Rock & Roll Birthdays

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1944 Larry "Legs" Smith, British rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman), born in Oxford, United Kingdom

 

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1944 Al Perkins, American steel guitarist (Triple Play), born in De Kalb, Texas

Al Perkins - Wikipedia

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1956 Tom Bailey, English rock vocalist & keyboardist (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor), born in Halifax, West Yorkshire

 

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1983 Katie White, British musician (the Ting Tings), born in Lowton, England

 

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1939 Phil Everly, American singer and half of the rock and roll duo "The Everly Brothers" (Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)

 

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1943 Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1970)

 

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1946 Dolly Parton, American country singer (Dolly, 9 to 5), born in Sevierville, Tennessee

 

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1947 Roderic "Rod" Evans, English rocker (The Maze, Deep Purple), born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England

 

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1949 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (Power Station), born in Batley, United Kingdom (d. 2003)

 

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• 1951 Martha Davis, American rock singer-songwriter (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame), born in Berkeley, California
• 1952 Dewey Bunell, British-American musician (America-Daisy Jane), born in Borough of Harrogate, United Kingdom

 

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1953 Desi Arnaz Jr., American actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride) & musician, born in Los Angeles, California

 

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1957 Mickael Virtue, American rock keyboardist (UB40-Red Red Wine), born in Birmingham, Alabama

 

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Who knew James Watt, Robert E Lee, Edgar Allen Poe and other notables shared their birthday with so many top shelf musicians?

 

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1953 Desi Arnaz Jr., American actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride) & musician, born in Los Angeles, California

Dean Martin, Desi Arnez, and some 'successful Beverly Hills" guy produced musically talentless spawn.

 

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• 1935 [Augustus] Owsley Stanley III, American audio engineer and LSD cook who worked with the Grateful Dead, born in Kentucky (d. 2011)
• 1936 Elliott Schwartz

 

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1954 Katey Sagal, American actress & singer-songwriter (Peggy Bundy-Married With Children), born in Los Angeles, California

Looks like she left the shoe salesman.

 

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• 1935 [Augustus] Owsley Stanley III, American audio engineer and LSD cook who worked with the Grateful Dead, born in Kentucky (d. 2011)

How did I miss Bear? He recorded most of the shows I post daily in the dead thread.

Owsley Stanley - Wikipedia

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Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movement during the 1960s and played a pivotal role in the decade’s counterculture. Under the professional name Bear, he was the soundman for the rock band the Grateful Dead, whom he met when Ken Kesey invited them to an Acid Test party. As their sound engineer, Stanley frequently recorded live tapes behind his mixing board and developed their Wall of Sound sound system, one of the largest mobile public address systems ever constructed. Stanley also designed the band's trademark skull logo.[1]
Stanley was the first known private individual to manufacture mass quantities of LSD.[2][3][4] By his own account, between 1965 and 1967, Stanley produced no less than 500 grams of LSD, amounting to a little more than five million doses.[5]

 

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*** Bunnell has explained that "A Horse with No Name" was "a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life's confusion into a quiet, peaceful place", while "Sandman" was inspired by his casual talks with returning Vietnam veterans. Afraid that they might be attacked and killed in their sleep, many of them chose to stay awake as long as possible, either naturally or with pharmaceuticals. Thus, they were "running from the Sandman."[6] ****

1952 Dewey Bunell, British-American musician

Although a hit, I always thought this was mega underappreciated.

Although very successful, I've always felt they were mega underappreciated.

Ear candy. Those "oooohs" ... so nice.

 

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1949 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (Power Station), born in Batley, United Kingdom (d. 2003)

Backed by Little Feat w/ Lowell George's distinctive slide work.