NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS: MUSICIAN BIRTHDATES, CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS

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November 1
2004: Terry Knight (61) Singer, Producer, Liner Notes, Cover Art Concept and manager of Grand Funk Railroad. He also founded and fronted The Pack (murdered, he was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Temple, Texas).
2004: Mac Dre/Andre Hicks (34) American gangsta rap artist (shot to death while returning to his hotel after a performance in Kansas City, Missouri).
2005: Skitch Henderson/Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson (87) Bandleader, founder of New York Pops Orchestra; he succeeded Toscanini as music director for NBC Television and was the original conductor of the orchestras for The Tonight Show and The Today Show ().

November 2
1887: Jenny Lind (67) Swedish soprano often known as the Swedish Nightingale; after years of world tours she retired to UK (she died at Wynd's Point, behind the Little Malvern Priory, and is buried in the Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire, UK).
1966: Mississippi John Hurt (74) was an influential blues singer and guitarist; he played extensively in colleges, concert halls, coffee houses and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson ().
1986: Desi Arnaz/Ricky Ricardo (69) Cuban singer, guitarist, percussionist, actor, comedian and television producer; own Latin American band, known to many as Ricky Ricardo with Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy" (lung cancer).
1996: Eva Cassidy (33) US singer, guitarist, producer; one of the greatest voices of her generation, possessing a soulful voice, an extraordinary range, and a diverse repertoire of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop, sadly she still remained virtually unknown outside of her native Washington, DC, when she died.(melanoma).
2007: Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka (23) Polish drummer and percussionist for the technical death metal band Decapitated. He He had been with the band ever since it was founded in 1996, when he was only twelve years of age. He also did work for the heavy metal bands Dies Irae and Panzer X. (Their tour bus collided with a truck carrying wood, Witold died from serious head injuries).

November 3
1964: John Henry Barbee (58) US blues guitarist, singer; Sunnyland Slim, other bands and solo. Well known for being an amazing storyteller (involved in an auto accident and suffered a heart attack while in jail waiting for the case to come to court).
1990: Mary Martin (76) US actress, singer; she was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. (colon cancer).
1991: Mort Shuman (55) US singer, pianist and songwriter; on his own or teamed with songwriting partner Doc Pomus, his songs were recorded by artists such as Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Fabian, The Drifters, and Elvis Presley, among others, most famous songs include "A Teenager in Love", "Turn Me Loose", "This Magic Moment", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "Little Sister", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "His Latest Flame" and "Viva Las Vegas" (complications due to a liver operation).
2002: Lonnie Donegan (71) UK singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter who launched the skiffle craze in the UK, sometimes called the King of Skiffle, he was a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s.(heart problems).
2004: Joe Bushkin (87) World renowned jazz pianist, composer; Over the course of his seven-decade career, Bushkin accompanied the Bunny Berigan Boys, Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Judy Garland and many more. (pneumonia).
2006: Paul Mauriat (81) French conductor, arranger; a classically trained musician who decided to pursue a career in popular music. His first major success came in 1962, as a co-writer of the European hit "Chariot." ().

November 4
1931: Buddy Bolden/King Bolden (53) New Orleans jazzman and cornet player; the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence, the first important name in jazz history, Bolden's career has long been buried in legend (diagnosed of schizophrenia, he was admitted to a mental institution in 1907, where he remained completely forgotten for his final 24 years).
1969: Ivory "Deek" Watson (60) Lead singer of the original Ink Spots. Later formed his own group, The the Brown Dots ().
1994: Fred Sonic Smith (45) US guitar player; co-founder of the legendary MC5 (heart failure).
2004: Robert Heaton (43) UK drummer with the punk band New Model Army (pancreatic cancer).

November 5
1942: George M. Cohan (64) American musician, actor, writer, composer (abdominal cancer).
1954: Oran 'Hot Lips' Page (47) singer, trumpeter; leader of Kansas City Jazz Band/Walter Page's Blue Devils/Artie Shaws band/freelance; one of the great swing trumpeters in addition to being a talented blues vocalist (?).
1956: Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr. (47) American jazz pianist (complications of uraemia as a result of kidney failure).
1960: Johnny Horton (35) US country & western singer; was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers of the late '50s, managing to infuse honky tonk with an urgent rockabilly underpinning. His career may have been cut short by a fatal car crash in 1960, but his music reverberated throughout the next three decades. (car crash).
1964: Buddy Cole (47) US jazz pianist and bandleader; played behind a number of pop singers, including Rosemary Clooney, Jill Corey, and The Four Lads (heart attacks).
1967: Robert Lee McCollum/Robert Lee McCoy/Robert Nighthawk (57) US guitarist & slide guitarist (heart attack).
1970: Albert Ayler (34) American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer (It is said November 5, 1970, he took the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and jumped off as the boat neared Liberty Island.He was found dead in New York City's East River on November 25, a presumed suicide. Rumors circulated that he had been murdered, possibly due to his involvement in the black power movement. There was no autopsy).
1986: Billy Nunn (61) lead and bass singer in The Coasters/his own Coasters (heart failure)?
1989: Vladimir Horowitz (86) Ukrainian pianist of world wide fame, he married Wanda Toscanini (he died in New York of a heart attack and was buried in the Toscanini family tomb in Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy).
1989: Lucius "Lu" Watters (77) trumpeter and bandleader in the "West Coast revival" of Dixieland music. This is relational to trad jazz as the musicians tended to be white and had little or no actual connections to New Orleans (?)
2002: Billy Guy/Frank William Phillips (66) US singer comedy singer but better known for being lead singer and baritone singer with The Coasters (?)
2003: Bobby Lee Hatfield (63) singer, one half of the duo The Righteous Brothers. (He was found dead in hotel room in Michigan 30 minutes before he was due on stage, an overdose of cocaine had precipitated a fatal heart attack).
2005: Frederick Lincoln "Link" Wray (76) singer, guitarist; inspired Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan, Pete Townsend, Bruce Springsteen, countless others, credited with inventing 'fuzz' guitar after punching a hole in a speaker (heart failure).

November 6
1672: Heinrich Schütz (87) worked most of Europe, including in the court of Prince Christian of Denmark and the court of Prince Johann Georg (stroke)
1893: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (53) Russia composer, pianist of often dramatic, richly expressive works, including the symphony Romeo and Juliet, the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, and the opera Eugene Onegin.(cholera)
1965: Clarence Williams (67) jazz pianist, composer, promoter, theatrical producer ().
1968: Charles Munch (77) French conductor and violinist; In 1967 he founded the Orchestre de Paris. (He died in Richmond, Virginia the following year, while on an American tour with them).
1972: Billy Murcia (21) drummer, New York Dolls (died after choking on coffee after an overdose of Mandrax and alcohol, while on a UK tour).
1987: Zohar Argov (32) popular Israeli oriental Mizrahi style singer (committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell after he was arrested for the attempted rape of a woman).
1997: Epick Soundtracks/Kevin Paul Godfrey (37) piano, drums, singer, songwriter; The Swell Maps/Crime and the City Solution/solo. Although working with many heavy bands, his solo records came closest to representing his personality, soft-spoken and rumpled, with a dry humor (died in his sleep, suicide was suspected).
2005: Minako Honda (38) Japanese singer and musical actress; She got famous and popular known as "Japan's Madonna" (complications from myelocytic leukemia).
2006: Jance Garfat (62) US bassist in the pop-country rock band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, later named Dr.Hook, from 1972 till they disbanded in 1985. At the height of their success Dr Hook were top of the charts in 42 countries, they amassed 60 gold and platinum singles and albums. (tragically killed in a motorcycle accident, while swirving to avoid a dog in Oakland, Ca).
2007: Hank Thompson (82) American country music singer and songwriter whose career spanned seven decades. He sold over 60 million records worldwide. His musical style, characterized as Honky Tonk Swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, gravelly baritone vocals.(lung cancer).
2007: George Osmond (90) US patriarch of the Osmond singing family (natural causes).
2007: Jimmy Staggs (72) American radio disk jockey; a longtime Chicago, USA radio disc jockey and record store owner.(esophageal cancer)

November 7
1960: A.P. Carter/Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (68) Country musician; despite dying in relative obscurity, A. P. Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. In 1993, his image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the Carter Family. In 2001 he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.()
1964: Jasper Taylor (70) American drummer; Young Buffalo Bill's Wild West show/ Original Washboard Band; he joined the military during World War I and served in France with the 365th Infantry Band. The 365th Infantry were nicknamed the "Buffalo Soldiers," the enlisted personnel were almost entirely African-American soldiers from Texas and Oklahoma. In the early 1920s he went to Chicago and worked with the greats ()
1994: Shorty Rogers/Milton Rajonsky (70) American jazz musician; one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played both the trumpet and flugelhorn, and was in demand for his skills as an arranger (fell ill in the early 1990s and died during KLON's West Coast Jazz festival).
2004: Howard Keel/Harry Clifford Leek (85) US singer, actor; starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s, such as Oklahoma and Carousel.(colon cancer)

November 8
2003: Guy Speranza (47) Original singer with the band Riot (Pancreatic cancer).

November 9
1951: Sigmund Romberg (64) Hungarian operetta composer (?)
1999: Herb Abramson (82) Producer, songwriter and co-founder of Atlantic records; he received the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation.(?)
2003: Davey Goldsworthy (40) singer and guitarist, Chesterfields (hit-and-run accident).

November 10
1994: Carmen McRae (74) US singer, pianist; worked with Count Basie, Mercer Ellington and solo artist ()
1997: Tommy Tedesco (67) session guitarist, Frank Zappa, Cher, The Beach Boys, The Supremes and more ()
2002: Johnny Griffith (67) keyboard, member of the Motown records house band; played the Steinway grand piano, the Hammond B-3 organ, the Wurlitzer electric piano, the Fender Rhodes, and the celeste and harpsichord.()
2006: Gerald LeVert (40) US R&B soul baritone singer; The LeVerts, LSG, solo. He was the most sensual, powerful baritone R&B singer of his generation (died at home in his sleep of a sudden, unexpected heart attack)

November 11
1972: Berry Oakley (24) bass player; Allman Brothers (motorcycle accident at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier)
1973: David "Stringbean" Akeman (58) bluegrass banjo player and comedy musician best known for his role on the hit television show, Hee Haw.(he and his wife, Estelle, were murdered in their home by burglars)
1977: Greta Keller (74) Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress; her voice appeared in the Oscar-winning movie, Cabaret, for which she sang the song, "Heirat" ()
1902: Preston Jackson (81) American trombonist ()
1993: Erskine Hawkins (79) trumpet player and big band leader; dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is most remembered as the composer of the jazz standard, "Tuxedo Junction" (1939), which became a popular hit during World War II. In 1978 he became one of the first five artists inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame ()
1998: Paddy Clancy (76) Singer; Clancy Brothers ()
2004: Pete Jolly/Peter Ceragioli Jr (72) US jazz keyboards, accordionist, pianist; best known for his performance of various television themes, his music can be heard on television programs such as Get Smart, The Love Boat, I Spy, Mannix, M*A*S*H, and Dallas, as well as hundreds of movie soundtracks.(complications of bone marrow cancer).
2007: John Petersen (62) US drummer with The Beau Brummels and Harpers Bizarre (heart attack).

November 12
2003: Tony Thompson (48) international session drummer with Rod Stewart, David Bowey, Chic, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry, Sister Sledge, Mick Jagger & many, many more (died within a month of being diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer, just 3 days before his 49th birthday)
2007: Erik Kurmangaliev (47) Russian-Kazakh opera singer (liver problem)

November 13
1967: Harriet Cohen CBE (61) UK pianist particularly associated with J. S. Bach's music: a few composers wrote music specifically for her, particularly Sir Arnold Bax (her lover) who wrote most of his piano pieces for her, including music for David Lean's 1948 film version of Oliver Twist. He also composed Concertino for Left Hand for her after she lost the use of her right hand in 1948. The Harriet Cohen International Music Award was introduced in her honour in 1951 (?).
1973: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr (19) US drummer in his father's band (car accident)
1987: Harold Vick (51) US hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and flautist probably better known for his work with musicians like Grant Green, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott, and a host of others (?).
1992: Ronnie Bond (49) UK drummer; The Troggs ()
1996: Bill Doggett (80) US pianist; created one of rock's greatest instrumental tracks "Honky Tonk" (heart attack)
2002: "Sir" Roland P. Hanna (70) jazz pianist; a style diverse enough to fit into swing, bop, and more adventurous settings. He was given knighthood, thus the "Sir", from the President of Liberia in 1970 in recognition for a series of concerts held to benefit Liberian children. (hear attack)
2004: John Balance (42) UK musician and artist; he was the founder and half of the experimental music group Coil. He was responsible for vocals, lyrics, chants, synthetics and various esoteric sound-making instruments and devices (lost his balance & tipped over the banisters at his home while under the influence of alcohol)
2004: Ol' Dirty Bastard /Russell Tyrone Jones (35) US rap artist with Wu-Tang Clan (collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio in New York after complaining of chest pain)

November 14
1873: Carl Flesch (71) Hungarian violinist,teacher; He published a number of instructional books, including the 1923 'Die Kunst des Violin-Spiels' (he died in Lucerne)
1968: Hilton Jefferson (65) banjoist, jazz alto sax; working for the big bands of Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Duke Ellington (?)
1992: George Rufus Adams (52) US jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist Don Pullen (?).
1992: Theodore Riley (68) jazz trumpet player and bandleader; worked with Fats Domino, Champion Jack Dupree, The Dookie Chase Orchestra, Roy Brown's Band, The Olympia Brass Band, The Williams Brass Band, and The Royal Brass Band ()
2004: Gene Anthony Ray (41) actor, dancer, singer; 'Leroy' in the film & TV's Fame (stroke/aids)
2007: Bud Mills (40) US drummer for death metal band Insanity; he created the 1-1 drum beat that was faster than the fastest thrash beat used at the time. (esophageal cancer)

November 15
1987: Ray Pablo Falconer (26) Sound engineer, UB40 (car crash)
1991: Jacques Morali (45) music producer who is best remembered for being the creator and driving force behind the disco group Village People. Between 1974 and 1982 Morali produced over 65 albums. (aids)

November 16
1978: Jimmy Nottingham (52) US big band trumpeter, Flugelhorn; a valuable big band and studio musician that he spent most of his life playing anonymously in the shadows and had few chances to solo. ()
1982: Al Haig (58) Freelance US jazz pianist; one of the finest pianists of the bop era (?)
1984 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
1994: Dino Valente/Jesse Oris Farrow/Chester William Powers, Jr (56) US singer, guitarist and well known songwriter (?).
1999: Grady Owen () Guitarist, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
2000: Russ Conway/Trevor Stanford (75) UK pop music pianist, composer (cancer)
2000: Joe C/Joseph Calleja (26) rapper; Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker band (He suffered from a digestive condition called Celiac disease, he died in his sleep)
2000: DJ Screw/Robert Earl Davis, Jr (29) US, Houston DJ, and hiphop rapper in Screwed Up Click. (died of a heart attack. His cause of death was rumored to be either a codeine overdose or the result of long-term buildup of codeine in his system. However, Screwed Up Click member Z-Ro stated in a 2006 interview that Screw's death came from someone putting methamphetamine into his codeine, and he believes that it was someone very close to the Click who sabotaged him).
2001: Tommy Flanagan (71) US jazz pianist particularly remembered as an accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald. During his career, he was nominated for four Grammy Awards (arterial aneurysm).
2001: Michale Karoli (53) Guitarist, German art-rock band Can ()
2003: Arthur Conley (57) horn, vocals, songwriter; Arthur & the Corvets/solo; well known for the 1967 hit, "Sweet Soul Music". It shot to the number two spot on both the pop and R&B charts, earning Conley the number eleven male artist ranking for 1967. The song paid homage to other soul singers like Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett and James Brown.(died after a long battle with intestinal cancer in Ruurlo, The Netherlands)
2007: Grethe Kausland (60) Norwegian singer and performer; as a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers, her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100 000 records . Sung and performed on stage,TV and films throughout her life (lung cancer).

November 17
1979: John Glascock (28) Bass player with The Gods, Carmen, Jethro Tull also sessioned and freelance with many other bands (congenital heart defect).
1987: Irene Wicker/The Singing Lady (80) singer and actress ()
1995: Alan Hull (50) founder, leader, guitarist, keyboards, singer, songwriter of Lindisfarne; he was hailed as the most innovative songwriter since Bob Dylan (died suddenly of what was determined to be a heart thrombosis)
2001: Michael Karoli (53) German guitarist; guitarist and founding member of the German Krautrock band "Can". (cancer)
2003: Arthur Conley (57) soul singer-songwriter; he sang and, with mentor Otis Redding, co-wrote the 1967 classic "Sweet Soul Music," arguably the finest record ever made about the genre it celebrates.(cancer)
2003: Don Gibson (75) country music legend (natural causes)
2006: Ruth Brown (78) US blues singer; known as "Queen Mother of the Blues", you can hear her influence in everyone from Little Richard to Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and in today's divas like Ch


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	Born ~ November 1st 1912: Franz Jackson (American saxophonist and clarinetist)06.May.2008 1923: Victoria de los Angeles (Catalan Spanish operatic soprano)15.Jan.2005 1926: Lou Donaldson (American jazz alto saxophonist). 1926: Puchi Balseiro (Puerto Rican singer, guitarist, composer, radio/tv personality)11.Jan.2007. 1934: William Mathias (Welsh composer)29.July.1992 1937: Whisperin' Bill/Bill Anderson (American country music singer and songwriter). 1940: Barry Sadler (singer, songwriter, author)08.Sept.1989 1944: Mike Burney* (sax player; Wizzard/Syd Lawrence Orchestra/freelance) 1946: Rick Grech (French bassist; Blind Faith/Family)17.March.1990 1947: Jim Steinman* (US record producer, composer, lyricist). 1948: James Richard Steinman (US songwriter, rock and musical theatre composer) 1950: Dan Peek (multi musician; America/solo) 1951: Ronald Bell/Khalis Bayyan (singer; Kool & The Gang) 1954: Chris Morris (guitar, Paper Lace) 1957: Lyle Lovett (country singer) 1957: Carlos Manuel de Marques Paião (Portugese singer, accordianist, song-writer)26.Aug.1988 1959: Eddie Macdonald* (bass; Alarm) 1961: Calvin Johnson (US singer, guitar; Beat Happening/Halo Benders/Dub Narcotic Sound System). 1962: Magne "Mags" Furuholmen (Keyboards; A-Ha) 1962: Anthony Kiedis (lead singer; Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1963: Kenny Alphin (US country guitarist; Big & Rich). 1963: Rick Allen (UK drums, Def Leppard) 1966: Willie D/ William James Dennis (rapper; Geto Boys) 1966: Mary Hansen (Australian guitarist, vocals; Stereolab)09.Dec.2002 1967: Sophie B. Hawkins* (US singer, songwriter, drums; Brian Ferry /solo) 1967: Tina Arena/Filippina Lydia Arena (Australian singer) 1969: Darren Partington (keyboardist, percussionist; 808 State) 1975: Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice Jr (singer, guitarist; second in the fourth season of American Idol). 1981: LaTavia Roberson (Destiny's Child) 1985: Dizzee Rascal/Dylan Mills (British rapper; Roll Deep/solo) November 2nd 1915: Douglas Lilburn (New Zealand composer)06.06.2001 1931: Phil Woods* (US jazz bebop saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer). 1937: Earl 'Speedoo' Carroll (singer; Coasters/Cadillacs) 1941: John "Jay" Traynor (original singer; Jay and the Americans) 1941: Brian Poole (lead singer; The Tremeloes/solo) 1941: Bruce Welch/Bruce Cripps (guitar, songwriter, producer, singer; Shadows/Moonlight Shadows) 1943: Dave Munden (drummer; Tremeloes) 1944: Keith Emerson (vocals, keyboard, piano, synthesizer; Emerson,Lake&Palmer/The Nice) 1946: Giuseppe Sinopoli (Italian conductor and composer)20.04.2001 1946: Chip Hawkes/Leonard Donald Hawkes* (bass; The Tremeloes) 1947: Dave Pegg (bassist; Fairport Convention/Jethro Tull ) 1952: Maxine Nightingale (UK singer) 1954: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr (drummer in his fathers band)13.11.1973 1955: Chris Burnett* (saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands) 1956: Chris Fairbrass (guitar; Right Said Fred) 1957: Carter Beauford (drummer; Dave Matthews Band) 1961: k.d. lang/Kathryn Dawn Lang (Country & pop vocalist, song-writer) 1962: Mireille Delunsch (French operatic soprano singer). 1963: Bobby Dall/Robert Harry Kuykendall (bass; Poison) 1967: Kurt Elling (American Jazz vocalist) 1968: Ultra Naté (US singer, DJ; House Music, Dance-pop, Disco, R&B). 1969: Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu (bass; Korn). 1969: Andy Barker (keyboards; 808 State) 1971: John Hampson (guitar, vocals; Nine Days) 1974: Nelly/Cornell Haynes Jr (vocals, hip-hop, rapper; St. Lunatics) 1974: Prodigy/Albert Johnson (American rapper; Mobb Deep) 1975: Chris Walla (US guitarist; Death Cab for Cutie). 1986: Erika Jo/Erika Jo Heriges (US singer) 1989: Katelyn Tarver (American singer) November 3rd 1933: John Barry Prendergast OBE (trumpet, film composer; John Barry Seven) 1935: Henry Alonzon Grimes (jazz bassist; all the greats) 1939: Joe McPhee (jazz saxophonist, trumpet; Trio X/Peter Brötzmann Tentet) 1943: Bert Jansch (Scottish singer, piano, guitar; Pentangle) 1945: J.D. Souther (country rock singer-songwriter, guitar) 1945: Nick Simper (bass; Deep Purple/Quatermass II/Good Old Boys/own bands/freelance) 1946: Tommy Dee (singer, guitar, keyboard; Dead on Arrival/Tommy Dee Band) 1948: Lulu/Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie (Scottish singer, songwriter,TV personality) 1953: Reggie Knighton (guitar; Grass Roots) 1954: Adam Ant/Stuart Leslie Goddard (singer, actor; Adam & the Ants) 1960: James Prime (Scottish pianist; Deacon Blue) 1962: Ian McNabb (UK singer, guitar; Icicle Works/solo) 1962: Marilyn/Peter Robinson (US cross-dressing singer) 1969: Mark Roberts (Welsh singer, guitar; Catatonia) 1969: Robert Miles/Roberto Concina (Italian DJ, Producer, Arranger, Mixing) 1967: Steven Wilson (guitar, singer, bass, keyboard, producer; Porcupine Tree) 1973: Sticky Fingaz/Kirk Jones (American rapper, actor; Onyx). 1973: Mick Thompson (American guitarist; Slipknot) 1976: Ras/Rahsaan J Bromfield (singer; Damage) 1979: Tim McIlrath (US lesd singer, guitarist; Rise Against). 1982: Travis Richter (guitarist; From First To Last) 1986: Jasmine Trias (US singer) 1989: Paula DeAnda (American pop, r&b, and latin pop singer). November 4th 1907: Bennie Benjamin (US songwriter; with composer George Weiss)02.May.1989 1938: Harry Elson* (vocals; Friends Of Distinction) 1940: Delbert McClinton (vocals, piano, guitar) 1944: Scherrie Payne (singer, The Supremes) 1947: Mike Smith (saxophonist; Amen Corner/Judas Jump) 1954: Chris Difford (guitar, vocals, lyricist; Squeeze/solo). 1956: Jordan Rudess (keyboards; Dream Theater) 1956: James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitarist, songwriter; Pretenders)16.June.1982 1959:* Dave Carpenter (American international jazz bassist)24.June.2008. 1961: Les Sampou* (folk singer songwriter) 1961: Edward Knight (American composer) 1961: Daron Hagen (American composer) 1963: Lena Zavaroni (UK singer, guitarist)01.Oct.1999 1965: Wayne Static* (singer, guitarist; Static-X) 1965: Jeff Scott Soto (lead vocalist; Yngwie Malmsteen Band, Journey) 1966: Kool Rock/Damon Wimbley (rapper; Fat Boys) 1969: Puff Daddy/P Diddy/Sean Combs (rapper, producer) 1971: Shawn Rivera (singer; Az Yet) 1974: Cedric Bixler-Zavala (US singer, lyricist; At the Drive-in, The Mars Volta) 1974: Louise Nurding (singer; Eternal) 1977: Kavana/Anthony Kavanagh (uk solo singer) 1986: Alexz Johnson (Canadian solo singer) November 5th 1911: Roy Rogers/Leonard Franklin Slye (actor /country singer)06.07.1998 1921: Georges Cziffra* (Hungarian virtuoso pianist)17.01.1994. 1931: Ike Turner* (US pianist, guitar, bandleader, partner of Tina) 1938: Joe Dassin (American-French singer and song writer)20.Aug.1980. 1941: Art Garfunkel* (singer, actor; Simon and Garfunkel/solo) 1943: Pablo Gomez (Mexican guitarist; Los Bravos/freelance/solo) 1946: Herman Brood (Dutch pianist,keyboards, singer; Blizzards/Cuby)11.07.2001 1946: Gram Parsons* (US singer, guitarist, pianist; Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers)19.09.1973 1947: Peter Noone* (UK singer, actor; Herman's Hermits) 1948: Don McDougall (singer, guitar; Guess Who/Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck/solo) 1948: Peter Hammill (singer, guitar, keyboards; Van Der Graff Generator) 1949: Phil Brodie (UK guitarist, singer, songwriter; Bitter Suite/Suite FA/Prisoner/own band). 1950: Dennis Provisor (keyboard, vocals; Grass Roots) 1957: David Moyse (guitar, Air Supply) 1957: Mike Score (US keyboards, vocals; A Flock Of Seagulls) 1959: Bryan Adams (Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter) 1959: Robert Fisher (singer, songwriter, producer; Climie Fisher Duo) 1961: David Bryson (guitar; Counting Crows) 1965: Paris Grey/Shanna Jackson (singer; Inner City) 1968: Mark Hunter (keyboards; the band James) 1971: Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, Radiohead) 1974: Ryan Adams (US singer songwriter) 1975: Angela Gossow (German singer: Arch Enemy) 1975: Lisa Scott-Lee (Welsh singer; Steps) 1986: BoA/Boa Kwon (Korean singer) November 6th 1854: John P. Sousa (sousaphone named after him;composer/band leader)06.03.1963 1814: Adolphe Sax (Belgian musician: invented the saxophone & saxotromba)04.02.1894. 1916: Ray Conniff (Trombone, Strings, orchestra director; Bob Crosby's Bobcats)12.10.2002. 1923: Don Lusher* (British jazz trombonist, band leader; Ted Heath)05.July.2006. 1932: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson* (US country singer, guitarist) 1937: Eugene Pitt (singer; The Jive Five) 1938: Jim Pike (American singer; The Lettermen) 1938: P.J. Proby/James Marcus (US singer) 1941: Guy Clark (singer, songwriter, guitar) 1942: Doug Sahm (singer, songwriter, steel guitarist, Sir Douglas Quintet)18.11.1999 1947: George Redburn Young* (songwriter, record producer; AC/DC) 1947: John Wilson (drummer; Them). 1948: Glenn Frey (guitar, vocals; The Eagles) 1949: Arturo Sandoval (Cuban-born trumpeter) 1950: Chris Glen (bassist; Alex Harvey Band)04.02.1982 1963: Rozz Williams* (US singer; Christian Death/Premature Ejaculation)01.04.1998 1963: Paul Brindley* (bassist, Sundays] 1964: Corey Glover (lead singer; Living Colour) 1966: Christian Lorenz (German keyboardist; Rammstein) 1966: Paul Brandon Gilbert (guitarist; Racer X/Mr.Big/solo) 1976: Mike Herrera (US singer, bassist, songwriter; MxPx) 1978: Jolina Magdangal (Filipina singer, actress and television host) 1979: Trevor Penick (singer; O-Town) 1982: Sowelu/Aki Harada (Japanese pop singer) November 7th 1916: Joe Bushkin (Jazz pianist, composer)03.Nov.2004 1918: Maria Teresa de Noronha* (Portuguese fado singer)05.July.1993 1922: Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt* (US trumpeter and bandleader)27.April.1999 1926: Dame Joan Sutherland* (Australian opera singer) 1927: Ivor Emmanuel (Welsh singer, actor; West End & Broadway musicals/films)20.July.2007. 1942: Johnny Rivers* (US singer, guitarist) 1943: Joni Mitchell (US folk singer) 1951: Kevin Scott Macmichael (guitar; Cutting Crew/Robert Plant)31.Dec.2002 1957: John "Jellybean" Benitez* (drummer, guitarist, songwriter, DJ, producer, Madonna's X) 1960: Tommy Thayer (American guitarist; Kiss). 1963: Clint Mansell (lead singer, guitarist; Pop Will Eat Itself) 1964: Liam O'Maonlai (singer, guitar, piano; Hothouse Flowers) 1967: Steve Digiorgio (US bassist; Sadus/Testament and Death). 1967: Sharleen Spiteri (Scottish singer; Texas) 1968: Greg Tribbett (US guitarist; Mudvayne) 1970: Neil Hannon (lead singer; Divine Comedy) 1971: Robin Finck (US guitarist; Nine Inch Nails/Guns N' Roses) 1974: Chris Summers (Norwegian drummer; Turbonegro). 1978: Mark Read (singer; uk boy's band A1) 1979: Jon Peter Lewis (US singer, songwriter) 1981: Anthony Moffat (Scottish bassist, writer, film-maker; Sundown On Topanga). November 8th 1927: Ken Dodd O.B.E. (UK singer, comedian) 1934: Doc Green Jr. (bass & baritone singer; The Five Crowns/Drifters)10.04.1998 1944: Bonnie Bramlett* (R&B/rock singer; Delaney and Bonnie) 1944: Rodney Slater (saxophones, wind instruments; Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band) 1945: Butch Rillera (drummer; Redbone/Bimbam). 1946: John Martin (drums; Dr Feelgood) 1946: Roy Wood/Ulysses Adrian Wood (guitar/multi musician, vocals; Move/Wizzard/ELO) 1947: Minnie Riperton (US R&B singer)12.07.79 1949: Al Berger* (bassist; The Ashbury Jukes) 1949: Bonnie Raitt (vocals, slide guitar, guitar) 1951: Gerald Alston (vocals, The Manhattens) 1954: Ricke Lee Jones (US singer, keyboards, guitar) 1956: Alan Frew (lead singer, guitarist, songwriter; Glass Tiger/solo). 1957: Porl Thompson (saxophone, keyboards; Cure) 1958: Terry Lee Miall (drummer; Adam and the Ants) 1961: Leif Garrett (US singer, actor) 1967: Marc van Roon (Dutch improvising jazz pianist). 1970: Diana King (Jamaican R&B, reggae singer) 1970: Rat/Gareth Pring (guitar; Neds Atomic Dustbin/Groundswell) 1985: Jack Osbourne (son of Ozzy) November 9th 1905: Aureliano Pertile (Italian tenor singer)11.Jan.1952 1936: Mary Travers (singer; Peter, Paul & Mary). 1937: Roger McGough* (singer, poet, songwriter; Scaffold) 1941: Tom Fogerty (rhythm guitar; Creedence Clearwater Revival)06.Sept.1990. 1943: Lee Graziano* (rock drummer; American Breed) 1944: Phil May (singer; Pretty Things) 1948: Alan Gratzer (drummer; REO Speedwagon) 1948: Joe Bauchard (bassist; Blue Öyster Cult) 1954: Dennis Stratton (guitar; Iron Maiden/Praying Mantis) 1959: Thomas Quasthoff (German classical singer) 1960: Demetra Plakas (drums; L7) 1964: Pepa/Sandra Denton (Jamaican singer; Salt-N-Pepa). 1970: Susan Tedeschi (US blues singer, guitarist) 1970: Scarface/ Bradley Jordan (southern rapper; The Geto Boys/solo) 1971: Big Punisher/Christopher Rios (US rapper)07.Feb.2000 1973: Nick Lachey* (singer, actor; 98 Degrees) 1974: Uncle Kracker/ Matthew Shafer (US rock 'n roll and country singer) 1976: Lúcia Moniz (Portuguese singer) 1978: Sisqo/ Mark Althavan Andrews (R&B singer, actor; Dru Hill) 1984: Delta Goodrem (Australian singer, pianist, actress) 1984: Se7en (South Korean singer) November 10th 1907: Jane Froman (US singer, actor; Jane Froman & nine others)22.April.1980 1916:* Billy May (US composer, arranger and musician)22.Jan.2004. 1934: Houston Person (jazz tenor saxophonist, record producer). 1940: Screaming Lord Sutch/David Sutch (UK singer, politician)16.June.1999 1941: Kyu Sakamoto (Japanese singer, actor;first & only Japanese US No.1)12.Aug.1985 1945: Donna Fargo (US singer) 1947: Dave Loggins* (US songwriter) 1947: Glenn E. Buxton (guitar, Alice Cooper Band)19.Oct.1997 1947: Greg Lake* (singer, guitar, bassist; The Gods/King Crimson/Emerson, Lake&Palmer) 1948: Hugh Moffatt (Country music songwriter, singer, trumpet, piano) 1950: Bram Tchaikovsky (singer, guitar; Motors). 1950: Ronnie Hammond (singer; Atlanta Rhythm Section) 1954: Mario Cipollina (bass; Huey Lewis & The News) 1958: Massimo Morsello (Italian singer)10.March.2001 1958: Brooks Williams* (US folk/blues singer, guitarist) 1959: Frank Maudsley (bass; A Flock Of Seagulls) 1961: Norman "Junior" Giscombe (UK singer) 1965: David Hawes (bass; Catherine Wheel) 1966: Steve Mackey (bassist; Pulp) 1967: Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles (member of the electronic band Massive Attack) 1969: Paul "Kermit" Leveridge (UK rapper, hip-hop artist; Black Grape) 1970: Derry Brownson (keyboards, samples; EMF) 1970: U-God/Lamont Jody Hawkins (US rapper; Wu Tang Clan). 1971: Warren G/Warren Griffin 111 (US rapper) 1973: Jacqueline Abbott (lead singer; Beautiful South) 1975: Jim Adkins (US singer, guitarist) 1978: Eve Jeffers (US female rapper) 1979: Chris Joannou (bassist; Silverchair) 1983: Miranda Lambert (US singer, songwriter; Texas Pride) November 11th 1927: Mose John Allison Jr. (singer, songwriter, pianist; Jazz/Blues artist) 1929: Lavern Baker/Delores Williams (R&B singer)10.Jan.1997 1938: Roger Lavern* (keyboards; Tornados) 1930: Walter Louis "Hank" Garland (session guitarist)27.Dec.2004 1943: Mac Kissoon* (singer; Mac & Katie/freelance/sessionist). 1945: Vince Martell (guitar, Vanilla Fudge) 1945: Chris Dreja (rhythm guitarist, bass, photograher; Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin) 1947: Pat Daugherty (bass; Black Oak Arkansas) 1950: Jim Peterik (guitar, keyboards, vocals; Ides Of March/Survivor) 1951: Paul Cowsill (vocals, sound engineer; Cowsills) 1953: Marshall Crenshaw (singer songwriter, guitar) 1953: Andy Partridge (singer, songwriter, guitarist; XTC) 1956: Ian Craig Marsh (vocals; Human League/Heaven 17) 1957: Mike Mesaros (bassist; Smithereens) 1957: Tony Gad/Tony Robinson (vocals, bassist; Aswad) 1961: Corinne Hermès (French singer) 1962: James Morrison (brass, flugelhorn, trumpet, trombone; Red Rodney/freelance ) 1964: Judith Edelman (US musician; bluegrass band Ryestraw/solo) 1968: David L Cook (singer, comedian) 1973: Jason White (guitarist; Pinhead Gunpowder/Green Day) 1976: Mike Leon Grosch (German singer) 1985: Kalan Porter (Canadian singer; Canadian Pop Idols) 1989: Reina Tanaka (Japanese singer; Morning Musume, Aa!, Elegies) November 12th 1833: Alexander Borodin (Russian composer;vocal/opera/chamber/symphonic)27.Feb.1887 1917:* Jo Stafford (American singer of traditional pop music and jazz)16.July.2008 1936: Mort Shuman* (US prominant songwriter)03.Nov.1991 1943: Brian Hyland* (US pop singer) 1943: John Maus (US guitarist, vocals; Walker Brothers) 1944: Booker T Jones (organ,multi-musicain,songwriter,producer,arranger; BookerT&the MG's) 1945: Neil Young (Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist; Crosby Stills Nash & Young) 1946: Pooch/Arthur Paul Tavares (vocals; Tavares) 1947: Donald Roeser (guitarist, songwriter; Blue Oyster Cult) 1948: Errol Brown (singer-songwriter; Hot Chocolate/solo) 1953: Calum Macdonald (songwriter, percussionist; Runrig) 1955: Leslie McKeown (lead singer; Bay City Rollers) 1964: David Ellefson (bassist; Megadeth/Temple of Brutality/ F5/Killing Machine) 1968: Jo Dunne (bassist; Fuzzbox) 1976: Tevin Campbell (R&B singer, actor) 1984: Omarion/Omari Grandberry (singer, crooner, actor; B2K/solo) November 13th 1939: Idris Muhammad (US jazz drummer) 1942: John Hammond (US Slide Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar; blues artist) 1944: Timmy Thomas (US singer) 1947: Toy Caldwell (US guitarist; Toy Factory/Marshall Tucker Band/Toy Caldwell Band)25.Feb.1993 1949: Roger Steen* (guitar; Tubes) 1950: Mary Lou Metzger (US singer; The Lawrence Welk Show) 1951: Bill Gibson (drums, percussion, vocals; Huey Lewis and the News) 1953: Andrew Ranken (drums; Pogues) 1960: Wayne Parker (bassist; Glass Tiger) 1964: Walter Kibby (trumpet, vocals; Fishbone) 1972: Takuya Kimura (Japanese singer, actor) 1977: Chanel Cole (Australian singer) 1979: Nikolai Fraiture (French-Russian bassist, Strokes) 1979: Subliminal (Israeli rapper, producer) 1982: Kumi Koda (Japanese R&B singer) November 14th 1905: John Henry Barbee (US blues guitarist, singer)03.11.1964 1927:* Narciso Yepes (Spanish classical guitarist)03.May.1997. 1938: Cornell Gunter (vocals; Flairs/Coasters) 1940: Freddie Garrity* (lead singer, Freddie and the Dreamers)19.05.2006 1947: Stanley 'Buckwheat Zydeco' Dural* (keyboards, organ, piano, accordian) 1949: James Young (guitar; Styx) 1951: Steven Bishop (US singer, guitarist, songwriter) 1953: Frankie Banali (drummer, Quiet Riot/W.A.S.P.) 1953: Alexander O'Neal (R&B, soul singer; Time/solo) 1954: Yanni/Yiannis Chrysomallis (Grecian keyboard, vocalist; studio musician/freelance) 1956: Alec John Such (bass, Bon Jovi) 1964: Rev Run/Joseph Simmons (hip-hop, rap artist; Run-DMC). 1964: Andrew Banfield (vocals; The Pasadenas). 1965: Stuart Staples (lead vocals, guitar, melodica; Tindersticks) 1967: Nina Gordon (US singer, songwriter, guitar; Veruca Salt/solo) 1968: Brian Yale (bassist; Matchbox 20) 1969: Butch Walker (singer, songwriter, record producer; Marvelous 3/solo) 1972: Douglas Payne (bass; Travis) 1972: Edyta Górniak (Polish singer; Costume Design, Concert Producer) 1973: Moka Only (Canadian rapper; Swollen Member) 1974: Adina Howard (US singer, rapper) 1975: Faye Tozer (UK singer; Steps/solo) 1975: Travis Barker (drummer; +44/ Blink-182) 1977: Obie Trice (US rapper) 1979: Tobin Esperance (bassist; Papa Roach) 1980: Ben Harper (lead guitar; Yellowcard) November 15th 1905: Annunzio Paolo 'Mantovani' (conductor,composer,violinist,pianist,leader)30.March.1980 1920: Jerome Richardson* (US multi-reed player;Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton)23.June.2000 1928: CW McCall/William Fries* (US country & trucker music singer) 1932: Petula Clark (UK singer/actress) 1932: Clyde McPhatter (R&B singer; Dominoes/Drifters/Solo)13.June.1972 1937: Little Willie John/William Edgar John* (US R&B singer)26.May.1968 1941: Rick Kemp* (bass; Steeleye Span) 1945: Frida "the brunette" Lyngstad (Norwegian/German singer; ABBA) 1949: Steve Fossen (bass; Heart/Alias) 1952: Michael Cooper/Michael Vernon (R&B singer; Con Funk Shun/solo) 1954: Tony Thompson (session drummer; Rod Stewart/David Bowey/Chic..many more) 1956: Michael Hampton (US guitarist; Funkadelic) 1957: Kevin Eubanks (US jazz guitarist 1957: Joe Leeway (bass, bongos, congas; Thompson Twins) 1965: Daniel "Danny" Patton Sr (US guitarist, banjo player; Billy Walker Band)21.May.2006 1967: E-40/Earl Stevens* (US Cali Bay Rapper) 1968: Ol' Dirty Bastard/Russell Jones (US rapper; Wu-Tang Clan)13.Nov.2004 1969:* Big Hawk/John Edward Hawkins (US rapper)01.May.2006 1974: David Carr* (drummer; Third Day). 1974: Chad Kroeger/Chad Robert Turton (Canadian singer, guitar; Nickelback) 1977: Logan Whitehurst (US multi-musician; Little Tin Frog/Secret Band/Velvet Teen)03.Dec.2006 1980: Brett Asa "Ace" Young* (singer, songwriter, actor; US Pop Idol) November 16th 1896: Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (US opera singer)15.July.1960 1905: Eddie Condon (US jazz banjoist, guitarist, bandleader)04.Aug.1973. 1913: Jack "Smilin" Smith (musician, former host of 'You Asked for It')03.July.2006. 1916: Herb Abramson* (producer/songwrite/co-founder of Atlantic records)09.Nov.1999. 1931: Hubert Sumlin* (US blues guitarist; solo/Howlin' Wolf's backup band/guest). 1933: Garnet Mimms (US soul, rhythm and blues singer). 1938: Troy Seals (US singer, songwriter, guitarist; James Brown's Band). 1943: Winfred "Blue" Lovett (US singer; Manhattans). 1945: Christie Hennessy/Edward Christopher Ross (Irish folk singer-songwriter)19.Nov.1945. 1946:* Mahasti/Eftekhar Dadehbala (Persian singer, living in US)25.June.2007. 1962: Josh Silver* (US keyboardist; Type O Negative/Original Sin). 1962: Mani/Gary Mounfield (bass, Stone Roses/Primal Scream). 1966: Christian Lorenz (German keyboardist; Rammstein). 1964: Diana Krall, OC, OBC (Canadian jazz singer, songwriter). 1969: Bryan Abrams (singer; Color Me Badd). 1979: Trevor Penick (singer; O-Town). 1981: Allison Crowe (Canadian singer, songwriter, pianist). 1983: K/Kang Yoon-sung (South Korean singer). November 17th 1904: Jack Owens/L. F. Nelson (US blues singer and guitarist)09.Feb.1997 1937: Peter Cook* (Comedian, UK TV music show 'Revolver')09.Jan.1995 1937: Gerry McGee/Gerald James McGee* (lead guitar; The Ventures) 1938: Gordon Lightfoot (Canadian singer, songwriter, piano, guitar) 1942: Bob Gaudio (singer, songwriter, record producer; Four Seasons) 1942: Martin Scorsese (Director, Actor, Writer; director of BBC 4's Blues Series) 1944: Gene Clark (singer, guitar,songwriter; Byrds/New Christy Minstrels)24.May.1991. 1946: Martin Barre* (lead guitarist; Jethro Tull) 1947: Rod Clements (keyboards, guitar, vocals; Lindisfarne) 1947: Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (lead vocals, keyboards; Utopia/The Nazz) 1948: Iain Sutherland (vocals, guitar, keyboards; Sutherland Bros And Quiver/freelance) 1956: Peter Cox (vocals, guitar, keyboards; Go West) 1956: Johnny Sombrotto (guitarist)1998 1957: Jim Babjak* (lead guitarist; The Smithereens) 1959: Harry Rushakoff (drummer; Concrete Blonde/Ministry) 1960: RuPaul (singer/super model/male drag queen) 1965: Rob Kokarinen (Finnish rock singer; Plus Ultra) 1966: Jeff Buckley (US singer-songwriter, guitar; Shinehead/Solo)29.May.1997. 1966: Kate Ceberano* (Australian singer) 1967: Ben Wilson (keyboards, Blues Traveler) 1967: Ronny DeVoe (singer; New Edition /Bell Biv Devoe) 1970: Mark Gillespie (English singer, songwriter). not to be confused with Scottish Mark Gillespie 1970: Paul Allender (British singer; Cradle of Filth) 1980: Clarke Isaac Hanson (guitarist; Hanson) 1981: Sarah Harding (singer; Girls Aloud) November 18th 1927: Hank Ballard/John H. Kendricks (US singer, songwriter; Royals/Midnighters )02.March.2003 1932: Roman "Yoyoy" Villame* (Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, comedian)18.May.2007. 1936: Don Cherry (US pocket trumpet, cornet, trumpet, flute; jazz artist)19.Oct.1995. 1941: Conleth 'Con' Clusky (Irish singer; Bachelors). 1949: Herman Rarebell (German drummer, producer; The Scorpions). 1950: Graham Parker (uk singer, song writer; Rumour/solo). 1950: Rudy Sarzo (Cuban bassist; Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Manic Eden/freelance). 1951: Dennis Irwin (US jazz double bassist; John Scofield/Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)10.March.2008 1953: Alan Murphy* (UK guitarist; freelanced with many great artists)19.Oct.1989 1954: Charles Williams* (US trombone player; KC and the Sunshine Band/solo/freelance)? 1954: John Parr (UK guitarist, singer, songwriter; The Silence/Bitter Suite/solo). 1958: Michael Ramos (Texan synthesizer, percussion, trumpet; The BoDeans/Charanga Cakewalk)? 1960: Kim Wilde/Kim Smith (UK singer). 1962: Kirk Lee Hammett (US guitarist; Exodus/Metallica). 1969: Duncan Sheik (US singer, songwriter, composer). 1972: Matt Knight (uk bassist; Toploader). 1975: Ant/Anthony McPartlin (uk actor, TV presenter, singer; P.J. & Duncan/Ant & Dec). 1977: Fabolous/Johnathan David Jackson (US rapper). 1984: Johnny Christ/Jonathan Lewis Seward (US bassist; Avenged Sevenfold). November 19th 1905: Tommy Dorsey (trombonist, conductor, films)26.Nov.1956 1934: Dave Guard* (vocals, Guitar, Banjo: Kingston Trio)22.March.1991 1935 Pete Moore* (US singer; Miracles). 1936: Ray Collins (vocals; Frank Zappa band) 1937: Geoff Goddard (UK successful songwriter, producer,keyboards)15.May.2000. 1938: Hank Medress* (American singer, record producer; The Tokens)18.June.2007. 1943: Fred Lipsius* (saxophone, piano, keyboards; Blood Sweat & Tears). 1946: Joe Correro (US drummer; Paul Revere and Raiders). 1952: Bill Sharpe (uk keyboaerdist; Shakatak)? 1954: Annette Guest (singer; First Choice). 1960: Matt Sorum (drummer; Cult /Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver) 1965: Jason Pierce (UK vocalist; Spacemen 3/Spiritualized). 1965: Pete Kember/Sonic Boom (guitar; Experimental Audio Research, Spectrum, Spacemen 3). 1969: Travis McNabb (US drummer; Better Than Ezra). 1971: Tony Rich/Antonio Jeffries (US singer, songwriter). 1971: Justin Chancellor (UK bassist; Isis/Peach/Tool). 1975: Tamika "Juicy" Scott (US singer; Xscape) 1975: Lil' Mo/Cynthia Loving (R&B singer) November 20th 1939: Richard Remick "Dick" Smothers (comic, singer, composer; The Smother Brothers). 1942: Norman Greenbaum (US singer-songwriter; solo/Dr West's Medicine Show & Junk Band). 1946: Duane Allman (guitar, slide guitar; Allman Brothers/sessionist)29.Oct.1971. 1946: Ray Stiles* (uk bassist; Mud/Hollies). 1947: George Grantham (US drummer; Poco)? some sourses say Jan 20th 1947: Joe Walsh (guitarist, singer, songwriter; Eagles/solo/freelance). 1949: Bill Reichenbach (US jazz trombonist, composer) 1956: Robert Poss (guitar, vocals; Band Of Susans)? 1957: James "Jimmy" Brown (UK drummer; UB40). 1961: Paul King (vocals; Reluctant Stereotypes/King/solo). 1962: Steve Alexander (UK singer; Brother Beyond). 1965: Sen Dog/Senen Reyes (Afro-Cuban rapper; Cypress Hill/Kottonmouth Kings). 1965: Mike D/Micheal Diamond (raps, sings, drums; Beastie Boys). 1966: Kevin Gilbert (multi instrumentalist/songwriter; Giraffe/freelance)17.May.1996 1981: Kimberley Walsh* (UK singer; Girls Aloud). November 21st 1904: Coleman Hawkins (UK Saxophonist, Bandleader, Jazz Musician)19.May.1969. 1907: Samuel Ram* (manager of The Platters)01.Jan.1991. 1926: Robert Lee Burnside* (US blues singer, songwriter, guitarist)01.Sept.2005 1940: Dr.John/Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.(keyboard, pianist, guitarist, singer) 1941: David Porter* (writer for Stax Records) 1941: Idil Biret (Turkish concert pianist) 1948: Lonnie Jordan (vocals, keyboards, Piano; War) 1948: John "Rabbit" Bundrick (keyboard, piano; Free/freelance) 1948: Alphonse Mouzon (drummer; top sessionist/freelance) 1950: Livingston Taylor (singer, songwriter/brother of James Taylor) 1955: Peter Koppes (Australian guitarist; The Church) 1962: Steven Curtis Chapman (singer, songwriter, guitar) 1965: Bjork Gudmundsdottir (Icelandic singer; Sugarcubes/solo) 1967: Margret Ornolfsdottir (Icelandic keyboardist;Sugarcubes) 1968: Alex James (bassist; Blur) 1970: Francis Macdonald (drummer, Teenage Fanclub) 1974: Kelsi Osborn (singer; SheDaisy) 1977: Tobias Sammet (German singer; Edguy) 1979: Kim Dong Wan (Korean singer; Shinhwa) 1982: Ryan Starr (US singer; American Pop Idol) November 22nd 1709: Frantisek Benda (Composer)* 1710: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Composer)* 1780: Conradin Kreutzer (Composer)* 1899: Hoagy Carmichael (US singer, actor, composer)27.Dec.1981. 1901: Joaquin Rodrigo* (Spanish composer of classical music, virtuoso pianist)06.July.1999. 1913: Benjamin Britten* (British composer)1976 1921: Rodney Dangerfield/Jacob Cohen* (comedian, songwriter)05.Oct.2004. 1942: Floyd Sneed* (drums; Three Dog Night) 1944: Jessie Colin Young/Perry Miller (singer, guitar, bass; The Youngbloods). 1946: Aston "Family Man" Barrett (bassist; The Upsetters/Bob Marley-Wailers/solo) 1947: Rod Price (UK guitarist; Foghat)22.March.2005 1950: Steve Van Zandt* (guitarist; E Street Band/Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul) 1950: Tina Weymouth (bass; Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club) 1957: Sharon Bailey (drummer; Amazulu) 1958: Horse McDonald (Scottish singer/songwriter) 1960: Jim Bob/James Robert Morrison (guitarist; Carter USM) 1962: Neil Fraser (lead guitar, vibraphone; Tindersticks). 1968: Rasa Don/Don Norris (drummer; Arrested Development) 1976: Ville Valo (Finnish singer; HIM) 1978: Karen O/Karen Lee Orzolek (American singer: Yeah Yeah Yeahs) 1979: Scott Robinson (UK singer; 5ive) 1981: Ben Adams/Benjamin Anthony Edward Stevens Adams (vocals; A1) November 23rd. 1876: Manuel De Falla (Composer)* 1925: Johnny Mandel (US trombonist, songwriter; Artie Shaw, Count Basie) 1926: R.L. Burnside (blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, storyteller)01.Sept.2005 1928:* Willis H. Schaefer (American composer; TV shows/commercials)30.June.2007. 1935: Johnny Kidd/Frederick Heath* (UK singer, songwriter; Johnny Kidd & the Pirates)07.Oct.1966. Most sites have his DOB as December 23.1939, the 39 was for the public popularity. His birthdate according to his authorized fan site is November 23rd 1935. 1939: Betty Everett* (US R&B singer, pianist)19.Aug.2001 1949: Sandra Stevens* (singer; Brotherhood Of Man) 1949: Alan Paul (singer; Manhattan Transfer) 1940: Freddie Marsden (drums; Gerry & the Pacemakers) 1953: Francis Cabrel (French singer) 1954: Bruce Hornsby (accordion, pianist, singer; The Range) 1955: Ludovico Einaudi (Italian composer and pianist) 1962: Chris Bostock (bass, Jo Boxers) 1962: Mike Nocito (bass; Johnny Hates Jazz) 1966: Ken Block (lead vocals, acoustic guitar; Sister Hazel) 1966: Charlie Grover (drummer; Sponge) 1967: Patrick Mameli (Dutch lead vocalist, guitarist; Pestilence) 1969: Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer 1972: Chris Adler (US drummer - Lamb of God) 1972: Kurupt/Ricardo Emmanuel Brown (US gangsta rapper; Tha Dogg Pound) November 24th 1868: Scott Joplin (composer)* 1905: Irene Wicker/ The Singing Lady (singer and actress, )17.Nov.1987 1912: Theodore "Teddy" Wilson* (U.S. jazz pianist/arranger)31.July.1986 1918:* Wild Bill Davis/William Strethan Davis (US organist; Jazz artist)17.Aug.1995 1934: Alfred Schnittke* (Russian composer)03.Aug.1998 1939: Jim Yester* (keyboardist, vocals, Association) 1941: Donald 'Duck' Dunn (US bassist, Booker T and the MG's/freelance/Blues Brothers) 1941: Pete Best (drummer; Beatles/Pete Best Combo). 1942: Billy Connolly (singer, actor, comedian; Humblebums) 1943: Robin Williamson (Vocals, Keyboards, Violin, Guitar; Incredible String Band) 1944: Bev Bevan (drums, percussion; The Move/ELO/Black Sabbath) 1945: Lee Michaels/Mike Olsen (keyboards, guitar, sax, trombone, accordion, vocals) 1949: Anita Louis (U.S. singer; Soul Children/solo) 1949: Martin Duiser (record producer) 1955: Clement Burke/Elvis Ramone(drummer; Blondie/Ramones/sessionist/guest) 1957: Chris Hayes (guitar/vocals; Huey Lewis and the News) 1958: Carmel McCourt (UK singer; Carmel) 1960: Edgar Meyer (US bassist, composer; jazz/classical sessionist) 1962: John Squire (guitar; Stone Roses) 1966: Russell Watson (UK pop & opera singer) 1969: Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (bass, vocals; Killing Spree/Danzig/freelance) 1970: Chad Taylor (lead guitarist; Live) 1970: Julieta Venegas (Latin grammy award winning Mexican singer, instrumentalist, songwriter). November 25th 1897: Willie "The Lion" Smith (US Jazz Pianist)18.April.1975. 1914: Eddie Boyd (US blues vocalist, pianist; Mississippi)13.July.1994. 1924: Paul Desmond/Paul Emil Breitenfeld (US jazz saxophonist)May.30.1977. 1928: Etta Jones* (US jazz singer)16.Oct.2001. 1928: James "Jimmy" Johnson* (US gospel/blues singer/guitarist)?? 1931: Nathaniel Adderley (American jazz cornetist)02.Jan.2000. 1940: Percy Sledge* (US soul singer). 1942: Bob Lind (folk music singer/songwriter). 1946: Bev Bevan (UK rock drummer:The Move/Electric Light Orchestra/Black Sabbath/ELO 2). 1947: Val Fuentes (US drummer; It's A Beautiful Day). 1950: Jocelyn Brown (uk singer; solo/extensive background singer). 1951: Bill Morrissey (US folk singer, songwriter). 1959: Steve Rothery (UK guitarist; Marillion). 1960: Amy Grant (US singer). 1960: Kasey Smith (US keyboardist; Danger Danger/Get With It). 1963: Holly Cole (Canadian jazz singer). 1964: Mark Lanegan (US singer, songwriter; Queen Of The Stone Age/Screaming Trees/solo). 1966: Stacy Lattisaw (US R&B and dance music singer). 1966: Tim Armstrong (US: vocals, guitar, drum; Rancid/The Transplants/Operation Ivy). 1967: Rodney Sheppard (Trinidadian guitarist; Sugar Ray). 1968: Erick Sermon/Erick Onasis/The Green Eyed Bandit/E-Double-E (US rap artist). 1968: Tunde Emanuel Baiyewu (UK singer, Lighthouse Family). 1978: Shina Ringo (Japanese singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist). 1979: Thea Gilmore (UK singer, songwriter). 1983: Kirsty Crawford (Scottish singer, songwriter; Pop Idol finalist). 1986: Katie Cassidy (US actress, singer). November 26th 1924: Michael Holliday (UK singer)29.Oct.1963. 1925: Eugene Istomin* (US award winning pianist)10.Oct.2003. 1933: Robert Goulet* (singer, actor; theatre, radio, television and film)30.Oct.2007. 1939: Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock* (US singer; Ike & Tina Turner/solo). 1942: Michael Devlin (US bass-baritone opera singer). 1944: Jean Terrell (US R&B and jazz singer; Supremes/solo). 1944: Alan Henderson (Irish bassist; Them). 1945: John McVie (UK bassist; John Mayall's Bluesbreakers/Fleetwood Mac). 1946: Burt Ruiter (Dutch bassist, producer, composer; Focus). 1948: John Rossall (UK sax player, trombonist; Glitter Band)? 1948: Shlomo Artzi (Israeli singer). 1949: Martin Lee (singer; Brotherhood Of Man). 1963: Adam Gaynor (US rhythm guitarist; Matchbox 20). 1966: Mark Gillespie (Scottish singer, songwriter; Big Fun). not to be confused with English Mark Gillespie 1970: Ron Jones (US guitar; Flaming Lips). 1978: Matthew Taylor (US bassist; Motion City Soundtrack) 1980: Satoshi Ohno (Japanese singer, actor; Arashi). 1981: Natasha Bedingfield (UK singer, songwriter). 1985: Lil Fizz/Dreux Pierre Frédéric (US rapper, actor; B2K). November 27th 1935: Al Jackson (drummer, Booker T and the MG's)01.Oct.1975. 1941: Eddie Rabbit* (country singer, guitarist)07.May.1998. 1942: Jimi Hendrix* ( guitarist, singer, songwriter)18.Sept.1970. 1944: Trevor* "Dozy" Davies (bassist; Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich). 1945: Randy Brecker (US trumpeter, flugelhornist; Blood Sweat & Tears/freelance). 1948: Dave Winthrop (US saxophonist; Supertramp/Chicken Shack/freelance). 1959: Charlie Burchill (Scottish guitarist, keyboards, violin; Simple Minds). 1960: Ashley Ingram (UK guitarist, bassist; Imagination). 1961: Princess/Desiree Heslop (UK singer). 1962: Charlie Benante (US drummer; Anthrax). 1962: Mike Bordin (US drummer; Ozzy Osborne/Faith No More). 1965: Fiachna O'Braonain (Irish singer, guitarist; Hothouse Flowers). 1965: Wallis Buchanan (didgeridoo player; Jamiroquai/Tank Tribe)? 1978: Streets/Mike Skinner (UK singer, songwriter, rapper). 1979: Hilary Hahn (American Grammy Award–winning violinist). 1979: Shin Hye Sung/Jung Pil-kyo/Steve Jung (Korean lead vocalist; Shinhwa). November 28th 1895: Jose Iturbi (Spanish conductor, pianist)28.June.1980 1907: George Wettling* (American Jazz drummer; Eddie Condon's bands)06.June.1968 1907: Rose Bampton* (American opera singer)21.Aug.2007 1915:* Dick Vance (American Jazz trumpeter)1985 1927: Gigi Gryce/Basheer Qusim/George General Grice Jr* (jazz saxophonist)17.March.1983 1929: Berry Gordy (founder of Motown Records, former boxer, composer) 1932: Jerry Coker* (American tenor saxophonist) 1932: Ethel Ennis (US jazz singer) 1934: El Gato Barbieri/Leandro Barbieri (Argentinian tenor saxophonist; Jazz artist) 1936: Roy McCurdy (Jazz drummer; Modern Jazz Disciples/Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1939: Gary Troxel (vocals; Fleetwoods) 1940: Bruce Channel (US singer) 1940: Clem Curtis (singer; The Foundations) 1941: Adelhard Roldinger (Austrian bass player, composer; jazz artist) 1941: Jasper Thilo (Danish alto saxophonist; Jazz artist) 1943: Randy Newman (pianist, singer, composer) 1943: Butch Thompson (US jazz pianist; Butch Thompson Trio) 1947: Gary Taylor (bassist; The Herd] 1948: Beeb Birtles/Gerard Bertelkamp (Australian guitarist, singer; Little River Band/solo) 1949: Paul Shaffer (keyboards, bandleader, musical director; David Letterman Show) 1949: Hugh McKenna (keyboards; Sensational Alex Harvey Band) 1951: Dennis Irwin (US jazz bassist; Joy of Sax/freelance) 1954: David Jaynes (bassist; Modern Romance) 1956: David Van Day (vocals; Buck Fizz/Dollar) 1962: Matt Cameron (drums, Soundgarden/freelance) 1968: Dawn Robinson (singer; En Vogue) 1970: Matt Cheslin (bass player, Neds Atomic Dustbin) 1973: Jade Puget (US guitarist; AFI) 1974: Apl.de.Ap/Allen Pineda Lindo (hip hop artist; Black Eyed Peas). 1974: Styles P/David Styles (US rapper; D-Block) 1975: Muhammed Suiçmez (). 1979: Chamillionaire/Hakeem Seriki (US rapper; The Color Changin' Click/solo) November 29th 1894: Lucille Hegamin (US singer;a pioneer African American blues)01.March.1970 1895: Busby Berkeley/William Berkeley Enos* (musical film choreographer)14.March.1976 1902: Danny Alvin* (American jazz drummer; many bands)06.Dec.1958 1913: Dennis Sandole* (US guitarist;Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra/sessionist)07.Oct.2000 1914: Hal McIntyre* (saxophone, clarinet; Glenn Miller/own band)05.May.1959 1915: Billy Strayhorn* (American composer, pianist; Duke Ellington)31.May.1957 1917: Merle Travis* (US country music singer, songwriter)20.10.1983 1922: Bobby Donaldson* (US jazz drummer)1971 1928: Otto Bredl* (German jazz trombonist)July 1985 1932: John Gary* (American pop vocalist)04.Jan.1998 1933: John Mayall* (blues singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist; Bluesbreakers) 1939: Meco/Domenico Monardo (Keyboards, Producer; Studio musician) 1940: Billy Hart (Jazz drummer; Herbie Hancock/various bands) 1940: Chuck Mangione (Jazz Pianist/electric, flugelhorn, trumpet, composer, arranger) 1941: Denny Doherty (singer; Mugwumps/Mamas & Papas)19.Jan.2007 1941: Jody Miller* (US country singer) 1944: Felix Cavaliere (keyboards, vocals; Rascals/Young Rascals) 1947: Ronnie Montrose (guitarist, singer; solo/freelance) 1951: Roger Troutman (American vocalist; Zapp)25.April.1999 1951: Barry Goudreau* (guitar, vocals; Boston) 1958: Michael Dempsey (bassist; The Cure/The Associates) 1959: Wendy Wu (lead singer; The Photos) 1965: Yutaka Ozaki (Japanese singer, songwriter)25.April.1992 1968: Martin Carr* (lead guitar, songwriter; The Boo Radleys) 1968: Jonathan Knight (singer; New Kids On The Block) November 30th 1909: Robert Lee McCollum/Robert Nighthawk (US guitarist, slide guitar)05.May.1967 1915: Brownie McGhee* (blues artist; vocals, kazoo, piano, guitar)23.Feb.1996. 1916: Benny Moten* (American swing-style bass player)27.March.1977 1924: Allan Sherman/Allan Copelon* (comedy singer)2O.Nov.73 1929: Johnny Horton* (US country singer)05.Nov.1960 1929: Dick Wagstaff Clark* (DJ, host to American Bandstand) 1931: Jack Sheldon (US jazz trumpeter, singer, actor) 1932: Bob Loyce Moore (American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist). 1933: Raul Indipwo (Portuguese singer; member of Duo Ouro Negro band)04.June.2006 1937: Frank Ifield* (Australian singer, songwriter, yodeler) 1937: Paul Stookey (vocals, guitar; Peter, Paul & Mary) 1937: Jimmy Bowen (US record producer, country music singer) 1944: Luther Ingram (R&B, soul singer, songwriter) 1944: Rob Grill (bass, vocals; Grass Roots) 1945: Johnny Dyani (South African jazz double bassist, pianist; The Blue Notes)24.Oct.1986 1945: Leo Lyons* (bass; Ten Years After) 1945: Roger Glover (percussion, bass, synthesizer; Deep Purple) 1949: Terry Reid (UK singer, guitarist) 1948: Stan Sulzmann (British alto saxophonist) 1952: Mandel Bruce Patinkin (US actor, tenor singer) 1953: June Pointer (singer; Pointer Sisters/solo)11.April.2006 1953: Shuggy Otis (R&B vocalist, harmonica, guitar, bass; freelance/son of Johnny Otis) 1954: George McArdle* (Australian bassist; Little River Band) 1955: Billy Idol/William Michael Albert Broad (UK singer; Generation X/solo) 1957: John Ashton (guitar; Psychedelic Furs) 1957: Andrew Calhoun (US folk singer, guitarist, record producer) 1957: Richard Barbieri (keyboards, vocals; Porcupine Tree/Dolphin Brothers/Japan] 1959: Stacey Q/Stacey Lynn Swain (US singer) 1963: Jalil (rapper; Whodini) 1965: Paul Wheeler (Australian drummer; Icehouse) 1968: Des'ree/Desiree Weeks (R&B vocalist) 1973: John Moyer (American bassist; Disturbed) 1975: Mindy McCready (US country singer) 1978: Clay Aiken (singer; American Pop Idol) 1987: Dougie Poynter (bass player, backing vocalist; McFly) 1991: Carnell Breeding (singer; boy band B5) Back to Top
		~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ LOST THIS MONTH November 1 2004: Terry Knight (61) Singer, Producer, Liner Notes, Cover Art Concept and manager of Grand Funk Railroad. He also founded and fronted The Pack (murdered, he was found stabbed to death in his apartment in Temple, Texas). 2004: Mac Dre/Andre Hicks (34) American gangsta rap artist (shot to death while returning to his hotel after a performance in Kansas City, Missouri). 2005: Skitch Henderson/Lyle Russell Cedric Henderson (87) Bandleader, founder of New York Pops Orchestra; he succeeded Toscanini as music director for NBC Television and was the original conductor of the orchestras for The Tonight Show and The Today Show (). November 2 1887: Jenny Lind (67) Swedish soprano often known as the Swedish Nightingale; after years of world tours she retired to UK (she died at Wynd's Point, behind the Little Malvern Priory, and is buried in the Great Malvern Cemetery, Worcestershire, UK). 1966: Mississippi John Hurt (74) was an influential blues singer and guitarist; he played extensively in colleges, concert halls, coffee houses and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (). 1986: Desi Arnaz/Ricky Ricardo (69) Cuban singer, guitarist, percussionist, actor, comedian and television producer; own Latin American band, known to many as Ricky Ricardo with Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy" (lung cancer). 1996: Eva Cassidy (33) US singer, guitarist, producer; one of the greatest voices of her generation, possessing a soulful voice, an extraordinary range, and a diverse repertoire of jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop, sadly she still remained virtually unknown outside of her native Washington, DC, when she died.(melanoma). 2007: Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka (23) Polish drummer and percussionist for the technical death metal band Decapitated. He He had been with the band ever since it was founded in 1996, when he was only twelve years of age. He also did work for the heavy metal bands Dies Irae and Panzer X. (Their tour bus collided with a truck carrying wood, Witold died from serious head injuries). November 3 1964: John Henry Barbee (58) US blues guitarist, singer; Sunnyland Slim, other bands and solo. Well known for being an amazing storyteller (involved in an auto accident and suffered a heart attack while in jail waiting for the case to come to court). 1990: Mary Martin (76) US actress, singer; she was a Tony Award winning American star of (mainly stage) musicals. Amongst the roles originally created by her were those of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific and Maria in The Sound of Music. (colon cancer). 1991: Mort Shuman (55) US singer, pianist and songwriter; on his own or teamed with songwriting partner Doc Pomus, his songs were recorded by artists such as Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Fabian, The Drifters, and Elvis Presley, among others, most famous songs include "A Teenager in Love", "Turn Me Loose", "This Magic Moment", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "Little Sister", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "His Latest Flame" and "Viva Las Vegas" (complications due to a liver operation). 2002: Lonnie Donegan (71) UK singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter who launched the skiffle craze in the UK, sometimes called the King of Skiffle, he was a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s.(heart problems). 2004: Joe Bushkin (87) World renowned jazz pianist, composer; Over the course of his seven-decade career, Bushkin accompanied the Bunny Berigan Boys, Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Judy Garland and many more. (pneumonia). 2006: Paul Mauriat (81) French conductor, arranger; a classically trained musician who decided to pursue a career in popular music. His first major success came in 1962, as a co-writer of the European hit "Chariot." (). November 4 1931: Buddy Bolden/King Bolden (53) New Orleans jazzman and cornet player; the first New Orleans jazz musician to come to prominence, the first important name in jazz history, Bolden's career has long been buried in legend (diagnosed of schizophrenia, he was admitted to a mental institution in 1907, where he remained completely forgotten for his final 24 years). 1969: Ivory "Deek" Watson (60) Lead singer of the original Ink Spots. Later formed his own group, The the Brown Dots (). 1994: Fred Sonic Smith (45) US guitar player; co-founder of the legendary MC5 (heart failure). 2004: Robert Heaton (43) UK drummer with the punk band New Model Army (pancreatic cancer). November 5 1942: George M. Cohan (64) American musician, actor, writer, composer (abdominal cancer). 1954: Oran 'Hot Lips' Page (47) singer, trumpeter; leader of Kansas City Jazz Band/Walter Page's Blue Devils/Artie Shaws band/freelance; one of the great swing trumpeters in addition to being a talented blues vocalist (?). 1956: Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr. (47) American jazz pianist (complications of uraemia as a result of kidney failure). 1960: Johnny Horton (35) US country & western singer; was one of the best and most popular honky tonk singers of the late '50s, managing to infuse honky tonk with an urgent rockabilly underpinning. His career may have been cut short by a fatal car crash in 1960, but his music reverberated throughout the next three decades. (car crash). 1964: Buddy Cole (47) US jazz pianist and bandleader; played behind a number of pop singers, including Rosemary Clooney, Jill Corey, and The Four Lads (heart attacks). 1967: Robert Lee McCollum/Robert Lee McCoy/Robert Nighthawk (57) US guitarist & slide guitarist (heart attack). 1970: Albert Ayler (34) American jazz saxophonist, singer and composer (It is said November 5, 1970, he took the ferry to the Statue of Liberty and jumped off as the boat neared Liberty Island.He was found dead in New York City's East River on November 25, a presumed suicide. Rumors circulated that he had been murdered, possibly due to his involvement in the black power movement. There was no autopsy). 1986: Billy Nunn (61) lead and bass singer in The Coasters/his own Coasters (heart failure)? 1989: Vladimir Horowitz (86) Ukrainian pianist of world wide fame, he married Wanda Toscanini (he died in New York of a heart attack and was buried in the Toscanini family tomb in Cimitero Monumentale, Milan, Italy). 1989: Lucius "Lu" Watters (77) trumpeter and bandleader in the "West Coast revival" of Dixieland music. This is relational to trad jazz as the musicians tended to be white and had little or no actual connections to New Orleans (?) 2002: Billy Guy/Frank William Phillips (66) US singer comedy singer but better known for being lead singer and baritone singer with The Coasters (?) 2003: Bobby Lee Hatfield (63) singer, one half of the duo The Righteous Brothers. (He was found dead in hotel room in Michigan 30 minutes before he was due on stage, an overdose of cocaine had precipitated a fatal heart attack). 2005: Frederick Lincoln "Link" Wray (76) singer, guitarist; inspired Bob Dylan, Marc Bolan, Pete Townsend, Bruce Springsteen, countless others, credited with inventing 'fuzz' guitar after punching a hole in a speaker (heart failure). November 6 1672: Heinrich Schütz (87) worked most of Europe, including in the court of Prince Christian of Denmark and the court of Prince Johann Georg (stroke) 1893: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (53) Russia composer, pianist of often dramatic, richly expressive works, including the symphony Romeo and Juliet, the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, and the opera Eugene Onegin.(cholera) 1965: Clarence Williams (67) jazz pianist, composer, promoter, theatrical producer (). 1968: Charles Munch (77) French conductor and violinist; In 1967 he founded the Orchestre de Paris. (He died in Richmond, Virginia the following year, while on an American tour with them). 1972: Billy Murcia (21) drummer, New York Dolls (died after choking on coffee after an overdose of Mandrax and alcohol, while on a UK tour). 1987: Zohar Argov (32) popular Israeli oriental Mizrahi style singer (committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell after he was arrested for the attempted rape of a woman). 1997: Epick Soundtracks/Kevin Paul Godfrey (37) piano, drums, singer, songwriter; The Swell Maps/Crime and the City Solution/solo. Although working with many heavy bands, his solo records came closest to representing his personality, soft-spoken and rumpled, with a dry humor (died in his sleep, suicide was suspected). 2005: Minako Honda (38) Japanese singer and musical actress; She got famous and popular known as "Japan's Madonna" (complications from myelocytic leukemia). 2006: Jance Garfat (62) US bassist in the pop-country rock band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, later named Dr.Hook, from 1972 till they disbanded in 1985. At the height of their success Dr Hook were top of the charts in 42 countries, they amassed 60 gold and platinum singles and albums. (tragically killed in a motorcycle accident, while swirving to avoid a dog in Oakland, Ca). 2007: Hank Thompson (82) American country music singer and songwriter whose career spanned seven decades. He sold over 60 million records worldwide. His musical style, characterized as Honky Tonk Swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, gravelly baritone vocals.(lung cancer). 2007: George Osmond (90) US patriarch of the Osmond singing family (natural causes). 2007: Jimmy Staggs (72) American radio disk jockey; a longtime Chicago, USA radio disc jockey and record store owner.(esophageal cancer) November 7 1960: A.P. Carter/Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (68) Country musician; despite dying in relative obscurity, A. P. Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. In 1993, his image appeared on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the Carter Family. In 2001 he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.() 1964: Jasper Taylor (70) American drummer; Young Buffalo Bill's Wild West show/ Original Washboard Band; he joined the military during World War I and served in France with the 365th Infantry Band. The 365th Infantry were nicknamed the "Buffalo Soldiers," the enlisted personnel were almost entirely African-American soldiers from Texas and Oklahoma. In the early 1920s he went to Chicago and worked with the greats () 1994: Shorty Rogers/Milton Rajonsky (70) American jazz musician; one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. He played both the trumpet and flugelhorn, and was in demand for his skills as an arranger (fell ill in the early 1990s and died during KLON's West Coast Jazz festival). 2004: Howard Keel/Harry Clifford Leek (85) US singer, actor; starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s, such as Oklahoma and Carousel.(colon cancer) November 8 2003: Guy Speranza (47) Original singer with the band Riot (Pancreatic cancer). November 9 1951: Sigmund Romberg (64) Hungarian operetta composer (?) 1999: Herb Abramson (82) Producer, songwriter and co-founder of Atlantic records; he received the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation.(?) 2003: Davey Goldsworthy (40) singer and guitarist, Chesterfields (hit-and-run accident). November 10 1994: Carmen McRae (74) US singer, pianist; worked with Count Basie, Mercer Ellington and solo artist () 1997: Tommy Tedesco (67) session guitarist, Frank Zappa, Cher, The Beach Boys, The Supremes and more () 2002: Johnny Griffith (67) keyboard, member of the Motown records house band; played the Steinway grand piano, the Hammond B-3 organ, the Wurlitzer electric piano, the Fender Rhodes, and the celeste and harpsichord.() 2006: Gerald LeVert (40) US R&B soul baritone singer; The LeVerts, LSG, solo. He was the most sensual, powerful baritone R&B singer of his generation (died at home in his sleep of a sudden, unexpected heart attack) November 11 1972: Berry Oakley (24) bass player; Allman Brothers (motorcycle accident at the same intersection as former band member Duane Allman, who had died a year earlier) 1973: David "Stringbean" Akeman (58) bluegrass banjo player and comedy musician best known for his role on the hit television show, Hee Haw.(he and his wife, Estelle, were murdered in their home by burglars) 1977: Greta Keller (74) Vienna-born cabaret singer and actress; her voice appeared in the Oscar-winning movie, Cabaret, for which she sang the song, "Heirat" () 1902: Preston Jackson (81) American trombonist () 1993: Erskine Hawkins (79) trumpet player and big band leader; dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". He is most remembered as the composer of the jazz standard, "Tuxedo Junction" (1939), which became a popular hit during World War II. In 1978 he became one of the first five artists inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame () 1998: Paddy Clancy (76) Singer; Clancy Brothers () 2004: Pete Jolly/Peter Ceragioli Jr (72) US jazz keyboards, accordionist, pianist; best known for his performance of various television themes, his music can be heard on television programs such as Get Smart, The Love Boat, I Spy, Mannix, MASH, and Dallas, as well as hundreds of movie soundtracks.(complications of bone marrow cancer). 2007: John Petersen (62)* US drummer with The Beau Brummels and Harpers Bizarre (heart attack). November 12 2003: Tony Thompson (48) international session drummer with Rod Stewart, David Bowey, Chic, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry, Sister Sledge, Mick Jagger & many, many more (died within a month of being diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer, just 3 days before his 49th birthday) 2007: Erik Kurmangaliev (47) Russian-Kazakh opera singer (liver problem) November 13 1967: Harriet Cohen CBE (61) UK pianist particularly associated with J. S. Bach's music: a few composers wrote music specifically for her, particularly Sir Arnold Bax (her lover) who wrote most of his piano pieces for her, including music for David Lean's 1948 film version of Oliver Twist. He also composed Concertino for Left Hand for her after she lost the use of her right hand in 1948. The Harriet Cohen International Music Award was introduced in her honour in 1951 (?). 1973: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr (19) US drummer in his father's band (car accident) 1987: Harold Vick (51) US hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and flautist probably better known for his work with musicians like Grant Green, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott, and a host of others (?). 1992: Ronnie Bond (49) UK drummer; The Troggs () 1996: Bill Doggett (80) US pianist; created one of rock's greatest instrumental tracks "Honky Tonk" (heart attack) 2002: "Sir" Roland P. Hanna (70) jazz pianist; a style diverse enough to fit into swing, bop, and more adventurous settings. He was given knighthood, thus the "Sir", from the President of Liberia in 1970 in recognition for a series of concerts held to benefit Liberian children. (hear attack) 2004: John Balance (42) UK musician and artist; he was the founder and half of the experimental music group Coil. He was responsible for vocals, lyrics, chants, synthetics and various esoteric sound-making instruments and devices (lost his balance & tipped over the banisters at his home while under the influence of alcohol) 2004: Ol' Dirty Bastard /Russell Tyrone Jones (35) US rap artist with Wu-Tang Clan (collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio in New York after complaining of chest pain) November 14 1873: Carl Flesch (71) Hungarian violinist,teacher; He published a number of instructional books, including the 1923 'Die Kunst des Violin-Spiels' (he died in Lucerne) 1968: Hilton Jefferson (65) banjoist, jazz alto sax; working for the big bands of Chick Webb, Fletcher Henderson, McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Duke Ellington (?) 1992: George Rufus Adams (52) US jazz musician who played tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. He was also known for his idiosyncratic singing. He is best known for his work with Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Roy Haynes and in the quartet he co-led with pianist Don Pullen (?). 1992: Theodore Riley (68) jazz trumpet player and bandleader; worked with Fats Domino, Champion Jack Dupree, The Dookie Chase Orchestra, Roy Brown's Band, The Olympia Brass Band, The Williams Brass Band, and The Royal Brass Band () 2004: Gene Anthony Ray (41) actor, dancer, singer; 'Leroy' in the film & TV's Fame (stroke/aids) 2007: Bud Mills (40) US drummer for death metal band Insanity; he created the 1-1 drum beat that was faster than the fastest thrash beat used at the time. (esophageal cancer) November 15 1987: Ray Pablo Falconer (26) Sound engineer, UB40 (car crash) 1991: Jacques Morali (45) music producer who is best remembered for being the creator and driving force behind the disco group Village People. Between 1974 and 1982 Morali produced over 65 albums. (aids) November 16 1978: Jimmy Nottingham (52) US big band trumpeter, Flugelhorn; a valuable big band and studio musician that he spent most of his life playing anonymously in the shadows and had few chances to solo. () 1982: Al Haig (58) Freelance US jazz pianist; one of the finest pianists of the bop era (?) 1984 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906) 1994: Dino Valente/Jesse Oris Farrow/Chester William Powers, Jr (56) US singer, guitarist and well known songwriter (?). 1999: Grady Owen () Guitarist, Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps 2000: Russ Conway/Trevor Stanford (75) UK pop music pianist, composer (cancer) 2000: Joe C/Joseph Calleja (26) rapper; Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker band (He suffered from a digestive condition called Celiac disease, he died in his sleep) 2000: DJ Screw/Robert Earl Davis, Jr (29) US, Houston DJ, and hiphop rapper in Screwed Up Click. (died of a heart attack. His cause of death was rumored to be either a codeine overdose or the result of long-term buildup of codeine in his system. However, Screwed Up Click member Z-Ro stated in a 2006 interview that Screw's death came from someone putting methamphetamine into his codeine, and he believes that it was someone very close to the Click who sabotaged him). 2001: Tommy Flanagan (71) US jazz pianist particularly remembered as an accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald. During his career, he was nominated for four Grammy Awards (arterial aneurysm). 2001: Michale Karoli (53) Guitarist, German art-rock band Can () 2003: Arthur Conley (57) horn, vocals, songwriter; Arthur & the Corvets/solo; well known for the 1967 hit, "Sweet Soul Music". It shot to the number two spot on both the pop and R&B charts, earning Conley the number eleven male artist ranking for 1967. The song paid homage to other soul singers like Lou Rawls, Wilson Pickett and James Brown.(died after a long battle with intestinal cancer in Ruurlo, The Netherlands) 2007: Grethe Kausland (60) Norwegian singer and performer; as a child star she was one of Norway's most popular singers, her debut single “Teddyen min” from 1955, sold more than 100 000 records . Sung and performed on stage,TV and films throughout her life (lung cancer). November 17 1979: John Glascock (28) Bass player with The Gods, Carmen, Jethro Tull also sessioned and freelance with many other bands (congenital heart defect). 1987: Irene Wicker/The Singing Lady (80) singer and actress () 1995: Alan Hull (50) founder, leader, guitarist, keyboards, singer, songwriter of Lindisfarne; he was hailed as the most innovative songwriter since Bob Dylan (died suddenly of what was determined to be a heart thrombosis) 2001: Michael Karoli (53) German guitarist; guitarist and founding member of the German Krautrock band "Can". (cancer) 2003: Arthur Conley (57) soul singer-songwriter; he sang and, with mentor Otis Redding, co-wrote the 1967 classic "Sweet Soul Music," arguably the finest record ever made about the genre it celebrates.(cancer) 2003: Don Gibson (75) country music legend (natural causes) 2006: Ruth Brown (78) US blues singer; known as "Queen Mother of the Blues", you can hear her influence in everyone from Little Richard to Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and in today's divas like Ch