*deceased:dd.mm.yyyy Born
~ September 1st 1994:
Bianca Ryan
(American singer). 1993: Ilona Mitrecey
(French singer). 1987: Dann Hume (New
Zealand singer, guitarist, drummer; Evermore).
1985: Camile Velasco (Filipino-American singer).
1984: Joseph Trohman (American
musician; Fall Out Boy). 1976: Peter Brown
(drums; Wheatus) 1976: Babydaddy/Scott
Hoffman (keyboards/bass; Scissor Sisters) 1970:
DJ Spigg Nice (rapper; Lost Boyz) 1965: Craig McLachlan (Australian
actor and singer) 1951: Boney James/James Oppenheim (US award winning
saxophone player). 1960: Cass/ Richard Keith Lewis (bass, Skunk Anansie)
1958: Armi Aavikko (Finnish singer, beauty queen)*02.Jan.2002.
1957: Gloria "Estefan" María Milagrosa Fajardo García
(singer/actress;Miami Sound Machine) 1955: Bruce Foxton (bass, vocals;
Jam) 1950: Peter Hewson (vocals; Chicory Tip) 1949: Russ Field
(guitar; Showaddywaddy) 1948: Greg Errico (drummer, record producer;
Sly & The Family Stone/session/guest) 1946: Barry Gibb (singer,
songwriter,guitar; Bee Gees) 1944: Archie Bell [vocals; Drells]
1933: Conway Twitty (country singer, guitarist)*05.06.1993 1931:
Boxcar Willie/Lecil Travis Martin (US hobo/country
singer, guitarist, songwriter)*12.April.1999.
1927: Tommy Evans (US vocalist; the Drifters)
September 2nd
1977: Sam Rivers (bassist;
Limp Bizkit) 1975: Tony Thompson
(US lead singer; Hi-Five)*01.June.2007.
1969: Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey (singer; K-Ci and JoJo / Jodeci)
1963:
Mike Baker (American
lead singer; Shadow Gallery)*29.Oct.2008.
1959: Paul Wylie Deakin (drums, The Mavericks) 1958: Jerry Augustyniak
(drummer; 10,000 Maniacs) 1957: Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizer,
composer; Toto) 1956: Fritz McIntyre (keyboards; Simply Red) 1951:
Mik Kaminksi (Violin; Electric Light Orchestra/E.L.O. part 2) 1946:
Marty Greb (Keyboards, horns; Buckinghams/Fabulous Rhinestones) 1943:
Rosalind Ashford (US vocals; Del-Phis/ Vells/ Martha Reeves & the Vandellas)
1943: Ðorde
Novkovic (Croatian songwrite, record producer)*06.May.2007.
1943: Joe Simon (US singer) 1941: Bobby Purify/James B. Moore
(US soul singer) 1940: Jimmy Clanton (US singer) 1939: Sam Gooden
(African-American soul singer; The Impressions) 1931: Clifford Jordan
(saxophone, jazz musician; many big bands)*27.March.1993
1925: Hugo Montenegro (composer, arranger and conductor)*06.Feb.1981
1925: Russ Conway/Trevor Stanford (UK pop music pianist, composer)*16.Nov.2000
September
3rd 1980:
Jay McCaslin (bassist; Sum 41) 1978:
Terje "Valfar" Bakken
(Norwegian
lead singer; Windir)*15.Jan.2004.
1973: David Mead (US singer, songwriter) 1973: Jennifer Paige
(US singer) 1965: Vaden Todd Lewis (US guitarist,
singer: Toadies). 1963: Jonathan Segal
(composer,multi-instrumentalist; Camper Van Beethoven/Dieselhed) 1962:
Lester Noel (vocalist; Beats International)
1960: Perry Bamonte (lead guitar; The Cure)
1957: Suzanne Freytag (keyboard; Propaganda) 1955:
Steve Jones (vocals,keyboards,guitarist;
Sex Pistols/Neurotic Outsiders/freelance)
1952: Leroy Smith (vocals; Sweet Sensation) 1948: Donald Brewer
(drummer; Grand Funk Railroad) 1947: Eric Bell (guitar; founder member
of Thin Lizzy) 1945: George Biondi (bass; Steppenwolf) 1944:
Gary Leeds (drummer, vocals; Walker Brothers) 1942: Al Jardine (US
vocalist, Producer, Guitar; founder member of The Beach Boys) 1942:
Kenneth
Pickett (UK singer; The Creation)*10.Jan.1997.
1934: Freddie King (rock blues & blues guitarist, singer)*28.Dec.1976.
1926:
Zezé Gonzaga (Brazilian singer)*24.July.2008.
1925: Hank Thompson
(American
country music singer and songwriter)*06.Nov.2007
1918: Donna
King Conkling(American
singer; The King Sisters)*16.June.2007
1887: Frank
Christian
(American New Orleans jazz trumpeter)*27.Nov.1973
1695: Pietro Locatelli (Italian composer, violinist)*30.March.1764.
September
4th. 1981: Beyoncé Knowles
(US singer; Destiny's Child/solo) 1980: Dan Miller (US vocalist; O-Town)
1975: Richard Wingo (American R&B singer; Jagged Edge). 1974:
Carmit Bachar (singer, dancer; Pussycat Dolls) 1972: Guto Pryce (Welsh
bassist; Super Furry Animals) 1971: Ty Longley (guitar, vocals; Great
White/solo)*20.Feb.2003 1970: Igor Cavalera
(drummer; Sepultura) 1969: Sasha/Alexander Coe (producer/mixing/remixing/
DJ)
1966:
Bireli
Lagrene
(French gypsy-style
jazz
guitarist). 1963: Nasty Suicide/Jan
Stenfors (rhythm guitar; Hanoi Rocks) 1961: Bernard O'Neill (Irish
double bassist, bass; international sessionist/founder member: Zumzeaux).
1960: Kim Thayil (US guitar;Soundgarden) 1951: Martin Chamber (UK
drummer; The Pretenders/ Miss World). 1951:
Dan Del Santo (US steel guitarist, guitarist,
singer-songwriter)*12.Oct.2001
1950: Ronald LaPread (US bassist; The Commodores) 1946: Gary Duncan
(guitar; Quicksilver Messenger Service) 1944: Gene Parsons (US
drummer, banjoist, guitarist, singer-songwriter; The Byrds). 1942: Merald
Bubba Knight (US soul singer; Gladys Knight & The Pips).
1942: Heiner Stadler (Polish arranger, bandleader, composer). 1934:
Michel Sardaby (French pianist). 1930: John
Cephas
(US Piedmont blues guitarist; Cephas
& Wiggins)*04.March.2009.
1907:
Jan Savitt (Russian arranger, bandleader, violinist,
and vocalist)*04.Oct.1948.
1905: Meade "Lux" Lewis (American
pianist)*07.June.1964.
1891: Sam
Lanin (American
bandleader; own bands/session leader)*05.May.1977.
September
5th. 1980:
Kevin Simm (vocals; Liberty X) 1969: Dweezil Zappa (US vocalist,
guitar, son of Frank Zappa; solo/guest/sessionist) 1968: Brad Wilk (US
drummer; Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave). 1966: Ricky
Parent (American drummer; Enuff Z'nuff)*27.Oct.2007.
1966: Terry Ellis (American R&B singer; En Vogue).
1964: Kevin Saunderson (member, producer, mixing; Reese&Santonio/Inner
City/Kreem/Es'Ray). 1958: Lars Danielsson (Swedish bassist, composer
and producer; own band/sessionist). 1954: Sal Solo/Charles Peter Smith
(lead singer; Classix Nouveaux). 1951: Jamie Oldaker (US country musician;
The Tractors/Eric Clapton Band). 1949: Dave Clempson (guitar, keyboards;
Colosseum/Humble Pie/guest)
1947: Buddy Miles (US drummer; Ink Spots/Band of Gypsys/session/guest)*26.Feb.2008.
1947: Charles Bobo Shaw (US drummer, co-founder of
the Black Artists Group, a musical collective). 1946: Freddie Mercury/Farrokh
Bulsara (Zanzibar-born UK musician, pianist, songwriter; Queen)*24.Nov.1991
1946: Dean Ford/Thomas McAleese (Scottish lead singer;
Marmalade). 1946: Loudon
Wainwright III (US singer, songwriter)
1945: Al Stewart (UK Vocals, Keyboards, Trumpet,
Guitar). 1939: John Stewart (US singer, songwriter; Kingston Trio/solo)*19.Jan.2008.
1936: Willie Woods (guitar; Junior Walker &
the All Stars) *27.May.1997
1928: Albert Mangelsdorff (German
bandleader and trombonist)*25.July.2005
1927: Nick Ayoub (Canadian tenor saxophone player).
1927: Joki Freund (German aerophone multi-instrumentalist). 1494:
Hans Sachs
(German meistersinger)*19.Jan.1576
September
6th. 1987:
Ramiele Malubay (US
singer and former American Idol contestant). 1980: Kerry Katona (UK
singer; Atomic Kitten). 1979: Foxy Brown/Inga Marchand (US rapper).
1976: N.O.R.E./Victor Santiago (American rapper and reggaeton performer).
1974: Nina Persson (Swedish singer; The Cardigans). 1971: Dolores
O'Riordan (Irish singer; The Cranberries). 1971: Kathy Wolfgramm/Kathi
Jet (American vocalist; The Jets).
1967: Macy Gray/Natalie Renee McIntyre/Natalie Hinds (American R&B
singer). 1969: CeCe Peniston (US dance music singer). 1969:
Darryl Anthony (American R&B singer; Az Yet). 1968: Paddy Boom/Patrick
Secore (US drummer; Scissor Sisters) 1967: Claire Martin (Award
winning British jazz singer). 1963: Mark Chesnutt (US country music
singer). 1961: Pål Waaktaar Gamst (Swedish guitarist, songwriter;
A-Ha) 1961: Colin Ferrguson (Scottish
bassist;
H2O) 1960: Perry Bamonte (English-Italian bassist, keyboardist; with
The Cure). 1958: Buster Bloodvessel/Douglas Trendle (UK singer; Bad
Manners). 1957: Joe Smyth (American drummer; Sawyer Brown). 1954:
Stella Barker (UK rhythm guitarist; Belle Stars). 1954: Banner Thomas
(American bassist for Molly Hatchet). 1952: Buddy Miller (American
country music singer-songwriter). 1949: Jimmy Litherland (English guitarist;
Colosseum) 1948: Roger
Dean (UK avant-garde jazz pianist, double bassist,
vibraphonist). 1948: Claydes Charles Smith (US lead guitarist, co-founder
of Kool & The Gang)*20.June.2006 1947:
Bent Persson (Swedish international cornet player). 1944: Sylvester
James (US disco and soul singer, gay drag performer)*16.Dec.1988.
1944: Roger Waters (English bass, vocals; Pink Floyd) 1942:
Mel McDaniel (American country music singer, member of the Grand Ole Opry).
1942: Dave Bargeron (US trombonist, tuba player; Blood, Sweat & Tears/session/guest)
1940: Jackie Trent (UK songwriter, singer, actress). 1939: David
Allan Coe (American country music singer and songwriter/composer). 1937:
Bosse Broberg (Swedish trumpeter). 1925: Jimmy Reed (US blues singer,
guitarist, harmonica)*29.Aug.1976 1919: Aaron
Shearer (American
classical guitarist)*21.April.2008.
1891: John Charles Thomas (American
baritone vocalist)*13.Dec.1960.
1877: Buddy Bolden/King Bolden (US cornet player, first jazzman)*04.Nov.1930
September
7th. 1986:
Spectacular Blue Smith (US rapper with R&B Group Pretty Ricky).
1981: Paul McCoy (American lead singer; 12 Stones). 1972: Slug/Sean
Daley (American rapper; Atmosphere). 1970: Chad Ronald Sexton (US
drummer for rapcore/punk rock/reggae act 311). 1969: Little Jimmy Urine
(American singer; Mindless Self Indulgence). 1966: Christopher John Dyke
Acland (UK drummer; Lush)*17.Oct.1996. 1965:
Ron Blake (American tenor saxophonist). 1965: Angela Gheorghiu
(Romanian opera singer). 1964: Eazy-E/Eric Wright (American rapper;
NWA)*26.March.1995. 1962: Paul Tobey (Canadian
jazz pianist). 1961: LeRoi
Moore (American saxophonist; Dave Matthews Band)*19.Aug.2008.
1961: Jean-Yves Thibaudet (French Pianist). 1960: Brad Houser (US
bassist, woodwinds; Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) 1958: Hamilton Lee
(UK drummer; Furniture) 1957: Margot Chapman (US singer; Starland
Vocal Band). 1957: Jermaine Stewart (US singer, dancer; Shalamar)*17.March.1997
1956:
Diane Warren (US songwriter)
1956: Michael Feinstein (American archivist, pianist and singer).
1954:
Dave King (American bassist). 1953:
Benmont Tench (US keyboardist, piano, organ; Tom Petty & Heartbreakers).
1952: Allison Rayner (UK bass player with Deirdre Cartwright). 1951:
Morris Albert (Brazilian singer). 1951: Chrissie Hynde (US singer,
guitarist, songwriter; The Pretenders). 1951:
Mark Isham (American composer). 1951: Danny Doriz (French vibraphonist).
1949: Gloria Gaynor (US Rhythm & Blues singer) 1948:
Frank Beard (US drummer; ZZ Top).
1946: Alfa Anderson (US member of the band Chic). 1943: Lena Valaitis
(Lithuanian-German Schlager singer). 1941: Michael Peter Smith
(US singer, songwriter; writer of The Dutchman) 1940: Ronnie Dove (US
lead singer of Ronnie Dove & the Belltones) 1936: Buddy Holly/Charles
Hardin Holley (US singer, guitar, songwriter; The Crickets)*03.Feb.1959
1934: Little Milton/Milton Campbell (US blues singer, guitarist, songwriter)*04.Aug.2005
1931: Makanda Ken McIntyre (US
jazz saxophonist, multi-musician and composer)*13.June.2001.
1931: Helen Gray (Canadian soprano singer; The Travellers).
1930: Sonny
Rollins (American jazz tenor saxophonist).
1930: Francis Coppieters (Belgian pianist). 1922: Joe Newman (American
composer, trumpeter)*04.July.1992.
1921: Arthur Ferrante (American pianist of Ferrante and Teicher fame).
1920: Al Caiola (American jazz, country, rock, western, and pop guitarist).
1914: Graeme Bell MBE (Australian bandleader and pianist). 1897:
Al Sherman (Russian-American
Tin Pan Alley songwriter)*16.Sept.1973.
September
8th 1979:
Pink/Alicia Moore
(US singer) 1975: Richard Hughes (drums; Keane) 1971: Andie
Rathbourne (drummer; Mansun) 1960: Aimee Mann (US singer, bass,
guitar; 'Til Tuesday/solo). 1960: David Steele (bassist, producer;
The [English] Beat/Fine Young Cannibals) 1958: David Lewis (US guitarist,
singer;Atlantic Starr) 1956: Fad Gadget/Frank John Tovey (British
avant-garde electronic musician)*03.April.2002.
1953: Colin Routh (singer,
guitarist; Black Lace). 1946: Dean Daughtry
(rock keyboardist; Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
(US vocalist, harmonica, organ, Grateful Dead)*08.March.1973.
1945: Kelly Groucutt (UK bassist, vocals, songwriter; Electric Light Orchestra/ELO
spin-offs)*19.Feb.2009.
1944: Peter Franklyn
Bellamy (UK
guitarist, folk singer; The
Young Tradition/solo)*24.Sept.1991.
1942: Brian Cole (US vocalist, bass, clarinet; The Association)*02.Aug.1972
1942: Sal Spampinato/Sal
Valentino (singer;
The Beau Brummels) 1932: Patsy Cline/Virginia
Patterson Hensley
(US country singer)*05.March.1963.
1928: Earl Nelson
(US R&B singer; Bob & Earl/The Hollywood Flames/Jackie Lee)*12.July.2008.
1926: Arthur "Artie" Anton (conga drums, drums, timbales; freelance/guest)*27.July.2003
1925: Peter Sellers (UK actor, comedy songs; The Goons)*24.July.1980
1897: Jimmie Rodgers/Yodeling Cowboy (singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter)*26.May.1933
September
9th
1980: Jani Liimatainen (Finish power guitarist; Altaria/Sonata
Arctica/Graveyard Shift). 1977:
Soulja Slim/James Tapp Jr (US rapper; Master
P's No Limit/solo)*26.Nov.2003.
1975: Michael Bublé (Canadian pop jazz singer) 1970: Macy Dray
(US R&B singer) 1966:
Gregory Kane (singer; Hue and Cry)
1952: Dave A. Stewart (UK guitarist, songwriter, producer; Eurythmics/Longdancer/solo/guest)
1950: John McFee (US guitarist; Clover/Elvis Costello/Doobie Brothers).
1947: Freddy Weller (US guitarist, country singer; Paul Revere and the
Raiders/solo) 1946: Trevor Oakes (UK guitar; Showaddywaddy) 1946:
David Gavin (drums, percussion;Heads Hands & Feet/Vinegar Joe/Freelance).
1946: Bruce Palmer (Canadian bassist; Buffalo Springfield/Neil Young's
Trans Band)*01.Oct.2004
1946: Doug Ingle (organist, vocals, composer; Iron Butterfly) 1946:
Billy Preston (US R&B singer, keyboard player)*06.June.2006
1945: Dee Dee Sharp/Dione LaRue (US R&B singer). 1942: Inez
Foxx (lead vocals; The Inez & Charlie Foxx Duo) 1942: Luther Simmons
Jr (soul, R&B, gospel singer; Main Ingredient) 1941: Otis Redding
(US soul singer, Bar-Keys)*10.Dec.1967
1940: Joe Negroni (US
baritone vocalist; Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers)*05.Sept.1978 1927:
Elvin Ray Jones (American jazz
drummer; John Coltrane/freelance/own bands)*18.May.2004. 1922:
Hoyt
Curtin (US composer, music producer; Hanna-Barbera
animation studio)*03.Dec.2000.
September
10th
1985: Matthew Johnson (vocals, One True Voice)
1968: Big Daddy Kane (Vocals, Producer, Rap) 1966: Miles Zuniga
(vocals; Fastball) 1965: Robin Goodridge (plays percussion in the
band Bush) 1960: Dave Lowry (guitarist; Cracker) 1958: Siobhan
Fahey (vocals; Bananarama/Shakespear's Sister/solo) 1957: Carol Decker
[vocalist, songwriter; T'Pau] 1956: Johnnie
'Fingers' Moylett (keyboards; Boomtown Rats)
1955: Pat Mastelotto (drums, Mr Mister/King Crimson/XTC/guest)
1951: Peter Tolson (lead guitar; Pretty Things) 1950: Joe Perry
(guitar, Aerosmith) 1949: Barrie Barlow (drummer; Jethro Tull)
1946: Don Powell (drummer and founding member of Slade/Slade 2) 1945:
Jose Feliciano/José Montserrate Feliciano García (blind Puerto
Rican singer, guitarist) 1942: Danny Hutton (US vocals, Three Dog
Night) 1939: Cynthia Lennon (first wife of John Lennon 23.08.1962 ~
08.11.1968) 1898: Waldo Semon (US chemist who in 1926, discovered PVC,
vinyl for LP & 45 records)*26.May.1998
September
11th
1977: Ludacris/Chris
Brian Bridges (US rapper artist, actor).
1977: Jon Buckland (lead guitar, Coldplay) 1975: Brad Fischetti
(vocals; LFO) 1971: Richard Ashcroft (guitar, vocals; Verve/solo/guest)
1967: Harry Connick Jr. (US singer) 1965: Moby (techno musician,
DJ, producer, vocalist) 1959: Rory Lyons (drummer; King Kurt) 1958:
Mick Talbot (Keyboards; Style Council) 1957: Jon Moss (drums; Culture
Club/ Damned) 1955:
Hiram Bullock
(American jazz funk
and jazz fusion guitarist)*25.July.2008.
1953: Tommy Shaw (US guitarist; STYX/Damn Yankees) 1948:
John Martyn (singer, songwriter, keyboards, harmonica, guitar).
1947: Richard Jaeger (percussionist;
sessionist/freelance)*27.Aug.2000 1946:
Dennis Tufano (singer, guitarist; The Buckinghams) 1943:
Mickey Hart (UK drummer; percussion; Grateful Dead) 1940: Bernie Dwyer
(UK drummer; Freddie & The Dreamers)*04.Dec.2002.
1911:
Jerry Scoggins (American singer, guitarist)*07.Dec.2004.
September 12th
1971:
Wes Wehmiller (US bassist;Duran Duran/I,Claudius/others)*30.Jan.2005
cancer 1969: Kenny Thomas
(soul & dance singer) 1967: Jon Stewart (guitar; Sleeper).
1966: Ben Folds (vocals, piano; Ben Folds Five) 1968: Larry LaLonde
(guitar; Primus) 1956: Brian Robertson (guitar, Thin Lizzy/guest
1956: Barry Andrews (keyboards; XTC/Shriekback) 1954: Christie
Allen (Australian pop singer)*12.Aug.2008.
1954: Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone, jazz musician; Benny Goodman/leader)
1952: Gerry Beckley (lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, harmonica;
America) 1952: Neil Peart (drummer; Rush) 1944: Barry White
(soul singer & producer)*04.July.2003
1944: Colin Young (lead singer; Foundations) 1943: Maria Muldaur
(US Singer, songwriter) 1940: Tony Bellamy (guitar, piano and vocals;
Redbone) 1931: George Jones (country singer) September
13th 1983:
James Bourne (lead singer, guitar; Busted/Son of Dork) 1977: Fiona
Apple/Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (US singer, songwriter). 1967: Steve
Perkins (drums, percussion; Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyros)
1965: Zak Starkey (drummer, The Face/Guest/Session)
1961: Dave Mustaine (lead guitar; Megadeth/Metallica) 1954: Dan
Hegarty (lead vocals; Darts) 1952: Don Was/Donald Fagenson (bass,
keyboard; Was Not Was/freelance) 1952: Randy Jones (the original "cowboy"
in Village People) 1949: Fred Sonic Smith (US guitar player; MC5)*04.Nov.1994
1944: Peter Cetera (US singer, songwriter, and bass player , Chicago /solo)
1943: Ray Elliot (rock pianist, saxophonist; Them) 1941: David Clayton-Thomas
(lead singer; Blood Sweat & Tears) 1939: Gene
Page (Influential US conductor, arranger and record producer)*23.Aug.1998.
1939: Dave Quincy (Saxophone; If/Manfred Mann/Dave Quincy Quintet/solo/freelance)
1925: Mel Torme (American jazz singer with a light, high-tenor voice)*05.June.1999
1922: Charles
Brown
(American blues singer and pianist and R&B pioneer)*21.Jan.1999.
1922:
Yma Sumac (Peruvian
international soprano
singer)*01.Nov.2008.
1893:
Lawrence James "Larry" Shields (jazz
clarinetist;Original Dixieland Jass Band)*21.Nov.1953
September 14th 1981:
Ashley Roberts (singer, Pussycat Dolls) 1973: Nas/Nasir
bin Olu Dara Jones (US rapper) 1971: Jeff
Loomis (US lead guitarist; Sanctuary/Nevermore). 1970: Craig Montoya
(bass, Everclear) 1970: Mark Webber (guitar; Pulp) 1969:
DJ Kay Gee/Keir Gist (US rapper; Naughty By Nature) 1967: John Power
(bass, vocals; The La's) 1959: Morten Harket (lead singer; A-Ha)
1955: Steve Berlin (saxophone; Los Lobos/Blasters/freelance) 1954:
Barry Cowsill (bassist, vocals; The Cowsills) 1953: Tom Cora (US
cellist, composer; The Ex/Curlew/Third Person/Skeleton Crew/sessions/solo)*09.April.1998.
1950: Paul Kossoff (guitar, Free)*19.March.1976
1949: Steve Gaines (US guitarist; The Ravens/Lynyrd Skynyrd)*20.Oct.1977.
1946: Pete Agnew (bassist; Nazareth) 1944:
Oliver Lake
(American alto saxophonist, flutist, composer and poet). 1930: William
R. Berry [trumpet, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis orchestra/sessionist] 1918:
Israel "Cachao" López
(Cuban
mambo bassist, composer; "the
inventor of the mambo")*22.March.2008
1914:
Mae
Boren Axton (US songwriter/promoter known as
the 'Queen Mother of Nashville')*09.April.1997
September 15th 1976:
Paul Thomson (drums; Franz Ferdinand) 1976:
KG (lead vocals; MN8) 1976: Ivette Sosa (singer, dancer; Eden's
Crush) 1975: Jamie Stevens (German pop singer) 1960: Mitch
Dorge (drummer, composer, producer; Crash Test Dummies) 1958: Tim
Whelan (guitar; Furniture) 1956: Jaki Graham (singer; Ferrari/Medium
Wave/UB40/solo) 1946:
Ola Brunkert (Swedish session drummer; playered
on every Abba album)*16.March.2008
1942: Lee Dorman (bass, vocals, keyboards; Iron Butterfly/Captain Beyond)
1941: Les Braid (bass, keyboards; Swinging Blue Jeans)*31.July.2005
1924: Bobby Short (US
singer, pianist)*21.March.2005
1915: Al Casey (guitarist, Fats Waller, Harlem
Blues & Jazz Band)*11.Sept.2005
1903: Roy Acuff (country singer, fiddle player, songwriter)*23.Oct.1992
September
16th
1992: Nick Jonas (American singer; The Jonas
Brothers). 1988: Teddy Geiger (American singer). 1984:
Katie Melua (UK singer, guitar, piano, songwriter). 1984: Sabrina Bryan
(American actress and singer). 1976: Tina Barrett (UK vocalist, S
Club 7). 1975: Shannon Noll (Australian singer and songwriter).
1970: Mark Schultz (American singer, songwriter, piano, guitar). 1969:
Justine Frischmann (UK guitar, vocals; Suede/ Elastica). 1968: Marc
Anthony/Marco Antonio Muñiz (Puerto Rican-American singer, songwriter).
1963: Richard Marx (US singer, piano, guitar, songwriter; own band/solo/guest).
1962: Stephen Jones (UK singer, guitarist; Babybird). 1961: Bilinda
Butcher (UK singer, guitarist; My Bloody Valentine). 1957:
Anca Parghel (51) (Romanian singer, composer)*05.Dec.2008.
1955: Yolandita Monge (Puerto Rican singer). 1954: Frank
"Tchallah" Reed (US singer; Chi-Lites).
1954: Earl Klugh (American jazz guitarist). 1954: Colin Newman
(UK guitarist, vocals; Wire). 1953: Alan Barton (UK lead singer;
Black Lace/Smokie)*23rd
March 1995. 1950: David Bellamy (US vocals, guitar; Bellamy
Brothers). 1948: Ron Blair (US bassist; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers).
1948: Kenny Jones (UK drummer; Small Faces/Faces/The Who). 1946:
Camilo Sesto (Spanish singer). 1944: Winston Grennan (Jamaican
drummer; international session player)*27.Oct.2000.
1944: Betty Kelly (US singer; The Velvelettes/Martha And The Vandellas).
1942: Bernie Calvert (UK bass, keyboards; the Hollies). 1941: Joseph
Campbell Butler (US vocalist, drummer; The Lovin' Spoonful). 1940:
Hamiet Bluiett
(American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer). 1934: Ronnie
Drew (Irish folk singer, gutarist; Dubliners/solo/guest)*16.Aug.2008.
1931: Jan Johansson (Swedish jazz pianist)*09.Nov.1968
1925: B.B. King/Riley B. King (US blues guitarist, vocals). 1925:
Charlie Byrd (American jazz and classical guitar
virtuoso)*30.Nov.1999 1916:
M.S. Subbulakshmi/Madurai
Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Indian singer)*11.Dec.2004
September
17th 1979:
Chuck Comeau (drums; Simple Plan) 1976: Maile Misajoin (vocals,
Eden's Crush) 1970: Vinnie/Vincent Brown (rap artist; Naughty By Nature)
1969: Keith Flint (vocals, Prodigy) 1969: Adam Devlin (
guitar; Bluetones) 1968: Anastacia aka Lynn Newkirk (US singer)
1968: Lord Jamar (member of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian) 1968:
John Penney (vocals, Neds Atomic Dustbin) 1962: Baz Luhrmann (Australian
filmmaker, executive Producer, director) 1962: BeBe Winans (gospel
and R&B singer) 1961:
Ty Tabor
(US lead guitarist,
songwriter, co-lead vocalist; King's X).
1950: Fee Waybill (vocals, the Tubes)
1950: Mike Hossack (drums, Doobie Brothers)
1947: Jim Hodder (drums, Steely Dan)*15.June.1990
1939: LaMonte McLemore (vocals; the 5th Dimension)
1929: Sil Austin (tenor saxophone;)*01.Sept.2001
1926: William Patton "Bill" Black Jr (US: double bass, bass;
Elvis Presley)*21.Oct.1965 1923: Hank Williams
(US country star, singer, guitar, songwriter)*01.Jan.1953.
September 18th
1974: Xzibit/ X to the Z/Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (US
hip-hop, rapper artist) 1973: Ami "Puffy"
Onuki (Japanese singer). 1967: Ricky "Slick"
Bell (US singer; New Edition/Bell
Biv Devoe/solo). 1966: Ian Spice (UK drummer; Breathe). 1966:
Nigel Clarke (UK vocals, bass; Dodgy). 1965: Thomas Bramerie (French
bass player; sessionist/Dick
de Graaf/Dee Dee Bridgewater). 1962: Joanne Catherall (UK vocalist,
Human League). 1962: Richard Walmsley (UK member of the electronic
band Beatmasters). 1961: Martin Beedle (UK drummer; Cutting Crew).
1959: Manfred Brundl (German bassist; session musician for Bob Brookmeyer).
1958: Lita Ford (UK vocalist; The Runaways). 1952: Dee Dee Ramone/
Douglas Colvin (bassist, vocals; Ramones)*05.June.2002.
1949: Kerry Livgren (US keyboards, piano, guitar; Kansas). 1946: Alan
"Barn" King (UK guitarist; Ace). 1945:
P.F. Sloan/Philip Gary Schlein (Vocals,
Various Instruments, Producer; Grass Roots) 1944:
Rocío Jurado
(Spanish singer and
actress)*01.June.2006.
1942: Martin "Marty" Mooney (Australian reed player). 1941:
Priscilla Mitchell (US rockabilly vocalist; collaborated with Connie Smith/Anita
Carter). 1940: Lonnie Lee (Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist).
1939: Frankie Avalon (US singer/actor) 1934: Alex Dalgleish
(Scottish arranger, composer, trumpeter). 1933: Jimmie Rodgers (American
pop singer). 1929: Louis Myers (US guitar, harmonica, vocals; Aces/freelance)*05.Sept.1994
1925: Pieternella "Pia" Beck (Dutch entrepreneur, pianist, vocalist).
September
19th 1984: Eamon/Eamon
Doyle (US R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter). 1980: Sara Quin (Canadian
singer/songwriter; Tegan and Sara). 1980: Tegan Quin (Canadian singer/songwriter;
Tegan and Sara). 1977: Ryan Dusick (drums; Maroon 5) 1976: Jim
Ward (American vocalist, guitarist; At the Drive-In/Sparta). 1971:
Paul Winterhart (drummer; Kula Shaker) 1969: Candy Dulfer (Dutch
jazz lady, alto saxophonist; Funky Stuff/freelance) 1964: Trisha Yearwood
(US country singer) 1963: Jarvis Branson Cocker (lead singer,songwriter,
producer; Pulp) 1958: Lita Ford (UK vocalist, guitar; The Runaways)
1957: Rusty Egan (Uk drummer; Rich Kids) 1952:
Tad Jones
(US music historian, researcher,
author)*01.Jan.2007.
1952: Nile Rodgers (R&B guitarist; Chic/freelance/guest) 1951:
Daniel Lanois (producer, singer, percussion, guitar; freelance/guest)
1949: Twiggy/Leslie Hornby (UK model, actress, singer) 1947: Lol
Creme/Lawrence Neil Creme (UK singer, guitar, keyboards; 10CC/Godley &
Creme) 1946: John Coghlan (Drums; Status Quo) 1945: Freda Payne
(US soul singer) 1945: David Bromberg (US guitarist, fiddle, mandolin
player; freelance). 1941: Cass Elliot/Mama Cass (US singer; Mamas and
the Papas/solo)*29.July.1974 1940: Paul Williams
(US composer & songwriter; Carpenters, many others). 1940: Bill
Thomas Medley (US singer, songwriter; Righteous Brothers) 1936: "Brother"
Gene Dinwiddie (US sax player; Butterfield Blues Band/FullMoon/freelance)*????
1935: Nick Massi/Nicholas Macioci (bass singer in The Four Seasons)*24.Dec.2000
1934: Brian Epstein (UK businessman, Beatles manager)*27.Aug.1967
1931: Brook Benton (US singer)*09.April.1988
1882:
Christopher Stone (First
disc jockey in the UK)*22.May.1965
September
20th
1990: Marilou Bourdon (Quebec pop singer). 1981:
Keith Semple (singer in the ITV popstars band 'One True Voice') 1979:
Rick Woolstenhulme (drums; Lifehouse) 1978: Patrizio Buanne (Italian
baritone singer). 1978: Sarit Hadad/Sara Hodedtov (Israeli singer).
1977: Namie Amuro (Japanese pop singer). 1976: Yo Hitoto (Japanese
pop singer) 1968: Ben Shepherd (bassist; Soundgarden) 1968:
Tim Rogers (Australian singer, songwriter). 1967: Matthew Nelson
(lead singer, bassist; Nelson. Twin son of Ricky Nelson) 1967: Gunnar
Nelson (lead singer, drums; Nelson. Twin son of Ricky Nelson) 1966:
Nuno Bettencourt (Portugese guitar virtuoso; Extreme/Mourning Widows/Population
1) 1960: David Hemmingway (drums; Housemartins/Beautiful South)
1960: Keith 'Cowboy' Wiggins (hip-hop, rapper; Grandmaster Flash &
Furious Five)*08.Sept.1989 1957: Alannah Currie
(New Zealand singer, sax player; Thompson Twins). 1956:
Steve Coleman (US saxophone player, spontaneous
composer, composer, band leader). 1947: John
Anthony Panozzo (drummer with rock band Styx)*19.July.1996
1947: Mia Martini/ Domenica Bertè(Italian
singer and song-writer)*12.May.1995.
1947: Charles Salvatore 'Chuck' Panozzo
(bassist; rock band Styx with his twin John) 1946: Mike Rogers/Michael
Oldroyd (lead guitar, lead singer; Manfred Mann's Earth Band) 1945:
Sweet Pea Atkinson (singer; The Boneshakers/Was Not Was/solo) 1930:
Eddie Bo/Edwin Joseph Bocage
(American singer and pianist)*18.March.2009.
1925: Billy Nunn (lead
& bass singer; The Coasters/his own Coasters)*05.Nov.1986
1922: William Kapell (American
classical pianist)*20.Sept.1953
1920: Bill DeArango (Jazz guitarist; Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/freelance)*02.Jan.2006
September
21st
1972: David Randall Silveria (drums, Korn) 1972: Liam Gallagher/William
John Paul Gallagher (lead singer; Oasis) 1971: James Michael 'Jimmy'
Constable (singer; 911) 1968: Trugoy the Dove/Plug 2/David Jude Jolicoeur
(rapper, lyricalist, producer; De La Soul) 1968: Jon Brookes (drums;
The Charlatans UK band) 1967: Timmy T/Timothy Torres (US Freestyle
performer, singer, drum machines, keyboards) 1967: Tyler Stewart (Canadian
drummer; Barenaked Ladies)
1967: Faith Hill (US singer) 1959: Corinne Drewery (UK singer,
lyricalist; Swing Out Sister) 1954: Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor
(drums; Motorhead) 1947: Don Felder (US guitar, vocals;The Eagles)
1936: Dickey Lee (counrty singer) 1934: Leonard Cohen (Canadian
singer, songwriter, poet) 1929: Shafi Hadi (jazz saxophonist; Griffin
Brothers/freelance) 1921: Sir Jimmy Young (UK singer, BBC radio DJ,
interviewer) 1921: Chico Hamilton (jazz drummer; Count Basie/Lester
Young/Lena Horne etc) 1914: Slam Stewart/Leroy Elliot Stewart (jazz
bassist with all the icons 40s- 80's)*10.Dec.1987.
1912: György
Sándor (Hungarian
pianist)*09.Dec.
2005. 1873: Papa
Jack/George Vital Laine (American drummer, band
leader)*10.June.1966.
September 22nd
1982: Billie Piper (UK singer, actress) 1970: Mystikal/Michael Tyler
(US rapper) 1965: Adam Cairns (guitar, vocals, Therapy?) 1960:
Joan Jett (singer, guitarist, The Runaways) 1958: Nelson (bassist:
Kip Keino/New Model Army) 1957: Nick Cave (vocals, piano, organ; Birthday
Party/The Bad Seeds) 1957: Peter Jones (bassist; Cowboys International/Brian
Brain/Public Image Ltd) 1957: Johnette Napolitano (lead singer, bassist;
Concrete Blonde) 1956:
Rhett Forrester (American
singer; Riot/sessions/solo)*22.Jan.1994.
1956: Debby
Boone (US singer, daughter of Pat Boone) 1953: Richard Fairbrass (singer,
Right Said Fred) 1952: Mark Panker (guitar, American Music Club)
1951: David Coverdale (vocals; Deep Purple/Whitesnake) 1950:
Kirka
Babitzin (56) Finnish
rock singer;
The Creatures/The Islanders)*31.Jan.2007.
1943:
Toni Basil (US singer, actress, dancer, choreographer)
September 23rd
1985: Diana Oritz (singer; Dream)
1981: Natalie Horler (Anglo-German singer; Cascada)
1979: Erik-Michael Estrada (singer; O-Town)
1973: Jermaine Dupri (Producer, Mixing, Executive Producer; rap
bands)
1970: Ani DiFranco (US singer, guitarist)
1955: Leon Taylor (drums; The Ventures)
1949: Bruce Springsteen (singer, songwriter, guitarist)
1947:
Neal Smith (drums, Alice Cooper Band).
1943: Anthony 'Duster' Bennett (Welsh singer, musician; John Mayall/solo/sessionist)*26.March.1976.
1943: Steve Boone (bassist; Lovin Spoonful)
1943: Wallace 'Scotty' Scott
(singer; The Whispers)
1943: Julio Iglesias (Spanish singer)
1939: Roy Buchanan (guitarist, singer, songwriter)*14.Aug.1988
1932:
Travis Edmonson (US folk
singer-songwriter, guitarist;
Bud and Travis/solo)*09.May.2009.
1930: Ray Charles (pop and jazz pianist, singer, songwriter)*10.June.2004
1929: Wally Whyton (British musician, songwriter
and radio and TV personality)*22.Jan.1997.
1926: John William Coltrane/Trane (US jazz saxophonist
and composer)*17.July.1967 1912:
György Sándor
(Hungarian pianist)*09.Dec.2005.
September 24th
1971: Marty Cintron (lead vocals; No Mercy) 1971:
Peter Salisbury (drums, Verve) 1962: Cedric Dent (vocals; Take
6) 1958: Jeffrey
Lee Pierce (American guitarist; Gun Club)*31.March.1996.
1946: Carson Van Osten (bassist; The Nazz) 1946: Jerry Donahue
(guitarist; Fairport Convention) 1946: Kjell Asperud (Percussion,vocals;
Titanic) 1942: Gerry Marsden (singer, Gerry & The Pacemakers)
1941: Linda McCartney (keyboards, Vocals; Wings)*17.April.1998
1940: Barbara Allbut (lead singer; The Angels) 1938: Steve Douglas
(saxophone, flute, clarinet, drums; Wrecking
Crew/sessionist)*19.April.1993
1933: Mel Taylor (drums, The Ventures)*11.Aug.1996
1931: Anthony Newley (UK singer, actor, composer)*14.April.1999
1929: John Wallace Carter (jazz
clarinetist; Clarinet Summit/freelance)*31.March.1991
September
25th 1985:
Diana Ortiz (singer; Dream) 1975: Declan Donnelly (actor/singer/TV
Pop Idol presenter; Ant & Dec duo) 1968: Will Smith (US actor,
rapper; D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince duo) 1955: Steve Severin
(bassist; Siouxsie and the Banshees/The Creatures) 1955: Zucchro/Adelmo
Fornaciari (Italian blues and rock singer) 1954: Craig Chaquico
(guitar; Jefferson Starship) 1947: John
Fiddler (vocalist, guitarist, piano, drummer;
Medicine Head) 1947: Bryan MacLean (guitar/vocals; Love)*25.Dec.1998
1947: Cecil Womack (US singer; Womack & Womack). 1945:
Dee Dee Warwick
(African-American soul
singer)*18.Oct.2008.
1945: Onnie Mcintyre (vocals, rhythm guitar; Average White Band) 1943:
Gary Alexander (guitar, vocals; The Association) 1943: John Locke (keyboard
player, songwriter; Spirit)*04.Aug.2006 1939:
Joe 'Jesse' Russell (lead singer; The Persuasions) 1936: Roosevelt
"Booba" Barnes (Bluesman, harmonica, owner of Barnes' Playboy Club)*08.April.1995
1933:
Erik Darling (US songwriter, folk musician; The
Tarriers/ Rooftop singers/ Weavers)*05.Aug.2008.
1930: Sheldon
Silverstein (US
songwriter/composer,
musician, cartoonist, screenwriter, author)*10.May.1999.
1925: Sam Rivers (free jazzman, Sax: tenor & soprano, flute; freelance/sessions)
September 26th
1981: Christina Milian
(US singer-songwriter, actress, record producer) 1972: Paul Draper
(lyricist, vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards; Mansun) 1972: Shawn Stockman
(singer; Boyz II Men) 1967: Richard Shannon Hoon (singer, Blind
Melon)*21.Oct.1995 1962: Tracey Thorn
(Mexican singer; Everything But The Girl) 1961: Cindy Herron (singer;
En Vogue) 1958:
Darby Crash/Bobby Pyn/Jan Paul Beahm (US punk-rock singer;
The Germs)*07.Dec.1980.
1954: Cesar Rosas (Mexican singer, guitarist, songwriter; Los Lobos/Los
Super Seven). 1951: Stuart Tosh (Scottish drummer, songwriter; Pilot/10cc/Camel)
1948: Olivia Newton-John (singer/actress) 1947: Lynn Anderson
(US country singer) 1945: Bryan Ferry (singer, Keyboards, Piano, Harmonica;
Roxy Music/solo) 1941: Joe Bauer (drummer; Youngbloods) 1940:
Creadel 'Red' Jones (singer; The Hi-lites/ The Chi-Lites)*25.Aug.1994.
1934: Dick Heckstall-Smith
(UK saxophonist; John Mayall/Colosseum/freelance)*17.Dec.2004
1926: Julie London (US actress, singer)*18.Oct.2000
1925: Marty Robbins/Martin
David Robinson
(US country singer, guitarist)*08.Dec.1982 1918:
Harold Gramatges (Cuban
composer and pianist)*16.Dec.2008.
1869: Komitas Vardapet
(Armenian composer,music pedagogue, musicologist)*22.Oct.1935
September 27th
1984: Avril Lavigne (Canadian singer) 1977: Patrick Bourque (Canadian
bass guitarist; Emerson Drive)*26.Sept.2007 1973:
Lee Brennan (lead vocalist; 911) 1970: Mark Calderon (singer; Color
Me Bad). 1964: Stephan Jenkins (lead singer, songwriter, guitarist;
Third Eye Blind) 1958: Shaun Cassidy (US singer, actor, TV producer,
David's half brother) 1953: Greg Ham (Australian sax, flute, keyboards,
harmonica, vocals; Men At Work) 1953: Robbie Shakespeare (bassist;
Riddim Twins/Sly & Robbie/freelance) 1947: Barbara Dickson OBE
(Scottish singer) 1947: Meat Loaf/Marvin Lee Aday (US singer) 1942:
Shane Fenton/Alvin Stardust/Bernard William Jewry (uk singer; The Fentones/solo)
1943: Randy Bachman (Canadian guitarist, singer; Guess Who/Bachman Turner
Overdrive) September
28th 1987:
Hilary Duff (US actress, singer) 1968:
Sean LeVert (American
R&B singer)*30.March.2008.
1968: Michelle
Meldrum (American rock guitarist; Phantom Blue, Meldrum)*21.May.2008.
1967: Moon Unit Zappa (singer on her father Frank's record "Valley
Girl") 1966: Kenny Wilson (drummer; freelance/Marilyn Manson)
1962: Peter Hooton (lead singer; Farm) 1954: George Lynch (lead
guitarist; Dokken/solo) 1952: Andy Ward (drummer;Camel/Chrys&themums/Marillion)
1951: Jim Diamond (Scottish singer) 1950: Paul Burgess (drums;
10cc/The Invisible Girls/The Soul Company) 1947: Peter Hope Evans [harmonica,
jew's harp, mouthbow player; Medicine Head] 1946: Helen Shapiro (Uk
singer) 1943: Nick St.Nicholas/Klaus Karl Kassbaum (bass; Steppenwolf/World
Classic Rockers) 1942: Mike
Osborne
(UK
jazz alto saxophonist, pianist, clarinetist;sessions/freelance)*19.Sept.2007.
1938: Ben E. King/Benjamin Earl Nelson (US soul singer;Drifters/solo) 1928:
Koko Taylor/Cora Walton (American
blues singer)*03.June.1928.
1901: Ed Sullivan (TV music show presenter)*13.Oct.1974
September 29th 1987:
Josh Farro (US lead guitarist,
songwriter; Paramore). 1980: Suzanne Shaw (singer, Hear'Say) 1969:
DeVante Swing/Donald Earle DeGrate Jr (record producer, songwriter, singer;
Jodeci) 1968: Brad Smith (bassist; Blind Melon) 1968: Matt
Goss (lead singer; Bros) 1968: Luke Goss (UK singer, actor; Bros/Band
Of Thieves) 1967: Brett Anderson (lead singer; Suede/The Tears/solo)
1966: Tony Foster [electric guitar, bass, acoustic; Olive] 1965:
Iain Baker [Keyboards, programming; Jesus Jones] 1963: Leslie Edward
"Les" Claypool (lead singer, bassist; Primus)
1960: Jennifer Rush (US
singer) 1958: Mick Harvey [Drums,
Piano, Guitar, Bass, Organ; Birthday Party/Nick Cave/freelance] 1948: Mark
Farner (vocals, guitar; Grand Funk Railroad/solo/guest) 1948: Mike
Pinera (guitar, vocals; Iron Butterfly/Blues Image) 1941: Ralph
Mercado (American promoter of Latin American
music)*10.March.2009. 1940:
Tilahun Gessesse
(Ethiopian popular singer)*19.April.2009.
1937: Joe 'Guitar' Hughes [US blues guitarist, singer)*19.May.2003
1939: Tommy Boyce [songwriter known for the The Monkees songs; Boyce &
Hart)*23.Nov.1994
1942: Manuel Fernandez [oran; Los Bravos] 1935: Jerry Lee Lewis
(country & rock n roll singer, songwriter, pianist) 1907: Gene Autry
(singer, guitar, actor, singing cowboy)*02.Oct.1998
September 30th 1984:
Keisha Buchanan [vocals, Sugababes] 1964: Trey Anastasio/Ernest Joseph
Anastasio III (guitarist, singer; Plish/solo) 1964: Robby Takac
(vocals, bass; Goo Goo Dolls) 1962: Brian Bonhomme (vocals, guitar;
Roman Holliday) 1959: Basia Trzetrzelewska pronounced:Basha Che-che-lev-ska
(Polish jazz-pop singer) 1954: Patrice Rushen (US R&B singer,
songwriter, composer, pianist) 1954: Lesley Beach (saxophonist; Amazulu)
1952: John Lombardo (guitarist; 10,000 Maniacs) 1947: Mark Bolan
(guitaist, singer; T-Rex/Taranasaurs Rex)*16.Sept.1977
1946: Sylvia Peterson (singer; Chiffons) 1946: Héctor Lavoe
(Puerto Ricann salsa and latin singer) 1943: Marilyn McCoo (singer;
5th Dimension) 1942: Dewey Martin/Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff (Canadian
drummer; Buffalo Springfield)*31.Jan.2009.
1942: Frankie Lymon (lead singer, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers)*28.Feb.1968.
1942: Gus Dudgeon (Producer, Engineer; Elton John)*22.Aug.2002
1935: Johnny Mathis/John Royce Mathis (Legendary US Singer) 1934:
Jürgen Udo Bockelmann (Austrian composer and singer of popular music)
1932: Cissy Houston (soul singer; Sweet Inspirations/mother of Whitney)
1917: Buddy Rich/Bernard Rich (US jazz
drummer; noted as "the world's greatest drummer")*02.April.1987 Back
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DEATHS
REMEMBER
THIS MONTH September
?? 4th/5th ?? 2008:
Richard
"Popcorn" Wylie (69)
US pianist, producer, band director, songwriter.
Worked on Motown's early '60 hits as sessionist and as Popcorn & the Mohawks
with James Jamerson. Had his own record labels Pameline and Soulhawk. He wrote
and produced dozens of hits in his long career (he was found dead in his Detroit
apartment
by a family member. It is reported he had been dead a few days, no more details
as yet) b. June 6th 1939. September
1st 1977:
Ethel Waters (80)
American blues vocalist. She
frequently performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on the Broadway
stage and in concerts. She was the second African American ever nominated for
an Academy Award. (heart disease) b. October 31st 1896.
1996: Vagn Holmboe
(86) Danish composer
and teacher who wrote largely in a neo-classical style including 13 symphonies,
3 chamber symphonies, 4 symphonies for strings, 20 string quartets, numerous concertos,
one opera, and the late series of preludes for chamber orchestra, as well as much
choral and other music (?) b. Dec 20th 1909 2001:
Sil Austin (71) US sax player, own band; biggest successes in an overtly commercial
rather than jazz vein, a great showman on stage, and had a big, ripe, blues-inflected
tenor sound which was ideally adapted to hard-driving rhythm and blues, but was
also highly persuasive on ballads. (prostate cancer) b.
Sept 17th 1927 2004: Raful Neal (68)
blues singer, guitar, harmonica, composer; nine
of his eleven children are also blues musicians, and several performed with him
on his later releases on the Alligator Records label.(Died after a long battle
with cancer) b. June 6th 1936. 2005:
R.L.Burnside/Robert Lee Burnside (78) US blues singer, storyteller, songwriter
and guitarist; his music is pure country Delta juke joint blues, heavily rhythm-oriented
and played with a slide. (suffered a heart attack in 2000 and underwent bypass
surgery. He never fully recovered & passed away in a Memphis, TN hospital)
b. Nov 23rd 1926. September
2nd 1934: Russ Columbo/Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho
Colombo (26) US singer, violinist and actor,
most famous for his signature tune, "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love,"
and the legend surrounding his early death (shot by his longtime friend, photographer
Lansing Brown. Columbo was visiting him at the studio, in lighting a cigarette,
Brown lit the match by striking it against the wooden stock of an antique French
dueling pistol. The flame set off a long-forgotten charge in the gun, and a lead
pistol ball was fired. The pistol ball ricocheted off a nearby table and hit Columbo
in the left eye, killing him almost instantly. Columbo's death was ruled an accident,
and Brown exonerated from blame) b. January 14th 1908.
1994: Roy Castle
(62) UK singer, TV presenter
(lung cancer). 2001: Jay Migliori (70) saxophonist, worked with Frank
Zappa and Frank Sinatra;
was with Woody Herman's Orchestra before setting in L.A. Since the early 1960s
he has worked frequently in the studios, gigging at night in clubs. He was with
Supersax from 1972-84 and has often led his own combos ().
2004: Roquel Billy Davis
(72) songwriter
and producer wrote the jingle 'I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke.' Aretha Franklin,
James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, The Supremes and Gladys Knight all recorded
his songs. (died in New York after a long illness).
2007: Fritz
Fryer/David Roderick Carney Fryer (62) UK guitarist and vocals with the band
Four Pennies;after the band's break up, he formed "Fritz, Mike and
Mo" and worked as record producer for Motörhead among others (pancreatic
cancer). 2008: Arne Domnérus
(83) Swedish jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist;
best known for his recordings with visiting American players such as James Moody,
Art Farmer Clifford Brown and
with Charlie Parker when he made his tour
of Sweden 1950. He also worked with the Swedish Radio Big Band from 1956 to 1978,
and wrote for television and films (?) b.
Dec 20th 1924 September
3rd 1970: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
(27) played guitar and harmonica and wrote most of the songs for Canned Heat
(found
dead in fellow band-members Bob Hite's garden in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles).
1994: Major Lance (53)
Soul singer, founder of The Floats
and solo artist; became a featured dancer on local
TV.(heart attack). 2001:
Dave Myers (74)
guitarist and bass player with The Four Aces, also one of Chicago's premiere session
bassists (complications stemming from diabetes).
2007: Carter Albrecht (34) American keyboardist for Edie Brickell &
New Bohemians since 1999. He was also a member of the Dallas, Texas band Sorta,
playing keyboards, guitar, and providing vocals (shot in the head and killed by
a Dallas neighbor, who was ostensibly firing a "warning shot" at a man
banging on his door). 2007: Janis Martin (67) American rockabilly singer;
one of the few female rock & roll artists to be making records, proving to
the male-dominated rock & roll industry that women too could sell a large
amount of records and score rock & roll hits and opened doors for other rock
& roll singers to come, like Brenda Lee. She was nicknamed The Female Elvis,
for her impressive dance moves on stage (cancer).
September 4th 1972:
Francisco Caruso () Wishbone Ash Concessionaire (killed during a Wishbone
Ash concert in Texas after refusing to give a fan a free sandwich)? 1983:
Louis "King" Garcia (78) Puerto Rican trumpeter; Dorsey Brothers
(). 1990: Irene Dunne (97)
US actress, traditional
pop music vocalist (cardiac arrest).
2000:
David Brown (53) primary bass guitar player
for the band Santana from 1966 until 1976. He played with Carlos Santana at Woodstock
in 1969, and is on most early Santana albums (liver and kidney failure).
2008: Waldick Soriano (75) Brazilian
singer, best known as a composer and singer of songs in the brega style. He went
on to record dozens of albums and score many hits in his native country (prostate
cancer) b. May 13th 1933
September 5th
1977:
George Barnes (56) jazz and blues guitarist,
claims he played the first electric guitar in 1931, preceding Charlie Christian
by six years. Ruby Braff Quartet/solo/guest/studio musician for Decca.().
1978: Joe Negroni (37) baritone vocalist with Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
(brain haemorrhage). 1990: Charley Charles () drummer, Ian Dury And
The Blockheads (cancer). 1994: Louis Myers
(64)
guitar, harmonica, vocals in the Chicago blues band Aces (heart attack).
2007: Saint
Thomas/Thomas Hansen (31) Norwegian alt-country
singer and guitarist (The cause of death was determined to be an "unfortunate
combination of prescribed drugs").
September 6th
1978: Tom Wilson (47) American
record producer, best known for his work in the 1960s with Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa,
Simon and Garfunkel and The Velvet Underground. He worked for Columbia Records,
then went to Verve Records (heart attack) b. March 25th
1931. 1984: Ernest Dale Tubb (70) nicknamed the "Texas
Troubadour", American singer and songwriter, one of the pioneers of country
music. His biggest career hit song "Walking the Floor Over You" in 1941
marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music (emphysema) b.
February 9th 1914.
1990: Tom Fogerty (49) US guitarist and sang backing vocals in Creedence
Clearwater Revival. He had a solo career and worked with the likes of Jerry Garcia,
Merl Saunders, Stu Cook and Doug Clifford (complications from AIDS acquired during
a blood transfusion) b. Nov 9th 1941. 1994:
Nicky Hopkins (50) UK
pianist; the most sort after session
player of his era; Small Faces, Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Steve Miller Band,
Jefferson Airplane, The Beatles, The Who, Screaming Lord Sutch and many more.
(complications from a previous intestinal surgery.
He had suffered from Crohn's disease since his youth) b.
February 24th 1944. 2005: Eric
Roche (37)
US fingerstyle guitarist: played many genres on solo guitar such as
classical, Celtic, folk, jazz, blues, rock and pop, also gifted guitarist-composer,
and well known for his solo guitar arrangements. Some of these solo arrangements
include:'Jump'
by Van Halen, 'Higher Ground' by Stevie Wonder, 'Killer' by Seal, 'Blue in Green'
by Miles Davis, 'She Drives Me Crazy' by the Fine Young Cannibals, 'Norwegian
Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' and 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' by the Beatles,'Take
Five' by Dave Brubeck, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana and many more
(throat
cancer) b.
December 4th 1967.
2001 - Carl Crack/Carl Böhm (30) German
musician; a Berlin-based techno artist best known for his membership in the digital
hardcore band Atari. He appeared on Cobra Killer's 2002 album, The Third Armpit
and
also was part of Firewire and Whatever (drug overdose) b.
May 5th 1971.
2007: Luciano Pavarotti (71) Italian Opera singer;
He
was probably the most successful post-war classical performer bridging the worlds
of opera and pop culture, through his association with fellow singers Placido
Domingo and Jose Carreras as the Three Tenors, as well as charity work with such
pop icons as U2. "Nessun dorma", from Puccini's opera Tosca, is now
forever associated with soccer's World Cup, thanks to Pavarotti's grand appearance
at the 1990 Games. (pancreatic cancer)
b. October 12th 1935.
September 7th
1957: Raul Sanchez Reinoso (48) Argentinian guitarist, banjo, bandleader (?)
b. Dec 18th 1908 1978: Keith Moon (32)
Legendary UK drummer; he gained notoriety for exuberant drumming and his destructive
lifestyle. He joined The Who in 1964, playing on all albums from their debut,
1965's My Generation, to 1978's Who Are You, which was released two weeks before
his death. He is known for innovative, dramatic drumming, often eschewing basic
back beats for a fluid, busy technique focused on fast, cascading rolls across
the toms and cymbal crashes. He was one of the first to play drums as a lead instrument
in an era when drums were supposed only to keep the back beat.(overdose of heminevrin
prescribed to combat alcoholism. A post-mortem confirmed there were 32 tablets
in his system, 26 of which were undissolved)
b. August 23rd 1946.
1993: Lefty
Dizz (56) US guitarist fronted his band Shock Treatment, playing and singing
with an unbridled enthusiasm, perhaps the most flamboyant of blues men (cancer)
b.April
29th 1937
2002: Erma Franklin (64) US soul, rhythm and blues and pop singer; her best
known record is the original version of "Piece of My Heart" since been
covered by many top artists. She sometimes would appear at engagements with her
sister Aretha (throat cancer) b.
March 13th 1938
2003: Warren William Zevon (56) Grammy Award-winning American rock singer-songwriter
and multi-musician, noted for his offbeat, sardonic view of life which was reflected
in his dark, often humorous songs, which sometimes incorporated political or historical
themes. Worked with a huge list of mega artists (lung cancer) b.
January 24th 1947.
2005: Sergio Endrigo (72)
Italian singer; he won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1968 with the song "Canzone
per te," sung with Roberto Carlos. The same year he represented Italy at
the Eurovision Song Contest 1968 with the song "Marianne." (?) b.
June 15th 1933. 2008:
Chris "Witchhunter" Dudek (42) German drummer and
founder member of the thrash metal band Sodom. He
made a special guest appearance on Sodom's latest album, "The Final Sign
of Evil", released earlier this year (Decompansation of his organic system)
b.1966
September
8th 1989: Keith 'Cowboy' Wiggins
(29) rapper, hip hop artist in the band Grandmaster Flash & The
Furious Five (died of a heart attack just days before his 30th birthday).
1989: Barry Sadler (48)
singer, songwriter, author; famous for songs "Ballad of the Green Berets,"
a patriotic song and "The A Team" (It was in Guatemala City that he
was shot in the head one night in a taxi cab. He was airlifted to the States by
friends from the Soldier of Fortune Magazine, where he was hospitalized and remained
in a coma for several months. He died little more than a year later in his mother's
house in Murfreesboro, Tennessee). 1997:
Derek Taylor (67) UK journalist, author; publicist for The Beatles also worked
with The Beach Boys and The Byrds.
(cancer).
1999:
Moondog/Louis Thomas Hardin
(83) blind American composer, musician, cosmologist,
poet, and inventor of several musical instruments. Although these achievements
would have been considered extraordinary for any blind person, Moondog further
removed himself from society by making his home on the streets of New York for
approximately twenty of the thirty years he spent in the city. Only in the final
decades of Moondog's life did the public begin to appreciate the extent of this
man's talents, primarily because of his stubborn refusal to wear anything other
than his own home-made clothes, all based on his own interpretation of the Norse
god Thor. He was known for much of his life as 'The Viking of 6th Avenue' (?)
b.
May 26th 1916
2008: Bheki Mseleku (53) South
African-born British jazz musician; he was a saxophonist,
pianist, composer, and arranger. His
1991 album, Celebration, which featured Courtney Pine among a number of British
players as guests, was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. After this he was
taken up by the major Verve label for several albums. The first of these featured
a number of American players including Joe Henderson, Abbey Lincoln and Elvin
Jones. (diabetes) b. 1955
September 9th 2004: Ernie Ball (74)
US guitar maker, developed the guitar strings
called Slinkys specifically designed for rock and roll electric guitar.
(died after a long illness).
2007: Hughie Thomasson (55) American guitarist and singer best known for
his work with Southern rock band The Outlaws. After The Outlaws disbanded he joined
Lynyrd Skynyrd as a third guitarist from 1996 until 2005, when he left to reform
The Outlaws (heart attack).
Does anyone know Hughie's full birthdate?
September 10th
1986: Pepper Adams (55) jazz
baritone saxophone player; leader/guest. He has prominently influenced nearly
every jazz baritone sax player of note (lung cancer).
1996: Ray Coleman (59) music journalist, editor of the UK music weekly Melody
Maker. He was the first journalist to be awarded a Gold Badge of Merit by the
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for services to British
music. (cancer). 2005: Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (81) US blues artist,
multi musician; played an impressive array of instruments such as guitar, fiddle,
mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. During his career, he recorded
30 records, winning a Grammy Award for Traditional Blues (died from lung cancer
at his brother's home in Orange, Texas, just after his home in Slidell, Louisiana
was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina).
September 11th 1971:
Curtis Jones (65)
American blues pianist;
the origins of the blues standard "Tin Pan
Alley" can be traced directly back to pianist Curtis Jones (In 1962 he settled
in Germany were he died). 1987: Peter Tosh/Winston
Hubert McIntosh (42) The
guitarist in the original Wailing Wailers and and Bob Marley & the Wailers;
a pioneer reggae musician, and a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement.
(shot dead at his home in Kingston Jamaica by armed robbers).
1987:
Lorne Greene (72)
Canadian singer/actor; in the 30's the CBC gave him the nickname "The Voice
of Canada" (pneumonia). 2004:
Fred Ebb (71) musical theatre lyricist who had
many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team
frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera.(heart
attack). 2005:
Al Casey (89)
Jazz guitarist; Fats Waller,
Harlem Blues & Jazz Band (died 5 days
before his 90th birthday of colon cancer).
2007: Willie Tee/Wilson Turbinton (63) American
singer, songwriter and producer with the band The Wild Magnolias . He secured
his place as a New Orleans music legend by arranging, co-writing and leading the
band on the Wild Magnolias' self-titled 1974 debut album (colon cancer).
2007: Joe Zawinul (75) Austrian jazz keyboardist,
composer and founder of Weather Report; First coming to prominence with saxophonist
Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to
become one of the earliest musicians to play jazz fusion, which blended jazz with
rock and roll (cancer).
September 12th 1957:
Louis Mitchell (71)
American bandleader and drummer (). 1997:
Stig Anderson (66) producer
of Abba, founder of Polar Music record label (heart
attack). 2003: Johnny Cash (71)
US singer songwriter; one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World
War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare, percussive guitar,
he had a basic, distinctive sound (complications from diabetes and respiratory
failure). 2004: Kenny Buttrey (59)
influential US session drummer; best-known work was with Bob Dylan, Neil
Young, Barefoot Jerry, Area Code 615, and Jimmy Buffett.
(died in Nashville
of cancer). 2007: Bobby Byrd (73) US
soul/funk singer and songwrier, best known as James Brown's long time sideman
and co-vocalist. Bobby was the original leader and founder of both The Avons and
The Famous Flames, the vocal group with which James Brown first became famous.
Bobby Byrd is actually the man who discovered James Brown (cancer).
2007: Ross Kettle (64) Australian country singer,
songwriter, guitarist with the highly acclaimed Singing Kettles
(cancer). 2008:
Charlie Walker (81) American country music singer;
his 1958 classic "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" reached No.2 in the charts.
A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1967, was inducted into the Country Radio
DJ Hall of Fame in 1981 and he portrayed country singer Hawkshaw Hawkins in the
1985 Patsy Cline biographical film 'Sweet Dreams (colon cancer) b.
Nov 2nd 1926.
September 13th 1977: Leopold
Stokowski/Antoni Stanislaw Boleslawowicz (95)
the
conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air.
He was the founder of the New York City Symphony. He
is recognized as the father of modern orchestral standards (heart attack).
1996: Tupac Amaru Shakur aka
2Pac / Makaveli (25)
American hip hop artist, poet and actor. (died six days after being shot while
driving through Las Vegas in part of East and West Coast Gang wars. 13 bullets
were fired into his BMW).
September 14th
1981:
Walter 'Furry' Lewis (88) Blues
guitarist, a recognized giant in the world of blues, first to play with a bottleneck.
He was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought
out of retirement and given a new lease of recording life by the folk blues revival
of the 1960s, opening twice for the Rolling Stones ().
1989: Perez Prado (72) Cuban/Mexican bandleader,
singer, composer (stroke in Mexico City).
1998: Johnny Adams (66) US
soul singer;
nicknamed "the Tan Canary" for his extraordinary set of soulfully soaring
pipes, this veteran R&B vocalist tackled an exceptionally wide variety of
material in his later years (cancer).
2002: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (87) Sax
player and band leader famous for "The Hucklebuck"; also part of what
some music historians call the first rock concert: the Moondog Coronation Ball
at the Cleveland Arena on March 21, 1952 where he saw crazed fans crash through
ticket gates. The show was cancelled, but not before Mr. Williams had a chance
to perform.().
September
15th
1965:
Steve Brown (75)
US
jazz string bassist;
he joined Jean Goldkette's Orchestra, with whom he remained until 1927
when he joined the top-paying band in the United States, Paul Whiteman's
Orchestra, ending with his own band ().
1842: Pierre Baillot (70) French
violinist, composer, teacher; he was leader of the Paris Opéra,
gave solo recitals and was a notable performer of chamber music. (He died
in Paris).
1980:
Bill Evans (51) American bandleader and one of the most famous of
the 20th century post-bop pianists; winner of several grammy awards (His
body finally gave out after years of drug addiction, with a perforated
liver, and a lifelong battle with hepatitis, he died in New York City
of a bleeding ulcer, cirrhosis of the liver and bronchial pneumonia).
1998: Barrett Deems (80) American drummer; Dukes Of Dixieland/freelance;
was with the Joe Venuti big band (1937-1944), Red Norvo (1948), Charlie
Barnet (1951), and Muggsy Spanier (1951-1954); during that era he was
billed almost accurately as "the world's fastest drummer.",
Louis Armstrong during 1954-1958, and many more (pneumonia).
2004: Johnny Ramone/Cummings (55) guitarist with the legendary Ramones.
In 2003 he was named the #16th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling
Stone Magazine. (prostate cancer)
2007: Gordon
Specs Powell (85) American
jazz drummer; he was lead drummer on The Ed Sullivan Show in the early
1960s and honored by the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 2004. (kidney
disease).
2007: Aldemaro Romero (79) Venezuelan
composer, pianist and conductor; collaborated with popular orchestras
and singers, such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stan Kenton, Machito
and Tito Puente, between others. Achieved numerous awards in his long
career (complications of intestinal blockage).
2008: Richard Wright (65) British
pianist and keyboardist best known for his long career with Pink Floyd.
He frequently sang background and occasionally lead vocals onstage and
in the studio with Pink Floyd most notably on "Time", "Echoes",
and "Astronomy Domine"). He
wrote significant parts of the music for classic albums such as Meddle,
The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, as well as for Pink
Floyd's final studio album The Division Bell. (cancer)
b. July 28th 1943.
September 16th
1973: Al Sherman (76)
Russian-American
Tin Pan Alley songwriter; his
composing career
began in 1918 when he became a staff pianist for the Remick Music Company.
There, he worked alongside George Gershwin and Vincent Youmans. Artists
who recorded Al Sherman songs include Benny Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald,
Billie Holliday, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby,
Eddie Cantor, Rudy Vallée, Ozzie Nelson, Lawrence Welk, Peggy Lee,
Patti Page, Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra among many others.
(?) b. Sept 7th 1897.
1977: Marc Bolan (29) singer, guitar
of T Rex and Taranasaurs
Rex (killed instantly when the car driven
by his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, left the road and hit a tree in Barnes,
London).
1977: Maria Callas
(53) US born
Greek soprano singer; perhaps the best-known
opera singer of the post-World War II period, combining an impressive
bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. Her repertoire ranged from
classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and
Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and
Wagner
(heart attack).
2003: Shelby F. "Sheb"
Wooley (82) US
character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty hit "Purple
People Eater". He appeared in dozens of western films from the 1950s
through 1970s, most notably High Noon. He also appeared in The Outlaw
Josey Wales and Giant. He also co-starred as Pete Nolan in the TV Western
Rawhide. A recording of his scream has been used by sound effects teams
in over 130 films. (leukemia)
b.
April 10th 1921.
2004: Izora Armstead (62) singer, Weather
Girls Weather Girls (heart failure at a hospital in San Leandro).
2008: Norman Whitfield (65) American
songwriter and producer, best known for his work with the Motown label.
He is credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well
as one of the major instrumental figures in the late-60s sub-genre of
psychedelic soul. The first Temptations single to feature his new "psychedelic
soul" style was "Cloud Nine" in late 1968, it earned Motown
its first Grammy award for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo
or Group.He established Whitfield Records in 1973 (long battle with diabetes)
b. May 12th 1940.
September 17th
1973: Hugo
Winterhalter (64) violin, reed instruments; easy listening arranger
and composer, serving as a sideman and arranger for Count Basie, Tommy
Dorsey, Raymond Scott, Claude Thornhill and others, also arranged and
conducted sessions for singers including Dinah Shore and Billy Eckstine
and many more (cancer).
1991: Rob Tyner/Robert Derminer (46)
lead singer, MC5 (heart failure)
1999: Frankie Vaughan CBE, DL /Frank Abelson (71)
UK singer, actor, pioneer in the pop culture; later in life, he worked
in some memorable stage musicals, most notably 42nd Street (heart failure).
2000: Paula Yates (40) Welsh television
host and music presenter, married Bob Geldof & girlfriend of INXS
singer Michael Hutchence (found dead in bed from a heroin overdose).
September 18th
1970: Jimi Hendrix (27) Guitar
virtuoso, singer/songwriter, composer, producer (pronounced dead on arrival
at St. Mary Abbot's Hospital London after choking on his own vomit. Hendrix
left the message 'I need help, bad man', on his managers answer phone
earlier that night).
1987: Gentleman Jeff Graboski aka Spink (34) Drummer; a member of
the bands Little Hans and OHO (Overdose of antidepressant).
1991: Rob Tyner (45)
singer, drummer, frontman for MC5/Rob
Tyner Band (heart attack).
1997: Jimmy Witherspoon (74) American
blues singer; He
first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta,
India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces
Radio Service during World War II ().
1998: Charlie Foxx (58) guitar, vocals; The Inez & Charlie Foxx
Duo (leukemia).
2005: Joel Hirschhorn (67) US songwriter, composer; he shared the
Academy Award for Best Song on two occasions for theme songs in The Poseidon
Adventure and The Towering Inferno. His songs sold more than 90 million
records, were featured in 20 movies and were recorded by various artists
including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison (heart attack).
2007: Pepsi Tate/Justin Smith (42) long
term Welsh bassist with the glam metal band
Tigertailz, he became a television producer after the bands early success,
going on to become the producer of BBC Wales flagship political program
"Dragons Eye." (lost
his long battle with pancreatic cancer).
Does anyone know Pepsi's full
date of birth??
2008: Opal Courtney Jr (71)
American singer with The Spaniels
who have been called the first successful Midwestern R&B group, as
they pioneered the technique of having the main singer solo at his own
microphone, while the rest of the group shared a second microphone. They
were on the fatal Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper tour. (heart
attack) b. November 11th 1936.
September 19th
1968: Clyde Julian "Red"
Foley (58) guitar,
harmonica, singer; Country music and gospel star
for more than two decades (heart attack).
1973: Gram Parsons/Cecil Ingram Connor, III (26) country
rock singer, guitar, piano, songwriter; Byrds/ Flying Burrito Brothers/
solo. (morphine and alcohol overdose).
1997: Rich Mullins (41)singer,
songwriter of Christian music (car accident).
1999: Edward Cobb (61) member of The
Four Preps later became a music producer and sound engineer, becoming
involved with acts such as The Standells, The Lettermen, The Chocolate
Watchband, The Piltdown Men, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, and Pink Floyd.(Leukaemia).
2004: Skeeter Davis/Mary Frances Penick (72)
US country singer/songwriter; a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio
show for more than 40 years. She was best known for her hit song "The
End of the World (song)" (1963), one of the most popular American
records of the 1960's.(cancer).
2005: Willie Hutch/Willie McKinley Hutchinson (60) Motown vocals,
guitar, songwriter; notable as both a performer and songwriter/producer
for the Motown label during the 1970s. Before joining Motown, he worked
as a producer for acts such as The 5th Dimension (not disclosed).
2007: Mike
Osborne (65)
English jazz alto saxophonist, pianist and clarinetist; played with Chris
McGregor band - Brotherhood of Breath, Mike Westbrook band, Michael Gibbs,
Mike Cooper, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Humphrey Lyttelton, Alan Skidmore
John Surman and many more (died of lung cancer nine days before his 66th
birthday).
2008: Earl Palmer (83) American
first-call drummer on the New Orleans R&B recording scene, playing
on countless sessions by all the immortals: Little Richard, Fats Domino,
Smiley Lewis, Dave Bartholomew, and too many more to list here.(after
long illness) b. October 25th 1925.
2008: Dick Sudhalter (69) US
jazz trumpeter / cornetist;
sideman for Bobby Hackett and formed the New Paul Whiteman Orchestra.
His
music career continued to flourish in the 80's, winning Grammy Awards
for his annotations as well as producing and playing on many albums through
the 90's and releasing aforementioned books in 1999 and 2001 (pneumonia)
b.
December 28th 1938.
September 20th
1973: Jim Croce (30)
guitarist, songwriter,
singer; (his small
commercial aircraft hit a tree on take off
in Louisiana).
1973: Maury Muehleisen
(24)
US singer (died in a plane crash while travelling with Jim Croce).
1984: Steve
Goodman (36) Grammy Award-winning folk music singer
and songwriter from Chicago, United States.(leukemia).
1997:
Nick Traina (19)
American
singer; the son of the famous American romance writer Danielle Steel.
He started his first band at aged thirteen and joined ska punk band Link
80 at age sixteen after meeting bassist Adam Pereria at a show in San
Francisco's Mission District. Nick's passion and voice combined with the
band to make them different from most ska bands and gave L80 the "against
the rest" attitude. The
band toured extensively and he
recorded on albums 17 Reasons and Killing Katie, before leaving to form
a
new band, Knowledge and immediately began playing shows and recording.
Because of the many problems he exhibited from childhood, his life included
a number of psychiatric hospitalizations for drug abuse and for treatment
of bipolar disorder (committed
suicide)
b.
May 1st 1978.
2002: Nils Stevenson (49) UK manager
of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Sex Pistols tour manager; he helped mastermind
the launch the
most influential British punk rock group of the Seventies.
He went on to manage the Goth pioneers Siouxsie and the Banshees and later
worked with Malcolm McLaren on a succession of wide-ranging projects.
He also wrote the book "Vacant: A Diary of the Punk Years 1976-1979"
(undisclosed causes) b. February 23rd 1953.
2008: Nappy Brown/Napoleon Brown Culp (78) American blues singer;
a gospel-influenced blues singer, whose hits include the 1955 Billboard
Chart No 2, 'Don't Be Angry' and 'Night Time Is the Right Time'. His style
is instantly recognizable; Brown used a wide vibrato, melisma, and distinctive
extra syllables, in particular, "li-li-li-li-li." (following
the performance at Crawfish Festival in Augusta, New Jersey, June 1, 2008,
he fell ill due to series of ailments and was hospitalized. He died in
his sleep) b. October 12th 1929.
September 21st
1987: Jaco Pastorius (36) bass
player, Weather Report; he made his fretless electric bass leap out from
the depths of the rhythm section into the front line with fluid machine-gun-like
passages that demanded attention, also sported a strutting, dancing, flamboyant
performing style (beaten to death while trying to enter a club he'd been
banned from; the club manager was arrested for assault).
1998: Paul
"Oz" Bach (59) bass,
vocals; Spanky And Our Gang (cancer).
September 22nd
1981: Harry Warren (88) Writer,
composer. Wrote over 300 songs for more than 50 movies, songs including
"You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)," "Jeepers
Creepers," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," (died in Los Angeles,
California).
1989: Irving Berlin/Israel
Baline (101) composer of many pop, stage show and film hits;
tunes like "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Puttin' On The
Ritz," "God Bless America" and "White Christmas"
made Irving Berlin one of the most celebrated composers of 20th century
America. Irving wrote the scores for 21 Broadway shows and 18 films. He
became his own song publisher and built and owned a Broadway theater,
the Music Box, to house his shows.(heart attack).
1994: Teddy
Buckner (85) Dixieland trumpet player,
bandleader; worked regularly for a long period with his band at Disneyland
().
2008: Connie Haines/Yvonne Marie Antoinette JaMais (87) American
singer, her 200 plus recordings were frequently up-tempo big band songs
with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Frank Sinatra (myasthenia gravis)
b. January 20th 1921.
September 23rd
1974: Robbie McIntosh (24) drummer with the Average White Band
(heroin overdose).
2007: Gary Primich (49) US
blues musician; one
of the world's most technically proficient
harmonica players. A very sort
after guest, solo and touring blues harp player who played upwards of
200 dates a year across North America and throughout Europe (?).
September 24th
1961: Art Christmas (55) Alto Sax/multi-instrumentalist;
although Canadian he was one of UK's and Europe's best known and sought
after instrumentalist during the 1930s and 1940s. (Coronary).
1996:
Zeki Müren (64)
Turkish actor, singer, and composer; famous for his compelling voice and
precise articulation in his singing of both established Turkish classical
music and contemporary songs. In his forty-five-year professional career
Müren composed more than one hundred songs and made more than two
hundred recordings. He was celebrated as the "Sun" of classical
Turkish music and was affectionately called "Pasha". For many
years he reigned as "Artist of the Year" in his hme country.
Many of his records were also published in Greece, where he also enjoyed
popularity, along with the U.S., Germany, and several other countries
during the 1960s and 1970s (heart attack during a performance on stage
in the city of Izmir ) b. December 6th 1931.
2007: Natalya Pivovarova (44) Russian singer in the all-girl band
Kolibri (car accident).
2008: Vice Vukov (72) Croatian singer and politician; one of the
most popular singers in Yugoslavia, appearing at the Eurovision Song Contest
1963 with the song "Brodovi" and at the Eurovision Song Contest
1965 with the song "Cenja" (died as a result of a fall;
in 2006 he tripped and fell, sustaining a serious head injury, he underwent
surgery, but fell into a coma shortly afterwards)
b. August 3rd 1936.
September 25th
1980: John Bonzo Bonham (32) UK legendary drummer with
Led Zeppelin (found dead at guitarists Jimmy Page's house of asphyxiation,
after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption, 40 shots
in 4 hours). b. May 31st 1948
1999: Stephen Canaday (55) US vocalist, drums, guitar, bass with
Ozark Mountain Daredevils, also tour manager for Lee Roy Parnell, a country
singer and guitarist, and Marshall Chapman, a Nashville folk-rocker. (plane
crash).
2003: Matthew
Jay (24) UK singer, songwriter. (fell from a seventh-storey window
in London).
2007: Patrick Bourque (29) Canadian bass guitarist of the band
Emerson Drive which at the 2007 Canadian Country Music Awards, was named
Group of the Year and also won awards for Single of the Year and CMT Video
of the Year, both for "Moments."(?).
2008: Horatiu Radulescu (66) Romanian composer, spectral music
pioneer: among many acheivements, in 1983 he founded the ensemble European
Lucero in Paris to perform own his works, a variable ensemble consisting
of soloists specialising in the techniques required for his music. In
1991 he founded the Lucero Festival. (died in Paris) b.January
7th 1942.
September 26th
1937: Bessie Smith (43) US blues singer; became the
greatest blues singer of her era, recording more than 160 songs between
1923 and 1933.(car accident while traveling from a Memphis concert
to Clarksdale, Mississippi along U.S. Route
61. She was taken to Clarksdale's segregated Afro-Hospital and her arm
was amputated, but she never regained consciousness and died that morning).
1980: Pat
Hare (49) US
memphis blues guitarist; he recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis,
Tennessee, serving as a sideman for Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy
Waters, and other artists ().
1991: Richard "Billy" Vaughn (72)
American
singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader; after serving in the
army in WW2, he attended Western Kentucky State College, majoring in music
composition, after which he joined The Hilltoppers as a singer and their
pianist. As a member of the group, he also wrote their first hit song,
"Trying," which charted in 1952. He
left the group in 1954 to join Dot Records, Tennessee, as music director
as well as forming his own orchestra, which had a big hit in that same
year with "Melody of Love." He went on to have many more hits
over the next decade and a half, and based purely on chart successes,
was the most successful orchestra leader of all time charting over 30
hit singles and had numerous sell-out tours throughout the USA, Japan,
Brazil and Korea (died of mesothelioma ) b.
April 12th 1919.
1998:
Betty Carter (69) US jazz singer; she
was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton in 1997,
and
remained active in jazz music until her death (pancreatic cancer).
2003: Robert Palmer (54) UK singer, songwriter, Vinegar Joe/solo;
among other awards he a two time Grammy Award winner with "Addicted
To Love" and for "Simply Irresistible" (heart attack).
2008: Bernadette Greevy (68) Irish mezzo-soprano made her professional
operatic debut as Maddalena in the Dublin Grand Opera Society's production
of Verdi's Rigoletto in 1961. She was founder and artistic director of
the Anna Livia Dublin International Opera Festival. She was the first
artist-in-residence at the Dublin Institute of Technology's Faculty of
Applied Arts. (died after a short illness) b. July
3rd 1940
2008: Marc Moulin (66) Belgian jazz keyboardist and journalist
in print, radio & TV. He was a member of the avant-garde rock band
Aksak Maboul in 1977 and formed the pop group Telex in 1978, becoming
one of Belgium's great jazz legends, making jazz-influenced records for
over 30 years. He was also a successful producer, working with Lio, four
albums for French crooner Alain Chamfort; the band Sparks; jazz guitarist
Philip Catherine and left-field artists such as Anna Domino and Kid Montana
(throat cancer) b. ?? 1942
September 27th
1979: Jimmy McCullough (26) Scottish
guitarist; from
the age of 11, he has
played
a band called The Jaygars
which later changed it's name to
One in a Million,
the Glasgow psychedelic band
In 1972 at the age of eighteen, McCulloch joined the blues rock band Stone
the Crows, replacing guitarist Les Harvey who died from being electrocuted
on stage.
playing lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977.
with Thunderclap Newman, Wings and Stone the Crows; he was the composer
of the anti-drug song "Medicine Jar" on the Wings album Venus
and Mars, and the similar "Wino Junko" on Wings at the Speed
of Sound. (heroin overdose) b. June 4th 1953.
1986: Cliff Burton (24) bass player Metallica (crushed to death
after the band's tour bus crashed on the road between Stockholm and Copenhagen).
2004: Louis Satterfield (67)
bassist/tombonist, Fontella Bass, Earth Wind & Fire, The Phenix Horns,
sessionist (died in Chicago).
2008: Sanny Day (87) Dutch singer with
The Millers (?)
b. ??
2008: George "Wydell" Jones (71) American doo-wop singer-songwriter;
lead vocalist with
The Edsels, who before their hit "Rama
Lama Ding Dong," songs like "What Brought Us Together,"
"Bone Shaker Joe," and "Do You Love Me" helped the
group land a major recording contract with Capitol Records in 1961. (cancer)
b. 1936
2008: Mahendra Kapoor (74) Indian playback singer; in a career
spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various
regional languages, including memorable hits like Chalo ek baar
phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono (Gumrah), Neele gagan ke
taale (Hamraaz), but he became synonymous with patriotic songs,
with Mere Desh Ki Dharthi', in Manoj Kumars film Upkaar (heart attack)
b. January 9th 1934
September 28th
1949:
Ivie
Anderson
(45)
jazz singer, best known for performing with Duke Ellington; developed
chronic asthma, which forced her to retire from touring in August 1942.
She ran a chicken restaurant, Ivie's Chicken Shack, and continued singing
in nightclubs on the west coast (asthma
related).
1968: Dewey Phillips (42) He was the first DJ to play all styles of
music, Black and White, blues, hillbilly, pop, and jazz, and appeal to
all races; and he was doing it in the South in 1948. First DJ to play
an Elvis record on the radio. He ruled the Memphis airwaves for ten years
until the rise of Top 40 and changing tastes ended up banishing him from
the marketplace.(heart failure).
1972: Rory Storm/Alan Caldwell (34) lead singer of Rory Storm &
The Hurricanes (along with his mother, died of poisoning by sleeping pills
in a double suicide after the death of his father).
1991: Miles "Dewey" Davis 111 (65) trumpeter/bandleader/composer
(stroke and pneumonia).
September 29th
1992: Paul Jabara (44) Singer/Songwriter, Actor, Producer,
Film/TV/Musical Theatre Composer (lymphoma related to AIDS).
2008: Stan Kann (83) American
organist and Tonight Show regular, also was known among theatre organ
aficionados for his 22-year tenure as resident organist at the Fox Theatre
in St. Louis, Missouri (complications from heart procedure) b.
December 9th 1924.
September 30th
1969: Christine Hinton () The girlfriend of David Crosby was
killed in a car crash near San Francisco while taking their cat to the
vets.
1977: Mary Ford/Iris Colleen Summers (53) US singer and wife of
the great Les Paul (died from cancer after being in a diabetic coma for
54 days).
2008: Henry Adler (93) American drummer, percussionist, music teacher,
author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority
on drumset technique. He is best known for having been a teacher to Buddy
Rich, and for co-authoring, with Buddy, the classic instructional book
Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments. First published
in 1942, the book is widely regarded as one of the most important snare-drum
rudimental books ever written (?) b. June 28th 1915.
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