John Wetton

John Kenneth Wetton was an English musician, singer and songwriter. Although he was left handed he was known as a dexterous right handed bass player and had a booming baritone voice Wetton joined the band Family in 1971 for a short time before joining King Crimson in 1972. After the breakup of King Crimson at the end of 1974, Wetton spent the next seven years as a member of other progressive rock and hard rock bands which included Roxy Music (1974–1975), Uriah Heep (1975–1976), U.K. (1977–1980) and Wishbone Ash (1980–1981).

12 June 1949

Born on the same birth date (12 June 1949): Jens Böhrnsen • Marc Tardif

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Alphonse Ouimet • Antal Festetics • Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvray • Louis Legrand (theologian) • Lucille Roybal-Allard • Marc Tardif • Samuel Z. Arkoff • Shailaja Pujari • Timothy Busfield • Trevanian

Born in the same month (June 1949): Adrian Gurvitz • Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee • Andy Scott (guitarist) • Antony Sher • Bùi Thanh Liêm • Chris Van Allsburg • Dan Dierdorf • Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth • Don Baylor • Dusty Baker • Emanuel Ax • Frank Beard (musician) • Frank Rich • Gotabaya Rajapaksa • Hildegard Falck • Holly Near • Jarosław Kaczyński • Jim Lea (musician) • Joan Clos • Lindsay Wagner • Luís Filipe Vieira • Ralph Mann • Ulla Schmidt • Uwe Kliemann