Music History Events: Births
August 24, 1944 Folk rocker Jim Brady (of The Sandpipers) is born in Los Angeles, California.
August 20, 1944 Blues drummer "Uncle John" Turner (of Johnny Winter's backing band) is born in Beaumont, Texas.
August 20, 1944 Jon Povey (keyboardist for The Pretty Things) is born in London, England.
August 17, 1944 Folk rocker John Seiter (of Spanky and Our Gang) is born in St. Louis, Missouri.
August 16, 1944 Kevin Ayers (frontman for Soft Machine) is born in Herne Bay, Kent, England.
August 9, 1944 Vivian "Viv" Prince (drummer for The Pretty Things) is born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England.
August 8, 1944 Country/Pop singer Michael Johnson is born in Alamosa, Colorado.
August 2, 1944 Jim Capaldi (drummer for Traffic) is born Nicola James Capaldi in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
July 27, 1944 "Ode To Billie Joe" singer Bobbie Gentry is born Roberta Lee Streeter in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
July 25, 1944 Tom Dawes, lead vocalist of The Cyrkle, is born in Albany, New York.
July 24, 1944 Guitarist Jim Armstrong, of Them, is born in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
July 23, 1944 Dino Danelli (drummer for The Young Rascals) is born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
July 22, 1944 Supertramp vocalist/keyboard player Rick Davies is born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. He's the singer and main writer of their songs "Bloody Well Right" and "Goodbye Stranger."
July 20, 1944 T.G. Sheppard is born William Neal Browder in Humboldt, Tennessee.
July 19, 1944 Commander Cody (of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen) is born George Frayne IV in Boise, Idaho.
July 16, 1944 Thomas Boggs (drummer for The Box Tops) is born in Wynne, Arkansas, but is raised mostly in Memphis, Tennessee.
July 15, 1944 Soul singer-songwriter Millie Jackson is born in Thomson, Georgia.
July 11, 1944 Country singer Bobby G. Rice is born in Boscobel, Wisconsin.
July 10, 1944 John "Beaky" Dymond (of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich) is born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
July 8, 1944 Jai Johanny Johanson (drummer for The Allman Brothers Band) is born Johnny Lee Johnson in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
July 7, 1944 Warren Entner (guitarist for The Grass Roots) is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
June 30, 1944 Little River Band lead singer Glenn Shorrock is born in Chatham, Kent, England. He moves with his family to Adelaide, Australia, when he is 10.
June 24, 1944 Rock guitarist Jeff Beck is born in Wallington, England. At 20, he replaces Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds, and later forms the Jeff Beck Group.
June 24, 1944 Chris Wood (flautist/saxophonist/keyboardist for Traffic) is born in Quinton, Birmingham, England.
June 23, 1944 Rosetta Hightower (lead singer of The Orlons) is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
June 22, 1944 Peter Asher (of Peter & Gordon) is born in London, England.
June 21, 1944 Ray Davies (rhythm guitarist, vocalist for The Kinks) is born in Fortis Green, London, England.
June 18, 1944 Pop singer Sandy Posey, known for the 1966 hit "Single Girl," is born in Jasper, Alabama.
June 17, 1944 Chris Spedding is born Peter Robinson in Staveley, Derbyshire, England. A renowned session guitarist, he's recorded with the likes of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Brian Eno, and Art Garfunkel.
June 10, 1944 Rick Price (bassist for The Move, Wizzard) is born in Birmingham, England.
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