January Birthdays

Birthdates of Famous Classic Rock Stars

Paul Stanley of KISS
Paul Stanley of KISS celebrates his birthday on January 20. Llann Wé/Wikimedia Commons 
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Dave White
    Dave White is a longtime radio DJ and music journalist who covered classic rock for more than four decades.
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    Dave White
    Updated December 28, 2017

    January 1

    Joe McDonald - Country Joe & the Fish - 1942
    Morgan Fisher - Mott the Hoople - 1950

    January 2

    "Chick" Churchill - Ten Years After - 1949
    Glenn Goins - Parliament - 1954

    January 3

    Sir George Martin - Beatles producer - 1926
    John Paul Jones - Led Zeppelin - 1946
    Stephen Stills - Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Buffalo Springfield - 1945

    January 4

    Michael Stipe - R.E.M. - 1950

    January 5

    Chris Stein - Blondie - 1950

    January 6

    Wilbert Harrison - Canned Heat - 1929
    Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd - 1946
    Sandy Denny - Fairport Convention - 1947
    Kim Wilson - The Fabulous Thunderbirds - 1951
    Malcolm Young - AC/DC - 1953
    Neil Simpson - Climax Blues Band - 1959

    January 7

    Paul Revere - The Raiders - 1937
    Rory Storm - The Hurricanes - 1938
    Lefty Baker - Spanky & Our Gang - 1939
    Dave Cousins - The Strawbs - 1945
    Andy Brown - The Fortunes - 1946
    Kenny Loggins - Loggins & Messina - 1948
    Kathy Valentine - The Go-Go's - 1959

    January 8

    Elvis Presley - 1935
    Little Anthony - The Imperials - 1940
    Lee Jackson - The Nice - 1943
    Robby Krieger - The Doors - 1946
    Terry Sylvester - The Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans - 1947
    David Bowie - 1947

    January 9

    Joan Baez - 1941
    Dick Yount - Harpers Bizarre - 1943
    Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin, Yardbirds, Honeydrippers - 1944
    Cassie Gaines - Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1948
    Paul King - Mungo Jerry - 1948
    Steve McRay - .38 Special - 1950
    David Johansen - New York Dolls - 1950

    January 10

    Jim Croce - 1943
    Aynsley Dunbar - Journey, Whitesnake, Jefferson Starship - 1946
    Neal Smith - Alice Cooper band - 1946
    Bob Lang - The Mindbenders - 1946
    Donald Fagen - Steely Dan - 1948
    Pat Benatar - 1953
    Michael Schenker - Scorpions, UFO - 1955

    January 11

    Laurens Hammond (Hammond organ inventor) - 1895
    Clarence Clemons - E Street Band - 1942
    Tony Kaye - Yes - 1943
    Dennis Greene - The Kingsmen, Sha Na Na - 1949

    January 12

    Cynthia Robinson - Sly & The Family Stone - 1946
    Felipe Rose - Village People - 1954

    January 13

    John Lees - Barclay James Harvest - 1947
    Trevor Rabin - Yes - 1954
    Fred White - Earth Wind & Fire - 1955

    January 14

    Allen Toussaint - 1938
    T Bone Burnett - 1948
    Tim Harris - The Foundations - 1948

    January 15

    Captain Beefheart - Magic Band - 1941
    Ronnie Van Zant - Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1948
    Melvyn Gale - Electric Light Orchestra - 1952

    January 16

    Bob Bogle - The Ventures - 1934
    Ray Phillips - Nashville Teens - 1939
    William Francis - Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - 1942

    January 17

    Mick Taylor - Rolling Stones - 1948
    Susanna Hoffs - Bangles - 1959

    January 18

    "Legs" Smith - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - 1944

    January 19

    Joe Butler - The Lovin' Spoonful - 1941
    Janis Joplin - 1943
    Rod Evans - Deep Purple - 1945
    Robert Palmer - 1949
    Dewey Bunnell - America - 1951
    Francis Buchholz - Scorpions - 1954

    January 20

    Eric Stewart - 10cc - 1945
    George Grantham - Poco - 1947
    Mel Pritchard - Barclay James Harvest - 1948
    Paul Stanley - KISS - 1952
    Ian Hill - Judas Priest - 1958

    January 21

    Wolfman Jack - 1939
    Richie Havens - 1941
    Chris Britton - The Troggs - 1945

    January 22

    Steve Perry - ex- Journey - 1949
    Nigel Pegrum - Small Faces, Uriah Heep - 1949

    January 23

    Bill Cunningham - Box Tops - 1950
    Robin Zander - Cheap Trick - 1953
    Danny Federici - E Street Band - 1950

    January 24

    Warren Zevon - 1947

    January 25

    Michael Cotten - The Tubes - 1950
    Gary Tibbs - Roxy Music - 1958

    January 26

    Ashley Hutchings - Fairport Convention - 1945
    Derek Holt - Climax Blues Band - 1949
    David Briggs - Little River Band - 1951
    Eddie Van Halen - Van Halen - 1955

    January 27

    Nick Mason - Pink Floyd - 1944
    Kim Gardner - Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - 1948
    Brian Downer - Thin Lizzy - 1951
    Seth Justman - J. Geils Band - 1951

    January 28

    Brian Keenan - Chambers Brothers, Manfred Mann - 1943
    Dick Taylor - ex- Rolling Stones - 1943
    Rick Allen - The Box Tops - 1946
    Corky Laing - Mountain - 1948

    January 29

    David Byron - Uriah Heep - 1947
    Tommy Ramone - The Ramones - 1952
    Louis Perez - Los Lobos - 1953

    January 30

    Marty Balin - Jefferson Airplane - 1942
    Steve Marriott - Small Faces, Humble Pie - 1945
    Phil Collins - Genesis - 1951

    January 31

    Terry Kath - Chicago - 1946
    Phil Manzanera - Roxy Music - 1951
    Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols - 1956