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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Born
~ December 1st
1977: Big Bad Brad/Bradford Phillip Delson (lead guitar, Linkin
Park)
1975: Sarah Masen (US Contemporary Christian music/Celtic music)
1973: Kate Rusby (UK folk music singer; Pookies/solo)
1963: Sam Reid (Canadian keyboardist; Tokyo/Glass Tiger)
1959: Steve Jansen/Stephen Batt (vocals, drums, percussion; Japan)
1956: Kim Richey (US singer-songwriter)
1956: Julee Cruise (US singer, actress)
1951: Jaco Pastorius (bass player; Weather Report)*21.Sept.87
1950: Keith Thibodeaux (US actor, drummer; David & the Giants)
1950: Armen Donelian (pianist; Jazz fusion group Cosmology/solo)
1947: Leo Cuypers (Dutch pianist)
1946: Gilbert O'Sullivan/Raymond O'Sullivan (Irish singer, songwriter,
pianist)
1945: Bette Midler (actress/vocalist)
1944: Eric Bloom (singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist; Blue
Oyster Cult)
1944: Charlie Grima (drums; Wizzard)
1944: John Densmore (drums, author; Doors/Bess Snyder and Co)
1942: Casey Van Beek (US multi-instrumentalist; The Tractors)
1939: Dianne Lennon (Us singer; The Lennon Sisters)
1938: Carlos Garnett (Panamanian tenor saxophonist; Art Blakey/Miles
Davis/solo)
1938: Sandy Nelson (US drummer, Teddy Bears)
1934: Billy Paul/Paul Williams (R&B, soul singer)
1933: Lou Rawls/Louis Allen Rawls (jazz-soul-R&B singer/songwriter)*06.Jan.2006
1933: Jimmy Lyons (American
alto saxophonist;Cecil Taylor Unit)*19.May.1986
1931: Jim Nesbitt (US country music)*29.Nov.2007
1930:
Matt Monro/Terrence Parsons (UK ballad singer)
1928: Lurlean Hunter
(American jazz singer)
1927: Ted Brown (US tenor saxophonist; jazz artist)
1925: Dick Johnson (big band clarinetist;The Artie Shaw
Orchestra)
1923: Wessel Ilcken (Dutch jazz drummer)*13.07.1957
1921: John Bunch (US Hoosier jazz pianist)
1919: Ike Isaacs (Burmese jazz guitarist; Stephane Grapelli)*11.Jan.1996
1913: Mary Martin (American actress, singer;
stage musicals)*03.Nov.1990
1904: Jimmy Lytell (US
clarinetist;The Original Memphis Five/band leader)*28.Nov.1972
December 2nd
1987: Teairra Mari (American R&B singer).
1982: Pizon/Michael Scala (Italian-American rapper, producer).
1981: Britney Spears (US singer).
1979: Yvonne Catterfeld (German singer, actress).
1978: Nelly Furtado (Canadian singer, songwriter).
1978: Christopher Wolstenholme (bassist; Muse).
1971: Donna Matthews (Welsh guitarist; Elastica).
1970: Treach/Anthony Criss (rap artist; Naughty By Nature).
1968: Nathan "Nate" Mendel (US bassist; Foo Fighters/Sunny
Day Real Estate/guest).
1960: Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley (UK drummer in the band
Hanoi Rocks)*09.Dec.1984.
1960: Rick 'Sav' Savage (UK bass player, Def Leppard).
1960: Sydney Youngblood/Sydney Ford (German born US singer).
1947: Isaac Bitton (French rock drummer; Les Variations).
1944: Dionysis Savvopoulos (Greek music composer, lyricist, singer).
1943: David Charles Munden (drums; The Tremeloes).
1942: Ted Bluechel (US drummer, guitar, vocals; Cherry Hill Singers/Association).
1941: Tom McGuinness (guitar, vocals; Manfred Mann/McGuinness Flint/Manfreds/Paul
Jones Blues).
1931: Wynton Kelly (US jazz pianist; Miles Davis's Quintet/Cannonball
Adderley/solo)*12.April.1971.
1923: Maria Callas (US born Greek soprano singer)*16.Sept.1977.
1917: Sylvia Syms/Sylvia Blagman (American jazz singer)*10.May.1992.
1913:
Emil Brenkus
(American jazz bassist)*10.Dec.2007
1906: Peter Carl Goldmark (engineer, president; Columbia Records/invented
the long-playing record)*07.Dec.1977.
1895:
Harriet Cohen CBE (British classical pianist)*13.Nov.1967.
December
3rd
1983: Sherri DuPree (US
vocalist, guitarist, lyricist; Eisley).
1982: Jaycee Chan (Hong Kong actor, singer,
composer, lyricist, guitarist).
1979: Daniel Bedingfield (New Zealand
born singer).
1978: Trina/Katrina Le’verne Taylor (US rapper).
1969: Bill Steer (UK guitarist, bassist; Napalm Death/Carcass).
1968: Montell Jordan (American R&B singer-songwriter, record
producer).
1952: Duane Roland (US guitarist; Ball Brothers Band/Molly Hatchet)*19.June.2006.
1951: Mike Stock
(Stock, Aitken, Waterman production team).
1951: Nicky Stevens (UK singer; Brotherhood
Of Man).
1949: Mickey Thomas (US singer; Elvin Bishop
Group/Jefferson Starship).
1948: Ozzy Osbourne/John Michael Osbourne
(Singer; Black Sabbath/own band).
1946: Vic Malcolm (UK lead guitarist; Geordie).
1944: Ralph McTell (UK folk singer,
guitarist, songwriter, children's TV presenter).
1942: Ken Lewis (UK singer, songwriter; Ivy
League/Carter-Lewis And The Southerners)?
1931: Jaye P. Morgan (US singer).
1927: Andy Williams (US singer).
1925: Ferlin Husky (US country pop singer).
1923:
Frank Guarrera (American
baritone with the Metropolitan Opera)*23.Nov.2007
December
4th
1981: Lila McCann (US country music singer).
1976: Amie Comeaux (US country singer)*21.Dec.1997.
1976: Ysabella Brave/MaryAnne Ysabella (US soul-blues-jazz singer).
1972: Justin Welch (drums; Elastica).
1969: Jay-Z/Jigga/Jay Hova/Young Hov/God MC/Shawn Corey Carter
(US rapper, record president).
1967: Adamski/Adam Tinley (keyboards,
vocals, dance music producer).
1967: Eric Roche (American arranger and guitarist)*06.Sept.2005.
1964: Andrew Banfield (vocals; Pasadena's).
1962: Vinnie Dombroski (lead vocals; Sponge).
1959: Bob Griffin (US bassist; The BoDeans).
1955: Cassandra Wilson (US Grammy Award-winning jazz singer).
1951: Gary Rossington (US guitar; Lynyrd Skynyrd).
1948: Southside Johnny/John Lyon (vocals, harmonica; The Asbury
Jukes).
1947: Andy LaVerne (American jazz pianist, composer, arranger).
1947: Terry Woods (Irish folk musician, mandolin, cittern; Pogues).
1944: Dick Miller (Australian composer, reedist).
1944: Dennis Carl Wilson (US vocalist, drums; Beach Boys)*28.Dec.1983.
1944: Chris Hillman (US bassist, vocals; Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers/Desert
Rose Band/guest/solo).
1944: Anna McGarrigle (Canadian folk singer-songwriter).
1942: Bob Mosley (US bassist; The Frantics/Moby Grape).
1940: Freddy Cannon/Frederick Anthony Picariello (US rock 'n' roll
singer).
1940: Rune Carlsson (Swedish drummer, vocalist).
1937: Ernie Carson
(American jazz cornetist).
1933: Denis Charles (jazz drummer)*26.March.1998
1930: Jim Hall (American jazz guitarist,
composer, arranger).
1928: Frank Tiberi (US tenor saxophonist, leader; Woody Herman
Orchestra).
1921: Deanna Durbin/Edna Mae Durbin (Canadian
actress, singer).
1917: Dick "Pixie" Roberts (Australian alto saxophonist).
1917: Russell Jacquet (American big band
trumpeter)*28.Feb.1990
1916: Frank Joseph Flynn (American vibraphonist).
1915: Eddie Heywood (American jazz pianist)*02.Jan.1996
December
5th
1985:
Dulce María/Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón (Mexican
latin pop singer, actress; RBD).
1980: Zainam Higgins (vocals; Cleopatra).
1979: Evonne Hsu (US born, Taiwanese singer).
1971: Craig Gill (drummer; Inspiral Carpets).
1968: Glen Graham (drums, percussion; Blind Melon)?
1967: Gary Allan/Gary Allan Herzberg (US country music singer).
1965: Johnny Rzeznik (guitar, vocalist, songwriter; Goo Goo Dolls).
1962: Ben Watt (DJ, musician, record producer; Everything But The
Girl).
1962: José Cura (Argentine tenor opera singer).
1960: Les Nemes (UK bassist; Haircut 100).
1960: Jack Russell (lead singer; Great White).
1960: Brian Bromberg (US jazz bassist, record producer).
1952: Andy Kim/Andrew Youakim (Canadian pop singer).
1950: Camarón de la Isla/José Monje Cruz (Spanish
flamenco singer; Paco de Lucia)*02.July.1992.
1947: Jim Messina (guitar, bass, recording
engineer, producer; Buffalo Springfield/Poco/Loggins&Messina).
1947: Miroslav Bukovsky (Czech born, Australian based jazz trumpet
player).
1947: Egberto Gismonti (Brazilian
multi-instrumentalist, composer; Nana Vasconcelos/guest/sessionist/solo).
1946: José Carreras (Catalan Spanish
operatic tenor).
1945: Eduardo Delgado Serrato (Texan drummer; ? & The Mysterians).
1938: JJ Cale/John W. Cale (US guitarist,
singer songwriter).
1934: Art Davis (American jazz double-bassist)*29.July.2007.
1932: Little Richard/Richard Wayne Penniman (US rock 'n' roll pianist,
singer)
1928: Gene Allen/Eugene Sufana (US jazz baritone
saxophonist).
1899: Aleck "Rice" Miller/Sonny Boy
Williamson II (US blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter)*25.May.1965.
December
6th
1970:
Ulf Ekberg (vocals, producer; Ace Of Base)
1969: Mark Gardener (singer, guitar; Ride)
1967: Hacken Lee (Hong Kong Cantopop singer).
1962: Ben Watt (vocals, piano, guitar; Everything But The Girl)
1961: Jonathan Melvoin (touring keyboardist; The Smashing Pumpkins)*12.July.1996
1961: David Lovering (drums; The Pixies)
1956: Peter Buck (mandolin, guitar; R.E.M.)
1956: Randy Rhoads (American guitarist; Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne
Band)*March.19.1982.
1955: Rick Buckler (drums; Jam/Time UK's/The Gift)
1955: Edward Tudor-Pole (vocals, actor; Tenpole Tudor/presenter
on The Crystal Maze)
1950: Joe Hisaishi (Japanese composer, director)
1947: Kim Simmonds (Welsh blues guitar virtuoso, multi-musician;
Savoy Brown/solo).
1947: Miroslav Vitous (Czechoslovakian jazz bassist, multi musician;
Weather Report/freelance)
1946: Keith West/Keith Hopkins (UK singer, producer; Tomorrow/Teenage
Opera)
1944: Willie Hutch/Willie McKinley Hutchinson (vocals, guitar,
songwriter;Motown)*19.Sept.2005
1944: Jonathan King/Kenneth George King (UK music producer, pop
mogul, singer)
1944: Fritz Fryer/David Roderick Carney Fryer (guitarist, producer;
Four Pennies/Fritz,Mike&Mo)*O2.Sept.2007.
1940: Jay Leonhart (American jazz bass player).
1943: Mike Smith (singer, keyboard, songwriter; Dave Clark Five/solo)*28.Feb.2008
1928: Bobby Van/Robert Jack Stein (US singer, dancer, trumpet,
actor)*31.July.1980
1927: Akira Miyazawa (Japanese tenor saxophonist).
1925: Bob Cooper (American tenor saxophonist, oboe; sessionist)*05.Aug.1993
1920: Dave Brubeck (US jazz pianist, composer; Dave Brubeck Quartet)
1916: Hugo Peretti (songwriting and production duo of Hugo &
Luigi)*01.May.1986
December 7th
1987: Aaron Carter
(US singer)
1977: Dominic Howard (UK drummer; Muse).
1974: Nicole Appleton (Canadian-born singer; All Saints)
1973: Damien Rice (Irish singer/songwriter; Juniper/solo)
1968: Noel Akchote (French guitarist)
1965: Brian Futter (guitar; Catherine Wheel)
1965: Wolfgang Haffner (German drummer; freelance)
1963: Barbara Weathers (lead singer; Atlantic Starr)
1963: Claudia Brücken (German vocalist; Propaganda/Act)
1963: Huw Chadbourne (keyboards; Babybird)
1961: Rob Downes (guitar; Then Jerico)
1960: Matthew Shipp (US free jazz pianist; David S. Ware's Quartet)
1958: Tim Butler (bass player; Love Spit Love/Psychedelic Furs)
1955: Chuck Loeb (US guitarist; jazz & most genres)
1954: Mike Nolan (singer; Bucks Fizz)
1949: Tom Waits (US vocals, harmonium, piano, guitar, organ , actor)
1948: Gary Morris (US singer and actor)
1948: Mads Vinding (Danish bassist; International freelance player)
1945: Marion Rung (Finnish singer)
1944: Daniel Chorzempa (US classical organist, composer)
1942: Harry Chapin (US singer, guitar songwriter)*16.July.1981
1932: Ronnie Boykins (US bass player;
Sun Ra Arkestra)*20.April.1980
1921: Clement Barone
(Piccolo, flute: Detroit SymphonyOrchestra/Motown sessionist)*28.Aug.2004
1911: Louis Prima (jazz
singer, trumpet player, composer)*24.Aug.1978
1909: Teddy Hill (US tenor saxophonist,
bandleader)*19.May.1978.
1904: Konstantin Sokolsky (Russian singer)*May
1991
1902: Cecil Irwin (US tenor saxophonist,
big band arranger; Earl Hines bands)*03.05.1935
December 8th
1976: Naimee Coleman (Irish singer and songwriter)
1973: Judith Pronk (Dutch singer, DJ, make-up artist; Alice DeeJay)
1973: Corey Taylor (singer; Slipknot/Stone Sour)
1972: Ryan Newell (guitar; Sister Hazel)
1966: Sinéad O'Connor (Irish singer)
1966: Bushwick Bill/Richard Shaw (rap artist;The Geto Boys)
1964: Sandy Burnett (Brit record producer)
1963: Greg Howe (US guitarist; solo/guest/sessionist).
1963:
Frosty
Freeze/Wayne
Frost (US B-boy, breakdancer; Rock Steady Crew)*03.April.2008.
1962: Marty Friedman (lead guitarist; Megadeth/Cacophony/solo).
1959: Paul Rutherford (backing vocalist, dancer; Frankie Goes To
Hollywood)
1957: Phil Collen (guitar, Def Leppard)
1956: Warren Cuccurullo (guitarist; Frank Zappa/Missing Persons/Duran
Duran/freelance)
1952: Mathias Ruegg (Swiss pianist and composer)
1951: Jan Eggum (Norwegian singer-songwriter)
1950: Dan Hartman (singer, keyboards, songwriter; Edgar Winter
group)*22.03.1994
1949: Ray Shulman (bass,violin, recorder, guitar; Gentle Giant/Sugarcubes/The
Sundays)
1947: Geoff Daking (drummer; Blue Magoos)
1947: Gregg Allman (lead singer, keyboards, guitar, organ; Allman
Brothers)
1946: Graham Knight (bassist; Marmalade)
1944: Mike Botts (drums, Bread)*09.12.2005
1943: Jim Morrison (front man, singer; Doors)*03.07.1971
1942: Bobby Elliot (drummer, The Hollies)
1939: Jerry Butler (soul singer, Impressions/solo)
1939: Sir James Galway (Irish flutist)
1928: Jimmy Smith (Hammond jazz organist)*08.02.2005
1925: Sammy Davis, Jr. (singer, dancer, actor)*16.05.1990
1922: Sol Yaged (US jazz clarinetist)
1909: Cleo Brown/ C. Patra Brown (US jazz
singer)*15.04.1995
December
9th
1979: 'Olivia' Lufkin (Japanese rock, multi-genre
singer).
1977: Imogen Heap (UK singer, multi-musician, songwriter; Frou Frou/solo).
1976: Eric Zamora (US saxophonist; Save Ferris).
1976: Imogen Heap (singer, songwriter, piano, keyboards; Frou Frou/solo)
1974: Canibus/Germaine Williams (US rap artist).
1972: Tre
Cool/Frank Wright (German drummer; Green
Day)
1971: Geoff Barrow (keyboardist, multi-instrumentalist;
Portishead)
1970: Zachary Sebastian Rex James Foley (UK
bassist, EMF)*02.Jan.2002
1970: David Kersh (US country music singer).
1970: Zak Foley (bassist; EMF)*31.Dec.2001
1969: Jakob Dylan (guitar, vocals, The Wallflowers)
1968: Brian Bell (guitar, multi-musician, vocals; Weezer/Space
Twins/The Relationship)
1967: Joshua Bell (American classical violinist)
1967: Thomas Flowers (US vocalist; Oleander).
1964: Paul Landers (German rhythm guitarist; Rammstein).
1958: Nick Seymour (bass player, painter, record producer; Crowded
House)
1957: Donny Osmond (US singer; the Osmonds/solo)
1955: Jerry Hughes (US keyboardist; Yankee Grey)
1955: Randy Murray (guitar; Bachman-Turner Overdrive ~ BTO)
1950: Joan Armatrading (West Indian-UK singer, songwriter)
1944: Neil Innes (vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar; The Bonzo Dog
Band/The Rutles)
1943: Rick Danko (Canadian multi-musician, guitar, vocals, The
Band)*10.Dec.1999
1943: Jimmy Owens (US hard bop trumpeter).
1941: Sam Strain (vocals; O'Jays/Little Anthony & The Imperials).
1941: Dan Hicks (US folk singer, guitar; The Hot Licks/solo).
1932: Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (US jazz, rhythm
and blues trumpeter).
1932: Elsie Smith (US tenor saxophonist, clarinetist).
1932: Junior Wells/Amos Blackmore (US blues singer, harmonica player)*15.Jan.1998
1930: Vern Williams (Bluegrass
mandolin player and singer)*06.June.2006.
1927: Benny Green
(UK sax player, radio presenter, DJ)*22.June.1998.
1915: Dame Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf DBE (Austrian/British opera singer, recitalist)*03.Aug.2006
1916: Bob Scobey (American dixieland trumpeter,
bandleader)*June.12.1963.
1906: Freddy Martin (American bandleader,
saxophonist)*01.Oct.1983.
December
10th
1993: Rachel Trachtenburg (US drummer, singer;Trachtenburg
Family Slideshow Players)
1985: Raven-Symoné (US actress, singer, songwriter, dancer,
and television producer).
1983: Katrin Siska (Estonian singer; girl band Vanilla Nija).
1982: Timothy Justin "Tim" Deegan (video jockey on Canadian
TV station MuchMusic).
1981: Taufik Batisah (Singaporean singer)
1981: Massari/Sari Abboud (award winning Lebanese R&B, pop
and hip-hop singer).
1980: Sarah Chang (Korean-US violinist).
1974: Meg White (drummer, vocals; The White Stripes).
1972: Brian Molko (singer, guitarist; Placebo).
1971: Scot Alexander (bassist; Dishwalla)
1966: Timothy Christian Riley (R&B singer; Tony! Toni! Tone!)
1965: Joseph Mascis (singer, guitar; Dinosaur Jr).
1951: Ellen Nikolaysen (Norwegian singer)
1957: Paul Hardcastle (UK singer, keyboards, producer)
1954: Geoff Deane (lead singer; Modern Romance)
1948: Jessica Cleaves (lead singer; Friends Of Distinction)
1946: Walter Orange (drums, vocals, The Commodores).
1946: Ace Kefford (bass guitar, vocals; Move).
1945: Ralph Viera Tavares (vocals; Tavares).
1941: Chad Stuart (UK folk singer: Chad and Jeremy).
1926: Eddie "One String"
Jones (Blues guitarist)
1918: Professor Longhair/Henry
Roeland Byrd (US blues pianist; many
alias's)*30.Jan.1980
December
11th
1993: Gina Miele (US singer, actress; Girl
Authority).
1981:
Zacky Vengeance /Zachary James
Baker (US rhythm guitarist; Avenged Sevenfold).
1973:
Mos Def/Dante
Terrell Smith (US rap artist,
actor).
1972: Easther Bennett (singer; Eternal)
1967: DJ Yella/Antoine Carraby (rapper, DJ, film Director; World
Class Wreckin Cru/NWA)
1966: Leon Lai (Cantonese cantopop singer, actor).
1964: Justin Currie (singer, songwriter, bass; Del Amitri)
1964: David Schools (bassist; Widespread Panic)
1964: Cosy Sheridan (US singer)
1963: Jon Brion (US multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter,
composer, record producer).
1962:
Curtis "Fitz" Williams (keyboards, synthesizers; Kool &
The Gang)
1962: Nele Karajlic (Bosnian singer, composer,
actor, television director).
1958: Nikki Sixx/Franklin Carlton Serafino Feranna (bass, vocals;
Mötley Crüe)
1957: Mike Mesaros (bass, vocals; The Smithereens)
1954: Jermaine Jackson (US singer)
1953: Andy Partridge (singer, guitarist, songwriter; XTC)
1948:
Stamatis Spanoudakis
(Greek guitarist, composer of pop and Byzantine music).
1944: Jon Garrison (US tenor operatic singer).
1944: Brenda Lee/Little
Miss Dynamite/Brenda Mae Tarpley (US
singer; pop and country)
1940: David Gates (guitar, songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist, producer;
Bread)
1938: McCoy Tyner (US jazz pianist).
1938: Enrico Macias (Algerian-born French singer, guitarist, author).
1931: Rita Moreno/Rosita Dolores Alverío (singer, actress;
musicals).
1926: Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (US blues singer)*25.July.1984
1916: Dámaso Pérez Prado (Cuban/Mexican bandleader,
singer, composer)*14.Sept.1989
1910: Noel Rosa (Brazilian composer, songwriter,
guitarist, banjo player)*04.May.1937
1890: Carlos Gardel (tango singer, composer,
actor)*24.June.1935
December
12th
1983: Katrina Elam (US singer)
1977: Dino Meneghin (guitar; The Calling/freelance).
1976: Dan Hawkins (UK guitar; Darkness)
1972: Hank Williams III (singer, guitarist; grandson of Hank Williams/son
of Hank Jr)
1968: Daniel O’Connor aka
Danny Boy(rapper; House Of Pain/La Coka
Nostra)
1967: Nick Dimichino (bassist; Nine Days)
1964: Jeff Aaron Brown (vocals; The Pasadenas).
1963: Eric Schenkman (guitar, Spin Doctors)
1963: Claudia Brucken (singer; Propaganda)
1961: Daniel O'Donnell MBE (Irish singer).
1959: Belouis Some/Neville Keighley (UK singer)
1957: Sheila E./Sheila Escovedo (singer, drums, actress; freelance)
1957: Cy Curnin (UK vocalist, keyboards; Fixx)
1948: Ray Jackson (mandolin; Lindisfarne).
1947: Ralph Scala (singer, organ; Blue Magoos)
1946: Clive Bunker (drummer; Jethro Tull)
1945: Tony Williams (jazz drummer)*23.Feb.1997
1945: Alan Ward (rhythm guitar; Honeycombs).
1944: Booker T. Jones (multi-musicain, songwriter, producer, arranger;
Booker T & the MGs).
1944: Rob Tyner (frontman, singer, drummer; Rob Tyner Band/MC5)*18.Sept.1991
1943: Mike Smith (lead singer, keyboardist; Dave Clark Five)
1943: Dickey Betts (slide guitar, vocals, guitar; Allman Brothers
Band).
1943: Grover Washington Jr (saxophone virtuoso)*17.Dec.1999
1942: Mike Heron (guitar, horn, keyboards, vocals; Incredible String
Band)
1942: Declan Clusky (Irish singer; Bachelors).
1941: Terry Kirkman (drummer, vocals; Association)
1941: Tim Hauser (singer; Manhattan Transfer)
1940: Dionne Warwick/Marie Dionne Warrick (US singer)
1936: Reggie Young (guitarist; session/freelance)
1935: Joan Weber (US singer)*13.May.1981.
1938: Connie Francis (US singer)
1929: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Japanese jazz pianist)
1920: Dick James/Reginald
Leon Isaac Vapnick (music
publisher; founder of the DJM record label)*01.Feb.1986.
1918:
Joe Williams (US
jazz vocalist)*29.March.1999
1915: Frank 'Francis' Sinatra (US singer/actor)*14.May.1998
1872: Don
Lorenzo Perosi (Italian composer)*12.Oct.1956
December
13th
1981: Amy Lee (US singer; Evanescence)
1975: Tom DeLonge (guitar, singer; Blink-182/Angels and Airwaves)
1974: Nick McCarthy (guitar, keyboards; Franz Ferdinand).
1972:
Mark Morton
(US guitarist; Lamb of God).
1969:
Murat Nasyrov (Russian pop singer and
compose)*19.Jan.2007.
1964: Hide/
Hideto Matsumoto (Japanese
guitarist, singer; X-Japan/solo)*02.May.1998
1957: Morris Day (US singer; The Time)
1955: Steve Forbert (US singer, harmonica, songwriter)
1954: John Anderson (US country singer guitarist)
1952: Berton Averre (lead guitar; The Knack)
1950: Davy O'List (guitar; Nice/Roxy Music/freelance)
1949: Mark Elf (American jazz guitarist)
1949: Randy Owen (lead vocal, rhythm guitar; Alabama)
1949: Tom Verlaine/Thomas Miller (guitar, vocals, songwriter; Television)
1948: Ted Nugent (guitarist; Damnocracy/The Amboy Dukes/Damn Yankees/solo)
1948: Andy Peebles (Radio & Club DJ)
1948: Ron Getman (US folk music guitarist; The Tractors)
1948: Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter (steel & slide guitar, guitar; Steely
Dan/Doobie Brothers/freelance).
1947: Chuck Findley (US trumpeter; The Imperials)
1945: Robert Martinez (drummer; ? & The Mysterians)
1940: Reggie Johnson (US jazz bassist)
1939: Eric Flynn (Chinese-born British actor and singer)*04.March.2002
1938: Tony Gomez (keyboards; The Foundations)
1933: Wayne Bennett
(US blues guitarist)*28.Nov.1992
1930: Buck White (US country music singer; The Whites)
1929: Toshiko Akiyoshi (Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger
and bandleader).
1920: Jackie Davis (American soul-jazz organist)
1909: Lou Mucci (American Jazz trumpeter)
1903: Carlos Montoya (Spanish flamenco guitarist)*03.March.1993
1895: Sonny Greer
(US jazz drummer; Duke Ellington)*23.March.1982
December
14th
1984: Tata Young (Thailand vocalist)
1982: Anthony Way (UK vocalist)
1975: Brian Dalyrimple (singer; Soul For Real).
1970: Anna Maria Jopek (Polish singer)
1966: Tim Skold (bassist; Marilyn Manson/sessionist)
1956: Stefan Bauer (German vibraphonist)
1955: Dan Barrett (US jazz arranger, cornettist, trombonist)
1953: René Eespere (Soviet-born Estonian composer)
1952:
John Lurie (American saxophonist; The
Lounge Lizards)
1958: Mike Scott (Scottish songwriter for The Waterboys)
1958: Peter 'Spider' Stacy (tin whistle, The Pogues).
1949:
Cliff Williams (Brit bassist; AC/DC)
1947: Christopher Parkening (American classical guitarist)
1946:
Aura Rully (Romanian vocalist)
1946: Jerome
Cooper (US drummer, percussionist; freelance)
1946: John Du Prez/Trevor Jones (Trumpet, composer; Modern Romance)
1946: Jane Birkin (UK actress, singer)
1946: Joyce Wilson (singer; Dawn/Debonaires)
1946: Jackie McAuley (guitarist; Them/the Belfast Gypsies/solo)
1945:
Stanley Crouch (US drummer, music critic)
1944: Nikolay Levinovsky (Russian pianist)
1943: Frank Allen (UK bassist; Searchers)
1940: Gustavo Bergalli (Argentinian trumpeter)
1938: Gary Usher (songwriter, producer, singer; Beach Boys/Byrds/solo)*25.May.1990.
1934: Johnny Moore (American R&B singer; The Drifters)*30.Dec.1998.
1933:
Leo Wright(US
alto saxophonist, clarinetist, flutists; Jazz artist)*04.Jan.1991.
1932: Charlie Rich/The
Silver Fox
(country singer, pianist)*25.July.1995
1931:
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
(American pianist)*26.May.1989
1924:
Wally Eckhardt (American double bassist;
Jazz artist)
1922: Cecil Payne (US jazz saxophonist; Dizzy Gillespie/Randy Weston/solo
bandleader)*27.Nov.2007.
1920: Clark Terry (US jazz trumpeter, flügelhornist, vocals;
many of the greats).
1911: Charles "Chuck" Gentry (US
sax, clarenet; Glenn Miller, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, many others)
1911: Spike
Jones (US bandleader, drums; Spike Jones
& his City Slickers )*01.May.1965
1914: Rosalyn Tureck (US
pianist, harpsichordist)*17.July.2003
1913: Ted Buckner(US alto saxophonist; sessionist/Motown/McKinney's
Cotton Pickers)*1976
1910: Budd Johnson (American tenor saxophonist)*20.Oct.1984
1906: Aleksandr Tsfasman (Ukrainian bandleader, pianist)*1971
1905: Ovie Alston (US
trumpeter, singer, bandleader)*1989
1902: Viola Wells (US
jazz singer; Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/Clyde Bernhardt)*1984
December 15th
1981: Najoua Belyzel (French pop rock and electronic music vocalist)
1979: Edele Lynch (Irish singer; B*Witched)
1978: Kaine/Eric
Ron Jackson
(US crunk hip-hop artist; Ying Yang Twins).
1978: Mark Jansen (Dutch guitarist; Epica)
1973: Kito Trawick (US hype man for Ghost Town DJs)
1961: Nick Beggs (bass; Kajagoogoo/Iona/freelance)
1955: Paul Simonon (bassist; The Clash)
1952: Bruce Gertz (US bassist; freelance/session/guest)
1949: Don Johnson (actor, singer)
1948: Toshinori Kondo (Japanese avant-garde jazz-style trumpeter)
1946: Harry Ray (singer; The Moments/Ray,Goodman & Brown)*01.Oct.1992.
1946: Carmine Appice (drummer; Vanilla Fudge/King Kobra/Blue Murder/freelance)
1942: Dave Clark (drummer, singer, composer, songwriter; Dave Clark
Five)
1940: Doug Phelps (lead vocalist; The Kentucky Headhunters)
1939: Cindy Birdsong (US singer; The Supremes)
1936: Krzysztof Sadowski (Polish pianist and organist)
1936: Eddie Palmieri (US arranger, pianist, bandleader)
1935: Dannie Richmond (US
drummer; Charles Mingus/own band)*15.March.1988
1934: Curtis DuBois Fuller (US jazz trombonist)
1928: Barry Harris (American Bebop pianist)
1928: Jerry Wallace (US country singer)*05.May.2008.
1928: Ernest Ashworth (US country music singer)
1927: Gene Quill (US alto sax player; jazz artist)
1925: Jimmy Nottingham
(US big band trumpeter)*14.Nov.1978
1925: Billy Butler (US
soul-jazz and blues guitarist;sessionist/freelance)*20.March.1991
1922: Alan Freed/Moondog (American DJ, R&B promoter)*20.Jan.1965
1919: Max Yasgur (owner of a dairy farm in Bethel ; Woodstock Festival
1969)*08.Feb.1973
1919: Curtis Lowe (US reedist)
1916: Buddy
Cole (US jazz pianist and bandleader)*05.Nov.1964
1911: Stan Kenton
(US bandleader and pianist)*25.Aug.1979
1910: John Hammond (producer, talent scout, jazz critic)*05.July.1987.
1897: Ed Allen (US
jazz cornetist; Earl Hines/big bands/freelance)*25.Jan.1974
1891: A.P. Carter/Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (Country musician)*07.Nov.1960
December
16th
1979: Mihai Traistariu
(Romanian singer; Eurovision Song Contest 2006).
1973: Scott Storch (Canadian keyboardist, hip-hop music producer;
Tuff Jew Productions/Storch Music Co.).
1971: Michael McCary (R&B bass singer; Boyz II Men).
1968: Christopher Thorn (guitar, mandolin, harmonica; Blind Melon)
1962: Laurence Cottle (Welsh bassist; Black Sabbath/guest/sessionist).
1961: Mike Fahn (American jazz trombonist)
1959: Steven Irvine (Scottish drummer; Commotions).
1951: Robben Ford (US multi-genre guitarist; Discovering the Blues/Charles
Ford Band/ L.A.Express/solo).
1949: Billy Gibbons (US guitarist, singer, composer; ZZ Top).
1946: Benny Anderson (keyboards, vocals; Abba)
1945: Tony Hicks (guitar; The Hollies)
1937:
Joe Farrell/Joseph Carl Firrantello (US
jazz
saxophonist and flutist)*6.Jan.1986.
1933: Ron Anthony (American guitarist for Frank Sinatra and George
Shearing).
1933: Johnny "Hammond" Smith (American organist)*04.June.1997.
1931:
Karl Denver (Scottish yodelling pop singer)*21.Dec.1998
1926: James McCracken (US tenor vocalist; opera/classical)*29.April.1988
1921: Steve Allen (US
composer and pianist)*30.Oct.2000
1925:
Sam Brown (Jamaican
roots reggae singer, poet)*27.Aug.1998
1915: Melvin Edward Alton “Turk” Murphy (US jazz trombonist)*30.May.1987
1915: Clois "Cub" Teagarden
(American jazz drummer)*29.06.1969
1905: Andy Razaf (African American composer, poet, and lyricist)*
03.Feb.1973
1907: Bernard Flood (American jazz trumpeter).
1899: Noel Coward (UK
actor, playwright, composer of popular musicr)*26.March.1973
1834: François-Adrien
Boïeldieu (French composer)*08.Oct.1834
1770: Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer/pianist)*26.March.1827
December
17th
1979: Ryan Key
(lead vocals, second guitar; Yellowcard).
1970: Craig Bullock/DJ Homicide
(turntables; Sugar Ray).
1969: Mick Quinn (bass; Supergrass).
1964: Ginger/David Walls (UK lead singer, guitar; Wildhearts).
1961: Sarah Dallin (UK singer; Bananarama).
1960: Yoshihiko Katori (Japanese vibraphonist).
1959: Bob Stinson (lead guitarist; The Replacements/Static Taxi)*15.Feb.1995.
1958: Mike Mills (US
bassist; R.E.M).
1951: Wanda Hutchinson (US singer; The Emotions).
1950: Carlton Barrett (bassist; Impact
All-Stars, Bob Marley/The Wailers/Upsetters)*17.April.1987.
1949: Paul Rodgers (UK singer, songwriter,
guitar; Free/Bad Company/solo/freelance).
1948: Jim Bonfanti (US drummer; Raspberries/Boxer).
1944: Carlos Barbosa-Lima (Brazilian guitarist).
1944: Vyacheslav Ganelin (Lithuanian jazz pioneer in the Soviet
Union, multi-instrumentalist)
1943: David Harman aka Dave Dee (UK lead singer; DD, Dozy, Beaky,
Mick & Tich)
1942: Paul Butterfield (US blues singer, harmonica player; own
band/solo)*04.05.1987
1939: Eddie Kendricks (lead singer; The Temptations)*05.10.1992
1938: Carl
O'Neil Little (first drummer with the Rolling Stones, taught Keith
Moon)*06.Aug.2005.
1937: Art Neville
(US: vocals, piano; Neville Brothers/The Meters/freelance).
1936: Tommy Steele/Thomas Willam Hicks OBE
(UK: singer, actor).
1933: Walter Booker
(American
jazz double bassist)*24.Nov.2006
1932: Sonny Red Kyner (American
alto saxophonist)*20.March.1981
1910:
Melvin "Sy" Oliver (American
arranger, bandleader, trombonist)*28.May.1988.
1903: Ray Noble (UK bandleader, composer)*03.April.1978.
1885: Louis Mitchell (American bandleader and drummer)*12.Sept.1957
December
18th
1980: Christina María Aguilera (US singer).
1980: Lindsay Gael Christina Armaou (Irish/Greek singer; B*Witched)
1974: Euroboy/Knut Schreiner (Norwegian quitarist; Turbonegro)
1972: Raymond Herrera (US drummer; Fear Factory)
1970: DMX/ Earl Simmons (African-US rap artist)
1970: "Cowboy" Troy Coleman (American country-rapper)
1969: DJ Lethal/Leor "Lee" Dimant (DJ, turntablist; House
Of Pain/Limp Bizkit)
1968: Andy Miller (Scottish producer, guitarist; Dodgy/Hey Gravity)
1966: Steve Dullaghan (UK bassist; Primitives/Lump of Coal)
1964: Robson Green (UK actor, singer-songwriter)
1959: Daddy G/Grant Marshall (member of Massive Attack).
1958: Geordie Walker (UK guitar; Killing Joke).
1953: Elliot Easton/Elliot Shapiro (US guitarist, vocals; The Cars/solo/The
New Cars).
1956: Elios Ferre (French guitarist)
1955: Jacek Kochan (Polish drummer)
1950: Randy Castillo (US drummer; Ozzie Osborne/freelance)*26.March.2002
1950: Martha Johnson (Canadian vocalist, keyboards; Martha And
The Muffins).
1949: Alyrio Lima Cova (Brazilian percussionist)
1948: Buddy Gask (UK vocals; Showaddywaddy)
1948: Bill Nelson (US guitar; Be Bop Deluxe/solo)
1943: Bobby Keys (International US Saxophonist; sessionist/freelance/Rolling
Stones).
1943: Keith Richards (UK guitarist; Rolling Stones).
1941: Wadada Leo Smith (US avant-garde jazz trumpeter)
1941: Sam Andrews (US guitarist; Big Brother & the Holding
Company)
1940: Bramwell "Bram" Morrison (Canadian children's musical
trio Sharon, Lois & Bram)
1939: Eddie Kendricks (US singer; Temptations)*05.Oct.1992
1938: Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (UK bassist, manager;
Animals/Jimi Hendrix Experience)*17.July.1996.
1938: Joel Hirschhorn (US songwriter, composer)*18.Sept.2005
1932: Don Heckman (US
jazz clarinetist, music critic)
1931: Allen Klein (US record industry executive)
1931: Al Molina (US jazz trumpeter)
1930: Al Jones (American Traditional bluegrass drummer)*1976
1929: Nick Stabulas (US drummer; jazz man)*06.Feb.1973
1928: Ira Gitler (US music critic)
1928: Harold Land (US tenor bop saxophonist)*27.July.2001
1923: Bill Reichenbach Sr. (American trombonist, composer)
1922: Clarence Horatio "Big" Miller (69) (US jazz trombonist,
big voiced singer)*09.June.1992
1919: Barry Galbraith (US jazz guitarist)*13.Jan.1983.
1917: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (US alto saxophonist,
jazz & blues shouter)*02.July.1988
1914: Connie Curtis "Pee Wee" Crayton (US blues
guitarist, vocalist)*25.June.1985
1908: Raul Sanchez Reinoso (Argentinian guitar, banjo, bandleader)*07.Sept.1957
1907: Lawrence Lucie (US session guitarist)
1897: Fletcher Henderson Jr (US jazz pianist, bandleader, composer)*28.Dec.1952
1894: Arthur Fiedler (US orchestra director, conductor;
Boston Pops Orchestra)*10.July.1979
1887: Sam Morgan (US trumpeter; Sam Morgan Jazz Band)*25.Feb.1936
December
19th
1980: Trevor Rager (US drummer; Fairview)
1970: Sebastian/Knud Torben Christensen (Danish guitarist)
1969: Aziza Mustafa Zadeh (Azerbaijan pianist, vocalist, composer)
1968: Kevin Shepard (founder drummer; Zoo Story/Tonic)
1961: John Eacott (UK trumpeter; Roman Holliday)
1958: Limahl/ Christopher Hamill (singer; Kajagoogoo/solo)
1957: Eric Marienthal (US alto saxophonist; Chick Corea Elektric
Band)
1957: Doug Johnson (Canadian keyboardist, composer; Loverboy).
1955: Ron Kuivila (avant-garde electronics musician)
1952: Sooz/Susan Goodman Jackson (US award-winning singer-songwriter)
1952: Jeff Davis (US session musician; Lee Konitz, Machito)
1949: Lenny White III (drummer; international freelancer)
1947: Don Weller (Brit tenor saxophonist).
1947: Janie Fricke (US country pop vocalist)
1945: John McEuen (banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, accordion;
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1944: Zal Yanovky (singer, guitarist; Mugwumps/Loving Spoonful)*13.Dec.2002.
1944: Alvin Lee (Guitar, vocals; Ten Years After)
1941: Maurice White (drummer, vocals; sessionist/Earth Wind &
Fire)
1940: Phil Ochs (US folk singer, guitar, songwriter)*09.April.1976
1938: Roger Blank (US session drummer; Sun Ra)
1938: Pete Strange (UK trombonist; sideman to Humphrey Lyttelton)*14.08.2004
1937: Milcho Leviev (Bulgarian keyboardist)
1935: Robert Henry "Bobby" Timmons (US pianist;Art Blakey's
Jazz Messengers)*01.03.1974
1929: Bob Brookmeyer (US jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger)
1928: Santos Miranda (US percussionist)
1927: Harry Harman (Australian tuba player)
1925: Robert B. Sherman (US songwriter with Sherman Brothers)
1920: Little Jimmy Dickens (American countrysinger, guitarist)
1918: Professor Longhair/Henry Roeland Byrd (US rock & roll
piano player)*30.Jan.1980.
1915: Charlie Ryan (US rockabilly guitarist)
1915: Édith Piaf/Edith Giovanni Gassion (French singer,
actress)*11.Oct.1963
1911: Lucius "Lu" Watters (US jazz bandleader, trumpeter)*05.Oct.1989
1895: Erskine Tate (US big bandleader, banjo, violinist; Vendome
Orchestra)*17.Dec.1978
1885: Joe "King" Oliver (Pioneering American jazz musician,
cornet)*08.April.1938
December 20th
1990: JoJo/Joanna Noëlle Levesque (US
pop singer)
1977: Simo Santapukki (Finnish guitarist, drummer; Apulanta)
1975: Graham Hopkins (Irish drummer; Therapy?/Boss Volenti)
1974: Die (Japanese guitarist, composer: La Sadie's/Dir en grey)
1966: Chris Robinson (singer, producer, art direction; The Black
Crowes)
1962: Ray Coburn (Canadian keyboardist; Honeymoon Suite)
1961: Mike Keneally (US guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer)
1960: Efrem Towns (US trumpeter, Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
1957: Billy Bragg (UK singer, guitarist, songwriter)
1957: Anna Vissi (Greek Cypriot singer)
1956: Anita Ward (US singer)
1951: Gilbert Montagné (French blind pianist, organist,
singer)
1948: Alan Parsons (UK keyboardist, audio engineer, producer, The
Alan Parsons Project)
1948: Stevie Wright (Austraian singer, songwriter; Easybeats/musicals)
1947: Lloyd Courteney (American drummer)
1947: Gigliola Cinquetti (Italian singer)
1945: Peter 'Catman' Criss/George Peter Criscuola
(drummer; Kiss)
1944: Bobby Colomby (drums, Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1942: Pete Levin (US avant-garde jazz keyboards, synthesizer)
1941: Michael Hurley (folk singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter)
1940: Larry Willis (US jazz pianist, composer)
1939: Bill Keith (American steel guitarist)
1938: John Harbison (US composer of opera music)
1937: Courtney Johnson (US country banjo, guitar; New Grass Revival)
1935: Frank Necessary (US author, bluegrass music banjoist)
1933: Sam Falzone (US tenor saxophonist)
1930: Pat Hare (US
memphis blues guitarist)*26.Sept.1980
1924: Arne Domnerus (Swedish alto saxophonist)
1922: Walter Eichenberg (German trumpet player)
1921: Jesse 'Tiny' Kennedy Jr (American
jump blues vocalist)
1919:
John Hardee (US
jazz blues tenor saxophonist)*18.May.1984.
1909: Vagn Holmboe (Danish composer, teacher)*01.Sept.1996
1907: Paul Francis Webster (American Academy
Award-winning lyricist)*18.March.1984
1907: "Cousin Joe" Pleasant (US
blues vocalist and guitarist)*02.Nov.1989
1907: Al Rinker (US pianist, vocalist, and composer; The Rhythm
Boys)*11.June.1982
1898: Irene Dunne (US actress, traditional
pop music vocalist)*04.Sept.1990
1935: Donald "Chubby" Anthony (American
fiddler)*05.Feb.1980
1900: Ted Fiorito (American bandleader, keyboardist)*22.July.1971
1918: John Hardee (US jazz blues tenor saxophonist)*18.May.1984
December
21st
1982: Luke Stricklin
(US country music singer, songwriter)
1981: Dima Bilan (Russian singer)
1973: Karmen Stavec (German-born Slovenian
singer)
1971: Mathieu Chedid (French musician,
singer and songwriter)
1971: Brett Scallions (lead singer; Fuel/The
X's)
1968: Brad Warren (US country singer songwriter; The Warren Brothers)
1965: Gabrielle "Gabby" Glaser (vocals; Luscious Jackson)
1964: Emmett "Patrick" Murphy (drummer; Dinosaur Jr/Lemonheads)
1963: Russell Moore (US bluegrass guitarist; IIIrd Tyme Out/Doyle
Lawson/Quicksilver)
1961: Louis Moutin (French drummmer, Moutin Reunion Quartet)
1961: François Moutin (French bassist, Moutin Reunion Quartet)
1960: Louis Demetrius Alvanis (UK classical pianist)
1956: Lee Roy Parnell (US country singer)
1955: Kazuyuki Sekiguchi (Japanese bassist, ukulele;Southern All
Stars/solo)
1953: Betty Wright (US singer)
1951: Alex Blake (Panamanian jazz bassist; sessionist/freelance)
1951: James Emery (American guitarist; String Trio of New York/solo)
1951: Nick Gilder (UK frontman for the Canadian glam rock band
Sweeney Todd)
1948: Willi Resetarits/Dr. Kurt Ostbahn (Austrian singer, cabaret
artist)
1947: Paco de Lucía/Francisco Sanchez Gomez (Spanish flamenco
guitarist)
1946: Carl Wilson (singer, lead guitar; Beach Boys)*06.Jan.1998
1944: Michael Tilson Thomas/ MTT (US conductor; wide variety of
music)
1943: Albert Lee (top rockabilly guitarist; Ten Years After/internatioal
sessionist)
1943: Sal Marquez (American jazz trumpeter; freelance)
1942: Reinhard Mey (German singer, guitarist, songwriter)
1942: Carla Thomas (US Memphis Soul singer)
1941: John Josephus Hicks Jr
(US international jazz pianist, composer)*10.May.2006.
1940: Frank Zappa (guitar, multi muso, composer; Mothers Of Invention/solo)*04.Dec.1993
1940: Ray "Paul" Hilderbrand
(singer; Paul & Paula)
1936: Wilmer Wise (US Trumpet virtuoso; many jazz bands/symphony
orchestras/musicals).
1934: Hank Crawford/Bennie Ross Crawford Jr (US alto saxophonist)
1931: David N. Baker Jr (symphonic jazz composer)
1926: Freddie Hart/Freddie Segrest
(American country musician, songwriter)
1921: Louis Freichel (German pianist)
1920: Jack Dieval (French jazz pianist)
1920: Marshall Brown (American
jazz trombonist; Pee Wee Russell/others)*13.Dec.1983
1919: George Treadwell
(US jazz trumpeter; freelance/leader/sessionist)*14.May.1967.
1918: David "Panama" Francis (drummer,
jazz, rock'n'roll; leader/freelance/sessions)*13.Nov.2001
1915: Werner von Trapp (Austrian-born
musician, singer;Trapp Family Singers)*11.Oct.2007.
1910: Jerome Darr (American guitarist; many bands/sessionist)*29.Oct.1986
1902: Peetie Wheatstraw/William Bunch
(American blues pianist, guitar, singer)*21.Dec.1941
1872: Don Lorenzo Perosi (Italian composer)*12.Oct.1956.
December
22th
1972: Vanessa Chantal Paradis (French singer,
actress).
1967: Richey James Edwards (Welsh guitarist, lyricist; Manic Street
Preachers).
1966: Marcel Schirmer (German bassist, vocals; German thrash metal
trio Destruction).
1966: Derek Jamerson Sr (drums, keyboard; Detroit Techno Scene,
son of James Jamerson)*07.April.2006.
1966: Danny Saber (guitar, bass, organ, keyboards, DJ; Black Grape/busy
sessionist)?
1960: Luke Skyywalker/Luther Campbell (rap performer; 2 Live Crew/owner
of Luke Records Loud).
1959: John Patitucci (bassist; Elektric Band/freelance)
1957: Ricky Ross (vocals, guitar, piano; Deacon Blue)
1949: Maurice Gibb (singer, songwriter, producer; Bee Gees)*12.Jan.2003
1949: Robin Gibb (singer, songwriter, producer; Bee Gees)
1948: Alan Williams (lead singer; Rubettes).
1946: Rick Nielson (vocals, guitar; Cheap Trick)
1944: Barry Jenkins (drums; The Nashville Teens/The Animals).
1944: Mal Jennings (Australian singer, trumpeter, cornet player)
1939: Nick Ceroli (American session musician drummer)*11.Aug.1985
1927: Ronnie Ball (UK cool jazz pianist)*31.Dec.1984
1919: Lillian "Lil" Green (American blues vocalist)*14.April.1954
1910: Reunald Jones (US swing-style trumpeter;
The Jones Boys/freelance)*26.Feb.1989
1905: Art Christmas (Alto Sax/multi-instrumentalist)*24.Sept.1961
1901: Danny Polo (American clarinetist)*11.July.1949
1858: Giacomo Puccini (Italian opera composer)*29.Nov.1924
1853: Teresa Carreño (Venezuelan conductor
and pianist)*12.June.1917
December
23rd
1985: Harry Mark Christopher Judd
(UK drummer; McFly).
1978: Esthero/Jen-Bea Englishman (Canadian
singer-songwriter).
1974:
Mieszko Talarczyk (Polish
lead singer, guitarist; Swedish Grindcore band Nasum)*26.Dec.2004
1974: Montsho Eshe (hip-hop artist; Arrested Development).
1967: Carla Bruni Tedeschi (Italian-French
singer, songwriter and model).
1964: John Gordon
(American alto saxophonist).
1964: Eddie Vedder/Edward Louis Severson III
(singer, guitar; Pearl Jam/Temple of the Dog).
1960: Will Sin/Will Sinnott (Scottish
bass player, keyboardist, songwriter; The Shamen)*23.May.1991.
1958: Laurence Hobgood
(American Grammy Award-nominated pianist).
1958: Victoria Williams
(US singer/songwriter).
1956: Dave Murray (UK guitar, Iron Maiden/Urchin).
1951: Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips
(vocals, guitar; Genesis/Mike Rutherford/Camel/solo).
1949: Adrian Belew/Robert Steven Belew
(guitarist, vocalist;King Crimson/solo/sessionist).
1946: Ariel Bender/Luther Grosvenor (guitarist,
Mott The Hoople/Spooky Tooth/The VIPs/solo).
1946: Robbie Dupree/Robert Dupuis (US singer, songwriter).
1945: Ron Bushy (drummer; Iron Butterfly).
1943: Harry Shearer (US bass guitarist, actor, voice actor on The
Simpsons).
1941: Tim Hardin
(US blues and folk singer, piano, guitar, songwriter, composer)*29.Dec.1980.
1940: Jorma Kaukonen
(American blues, folk, rock guitarist; Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna/solo).
1940: Eugene Record
(lead vocalist of the Chi-Lites)*22.July.2005.
1936: Muhammad Ali/Raymond Patterson
(free
jazz drummer).
1935:
Johnny
Kidd/Frederick Heath
(UK singer, songwriter; Johnny Kidd & the Pirates)*07.Oct.1966.Most
sites have his
DOB as Dec 23.1939, the "39" was for public popularity. His
birthdate according to his authorized site is November 23rd 1935.
1935: Esther Phillips/Esther Mae Jones (US
soul singer)*07.Aug.1984.
1933:
Frank Morgan (American
jazz saxophonist)*14.Dec.2007.
1931: Henry Cuesta
(American
jazz clarinetist; The Lawrence Welk Show)*17.Dec.2003.
1929: Chet Baker
(US
jazz trumpeter, vocalist)*13.May.1988
1928: Buddy Harmon
(Nashville session drummer).
1927: Joe Harris (American
drummer; Benny Goodman/sessionist).
1926: Ron Gowans
(Australian reeds musician, flute)?
1888: Mike Jackson (American
acid jazz/jazz-funk composer, pianist)*21.June.1945
December 24th
1975: Joe Washbourne (vocalist, keyboardist;
Toploader).
1974: Paal Nilssen-Love (Norwegian jazz drummeer; freelance/guest).
1971: Ricky Martin/Enrique José Martín Morales (Puerto
Rican singer).
1968: Doyle
Bramhall II (US
guitarist, vocalist; Smokestack/Eric Clapton Band).
1963: Mary Ramsey (singer, violin, viola; John and Mary/The Valkyries/10,000
Maniacs/X Maniacs).
1962: Michael Ray (jazz trumpeter; Sun Ra Arkestra/Michael Ray
& the Cosmic Krewe/Kool & the Gang/sessionist)?
1957: Ian Burden (keyboards; Human League).
1946: Jan Akkerman (Dutch guitar; Focus/guest/solo).
1945: Lemmy/Ian Fraser Kilmister (UK singer, bass guitarist; Hawkwind/Motorhead/guest).
1944: Woody Herman Shaw II (US jazz trumpet)*10.May.1989
1944: Michael
Curb (American musician, record company executive, politician).
1943:
Volker Kriegel (German
jazz guitarist)*14.June.2003
1937: Bernt Rosengren (Swedish tenor Sax player).
1936: Chris
McGregor
(Sth. African bandleader, pianist; Blue Notes/Brotherhood of Breath)*26.May.1990.
1935: Shusha
"Shamsi" Guppy (Persian
writer, editor,
singer of Persian and Western folk-songs)*21.March.2008
1934: John "Critch"
Critchinson (English
jazz pianist).
1931: Raphael 'Ray'
Bryant
(American jazz pianist, composer).
1931: Tatsuya Takahashi (Japanese tenor sax; The Tokyo Union/freelance).
1928: Jimmy
Campbell (American
session drummer)*1998
1927:
Jake Hess (US gospel singer; solo/founder of The Imperials)*04.Jan.2004.
1927:
Teresa Stich-Randall (European-based US soprano opera singer)*17.July.2006.
1924: Lee Dorsey (US pop - R&B singer)*01.Dec.1986
1920: Dave Bartholomew (American arranger, trumpeter and vocalist).
1919: Henry
Coker
(American jazz trombonist)*23.Nov.1979
1919: Moe Schneider (US Trombonist). ??
1914: Ralph Marterie (Italian trumpet player, big-band leader)*10.Oct.1978
1910:
Fumio Nanri (acclaimed
Japanese jazz trumpeter)*04.Aug.1975.
1908: Cladys "Jabbo" Smith (trumpet/vocal)*16.Jan.1991.
1898: Warren "Baby"
Dodds
(American jazz drummer)*14.Feb.1959
December
25th
1985: Leon Pisani (Welsh singer; boy band
V).
1982: Shystie/Chanelle Calica (rapper, song-writer, actress).
1972: Josh Freese (US drummer; Vandals/Devo/Viva Death/A Perfect Circle/Nine
Inch Nails/sessionist).
1971: Dido (UK singer, songwriter)
1971: Noel Hogan (guitarist, co-songwriter;
The Cranberries)
1964: Bob Stanley (UK musician, filmmaker,
journalist; Saint Etienne)
1962: Darren Wharton (UK keyboardist, TV
pesenter; Thin Lizzy/Dare).
1960: Dale Barlow (Australian jazz saxophonist,
flute; Cedar Walton Quartet/Art Blakey/solo)
1958: Alannah Myles (Canadian rock singer,
song-writer).
1957: Shane McGowan (UK guitarist, vocals;
The Pogues)
1954: Annie Lennox (Scottish singer; Eurythmics)
1954: Robin Campbell (lead guitar, vocals;
UB40)
1954: Steve Wariner (country singer, guitarist,
bassist)
1952: Desireless/Claudie Fritsch-Mentrop
(French R&B, jazz singer).
1949: Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira (singer and icon of the Brazilian
music).
1949: Joe Louis Walker (American blues guitarist, singer).
1948: Barbara Mandrell (US Country singer)
1948: Merry Clayton (US gospel singer, back
up singer; Rolling Stones, many more)
1946: Jimmy Buffet (American singer, guitarist,
songwriter)
1945: Noel Redding (UK bassist; Jimi Hendrix
Experience/Flat Mattress)*11.May.2003.
1944: Kenny Everett (UK radio DJ, TV presenter)*04.April.1995
1944: Henry"The Sunflower"Vestine
(guitar; Mothers of Invention/Canned Heat)*20.Oct.1997
1943: Trevor Lucas (guitarist, singer; Fairport
Convention/Fotheringay/freelance)*04.Feb.1989
1940: Pete Constantine Brown (lyricist, poet,
singer, producer, Cream)
1939: Bob James
(Grammy Award-winner, smooth jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer).
1937:
O'Kelly Isley (singer, songwriter, arranger, producer; Isley Brothers)*31.March.1986
1929: Chris Kenner (US singer, songwriter,
producer)*25.Jan.1976.
1919: Naushad Ali (Indian music director)*05.May.2006.
1907: Cab Calloway (US jazz singer, bandleader)*18.Nov.1994
1711: Jean Joseph
de Mondonville (French composer, violinist)*08.Oct.1772
December
26th
1987: Adam Walker (British classical flautist).
1979: Chris Daughtry (US singer, guitar; Daughtry, Absent Element).
1971: Jared Leto (actor, singer; 30 Seconds to Mars).
1970: Krissada Terrence (Thai-US singer , actor, dancer; Pru).
1969: Peter Klett (lead guitar; Candlebox)
1967: J. /Jay Noel Yuenger (lead guitar; White Zombie)
1963: Dana Baldinger (bass; Popinjays)
1963: Lars Ulrich (drums; Metallica)
1953: Henning Schmitz (member of the German
electronic
pop band Kraftwerk).
1953: Steve Witherington (drums; Ace)
1951: Paul Quinn (guitar; Saxon)
1946: Bob Carpenter (keyboard, accordion, bass; Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band)
1941: Rattlesnake Annie/Annie McGowan (US country blues singer)
1940: Phil Spector (songwriter, record producer)
1938: Stan Martin/Stanley Martin Feuerman (US radio host , DJ)*28.01.2003
1935: Abdul "Duke" Fakir (first tenor singer; The Four
Tops).
1930: Jean Ferrat (French author, poet, singer).
1925: Dame Thea King DBE (British classical clarinetist)*26.June.2007
1922: Harry Choates (fiddle, accordion, guitar steel and acoustic;
Cajun artist)*17.07.1951
1911: Bashful Brother Oswald/Beecher Ray Kirby (vocals,banjo;Smoky
Mountain Boys)*17.10.2002
1906: Imperio Argentina/Magdalena Nile del Río (Argentine
actress and singer)*22.Aug.2003.
1890: Uncle Charlie Osborne (American left-handed fiddler player)*27.May.1992.
December 27th
1988: Hayley Williams (American
Singer; Paramore).
1982: James Mead (US
guitarist, backing vocals; Kutless).
1982: Terji Skibenæs (Faroese guitarist;
Týr).
1980: Cas Haley (US
singer, guitarist; America's Got Talent contest/Woodbelly).
1972: Matt Slocum (guitar, cellist, composer;
Sixpence None The Richer/Astronaut Pushers)
1971: Guthrie Govan (UK guitarist, composer; Asia/GPS/The Fellowship/solo).
1961: Youth/Martin Glover Youth (bassist;
Killing Joke)
1952: Karla Bonoff (singer, songwriter; Bryndle/solo)
1952: David Knopfler (rhythm guitar; Dire
Straits/solo)
1950: Terry Bozzio
(drums; Missing Persons/Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart)
1948: Larry Byrom (multi-guitarist; Neil
Young & the Shocking Pinks/international sessionist)
1947: Janet Perry (American soprano operatic singer).
1945: Mike Altschul (US multi sax player;
international sessionist)
1944: Mick Jones (guitar, keyboards; Foreigner)
1943: Joan Manuel Serrat (Catalan singer-songwriter, guitarist).
1943: Peter Sinfield (UK lyricist, producer;
King Crimson).
1941: Mike Pinder (keyboards;
Moody Blues)
1941: Les Maguire (piano; Gerry & the
Pacemakers)
1936: Mike Barone (US trombone, composer,
arranger)
1933: John
Hughey (US steel guitar player;Conway Twitty/Vince Gill/own band)*18.Nov.2007.
1931: Scotty Moore (Elvis's guitarist/sessionist)
1916: Johnny Frigo (American jazz violinist
and bassist)*04.July.2007
1914: Ivan Sutton (British concert promoter)*27.May.1996.
1909: George Berens (Canadain alto sax, clarinet,
flute)
1906: Oscar Levant (American pianist, composer,
comedian, actor)*14.Aug.1972.
1901: Marlene Dietrich
(German actress/vocalist)*06.05.1992.
December
28th
1978: John Legend/John Stephens (Grammy Award-winning
singer, songwriter)
1971: Anita Dels/Anita Daniëlle Doth (Dutch singer, TV host;
2 Unlimited)
1970: Ashley Titus/Mr Fat (Sth.
African rapper, musician, TV presenter)*28.Nov.2007.
1964: Paul 'Wags' Wagstaff (guitar, Black Grape)
1962: Brian Kellock (Scottish pianist; Brian Kellock Trio)
1962: Michel Petrucciani (French jazz pianist)*06.Jan.1999
1962: Rachel Z/Rachel Carmel Nicolazzo (American jazz pianist)
1960: Marty Roe (US country music singer; Diamond Rio)
1959: Ted Nash (alto & tenor hard bop saxophonist not to be
confused with his Uncle Ted Nash)
1958: Joe Diffie (US country music singer)
1958: Mike McGuire (US country music drummer; Shenandoah)
1956: Nigel Kennedy (UK classical violinist)
1954: Rosie Vela (US singer, songwriter, model)
1954: Joe Cohn (US guitarist; solo/Harry Allen Quartet)
1953: Richard Clayderman/Philippe Pagès (French pianist)
1950: Alex Chiltern (guitar, vocals; Box Tops/ Big Star)
1947: Dick Diamonde/Dingeman Van Der Sluys (bassist; Easybeats/Flash
& the Pan)
1946: Edgar Winter (rock-blues keyboardist, sax, vocals; Edgar
Winter Group)
1945: Daniel Carter (US free jazz reedist, trumpeter, clarinetist)
1943: Chas Hodges (piano, guitar, singer; Chas & Dave)
1940: Lonnie Liston Smith (US jazz, soul, and funk pianist, organist,keyboardist)
1938: Charles Neville (sax, percussion; Neville Brothers)
1938: Dick Sudhalter (US cornet player, jazz journalist)
1933: Nichelle Nichols (US actress, singer)
1932: Dorsey Burnette (US rockabilly singer, younger bro of Johnny)*19.Aug.1979
1940: Lonnie Liston Smith (US jazz-soul-funk pianist, keyboardists;
Miles Davis/Cosmic Echoes)
1934: Bob Cunningham (US jazz bass player)
1930: Ed Thigpen (Jazz drummer; sessionist/leader/freelance)
1928: Moe Koffman (Canadian flautist, sax, clarinet, composer;
sessionist/guest)*28.April.2001
1925: Hildegard
Knef (German actress, singer, writer)*01.Feb.2002.
1921: Johnny Otis (R&B-blues pianist, vibraphonist, drummer,
singer, bandleader)
1915: Roebuck
'Pops' Staples (songwriter, guitarist, vocals; Staple Singers)*19.Dec.2000
1915: Al Klink (US tenor saxophonist with World's Greatest Jazz
Band)*07.March.1991
1912: Billy
Mackel (American guitarist; Lionel Hampton
Band)*05.May.1986
1909: Leonard Ware (US blues guitarist, composer)
1906: Rene Compere (Belgian jazz trumpet
player)*24.April.1969
1903: Earl "Fatha" Hines (US jazz
pianist)*22.April.1983
1871: Manuel Perez (US bandleader, cornetist)*1946
December
29th
1978:
La Toya London (US
R&B and soul singer).
1973: Chad Butler/Pimp
C (US southern
rapper; UGK)*04.Dec.2007
1970: Glen Phillips (singer, guitarist,
lyricist; Toad The Wet Sprocket/solo).
1970: Aled Jones (Welsh singer, television/radio personality and broadcaster).
1972: Evan Seinfeld (US vocalist, adult film actor, director; The
Spyderz/Biohazard).
1967: Chris Barnes (US lead singer; Cannibal Corpse/Six Feet Under).
1965:
Dexter Holland (US
vocalist; The Offspring).
1965: Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland (vocals, rhythm guitar,
Offspring)
1963: Alex Gifford [member of the electronic beat band Propellerheads)
1961: Mark Day (guitar; Happy Mondays)
1961: Jim Reid (lead singer; Jesus and Mary Chain/Freeheat)
1955: Neil
Geraldo (guitarist; Pat Benatar Band)
1954: Roger Voudouris (American singer, songwriter)*03.Aug.2003.
1953: Gali
Atari (Israeli
singer and actress; 1979
Eurovision Song Contest winner).
1951: Yvonne Elliman (US singer)
1948: Charlie Spinosa (trumpet; Johnny Fred & His Playboy Band)
1947: Cozy Powell/Colin Flooks (UK drummer; Rainbow/Whitesnake/solo/freelance)*05.April.1998
1946: Marianne Faithfull
(UK singer)
1942: Rick Danko (bass, accordion, violin, mandolin, guitar, fiddle;
The Band)*10.Dec.1999
1941: Ray Thomas (harmonica, flute, bass; Moody Blues)
1922: Rose Lee Maphis (country singer & entertainer with her
husband Joe)
1914:
Billy Tipton/Dorothy Lucille Tipton (US jazz pianist and saxophonist.)*21.Jan.1989.
December 30th
1988: Leon
Jackson (Scottish
singer; winner of UK X Factor 2007).
1980: Kenny Kwan (Hong Kong singer, actor; tduo Boy-z).
1978: Tyrese Darnell Gibson (R&B artist,
actor and model)
1978: Inferno/Zbigniew Robert Prominski (Polish drummer; Azarath/Witchmaster/Damnation).
1972: Steven Wiig (American multi-musician,
actor; Papa Wheelie, Metallica).
1969: Jay Kay/Jason Cheetham (lead singer, comoser; Jamiroquai).
1964: Duglas T. Stewart (Scottish composer, musician; BMX Bandits).
1959: Paul Jackson Jr (US guitarist; Los Angeles sessionist/solo).
1959: Tracey Ullman (Singer, comedienne, actress)
1956: Suzy
Bogguss (American country singer,
guitarist).
1955: La Voix Cassée/Dindo Yogo (Congolese musician, singer;
Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica/solo)*2000
1950: David Lloyd Stewart (Keyboards;
Hatfield & the North/National Health/solo)
1949:
Bruce Earl Fairbairn (Canadian top record
producer)*17.May.1999.
1947: Jeff Lynne
(vocals, keyboards, guitar, synthesizer;The Move/ELO/Traveling Wilburys/freelance)
1946: Patti Smith
(US musician, singer, poet)
1945: Davy Jones (singer, actor, jockey; The Monkees/solo)
1942: Robert Quine (Top US guitarist; sessionist/freelance)*31.May.2004.
1942: Michael Nesmith (US vocals, guitar, songwriter, businessman;
The Monkees/solo)
1940: Eugene
Booker Record (singer; The Chi-Lites)*22.July.2005
1940: Perry Ford (singer; Ivy League)
1940: Kenny Penifallo (drummer; Asbury Jukes)
1937: John Hartford (US folk singer,
guitar, fiddle, banjo, songwriter, Emmy A.W.)*04.June.2001
1937: Paul Stookey/Noel Paul Stookey (singer, songwriter, guitar;
Peter, Paul and Mary/solo)
1934: Del Shannon/Charles Weedon Westover (US singer, guitar)*08.Feb.1990
1931: Skeeter Davis/Mary Frances Penick (US country singer/songwriter)*19.Sept.2004
1928: Bo Diddley/Ellas Otha Bates (US singer, guitar, violin, trombone,
songwriter)*.June.2008.
December
31st
1979: Bob Bryar
(US drummer; My Chemical Romance/Gerardolopoly).
1978: Papoose/Shamele Mackie
(US rapper).
1973: Malcolm Middleton (Scottish singer, guitarist(Arab Strap)
1972: Joe McIntyre (singer; New Kids
On The Block)
1971: Brian Keenan (US pianist/composer)
1963: Scott "Not" Ian/Scott Ian Rosenfeld (rhythm guitarist;
Anthrax)
1961: Scott Taylor (guitar, Then Jericho)
1959: Paul Westerberg
(vocals, piano, guitar; Replacements/solo)
1953: Michael Hedges (guitarist;
solo)*02.Dec.1997
1951: Thomas William Hamilton (bass; Aerosmith)
1951: Fermin Goytisolo
(Cuban percussionist; KC and the Sunshine Band).
1950: George Thorogood
(blues-rock and rock performer).
1948: Donna Summer/LaDonna Adrian Gaines
(US singer, songwriter).
1947: Rita Lee.. Jones now Jones Carvalho (Brazilian Rock Star,
composer).
1947: Burton Cummings (Canadian lead singer; Guess Who/The Carpet
Frogs/solo).
1943: Pete Quaife (original
bass guitarist for The Kinks)
1943: John Denver (singer/songwriter/guitar)*10.Dec.1997
1942: Andy Summers (guitarist, composer;
Police/solo/guest).
1942: Terry
Furlong (guitar; Grass Roots)
1940: Mani Neumeier (German frontman, singer-drummer;
Guru Guru/solo).
1931: Gil Melle
(US film & TV composer, jazz saxophonist and artist)*28.Oct.2004
1930: Odetta Gordon (US
singer of folk, blues, jazz, and spirituals).
1920: Rex A