Girlschool
Bob Neuwirth
Chet Atkins
The Coasters
Bay City Rollers
Dan Tyminski
Jerry Keller
Van Halen
The 1975
Brian Wilson
Lionel Richie
Lazy Lester
Duran Duran
Grace Potter
Anne Murray
Eli Young Band
The Crystals
Musical Birthday Notes – June 20th
- Danny Cedrone – guitarist/bandleader – best known with – Bill Haley & His Comets – group hits include – Rock Around The Clock – 2012 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (6/20/1920 – 6/17/1954)
- Chet Atkins – multi-award winning country guitarist/songwriter/producer/instrumentalist – known as Mr. Guitar and The Country Gentleman – 1973 Country Music Hall of Fame – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum – (6/20/1924 – 6/30/2001)
- Lazy Lester (Leslie Carswell Johnson) – blues singer/songwriter/harmonica/guitar/bass/percussion – 1998 Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame – (6/20/1933 – 8/22/2018)
- Billy Guy – best known as the lead vocalist of – The Coasters – group hits featuring Guy include – Searchin’ – Little Egypt – Run Red Run – Wait A Minute – 1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (6/20/1936 – 11/5/2002)
- Jerry Keller – traditional pop singer/songwriter – best known for the 1958 hit – Here Comes Summer – 1937
- Bob Neuwirth – folk singer/songwriter/guitar/banjo/record producer/visual artist – known as road manager and associate of Bob Dylan – co-writer of Janis Joplin song – Mercedes Benz – (6/20/1939 – 5/18/2022)
- Brian Wilson – multi-award winning pop-rock singer/songwriter/musician/producer – The Beach Boys – 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2000 Songwriters Hall of Fame – hits include – Surfin’ U.S.A – Little Deuce Coupe – California Girls – Good Vibrations – 1942
- Anne Murray – Canadian country/pop singer – hits include – Snowbird – Danny’s Song – You Won’t See Me – Shadows In The Moonlight – 1945
- Dolores “LaLa” Brooks – singer/actress – best known with all female group – The Crystals – group hits featuring Brooks as lead vocalist include – Then He Kissed Me – Da Doo Ron Ron – 1947
- Alan Longmuir – Scottish bassist/actor – founding member of – The Bay City Rollers – group hits include – Saturday Night – (6/20/1948 – 7/2/2018)
- Bob Andrews – keyboardist/singer/songwriter/producer/bass – associated acts include – Brinsley Schwartz – Graham Parker and The Rumour – 1949
- Lionel Richie – multi-award winning pop singer/songwriter/musician/producer – The Commodores – solo artist – hits include – Sail On – Three Times A Lady – Still – Easy – 2016 Songwriters Hall of Fame – 1949
- Michael Anthony – bassist – Van Halen – 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame -associated acts include – Sammy Hagar – Chickenfoot – 1954
- Bernadette Jean “Kelly” Johnson – guitarist – best known with the all female British metal group – Girlschool – (6/20/1958 – 7/15/2007)
- John Taylor – English bassist/singer/songwriter/producer – founding member of – Duran Duran – 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts include – The Power Station – Neurotic Observers – 1960
- Dan Tyminski – country singer/guitarist – Allison Krauss’ Union Station – lead vocalist on The Soggy Bottom Boys’ – I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow – 1967
- Jerome Fontamillas – guitar/keyboards/backing vocals – best known with – Mortal – Switchfoot – 1967
- Joey Cathcart – guitar/backing vocals – best known with – Nelson – 1967
- Murphy Karges – bassist/backing vocals – best known with – Sugar Ray – group hits include – Someday – Fly – Every Morning – 1968
- Twiggy Ramirez – musician/vocals – Marilyn Manson – 1972
- Chino Moreno – vocals/guitar – multi-award winning alt-metal band – Deftones – group songs include – Change (In The House Of Flies) – Diamond Eyes – Tempest – 1973
- Chris Thompson – drummer – The Eli Young Band – group hits include – Crazy Girl – Even If It Breaks Your Heart – Drunk Last Night – 1980
- Grace Potter – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/actress – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals – associated acts include – Kenny Chesney – The Flaming Lips – Gov’t Mule – 1983
- Adam Hann – guitar/keyboards/backing vocals – English pop-rock band – The 1975 – group songs include – Love Me – Somebody Else – Love It If We Made It – 1988
- Lucy Rose – folk-indie singer/songwriter/guitar/piano/keyboards/drums – 1989