Origin: Jamaica, NY

Decades: 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's

Best remembered for his 1978 smash "Magnet and Steel, " pop singer/songwriter Walter Egan was born July 12, 1948 in Jamaica, NY; alongside guitarist John Zambetti, he first surfaced a surf-rock band dubbed the Malibooz, which earned a devoted local following and even performed at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Relocating to Washington, D.C., Egan and Zambetti reteamed in the folk-rock group Sageworth and Drums, a product of the same fertile D.C. scene which also launched the careers of Emmylou Harris, Roy ... Read More