Rock & Roll Birthdays

Amos Otis said:

1948 Elaine Paige

big apologies in advance

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• 1948 Eddy Grant, Guyana, reggae performer (Electric Avenue)

• 1952 Alan Clark, keyboardist (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing)

• 1957 Mark E. Smith, British rock vocalist (The Fall, The Post-Nearly Man), born in Broughton, Lancashire, England (d. 201

• 1893 [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of the blues, born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 1981) [birth year disputed]

• 1905 Bob Wills, American western-swing singer, and bandleader, known as the 'King of Western Swing' (Texas Playboys -"Steel Guitar Rag"), born in Limestone County, Texas (d. 1975)

• 1923 John "Wes" Montgomery, American musician and composer, considered one of the world's greatest jazz guitarists, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 196

• 1937 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards; Gene Clark; Dillard & Clark) and actor (Popeye - "Clem"), born in East St. Louis, Illinois (d. 2012)

• 1945 Hugh Grundy, Winchester England, drummer (Zombies-She's Not There)

• 1888 Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1969)

• 1944 Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter ("Kathleen"; "Loretta"), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1997)

• 1951 Francis Rocco Prestia, American musician (Tower of Power)