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The Premier International Online Directory of Musicians & Entertainers
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Search Results for Year: 1945
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Number of Records Matching Query: 171
| Date Born: | Wednesday 3 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Stills was born in Dallas to a military family. Moving around as a child, he developed an interest in blues and folk music. He was also influenced by Latin music after spending his youth in Gainesville and Tampa, Florida, Costa Rica and the Panama Canal Zone, where he graduated from high school.
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| Date Born: | Monday 8 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocal, Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | Sylvester grew up in the Allerton, Liverpool, only a few hundred yards from his older contemporary, Paul McCartney. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 10 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | It has been estimated that Stewart's album and single sales total more than 250 million,earning him a place on the list of best-selling music artists.
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| Date Born: | Friday 12 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Scotland | | | | Summary: | Her song "No Mean City", written by Mike Moran, is the theme music to the TV crime drama Taggart. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 20 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | He Appeared in the following films:
Give My Regards to Broad Street (23-Oct-1984)
To Sir, With Love (14-Jun-1967 |
| Date Born: | Sunday 21 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | They recorded on Page's Page One Records, and Page also leased them to CBS for debut single "Lost Girl". Their most famous hit was the single "Wild Thing" (written by Chip Taylor). |
| Date Born: | Saturday 27 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Drums, UK | | | | Summary: | The son of the documentary film maker Bill Mason, he was born in Birmingham but brought up in Hampstead, London. P/E |
| Date Born: | Sunday 28 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Keenan was part of The Chambers Brothers from 1965 to 1971. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 28 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Drummer, UK | | | | Summary: | Founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. |
| Date Born: | Monday 29 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist , Composer, Australian | | | | Summary: | An Australian country singer, songwriter. |
| Date Born: | Monday 29 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Born in Detroit to a father from north eastern Slovakia Robert Selleck (died 2001) and Scottish-American mother Martha. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 30 January 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Balin was the founder and featured vocalist for Jefferson Airplane from 1965 to 1971. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 3 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | In 1963, with his smash hit "Mr. Bass Man" all over the top of the charts from the United States to Asia. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 4 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Australia, | | | | Summary: | Newton has been married to fellow Australian entertainer Bert Newton since 9 November 1974, and often appears with him. |
| Date Born: | Friday 9 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Farrow screen-tested for the role of Liesl Von Trapp in The Sound of Music. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 13 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Floyd was born in New Orleans in 1945. His musical career started as a singer at the Sho-Bar in Bourbon Street. No photo available. |
| Date Born: | Friday 16 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, Producer, Teacher, Australia | | | | Summary: | One of Adelaide's most popular drummers during the late sixties etc. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 20 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | Hull took up the guitar as a boy and became a member of the band The Chosen Few. P/A |
| Date Born: | Thursday 22 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | In 1983, People magazine ran a feature article on Oliver, describing a happily married father who kept his distance from the music industry. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 24 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, UK | | | | Summary: | The band's merits include the million-selling 1975 hit single "Sky High", reaching top placing on both sides of the Atlantic as well as in Japan. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 24 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Steve Berrios was a jazz drummer and percussionist born in New York, New York. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 25 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | After she met husband Pete Gage she joined the short-lived fusioneers Dada before forming Vinegar Joe with Gage and Robert Palmer. After three albums, they split up in 1974, and Brooks and Palmer both went solo. |
| Date Born: | Monday 26 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | As a young man he acquired a job in a record store and collected a huge amount of old Blues records. |
| Date Born: | Monday 26 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist. USA | | | | Summary: | In 1980, this sonic ruse had succeeded to such an extent that Orion was voted as none other than one of "Cashbox" Magazine's top three male country vocalists in the world |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Anderson was one of 12 children of James and Alberta Anderson. During his junior year of high school, Carl enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he served as a communications technician for two years. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 27 February 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | In total, Anderson released nine jazz and Soul albums as a solo artist, including hits "How Deep Does It Go," "Pieces Of A Heart," "Hot Coffee," and the mega-hit from his self-titled 1986 album, "Friends and Lovers" (a duet with Gloria Loring) which reached the number-two spot on the charts that year and endeared Carl to soap opera fans. Anderson also appeared on albums with other leading artists.
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| Date Born: | Friday 2 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Director and Writer, Australia | | | | Summary: | The son of boxing tent entrepreneur Jimmy Sharman, is a director and writer for film and stage with over 70 productions to his credit. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 3 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | Hattie Mae Winston was born in Lexington, Mississippi, on March 3, 1945, to Selena Thurmond Winston and Roosevelt Love Winston. Winston was raised by her grandmother, Cora Thurmond, in nearby Greenville, Mississippi. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 6 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, UK | | | | Summary: | Keyboardist Rod Argent, guitarist Paul Atkinson, and drummer Hugh Grundy met at St. Albans school U.K. in 1961 and began experimenting musically. They brought on bassist Paul Arnold, who introduced the others to the talented singer Colin Blunstone. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 6 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Bassist, Guitarist | | | | Summary: | Meisner was born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Throughout his professional musical career, Meisner's main activity has been as bass guitarist and backup vocalist. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 6 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, Director, Writer, USA | | | | Summary: | The son of Estelle, an actress, and Carl Reiner, a comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director.When Reiner was about 13, the family moved to the Los Angeles area, where Reiner attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 7 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer | | | | Summary: | Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles rock band Love, best known for the critically acclaimed 1967 album, Forever Changes. Youtube: Love with Arthur Lee - Alone Again Or |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 7 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Canadian | | | | Summary: | Many of his albums from the 1970s refer to his Christian belief, which in turn informs the concerns for human rights and environmentalism expressed on his 1980s albums. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 8 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, Vocalist, Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George Dolenz, a Hollywood character actor, and his wife Janelle Johnson. |
| Date Born: | Friday 9 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | In 1962, Robin Trower formed a group that would come to be known as The Paramounts, later including fellow Southend High School pupil Gary Brooker. |
| Date Born: | Friday 9 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | He and fellow members of the band performed at the now demolished "Centenial Hall" in Adelaide, South Australia and other states. This I remember as I was there the night of their performance. |
| Date Born: | Monday 12 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Australia | | | | Summary: | He compared the 'Go Show' and also compared the well known
'Young Talent Time'. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 14 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | He is mainly known for the hit "Wild Fire" in 1975.
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| Date Born: | Friday 16 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, NZ/ Australia | | | | Summary: | Worked extensively as a session musician on both pop recordings and radio/TV jingles |
| Date Born: | Sunday 18 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Pianist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | The record producer for the Rolling Stones, Andrew Oldham, signed him up as a songwriter.
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 21 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Keyboardist, USA | | | | Summary: | After the band's dissolution in 1975, "Sister Rose" (as she was also known) married Sly Stone's former bodyguard Bubba Banks. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 29 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer | | | | Summary: | He is famous among fans of The Who for writing "Armenia City in the Sky" for the group. |
| Date Born: | Friday 30 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | The son of 16 year old Patricia Molly Clapton and Edward Walter Fryer, a 24 year old soldier from Montréal, Canada.Clapton grew up with his grandmother, Rose, and her second husband Jack, believing they were his parents and that his mother was his older sister. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 31 March 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | He is best known for his role as Gabriel "Gabe" Kotter in the 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter, but he has become more visible in recent years in relation to the popularity of poker. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 1 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Buttrey was born in Nashville, Tennessee, became a professional musician at age 11 and went on his first world tour at the age of 14 with Chet Atkins. |
| Date Born: | Monday 2 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | The daughter of Elsie (née Doying), a piano teacher who taught at the Westport School of Music and accompanied the Saugatuck Congregational Church choir, and Raymond Davy Hunt, the long-time vice president of Harper Fuel Oil in Long Island. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 3 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Pianist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Richard Manuel was born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. His father Ed was a Chrysler mechanic and his mother was a schoolteacher. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 12 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Singer, USA | | | | Summary: | She had been nominated eight times for a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) as Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year.
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| Date Born: | Friday 13 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitariist, Musician, Songwriter, Producer, USA | | | | Summary: | George was also a respected producer, with his most famous work being the production of the Grateful Dead's 1978 album Shakedown Street. |
| Date Born: | Friday 13 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | He played Beavers brother played by Gerry Mathers as Wally Cleaver. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 14 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | He was influenced in his youth by early rockers like Hank Marvin and Gene Vincent, and later, country pickers like Chet Atkins. |
| Date Born: | Monday 16 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Gutarist, Composer, Jamaica | | | | Summary: | Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. |
| Date Born: | Monday 16 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Herbert and Ruth Grossman. Grossman described his upbringing, in Queens, New York. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 19 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, Bonjoist, Producer, USA | | | | Summary: | Stewart eventually became a successful record producer, with one of his biggest successes being Billy Joel's Piano Man. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 22 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | He went to college with a masters degree in biology he moved to medical college in Virginia. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 24 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | A member of Creedence Clearwater Revival. After CCR broke up, Clifford and former CCR bassist Stu Cook joined Don Harrison in the Don Harrison Band and also issued a solo album.
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| Date Born: | Tuesday 24 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Producer, USA | | | | Summary: | His first recording, "Everlasting Love", written by label owners Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden.
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 25 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, USA | | | | Summary: | Stu Cook, born in Stanton, California and played bass guitar for American rock band, Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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| Date Born: | Saturday 28 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | John Wolters joined the band in 1973. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was a pop-country rock band formed around Union City, New Jersey in 1968. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 29 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, US | | | | Summary: | Starting in 1963 as bassist with The Daevid Allen Trio, alongside drummer Robert Wyatt, he alternated between free jazz and rhythm and blues. YOUTUBE: "Big Bombay"
Composed by Hugh Hopper, in loving memory.
Performed by BONE:
Nick Didkovsky - guitar
Hugh Hopper - bass
John Roulat - drums |
| Date Born: | Sunday 29 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, US | | | | Summary: | From 1967 onwards she recorded a series of duets with Marvin Gaye. |
| Date Born: | Monday 30 April 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | Mike Deakon was a member "Juicy Lucy" before joining the blues-rock group 'Vinegar Joe' in September 1972, |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 1 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Rita, singer songwriter, Daughter of a Baptist Minister and Cherokee Indian. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 2 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, Canadian | | | | Summary: | A Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf. Originally a classically trained pianist, he was a pioneer in the early use of the electronic organ. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 2 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Singer - U.K. | | | | Summary: | Hughes was introduced to Jamaican music when he lodged as a teenager in a West Indian household in Brixton, South West London. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 2 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | Brown was born in Birmingham, England, but lived much of his life in Finland, where he made a career in rock music. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 2 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Brothers William and Wilbert Hart formed the group with Randy Cain in high school in the early 1960s. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 6 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Bob Seger was born at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and lived in the area until age 6 when his family moved to the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Seger attended Tappan Middle School and Ann Arbor High School (now Pioneer High School) in Ann Arbor and graduated in 1963.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 6 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalsit, Composer, Actor, Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Gilmore is a native of the Texas Panhandle, having been born in Tulia, Texas and raised in Lubbock, Texas. |
| Date Born: | Monday 7 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer | | | | Summary: | One of Australia's most successful singers and songwriters during the
sixties and the seventies. |
| Date Born: | Monday 7 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer , USA | | | | Summary: | An American rock drummer, best known for his work with The New York Dolls and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 8 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Pianist, USA | | | | Summary: | Jazz pianist started playing in the sixties unit `THE CHARLES LLOYD QUARTET`and also playing with Miles Davis in the seventies.
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| Date Born: | Tuesday 8 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Pianist, USA | | | | Summary: | In 2003, Jarrett received the Polar Music Prize, the first (and to this day only) recipient not to share the prize with a co-recipient,and in 2004 he received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize.
In 2008, he was inducted into the Down Beat Hall of Fame in the magazine's 73rd Annual Readers' Poll.
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| Date Born: | Saturday 12 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, UK | | | | Summary: | English keyboards instrumentallist, best known as a member of Small Faces, and Faces.
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| Date Born: | Saturday 19 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the rock era. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 24 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Actress, Singer, Dancer, USA | | | | Summary: | Born in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of Anna Lillian and James Frederick Wagner. Her biological father, a U.S. Air Force pilot, was killed in a plane crash when Priscilla was an infant. Her mother then married Paul Beaulieu, also a United States Air Force officer. Beaulieu took over the raising of Priscilla and is known as her father.
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| Date Born: | Thursday 24 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | He learned piano, was a childhood friend of Curtis Mayfield, Major Lance and Jerry Butler, and began singing in doo-wop groups in his teens. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 26 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Drummer for the Canadian rock band, The Guess Who, ever since its inception in the mid-1960s. |
| Date Born: | Monday 28 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Mainly known for his time with the swamp rock or roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 29 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Keyboadist, UK | | | | Summary: | Brooker grew up in the seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, as did most of the other founding members of Procol Harum. As a youngster, he learned to play piano, cornet and trombone.
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 30 May 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Pop singer, famous for being the founder and lead singer of the popular Motown all-female vocal group The Marvelettes |
| Date Born: | Friday 1 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Born in Queens, New York, Scott was 11 when she moved with her family to Teaneck, New Jersey and was still in school (Teaneck High School Class of '63) |
| Date Born: | Saturday 2 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Dundas is the son of the 3rd Marquess of Zetland, and was educated at Harrow and the Central School of Speech and Drama. |
| Date Born: | Monday 4 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | Mainly known as "Gordon" of 1960s duo "Peter & Gordon", whose biggest hit was "World Without Love" written by Paul McCartney.
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| Date Born: | Tuesday 5 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Sly & The Family Stone: one of the most innovative groups popular music has ever known, a band that instigated a musical revolution. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 10 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboards, Australia | | | | Summary: | Most musicians especially from Adelaide remember his work with "The Wesley Three" during his early days in South Australia. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 14 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | While attending St Albans School, he met Paul Atkinson and Hugh Grundy. The three of them joined up with Colin Blunstone and Chris White to form The Zombies.
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| Date Born: | Friday 15 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Songwriter, Producer | | | | Summary: | Spectrum released four LPs and several 7" singles, including their national #1 hit single "I'll Be Gone", which has remained one of the best-known songs of the period. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 19 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | He won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for his song "Addicted to Love". |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 20 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Anne Murray was born in the small town of Springhill, Nova Scotia. Her father, James Carson Murray, was a doctor and her mother, Marion Murray, was a registered nurse.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 24 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | Blunstone's voice was one of the factors making The Zombies single, "She's Not There" (written by fellow band member Rod Argent), such a big hit worldwide. |
| Date Born: | Monday 25 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Author, USA | | | | Summary: | Simon's father was Richard L. Simon co founder of Simon & Schuster, Inc, a pianist who often played Chopin and Beethoven at home. Her mother was Andrea Louise Simon, a biracial black and white Jewish civil rights activist and singer. |
| Date Born: | Monday 25 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | A Member of "The Valentinos". |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 27 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, Songwriter, Producer, US | | | | Summary: | A self-taught drummer since the age of 10, Covington (also know in his childhood as Joey Michno) helped found Blues-rock group Hot Tuna in 1969, alongside Jefferson Airplane members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen |
| Date Born: | Thursday 28 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, UK | | | | Summary: | He played bass on the hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale". |
| Date Born: | Friday 29 June 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Known by the stage name of Little Eva after a character from Uncle Tom's Cabin, was an American singer.
As a teenager, she worked as a maid and earned extra money as a babysitter for songwriters Carole King and Gerry Goffin. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 1 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Harry was adopted when she was three months old by a family from Hawthorne, New Jersey, and attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 3 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | He couldn't devote himself to the Yardbirds full-time, and thus he had to leave. His replacement was a fellow art student from the same secondary school, Eric Clapton.
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| Date Born: | Friday 6 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | The band formed in 1968 in Union City, New Jersey,USA. |
| Date Born: | Monday 9 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Many songs released were banned such as ’Boogie’Till You Puke’. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 14 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Jim Gordon was one of the top session drummers in the '60s. After backing the Everly Brothers in 1963 at age 17, he went to California. Hal Blaine, king of session drummers, began to send Gordon his overflow work.
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 18 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, UK | | | | Summary: | After the release of The Twain Shall Meet in May of 1968, Briggs and McCullough left the band. They were replaced by keyboardist Zoot Money and guitarist Andy Summers. |
| Date Born: | Monday 23 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | The Rascals initially known as The Young Rascals were an American soul and rock group of the 1960s.
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| Date Born: | Saturday 28 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboards, UK | | | | Summary: | He was a founding member of The Pink Floyd Sound as they were then called in 1965.Wright was educated at the Haberdashers' Aske's School and the Regent Street Polytechnic College of Architecture, where he met fellow band members Roger Waters and Nick Mason. YOUTUBE: tribute to Richard Wright a founding member of Pink Floyd. song writer singer keyboard and piano player 1943-2008. |
| Date Born: | Monday 30 July 1945 | | | | Description: | Saxophonist, USA | | | | Summary: | He has been a highly regarded session player since the late 1960s, playing with an array of well-known artists, such as Eric Clapton, Roger Daltrey, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, etc. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 5 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Bass Guitarist, Vocalist | | | | Summary: | He learned to play the bass, and played his first show with the Beastie Boys. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 5 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, USA | | | | Summary: | Bass player for the Rock group The McCoys Hang On Sloopy. Also Played bass for Johnny Winter from 1970-1976. |
| Date Born: | Monday 6 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Composer, South Africa | | | | Summary: | "He's Gonna Step On You Again" is cited in the Guinness Book of Records as being the first song to ever use a sample. |
| Date Born: | Monday 6 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, South Africa. | | | | Summary: | He gained notoriety with a new musical generation in 1990, when Madchester pioneers Happy Mondays reworked "He's Gonna Step On You Again" into their baggy era defining hit "Step On", |
| Date Born: | Friday 10 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | In 1970, he wrote and released an album of Christmas music, "Felíz Navidad," and this has probably become his most famous recording.P/E |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 14 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, Banjoist, Comedian, USA | | | | Summary: | Martin was born the son of Mary Lee Martin, and Glenn Vernon Martin, a real estate salesman and an aspiring actor. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 16 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | The group are mainly remembered for ’BEND ME SHAPE ME’ 1967 |
| Date Born: | Thursday 16 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Australia, | | | | Summary: | Kevin Ayers the eccentric singer, founded the ’WILD FLOWERS’ group also was a member of ’SOFT MACHINE’.
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| Date Born: | Thursday 16 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Drummer, Australia | | | | Summary: | Snowy Fleet, became a successful builder in Perth, Western Australia. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 18 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Barbara started singing in her hometown churches at an early age, and moved to Queens, New York at the age of eleven. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 18 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Record producer, Songwriter, Author, | | | | Summary: | Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 18 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Lead Guitarist, Australia | | | | Summary: | He was the lead guitarist on their first three albums; Bee Gees' 1st, Horizontal, and Idea. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 19 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | Gillan was born of a family of Scottish descent, his father was from the Govan area of Glasgow. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 23 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Italy | | | | Summary: | In the summer of 1964 she had chart success in the United States with a record sung in English called "Remember Me", backed with "Just Once More".
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| Date Born: | Friday 24 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | A keyboard and a Hammond organ player, guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s.
YOUTUBE: Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) - The Last Dance
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 29 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Voice, Bassist, Guitarist,UK | | | | Summary: | Copping was a member of "The Paramounts" and later replaced Mathew Fisher in "Procal Harum". |
| Date Born: | Friday 31 August 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Northern Ireland | | | | Summary: | Morrison was born the only child of George Morrison, a shipyard worker and Violet Stitt Morrison, a singer and tap dancer in her youth. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 4 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist , USA | | | | Summary: | Gatton's playing combined musical styles such as jazz, blues and rockabilly in an innovative fashion, and he was known by some as "the telemaster" a portmanteau of "Telecaster", Gatton's guitar of choice, and "Master". |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 5 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist,Composer, Scotland | | | | Summary: | Stewart grew up in the coastal resort town of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 8 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | Spotted by ELO's Jeff Lynne; and after Lynne, Bev Bevan and Richard Tandy had watched him play, he was invited to join ELO. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 8 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist , USA | | | | Summary: | The son of a San Francisco Bay Area R&B and blues disc jockey. He grew up with many black friends, and felt very strongly connected to black music and culture. As a youth, McKernan taught himself blues piano. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 9 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboards, US | | | | Summary: | He authored the band's biggest hit, the epic seventeen-minute "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."
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| Date Born: | Monday 10 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | He played a small role in the television series My Name Is Earl. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 23 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Ron is also highly skilled in the graphic arts and has created most of the logos and artwork as seen on the Iron Butterfly merchandise and advertising.
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 26 September 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Model, Composer, UK. | | | | Summary: | Lead singer with Roxy Music that were formed in 1971
in London were a stepping stone for Ferry. |
| Date Born: | Monday 1 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, songwriter, producer, USA | | | | Summary: | At first, Hathaway worked as songwriter, session musician and producer. He is mainly known for the hit duet song ’Where Is The Love’ with Roberta Flack. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 2 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | In 2001 "American Pie" was voted No. 5 in a poll of the 365 Songs of the Century compiled by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 7 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Drums, UK | | | | Summary: | He has recently reunited with another former 10cc member, Graham Gouldman to form the band, GG/06 |
| Date Born: | Monday 8 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | The group would have many personnel changes. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 9 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | She had a brief career resurgence during the disco era and hit the charts again with her version of 10 CC's "I'm Not In Love." She also joined Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays and Archie Bell) as a member of the Philadelphia International All Stars |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 10 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | "Harper Valley PTA" was released in 1968. The song immediately became a gigantic hit for Riley and went to number one on both the Billboard Pop and Country charts. |
| Date Born: | Monday 15 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Piano, Arranger, USA | | | | Summary: | Richard helped in the productions of the documentaries "Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters" (1997) and "Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story" (2007). |
| Date Born: | Saturday 20 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, UK | | | | Summary: | Lee was a founding member of his first band, The Falcons. He was also a drummer for Ricky Storm and The Mansfields. |
| Date Born: | Monday 22 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist | | | | Summary: | The (Young) Rascals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 23 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Saxophonist, Composer, Clarinetist, USA | | | | Summary: | Ernie also was also a featured soloist on many of Marvin Gaye's original albums on Motown during the 1970s. |
| Date Born: | Friday 26 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | Jacquelyn Ellen "Jaclyn" Smith is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best known as Kelly Garrett in the iconic television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run. |
| Date Born: | Friday 26 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Member and founder of hard rock band ’MOUNTAIN’ |
| Date Born: | Sunday 28 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Saxophonist, UK | | | | Summary: | Elton Dean was born in Nottingham in 1945. He started taking piano and violin lessons at a very early age, and bought his first saxophone when he reached 18. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 30 October 1945 | | | | Description: | Actor, director, producer, and author. US | | | | Summary: | In October 1973, he was cast for the role of Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, nicknamed The Fonz or Fonzie, in the TV show Happy Days. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 1 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Australia | | | | Summary: | Many of his albums have gone gold and platinum and continue to do so. He has sold more than 2,000,000 albums in Australia alone. |
| Date Born: | Friday 2 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Guitarist,USA | | | | Summary: | Souther is probably best known for his well-crafted songwriting abilities, especially in the field of country rock. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 3 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Drummer for ’The Turtles’, a popular sixties group charting with such hits as ’Happy Together’ etc. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 10 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Recognized as one of the leading country songwriters of the era, Fargo's songs have been recorded by Tammy Wynette, Sonny James, Kitty Wells, Tanya Tucker, Jody Miller, Marty Robbins, Dottie West and other artists. Additionally, almost everything Fargo recorded for years was self-penned. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 11 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Martell was born in the Bronx to parents who played the guitar and encouraged him to play as well. While in his teens, Martell joined the Navy, where he discovered his skills as a guitarist. |
| Date Born: | Monday 12 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Guitarist, Canada | | | | Summary: | In 1976, Young performed with The Band, Joni Mitchell, and other rock musicians in the high profile all-star concert The Last Waltz. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 15 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Norway | | | | Summary: | A Swedish singer of Norwegian and German origin. She was one of the four members of Swedish pop group ABBA. |
| Date Born: | Monday 19 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, Keyboardist, Arranger, Composer, Instrumentalists, | | | | Summary: | A member of "The James Taylor Move" - 1967. This group could have been recognised as Adelaide’s first super group. They were a regular fixture at Adelaides "Big Daddies".
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| Date Born: | Tuesday 20 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Composer, Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | McBride was best known as a lead guitarist for Sha Na Na during their heyday on their own TV series of the same name. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 21 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | The cute girl in the Bikini that messed every joke up on ’LAUGH IN’ in the sixties TV show became the most popular star on the show. |
| Date Born: | Monday 26 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Manager, Promoter, Australia | | | | Summary: | Adelaide-born, Darryl entered show business as manager of Adelaide singer Bev Harrell, and gave up his job as an accountant in a concreting business to manage his 18 year old discovery John Farnham. |
| Date Born: | Monday 26 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, UK | | | | Summary: | He joined Fleetwood Mac shortly after its formation by guitarist Peter Green in 1967, replacing the band's first bassist, Bob Brunning. |
| Date Born: | Friday 30 November 1945 | | | | Description: | Bassist, Keyboardist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | Glover joined Deep Purple in 1969 replacing Nick Semper. Glover left in 1973 replaced by Glenn Hughes. The Group formed in 1968 in Hertford, England. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 1 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | Midler was born the daughter of Ruth, a seamstress and housewife, and Fred Midler, a house painter who worked at a Navy base in Hawaii. Her parents were from Paterson, New Jersey and moved to Honolulu shortly before Midler was born. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 5 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Recording studio audio engineer | | | | Summary: | In 2003, he received his fourth Grammy, this time for lifetime Technical Achievement. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 19 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist,, Guitarist, Banjoist, USA | | | | Summary: | A broad spectrum of music Americana, with a bit of "the old country" music thrown in for good measure, has made John McEuen known as America's instrumental poet. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 22 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Actress, TV host, US | | | | Summary: | She attended one semester of law school at the University of Louisville before turning to journalism. |
| Date Born: | Monday 24 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, US | | | | Summary: | Michaels went into semi-retirement from the music business by the end of the decade, which was also influenced by his severe hearing loss.
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| Date Born: | Monday 24 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist,UK | | | | Summary: | attended Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones school in Amlwch, where he was nick-named Lemmy, although he is unsure why, and it would later be claimed that it originated from the phrase "Lemmy a quid till Friday" |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 25 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Actor, US | | | | Summary: | Alice Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage, The Rolling Stone Album Guide going so far as to refer to him as the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 25 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Vocalist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Trevor George Lucas (December 25, 1943 - February 4, 1989) was an influential folk artist, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 27 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Bassist, Composer, Canada | | | | Summary: | Merryweather began his career in Toronto during the early ‘60s performing under the name Bobby Neilson.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 30 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Actor, UK | | | | Summary: | Jones was born in Manchester, England on December 30, 1945, but is in the process of becoming a United States citizen. He lost his mother to a protracted illness by the time he was 14. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 30 December 1945 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Jim is a great vocalist and a brilliant musician. His stage act comprises the combination of vocals, lead guitar, and a wailing blues harmonica. |
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