January Classic Rock Birthdays

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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