Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1945 Ray Royer, English rock guitarist (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade Of Pale"), born in The Pinewoods, Essex

• 1965 C. J. Ramone [Christopher Ward], American musician (The Ramones), born in Queens, New York

• 1949 Hamish Stuart, Scottish guitarist and singer (Average White Band; Paul McCartney), born in Glasgow, Scotland

• 1950 Robert "Kool" Bell, American funk rock bassist (Kool & the Gang - "Joanna"), born in Youngstown, Ohio
• 1952 Clifford Adams, American trombone player (Kool & the Gang - "Joanna"), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2015)

• 1955 Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician, born in Lexington, Mississipi (d. 199

• 1956 Larry Crane, American rock guitarist (John Mellencamp band), born in Seymour, Indiana

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• 1949 Hamish Stuart, Scottish guitarist and singer (Average White Band; Paul McCartney), born in Glasgow, Scotland

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• 1937 Pat Burke, British rocker (Foundations), born in Kingston, Jamaica

• 1944 John Entwistle, English rock guitarist and vocalist (The Who - "Baba O'Riley"), born in London, England (d. 2002)

• 1948 Jackson Browne, American rock vocalist (Lawyers in Love), born in Heidelberg, Germany

• 1935 Sam Moore, American R&B and soul vocalist (Sam & Dave - Soul Man), born in Miami, Florida

• 1942 Melvin Franklin, American musician (The Temptations), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1995)

• 1969 Martie Maguire, American musician (Dixie Chicks), born in York, Pennsylvania

• 1941 Paul Simon, American singer-songwriter and actor (Kodachrome; One Trick Pony), born in Newark, New Jersey