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Music History Events: Births

April 28, 1945 John Wolters (drummer for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show) is born in New Jersey.

April 25, 1945 Bjorn Ulvaeus (of ABBA) is born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

April 25, 1945 Stu Cook (bass guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born in Oakland, California.

April 24, 1945 Robert Knight ("Everlasting Love") is born in Franklin, Tennessee.

April 24, 1945 Doug Clifford (drummer for Creedence Clearwater Revival) is born in Palo Alto, California.

April 20, 1945 Keyboardist Jimmy Winston (The Moments, The Small Faces) is born in Stratford, London, England.

April 14, 1945 Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) is born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.

April 13, 1945 Lowell George of Little Feat is born in Hollywood, California.

April 9, 1945 Rock 'n roll singer Emil Stucchio (of The Classics) is born in New York.

April 1, 1945 Rock drummer John Barbata (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) is born in Passaic, New Jersey.

March 29, 1945 John "Speedy" Keen (of Thunderclap Newman) is born in Ealing, London, England.

March 28, 1945 Chuck Portz (bassist for The Turtles) is born in Santa Monica, California.

March 28, 1945 Sally Carr (of Middle of the Road) is born in Muirhead, Scotland.

March 21, 1945 Rose Stone (singer, keyboardist for Sly & the Family Stone) is born Rosemary Stewart in Dallas, Texas.

March 14, 1945 Walter Parazaider (of Chicago) is born in Maywood, Illinois.

March 14, 1945 Country singer/songwriter Michael Martin Murphey is born in Dallas, Texas.

March 10, 1945 English pop singer Pete Nelson (of The Flower Pot Men) is born in Uxbridge, London.

March 9, 1945 Guitarist Robin Trower is born in London.

March 8, 1945 Micky Dolenz (drummer, vocalist for The Monkees) is born George Michael Dolenz, Jr. in Los Angeles, California.

March 7, 1945 Arthur Lee (frontman for the rock band Love) is born in Memphis, Tennessee.

March 6, 1945 Hugh Grundy (drummer for The Zombies) is born in Winchester, England.

February 26, 1945 Rocker Mitch Ryder is born William S. Levise Jr in Hamtramck, Michigan.

February 22, 1945 Sixties pop singer Oliver is born William Oliver Swofford in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

February 15, 1945 John Helliwell (saxophonist for Supertramp) is born in Todmorden, Yorkshire, England.

February 13, 1945 Soul singer King Floyd, known for the 1970 hit "Groove Me," is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 13, 1945 Roy Dyke (drummer for Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) is born in Liverpool, England.

February 3, 1945 Johnny Cymbal is born John Hendry Blair in Ochiltree, Ayrshire, Scotland.

January 26, 1945 Ashley Hutchings (bass guitarist for Fairport Convention) is born in Southgate, England.

January 21, 1945 Peter Kircher (drummer for Status Quo) is born in Folkestone, Kent, England.

January 20, 1945 Eric Stewart (guitarist for The Mindbenders, 10cc) is born in Droylsden, Lancashire, England.