Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1941 Alan Howard, rock bassist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)

• 1942 Gary Puckett, American pop vocalist (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - "Woman, Woman"; "Lady Willpower"), born in Hibbing, Minnesota

• 1946 James Ray Tucker, American rock guitarist (Turtles-Eleanor), born in Los Angeles, California

• 1946 Michael Hossack, American rock drummer (The Doobie Brothers), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2012)

• 1968 Ziggy Marley, Jamaican reggae performer and son of Bob Marley, born in Kingston, Jamaica

• 1926 Chuck Berry [Charles Andersen], American rock n' roll guitarist and singer-songwriter (Roll Over Beethoven), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2017)

• 1940 Cynthia Weil, American songwriter ("We Got Get Out Of This Place"; "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"), born in NYC, New York

• 1941 William "Billy" Cox, Guitarist (performed with Jimi Hendrix), born in Wheeling, West Virginia

• 1949 Joe Egan, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You"), born in Paisley, Scotland

• 1944 Peter Tosh [Winston Hubert McIntosh], Jamaican reggae musician (The Wailers -"Get Up Stand Up"; Mystic Man, Legalize It), born in Westmoreland, Jamaica (d. 1987)Mama Africa)

• 1947 Wilbert Hart, American singer (Delfonics - "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)";"La-La Means I Love You"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1948 Patrick Simmons, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers - "Blackwater"), born in Aberdeen, Washington

• 1965 Todd Park Mohr, American musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), born in Denver, Colorado

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• 1948 Patrick Simmons, American rock guitarist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers - "Blackwater"), born in Aberdeen, Washington

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• 1890 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, jazz pianist/composer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana

• 1913 Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra KY, country musician (Hee-Haw)

• 1945 Ric Lee, rock drummer (Ten Years After-Cannock, Staffs)

• 1950 Tom Petty, American classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 2017)