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Music History Events: Births

April 18, 1946 Lennie Baker (saxophonist for Sha Na Na) is born in Whitman, Massachusetts.

April 18, 1946 Actress and singer Hayley Mills is born in London, England, to English actors John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell. She joins older sister Juliet Mills.

April 18, 1946 Skip Spence (of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Jefferson Airplane) is born Alexander Lee Spence in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

April 13, 1946 Soul singer Al Green is born in Forrest City, Arkansas. He is born "Al Greene," but drops the trailing "e" in 1968.

April 13, 1946 Rock guitarist Roy Loney (of Flamin' Groovies) is born in San Francisco, California.

April 11, 1946 Bob Harris, radio presenter and host of BBC2's music show The Old Grey Whistle Test, is born in Northampton, England.

April 2, 1946 Kurt Winter (guitarist for The Guess Who) is born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

April 1, 1946 Bass guitarist Ronnie Lane (Small Faces and Faces) is born in Plaistow, London, England.

March 31, 1946 Al Nichol (guitarist for The Turtles) is born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

March 27, 1946 Andy Bown (keyboardist, rhythm guitarist for Status Quo) is born in Beckenham, London, England.

March 26, 1946 Johnny Crawford is born in Los Angeles, California. As a child star, he is one of the original Mouseketeers on The Mickey Mouse Club and plays in the popular Western TV show The Rifleman before releasing a string of singles in the '60s.

March 26, 1946 Fran Sheehan (bassist for Boston) is born in Swampscott, Massachusetts.

March 24, 1946 Colin Petersen (drummer for The Bee Gees) is born in Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia.

March 22, 1946 Harry Vanda (lead guitarist for The Easybeats) is born Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg in Voorburg, Netherlands.

March 21, 1946 Ray Dorset (frontman for Mungo Jerry) is born in Ashford, Middlesex, England.

March 19, 1946 Ruth Pointer (of The Pointer Sisters) is born in Oakland, California. She is the eldest member of the singing sisters.

March 19, 1946 Paul Atkinson (guitarist for The Zombies) is born in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England.

March 17, 1946 Harold Ray Brown (percussionist, vocalist for War) is born in Long Beach, California.

March 15, 1946 Howard Scott (guitarist for War) is born in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, but grows up in Compton.

March 12, 1946 Liza Minnelli is born in Hollywood, California, to Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli.

March 8, 1946 Randy Meisner (bassist for Poco, Eagles) is born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

March 7, 1946 Matthew Fisher (organist for Procol Harum) is born in Croydon, England.

March 7, 1946 Peter Wolf (lead vocalist for The J. Geils Band) is born Peter Walter Blankfield in the Bronx, New York.

March 6, 1946 Pink Floyd singer/guitarist David Gilmour is born in Cambridge, England. He joins the group in 1967 as founding member Syd Barrett goes into decline. When Roger Waters leaves the band in 1985, Gilmour becomes their leader.

March 5, 1946 English performer Murray Head is born in London.

March 1, 1946 Tony Ashton of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke is born in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.

February 23, 1946 Poco steel guitar player Rusty Young is born in Long Beach, California.

February 20, 1946 John Geils (founder of The J. Geils Band) is born in New York City, but grows up in Far Hills, New Jersey.

February 17, 1946 Dodie Stevens is born Geraldine Ann Pasquale in Chicago, Illinois. By the time she's 13, she has her first hit with "Pink Shoe Laces."

February 12, 1946 Joe Schermie (bass player for Three Dog Night) is born Joseph Edward Schermetzler is born in Madison, Wisconsin.