Music History Events: Births
July 25, 1941 Guitarist Manny Charlton (of Nazareth) is born in La Linea, Spain.
July 24, 1941 Barbara Jean Love, of the Soul group The Friends of Distinction, is born in Los Angeles, California.
July 22, 1941 Estelle Bennett (of The Ronettes) is born in New York. Her younger sister is Ronettes lead singer Ronnie Spector.
July 19, 1941 Pop singer Vicki Carr is born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas-Martinez Cardona in El Paso, Texas. Her first hit is a cover of The Crystals' "He's A Rebel" in 1962.
July 19, 1941 R&B guitarist/bassist Phil Upchurch is born in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to recording with Curtis Mayfield, Dee Clark, B.B. King, Michael Jackson, and others, he's known for the 1961 instrumental hit "You Can't Sit Down."
July 18, 1941 Martha Reeves of Martha & the Vandellas is born in Eufaula, Alabama.
July 18, 1941 Country rocker Lonnie Mack is born Lonnie McIntosh in West Harrison, Indiana.
July 18, 1941 Producer Frank Farian is born in Kirn, Germany. In the '70s he masterminds the dance act Boney M., with his vocals mimed by lead lip-syncher Bobby Farrell. He follows a similar formula in the '80s with Milli Vanilli, who get embroiled in scandal when it's revealed they didn't sing on their albums.
July 16, 1941 Desmond Dekker (leader of The Aces) is born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica.
July 10, 1941 Ian Whitcomb, known for the 1965 hit "You Turn Me On," is born in Woking, Surrey, England.
July 9, 1941 Don McPherson (of The Main Ingredient) is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
July 7, 1941 Jim Rodford (bass guitarist for Argent, The Kinks) is born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
July 5, 1941 Terry Cashman (of Cashman & West, The Buchanan Brothers) is born Dennis Minogue in New York.
June 23, 1941 Lyricist Robert Hunter, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead, is born Robert Burns in Oceano, California.
June 16, 1941 Lamont Dozier, member of the famed Motown songwriting and production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, is born in Detroit, Michigan.
June 15, 1941 Nilsson is born Harry Edward Nilsson III in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York.
June 12, 1941 Jazz keyboardist Chick Corea is born Armando Anthony Corea in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
June 12, 1941 Folk rocker Roy Harper is born in Rusholme, Manchester, England.
June 12, 1941 Reg Presley (lead singer for The Troggs) is born Reginald Maurice Ball in Andover, Hampshire, England.
June 10, 1941 Shirley Owens Alston of The Shirelles is born in Henderson, North Carolina.
June 10, 1941 Janet Vogel (soprano singer of The Skyliners) is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
June 9, 1941 Jon Lord, keyboard player for Deep Purple and Whitesnake, is born in Leicester, England.
June 4, 1941 Linda Martell, the first Black woman to land songs on the Country chart and the first to play the Grand Ole Opry, is born Thelma Bynem in Leesville, South Carolina. She releases just one album but influences singers like Beyoncé, who includes Martell on her 2024 album Cowboy Carter.
June 2, 1941 The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is born Charles Robert Watts in London.
June 2, 1941 R&B singer William Guest (of Gladys Knight & The Pips) is born in Atlanta, Georgia.
May 29, 1941 Roy Crewdson (guitarist for Freddie & the Dreamers) is born in England.
May 26, 1941 Art Sharp (former lead vocalist, guitarist for Nashville Teens) is born in Woking, Surrey, England.
May 23, 1941 "General" Norman Johnson (frontman for Chairmen of the Board) is born in Norfolk, Virginia.
May 21, 1941 Ronald Isley (of The Isley Brothers) is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
May 17, 1941 Malcolm Hale (lead guitarist for Spanky & Our Gang) is born in Butte, Montana.
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