Rock and Roll Birthdays January 5th

January 5^th

1923 – Sam Phillips – founder of Sun Records
1929 – Wilbert Harrison (“Kansas City”)
1932 – Johnny Adams (“Reconsider Me”)
1940 – George Malone of The Monotones (“Who Wrote The Book Of Love”)
1940 – Athol Guy – bassist for The Seekers (“I’ll Never Find Another You”)
1941 – Grady Thomas – vocalist for The Parliaments (“I Just Wanna Testify”)
1949 – George Brown – drummer for Kool and the Gang (“Joanna”)
1950 – Chris Stein – guitarist for Blondie (“The Tide Is High”)