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Music History Events: Births

September 25, 1945 Onnie McIntyre (guitarist for The Average White Band) is born in Lennoxtown, Scotland.

September 23, 1945 Paul Petersen, an actor-turned-singer known for his role as Jeff Stone on the '50s sitcom The Donna Reed Show, is born in Glendale, California.

September 23, 1945 Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly drummer) is born in Washington, D.C.

September 19, 1945 R&B singer Freda Payne is born in Detroit, Michigan.

September 19, 1945 Musician/songwriter David Bromberg is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but would be raised in Tarrytown, New York. Co-wrote "The Holdup" with George Harrison in 1972.

September 15, 1945 Lee Dorman (bass guitarist for Iron Butterfly) is born Douglas Lee Dorman in St. Louis, Missouri.

September 11, 1945 Dennis Tufano (original lead singer for The Buckinghams) is born Dennis Stanley Joseph Tufano in Chicago, Illinois.

September 10, 1945 José Feliciano is born José Montserrate Feliciano García in Lares, Puerto Rico. Known for the Christmas classic "Feliz Navidad."

September 9, 1945 R&B singer Dee Dee Sharp is born Dione LaRue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for early-'60s hits like "Mashed Potato Time" and "Slow Twistin" (the latter with Chubby Checker).

September 8, 1945 Pop singer Cathy Jean Giordano (of Cathy Jean & the Roommates) is born in Brooklyn, New York. Known for the 1961 hit "Please Love Me Forever."

September 8, 1945 Kelly Groucutt (bassist and co-lead vocalist for Electric Light Orchestra) is born Michael William Groucutt in Coseley, Staffordshire, England.

September 5, 1945 Folk rocker Al Stewart is born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is raised in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.

September 3, 1945 George Biondo (bass guitarist for Steppenwolf) is born in Brooklyn, New York.

September 3, 1945 Mike Harrison (lead singer of Spooky Tooth) is born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Known for the 1969 song "Better By You, Better Than Me," later covered by Judas Priest.

August 31, 1945 Violinist Itzhak Perlman is born in Tel Aviv, Israel (then British Mandate of Palestine).

August 31, 1945 Van Morrison is born George Ivan Morrison in Bloomfield, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

August 31, 1945 Bob Welch (guitarist for Fleetwood Mac) is born in Los Angeles, California.

August 29, 1945 Rock musician Chris Copping (of Procol Harum) is born in Middleton, Lancashire, England.

August 27, 1945 Malcolm "Duke" Allured (drummer for Showaddywaddy) is born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

August 24, 1945 Ken Hensley (multi-instrumentalist and songwriter for Uriah Heep) is born in Hertfordshire, England.

August 24, 1945 Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (tenor saxophonist for The Average White Band) is born in Montrose, Scotland.

August 22, 1945 Ron Dante is born Carmine Granito in Staten Island, New York. Heard but rarely seen, Dante is the voice of the studio groups The Archies ("Sugar, Sugar") and The Cuff Links ("Tracy").

August 19, 1945 Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan is born in Chiswick, London, England.

August 18, 1945 R&B singer Barbara Harris (of The Toys) is born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

August 18, 1945 Sarah Dash is born in Trenton, New Jersey. She finds fame as a member of the R&B vocal group Labelle before going solo with the disco hit "Sinner Man" (1978). She also becomes a sought-after session performer, most notably with The Rolling Stones and Keith Richards.

August 16, 1945 Gary Loizzo (frontman for The American Breed) is born in Chicago, Illinois.

August 7, 1945 Bassist/songwriter Kerry Chater (of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap) is born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

July 30, 1945 Saxophonist David Sanborn, who would play as a session musician on David Bowie's Young Americans, is born in Tampa, Florida.

July 28, 1945 Rick Wright (of Pink Floyd) is born in Hatch End, Middlesex, England.

July 21, 1945 Mike Wilsh (bassist, keyboardists for The Four Pennies) is born Michael Wilshaw in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.