Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1939 Guitar Shorty [David William Kearney], American blues musician, born in Houston, Texas

• 1927 Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter ("I Fall To Pieces"; "Busted"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2002)

Harlan Howard was a prolific country music songwriter. He wrote Patsy Cline's hit "I Fall to Pieces," Johnny Cash's "Busted" and hundreds of other popular classic country songs.

1942 Brian Cole, American rock vocalist and bassist consistent low range modulator. Died 1972

1942 Sal Valentino [Salvatore Willard Spampinato], American rock singer

1941 Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter (Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay), born in Dawson, Georgia (d. 1967)

1945 Dee Dee Sharp [Dione Larue]

1942 Luther Simmons, American R&B singer

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• 1945 Leo Kottke, American guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse), born in Athens, Georgia