bill Dana is born William Szathmary in Quincy, Massachusetts.

September 20, 1924 Pop singer Gogi Grant is born Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for her 1956 hit cover of "The Wayward Wind."

September 15, 1924 Cabaret singer/pianist Bobby Short is born in Danville, Illinois.

August 29, 1924 Jazz/R&B vocalist Dinah Washington is born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

August 24, 1924 Louis Teicher (of the piano-playing duo Ferrante & Teicher) is born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

August 20, 1924 Jazz vocalist Joya Sherrill is born in Bayonne, New Jersey. Known for "I'm Beginning to See the Light" with Duke Ellington's orchestra.

August 3, 1924 Gordon Stoker of Elvis Presley's backing group, The Jordanaires, is born in Gleason, Tennessee.

July 22, 1924 Margaret Whiting is born in Detroit, Michigan, but is raised in Los Angeles, California, where her dad, Richard, composes popular tunes such as "Hooray For Hollywood" and "On The Good Ship Lollipop." Modern listeners know her for her holiday duet with Johnny Mercer, "Baby It's Cold Outside."

July 7, 1924 Mary Ford is born Iris Colleen Summers in El Monte, California.