Rock & Roll Birthdays

[Amos Otis]

1944 Joey Heatherton, American dancer and actress (Bluebeard), born in Rockville Center, New York
Close enough.

 

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1903 Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw)

 

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1942 Lee Dorman, American bassist (Iron Butterfly), born in St. Louis, Missouri

 

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1952 Kelly Keagy, rock vocalist (Night Ranger)

 

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1967 Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)

 

[Amos Otis]

1903 Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw)

Dizzy Dean used to break into Wabash Cannonball during his baseball broadcasts.

 

[Amos Otis]

1942 Lee Dorman, American bassist (Iron Butterfly), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Even more significant, Dorman was the bass player and back up vocalist on THE monumental trip album of all time.

 

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1915 Cy Walter, American jazz pianist (Three's Company), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 196

 

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• 1924 Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2014)

 

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1925 [Riley B.] B.B. King, American blues guitarist and singer (The Thrill is Gone), born in Itta Bena, Mississippi (d. 2015)

 

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1925 Charlie Byrd, American jazz and bossa nova guitarist (Desfinado), born in Suffolk, Virginia (d. 1999)

 

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1941 Joe Butler, American rock vocalist and drummer (Lovin' Spoonful), born in Glen Cove, New York

 

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1942 Bernie Calvert, English rock bassist (Hollies), born in Brierfield, England

 

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1944 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama

 

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1948 Kenney Jones, English rock drummer and vocalist (Small Faces, The Who), born in London, England

 

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1948 Ron Blair, American rock bassist (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), born in San Diego, California

 

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1953 Earl Klugh, American jazz pianist and guitarist, born in Detroit, Michigan

 

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1923Hank Williams, American country singer (Cold, Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin'), born in Mount Olive, Alabama (d. 1953)

 

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1926 Bill Black, band leader and bassist who worked with Elvis, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1965)

 

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