Rock & Roll Birthdays

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• 1964 Wayman Tisdale, American NBA player (Phoenix Suns) and jazz musician, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2009)

 

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• 1910 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player ("Smokestack Lightnin'"; "Killing Floor"), born in White Station, Mississippi (d. 1976)

 

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• 1936 Jud Strunk, American singer and comedian (Laugh-In), born in Jamestown, New York (d. 1981)

 

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• 1954 Johnny Neel, American musician, singer and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Dickey Betts), born in Wilmington, Delaware

 

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1941 Armando "Chick" Corea, American jazz-fusion pianist and composer; 23 time Grammy winner (Return To Forever, Delhpi I, Toy Dance), born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 2021)

 

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• 1951 Bun E. Carlos [Brad Carlson], American rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), born in Rockford, Illinois

 

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1952 Pete Farndon, English musician (The Pretenders), born in Hereford, England (d. 1983)

 

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• 1977 Kenny Wayne Shepherd [Brobst], American blues-rock guitarist, born in Shreveport, Louisiana

 

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• 1949 Dennis Locorriere, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Dr. Hook - "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"), born in Union City, New Jersey

 

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1945 Rod Argent, English rock musician (The Zombies - "She's Not There"; Argent - "Hold Your Head Up"), born in St Albans, Hertfordshire

 

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• 1947 Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish), born in Brooklyn, New York

 

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Almost forgot. This "singer" is 75 today.

 

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• 1937 Waylon Jennings, American country singer and guitarist ("I'm A Ramblin' Man" ), born in Littlefield, Texas (d. 2002)

 

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• 1943 (Mervyn) "Muff" Winwood, English songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group - "Gimme Some Lovin"), born in Erdington, Birmingham

 

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• 1939 Billy "Crash" Craddock, American country singer ("Boom Boom Baby"; "Rub It In"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina

 

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1942 Paul McCartney, British rock singer-songwriter, bassist, piano player (The Beatles - "Yesterday"; "I Will"; Wings -"Silly Love Songs"), born in Liverpool, England

 

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• 1937 Waylon Jennings, American country singer and guitarist ("I'm A Ramblin' Man" ), born in Littlefield, Texas (d. 2002)

Well, his wife was good to look at.

 

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Well, his wife was good to look at.

My Uncle Billy must have been a fan. He faked his death and ran away from his wife and two sons. Stayed gone 11 years. When he came back he said he had lost his memory. He woke up in a grave yard and one of the headstones said Jesse Colter. He used that name while he was on the lamb.

 

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• 1914 Lester Raymond Flatt, American bluegrass guitarist (Flatt & Scruggs - Ballad of Jed Clampett; Foggy Mountain Breakdown), born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee (d. 1979)

 

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• 1924 Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me & My Guitar), born in Luttrell, Tennessee (d. 2001)