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The Premier International Online Directory of Musicians & Entertainers
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Search Results for Year: 1957
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Number of Records Matching Query: 74
| Date Born: | Wednesday 2 January 1957 | | | | Description: | Drummer, USA | | | | Summary: | Beauford was exposed to drumming at the age of three. At the time, his father had bought tickets to a Buddy Rich concert. Carter was mesmerized by Buddy Rich on stage. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 3 January 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Producer, New Zealand | | | | Summary: | In the late seventies success came with the band "The Dudes" that formed in school charting with "Be Mine Tonight". |
| Date Born: | Friday 4 January 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | After graduation from High School in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1975 Loveless chose to travel in a small band with Terry Lovelace, whom she married in 1976. (When she began performing professionally, she changed her name from Patty Lovelace to Loveless. |
| Date Born: | Monday 7 January 1957 | | | | Description: | Talk show host, Actress, Television journalist, USA | | | | Summary: | The Today Show Anchor and Co-Host (1991–2006)
CBS Evening News Anchor (2006–present) |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 9 January 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | Phil was engaged to model and actress Britt Ekland in the late 70's and early 80's. |
| Date Born: | Friday 25 January 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , USA | | | | Summary: | Sylvers provided the voice of Marlon on the 1971–1973 ABC-TV cartoon series The Jackson 5ive.
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| Date Born: | Friday 1 February 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer, dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae". |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 6 February 1957 | | | | Description: | Drummer, UK | | | | Summary: | He was the drummer for The Who in their 1989 American reunion tour. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 3 March 1957 | | | | Description: | American writer and journalist | | | | Summary: | A longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, Kot has written for a dozen national publications, including Details, Blender, Entertainment Weekly, Men's Journal, Guitar World, Vibe and Request.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 10 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | White was influenced in his childhood by gospel music. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 12 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Marlon was born in Gary, Indiana, to Joseph and Katherine Jackson as the sixth child of the Jackson family. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 20 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, director, producer, screenwriter | | | | Summary: | Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Jacqueline Carroll (née Shelton), a teacher of arts and black literature, and William James Edward Lee III, a jazz musician and composer. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 21 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Fiddle player, Comedian. | | | | Summary: | Pixie Jenkins has been at the top echalons of Australian entertainment for over 30 years.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 24 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, Vocalist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Adelaide born keyboardist Tony Fossey has enjoyed a career with many bands that journey through the seventies through to the twenty first century, now living in Queensland. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 27 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, GB | | | | Summary: | Billy MacKenzie was born and grew up in Dundee. As a youngster, he lived in Park Avenue in the Stobswell area and attended St Marys Forebank Primary School and St Michaels Secondary School. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 30 March 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Byrne's first Australian television guest appearance as a featured solo artist was on The Graham Kennedy Show at the age of fifteen. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 9 April 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Redfern was a founding member of the Australian show Young Talent Time. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 11 April 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Songwriter, Author, Composer, Radio Host | | | | Summary: | In addition to touring and writing, Card also hosts a weekly radio program. In the Studio with Michael Card is carried by stations in 48 states, Canada, and the Caribbean. |
| Date Born: | Monday 29 April 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, UK | | | | Summary: | He came to be noticed in the film 'A Room With A View' in 1986. By 1989 he appeared in 'My Left Foot' which gave him numorous awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. |
| Date Born: | Monday 29 April 1957 | | | | Description: | Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | Born in California, the daughter of Donna, a homemaker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air conditioning contractor.She is of Swiss, Swedish, Dutch and German descent. |
| Date Born: | Friday 10 May 1957 | | | | Description: | Bassist, UK | | | | Summary: | Born in London to John and Anne Ritchie. Shortly after his birth, John Ritchie left the family. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 11 May 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Discovered on the GONG SHOW in the seventies.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 19 May 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Guitarist, Actor, Australian | | | | Summary: | Australian Crawl made one of the most memorable debuts on the popular music television program of the day Countdown. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 21 May 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Reinhold has appeared in more than 60 films. His first appearance on screen was in the Wonder Woman episode "Amazon Hot Wax" (1979), |
| Date Born: | Friday 24 May 1957 | | | | Description: | Bassist, US | | | | Summary: | Edo was first exposed to and smitten by the sounds of Vince Giraldi, Hugh Masekela, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Ramsey Lewis and Paul Desmond. |
| Date Born: | Monday 17 June 1957 | | | | Description: | Singer, Songwriter, Ireland | | | | Summary: | Chevron grew up in Santry, a suburb of Dublin. Beginning in the late 1970s, he was lead singer and co-founder of the punk rock group The Radiators from Space |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 19 June 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | Produced recordings for "Fantasia" and for "Magic with Bobbi Lee" at Trackmaster Recording Studio in Buffalo, NY. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 22 June 1957 | | | | Description: | Bassist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Beers was given his double name while in school and it has stuck ever since. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 29 June 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Australia | | | | Summary: | Known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens.
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| Date Born: | Wednesday 3 July 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Known for the songs "Gloria" and "Self Control", the latter receiving the first of four Grammy Award nominations. Without You", |
| Date Born: | Saturday 13 July 1957 | | | | Description: | American screenwriter and film director. | | | | Summary: | Crowe was,and remains, Rolling Stone's youngest-ever contributor. |
| Date Born: | Monday 15 July 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitarist, Songwriter. USA | | | | Summary: | McAnally was born July 15, 1957 in Red Bay, Alabama. He began playing piano and singing in church at the Belmont First Baptist Church in Belmont, Mississippi as a child, and by age fifteen, he had composed his first song |
| Date Born: | Sunday 21 July 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Lovitz was born in Los Angeles, California to Jewish parents of Hungarian, Romanian and Russian descent. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 24 July 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Tillis earned thirteen top ten hits on the country music charts and in 1994 was named the Country Music Association "Female Vocalist of the Year." In 1999, she earned a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 6 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Actress, Singer, USA | | | | Summary: | American actress and singer, best known for her work on Broadway in musical theatre. She won the Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical (in 1992), and received three other Tony nominations. |
| Date Born: | Friday 9 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | She achieved mainstream success when she played the character of Tess McGill in Mike Nichols' 1988 film Working Girl. |
| Date Born: | Monday 12 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Actress, UK | | | | Summary: | Beginning in 2003, Redman took the role of Sandra Pullman in the BBC's New Tricks. |
| Date Born: | Friday 16 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, Vocalist, Australian | | | | Summary: | Timothy William Farriss (born 16 August 1957, Perth, Western Australia) is a member of the rock band INXS. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 18 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Bassist, USA | | | | Summary: | Faragher is an accomplished session musician, and has a strong portfolio of performances with notable musicians. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 18 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Stand up comedy, music, television, film | | | | Summary: | Influences Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks. In 1993, his sardonic song about the stereotypical American male, "Asshole", achieved much notoriety. It was voted #1 in an Australian youth radio poll (the Triple J Hottest 100). |
| Date Born: | Thursday 22 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Holly is the sister of song writer Chris Dunn and also co writes with him. Holly is also the daughter of a minister. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 28 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Stern was born to a social worker father and a mother who managed a day care center. His brother is television writer David M. Stern. |
| Date Born: | Friday 30 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Saxophonist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Gerald Albright's saxophone work is featured in the PlayStation video game Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. His saxophone work can be heard during the game's closing theme song "I Am the Wind". |
| Date Born: | Saturday 31 August 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Drums, USA | | | | Summary: | Schock's career began as drummer for Edie and the Eggs, a band assembled to feature the John Waters star Edith Massey. |
| Date Born: | Monday 2 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Keyboardist, composer, programmer | | | | Summary: | American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto. |
| Date Born: | Friday 6 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Ventriloquist, USA | | | | Summary: | An American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian, actor, and comedian. He is best known for his ventriloquism act with Chuck Wood and Ted E. Bare. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 7 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Dancer, Pianist | | | | Summary: | Singer of soul, Stewart was a pianist and dancer member of ’Shalamar’ in the eighties. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 11 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Drumer, UK | | | | Summary: | Moss was a part of the Culture Club reformation between 1998 and 2002. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 12 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, UK | | | | Summary: | In 2005, Ward was made a Member of the Order of Australia "for service to raising awareness of social justice through lobbying, mentoring and advocacy for the rights of disadvantaged and at-risk young people, and support for the Australian film and television industry." |
| Date Born: | Sunday 15 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Saxophonist, USA | | | | Summary: | Saxophonist and member of ’Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes’ then
turning solo. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 18 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Guitar, USA | | | | Summary: | She began to listen to such legendary jazz greats as Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 22 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Musician, Actor and Author, Australian | | | | Summary: | As a child, Cave lived in Warracknabeal and then Wangaratta in rural Victoria, Australia. |
| Date Born: | Monday 30 September 1957 | | | | Description: | Actress, US | | | | Summary: | Her first break was a small role in the blockbuster movie Saturday Night Fever (1977) in which she delivered the memorable line to John Travolta, "Are you as good in bed as you are on the dance floor?" |
| Date Born: | Friday 4 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Bassist, Norway | | | | Summary: | A Norwegian bass guitarist, known from a number of album releases as a session musician, and most notably as a founding member of Dance with a Stranger. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 5 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, Australian | | | | Summary: | In 2010 he appeared as playboy David, the Prince of Wales, who became King Edward VIII, in the award-winning film The King's Speech. |
| Date Born: | Friday 11 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Comedian, actressr, director, producer, and writer. | | | | Summary: | Dawn French is one half of the U.K.'s top female comedy duo, French and Saunders, as well as a highly successful writer, comedian and actress in her own right. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 13 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Lyricist, SA | | | | Summary: | South African born rock vocalist and lyricist. |
| Date Born: | Monday 21 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Guitarist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | Cope's musical career began in July 1977, as bass player with a mythical Liverpool punk rock band known as "Crucial Three". |
| Date Born: | Monday 21 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | He first played keyboards and drums, and then taught himself how to play the guitar starting at age seven, when his father bought him a Kay acoustic guitar. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 23 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, Scotland | | | | Summary: | Known for the song "Feel's Like I'm In Love", written by Ray Dorset of "Mungo Jerry" fame. |
| Date Born: | Friday 25 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | McIntosh is well known as a session guitarist and member of "The Pretenders" and "John Mayer Band" and "Paul McCartney's band". |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 29 October 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Composer, USA | | | | Summary: | Childs was born in Orange, California, but lived in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nevada during her childhood. |
| Date Born: | Friday 1 November 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | Lovett has acted in a number of films, including Robert Altman's films: The Player (1992), Short Cuts (1993), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), Cookie's Fortune (1999), and composed for Dr. T & the Women (2000). |
| Date Born: | Monday 4 November 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, UK | | | | Summary: | Honeyman Scott acknowledged a number of influences on his guitar playing (Guitar Player, 1981). Early musical influences included Cream and the Allman Brothers Band. P/A |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 19 November 1957 | | | | Description: | Composer of film, television, and video game music. | | | | Summary: | On Stargate Atlantis he composed the main titles and the score.
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| Date Born: | Sunday 24 November 1957 | | | | Description: | Guitarist, USA | | | | Summary: | He got his first guitar when he was nine years old, and he took whatever lessons he could from folk to jazz (he is now a self-confessed jazz freak. |
| Date Born: | Sunday 1 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Actress, USA | | | | Summary: | Former Fifth Dimension member Ron Townson put Williams in his band Wild Honey. Following her stint with the Fifth Dimension, Williams found work as a backup singer, working with artists such as Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight. |
| Date Born: | Saturday 7 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Drummer, Cuban | | | | Summary: | Sessions drummer for Olivia Newton John - George Benson etc. |
| Date Born: | Monday 9 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, USA | | | | Summary: | After seeing the Osmond Brothers (Alan, Wayne, Merrill & Jay) perform at Disneyland as a barbershop quartet, Andy Williams asked the boys to audition for The Andy Williams Show. They soon became regulars on the show and gained popularity quickly. Donny made his debut on the show at the age of 5 singing "You Are My Sunshine". |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 10 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Actor, USA | | | | Summary: | Raised by his single mother on Chicago's South Side, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. |
| Date Born: | Wednesday 18 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Disc Jockey, Australia | | | | Summary: | A member of "The Board of Support Act Limited" (SAL). A South Australian branch (SALSA), headed by industry veteran, David Day. |
| Date Born: | Thursday 19 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, Australia | | | | Summary: | Leather dressed Hard drinking Pew was from Melbourne, Australia. |
| Date Born: | Friday 20 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist , Guitarist, Composer, UK | | | | Summary: | Bragg began constantly performing concerts and busking around London, playing solo with an electric guitar. |
| Date Born: | Tuesday 24 December 1957 | | | | Description: | Vocalist, UK | | | | Summary: | Ian Burden was a session keyboard player for the group to cover on the keyboards. |
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