Believe it or not, your favorite rock star was a baby once. If you would like to celebrate along with them, here are the dates for many of Rock's Royalty. Go ahead, pop a cork!
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Nash, Graham William. Born 2/2/42 in England. Guitar, vocals, songwriter. The Hollies/Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young/Crosby & Nash.
Nelson Rick (Eric Hilliard Nelson). Born 5/8/40 in New Jersey. Singer, guitar, actor. Died 12/31/85 in a plane crash in Texas.
Nelson, Willie Hugh. Born 4/30/33 in Texas. Singer, songwriter, acoustic guitar, producer, actor, activist. 1st band: Bohemian Fiddlers.
Nevil, Robbie (Robert S. Nevil). Born 10/2/58 in California. Vocals, songwriter, guitar, producer.
Neville, Aaron. Born 1/24/41 in Louisiana. Singer. Neville Brothers.
Neville, Art. Born 12/17/37 in Louisiana. Keyboards, vocals. Neville Brothers. Formerly: The Meters.
Neville, Charles. Born 1938 in Louisiana. Saxophone. Neville Brothers.
Neville, Cyril. Born 1/10/48 in Louisiana. Percussion, vocals. Neville Brothers. Formerly: The Meters.
Newman, Randy (Randall Stuart Newman). Born 11/28/43 in California. Singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger.
Newton, Paul. Born 2/21/45 in England. Bass guitar. Uriah Heep. Later: Hensley Lawton Band.
Nicks, Stevie (Stephanie Lynn Nicks). Born 5/26/48 in Arizona. Vocals, piano, tamborine, songwriter, guitar. Fleetwood Mac/solo. Former: The Changing Times/Fritz/Buckingham Nicks.
Niles, Prescott. Born 5/2/54 in New York. Bas guitar, piano, guitar. The Knack. Currently teaches piano.
Noon, Frank. Born ? in England. Drums. The Next Band/Def Leppard. Later: Lionheart/Wild Fire/Wild Horses/Stampede/Waysted/Di'anno/Crazy Lesbians.
Nugent, Ted (Theodore). Born 12/13/48 in Michigan. Guitar, vocals. The Amboy Dukes/Damn Yankees/Damnocracy.
Oakley, Raymond Berry III. Born 4/4/48 in Illinois. Bass guitar, vocals. The Allman Brothers. Formerly: Second Coming. Died 11/11/72 in a motorcycle accident in Georgia, one block from where Duane Allman had died in a motorcycle accident.
Oates, John William. Born 4/7/48 in New York. Vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar. Hall & Oates.
Olsson, Nigel. Born 2/10/49 in England. Drums, vocals. The Elton John Band. Formerly: Plastic Penny/Uriah Heep. Later: Warpipes.
Ono, Yoko. Born 2/18/33 in Tokyo, Japan. Vocals, piano, songwriter, artist. Plastic Ono Band/John Lennon.
Orbison, Roy Kelton. Born 4/23/36 in Texas. Singer, songwriter, guitar. Traveling Wilburys/Solo. Died 12/6/88 in Tennessee of a heart attack.
Osbourne, Ozzy (John Michael Osbourne). Born 12/3/48 in England. Vocals, songwriter, harmonica, synthesizer. Black Sabbath, Solo, Reality show with family.
Osmond, Merrill David. Born 4/30/53 in Utah. Lead singer of The Osmonds.
Page, Jimmy (James Patrick Page). Born 1/9/44 in England. Guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, banjo, harmonica, dulcimer, theremin, songwriter, producer. Yardbirds/LedZeppelin/Honeydrippers/The Firm/Coverdale Page/Page & Plant/XYZ/The Black Crowes.
Paice, Ian Anderson. Born 6/29/48 in England. Drums, percussion. Deep Purple, formerly The Maze. Has played with Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord, Gary Moore.
Palmer, Robert Allen. Born 1/19/49 in England. Vocals, songwriter, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, producer. Formerly: The Mandrakes/The Allen Bown Set/DaDa/Vinegar Joe. Later: Solo/Little Feat/The Power Station. Died in France 9/26/03 of a heart attack.
Panozzo, John. Born 9/20/48 in Illinois. Drums. Founding member of Styx at age 13. Twin brother of Chuck. Died 7/16/97 from gastroentestinal hemorrhage-a complication of alcoholic cirrosis of the liver.
Panozzo, Chuck (Charles Salvatore). Born 9/20/48 in Illinois. Guitar, bass guitar, author. Founding member of Styx at age 13. Twin brother of John. Campaigner for Gay Right & AIDS.
Parazaider, Walter. Born 3/14/45 in Illinois. Sax, flute, clarinet, vocals. Chicago (originally called The Big Thing).
Parker, Ray Erskine Jr. Born 5/1/54 in Michigan. Piano, guitar, songwriter, producer, composer, actor. Raydio.
Parsons, Gene. Born (9/4/44 or 4/9/44) in California. Drums, banjo, guitar, vocals, songwriter. Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers. Formerly: The Castaways/Cajun Gib & Gene/Nashwille West. Later: Gene Parsons Trio/Parsons Green.
Parsons, Gram. Born 11/5/46 in Florida. Vocals, guitar, songwriter, piano. International Submarine Band/Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers/Solo. Died 9/19/73 in California of an overdose of drugs.
Payne, Bill. Born 3/12/49 in Texas. Piano, organ, vocals, songwriter. Little Feat.
Peart, Neil (Cornelius Ellwood Peart). Born 9/12/52 in Canada. Drums, percussion, songwriter, author. Rush.
Penda, Mike (Michael John Prendergast). Born 3/3/42 in England. Vocals, guitar. The Searchers. Formerly: Merseybeat. Currently: Mike Pender & The Searchers.
Perez, Louie. Born 1/29/53 in California. Songwriter, guitar, percussion. Los Lobes/Latin Playboys.
Perry, Joe (Anthony Joseph Perry). Born 9/10/50 in Massachusetts. Guitar, vocals, songwriter, bass guitar, keyboards, pedal steel guitar. Aerosmith. Formerly: The Jam Band. Later: The Joe Perry Project/Solo.
Perry, Steve (Stephen Ray Perry). Born 1/22/49 in California. Vocals. Journey/Solo. Formerly: Alien Project.
Petersen, John. Born 1/8/45 in California. Drums. BeauBrummels/Harper's Bizarre. Died of a heart attack 11/07.
Peterson, Garry. Born 5/26/45 in Canada. Drums, vocals. Guess Who. Formerly: Chad Allan & The Silvertones.
Phillips, Sam (Samuel Cornelius Phillips). Born 1/5/23 in Alabama. Record producer. Discovered Elvis. Important to rock & roll becoming popular in the 1950s. Died in Tennessee 7/30/03 of respiratory failure.
Pierson, Kate (Catherine Elizabeth Pierson). Born 4/27/48 in New Jersey. Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar. The B-52s.
Pirroni, Marco Francesco Andrea. Born 4/27/59 in England. Guitar. Adam & The Ants/Adam Ant/The Wolfman/Siouxsie & The Banshees/plays with Sinead O'Conner.
Plant, Robert Anthony. Born 8/20/48 in England. Vocals, songwriter, harmonica, tambourine, guitar. The Crawling Kingsnakes/ Band of Joy/Led Zeppelin/Rockestra/The Honeydrippers/Page & Plant/Strange Sensations/with Allison Krause.
Pons, Jim. Born 3/14/43 in California. Bass guitar, vocals. The Turtles/The Leaves/The Mothers of Invention. Was film & video director for the New York Jets until retirement in 2000. Now does game day video for The Jacksonville Jaguars and plays upright bass for Deep Creek-a bluegrass gospel band.
Presley ,Elvis Aaron. Born 1/8/35 in Mississippi. Vocals, guitr, piano, actor. Died 8/16/77 in Tennessee probably due to a heart attack caused by polypharmacy.
Preston, Billy (William Everett Preston). Born 9/9/46 in Texas. Singer, songwriter, keyboards, organ, piano. Played with Sam Cooke, The Beatles, Sly & The Family Sone, King Curtis, Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton. Complications of malignant hypertension caused kidney failure & pericarditis, which led to respiratory arrest while in drug rehab in Arizona. He went into a coma on 11/2/05 & and died on 6/6/06.
Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson). Born 6/7/58 in Minnesota. Vocals, songwriter, composer, producer, actor, guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion. The Artist Formerly Known As Prince. Formerly: Grand Central/Champagne/94 East/Prince.
Quintela, Eddy (Eduardo). Born in Portugal 1955? Keyboards, songwriter, composer, engineer. Co-writer with Christine McVie & married to her for 12 years.
Rabin, Trevor Charles. Born 1/13/54 in South Africa. Guitar, piano, singer/songwriter, producer & composer of scores for films. YES. Formerly: Rabbit/Solo.
Raitt, Bonnie Lynn. Born 1/8/49 in California. Singer, songwriter, guitarist.
Redding, Otis. Born 9/9/41 in Georgia. Singer, songwriter. Died 12/10/67 in Wisconsin in a plane crash.
Revere, Paul (Paul Revere Dick). Born 1/7/38 in Nebraska. Organ. Paul Revere & The Raiders.
Richey, Lionel Brockman, Jr. Born 6/20/49 in Alabama. Vocals, songwriter, piano, sax, music producer. The Commodores/Solo.
Ridley, Greg (Alfred Gregory Ridley). Born 10/23047 in England. Bass Guitar. Humble Pie. Formerly Dino & the Danubes, The VIPS which became Spooky Tooth. Died 11/19/03 of pneumonia.
Robinson, Cynthia. Born 1/12/46 in California. Trumpet, vocals. Sly & The Family Stone. 1st black female trumpeter in a major American band.
Rodgers, Paul. Born 12/17/49 in England. Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, drums, bass, synthesiser, flute. Queen. Formerly of: Brown Sugar/Free/The Law/Bad Company/The Firm.
Ronson, Mick. Born 5/26/46 in England. Guitar, vocals, piano, bass, drums, harmonica. Ziggy Stardust's Spiders From Mars (with David Bowie). Formerly: The Mariners, The Crestas, The Voice, The Wanted, The Rats. Died 4/29/93 in England of liver cancer.
Rose, Felipe. Born 1/12/54 in New York City. Singer, actor. The Village People.
Sandom, Doug (not Sanden) 1937. Drums for The Detours/The Who before K Moon. Any additional info would be appreciated!
Satriani, Joe "Satch." Born 7/15/56 in Westbury, New York. Guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals, harmonica, banjo, harp. Chickenfoot/Deep Purple/Mick Jagger/Steve Vai/Sammy Hagar/Jason Becker/G3
Scott, "Bon" (Ronald Belford Scott). Born 7/9/46 in Scotland. ACDC. Vocals, songwriter, drums, bagpipes. Formerly of: The Spektors/The Valentines/Fraternity. Died 2/19/09 of acute alcohol poisoning & aspiration of his own vomit.
St. Nicholas, Nick (Klaus Karl Kassbaum). Born 9/28/43 in Germany. Bass guitar, vocals. Steppenwolf (replaced Rushton Moreve). Former: The Mynah Birds/The Sparrows/T.I.M.E. Later: Starwolf/Lone Wolf/The Wolf.
Staples, Peter (Peter Lawrence Staples). Born 5/3/44 in England. Bass guitar. The Troggs.
Seeger, Pete . Born 5/3/19 in New York. US folk singer, songwriter, guitar, banjo. The Weavers, The Almanac Singers, played with Arlo and Woody Guthrie.
Seger, Bob (Robert Clark Seger). Born 5/6/45 in Detroit, Michigan. Guitar, piano, vocals, songwriter. Bob Seger System/Silver Bullet Band/ The Last Heard
Shaw, Tommy Roland. Born 9/11/53 in Alabama. Guitar, vocals, songwriter, keyboards, mandolin, vibraslap, autoharp, vocoder. The Smoke Ring/MSFunk/Harvest/Styx/Damn Yankees/Shaw Blades/Solo.
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Frankie Valli (Francis Stephen Castelluccio). Born 5/3/34 in New Jersey. Vocals. The Four Seasons. Formerly: Four Lovers.
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Van Zandt, Steve "Miami." Born Steven Lento 11/22/50 in Massachusetts. Guitar, harmonica, piano, mandolin, singer, songwriter, arranger, producer, actor, DJ. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes/E Street Band/Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.
Weller, Paul (John William Weller). Born 5/25/58 in England. Vocals, songwriter, guitar, piano, bass, cello. The Style Council/Solo. Formerly: The Jam.
Williams, Randall Hank, Jr. Born 5/26/49 in Louisana. Vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, keyboards, sax, harmonica, fiddle, drums, songwriter.
