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"Births & Deaths"
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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 McCarrick Brown (US drummer; Wheatus).
1976: Babydaddy/Scott Hoffman (keyboards/bass; Scissor Sisters)
1975: Natalie Bassingthwaighte (Australian actress and singer).
1975: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez (Puerto Rican guitarist, performer, film director, actor, songwriter; The Mars Volta).
1974: Filip Nikolitch (French singer and actor)*16.Sept.2009.
1973: J. D. Fortune (Canadian singer; INXS).
1971: Yoshitaka Hirota (Japanese composer).
1971: Lââm/Lamia (French singer).
1970: DJ Spigg Nice (US rapper; Lost Boyz).
1970: Mitsou/Mitsou Annie Marie Gélinas (Canadian singer, TV/radio host, actress).
1970: Vanna/Ivana Ranilovic Vrdoljak (Croatian pop singer).
1965: Craig McLachlan (Australian actor and singer).
1964: Ray D'Arcy (Irish DJ and TV presenter).
1963: Carola Sier-Smit (Dutch singer; BZN aka Band zonder Naam/Band Without a Name).
1960: Joseph Williams (US singer, film score composer; Toto/solo).
1960: Cass/ Richard Keith Lewis (UK bassist, Skunk Anansie).
1958: Armi Aavikko (Finnish singer, beauty queen)*02.Jan.2002.
1957: Gloria Estefan/Gloria María Fajardo García (Cuban-US singer, actress;Miami Sound Machine)
1955: Bruce Foxton (UK bassist, vocals; The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers).
1951: Boney James/James Oppenheim (US award winning saxophone player).
1950: Peter Hewson (vocals; Chicory Tip)
1949: Russ Field (UK guitarist, vocals; Showaddywaddy).
1946: Greg Errico (US drummer, record producer; Sly & The Family Stone/session/guest)
1946: Barry Gibb (UK singer, songwriter, guitar; Bee Gees).
1944: Archie Bell (US vocalist; The Drells).
1942: Marc Moulin (Belgian pianist, journalist, radio personality, composer of TV music)*26.Sept.2008.
1935: Seiji Ozawa (Japanese conductor; Boston Symphony Orch/Vienna State Opera/others).
1933: Conway Twitty/Harold Lloyd Jenkins (US country singer, guitarist)*05.June.1993.
1931: Boxcar Willie/Lecil Travis Martin (US hobo/country singer, guitarist, songwriter)*12.April.1999.
1927: Tommy Evans (US vocalist; the Drifters)
1925: Art Pepper (American alto saxophonist)*15.June.1982.

September 2nd.
1989: Ishmeet Singh Sodhi (Indian solo singer; winner of Star Voice of India 2007)*29.July.2008.
1987: Spencer Smith (US drummer; Panic! at the Disco).
1984: Danson Tang/Táng Yuzhé (Taiwanese actor, model, singer).
1984: Jack Peñate (UK singer, songwriter).
1983: Aimee Osbourne (UK singer, actress and columnist).
1979: Alex Chu (Canadian born Korean singer; Clazziquai).
1977: Ramiro Muñoz (Colombian music composed for theatre, television).
1977: Sam Rivers (US bassist; Limp Bizkit).
1976: Phil Lipscomb (US bassist; Taproot).
1975: MC Chris/Christopher Brendan Ward IV (American rap artist).
1975: Tony Thompson (US lead singer; Hi-Five)*01.June.2007.
1969: Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey (US singer; K-Ci and JoJo / Jodeci)
1966: Dino Cazares (US guitarist; Fear Factory/ Divine Heresy/Asesino).
1963: Mike Baker (American lead singer; Shadow Gallery)*29.Oct.2008.
1959: Paul Wylie Deakin (US drummer, The Mavericks).
1958: Jerry Augustyniak (US drummer; 10,000 Maniacs).
1957: Steve Porcaro (US keyboards, synthesizer, composer; Toto)
1956: Fritz McIntyre (UK keyboards; Simply Red).
1953: John Zorn (US avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, multi-musician).
1951: Mik Kaminksi (UK Violinist; Electric Light Orchestra/Violinski/ELO part 2)
1950: Michael Rother (German guitarlst, keyboards, multi-musician; Neu!/Kraftwerk/Harmonia/Cluster).
1947: Richard Coughlan (UK drummer, percussionist; Caravan).
1946: Billy Preston (US singer, songwriter, bandleader)*06.June.2006.
1946: Marty Greb (Keyboards, horns; Buckinghams/Fabulous Rhinestones)
1943: Rosalind Ashford (US vocals; Del-Phis/ Vells/ Martha Reeves & the Vandellas)
1943: Ðorde Novkovic (Croatian songwriter, 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)
1935: William 'Liam' Clancy (Irish singer,guitarist; Clancy Bros/Makem & Clancy/solo)*04.Dec.2009.
1931: Clifford Jordan (US jazz saxophone; many big named bands)*27.March.1993.
1928: Horace Silver (US jazz pianist, composer)
1925: Hugo Montenegro (US composer, arranger and conductor)*06.Feb.1981.
1925: Russ Conway/Trevor Stanford (UK pop music pianist, composer)*16.Nov.2000.
1917: Laurindo Almeida (Brazilian classical guitarist)*26.July.1995.
1914: Tom Glazer (US folk singer and songwriter)*21.Feb.2003.

September 3rd
1982: Andrew McMahon (US singer, songwriter; Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin).
1982: Kaori Natori (Japanese singer, model).
1980: Cone/Jason McCaslin (Canadian bassist; Sum 41).
1980: B.G./Baby Gangsta/Christopher Dorsey (US rapper; Hot Boys/solo)
1978: Terje "Valfar" Bakken (Norwegian lead singer; Windir)*15.Jan.2004.
1973: David Mead (US singer, songwriter).
1973: Norihiko Hibino (Japanese composer, saxophonist).
1973: Jennifer Paige (US singer, songwriter).
1970: Haydain Neale (Canadian award winning singer-songwriter; Jacksoul)*22.Nov.2009.
1965: Vaden Todd Lewis (US guitarist, singer: Toadies).
1964: Junaid Jamshed (Pakistani singer; Vital Signs/solo).
1964: Nigel Rhodes (UK actor, guitarist; AerialDevice).
1963: Jonathan Segel (US composer,multi-musician; Camper Van Beethoven/Dieselhed)
1962: Lester Noel (UK vocalist; Beats International)
1960: Perry Bamonte (UK lead guitarist; The Cure)
1957: Suzanne Freytag (keyboard; Propaganda)
1955: Steve Jones (UK vocals,keyboards,guitarist; Sex Pistols/Neurotic Outsiders/freelance).
1952: Leroy Smith (vocals; Sweet Sensation)
1950: Doug Pinnick (US bassist, singer; King's X/solo/guest).
1948: Donald Brewer (drummer; Grand Funk Railroad)
1947: Eric Bell (Irish guitarist; 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 (Afro-American rock blues guitarist, singer)*28.Dec.1976.
1933: Tompall Glaser (US country singer; Tompall & the Glaser Brothers/solo).
1926: Zezé Gonzaga (Brazilian singer)*24.July.2008.
1925: Hank Thompson (American country music singer and songwriter)*06.Nov.2007.
1925: Shoista Mullodzhanova (legendary Tajik Shashmakom singer)*26.June.2010.
1921: Thurston Dart (UK harpsichordist, musicologist, conductor)*05.March.1971.
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.
1984: Camila Bordonaba (Argentine actress, singer, composer).
1981: Lacey Sturm/Lacey Mosley (US singer; Flyleaf).
1983: Yuichi Nakamaru (Japanese singer; (member of Kat-Tun).
1981: Beyoncé Knowles (US singer; Destiny's Child/solo).
1980: Dan Miller (US vocalist; O-Town).
1980: Hitomi Shimatani (Japanese singer).
1979: MC Mong/Shin Dong Hyun (South Korean hip hop artist; People Crew/solo).
1979: Pedro Camacho (Portuguese award-winning film and video game composer).
1977: Mark Ronson (UK DJ/Producer, co-founder of Allido Records).
1977: Lucie Silvas/Lucie Joanne Silverman (UK singer, songwriter).
1976: Katreeya English (Thai singer, actress, model).
1975: Richard Wingo (American R&B singer; Jagged Edge).
1970: Daisy Dee/Desiree Rollocks (Curaçaon born singer).
1974: Carmit Bachar (US singer, dancer; Pussycat Dolls)
1972: Guto Pryce (Welsh bassist; Super Furry Animals)
1971: Ty Longley (US guitar, vocals; Great White/solo)*20.Feb.2003.
1970: Igor Cavalera (Brazilian drummer; Sepultura)
1969: Sasha/Alexander Coe (Welsh producer/mixing/remixing/ DJ)
1966: Bireli Lagrene (French gypsy-style jazz guitarist).
1964: René Pape (German opera singer).
1963: Nasty Suicide/Jan Stenfors (Finnish rhythm guitar; Hanoi Rocks)
1961: Bernard O'Neill (Irish double bassist, bass; international sessionist/founder member: Zumzeaux).
1960: Kim Thayil (US guitar;Soundgarden)
1958: George Hurley (US drummer; Minutemen/fIREHOSE).
1956: Blackie Lawless/Steven Edward Duren (US rhythm guitarist, lead singer; W.A.S.P).
1951: Martin Chambers (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 (US guitarist; Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1945: Danny Gatton (US guitarist; Redneck Jazz Explosion)*04.Oct.1994.
1944: Gene Parsons (US drummer, banjoist, guitarist, singer-songwriter; The Byrds).
1943: Tony Jarrett (UK bassist; Vanity Fare).
1942: Merald “Bubba” Knight (US soul singer; Gladys Knight & The Pips).
1942: Heiner Stadler (Polish arranger, bandleader, composer).
1937: Gene Ludwig (US jazz organist)*14.July.2010.
1934: Michel Sardaby (French pianist).
1930: John Cephas (US Piedmont blues guitarist; Cephas & Wiggins)*04.March.2009.
1921: Ariel Ramírez (Argentine composer and pianist)*18.Feb.2010.
1920: Teddy Johnson (UK singer, drummer; solo/Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
1907: Jan Savitt/Jacob Savetnick (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.
1890: Naima Wifstrand (Swedish actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director, composer)*23.Oct.1968.

September 5th.
1984: Justin "Trey" Hill (US guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer; SONICFLOOd/guest/sessionist).
1982: Sondre Lerche (Norwegian singer, guitarist, songwriter).
1980: Kevin Simm (vocals; Liberty X)
1977: Alexey Harkov (Russian bassist; Kipelov/Sergey Mavrin).
1975: Jamie Madrox/James Spaniolo (US horrorcore rapper; Twiztid/Dark Lotus/Psychopathic Rydas).
1970: Liam Lynch/William Patrick Niederst (US guitarist, puppeteer, musical director).
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 (US mixer, producer, member of; Reese & Santonio/Inner City/Kreem/Es'Ray).
1963: Juan Alderete (US bassist; The Mars Volta/Racer X).
1961: Marc-André Hamelin (Canadian classical pianist, composer).
1958: Lars Danielsson (Swedish bassist, composer and producer; own band/sessionist).
1956: Roine Stolt (Swedish guitarist; The Flower Kings).
1954: Sal Solo/Charles Peter Smith (lead singer; Classix Nouveaux).
1951: Jamie Oldaker (US country musician; The Tractors/Eric Clapton Band).
1949: Dave "Clem" Clempson (UK guitarist, 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 (Scottish Vocals, Keyboards, Trumpet, Guitar).
1939: John Stewart (US singer, songwriter; Kingston Trio/solo)*19.Jan.2008.
1936: Willie Woods (US vocalist, 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).
1985: Webbie/Webster Gradney Jr (US rapper, hip-hop artist).
1981: Yumiko Cheng (Hong Kong singer).
1980: Kerry Katona (UK singer; Atomic Kitten).
1979: Foxy Brown/Inga Marchand (US rapper).
1978: Tony Thaxton (US drummer; Motion City Soundtrack)
1978: Cisco Adler (US singer, producer; Whitestarr).
1977: Kiyoshi Hikawa (Japanese enka singer).
1976: N.O.R.E./Victor Santiago (American rapper and reggaeton performer).
1974: Nina Persson (Swedish singer; The Cardigans).
1972: Eugene Hütz (Ukrainian singer and composer; Gogol Bordello).
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).
1961: Scott Travis (US drummer; Judas Priest/Racer X).
1958: Nigel Westlake (Australian musician, composer).
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).
1947: 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).
1926: Aaron Schroeder (American songwriter; Elvis Presley/Roy Orbison/many more)*02.Dec.2009.
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).
1979: Owen Pallett (Canadian violinist, singer; Final Fantasy).
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; backup/solo)*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/Gloria Fowles (US Rhythm & Blues singer).
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/Ken McIntyre (US jazz saxophonist, multi-musician, composer)*13.June.2001.
1931: Helen Gray (Canadian soprano singer; The Travellers).
1930: Sonny Rollins/Theodore Walter 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.
1987: Wiz Khalifa/Cameron Jibril Thomaz (American hip-hop artist).
1980: Slim Thug/Stayve Jerome Thomas (American rapper).
1979: Pink/Alicia Moore (US singer)
1976: Brendan Kelly (US singer, bassist, background singer; The Lawrence Arms/sessions).
1975: Richard Hughes (UK drummer; Keane).
1971: Andie Rathbourne (US drummer; Mansun).
1971: Vico C/Luis Armando Lozada Cruz (American/Puerto Rican hip-hop and reggaeton artist).
1971: Dustin O'Halloran (American pianist and composer).
1970: Neko Case (US country singer-songwriter, guitarist).
1966: Carola/Carola Maria Häggkvist (Swedish singer).
1965: Darlene Zschech (Australian Christian singer-songwriter).
1964: Jokke/Joachim Nielsen (Norwegian singer, guitarist; Jokke & Valentinerne)*17.Oct.2000.
1960: Aimee Mann (US singer, bass, guitar; 'Til Tuesday/solo).
1960: David Steele (UK bassist, producer; The {English} Beat/Fine Young Cannibals)
1958: Michael Lardie (US keyboards, vocals, guitar; Great White/Night Ranger).
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).
1950: Zachary Richard (US singer and songwriter).
1947: Valery Afanassiev (Russian pianist).
1947: Benjamin Orr/Benjamin Orzechowski (US bassist, singer; The Cars)*03.Oct.2000.
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)
1939: Guitar Shorty/David William Kearney (American Blues guitarist).
1934: Peter Maxwell Davies CBE (UK composer, conductor; Master of the Queen's Music).
1933: Asha Bhosle (Indian singer, Bollywood playback singer).
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.
1927: Harlan Howard (US country music songwriter)*03.March.2002.
1926: Arthur "Artie" Anton (conga drums, drums, timbales; freelance/guest)*27.July.2003.
1925: Peter Sellers/Richard Henry Sellers (UK comic actor, musician, singer)*24.July.1980.
1897: Jimmie Rodgers/Yodeling Cowboy (US singer, guitar, banjo, songwriter)*26.May.1933.
1896: Howard Dietz (American pop and Broadway lyricist)*30.July.1983.

September 9th
1982: Ai Otsuka (Japanese singer, pianist, songwriter).
1980: Jani Liimatainen (Finish power guitarist; Altaria/Sonata Arctica/Graveyard Shift).
1979: Nikki DeLoach (US actress, singer; Innosense).
1977: Soulja Slim/James Tapp Jr (US rapper; Master P's No Limit/solo)*26.Nov.2003.
1977: Chae Jung An (South Korean actress and singer).
1976: Kristoffer Rygg/Garm/Trickster G/God Head (Norwegian singer, keyboards; Ulver/Borknagar).
1975: Michael Bublé (Canadian/Italian pop jazz singer)
1974: Ana Carolina (Brazilian singer, composer and musician).
1974: Marcos Curiel (US guitarist, songwriter; P.O.D/Accident Experiment/Daylight Division).
1974: Mathias Färm (Swedish guitarist; Millencolin).
1970: Macy Dray (US R&B singer).
1967: Chris Caffery (US guitarist, singer; Savatage/Trans-Siberian Orchestra).
1966: Gregory Kane (Scottish singer, pianist, saxophonist, guitarist; Hue and Cry/The Big Dish/sessions)
1959: Eric Serra (French bass player, film music composer).
1957: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (French classical pianist).
1952: Dave A. Stewart (UK guitarist, songwriter, producer; Eurythmics/Longdancer/solo/guest).
1952: Manuel Göttsching (German Kosmische guitarist, singer; Ash Ra Tempel/solo).
1951: Tom Wopat (American actor and singer).
1950: John McFee (US guitarist; Clover/Elvis Costello/Doobie Brothers).
1948: Miss Pamela/Pamela Des Barres nee Miller (US rock'n'roll groupie, singer, writer; The GTOs).
1947: Morris Pert (Scottish composer, percussionist; freelance/world sessionist)*27.April.2010.
1947: David Rosenboom (US composer).
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 (US 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: Danny Kalb (US guitarist; Blues Project/Danny Kalb Trio).
1942: Inez Foxx (US lead vocalist; 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.
1929: Claude Nougaro (French singer-songwriter)*04.March.2004.
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.
1894: Arthur Freed/Arthur Grossman (US songwriter, musical film producer)*12.April.1973.

September 10th
1985: Matthew Johnson (UK singer, One True Voice/State Warning/solo).
1986: Hiroki Uchi (Japanese singer; Kanjani8/NEWS).
1979: Jacob Young (US actor, singer).
1972: Katarína Hasprová (Slovak singer; sang "Modlitba" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998).
1970: Paula Kelley (US singer-songwriter, multi-musician, orchestral arranger/composer).
1970: Ménélik/MNLK/Albert Tjamag (French rapper).
1968: Big Daddy Kane/Antonio Hardy (American rap artist, producer).
1966: Miles Zuniga (US guitarist, vocals; Fastball).
1966: Robin Goodridge (UK drummer, percussionist Bush/Elyss/Stone Gods).
1963: Bill Stevenson (US drummer, percussionist, music producer; Descendents/sessionist).
1960: Dave Lowery (US singer guitarist; Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker).
1958: Siobhan Fahey (Irish vocals; Bananarama/Shakespear's Sister/solo).
1957: Carol Decker (UK vocalist, songwriter; T'Pau).
1956: Johnny Hickman (US guitarist The Unforgiven/The Dangers/Cracker/solo).
1956: Johnny Fingers/John Moylett (Irish keyboardist; Boomtown Rats/music writer-production in Japan)
1955: Pat Mastelotto (drums, Mr Mister/King Crimson/XTC/guest)
1951: Peter Tolson (lead guitar; Pretty Things)
1950: Joe Perry (US guitarist; Aerosmith)
1949: Barrie Barlow (drummer; Jethro Tull)
1946: Don Powell (UK drummer; founding member of Slade/Slade 2)
1945: Jose Feliciano/José Montserrate Feliciano García (blind Puerto Rican singer, guitarist)
1944: Sir Thomas Allen (English baritone)
1942: Danny Hutton (US vocals, Three Dog Night)
1939: Cynthia Lennon (first wife of John Lennon from 23.08.1962 ~ 08.11.1968)
1925: Roy Brown (US jump blues singer, keyboardist)*25.May.1981.
1908: Raymond Scott/Harry Warnow (US composer, bandleader, electronic music pioneer)*08.Feb.1994.
1898: Waldo Semon (US chemist who in 1926, discovered PVC, vinyl for LP & 45 records)*26.May.1998

September 11th
1978: Ben Lee (Australian singer, guitarist, actor; Noise Addict/solo).
1977: Ludacris/Chris Brian Bridges (US rapper artist, actor).
1977: Jon Buckland (UK lead guitar, Coldplay).
1976: Elephant Man/Energy God/O'Neil Bryan (Jamaican DJ/singer).
1975: Mark Klepaski (US bass player, songwriter; Lifer/Breaking Benjamin).
1975: Brad Fischetti (vocals; LFO)
1971: Richard Ashcroft (UK guitarist, vocals; Verve/solo/guest)
1970: Theodore "Ted" Leo (US singer-songwriter, guitarist; Citizens Arrest/Chisel/Sin-Eaters/the Pharmacists).
1970: Taraji P. Henson (US actress, singer).
1969: Gidget Gein/Bradley Stewart (US bassist; Marilyn Manson/Dali Gaggers)*08.Oct.2008.
1968: Kay Hanley (US vocalist; Letters to Cleo/solo).
1967: Harry Connick Jr. (US singer, actor, composer, pianist).
1965: Moby/Richard Melville Hall (US techno musician, DJ, producer, vocalist).
1964: Victor Wooten (US award winning bassist; sessions/guest/solo).
1959: Rory Lyons (UK drummer; King Kurt)
1958: Mick Talbot (UK keyboardist; Dexys Midnight Runners/Style Council/Galliano/Gene).
1957: Jon Moss (US 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/Shaw Blades).
1948: John Martyn (UK singer, songwriter, keyboards, harmonica, guitar).
1947: Richard Jaeger{some sources Nov 9th 1947] (US percussionist; sessionist/freelance)*27.Aug.2000.
1945: Leo Kottke (US acoustic guitarist).
1946: Dennis Tufano (singer, guitarist; The Buckinghams)
1943: Mickey Hart (UK drummer; percussion; Grateful Dead)
1942: Loletha "Lola" Falana (US singer, dancer, actress).
1940: Bernie Dwyer (UK drummer; Freddie & The Dreamers)*04.Dec.2002.
1938: David Higgins (UK composer, conductor).
1934: Oliver Jones (Canadian jazz pianist).
1911: Jerry Scoggins (American singer, guitarist)*07.Dec.2004.
1911: Bola de Nieve/Ignacio Jacinto Villa (Cuban singer-pianist, songwriter)*02.Oct.1971.

September 12th
1986: Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum (US actress, singer-songwriter).
1984: September/Petra Eos Marklund (Swedish dance singer).
1983: Carly Smithson/Carly Hennessy (Irish singer-songwriter; solo/Carly Hennessy).
1981: Jennifer Hudson (US actress, singer, model).
1981: Noria Shiraishi (Japanese singer; BeForU/solo).
1980: Gus G/Kostas Karamitroudis (Greek guitarist; Firewind/Dream Evil/others).
1980: Joe Loeffler (US bassist; Chevelle).
1978: Ruben Studdard (US solo singer).
1977: The Yeti/Jeff Irwin (US bassist, multi-musician; freelance/guest sessionist).
1977: James McCartney (UK drummer, guitarist, songwriter, sculptor; son of Sir Paul McCartney).
1977: Idan Raichel (Israeli keyboardist, singer, composer).
1976: Bizzy Bone/Bryon Anthony McCane (US rapper; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony).
1974: Jennifer Nettles (US country singer; Sugarland/solo).
1971: Wes Wehmiller (US bassist;Duran Duran/I,Claudius/others)*30.Jan.2005.
1970: Nathan Larson (US guitarist, composer; Shudder To Think/Hot One).
1969: Sergio Vega (Mexican banda singer)*26.June.2010.
1969: Kenny Thomas (soul & dance singer)
1968: Larry "Ler" LaLonde (US guitarist; Primus)
1967: Jon Stewart (UK guitarist; Sleeper).
1966: Ben Folds (US vocals, piano; Ben Folds Five).
1965: John Norwood Fisher (US bassist; Fishbone).
1962: Dino Merlin/Edin Dervišhalidovic (Bosnian singer-songwriter).
1961: Mylène Farmer (French singer, songwriter).
1961: Kathem Al Saher (Iraqi singer).
1956: Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing/Cheung Fat-chung (Hong Kong singer, actor, director)*01.April.2003.
1956: Brian Robertson (Irish guitar, Thin Lizzy/guest).
1956: Barry Andrews (UK keyboards; XTC/Shriekback)
1954: Christie Allen (Australian pop singer)*12.Aug.2008.
1954: Scott Hamilton (US tenor saxophone, jazz musician; Benny Goodman/leader)
1952: Gerry Beckley (US lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, harmonica; America)
1952: Neil Peart (Canadian drummer; Rush)
1951: Ali-Ollie Woodson/Ollie Creggett (US singer, songwriter, keyboards; Temptations/others)*30.May.2010.
1948: Luis Lima (Argentinian tenor).
1946: Dickie Peterson (US singer, bassist; Blue Cheer)*12.Oct.2009.
1944: Barry White (US 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 (US country singer)
1888: Maurice Chevalier (French singer, actor)*01.Jan.1972.

September 13th
1983: James Bourne (lead singer, guitar; Busted/Son of Dork)
1980: Michelle DaRosa/Michelle Nolan (US singer, guitar, piano; Straylight Run/Destry).
1980: Teppei Teranishi (US guitarist, keyboards; Thrice/Black Unicorn).
1977: Daisuke Han/Daisuke Tsuda (Japanese singer; Maximum the Hormone).
1977: Fiona Apple/Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart (US singer, songwriter).
1975: Don Rooney (US guitarist, bassist, mandolin; Rascal Flatts).
1974: MC Do Damage/Keith Murray (US rapper;Def Squad/solo).
1973: Kelly Chen/Vivian Chen Wai Man (Chinese singer, actress).
1971: Manabu Namiki (Japanese video game music composer).
1967: Tim "Ripper" Owens (US singer Beyond Fear/Rising Force/Iced Earth/Judas Priest).
1967: Steve Perkins (US drummmer, percussion; Jane's Addiction/Porno For Pyros)
1965: Zak Starkey (UK drummer, The Face/Guest/Session)
1961: KK Null/Kazuyuki Kishino (Japanese multi-musicain; Ybo2/ANP/Zeni Geva/freelance/guest).
1961: Dave Mustaine (US lead guitar; Megadeth/Metallica).
1955: Joe Morris (US jazz guitarist; own bands/sessions).
1954: Dennis Hegarty (Irish singer, TV host; Darts)
1952: Don Was/Donald Fagenson (bass, keyboard; Was Not Was/freelance)
1952: Randy Jones (US singer; original "cowboy" in Village People)
1949: Fred "Sonic" Smith (US guitar player; MC5/Sonic's Rendezvous Band)*04.Nov.1994.
1945: Les Harvey (Scottish guitarist, Cartoone/Stone The Crows/others)*03.May.1972.
1944: Peter Cetera (US singer, songwriter, bass player, Chicago /solo)
1943: Ray Elliot (Northern Irish pianist, saxophonist; Them/Truth)
1941: David Clayton-Thomas (Canadian singer; Blood Sweat & Tears)
1939: Gene Page (Influential US conductor, arranger and record producer)*23.Aug.1998.
1939: Dave Quincy (UK saxophonist; If/Semuta/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/Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chávarri del Castillo (Peruvian soprano singer)*01.Nov.2008.
1918: Dick Haymes (Argentine vocalist)*28.March.1980.
1917: Robert Ward (American composer).
1911: Bill Monroe (American musician, the Father of Bluegrass; Blue Grass Boys)*09.Sept.1996.
1893: Lawrence James "Larry" Shields (jazz clarinetist;Original Dixieland Jass Band)*21.Nov.1953.

September 14th
1986: Ai Takahashi (Japanese singer; Morning Musume).
1985: Paolo Gregoletto (US bassist; Trivium).
1985: Aya Ueto (Japanese actress, singer).
1984: Melissa McGhee (US singer).
1984: Farhan Saeed Butt (Pakistani singer; Jal).
1983: Amy Winehouse (UK singer).
1981: Miyavi/Takamasa Ishihara (Japanese guitarist; S.K.I.N./Dué le Quartz).
1981: Ashley Roberts (US singer, dancer, actress; Pussycat Dolls).
1978: Danielle Peck (US country music singer).
1973: Nas/Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (US rapper).
1971: Jeff Loomis (US lead guitarist; Sanctuary/Nevermore).
1971: Andre Matos (Brazilian keyboards, drums; Viper/Angra/Shaman/solo).
1970: Craig Montoya (US bassist; Everclear).
1970: Mark Webber (UK guitarist; Pulp)
1969: DJ Kay Gee/Keir Gist (US rapper; Naughty By Nature)
1967: John Power (bass, vocals; The La's)
1966: Mike Cooley (US guitarist; Drive-By Truckers).
1959: Morten Harket (Norwegian lead singer; A-Ha).
1958: Beth Nielsen Chapman (US singer-songwriter).
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 (UK guitarist, Free/Back Street Crawler/sessions)*19.March.1976.
1949: Steve Gaines (US guitarist; The Ravens/Lynyrd Skynyrd)*20.Oct.1977.
1949: Ed King (US guitarist, bassist; Strawberry Alarm Clock/Lynyrd Skynyrd).
1949: Tommy Seebach Mortensen (Danish musician, singer, producer)*31.March.2003.
1949: Eikichi Yazawa (Japanese singer-songwriter).
1947: Bowzer J Bowzer/Jon Bauman (American singer, TV host; Sha Na Na).
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 aka 'Queen Mother of Nashville')*09.April.1997
1902: Giorgos Papasideris (Greek country singer, composer, lyricist)*08.Oct.1977.

September 15th
1989: Cheats/Kris Chetan Ramlu (New Zealand percussionist, tabla).
1980: Jolin Tsai (Taiwanese pop singer, dancer).
1977: Kiyomi "Angela" Aki (Japanese singer-songwriter).
1976: Paul Thomson (Scottish drummer; Franz Ferdinand).
1976: KG/?? (UK R&B vocalist; MN8).
1976: Ivette Sosa (US singer, dancer; Eden's Crush).
1975: Jamie Stevens (German pop singer).
1972: Kit Chan/Chén Jiéyí (Singaporean popular singer).
1971: Ben Wallers (UK guitarist, vocalist, songwriter; Country Teasers)
1969: Allen Shellenberger (US drummer; Razzle/Stain/Lit)*13.Aug.2009.
1964: Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein/Paul Caiafa (US guitarist; The Misfits).
1960: Mitch Dorge (Canadian drummer, composer, producer; Crash Test Dummies)
1958: Tim Whelan (UK guitar; Furniture)
1958: Dr. Know/Gary Miller (US guitarist; Bad Brains/Black Jack Johnson/solo).
1956: George Howard (US jazz soprano saxophonist)*20.March.1998.
1956: Maggie Reilly (Scottish folk singer).
1956: Jaki Graham (UK singer; Ferrari/Medium Wave/UB40/solo)
1946: Ola Brunkert (Swedish session drummer; playered on every Abba album)*16.March.2008.
1945: Jessye Norman (US opera singer).
1942: Lee Dorman (US bass, vocals, keyboards; Iron Butterfly/Captain Beyond)
1941: Les Braid (UK bass, keyboards; founder member of Swinging Blue Jeans)*31.July.2005.
1941: Signe Toly Anderson (US singer; Jefferson Airplane/Carl Smith and the Natural Gas Company).
1928: Cannonball Adderley/Julian Edwin Adderley (US saxophonist, bandleader)*08.Aug.1975.
1924: Bobby Short (US singer, pianist)*21.March.2005
1923: Anton Heiller (Austrian organist)*25.March.1979.
1915: Al Casey (US guitarist, Fats Waller, Harlem Blues & Jazz Band)*11.Sept.2005
1903: Roy Acuff (US 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).
1960: Donald "Ean" Wayne Evans (US bassist; Lynyrd Skynyrd/others)*O6.May.2009.
1957: Anca Parghel (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).
1945: Dag Frøland (Norwegian comedian, revue artist, singer)*26.Jan.2010.
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: Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Indian singer)*11.Dec.2004

September 17th
1983: Jennifer Peña (American singer)
1979: Chuck Comeau (Canadian drummer; Simple Plan).
1976: Maile Misajon (US singer; Eden's Crush).
1975: Constantine Maroulis (US singer; Pray for the Soul of Betty).
1970: Vin Rock/Vincent Brown (US rap artist; Naughty By Nature)
1969: Keith Flint (UK vocals, dancer; Prodigy)
1969: Adam Devlin/Adam Tadek Gorecki (UK guitarist, songwriter; The Bluetones)
1968: Anastacia/Lynn Newkirk (US singer)
1968: Lord Jamar/Lorenzo Dechalus (US hip-hop artist, MC, actor; Brand Nubian)
1968: John Penney (vocals, Neds Atomic Dustbin)
1966: Doug E. Fresh (US rapper, record producer, beatboxer).
1965: Guy Picciotto (US guitarist, vocalist; Rites of Spring/Fugazi).
1963: Steven Dye (UK bassist, keyboards, singer-songwriter; Scarlet Party/Alan Parsons Project).
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).
1954: Joël-François Durand (French composer).
1950: Fee Waybill/John Waldo Waybill (US vocalist; The Tubes/sessions).
1950: Mike Hossack (US drummer; Doobie Brothers)
1947: Jim Hodder (US drummer; Steely Dan/sessionist)*15.June.1990.
1939: Shelby Flint (American singer).
1939: LaMonte McLemore (US singer; the 5th Dimension).
1930: Lalgudi Jayaraman (Indian violinist).
1929: Sil Austin (US 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)
1974: Andrew Hansen (Australian comedian, musical comedy).
1973: Ami "Puffy" Onuki (Japanese singer).
1971: Michael Patrick Walker (US composer and lyricist).
1971: Anna Netrebko (Russian opera singer).
1968: Cappadonna/Darryl Hill (US rapper; solo/Wu-Tang Clan).
1967: Slick/Ricky 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).
1964: Marco Masini (Italian singer-songwriter).
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).
1957: Emily Remler (US Jazz Guitarist)*04.May.1990.
1952: Dee Dee Ramone/ Douglas Colvin (US 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.
1944: Michael Franks (US singer song-writer).
1942: Gabriella Ferri (Italian singer)*03.April.2004.
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: Steve Marcus (US jazz saxophonist; Count's Rock Band/Buddy Rich Band/others)*25.Sept.2005.
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) *26.Nov.2009.
1893: Arthur Benjamin (Australian composer; films opera, orchestral)*10.April.1960.

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).
1979: Joel Houston (Australian bass guitarist, vocals, acoustic guitar, songwriter).
1977: Ryan Dusick (US drums; Maroon 5)
1976: Jim Ward (American vocalist, guitarist; At the Drive-In/Sparta).
1971: Paul Winterhart (drummer; Kula Shaker)
1970: TMR/T.M.Revolution/Takanori Nishikawa (Japanese pop-rock singer)
1969: Tapio Wilska (Finnish singer; Sethian/Finntroll/Lyijykomppania/Nattvindens Gråt).
1969: Candy Dulfer (Dutch jazz lady, alto saxophonist; Funky Stuff/freelance)
1965: Sabine Paturel (French singer, actress)
1964: Trisha Yearwood (US country singer)
1963: Jarvis Branson Cocker (UK lead singer,songwriter, producer; Pulp)
1958: Lita Ford (UK vocalist, guitar; The Runaways/solo)
1958: Lucky Ali/Maqsood Mehmood Ali (Indian singer, composer, actor)
1957: Rusty Egan (Uk drummer; Rich Kids)
1955: Richard Burmer (US composer, engineer, sound designer, musician)*09.Sept.2006.
1955: Rex Smith (US singer and actor).
1952: Tad Jones (US music historian, researcher, author)*01.Jan.2007.
1952: Nile Rodgers (US R&B guitarist; Chic/freelance/guest)
1951: Daniel Lanois (Canadian producer, singer, percussion, guitar; freelance/guest)
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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
1918: Blanche Thebom (American mezzo-soprano)*23.March.2010.
1882: Christopher Stone (First disc jockey in the UK)*22.May.1965

September 20th
1990: Marilou Bourdon (Quebec pop singer).
1987: Flawless Lawless/Jack Lawless/John Lawless (US drummer; the Jonas Brothers).
1985: David Allen (US composer, writer)
1983: Yuna Ito (Japanese singer, actress)
1981: Keith Semple (UK singer in the ITV popstars band 'One True Voice')
1979: Rick Woolstenhulme (US drummer; 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)
1971: Masashi Hamauzu (Japanese composer)
1971: Dominika Peczynski (Swedish singer; Army of Lovers)
1971: Andrew Barker (US percussionist, composer, improviser; Gold Sparkle Band)
1968: Ben Shepherd (US bassist; Soundgarden)
1968: Vikki Foxx/Victor Christopher Cerney (US drummer; Enuff Z'nuff/Vince Neil Band/Veronicas/others)
1968: Tim Rogers (Australian singer, songwriter).
1967: Matthew Nelson (US lead singer, bassist; Nelson. Twin son of Ricky Nelson)
1967: Gunnar Nelson (US 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
1958: Ines Paulke (German rock 'n' roll singer, songwriter)*18.Feb.2010.
1957: Alannah Currie (New Zealand singer, sax player; Thompson Twins).
1956: Steve Coleman (US saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer, band leader).
1948: John Anthony Panozzo (US drummer; Styx)*16.July.1996.
1948: Charles Salvatore "Chuck" Panozzo (US bassist; Styx)
1947: Mia Martini/Domenica Bertè (Italian singer and song-writer)*12.May.1995.
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)
1937: Monica Zetterlund/Monica Nilsson (Swedish actress, singer)*12.May.2005.
1930: Eddie Bo/Edwin Joseph Bocage (American singer and pianist)*18.March.2009.
1927: Johnny Dankworth CBE (UK saxophonist, clarinetist, composer)*06.Feb.2010.
1925: Ulysses B. "Bobby" Nunn (US lead & bass singer; The Coasters/his own Coasters)*05.Nov.1986
1924: Gogi Grant/Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg (US singer).
1922: William Kapell (American classical pianist)*20.Sept.1953
1920: Bill DeArango (Jazz guitarist; Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/freelance)*02.Jan.2006
1885: Jelly Roll Morton/Ferdinand Morton (US jazz pianist, bandleader and composer)*10.July.1941

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
1988: Bethany Dillon/Bethany Adelsberger (US singer-songwriter, guitarist).
1984: Theresa Fu (Hong Kong singer, actress)
1984: Ross Jarman (UK drummer; The Cribs)
1982: Billie Piper/Lianne Paul Piper (UK singer, actress)
1982: Mandy Chiang (Hong Kong singer, actress)
1981: Subaru Shibutani (Japanese singer; Kanjani8)
1979: Emilie Autumn (US singer-songwriter, violinist).
1975: Svilen Noev (Bulgarian singer-songwriter).
1974: Yoo Chae-yeong (South Korean singer, actress).
1971: Chesney Hawkes (UK singer)
1970: Mystikal/Michael Tyler (US rapper)
1969: Matt Sharp (US bassist; Weezer, The Rentals).
1966: Moustafa Amar (Egyptian singer).
1965: Adam Cairns (Irish guitarist, vocals, Therapy?)
1961: Michael Torke (US composer)
1960: Joan Jett (US singer, guitarist, The Runaways)
1958: Nelson (UK bassist: Kip Keino/New Model Army)
1957: Nick Cave (Australian 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)
1956: Masayuki Suzuki (Japanese singer; Rats & Star)
1954: Shari Belafonte (US singer, actor, model)
1953: Richard Fairbrass (UK singer, Right Said Fred)
1952: Mark Panker (guitar, American Music Club)
1951: David Coverdale (UK vocalist; Deep Purple/Whitesnake)
1950: Kirka Babitzin (Finnish rock singer; The Creatures/The Islanders)*31.Jan.2007.
1948: Jim Byrnes (US actor, singer)
1946: King Sunny Ade/Sunday Adeniyi (Nigerian singer, guitarist)
1943: Toni Basil (US singer, actress, dancer, choreographer)

September 23rd
1990: Kota Yabu (Japanese pop singer).
1985: Maki Goto (Japanese pop singer).
1985: Diana Oritz (US singer; Dream)
1981: Natalie Horler (Anglo-German singer; Cascada)
1980: Matt White (US singer, songwriter).
1979: Erik-Michael Estrada (US singer; O-Town).
1977: Rachael Yamagata (US singer, songwriter).
1977: Susan Tamim (Lebanese singer and actress)*08.July.2008.
1975: Layzie Bone/Steven Howse (US rapper; Bone Thugs-N-Harmony).
1973: Ingrid Fliter (Argentinian pianist).
1973: Jermaine Dupri Maulidin (US music producer, rapper, songwriter).
1970: Ani DiFranco (US singer, guitarist).
1969: Patrick Fiori (French singer).
1964: Koshi Inaba/Hiroshi Inaba (Japanese singer; B'z).
1959: Martin Page (UK singer, songwriter).
1958: Danielle Dax/Danielle Gardner (UK musician; The Lemon Kittens/solo)
1957: Kumar Sanu (Indian playback singer)
1955: Leon Taylor (US drums; The Ventures)
1950: George Garzone (US saxophonist, jazz educator; Fringe).
1949: Bruce Springsteen (US singer, songwriter, guitarist)
1947: Jerry Corbetta (US singer; Sugarloaf)
1947: Neal Smith (US drums, Alice Cooper Band).
1944: Eric Bogle (Scottish/Australian singer, songwriter).
1943: Anthony 'Duster' Bennett (Welsh singer, musician; John Mayall/solo/sessionist)*26.March.1976.
1943: Steve Boone (US bassist; Lovin Spoonful)
1943: Wallace 'Scotty' Scott (singer; The Whispers)
1943: Julio Iglesias (Spanish singer)
1939: Roy Buchanan (US guitarist, singer, songwriter)*14.Aug.1988
1932: Travis Edmonson (US folk singer-songwriter, guitarist; Bud and Travis/solo)*09.May.2009.
1930: Ray Charles (US 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
1923: Samuel Carthorne Rivers (US jazz multi-musician, composer).
1912: György Sándor (Hungarian pianist)*09.Dec.2005.

September 24th
1986: Leah Dizon (US model, singer)
1979: Kim Jong Min (Korean singer)
1971: Marty Cintron (US lead vocals; No Mercy)
1971: Peter Salisbury (UK drummer; Verve)
1969: Shawn "Clown" Crahan (US drummer; Slipknot/To My Surprise/Dirty Little Rabbits)
1969: Donald DeGrate Jr (US music producer)
1965: Janet Weiss (US drummer; Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
1965: Sean McNabb (US bassist; Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords)
1962: Cedric Dent (US gospel singer; Take 6)
1957: Tod Howarth (US vocalist, keyboardist, guitarist; Frehley's Comet/Cheap Trick)
1952: Mark Sandman (US mulyi-musician; Morphine. Sandman/Treat Her Right/Hi-n-Dry)
1948: Heinz Chur (German composer)
1946: Carson Van Osten (US bassist; The Nazz)
1946: Jerry Donahue (US guitarist; Fairport Convention)
1946: Kjell Asperud (Norwegian percussionist, vocals; Titanic)
1942: Ilkka Johannes "Danny" Lipsanen (Finnish singer, guitarist).
1942: Gerry Marsden (UK singer, Gerry & The Pacemakers)
1941: Linda McCartney née Eastman (US keyboardist, vocals; Wings)*17.April.1998
1940: Barbara Allbut (US lead singer; The Angels)
1938: Steve Douglas Kreisman (US saxophone, multi-musician; Wrecking Crew/sessions)*19.April.1993
1933: Mel Taylor (US drummer, The Ventures)*11.Aug.1996
1931: Anthony Newley (UK singer, actor, composer)*14.April.1999
1929: John Wallace Carter (US jazz clarinetist; Clarinet Summit/freelance)*31.March.1991
1927: Alfredo Kraus (Spanish tenor)*10.Sept.1999
1923: Fats Navarro/Theodore Navarro (US jazz trumpet player)*06.July.1950
1922: Cornell MacNeil (US baritone)

September 25th
1985: Diana Ortiz (US singer; Dream)
1982: Kany García (Puerto Rican singer, songwriter)
1980: T.I./T.I.P/Clifford Joseph Harris Jr (US rapper, founder of Grand Hustle Records)
1978: Ryan Leslie (US music producer, singer)
1977: Kiyoshi Ijichi (Japanese drummer; Asian Kung-Fu Generation)
1976: Juan Meier (Argentinian rock, blues, jazz and tango guitarist)
1976: Santigold/Santi White (US songwriter, producer, singer)
1975: Declan Donnelly (UK actor, singer, TV Pop Idol presenter; Ant & Dec duo)
1974: Chris Impellitteri (US shred guitarist; Impellitteri)
1974: Daniel Kessler (UK born guitarist, backing vocalist; Interpol).
1974: Wamma/Richie Edwards (UK bassist, vocalist; The Darkness/Stone Gods).
1970: Dean Ween/Deaner/Michael Melchiondo Jr (US guitarist; Ween)
1968: Will Smith (US actor, rapper; D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince duo)
1964: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese singer, voice actress)
1964: Maria Doyle Kennedy (Irish actress, singer)
1955: Steve Severin (UK bassist; Siouxsie and the Banshees/The Creatures)
1955: Zucchro/Adelmo Fornaciari (Italian blues and rock singer)
1954: Craig Chaquico (guitar; Jefferson Starship)
1953: Richard Harvey (UK multi-musician, composer; Gryphon/sessionist)
1947: John Fiddler (vocalist, guitarist, piano, drummer; Medicine Head)
1947: Cecil Womack (US singer; Womack & Womack).
1946: Bryan MacLean (US guitarist, vocals; Love/solo)*25.Dec.1998
1946: Jerry Penrod (US bass player; Iron Butterfly / Rhinoceros).
1945: Dee Dee Warwick/Delia Mae Warrick (US soul singer)*18.Oct.2008.
1945: Onnie Mcintyre (vocals, rhythm guitar; Average White Band)
1943: Gary Alexander (guitar, vocals; The Association)
1943: John Locke (US 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: Ian Tyson (Canadian singer-songwriter)
1933: Erik Darling (US songwriter, folk musician; The Tarriers/ Rooftop singers/ Weavers)*05.Aug.2008.
1932: Glenn Gould (Canadian pianist and composer)*04.Oct.1982
1930: Sheldon Silverstein (US songwriter/composer, musician, cartoonist, screenwriter, author)*10.May.1999.
1927: Sir Colin Davis (UK conductor)
1925: Sam Rivers (free jazzman, Sax: tenor & soprano, flute; freelance/sessions)

September 26th
1988: Mark Simpson (UK clarinetist and composer).
1987: Rosie Munter (Swedish singer; Play).
1985: Lenna Kuurmaa (Estonian singer; Vanilla Ninja).
1984: Keisha Buchanan/Kiesha Kerreece Fayeanne Brown (UK singer; Sugababes).
1983: Samantha Hammel (US record producer, actress, theatre director, choreographer).
1981: Christina Milian (US singer-songwriter, actress, record producer)
1975: Emma Härdelin (Swedish singer, violinist; Garmarna/Triakel).
1974: Boris Cepeda (German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat).
1973: Marty Casey (US singer, guitarist; Lovehammers/L.A. Guns)
1972: Paul Draper (US lyricist, vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards; Mansun).
1972: Shawn Stockman (US singer; Boyz II Men).
1972: Ras Kass/John Austin IV (US rapper; The HRSMN/solo).
1967: Richard Shannon Hoon (US singer, Blind Melon)*21.Oct.1995.
1966: Christos Dantis/Christos Vlahakis (Greek composer, singer).
1964: Nicki French (UK singer).
1962: Tracey Thorn (Mexican singer; Everything But The Girl)
1961: Cindy Herron (US singer; En Vogue)
1958: Darby Crash/Bobby Pyn/Jan Paul Beahm (US punk-rock singer; The Germs)*07.Dec.1980.
1955: Carlene Carter (US country singer, guitarist).
1954: Cesar Rosas (Mexican singer, guitarist, songwriter; Los Lobos/Los Super Seven).
1953: Dolores Keane (Irish folk singer; De Dannan/solo).
1951: Stuart Tosh (Scottish drummer, songwriter; Pilot/10cc/Camel/sessionist)
1948: Olivia Newton-John (Australian singer/actress).
1947: Lynn Anderson (US country singer)
1945: Bryan Ferry (UK singer, keyboards, piano, harmonica; Roxy Music/solo)
1945: Gal Costa/Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (Brazilian singer).
1941: Salvatore Accardo (Italian violinist, conductor).
1941: Joe Bauer (US drummer; Youngbloods)
1940: Creadel 'Red' Jones (US singer; The Hi-lites/ The Chi-Lites)*25.Aug.1994.
1934: Dick Heckstall-Smith (UK saxophonist; John Mayall/Colosseum/freelance)*17.Dec.2004
1930: Fritz Wunderlich (German tenor)*17.Sept.1966.
1926: Julie London/Gayle Peck (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.
1898: George Gershwin/Jacob Gershowitz (US composer, pianist)*11.July.1937.
1869: Komitas Vardapet (Armenian composer, music pedagogue, musicologist)*22.Oct.1935

September 27th
1984: Avril Lavigne (Canadian singer)
1983: Travis MacRae (Canadian folk-blues singer, songwriter, guitar, harmonica)
1982: Lil Wayne/Dwayne Michael Carter Jr (US rapper; Hot Boys/solo)
1977: Patrick Bourque (Canadian bass guitarist; Emerson Drive)*26.Sept.2007
1976: Dean Butterworth (UK drummer; Morrissey, Good Charlotte)
1975: Thanos Petrelis (Greek Laiko singer)
1973: Lee Brennan (lead vocalist; 911)
1972: Lhasa de Sela (American singer-songwriter)*01.Jan.2010.
1970: Mark Calderon (singer; Color Me Bad).
1964: Stephan Jenkins (US 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)
1951: Michel Rivard (Canadian singer, composer; Beau Dommage)
1949: Jahn Teigen (Norwegian singer, guitarist)
1947: Liz Torres (US actress and singer
1947: Barbara Dickson OBE (Scottish singer)
1947: Meat Loaf/Marvin Lee Aday (US singer)
1943: Randy Bachman (Canadian guitarist, singer; Guess Who/Bachman Turner Overdrive)
1942: Shane Fenton/Alvin Stardust/Bernard William Jewry (uk singer; The Fentones/solo)
1941: Gay Kayler Ashcroft (Australian country music singer)
1931: Freddy Quinn/Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Niedl-Petz (Austrian singer)
1924: Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (US jazz pianist)*31.July.1966
1898: Vincent Youmans (US composer and producer)*05.April.1946

September 28th
1988: Esmée Denters (Dutch singer).
1987: Hilary Duff (US actress, singer)
1984: Melody Thornton (US singer, dancer; Pussycat Dolls).
1982: Nolwenn Leroy (French singer).
1981: Iracema Trevisan Carneiro (Brazilian bassist; CSS).
1978: Bushido/Sonny Black/Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi (German rapper).
1973: Jori Hulkkonen (Finnish DJ, producer of house music).
1972: Dita Von Teese (American burlesque artist).
1971: Joseph Arthur (US singer-songwriter).
1969: Éric Lapointe (Canadian singer, guitar virtuoso).
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 (US singer, actress, singer on her father Frank's record "Valley Girl").
1966: Maria Canals Barrera (US actress, singer)
1966: Ginger Fish/Kenny Wilson (US drummer; freelance/Marilyn Manson).
1962: Peter Hooton (UK lead singer; Farm)
1960: Jennifer Rush (US pop singer).
1954: George Lynch (US lead guitarist; Dokken/solo)
1952: Andy Ward (US drummer;Camel/Chrys&themums/Marillion)
1951: Norton Buffalo (US singer, harmonica player; many bands/Steve Miller Band/sessionsist)*30.Oct.2009.
1951: Jim Diamond (Scottish singer)
1950: Laurie Lewis (US bluegrass fiddle player, guitarist)
1950: Paul Burgess (drums; 10cc/The Invisible Girls/The Soul Company)
1947: Ludvigsen/Gustav Lorentzen (Norwegian singer, guitarist; Knutsen & Ludvigsen/solo)*21.April.2010.
1947: Peter Hope Evans (harmonica, jew's harp, mouthbow player; Medicine Head)
1946: Helen Shapiro (Uk singer)
1943: Nick St.Nicholas/Klaus Karl Kassbaum (German bassist; Steppenwolf/World Classic Rockers)
1942: Tim Maia/Sebastião Rodrigues Maia (Brazilian singer)*15.March.1998
1942: Mike Osborne (UK jazz alto saxophonist, pianist, clarinetist;sessions/freelance)*19.Sept.2007.
1940: Sirone/Norris Jones (US jazz bassist, composer)*21.Oct.2009.
1938: Ben E. King/Benjamin Earl Nelson (US soul singer;Drifters/solo)
1932: Víctor Jara (Chilean folk singer and activist)*15.Sept.1973
1929: Lata Mangeshkar (Indian playback singer)
1928: Koko Taylor/Cora Walton (American blues singer)*03.June.1928.
1901: Ed Sullivan (TV music show presenter)*13.Oct.1974

September 29th
1988: Justin Nozuka (Canadian/American singer-songwriter).
1987: Josh Farro (US lead guitarist, songwriter; Paramore).
1982: Rob Smith (Irish singer-songwriter, former street busker).
1980: Suzanne Shaw (US singer, Hear'Say)
1978: Kurt Nilsen (Norwegian singer).
1978: Gunner McGrath/Christopher Leslie McGrath (US guitarist; Much the Same)
1977: Debelah Morgan (US R&B singer).
1973: Scout Niblett/Emma Louise Niblett (UK singer-songwriter).
1971: Sibel Tüzün (Turkish singer).
1969: Aleks Syntek (Mexican singer)
1969: DeVante Swing/Donald Earle DeGrate Jr (record producer, songwriter, singer; Jodeci)
1968: Alex Skolnick (US guitarist; Testament/Savatage/Alex Skolnick Trio).
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)
1962: Al Pitrelli (US guitarist; Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage, Blue Öyster Cult).
1960: Alan McGee (British music industry mogul, DJ, club owner, writer)
1960: Jennifer Rush (US singer)
1958: Mick Harvey (drums, piano, guitar, bass, organ; Birthday Party/Nick Cave/freelance)
1957: Sokratis Malamas (Greek singer, composer)
1949: George Dalaras (Greek singer)
1948: Mark Farner (US vocals, guitar; Grand Funk Railroad/solo/guest)
1948: Mike Pinera (guitar, vocals; Iron Butterfly/Blues Image)
1948: Theo Jörgensmann (German jazz clarinetist)
1945: Kyriakos Sfetsas (Greek composer)
1944: Mike Post (US composer)
1942: Jean-Luc Ponty (French jazz violinist)
1941: Ralph Mercado (American promoter of Latin American music)*10.March.2009.
1940: Tilahun Gessesse (Ethiopian popular singer)*19.April.2009.
1940: Nicola Di Bari (Italian singer)
1937: Joe 'Guitar' Hughes (US blues guitarist, singer)*19.May.2003
1939: Tommy Boyce (US songwriter noted for the The Monkees songs; Boyce & Hart)*23.Nov.1994
1942: Manuel Fernandez (Spanish elecric organist; Los Bravos)*20.May.1967.
1935: Jerry Lee Lewis (US country & rock n roll singer, songwriter, pianist)
1907: Gene Autry (US singer, guitar, actor, singing cowboy)*02.Oct.1998
1899: Robert Gilbert/Robert David Winterfeld (German composer, lyricist, singer, actor)*20.March.1978.

September 30th
1987: Denise Laurel (Filipino actress, singer).
1984: Keisha Buchanan (vocals, Sugababes).
1979: Clio-Danae Othoneou (Greek actress, musician and pianist).
1979: Vince Chong Ying-Cern (Malaysian singer-songwriter).
1975: Georges-Alain Jones (French singer).
1964: Trey Anastasio/Ernest Joseph Anastasio III (guitarist, singer; Plish/solo)
1964: Robby Takac (vocals, bass; Goo Goo Dolls)
1963: David Barbe (US singer, guitarist, bassist; Sugar/Mercyland/Buzz Hungry)
1962: Shaan/Shantanu Mukherjee (Indian singer, TV host)
1962: Brian Bonhomme (UK vocalist, guitar; Roman Holliday)
1961: Sally Yeh/Sin-Man Yip (Hong Kong singer, actress)
1958: Marty Stuart (US country music singer).
1959: Basia/Barbara Trzetrzelewska (Polish jazz-pop singer)
1954: Patrice Rushen (US R&B singer, songwriter, composer, pianist)
1954: Lesley Beach (saxophonist; Amazulu)
1954: Basia/Barbara Trzetrzelewska (Polish singer-songwriter, record producer).
1953: Deborah Allen/Deborah Lynn Thurmond (US country music singer-songwriter).
1952: John Lombardo (US guitarist; 10,000 Maniacs)
1950: Renato Zero/Renato Zero (Italian singer-songwriter).
1947: Marc Bolan/Mark Feld (UK guitaist, singer; T-Rex/Taranasaurs Rex)*16.Sept.1977
1946: Sylvia Peterson (US singer; Chiffons)
1946: Héctor Lavoe (Puerto Ricann salsa and latin singer)
1944: Diane Dufresne (French Canadian singer).
1943: Marilyn McCoo (US singer; 5th Dimension).
1942: Dewey Martin/Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff (Canadian drummer; Buffalo Springfield)*31.Jan.2009.
1942: Frankie Lymon (US lead singer, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers)*28.Feb.1968.
1942: Gus Dudgeon (UK record producer, engineer; Elton John)*22.Aug.2002
1937: Valentin Silvestrov (Ukrainian composer).
1935: Johnny Mathis/John Royce Mathis (Legendary US Singer)
1935: Z. Z. Hill/Arziel Hill (US soul-blues singer)*27.April.1984
1934: Udo Jürgen Bockelmann (Austrian composer, singer of popular music)
1933: Cissy Houston (US soul singer; Sweet Inspirations/mother of Whitney)
1933: Tony Cennamo (US disc jockey; Boston University's WBUR)*08.June.2010.
1917: Buddy Rich/Bernard Rich (US jazz drummer; noted as "the world's greatest drummer")*02.April.1987
1920: Aldo Parisot (Brazilian-American musician and cellist)
1919: Patricia Neway (American soprano)
1912: Kenny Baker (US singer and actor)*10.Aug.1985
1908: David Oistrakh (Ukrainian violinist)*24.Oct.1974
1852: Charles Villiers Stanford (Irish composer, resident in England)*29.March.1924.

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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 born in Horsens, Jutland, he recieved his formal music training at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. He went on to composed about two hundred works, including thirteen symphonies, three chamber symphonies, four symphonies for strings, twenty string quartets, numerous concertos, one opera, and the late series of preludes for chamber orchestra, as well as much choral and other music, in addition to some early works that never received opus numbers. His last work, the twenty-first string quartet, Quartetto sereno, was completed by his pupil Per Nørgård. (?) b. December 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) American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist and storyteller; he was first inspired to play guitar in his early twenties, after hearing the John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen". He learned music largely from Mississippi Fred McDowell, who lived in an adjoining county and also cited his cousin-in-law, Muddy Waters, as an influence. Roberts music is pure country Delta juke joint blues, heavily rhythm-oriented and played with a slide. Although one of the greatest of the "delta" bluesmen, it wasn't until the 1990's that he began hitting full stride, he had done short tours, it wasn't until the late '80s that he was invited to perform at several European blues festivals. In 1992, he was featured alongside his friend Junior Kimbrough, in a documentary film, Deep Blues. His debut recording, Bad Luck City, was released that same year on Fat Possum Records. Burnside has a second record out on the Oxford-based Fat Possum label, Too Bad Jim 1994. In the mid 1990s, he attracted the attention of Jon Spencer, the leader of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, touring and recording with this group and gaining a new audience in the process. He toured into his last years, with Kenny Brown on second guitar and his grandson, Cedric Burnside, on drums (He suffered a heart attack in 2000 and underwent bypass surgery. He never fully recovered & passed away in a Memphis, TN hospital) b. November 23rd 1926.
2008: Jerry Reed/Jerry Reed Hubbard (71) American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor born in Atlanta, Georgia. As a singer, his hits included "Soldier's Joy"; "East Bound and Down"; "Guitar Man"; "She's Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)"; "The Bird"; "Lord, Mr. Ford (What Have You Done)"; "Amos Moses"; "When You're Hot, You're Hot," for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1972; and "East Bound and Down," the theme song for the film Smokey and the Bandit, in which he also co-starred. He appeared in over a dozen films including 3 Smokey and The Bandit films, The Survivors, Stand Alone, What Comes Around, Bat*21, and The Waterboy. He teamed up with country stars Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, and Bobby Bare in the group Old Dogs. They recorded one album, in 1998, entitled Old Dogs. (sadly died of complications from emphysema) b. March 20th 1937.
2009: Jake Brockman (53) British keyboardist with Echo & the Bunnymen; Jake had been a touring member of the band for several years in the mid '80s, and a contributor to the 1987 self titled album Echo & the Bunnymen, which reached No.4 in the UK charts. He was promoted to a full member in the late 80s, and recorded Reverberation in 1990. Jake had left the band before their next album in 1999 (died in a motorcycle accident on the Isle of Man, the band's first drummer Pete De Freitas died in a similar crash) b. ??.1956.??.
2009: Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson (47) Jamaican Reggae musician, singer, producer and composer; born in Kingston, Jamaica, he first surfaced with Sugar Minott's Youth Promotion organization, playing keyboards on Minott's classic Ghetto-ology in 1978. After a period with the Generation Gap, he joined the Roots Radics, earning a reputation for hard work and innovation. Also in the late 70s, Steely met Cleveland "Clevie" Browne during sessions for Augustus Pablo at Lee Perry's Black Ark studio. The pair's relationship was enhanced by contrasting characters, Clevie the studious, mild musician, and Steely the louder, ragga character. When they took up residence as house band at King Jammy's studio in 1986, Steely And Clevie worked with many artists such as Cocoa Tea, Dennis Brown, Admiral Bailey and Lieutenant, cutting 10 singles a week plus albums at its peak in 1987. The duo also gigged for most of the other influential producers in Jamaica; hence, they knew virtually everyone when they began their own label "Steely And Clevie" in 1988. They immediately hit with a debut release from Johnny P., making the DJ a star. Their formula of brash, unusual beats and strong melodies also worked for Foxy Brown; Tiger; Anthony Red Rose; Anthony Malvo and Little Twitch; Gussie Clarke and revived older acts such as Dillinger and Johnny Osbourne. Steely And Clevie recorded a series of "one rhythm" albums on their own label: Limousine, Bursting Out, Real Rock Style and Can't Do The Work. Broader attention followed with work for former Soul II Soul singer Caron Wheeler, Maxi Priest, Aswad and J.C. Lodge (Heart failure, Steely was suffering from pneumonia after having had surgery for a blood clot in the brain shortly before he died in hospital in East Patchogue, New York) b. August 18th 1965.

September 2nd
1934: Russ Columbo/Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolpho Colombo (26) American 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.
Alcide Patrick Nunez () America jazz clarinetist, also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, he was born in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana and moved to New Orleans in his childhood. He initially played guitar, then switched to clarinet about 1902. He soon became one of the top hot clarinetists in the city. He was a regular in Papa Jack Laine's band, in addition to playing with Tom Brown (trombonist) and sometimes leading bands of his own. In early 1916 he went north to Chicago with Stein's Dixie Jass Band, which was to become famous as the Original Dixieland Jass Band, but Nunez left the band shortly before they made their first recordings.(?) March 17th 1884.
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) British lead guitarist born in Lancashire; in his early teens he played in the Fables, a guitar duo with schoolmate Mike Wilsh, they added singer Lionel Morton and drummer Alan Buck, the group renamed itself the Four Pennies, inspired by Blackburn's Penny Street. After winning a local talent competition, they were signed to Philips Records. Thier hits included "Do You Want Me To," "I found Out the Hard Way", their 1964 No.1 "Juliet", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Trouble Is My Middle Name" and Black Girl" which showcased Fritz's guitar skills. After the band's break up, he formed "Fritz, Mike and Mo", before beginning his production career, producing records for Motörhead, Clannad, the Bothy Band, Stackridge, and Horslips among others. He eventually retired to Portugal (pancreatic cancer) b. December 6th 1944.
2008: Dompan/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 playing with Charlie Parker when he made his tour of Sweden 1950. He also worked with the Swedish Radio Big Band from 1956 to 1978, as well as writing for television and films at this time. He also recorded extensively with Bengt Hallberg. Together with fellow Swedes Bengt-Arne Wallin, and two former members of Duke Ellington's band, Rolf Ericson and Ake Persson, he participated at the Jazz Workshops, organised for the Ruhrfest in Recklinghausen by Hans Gertberg from the Hamburg radio station (?) b. December 20th 1924.
2009: Guy Babylon (52) American keyboardist and composer, noted for his work with Elton John. Born in New Windsor, Maryland, he attended Francis Scott Key High School and then moved on to the University of South Florida, earning a BFA in music composition. He moved to LA, California and in 1988, he joined Elton John's studio and touring band, appearing on the album Sleeping With the Past. In 1990, he appeared with the group Warpipes, a side project of fellow Elton John member Davey Johnstone. 2001 Guy won an Grammy Award for his contributions on the Elton John-Tim Rice musical Aida. Guy also worked extensively on the Elton John-Bernie Taupin musical "Lestat," Until his death, he was a member of Elton John's six-member touring and recording band (Guy died of a heart attack while swimming in his pool) b. December 20th 1956.
2009: Jon Eydmann (41) British band manager, probably best known for his work with Suede, the alternative rock band of the 1990s and the early 2000s that helped start the Britpop musical movement and he was instrumental in Suede’s first deal with Saul Galpern’s indie Nude Records in 1992. He went on to work with Luke Haines’ The Auteurs and the Mega City 4. He also worked in an A&R capacity with Fire Records. Over his career Jon has worked many other bands including Spitfire, Perefect Disaster, TVP'S, Spacemen 3, Sparks Lights and Flames, Kubrick, Midget, Libido, Novociane, Headswim, and Hondo Maclean, some in a management role and some in an A&R capacity. (Jon suffered a heart attack or seizure after he dived from his boat in to Lake Como while on holiday in Italy with his family. He died two days later in hospital after being on a life support machine) b. ??.1968.??.

September 3rd
1960: Joseph Francis Lamb (72) American composer of ragtime music born in Montclair, New Jersey. He taught himself to play the piano, and was inspired with the early ragtime publications of Scott Joplin. In 1907, when buying the latest Joplin and James Scott sheet music in the New York City offices of John Stark & Son when he met his idol Scott Joplin. He was impressed with Joseph's compositions, and recommended him to classical ragtime publisher John Stark, who published Joseph's music for the next decade, starting with "Sensation". In 1912 Joseph also worked as an arranger for the J. Fred Helf Music Publishing Company. When the decline of ragtime came he stopped publishing his music playing and composing only as a hobby. With the revival in ragtime in the 1950s, Joseph shared his memories of Joplin and other early ragtime figures with music historians. He also composed some new rags, brought out some of his old compositions that had never been published, and made some recordings. Joseph, was the only non-African American of the "Big Three" composers of classical ragtime, the other two being Scott Joplin and James Scott (died in Brooklyn of a heart attack ) b. December 6th 1887.
1970: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson (27) American guitarist, harmonica player and songwriter born in Boston, Massachusetts. He majored in music at Boston University and often played the Cambridge coffeehouse folk-blues circuit, before forming the blues-rock/boogie band Canned Heat. Alan played guitar and harmonica and wrote most of the songs for Canned Heat. After Eddie 'Son' House's 'rediscovery' in 1964, the producer John Hammond Sr. asked Alan, who was just 22 years old, to teach "Son House how to play like Son House," because Alan had such a good knowledge of the blues styles. The album "The Father of Delta Blues - The Complete 1965 Sessions" was the result." Son House played with Alan Wilson live. It can be heard on the album "John - the Revelator: The 1970 London Sessions". With Canned Heat, Alan performed at two legendary concerts of the 1960s, the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969. Canned Heat appeared in the film Woodstock, and the band's "Going Up the Country," which Alan sang, has been referred to as the festival's unofficial theme song (found dead of a drug overdose in fellow band-member Bob Hite's garden in Topanga Canyon, LA) b. July 4th 1943.
1985: Johnny Marks (75) US song-writer, singer born in Mount Vernon, New York, a graduate of McBurney School, Colgate and Columbia Universities, and later studied in Paris. He earned a Bronze Star and 4 Battle Stars as a Captain in the 26th Special Service Company during World War II. Although he was Jewish, he specialized in Christmas songs and wrote many standards, including "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer", a hit for Gene Autry and others , "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree",a hit for Brenda Lee, "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" first recorded by Bing Crosby, and "A Holly Jolly Christmas" recorded by the Quinto Sisters, then Burl Ives. Johnny founded St. Nicholas Music in 1949, and he served as director of ASCAP from 1957 to 1961 (He died in New York City) b. November 10th 1909.
1987: Morton Feldman (61) American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, he was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown. Morton's works are characterized by notational innovations which he developed to create his characteristic sound: rhythms which seem to be free and floating; pitch shadings which seem softly unfocussed; a generally quiet and slowly evolving music; recurring asymmetric patterns. His later works, after 1977, also begin to explore extremes of duration. (died after a three month battle with pancreatic cancer) b. January 12th 1926.
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. Born in Suther-lin, Oregon, she began playing guitar at the age of 4 and was soon winning statewide talent contents. By the age of 11 she had become a member of the WDVA Barndance in Danville, Virginia. She was nicknamed The Female Elvis, for her impressive dance moves on stage. In 1956, Janis released her debut record "Will You Willyum", backed by her own composition, "Drugstore Rock'n Roll". The song became the biggest hit of her career, selling 750,000 records and hitting the country and pop charts. Soon she was performing on American Bandstand, The Today Show and the Tonight Show. She also appeared on Jubilee USA, and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, becoming one of the younger performers to ever appear. Billboard named her Most Promising Female Vocalist that year. In 1960 Janis retired from music to devote herself to being a wife and mother. She reemerged in the late 70s when she joined a “rockabilly revival” tour of Europe, and her records were reissued. She continued touring with her band as Janis Martin and the Variations until March 2007, when she was found to have cancer. (cancer) b. March 27th 1940.

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 jazz trumpeter;he played early in his life in the Municipal Band of San Juan. He then moved to the US early in the 1920s, where he played with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Emil Coleman. In the 1930s he did work in the studios, including his most important association, which was with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. He also played with Vic Berton, Richard Himber, Nat Brandwyne, Amanda Randolph, and Louis Prim. In the 1940s he returned to play with Coleman again, and led his own Latin ensemble that decade. By the 1960s he had moved to California and essentially retired due to failing health (?) b. August 25th 1905.
1990: Irene Dunne (97)US actress and singer, as well as her acting career, Irene made her Broadway debut in 1922 in Zelda Sears's The Clinging Vine. The following year, she played a season of light opera in Atlanta, Georgia. By 1929 she had a successful Broadway career playing leading roles such as the role as Magnolia Hawks in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat. (She later re-created her role as Magnolia in what is considered the classic first film version of Show Boat, directed by James Whale in 1936). But she eventually agreed to marry Dr. Francis Griffin and on his wishes she left the theatre, after which she became a film herione, appearing in dozens of movies, her first being Leathernecking in 1930, an early musical. She sang "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film version of the musical Roberta. Her career spanned seven decades of musical theater, the silver screen, Broadway, radio and television (cardiac arrest at her Holmby Hills home in LA) b. December 20th 1898.
1995: Chuck Greenberg (45) American musical artist, composer and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. Chuck worked with local bands before he formed and led the new age, electronic musical group, Shadowfax in 1972. They relocated to LA, California in 1978. Chuck's work on the lyricon, the first electronic wind instrument, which he helped develop with engineer Bill Bernardi, became the signature sound of Shadowfax. This ground-breaking sound and work combining jazz, rock, folk, and world music elements into a singular musical vision won Shadowfax a Grammy in 1988 for Best New Age Performance for thier 6th album "Folksongs for a Nuclear Village". Live performances included the Carnegie Hall, Montreux, Ravinia, The Greek Theater, Wolftrap, Red Rocks, and the Universal Theatre, among many others. Chuck's final work was a live Shadowfax recording and full-length concert from Santa Cruz, California. (Chuck died on Santa Cruz Island, after suffering a heart attack; after their sad loss and loosing their signature sound, Shadowfax disbanded and members went on to other projects) b. March 25th 1950.
1991: Dottie West (58) American country music singer, one of country music's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie's career started in the early 60s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965. In the 1960s, she was one of the few female country singers working in what was then a male-dominated industry, influencing other female country singers like Lynn Anderson, Crystal Gayle, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, and Tammy Wynette. She continued touring an recording throughout the 70s and 80s, collecting 14 awards on her journey. She recorded her last song in July 1991 called "As For Me", a duet with Norwegian country singer Arne Benoni. She had planned to record and release an album with friends like Kenny Rogers and Roger Miller. Tanya Tucker and Tammy Wynette were planning on recording a single with her (Dottie died as a result of a car accident several days earlier on her way to a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, in their car park. She underwent three operations to stop her liver from bleeding; but sadly died during her third operation) b. October 11th 1932.
1991: Charles Daly Barnet (77) American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Charlie was at the height of his popularity from the late 30s and through the 40s, a period that began with his hit version of "Cherokee", followed by "Skyliner" "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", and "Southland Shuffle". In 1947, he started to switch from swing music to bebop. His band had included musicians such as Buddy DeFranco, Roy Eldridge, Neal Hefti, Lena Horne, Barney Kessel, Dodo Marmorosa, Oscar Pettiford, Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen, Billy May, Clark Terry,and Art House. Charles retired from music in 1949, and was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1984 (?) b. October 26th 1913
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 born in Bahia; best known as a composer and singer of songs in the brega style. Waldick moved to moved to São Paulo in 1959, where he began working at Rádio Nacional. His first album released in 1960, became popular throughout Brazil. He went on to record dozens of albums and scored many hits in his native country. (prostate cancer) b. May 13th 1933

September 5th
1975: Georg Ots (55) Estonian opera singer, born in Petrograd, Russian SFSR, to the renowned tenor Karl Ots. Georg was a welcomed performer in all the major opera houses of the former Soviet Union, being especially popular at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. His repertoire included the roles of: Eugene Onegin, Yeletzky, Escamillo, Renato, Don Giovanni, Papageno, Rigoletto, Iago, Porgy, Figaro, and the title role in Kabalevsky's Colas Breugnon. Ots sang in Estonian, Russian, Finnish, German, Italian and French, and was fluent in all six languages. Ots's most famous role, with which he is often identified with, was the leading character in Anton Rubinstein's opera The Demon. He also performed successfully in various European countries. His solo opera debut was a tiny part in Eugene Onegin in 1944. He soon became one of the most revered singers with this opera company, with whom he sang from 1951 until his death. In November 2005, a musical Georg based on Georg Ots' life was premiered in Tallinn, and on October 5th 2007, Georg, a fiction film based on his life was released. (Died in Tallinn, Estonia. After his death, the Tallinn Music School was named after him, now called Georg Otsa nimeline Tallinna Muusikakool) b. March 21st 1920.
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) American baritone vocalist born in Manhattan. In the early 1950s Joe and friends Herman Santiago, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes got together and formed a group calling themselves The Ermines with Joe as lead singer. They changed their name to Coupe de Villes and later to The Premiers with Herman taking over as lead. A 12 year old Frankie Lymon heard The Premiers at a talent show and soon after he was jamming together. Impressed with the sound of Frankie's high tenor/soprano voice, in 1955 they had invited him to join the group, singing first tenor behind Herman's lead. They signed with Gee Records who changed their name to The Teenagers. On their debute single "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" Frankie took over lead as Herman was ill. Mr. Goldner of Gee Records then changed the group's name to "Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers" and released the record. The song became an instant hit in the United States and in the United Kingdom it also became the first UK No.1 by an American vocal group. They also had hits with "I Want You to Be My Girl", "Who Can Explain?" and "The ABC's of Love". Alan Freed signed them for two movies and while touring the UK they played at the London Palladium. In 1993, Joe Negroni, Herman Santiago, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant and Sherman Garnes, the original members of "the Teenagers", were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2000 into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. In the 1998 film "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" the role of Joe was played by actor Jon Huertas (brain haemorrhage) b. September 9th 1940.
1990: Charley Charles () English drummer with Ian Dury And The Blockheads (cancer).
1994: Louis Myers (64) American guitarist, harmonica player, vocalist and founder of The Aces, one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues band in the 1950's; born in Byhalia, MS, he moved to Chicago in 1941 with his family. Their new next door neighbour was blues great Lonnie Johnson, who was a huge inspiration to Louis. Louis started out doing house-party gigs before he and his brother David on guitar and young harpist Junior Wells to form the Three Deuces, the first line-up of the Aces. In 1950, drummer Fred Below came on board. In 1952 Jr Wells left to go with Muddy Waters and Muddy's harpist Little Walter moved into the front man role with the Aces, renaming them the Jukes to capitalize on his current hit single "Juke". Louis and the Aces backed Little Walter on "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," and "Tell Me Mama" and at New York's Apollo Theatre before Louis left in 1954. This resulted in the Jukes' gradual break up, but freeing them reform again as The Aces to back acts such as Otis Rush, Earl Hooker among others. During the '60s, '70s and '80s the Aces reunited on many occasions for recordings, tours, festivals and visited Europe, as well as following their separate careers. Sadly Louis was hampered by the effects of a stroke while recording his last album 1991's Tell My Story Movin'. He courageously completed the disc but was limited to playing harp only. His health soon took a turn for the worse, ending his distinguished musical career (heart attack) b. September 18th 1929
2007: Saint Thomas/Thomas Hansen (31) Norwegian alt-country singer and guitarist; his biggest break came shortly after Norway's Quart Festival in 1999, where he got signed to Racing Junior. His first album, I'm Coming Home, was preceded by "The Cornerman EP," which was a summer chart success in Norway in 2001. The album then received international releases throughout 2002. He has since released three other albums, and also toured Europe with Lambchop and the United States in 2005 with Of Montreal. His next album, Children Of The New Brigade, was released in August 2005 in Norway. In August 2006, Saint Thomas released a new album, officially his sixth, There's Only One of Me on his own label. (The cause of death was determined to be an "unfortunate combination of prescribed drugs") b. February 13th 1976.
2009: Mickie Jones (?) American bassist from Washington, DC; along with guitarist friend Punky Meadows aka Edwin Lionel Meadows formed the band Bux, in early 1973, Capitol Records signed the band, but Capitol balked on the deal and dropped the band. After which Mickie and Punky founded the flamboyant 70s glam rock-metal band Angel. They called themselves 'Sweet Mama From Heaven' inspired by a Jimi Hendrix song before changing their name to Angel. The band was discovered by Gene Simmons the bassist from Kiss, while performing at a nightclub and Angel was soon signed to Kiss’s record label Casablanca. They debuted with a self titled album in '75, the first track "Tower" was used widely during the late 70's and early 80's by Album Rock stations for various advertising purposes. Their second album Helluva Band followed in 1976. ‘On Earth As It Is In Heaven’ the band’s third album included the tracks ‘Can You Feel It’, ‘On The Rocks’ and ‘White Lightnin’. This was Mickie's last album before he left the band and went on to work in the Hollywood film industry (died after a long battle with liver cancer) b. ????

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.
1985: Johnny Desmond/Giovanni Alfredo De Simone (65) American singer; As a boy, he sang on a local radio station, before attending the Detroit Conservatory of Music briefly and playing the nightclub circuit, playing piano and singing. In 1939 he formed his own singing group, the Downbeats, but after being hired to work with Bob Crosby's big band in 1940, it was renamed the Bob-O-Links. The group appeared on fifteen commercial recordings by the Crosby Orch, including two charted hits, "You Forgot About Me" and "Do You Care?". After the war he took a job on The Breakfast Club, a radio variety program out of Chicagoand had a string of hits: "C'est si bon", "Don't You Remember Me?", "Guilty", "Don't Cry, Joe", "Just Say I Love Her" , "The Picnic Song", "Because of You", and "Woman". In 1953 he joined with Don Cornell and Alan Dale to record "The Gang that Sang 'Heart of My Heart'". On Broadway, Johnny appeared in Say, Darling in 1958 and as Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl, after Sydney Chaplin left the cast (cancer) b. November 14th 1919.
1985: Little Brother Montgomery/Eurreal Wilford Montgomery (79) American jazz-blues pianist and singer born in Kentwood, Louisiana. Mainly self taught, he started playing piano at 4, and by age 11 he was playing at various barrelhouses in Louisiana. His musical influences were Jelly Roll Morton who used visit the Montgomery household. Early on he played at African American lumber and turpentine camps in Louisiana and Mississippi, then with the bands of Clarence Desdunes and Buddy Petit. He first went to Chicago from 1928 to 1931, where he made his first recordings. From 1931 through 1938 he led a band in Jackson. In 1942 he moved back to Chicago, which would be his base for the rest of his life, with various tours to other United States cities and Europe. His repertoire alternated between blues and traditional jazz. He played Carnegie Hall with Kid Ory's Dixieland band in 1949 and by the late 1950s he had been "discovered" by wider white audiences. He toured with Otis Rush in 1956. Eurreal formed his own record label, FM Records in 1969. He appeared at many blues and folk festivals and was considered a living legend, a link to the early days of blues and New Orleans. Among his original compositions are "Farrish Street Jive", "Shreveport Farewell", and "Vicksburg Blues". (?) b. April 18th 1906.
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. November 9th 1941.
1994: Nicky Hopkins (50) English pianist and organist born in NE London; Nicky recorded and performed on noted British and American popular music recordings of the 60s and 70s as a session musician. At the start of the 60s started out as the pianist with Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages, after which he joined The Cyril Davies R&B All Stars. Due to suffering from Crohn's disease he mainly focused on studio work in London. He worked extensively for leading UK independent producers Shel Talmy and Mickie Most and performed on albums and singles by The Kinks, The Move, Alun Davies, Jon Mark, The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Donovan, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Jeff Beck, Art Garfunkel, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Carly Simon, McGuinness Flint, Bill Wyman and Peter Frampton.and many others. In 1967 he joined The Jeff Beck Group, formed by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck, with vocalist Rod Stewart, bassist Ronnie Wood and drummer Micky Waller, playing on their influential LPs Truth and Beck-Ola. He also helped define the "San Francisco sound", playing on albums by Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and Steve Miller Band. He briefly joined Quicksilver Messenger Service and performed with Jefferson Airplane at the Woodstock Festival. In 1968 he played piano with the Swedish psychedelic group Tages on the single "Halcyon Days", produced in Abbey Road Studio. Nicky joined the Rolling Stones live line-up on the 1971 Good-Bye Britain tour, as well as their 1972 North American Tour and the early 1973 Winter Tour of Australia and New Zealand. He recorded a few solo albums but remained one of the most important rock 'n' roll session musicians of his time (Nicky sadly died in Nashville, Tennessee, of complications from intestinal surgery) b. February 24th 1944.
1996: Esther Soré (81) Chilean singer and the main singer of Chilean melodies and folk of the 20th century. She recorded the successful Pretty Chile, of Clara Solovera. Ester was popular in the radio, as a recording artist, on tour and in the movies. (?) May 27th 1915.
2005: Eric Roche (37) Irish fingerstyle guitarist, born in New York City, but his family soon moved to Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He was trained as an accountant, but practised only for a short time before enlisting for classical guitar in 1992 at the London Musician's Institute. Eric went on to play 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 of other artists' tunes. 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. read more...

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/Walter Williams (56) American powerful blues guitarist born in Arkansas, the nickname was given him by Hound Dog Taylor & the HouseRockers. Dizz started playing guitar at age 19 entirely self-taught, he played a standard right-handed model flipped upside down, without reversing the strings. His sound was raw and distorted and his style owed more to the older bluesmen than to the hipper West Side players like Otis Rush and Buddy Guy working in the B.B. King mode. Dizz graduated from Southern Illinois University and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. After which he moved to Chicago, where in 1964 he became a member of Junior Wells's band, recording and touring Africa, Europe, and Southeast Asia with him until the late '60s. At various times during the '60s and early '70s, he'd also moonlight as a guitarist with Chicago stalwarts J.B. Lenoir and Hound Dog Taylor, while sitting in everywhere and playing with seemingly everyone, Dizz was always welcome on anyone's bandstand. He also fronted his band own band Shock Treatment, playing and singing with an unbridled enthusiasm, perhaps the most flamboyant of blues men (Sadly we lost him to cancer) b. April 29th 1937
2002: Erma Franklin (64) American soul, rhythm and blues and pop singer born in Shelby, Mississippi and was reared in Detroit; her best known record is the original version of "Piece of My Heart" since been covered by many top artists. When sister Aretha became a recording artist, Erma provided backing vocals and toured with Aretha. Among her most notable back up performances for her sister was on Aretha's signature tune, "'Respect". (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
2009: Fred Mills (70) Canadian musician and music professor born in Guelph, Canada; while studying at the Juilliard School of Music he was invited to join the Houston Symphony Orchestra as Principal Trumpet and in 1961 he was a founding member of the American Symphony Orchestra in New York City. While living in NYC, Fred played with the Symphony of the Air, Musica Aeterna Orchestra, NYC Ballet Orchestra, Marlboro Festival Orchestra and Casals Festival Orchestra and recorded with Morton Gould, Robert Shaw, Igor Stravinsky, Steinberg and Stokowski. For six years Fred was principal trumpet with the New York City Opera. In 1968 Fred returned to Canada to play with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. In 1972 he joined the Canadian Brass and for 24 years Fred played over 3500 concerts in Asia, Europe, and North America with the CB. As a member of the renowned Canadians, Fred made over 40 CDs for RCA, Sony, Philips and BMG. During this time Fred contributed more than 50 transcriptions and arrangements to the Brass repertoire. While with the CB, Fred made numerous TV apperances on PBS, CBC, NHK, BBC and American Networks and was a Grammy award nominee in 1992. In 1996 he joined University of Georgia music professor, which he continued the reast of his life. Besides teaching trumpet, he coached a graduate brass quintet, The Bulldog (He died in a car crash in Walton County between Atlanta and Athens as he returned home from a trip overseas to perform) b. ????

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; he first met the band after reviewing their stage performance. Instead of the anticipated negative review of a rock-n-roll group, Derek gave their act the highest praises. Invited to become acquainted with the Beatles camp, he soon became a confidant, and gained his share of exclusives on them. As the Beatles gained national attention in Britain, Derek's editors conceived of a running column by a Beatle to boost circulation, under their byline but to be ghostwritten by Taylor. George Harrison was the member chosen. Initially given only the right to approve or disapprove of the content, Harrison's dissection of the first draft turned the column into an ongoing collaboration between him and Derek, with Harrison providing the stories and Derek giving them polish. Brian Epstein hired Derek away from his newspaper job, putting him in charge of Beatles press releases and playing media liaison to himself and the band. He also became Epstein's personal assistant. In 1964 Derek co-wrote A Cellarful of Noise, Epstein's autobiography, then departed, moving to California. In 1965 he started his own public relations company, managing the PR for bands like Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Byrds and The Beach Boys. He was a co-creator and producer of the historic Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. In 1968, he returned to England to work for the Beatles again, as the press officer for the newly created Apple Corps. As a VIP at Apple, he had a major role in the company's ups and downs, making or enforcing many crucial business and personal decisions, for the Beatles and Apple's staff, and witnessing many key moments in the latter days of both. In 1980, he collaborated again with George Harrison, helping to complete I Me Mine, Harrison's autobiography as he did with many other books about The Beatles. He worked at Apple until his death (cancer) b. May 7th 1935.
1999: Moondog/Louis Thomas Hardin (83) American composer, musician, cosmologist, poet, and inventor of several musical instruments. Born in Marysville and bought up in Wyoming, where he would sit on Chief Yellow Calf's lap and played the buffalo skin tomtom as a child. He played drums in Hurley High School in 1929 and there he lost his sight in his early teens when a dynamite cap exploded. He studied music and finished high school at the Iowa School for the Blind, where he studied counterpoint and harmony and learnt how to play the piano, pipe organ, violin and viola. After he graduated he studied privately with Burnet Tuthill at the Memphis Conservatory of Music. In 1933 he studied braille at the Missouri School for the Blind in St. Louis. Then, in 1943, he took a bus to New York City, which he made his beloved home for the next three decades. In 1947, after he wrote his earliest pieces and he announced that he was now "Moondog," and soon became a fixture in the city's cultural life. He got his musical inspiration from the sounds of New Your, the tube, the river, the boats, the traffic, the hussle and bussle. Moondog 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, mainly 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'. In a search for new sounds, he invented several musical instruments, including a small triangular-shaped harp known as the "Oo", another which he named the "Ooo-ya-tsu", and the "Trimba", a triangular percussion instrument. Moondog had an idealised view of Germany "The Holy Land with the Holy River", the Rhine, where he settled in 1974. A German student, Ilona Goebel helped him set up a primary holding company for his artistic endeavors and hosted him, first in Oer-Erkenschwick, and later on in Münster in Westphalia, Germany, where he spent the remainder of his life. Moondog visited America briefly in 1989, for a tribute in which Phillip Glass asked him to conduct the Brooklyn Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, at the New Music America Festival in Brooklyn, stimulating a renewed interest in his music. He recorded many albums, and toured in the U.S. France, Germany and Sweden. His work has influenced many musicians over the decades from Jimmy McGriff to Elvis Costello and among the covers, the UK pop group Prefab Sprout included the song "Moondog" on their album "Jordan: The Comeback" released in 1990 and Janis Joplin covered his song "All Is Loneliness" on the 1967 album Big Brother and the Holding Company (?) 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
1960: Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling (49) Swedish tenor born in Borlänge, Dalarna. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th Century, appearing frequently at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as well as most other leading opera houses around the world. Jussi was won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance in 1960 (On March 15, 1960, Björling suffered a heart attack before a performance at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. However, he still performed that night. He died of heart-related causes six months later in Siarö, Sweden) b. September 9th 1960.
1996: William Smith "Bill" Monroe (84) American musician, The Father of Bluegrass, who helped develop the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys". Born in Rosine, Kentucky, his performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. Bill tended to recruit promising young musicians who served an apprenticeship with him before becoming accomplished artists in their own right, including singer/guitarists Clyde Moody, Lester Flatt, Jack Cook, Mac Wiseman, Jimmy Martin, Carter Stanley, Del McCoury, Peter Rowan, Roland White, Roland Dunn and Doug Green; banjo players Earl Scruggs, Don Reno, Sonny Osborne, and Bill Keith; and fiddlers Tommy Magness, Chubby Wise, Vassar Clements, Byron Berline, Kenny Baker, Bobby Hicks, Gordon Terry, and Glen Duncan. Bill was made an honorary Kentucky colonel in 1966. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as an "early influence") in 1997. As the "father of bluegrass," he was also an inaugural inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor in 1991. In 1993, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1995. He kept up with a hectic working schedule well into the 90s. (Bill suffered a stroke in April 1996, ending his touring and playing career, he died 5 months later) b. September 13th 1911.
1998: Lucio Battisti (55) Italian singer-songwriter; he is considered to be one of the most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history. He wrote many, many, songs for other artists such as "Il Paradiso", become a No.1 hit in the UK for Amen Corner as "If Paradise Is Half as Nice", and The Hollies recorded a Lucio's song "Non prego per me" in Italian. From 1969 to 1994 he released 18 albums. His first great hit was "Acqua azzurra, acqua chiara", in 1969, which won the Festivalbar. That same year, he released his self-titled debut album. A significant part of his work was translated into Spanish and one album Images in 1977 was translated into English. He found he was becoming extremley stage shy and in 1976 announced he would only be heard through his studio albums, completely disappearing from the public scene. He recorded his last album "Hegel" in 1994 (lost his life to cancer) b. March 5th 1943
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, which he founded in 1967. He wrote most of the songs for the Outlaws, including "Hurry Sundown", "There Goes Another Love Song," and "Green Grass and High Tides". After The Outlaws disbanded he joined Lynyrd Skynyrd as a third guitarist from 1996 until 2005, when he left to reform The Outlaws. Hughie contributed to writing of many of Lynyrd Skynyrd's songs on their 2009 album God & Guns, including the single "Still Unbroken." (sadly died of a heart attack) b. August 13th 1952

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).
2001: "DJ Uncle Al/Albert Moss (31) American DJ, born in Miami, Florida; known for his trend setting and innovative abilities in music producing and broadcasting as well as his philosophy of "peace in the hood" and non-violence in the community. The "DJ Uncle Al "Peace in the Hood" Festival" is an annual festival that is held in the Liberty City area of Miami, in honor of Al and promote his philosophy of "Peace In The Hood." (tragically he was murdered) b. August 14th 1969.
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).
2008: Vernon "Tod" Handley (77) UK conductor; he attended Balliol College, Oxford, where he read English philology and the Guildhall School of Music, where his performing instrument was the double bass. He was inspired and learned some of his conducting technique by watching Sir Adrian Boult. In 1962 he was appointed the musical director of the newly formed Guildford Philharmonic Orch, he also directed the Tonbridge Philharmonic orchestra. In 1983 he was appointed associate conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He was Principal Conductor of the Ulster Orch from 1985 to 1989, and had the title of Conductor Laureate from 2003 until his death. From 1986 to 1988, he was chief conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. He was Conductor Emeritus of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted a number of others in concert, for broadcast and for recording and was appointed Principal Conductor of the English Symphony Orch in January 2007. Vernon was honoured with many awards, such as The Gramophone magazine's Special Achievement Award in 2003; and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Classical BRIT Awards on 3 May 2007 at the Royal Albert Hall. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 Queen's Birthday Honours and held an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Surrey and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Music (Vernon died at his home in Monmouthshire) b. November 11th 1930

September 11th
1971: Curtis Jones (65) American blues pianist, born in Naples, Texas; the origins of the blues standard "Tin Pan Alley" can be traced directly back to pianist Curtis Jones. Curtis played guitar as a boy, but switched to piano after a move to Dallas. In 1936 he relocated to Chicago, where he recorded between 1937 and 1941 on Vocalion Records, Bluebird Records, and Okeh Records. Among his best-known tunes from these recordings were the hit "Lonesome Bedoom Blues" and the song "Tin Pan Alley". World War II interrupted his recording career, until 1953, when Al Benson released a single of his, "Wrong Blues"/"Cool Playing Blues", on Parrot Records, featuring L. C. McKinley on guitar. Curtis's first full-length appeared in 1960, by which time he had become a noted performer on the Chicago folk music scene. A solo album appeared in 1962, but by that time he had moved to Europe, where he spent the rest of his life, apart from a couple of years living in Morocco. He made further albums in the UK, the last in 1968 (?) b. August 18th 1906.
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/Lyon Himan Green (72) Canadian actor and singer born in Ottawa, Ontario; as well as his vast career in films and television, in the 1960s, Lorne capitalized on his Bonanza, Ben Cartwright image, by recording several albums of country-western/folk songs, which he performed in a mixture of spoken word and singing. In 1964, he had a No.1 hit with his ballad, "Ringo" (prostate cancer) b. February 12th 1915
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) b. September 15th 1915.
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. He made his first recordings for the local AFO Records in 1962 while still a teenager. Three years later, he cut "Teasin' You", a soulful, mid-tempo composition for Atlantic Records. His "Walking Up a One-Way Street" and "Thank You John" were also popular hits. In the late 1960s, Willie Tee & the Souls performed everywhere from the Apollo Theater in Harlem to the Ivanhoe on Bourbon Street. After hearing the band at the Ivanhoe in 1968, jazz musician Cannonball Adderley encouraged Tee to record an instrumental album. The album was never released, but the master tapes were recently rediscovered in the vaults of Capitol Records. In April 2007, The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame honored Willie Tee for his contributions to Louisiana music with an induction. (colon cancer) b. February 6th 1944.
2007: Joe Zawinul (75) Austrian jazz keyboardist, composer and founder of Weather Report; born in Vienna he first came to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley. He went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and became one of the earliest musicians to play jazz fusion, which blended jazz with rock and roll ...READ MORE... (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).
2000: Stanley William Turrentine (66) American jazz tenor saxophonist also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He began his prolific career with blues and rhythm and blues bands, and was at first greatly influenced by Illinois Jacquet. In the 1950s he went on to play with the groups of Lowell Fulson, Earl Bostic, and at the turn of the decade, Max Roach. He married the organist Shirley Scott in 1960 and played frequently with her. In the 1960s he started working with organist Jimmy Smith, and made many soul jazz recordings both with Smith and as a leader. In the 1970s, after his professional split and divorce from Shirley, he turned to jazz fusion. He worked with Milt Jackson, Bob James, Richard Tee, Idris Muhammad, Ron Carter, and Eric Gale, to name a few. He returned to soul jazz in the 1980s and into the 1990s. (sadly died of a stroke in New York City) b. April 5th 1934.
2003: Johnny Cash/J. R. Cash (71) American singer songwriter; one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World War II country music. With his deep, baritone and spare, percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. Born in Kingsland, Arkansas, he was given the name "J.R." because his parents could not agree on a name, only on initials. When he enlisted in the US Air Force, the military would not accept initials as his name, so he adopted John R. Cash as his legal name. In a career that spanned almost 5 decades John received multiple Country Music Association Awards, Grammys, and other awards, in categories ranging from vocal and spoken performances to album notes and videos. His diversity is evidenced by his presence in three major music halls of fame: the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, only Hank Williams Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, and Bill Monroe share the honor with John of being in all three. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers, such as "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue", a duet with future wife June Carter called "Jackson", as well as railroad songs including "Hey Porter" and "Rock Island Line". (complications from diabetes and respiratory failure) b. February 26th 1932
2004: Kenny Buttrey (59) American influential session drummer born in Nashville, Tennessee. He became a professional musician at the age of 11 working with Charlie McCoy and went on his first world tour at the age of 14 with Chet Atkins. He went on to play with two of his own groups, Barefoot Jerry and Area Code 615, best known for its song "Stone Fox Chase," which was the theme song for the BBC music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 1970s. His is noted for his work with Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Jimmy Buffett and was quoted as saying he is most proud of his drumming on Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay". He appears on Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Nashville Skyline, and John Wesley Harding albums; Niel Young's albums Tonight's the Night, Harvest, and Harvest Moon; and Jimmy Buffett's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, including the iconic "Margaritaville". He also worked with Bob Seger, Gordon Lightfoot, Elvis Presley, Donovan, George Harrison, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg and Kris Kristofferson. In 1979, Kenny provided the drumming for Chuck Berry's final studio album Rock It. In addition to studio work, he was a member of Neil Young's touring band, the Stray Gators and played in the group Rig. Also in 1979, Kenny played drums on contemporary Christian singer Don Francisco's "Got to Tell Somebody" album. (Sadly died in Nashville after a battle with cancer) b. April 1st 1945.
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. His other hits include "Only You, Only You", "Who Will Buy the Wine", "Wild as a Wildcat", "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon", and "I Wouldn't Take Her To A Dog Fight Even If I Thought That She Could Win". A member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1967, he was inducted into the Country Radio DJ Hall of Fame in 1981 and 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) British-born American orchestral conductor, known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and he obtained a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted. In America, he performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. He was also the founder of the All-American Youth Orchestra, the New York City Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and The American Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the music for and appeared in Disney's Fantasia along with being portrayed by Bugs Bunny in the 1949 Looney Tunes episode Long-Haired Hare (heart attack) b. April 18th 1882.
1994: John William Stevens (54) English drummer in Brentford, Middlesex; he was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME). John played alongside a large number of prominent free improvisors in the SME, including Derek Bailey, Peter Kowald and Julie Tippetts, but from the 1970s, the make-up of the SME began to settle down to a regular group of himself, Nigel Coombes playing violin, and Roger Smith playing guitar.From 1983, John was involved with Community Music (CM), an organisation through which he took his form of music making to youth clubs, mental health institutions and other unusual places. Notes taken during these sessions were later turned into a book for the Open University called Search and Reflect (1985). In the late 70s and early 80s John was a regular performer at the Bracknell Jazz Festival (?) b. June 10th 1940
1996: 2Pac/Makaveli /Tupac Amaru Shakur (25) American hip hop artist, poet and actor, born in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York . He is is one of the best-selling music artists in the world with 37.5 million albums sold in the United States and over 75 milion albums worldwide. In addition to his status as a top-selling rap artist, 2Pac was a promising actor and a social activist. Most of 2Pac's songs are about growing up amid violence and hardship in ghetto's, racism, problems in the society and conflicts with other rappers. 2Pac's work is known by many for often advocating egalitarianism. 2Pac was initially a roadie and backup dancer for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground. (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) b. June 16th 1971.

September 14th
1951: Fritz Busch (61) German conductor born in Siegen; he held posts conducting opera at Aachen, Stuttgart and Dresden. In 1933 he was dismissed from his post at Dresden because of his opposition to the new Nazi government of Germany. He went on to work in South America and Scandinavia before becoming the music director of the Glyndebourne summer festival in England. He remained at Glyndebourne until the outbreak of World War II. After this he focused on work in South America and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 1934 - 1951 he was principal guest conductor of Danish National Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen (died in London, UK) b. March 13th 1890
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) American blues singer from New Orleans, known for the amazing range of his singing voice and his gospel influenced style. He began his career singing gospel, changing over to secular music in 1959, and scored the hit single "I Won't Cry", followed by a string of regional hits in the 1960s which included "Release Me" and "Reconsider Me". As a veteran R&B vocalist he tackled an exceptionally wide variety of material in his later years and in the 1980s and 1990s, Johnny recorded several award-winning albums for Rounder Records. (He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after a long battle with stomach cancer) b. January 5th 1932.
2001: Stylianos "Stelios" Kazantzidis (70) Greek singer, a leading singer of Greek popular music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Greece's foremost composers. Born in Athens he made his first public appearance at a Kifissia night club in the early 1950s and soon after, in July 1952, made his first studio recording with a song entitled "I'm going for a swim". He went on to t collaborate with some of the biggest names in Greek music, among them Manolis Chiotis, Manos Hadjidakis, Mikis Theodorakis, and Stavros Xarhakos. He and Marinella became a legendary duo. In 1965, in the peak of his career, decided to stop public appearances. He didn't sing in public again for the rest of his life. For the next ten years, he only released studio albums. The following year he divorced Marinella, and they recorded their last duets "Mh Mou Lete Gia Authn", "Apopse Se Eho Stin Agalia Mou," "I Kardia Tis Manas" (died of a brain tumor) b. August 29th 1931.
2002: Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams (87) American saxophone player and band leader famous for "The Hucklebuck"; after performing with Clarence Dorsey and King Porter he formed his own band in 1947, having his 1949 hit, "The Hucklebuck", a twelve-bar blues that also spawned a dance craze. The single went to No.1 on the R&B chart, after which he used Paul Williams and his Hucklebuckers as his billing name. (Four years earlier Charlie Parker had used the same riff for his "Now's the Time"). Along with Tiny Grimes, he co-headlined the first "Moondog Coronation Ball", promoted by Alan Freed in Cleveland on March 21st 1952, often claimed as the first rock and roll concert, where he saw crazed fans crash through the ticket gates. The show was halted, but not before Paul had a chance to perform. Later worked in the Atlantic Records house band and was musical director for Lloyd Price and James Brown (?) b. July 13th 1915.
2006: Norman Brooks/Norman Joseph Arie (78) Canadian singer, born in Montreal, best known for his ability to sound like Al Jolson. He played Jolson in the 1956 film, The Best Things in Life Are Free. He also performed in nightclubs and on television in the US and Canada during the 1950s and 1960s. He played himself in the 1960 film Ocean's Eleven. His records "Hello Sunshine" and "You Shouldn't Have Kissed Me The First Time" for the Zodiac label were national hits in 1953 (?) b. August 19th 1928.
2009: Bobby Graham/Robert Francis Neate (69) British session drummer; born in Edmonton, North London, as a boy he took lessons with Ronnie Verrell, a veteran drummer with Ted Heath's band. As a teenager in the mid '50s to late '60s he played in various amateur and semi-professional bands and played a summer season at Butlins with Billy Gray and the Stormers. Through the 60s he was one of the busiest session drummers in England, he was chosen by the top producers of the day to record hit after hit for the big name groups such as The Kinks, The Animals and Dave Clark. He was Brian Epstein's choice to replace Pete Best in The Beatles, but Bobby declined the offer. He has played on over 15,000 titles and is said to be the most recorded drummer in the UK. By the '70s Bobby was on a downward spiral, he was suffering the effects of the rock 'n' roll life style. He battled through it and went on to teaching and lecturing schoolchildren about the skiffle boom, rock and roll and the swinging sixties (stomach cancer) b. March 11th 1940.

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, one of the most famous of the 20th century post-bop pianists, influencing pianists such as Herbie Hancock, John Taylor, Steve Kuhn, Denny Zeitlin, Don Friedman, Bobo Stenson and Keith Jarrett, and guitarists Lenny Breau and Pat Metheny. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, his started learning classical piano at age six, he also became proficient at the flute and violin. At 12, Bill filled in for his older brother Harry in Buddy Valentino's band. In the late 1940s, he played boogie woogie in various New York City clubs. He went on to receive a music scholarship to Southeastern Louisiana University, where he co-founded the Delta Omega Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. After his time in the U.S. Army, he returned to New York and worked at nightclubs with jazz clarinetist Tony Scott. In the 1950s he went on to appear on albums by Charles Mingus, Oliver Nelson, Tony Scott, and Art Farmer. In 1956, he made his debut album, New Jazz Conceptions, featuring the original version of "Waltz for Debby". In 1958, Bill was hired by Miles Davis, for eight months becoming the only white member of his famed sextet. After which, in December of 1958 he came back as leader of his band with the album 'Everybody Digs Bill Evans', which included the famous haunting "Peace Piece". Through his working trios would pass such players as bassists LaFaro, Israels, Gary Peacock, Teddy Kotick, Eddie Gomez, and Marc Johnson; and drummers Motian, Larry Bunker, Arnie Wise, Joe Hunt, Philly Joe Jones, Jack DeJohnette, John Dentz, Marty Morell, Eliot Zigmund, and Joe La Barbera. Bill won 6 grammy awards and was nominated thirty-one times (His body finally gave up 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) b. August 16th 1929.
1981: Rafael Méndez (75) Mexican virtuoso solo trumpeter, born in Michoacan, as a youngster he was the cornetist for Pancho Villa. His most famous recording, "Moto Perpetuo," by Paganini for violin and features Rafael double tonguing continuously for over 4 minutes while circular breathing to give the illusion that he is not taking a natural breath while playing. From 1950 to 1975, he was a full time soloist, performing as many as 125 concerts per year. He was also very active as a recording artist. Many of his recordings are now available on compact disc. His repertoire was a mixture of classical, popular, Mexican folk music and jazz. Méndez contributed many arrangements and original compositions to the trumpet repertoire. His Scherzo in D Minor is often heard in recitals, and has been recorded by David Hickman. (?) b. March 26th 1906
1985: Cootie Williams/Charles Melvin Williams (74) American jazz, rhythm 'n' blues trumpeter, born in Mobile, Alabama. He began his career with the Young Family band, which included saxophonist Lester Young, when he was 14 years old. In 1928, he made his first recordings with pianist James P. Johnson in New York, where he also worked in the bands ofFletcher Henderson and Chick Webb. Cootie rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra, with which he performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both with other Ellington sidemen and freelance. In 1940 he joined Benny Goodman's orchestra, then in 1941 formed his own orchestra, in which over the years he employed Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Eddie Vinson, and other important young players. Cootie began to play more rhythm and blues in the late 40s. In the 50s he toured with small groups and fell into obscurity. In 1962 he rejoined Ellington and stayed with the orchestra until 1974, after Ellington's death. In 1975, he performed during the Super Bowl IX halftime show (?) b. July 10th 1911.
1998: Barrett Deems (80) American drummer born Springfield, Illinois. Among others he was with the Joe Venuti big band in 1937 until 1944, Red Norvo in 1948, Charlie Barnet in 1951, and Muggsy Spanier from 1951-1954, during that era he was billed almost accurately as "the world's fastest drummer". He also worked with Louis Armstrong during 1954-1958, performing as part of Satchmo's band in the 1956 musical High Society and with Jack Teagarden from 1960-64. Up until just before his death Barrett still performed with his own excellent Barrett Deems 18-piece Big Band including trumpeters Brad Goode and Mike McLaughlin, trombonist Audrey Morrison, and reedmen Barry Winograd and Richie Corpolongo (pneumonia) b. March 1st 1914.
2004: Johnny Ramone/Cummings (55) American guitarist; a rebel in a rebel's world, Johnny was raised Queens, N.Y., where as a teenager, he played in a band called the Tangerine Puppets with future Ramones drummer Tamás Erdélyi aka Tommy Ramone. Influenced by the likes of the Stooges and MC5, in 1974 he co-founded "The Ramones", often regarded as the first punk rock group, with Tommy Ramone, Joey Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone. They went on to performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. The Ramones were a major influence on the punk rock movement in the US and the UK, though they achieved only minor commercial success. Their only record with enough U.S. sales to be certified gold was the compilation album Ramones Mania. Recognition of the band's importance has built over the years, and they are now cited in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone lists of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock, and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums and in 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second greatest band of all time by Spin magazine. Alongside his music career, Johnny appeared in nearly a dozen movies including Rock 'n' Roll High School and documentaries. He also made television appearances on such shows as The Simpsons - 1F01 "Rosebud" in 1993 and Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Episode 5 "Bobcat". In 2003 he was named the 16th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine and in 2009, Time Magazine named named Johnny on its list of the 10 best electric guitarists of all-time (died after a long battle with prostate cancer) b. October 8th 1948
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 born in Valencia, Carabobo State. He was a prolific composer, creating a wide range of music, such as Caribbean, Jazz, Venezuelan waltzes, including works for orchestra, orchestra and soloist, orchestra and choir, chamber music, up to symphonic works of great dimensions. Aldemaro collaborated with popular orchestras and singers, such as Dean Martin, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stan Kenton, Machito and Tito Puente. He also toured extensively, performing in numerous countries: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Spain, France, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Egypt and Japan. Over his long career he was honored with many awards, in 1969 he recieved the Peace Prize of the Soviet Intellectuals, in the Moscow Cinema Festival for his soundtrack music for the Simón Bolivar epic film. He also obtained the first prize as composer and conductor at Majorca Palms Festival, the Olympic Games Musical Festival in Greece; and in the Latin Song Festival of Mexico. For his extensive work, he received numerous recognitions in his country, being awarded with the Andrés Bello, Diego de Losada, Francisco de Miranda and the Work Merit orders, all in their first class, granted by the Venezuelan Government to political, artistic and social outstanding individuals. Then, in 2000 obtained the National Music Prize, and in 2006 the Honoris Causa degrees from the University of Carabobo and Lisandro Alvarado University of Barquisimeto. (complications of intestinal blockage) b. March 12th 1928.
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) British singer, guitar; 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) American-born Greek soprano, born in New York, received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. She was one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts. An very versatile singer, her repertoire ranged from classical opera seria to the bel canto operas of Donizetti, Bellini, and Rossini; further, to the works of Verdi and Puccini; and earlier the music dramas of Wagner. Her remarkable musical and dramatic talents led to her being hailed as La Divina. (heart attack) b. December 2nd 1923.
2003: Shelby F. "Sheb" Wooley (82) American character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty hit "Purple People Eater". Born in Erick, Oklahoma, and was raised on a farm, he learned to ride horses at an early age, and before WW2 he was a working cowboy and rodeo rider. After which he played in a country-western band. Sheb appeared in dozens of western films from the '50s through 70s, most notably High Noon. He also appeared in The Outlaw Josey Wales and Giant, as well as co-starring as Pete Nolan in the TV's Rawhide. A recording of his scream has been used by sound effects teams in over 130 films. (sadly died of 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... read more (long battle with diabetes) b. May 12th 1940
2009: Johnny Mullins (86) American singer-songwriter and guitarist; born and raised in a little town near Cassville and Exeter, Missouri. in his late teens he moved to Oregon where he worked at a lumber yard and at the local radio station where they called him “The Yodelin’ Cowboy from the Ozarks” before moving to Springfield. This is where he met country singer Porter Wagoner who became his life long friend. Johnny wrote Porter’s first song “Company’s Comin". Among the many other songs he wrote was Emmy Lou Harris’ hit song “Blue Kentucky Girl,” which was nominated for a Grammy in 1980. In the early '80's he met Mike Smith of KSMU FM Radio where for many years he played on the Saturday Night Live show (Alzheimer's disease) b. ????
2009: Filip Nikolitch (35) French singer and actor, born in Saint Ouen, France, although his parents are of Yugoslavian origin. He grew up in Longjumeau, a suburban town outside of Paris, France. Filip's talents range from gymnastics, he was a champion in France; acting, he starred with Dennis Rodman in Simon Sez in 1999, but most notably, his singing... Filip was part of '2Be3', a popular boys band. Inspired by English bands like Take That and Worlds Apart, the band was formed in 1996, by three childhood friends, Filip, Adel Kachermi and Frank Delay. Their debut album 'Partir un jour' reached No.2 in 1998 and they achieved 6 singles in the French charts. During year 2000, they toured in France, Germany, England, Switzerland, Belgium, and Yugoslavia. The group recorded 2 more charting studio albums and various compilations before they disbanded in 2001. Filip continued with his acting career and reportedly, he was preparing a solo album at the time of his untimely death (alleged drug overdose) b. September 1st 1974
2009: Mary Travers (72) American folk singer; born in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of 2, her family moved to Greenwich Village in New York City, where she attended the Little Red School House there, but left in the eleventh grade to pursue her singing career. While still in high school, she joined The Song Swappers, a group who sang backup for Pete Seeger when he recorded the album Talking Union, in 1955. The Song Swappers recorded four albums in 1955, all with with Peter Seeger. Mary was also cast in the Broadway-theatre show, The Next President. Unlike most folk musicians who were a part of that early 1960s Greenwich Village music scene, Mary actually grew up there. The group Peter, Paul and Mary which included Mary, Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey was formed in 1961 by their manager, Albert Grossman. Their 1962 debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary, included "500 Miles", "Lemon Tree", and the Pete Seeger hit tunes "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?". The album was listed in the Billboard Magazine Top Ten for 10 months, including 7 weeks at No.1. They released 12 albums and had 17 hit singles including "Puff (The Magic Dragon)", "Blowin' in the Wind", "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", "I Dig Rock and Roll Music", "Day is Done" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The group broke up in 1970, and Mary pursued a solo career recording five albums: Mary in 1971, Morning Glory in 1972, All My Choices in 1973, Circles in 1974 and It's in Everyone of Us in 1978. After which, that same year, Peter Paul and Mary re-formed. They reunited for a concert to protest nuclear energy, and continued to record albums together and tour, playing around 45 shows a year, until Mary's death. Sadly in 2005, Mary was diagnosed with leukemia. The group was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999 and received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award from Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 (leukemia) b. November 9th 1936 ... READ MORE

September 17th
1951: Jimmy Yancey (53) US pianist born in Chicago; he started performing as a singer in traveling shows during his childhood. He was a noted pianist by 1915, and influenced younger musicians, such as Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons. He popularized a left hand figure which became known as the 'Yancey bass', and was later used in Pee Wee Crayton's "Blues After Hours", Guitar Slim's "The Things That I Used to Know" and many other songs. Part of Jimmy's distinctive style was that he played in a variety of keys but always ended every song in E flat. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. (died of a stroke) b. February 20th 1898.
1966: Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (35) German tenor, born in Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, he managed to obtain a scholarship in order to pursue his studies at the Freiburg College of Music where he studied French horn and voice. He was soon noted as a brilliant young tenor, especially in Mozartian roles, but he later expanded his reach to the full range of the lyric tenor repertoire. Most of his recordings of the standard operatic repertoire are sung in German, including Verdi's Rigoletto and Don Carlo. He achieved the highest distinction within the German repertory, special importance is a recording of Mozart's Magic Flute in which Fritz stars as Prince Tamino opposite baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the role of Papageno. At the time of his death, he had been recording Haydn's The Creation, with the Berlin Philharmonic. In the BBC Music Magazine of April 2008, Wunderlich was voted the fourth greatest tenor of all time (his career was cut short when he fell from a stairway in a friend's country house in Oberderdingen near Maulbronn, and died in the University Clinic of Heidelberg) b. September 26th 1930.
1973: Hugo Winterhalter (64) American violinist, reed instruments and and an easy listening arranger and composer; born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania he graduated from Mount St. Mary's, Maryland in 1931, where he played saxophone for the orchestra and sang in tow of the choirs. He later studied violin and reed instruments at the New England Conservatory of Music. After graduating, he taught school for several years before turning professional in the mid 1930s, serving as a sideman and arranger for Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Raymond Scott, Claude Thornhill and others. Hugo also arranged and conducted sessions for singers including Dinah Shore and Billy Eckstine, and in 1948 he was named musical director at MGM Records. After which he moved to Columbia Records, where he scored a hit with his orchestral reading of "Blue Christmas." He then in 1950 moved to RCA Victor, where he arranged sessions for artists including Perry Como, Eddie Fisher and the Ames Brothers; he also recorded several instrumental albums, among them 1952's Great Music Themes of Television, one of the first collections of TV theme songs ever recorded. Winterhalter also notched a series of chart hits, including "Blue Tango," "Vanessa," "The Little Shoemaker" and "Song of The Barefoot Contessa"; with pianist Eddie Heywood, he reached the number two spot with 1956's "Canadian Sunset." He remained with RCA until 1963, at which time he moved to Kapp; that same year, he penned the main title theme for the film, Diamond Head. At Kapp he recorded a handful of albums including The Best of '64 and its follow-up, The Big Hits of 1965, before leaving the label to work on Broadway. He later worked in television and continued recording the occasional LP for various budget labels (cancer) b. August 15th 1909.
1999: Frankie Vaughan CBE, DL /Frank Abelson (71) English singer, actor, pioneer in the pop culture born in Oxford, UK; a singer of traditional pop music, he issued more than 80 recordings over nearly five decades. He was known as "Mr. Moonlight" after one of his early hits. Frankie's career began in the late 1940s in the theatre doing variety song and dance acts. He was known as a fancy dresser, wearing top hat, bow tie, tails, and cane. In the 1950s he worked for a few years with the Nat Temple band, after which he pursued a solo xareer. In 1955, he recorded what was to become his trademark song, "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl". In early 1957 his cover of "The Green Door" reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart. The same year he was voted 'Showbusiness Personality of the Year'. He went to the US in 1960 to make a movie with Marilyn Monroe, Let's Make Love, and was an actor in several other movies, and in 1961 Frankie was on the bill at the Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre. He was created an OBE in 1965, a CBE in 1996. Frank was a longtime member of the Grand Order of Water Rats, he became King Rat in 1968, a feat he followed up in 1998. He sang the traditional hymn, "Abide With Me", at the 1973 FA Cup Final, won by Sunderland. Later in life, he worked in some memorable stage musicals, most notably 42nd Street. Also during the 1960s, Frankie became involved with youth social problems in Easterhouse, a large housing estate in the outskirts of Glasgow and was influential in attracting new resources and inward investment to the area. (heart failure) b. February 3rd 1928.
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/Johnny Allen Hendrix (27) American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is widely considered to be the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. He headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Jimi often favoured raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. He was one of the musicians who popularized the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends and use of legato based around the pentatonic scale. He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, and Elmore James, rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by some modern jazz. As a record producer, Jimi also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects for rock recording (Jimi was 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) b. November 27th 1942 ... Read More
1987: Gentleman Jeff Graboski aka Spink (34) Drummer; a member of the bands Little Hans and OHO (Overdose of antidepressant).
1991: Robin Tyner/Robert Derminer (46) American singer, frontman for MC5. His adopted surname was in tribute to the jazz pianist McCoy Tyner. The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan in 1964 and active until 1972. They played hard rock music that also included blues-rock, psychedelic rock, rock & roll and garage rock and it was Rob who issued the infamous rally cry of "kick out the jams, motherfuckers" at the MC5's live concerts. Its brute force and noise made it a huge influence on punk-rock from the mid-1970's onward. Their manager, John Sinclair, was also the leader of the radical White Panther Party. After the group's performance during the turbulent 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago, it was signed by Elektra Records. It released its first album, a live recording called "Kick Out the Jams," in 1969. The album's use of profanity caused problems with record stores, although an expurgated version was released, and the group was dropped by Elektra. Group members were also arrested repeatedly on various charges, including obscenity. The group released 2 subsequent albums, "Back in the U.S.A." and "High Time," before disbanding in 1972. Afterward, Rob worked with local bands in Detroit, and in 1990 he with his Rob Tyner Band released the album "Bloodbrothers" on the local R&A label (heart attack) b. December 12th 1944.
1997: Jimmy Witherspoon (74) American blues singer born in Gurdon, Arkansas; 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. In 1950 he had hits with "No Rollin' Blues", "Big Fine Girl", as well as "Failing By Degrees" and "New Orleans Woman". His style of blues, "blues shouter", became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album, Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which featured Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines and Mel Lewis, among others. He later recorded with Gerry Mulligan, Leroy Vinnegar, Richard "Groove" Holmes and T-Bone Walker. Other performers with whom Witherspoon recorded include Jimmy Rowles, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Vernon Alley, Mel Lewis, Teddy Edwards, Gerald Wiggins, John Clayton, Paul Humphrey, Pepper Adams, Kenny Burrell, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Smith, Long John Baldry, Junior Mance, Ellington bassist Jimmy Woode, Kenny Clarke, Gerry Mulligan, Jim Mullen, Count Basie, Gene Gilbeaux and others (sadly died of throat cancer) b. August 8th 1920.
1998: Charlie Foxx (58) US guitar, vocalists; he and his sister Inez Foxx were an African-American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang back-up and played guitar. Their most successful record was with their novelty composition, "Mockingbird", released in 1963, it made the Top 10 on both the rhythm and blues and pop charts; Other recordings included "I stand Accused", "Hurt by Love," "Ask Me," and "(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days" (leukemia) b. October 23rd 1939.
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. The first score he wrote was for Who Killed Teddy Bear? in 1965. 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. He and his song-writing partner Al Kasha continued to work together until the late 1990s, their final collaboration being Rescue Me in 1998. The pair also worked together on a number of Broadway musicals, receiving Tony Award for Best Original Score nominations for both Copperfield and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (heart attack) b. December 18th 1937.
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) b. ?????
2008: Opal Courtney Jr (71) American singer with The Spaniels, the group 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. Their hits included "Baby It's You", "Fairy Tales", and aslo "Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite", the later which was featured in the blockbuster movie, American Graffiti (heart attack) b. November 11th 1936.
2008: Mauricio Kagel (76) German-Argentine composer, born into a Jewish family which fled from Russia in the 1920s. He studied music, history of literature, and philosophy in Buenos Aires. In 1957 Mauricio relocated to Cologne, Germany, where he lived until his death. Mauricio was notable for his interest in developing the theatrical side of musical performance. Many of his pieces give specific theatrical instructions to the performers, such as to adopt certain facial expressions while playing, to make their stage entrances in a particular way, to physically interact with other performers and so on. His work comparable to the Theatre of the Absurd. "Staatstheater" from 1971 is probably the piece that most clearly shows his absurdist tendency. From 1960–66 and 1972–76 he taught at the International Summer School at Darmstadt, as well as at the State University of New York at Buffalo from 1964 to 1965 as Slee Professor of music theory and at the Berlin Film and Television Academy as a visiting lecturer. He served as director of courses for new music in Gothenburg and Cologne and professor for new music theatre at the Cologne Conservatory from 1974 to 1997. Among his students were Maria de Alvear, Carola Bauckholt, Branimir Krstic, David Sawer, Rickard Scheffer, Juan Maria Solare and Chao-Ming Tung (died in Cologne after a long illness) b. December 24th 1931.

September 19th
1949: Nikos Skalkottas (45)Greek composer born in Chalcis on the island of Euboea, he was one of the most important Greek composers of 20th-century music. In 1923 he gave up his career as a violinist and become a composer, he studied composition in Berlin with Robert Kahn, Paul Juon, Kurt Weill and Philipp Jarnach. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition. (Sadly, he died of the rupture of a neglected common hernia, leaving some symphonic works with incomplete orchestration, and many completed works that were given posthumous premieres) b. 21 March 1904.
1968: Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (58) guitar, harmonica, singer; Country music and gospel star for more than two decades (heart attack).
1972: Robert Casadesus (73) French pianist and composer born in Paris and studied there at the Conservatoire with Louis Diémer, taking a Premier Prix (First Prize) in 1913 and the Prix Diémer in 1920. Beginning in 1922, Robert collaborated with the composer Maurice Ravel on a project to create piano rolls of a number of his works. They also shared the concert platform in France, Spain and England. He is especially noted as an interpreter of Mozart and toured widely as a piano soloist. He was joined by his wife Gaby, and their son Jean in performances of Mozart's concertos for 2 and 3 pianos, with the Columbia Symphony and Cleveland Orchestras conducted by George Szell as well as with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy from 1935 Robert also taught at the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau (?) b. April 7th 1899.
1973: Gram Parsons/Cecil Ingram Connor III (26) American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist; in his early teens he played in rock and roll cover bands such as the Pacers and the Legends, at 16 he turned to folk music, and in 1963 he teamed with his first professional outfit, the Shilos. Heavily influenced by the Kingston Trio and the Journeymen, the band played hootenannies, coffee houses and high school auditoriums. He went on to be a member of the International Submarine Band, The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers and was later a solo artist who recorded and performed duets with Emmylou Harris. Since his death, he has been credited with helping to found both country rock and alt-country and in 2004 Rolling Stone ranked him No.87 on their list of the 100 Most Influential Artists of All Time (He died of morphine and alcohol overdose in a hotel room in Joshua Tree, California) b. November 5th 1946.
1979: John Simmons (61) American jazz bassist and well respected session musician, born in Haskell, Oklahoma. Early on he played with Nat King Cole and Teddy Wilson in 1937, before moving to Chicago, where he played with Jimmy Bell, King Kolax, Floyd Campbell, and Johnny Letman. He played with Roy Eldridge in 1940 and spent 1941-42 variously in the employs of Benny Goodman, Cootie Williams, and Louis Armstrong. In 1942-43 he worked in the CBS Blue Network Orchestra, then played with Duke Ellington in 1943, Eddie Heywood in 1945, and Illinois Jacquet in 1946 in addition to doing so much studio work. He continued to work as a studio musician for much of the 1950s, and also played with Erroll Garner from 1950-52, Harry "Sweets" Edison in 1955, Art Tatum in 1955, the Rolf Ericson/Duke Jordan band in 1956. John also recorded with Lester Young, James P. Johnson, Hot Lips Page, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Sidney DeParis, Sid Catlett, Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Benny Carter, Bill DeArango, Al Casey, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Thompson, Thelonious Monk, and Erroll Garner. One of his last associations was with Phineas Newborn in 1960; sadly ill health forced his retirement not long afterwards (?) b. June 14th 1918.
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)" in 1963, one of the most popular American records of the 1960's (cancer) b. December 30th 1931... Read More
2005: Willie Hutch/Willie McKinley Hutchinson (60) American vocalist, guitarist, songwriter; born in LA and raised in Dallas, Texas, as a teenager while attending Booker T. Washington High, he joined a doo-wop group, The Ambassadors and in 1964 he released "Love Has Put Me Down" on the Soul City label. After moving back to LA, his music caught the eye of The 5th Dimension and Willie was soon writing, producing and arranging songs for the group. In 1969, he signed with RCA Records and put out two albums before he was spotted by Motown producer Hal Davis, after which Berry Gordy signed him to be a staff writer, arranger, producer and musician. He worked with the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, the Miracles and Marvin Gaye. In 1973, he started recording albums for Motown releasing the Fully Exposed album that year. Willie had several R&B hits during this period including "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" and "Slick" and he also recorded the soundtrack for Foxy Brown. He recorded around six albums for Motown peaking with 1975's "Love Power", before leaving the label in 1977 for Norman Whitfield's Whitfield Records. But returned to Motown in 1982 where he scored the disco hit, "In and Out", that same year and also recorded a song for the film, The Last Dragon in 1985. Willie moved back to Dallas in the mid 90s where he continued to record and perform while living comfortably on royalties from old hits and new samples (?) b. December 6th 1944.
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 many of the greats including: Little Richard, Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Dave Bartholomew, Randy Newman, Frank Sinatra, Mamas and the Papas, The Monkees, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Little Feat and Elvis Costello to mention just a few. In 1982, he was elected treasurer of the Local 47 of the American Federation of Musicians. He served until he was defeated in 1984 and was re-elected in 1990. His biography, Backbeat: the Earl Palmer Story, written by Tony Scherman, was published in 1999. In 2000, he became one of the first session musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In more recent years, he played with a jazz trio in Los Angeles (after long illness) b. October 25th 1925.
2008: Dick Sudhalter (69) American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, scholar, critic, and album annotator born in Boston, Massachusetts. He began playing the cornet at 12 and within a few years was performing professionally. After graduating from Oberlin College, he moved to Europe in 1960, later becoming a United Press International correspondent. In 1968 he covered the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia from Prague for UPI. He wrote jazz criticism for the New York Post from '78 to '84. In 1983 he co-founded the Classic Jazz Quartet, in addition to recording with the Classic Jazz Quartet and the New Paul Whiteman Band, he made several solo albums. 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 books in 1999 and 2001 (pneumonia) b. December 28th 1938.
2009: Roc Raida/Anthony Williams (37) American DJ, hip hop turntablist, producer; he learnt his trade in New York city and won the 1995 DMC World DJ Championship. Since 1989 Roc had been a member of the DJ group The X-Ecutioners, working on there debut 1997's "X-Pressions", and their following 5 albums. The last of Roc's being "General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners" in 2005. Along side his work with The X-Ecutioners, he also had a succesful solo career, releasing his debut solo album "The Adventures of Roc Raida... One Too Many!" in 1997, followed by "Crossfaderz", "We Them Niggas", "Champion Sounds", "Rock Phenomenon" and his last solo album "Beats, Cuts and Skits" in 2007(Died from complications arising from spinal injuries related to a car accident some months earlier. He had been released to a physical rehabilitation centre at the time of his death) b. May 18th 1972.

September 20th
1973: Jim Croce (30) Italian American guitarist, songwriter, singer; born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; in the early to mid 60s he was a member of the Villanova Singers and Villanova Spires as well as a student disc jockey at WXVU. Between 1960 and 1973, Jim released six studio albums and eleven singles. His singles "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" were both number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The album "I Got A Name" released on December 1, 1973, which Jim had only finished recording eight days before his death, included three hits: the title song, "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues", and "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (he tragically died when his small commercial aircraft hit a tree on take off in Louisiana) b. January 10th 1943.
1973: Maury Muehleisen (24) US singer (died in a plane crash while travelling with Jim Croce).
1984: Steve Goodman (36) American folk music singer and songwriter from Chicago. He, Ron Banyon, and Steve Hartmann formed a popular rock cover band, "The Juicy Fruits". He left college after one year to pursue his musical career. In 1968 Steve began performing at the Earl of Old Town in Chicago and attracted a following. By 1969, after a brief sojourn in New York City's Washington Square, he was a regular performer in Chicago. During this time he supported himself by singing advertising jingles. Steve is the writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, which won two Grammy Awards. His songs were covered by such musicians as Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Chet Atkins and Willie Nelson. (leukemia) b. July 25th 1948.
1994: Jule Styne/Julius Kerwin Stein (88) British-born American songwriter, composer, born in London but moved to Chicago when he was aged 8. As a young teenager, an also young Mike Todd commissioned Jule to write a song for a musical act that he was creating, the first of over 1,500 published songs Jule would compose in his career. He attended Chicago Musical College, after which he formed his own dance band, bringing him to the notice of Hollywood, where he began a collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn, with whom he wrote many songs for the movies, including "It's Been a Long, Long Time," "Five Minutes More," and the Oscar-winning "Three Coins in the Fountain." He collaborated on the score for the 1955 musical film My Sister Eileen with Leo Robin. Ten of his songs were nominated for the Oscar, many written with Cahn, including "It Seems I Heard That Song Before", "I'll Walk Alone", "It's Magic", and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." In 1947 he wrote his first score for a Broadway musical, High Button Shoes, with Cahn, and over the next several decades wrote the scores for many Broadway shows, most notably Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Peter Pan, Bells Are Ringing, Gypsy, Do Re Mi, Funny Girl, Sugar, and the Tony-winning Hallelujah, Baby!. His collaborators included, among others, Sammy Cahn, Leo Robin, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, and Bob Merrill. Jule was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972 and the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981, and he was a recipient of a Drama Desk Special Award and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1990 (heart failure) b. December 31st 1905.
1996: Paul Weston/Paul Wetstein (84) American pianist, arranger, composer and conductor, born in Springfield, Massachusetts. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1933, he became an arranger for Rudy Vallee's Fleischmann's Hour on radio. In 1936 he joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra as chief arranger, holding the position until 1940. He then became Dinah Shore's arranger/conductor and also worked freelance for the Bob Crosby Orchestra. His association with the Crosby unit took him to Hollywood and into film work, starting with Holiday Inn in 1941. Subsequent films as musical director include Holiday Inn, Belle of the Yukon and Road To Utopia. He arranged Ella Fitzgerald's album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook. In 1942, became musical director for Capitol Records and also began working on radio with Mercer and Capitol singer Jo Stafford. Weston had a long career as a musical director for television, including The Danny Kaye Show. (?) b. March 12th 1912
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.
2006: Armin Jordan (74) Swiss conductor known for his interpretations of French music, Mozart and Wagner. For the most his career he stayed in Switzerland and France. After leading a number of Swiss orchestras he became principal conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Geneva in 1985, a position he held until 1997. He did not conduct in America until 1985, appearing in Seattle and New York. (Armin died in Zürich five days after he collapsed while conducting Prokofiev’s opera The Love for Three Oranges at the opera house in Basel) b. April 9th 1932.
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/John Francis Anthony Pastorius III (36) US bass virtuoso and vocalist; born in Pennsylvania, Jaco grew up in Fort Lauderdale, where he played with visiting R&B and pop acts while still a teenager and built a reputation as a local legend, with his strutting, flamboyant performing style. His mastery of his fretless electric bass brought the rhythm section into the front line, demanding attention. His self titled debut solo album for Epic in 1976 is hailed by many to be the finest bass album ever recorded and his back up band included Herbie Hancock, Don Alias, Wayne Shorter, David Sanborn, Lenny White, and Michael Brecker among others, plus R&B singers Sam & Dave reunited to appear on the track "Come On, Come Over". Also by 1976, Jaco had been invited to join Weather Report, gradually becoming a third lead voice along with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter. As well as all this he was in constant demand as a sessionman and producer, playing on Ian Hunter, Joni Mitchell, Blood Sweat and Tears, Paul Bley, Bireli Lagrene and Ira Sullivan albums. After Weather Report parted ways in early 1981 he toured and recorded with his own band. Among many honours and tributes, Jaco had two Grammy Award nominations for his self-titled debut album and won the readers poll for induction into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1988, one of only four bassists to be so honored, the others being Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton, and Ray Brown, and is the only electric bassist to receive this distinction. Very tragically Jaco was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder in late 1982 following his Word of Mouth tour of Japan, this along with alcohol abuse resulted in a deterioration in his health, leading to increasingly erratic and sometimes anti-social behavior (On September 11th, after sneaking onstage at a Carlos Santana concert, he went to the Midnight Bottle Club in Wilton Manors, Florida, where after being refused entrance to the club, he was engaged in a violent confrontation with the club bouncer, Luc Havan. Jaco was hospitalized for multiple facial fractures, damage to his right eye, right arm, and had sustained irreversible brain damage. He fell into a coma and was put on life support; he died 10 days later. The club bouncer was arrested and sentenced to 22 months in jail with five years probation, but released after four months for good behavior) b. December 1st 1951.
1990: Jo Ann Kelly (46) English blues singer and guitarist born in Streatham, South London. She established a musical partnership with the British blues musician Tony McPhee, and appeared on two McPhee compiled albums for Liberty Records, "Me And The Devil" in 1968 and "I Asked for Water, She Gave Me Gasoline" in 1969. At the end of the 1960s, with an album on a major record label in the United States, both Johnny Winter and Canned Heat tried to recruit Jo Ann into their ranks. However, shw stayed the UK's nightclub scene, and performed on the European circuit, with the guitarist Pete Emery or in bands. In the early 1980s, she was a member of the Terry Smith Blues Band (In 1988, Jo Ann began to suffer from headaches. In 1989 she had an operation to remove a malignant brain tumour, but sadly died the following year) b.
1998: Paul "Oz" Bach (59) bass, vocals; Spanky And Our Gang (cancer).
2006: Boz/Raymond Burrell (60) UK singer and bassist; heralding from Lincoln, England, he formed The Boz People band and in the mid-1960s, he was selected to replace Roger Daltrey in The Who when the band was on the verge of firing Daltrey, but this did not happen. The early 70's, sees Boz with King Crimson as a vocalist also, as the band needed a bassist, he was very quickly taught bass by guitarist Robert Fripp. Next Boz joined Bad Company in 1973 as bassist, touring and recording with them into the 1990s. During his time in Bad Company, he wrote two songs, Rhythm Machine and Gone Gone Gone, from the Desolation Angels LP. Gone Gone Gone was released as a single and is considered one of the band's best compositions. In recent years, he had been working with Tam White. (heart attack) b. August 1st 1946.
2009: Parviz Meshkatian (54) Persian musician, composer and university lecturer; one of the founding members of the Aref ensemble, founded in 1977, and the Sheyda ensemble. He was also one of the founding members of the Chavosh Artistic and Cultural Foundation. The Chavosh foundation has played a major role in the development of Iranian music for a few decades. Parviz toured Europe and Asia and regularly performed in countries such as France, Germany, England, Sweden, Netherlands, and Denmark. In 1982 he published the book Twenty Pieces for Santour. In 1992 he and the Aref Ensemble won the 1st prize of the Spirit of the Earth Festival in England. Parviz's collaboration with Mohammad Reza Shajarian produced some of the most beautiful recordings of contemporary Persian traditional music. While continuing his work as a composer and a researcher, he was also teaching music at Tehran University (heart attack) b. May 15th 1955

September 22nd
1981: Harry Warren (88) American composer and lyricist, he was the first major US songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films. Over a career spanning four decades, Harry wrote over 800 songs. Other well-known hits included "I Only Have Eyes for You", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Jeepers Creepers", "That's Amore" and "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (the last of which was the first gold record in history). One of America's most prolific film composers, his songs have been featured in over 300 films (died in Los Angeles, California) b. December 24th 1893.
1989: Irving Berlin/Israel Baline (101) American composer and lyricist, born in Tyumen, Russian Empire, is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in history. He wrote hundreds of songs, many becoming major hits, which made him "a legend" before he turned thirty. He became his own song publisher and in 1921 he built his own Broadway theatre, the Music Box. During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including the scores for 19 Broadway shows and 18 Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards. Many songs became popular themes and anthems, including "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Easter Parade", "Blue Skies, "Always", "White Christmas", "Happy Holiday", "This is the Army, Mr. Jones", and "There's No Business Like Show Business". His Broadway musical and 1942 film, This is the Army, with Ronald Reagan, had Kate Smith singing Berlin's "God Bless America" which was first performed in 1938. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, Celine Dion recorded it as a tribute, making it No.1 on the charts. His songs have reached the top of the charts 25 times and have been re-recorded countless times by singers including Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Diana Ross, Bing Crosby, Rita Reys, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray, Al Jolson, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald. (heart attack) b. April 11th 1888.
1994: Teddy Buckner (85) American Dixieland trumpet player, sideman and bandleader, born in Sherman, Texas. Early in his career he played with Sonny Clay and worked with Buck Clayton in Shanghai in 1934 and later worked with the likes of Benny Carter, T-Bone Walker and others. Then from 1949 to 1954 he worked in Kid Ory's band, and in the late 1950s his work with Sidney Bechet in France made him popular there. From 1965 to 1981 he performed traditional jazz at Disneyland's New Orleans Square (?) b. July 16th 1909.
2001; Isaac Stern (81) Ukrainian-born violinist, renowned for his recordings and for discovering new musical talent. Of his many recordings, Isaac recorded concertos by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Vivaldi and modern works by Barber, Bartók, Stravinsky, Bernstein and Dutilleux. His discoveries include cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Jian Wang, and violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman to mention a few. Among his many awards, he has been honored with 4 Grammy Awards for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance with orchestra in 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1982; 2 Grammy Awards for Best Chamber Music Performance in 1971 and 1992; and received the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 1987 (sadly died of congestive heart failure) July 21st 1920.
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.
2009: Wess/Wesley Johnson (64) American-born Italian singer; he came from North Carolina, but he moved to Italy in the early '60s to better his music career. After some experiences as a bass player, he had his major break in 1968 with "I miei giorni felici"/"Chapel of dreams". Later he represented Italy along with Dori Ghezzi in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden, finishing in third place. He formed a successful duo with Dori achieving some big hits in Italy, such as "Voglio stare con te", "Come stai? Con chi sei?" and "Un corpo e un'anima". (Wess died in New York during his US tour when a breathing crisis led to his death) b. 1945

September 23rd
1974: Robbie McIntosh (24) Scottish drummer; born in Dundee, Robbie was member of the late-1960s band The Senate, with Alex Ligertwood, after which he joined up with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, appearing on the band's early albums, 'Oblivion Express' and 'Better Land' in 1971, and 'Second Wind' in 1972. It was at this time he began to co-founded the Average White Band. Their breakthrough was a support slot at Eric Clapton's comeback concert in 1973 and MCA Records released their debut album, 'Show Your Hand'. They relocated to New York, signed to Atlantic and released their follow-up, AWB, better known as "The White Album". which reached No.1 in the U.S. Hot 100 chart, sadly this was Robbie's last album (heroin overdose) b. May 6th 1960.
2003: Ronnie Dawson (64) American rockabilly vocalist, guitarist, bass fiddler; born in Dallas, Texas. As a studio musician, he can be heard playing drums on the hit records "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel and "Hey Paula" by Paul and Paula. Throughout the 60's Ronnie performed with a Dallas based group called "The Levee Singers", touring nationally and appearing on such notable TV shows as: "The Danny Kaye Show," "The Jimmy Dean Show," "Hootenanny," and "Hollywood Palace." During the 70's and 80's he formed a country-rock band called "Steelrail ". In 1986 Ronnie received a call from British record collector Barney Koumis telling him that some of his old recordings had become legendary and were collectors items in England and asking if he had any other material that he might be willing to release on Koumis' indie label, "No Hit Records". Subsequently, No Hit put out "Rockin' Bones", a compilation album of early hits, followed by "Monkey Beat" and "Rockinitis", and "Just Rocin' and Rollin", recorded in England and issued in the US. He continued to tour, do commercial jingles for radio and TV, including Hungry Jack Pancakes, Jax Beer and just recently, CiCi's Pizza. (throat cancer) b. August 11th 1939.
2007: Gary Primich (49) American blues harmonica player, vocalist, and songwriter; one of the world's most technically proficient harmonica players. He learnt his trade in Chicago performing in Chicago’s historic Maxwell Street open air market where many of America’s greatest blues artists got their start and playing along with greats like Big Walter Horton, Johnny Littlejohn, Sunnyland Slim, and John Henry Davis, a true first-hand blues education. He relocated to Austin, Texas in the mid 80s. In addition to his solo efforts, Gary was an in-demand sideman, gigging and recording with notables such as Omar & The Howlers, Tish Hinojosa, Steve James and Libbi Bosworth. 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. Over the years he also taught many aspiring harmonica players in workshops across the country (?) b.????

September 24th
1961: Art Christmas (55) Canadian alto sax player, multi-instrumentalist; one of UK's and Europe's best known and sought after instrumentalist during the 1930s and 1940s. For many years during the dance band and jazz era of the 1920s, 1930's and 1940's, Art was often said to be Britain's leading saxophone player and multi-instrumentalist. In the 1930s and 1940's, young musicians in their teens and early twenties would follow Art all over Britain listening to him play and trying to copy his style, especially on alto saxophone. Art left Canada to play trumpet with the Dumbells Orchestra, touring all over the US and then on to Britain, where he was given the opportunity to play trumpet with Paul Specht's Canadian Club Orchestra and Prince's Toronto Orchestra. Art's big break came when he joined the Roy Fox Band in February of 1933, staying with this band until 1938. It was while he was with The Roy Fox Band, that Art Christmas became a household name around the music scene in both Britain and Europe. From 1940 until late 1946, Art played with Jack Payne, working on radio and touring all the UK with the very successful variety show called "For The Fun Of It", with Donald Peers, Frankie Howerd and Max Bygraves along with many other entertainers. After which Art did some ice shows and some Pantomimes and also led his own "Foulharmonic Orchestra" for the show "Ignorance Is Bliss". One of Art's fondest memories was the performance of "Cinderella" for King GeorgeVI and Queen Elizabeth at the Palladium in London. In 1952, Art retire from show business and become a publican. He bought "The Warburton Arms" (now known as London Fields) an east end pub in Hackney, London. At the death of his father he returned to Canada after 30 years. He performed a around Kingston and Toronto with his own band from 1955 to 1958 when he decided to teach music at the high school level. He moved to Blind River, Ontario, and taught until his death in 1961 in both Blind River, Ontario and Elliot Lake, Ontario (massive heart attack) b. December 22nd 1901.
1991: Peter Franklyn Bellamy (47) English folk singer and guitarist; he studied at Norwich School of Art and later at Maidenhead Art College, but dropped out of college in 1965 and became a founding member of The Young Tradition. They recorded three albums together plus a collaboration with Shirley Collins called The Holly Bears The Crown, although recorded in 1969 it was not released in full until the 90s. The Young Tradition's final concert was at Cecil Sharp House in October 1969. Peter's first solo album "Mainly Norfolk" in 1968 indicated his desire to promote the folk music of his native part of England. It drew heavily on the repertoire of Harry Cox, still alive at that time, who was the most famous traditional singer of Norfolk songs. It wasn't until Bellamy's eighth album in 1975 that he recorded any of his own compositions. In the same year he recorded a collection of Rudyard Kipling's Barrack Room Ballads. He also wrote a ballad-opera: The Transports in 1973 and it took him 4 years to find a company willing to produce. It then became the folk record of the year for 1977 vindicating his long wait and many efforts to get it released. Many prominent names in the folk scene collaborated on the project Dolly Collins, Martin Carthy, Mike Waterson, Norma Waterson, June Tabor, Nic Jones, A.L. Lloyd, Cyril Tawney and Dave Swarbrick. It told the true story of the first transport ship to land in Australia and the first couple to marry on Australian soil. Based on a story Peter found in the local newspaper in Norfolk and followed by his research into the details at the city museum and library. He did numerous tours abroad including Australia and America (committed suicide) b. September 8th 1991
1993: Ian Stuart Donaldson (36) British singer, musician and songwriter, born in Lancashire, England and raised in Poulton-le-Fylde. He most known as the frontman of Skrewdriver, a British punk rock band that later became a white power rock band. Ian also became leader of two other bands, The Klansmen, a rockabilly band, and White Diamond, a hard rock/heavy metal band. He also released several solo albums. Along with Skrewdriver guitarist Stigger, he recorded the albums Patriotic Ballads volumes 1 and 2, which included covers of traditional folk songs such as "The Green Fields of France". His s voice also appeared in the song "The Invisible Empire" on the 1989 album See you in Valhalla by neo-Nazi rock band No Remorse (died of injuries resulting from a car crash in Derbyshire) b. August 11th 1957.
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 fortyfive 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 home 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 in the city of Izmir) b. December 6th 1931.
2007: Natasha Pivovarova (44) Russian singer; a founder member of the girl band a Kolibri, a Soviet/Russian experimental pop/rock group formed in 1988 in Saint-Petersburg playing a highly eclectic brand of baroque pop blended with elements of post-punk, cabaret, chanson and dominated by vocal harmony. Soon after, in December of 1988 Natasha left the band to pursue a solo career and also sang duets with Alexandr Lushin and his band. More recently she been working as a producer for Molochny Skake, another all-girl group, in a simular vein to a Kolibri, which she formed in January 2000 named Sous, The Sauce (car accident) b. July 17th 1963.
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 "Cežnja". In the 70s he was branded a Croatian nationalist by Yugoslav authorities, his songs were blacklisted and he went to live in France for a while. In 1989 an album of his new songs, albeit without his name on the cover, reappeared in Croatian music stores, signalling the political change. Soon after, Vice made a public comeback with a series of 14 sold-out concerts at Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. He performed some of the greatest patriotic songs, including "Zvona moga grada" and "Tvoja zemlja" (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.
2009: Sir Howard Morrison (74) New Zealand singer; born in Rotorua of Maori, he came to fame singing with his group the Howard Morrison Quartet. He began performing live and recording with his group in 1956 and continued until 1964 when the quartet disbanded. From 1964 until his death, Howard was one of New Zealand's leading TV and concert performers. His single "How Great Thou Art" released in 1981, reached No.1 in New Zealand and became his most successful song. He was knighted in 1990 for his services to entertainment (heart attack) b. August 18th 1935.

September 25th
1980: John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham (32) UK legendary drummer with Led Zeppelin (found dead at guitarist’s Jimmy Page's house of asphyxiation, after inhaling his own vomit after excessive vodka consumption, 40 shots in 4 hours). b. May 31st 1948
1997: Hélène Baillargeon CM (81) Canadian singer, actor and folklorist; born in Saint-Martin, Quebec, she studied singing at Quebec City and New York and then at Montreal with Alfred La Liberté. She went on to work as a researcher with Marius Barbeau at the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa (later the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau). She performed and hosted shows on CBC radio and television such as Le réveil rural, Songs de chez nous and Cap aux sorciers and her own show Chez Hélène from 1959 to 1973. She recorded a number of collections of French-Canadian folk songs. Hélène was named to the Order of Canada in 1973. In 1974, she was appointed a Canadian Citizenship Court judge (died in Montreal) b. August 28th 1916.
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).
2005: Steve Marcus (66) American jazz saxophonist born in the Bronx, New York; from 1959 to 1962 Steve attended the Berklee school of music, and he formed his "Count’s Rock Band" with Steve Gadd, Will Lee and Steve Khan, before also joining Stan Kenton's avant-swing band the year after he graduated. His first album as a leader with his "Count’s Rock Band" , Tomorrow Never Knows, was in 1967 with musicians Larry Coryell, Mike Nock and Bob Moses which featured ground-breaking music. Steve had had the idea of joining the Beatles and the Byrds' infectious song-hooks to the transcendental energy and virtuosity of his hero, Coltrane. This was one of the very first ever rock-jazz fusion recordings. He continued this trend for a number of years. Also from 1967 to 1970 Steve regularly worked with Herbie Mann and later became known for more orthodox jazz playing with drummer Buddy Rich. He was Buddy's featured soloist for the last 12 years of Rich's life. Steve took over the band as the de facto leader after Buddy died in 1987, renaming it "Buddy's Buddies" and touring the world with alumni of Rich's many groups.(died suddenly and unexpectedly in New Hope, Pennsylvania) b.September 18th 1939
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: Auburn "Pat" Hare (49) American blues guitarist; one of the first guitarists to purposely use the effects of distortion in his playing. He recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, serving as a sideman for Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, Muddy Waters, and other artists. He recorded a version of the early '40s Doctor Clayton song "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" on May 14, 1954, which has since been released on the 1990 Rhino Records compilation Blue Flames: A Sun Blues Collection and other collections. According to the album liner notes, "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" "is doubly morbid because he did just that in 1962 and spent the last 16 years of his life in prison" He also murdered a policeman sent to investigate (lung cancer) b. December 20th 1930.
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 born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she was sometimes called "The Empress of the Blues," Betty was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists. Her shows sometimes featured as many as 40 troupers and made her the highest-paid black entertainer of her day. Betty was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Bill Clinton in 1997, and remained active in jazz music until her death. Betty was inducted in to the Blues Hall of Fame in 1980, the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame "Early influences" in 1989 also that same year she was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. 3 of Betty's recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, her 1923's "Downhearted Blues", 1925's "St. Louis Blues", and her hit from 1928 "Empty Bed Blues" (pancreatic cancer) b. April 15th 1894.
2000: Baden Powell de Aquino (63) Brazilian guitarist, one of the greatest Brazilian guitarists. He explored the instrument to its utmost limits, playing it in a distinctive, unique manner, incorporating virtuoso classical techniques together with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including Bossa nova, Samba, Brazilian jazz, Latin jazz and Música Popular Brasileira. He often performed on stage during most of his lifetime, and recorded an extensive discography comprised by LP and CD albums produced in Brazil and Europe, particularly in France and Germany. Baden also composed many fine pieces for guitar, such as Xangô, Horizon, Simplesmente, Braziliense, Abração em Madrid, Tristeza e solidão, Consolação, Samba, Casa Velha, Lotus, Imagem, and Canto de Ossanha (sadly died of pneumonia triggered by diabetes) b. August 6th 1937.
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).
2003: Shawn Lane (40) American guitarist, pianist and songwriter born in Memphis, Tennessee. Although piano is his first instrument, he did not play guitar seriously until he was ten, he quickly became a noted player in underground guitar circles, he is very well known for his ability to play very fast. He joined Black Oak Arkansas when he was just fourteen years old, and toured with them for the next four years, after which over the followng eight years he studied music and composing on his own, and mainly worked on playing piano. He quickly developed his technique on keyboards as well, taking influence from pianists like Liszt, Tatum and Cziffra. He is probably best known to many for his solo album Powers of Ten and his long stint with former John McLaughlin bassist Jonas Hellborg. Lane (Shawn died in a hospital in Memphis, shortly after being told that he would have to remain on medical oxygen the rest of his life) b. March 21st 1963.
2007: Dorothy Cohen Schwartz (94) American violinist, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, but her family moved to Cheyenne in 1917. She began her violin studies at catholic convant school with Mother St. Theckla. Dorothy went on to play thirty years with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra in Cheyenne, Wyoming (?) b. July 15th 1913.
2008: Bernadette Greevy (68) Irish mezzo-soprano; she 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. Bermadette 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. September 1st 1942.

September 27th
1979: Jimmy McCullough (26) Scottish guitarist; from the age of 11, he played in a band called The Jaygars which later changed it's name to One in a Million, the Glasgow psychedelic band. He also did some work with Thunderclap Newman. In 1972 at the age of eighteen, Jimmy joined the blues rock band Stone the Crows, replacing guitarist Les Harvey who died from being electrocuted on stage. He helped the band to complete their Ontinuous Performance album, playing on the tracks, "Sunset Cowboy" and "Good Time Girl". Then in 1973, he breifly worked in Blue and played guitar on Brian Joseph Friel's first album, under the pseudonym 'The Phantom', after which in 1974, he joined Paul McCartney's Wings playing lead guitar. He was also 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 album. At this time he also formed his own band, White Line, which included his brother Jack on drums and Dave Clarke on bass, keyboards and vocals. He left Wings to join the reformed Small Faces but soon left to form the band Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, Jimmy Bain and Kenney Jones. Jimmy's last band was yet another super group The Dukes, with singer Miller Anderson, Ronnie Leahy on keyboards and bassist Charles Tumahai.. His last recorded song, "Heartbreaker", appeared on their only album, The Dukes (heroin overdose) b. June 4th 1953.
1986: Cliff Burton (24) US bass player Metallica (crushed to death after the band's tour bus crashed on the road between Stockholm and Copenhagen).
1997: Walter Trampler (72) German musician and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore, born at Munich, he began to study violin at the age of 6. In his youth, he toured Europe performing as the violist of the Strub String Quartet. Later, he served as the principal violist in the Berlin Radio Orchestra. He went to the United States in 1939, served in the United States Army during World War II, and then returned to a life of music teaching, performing, and recording. He was a founding member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centre, and was violist in the Yale. In addition to performing extensively in Europe and the United states as a soloist and a chamber musician, he also taught many students at Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Yale School of Music and Boston University (He died in Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada) b. August 25th 1915.
2004: Louis Satterfield (67) American 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 born in Amritsar, India; 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 Kumar’s film Upkaar (heart attack) b. January 9th 1934
2009: Brian Redman (31) American bass player and singer born in Tacoma, Washington; Brian was a founder member of the political straight edge hardcore punk band "Trial". Based in Seattle they were active from 1995 until 2000, recording three albums "Through the Darkest Days", "Foundation", and "Are These Our Lives". They reunited for three reunion shows in Seattle, London and Budapest in the autumn of 2005. In 2004 Brian joined up with the Canadian thrash-metal band 3 Inches of Blood for a 2 year stint, featuring on their album "Advance and Vanquish". More recently he fronted Tacoma's hard-rock band, Dirty Knockers. (Sadly he died in scooter accident when he was thrown from his scooter after apparently striking a curb) b. June 8th 1978.
2009: Beau Velasco (??) Australian guitarist, vocalist and songwriter brought up on the Gold Coast in Australia where he founded the electro-punk band The Death Set with his friend Johnny Siera. They moved to Sydney before relocating to Baltimore, America. They went on to tour the US, Australia, Japan, Europe, Scandinavia, China and the UK numerous times including spots at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, the Reading and Leeds Festivals in the United Kingdom, Dour Festival in Belgium, Oya Festival in Norway, North by Northeast music conference in Canada and three years showcasing at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas. Their debut album "Worldwide" of which Beau co-wrote, was released July 4th, 2008 on Counter Records. Beau was also a talented artist, tattoo artist and jewelry designer, his artwork has been exhibited in Australia and America (passed away in New York, the details have not been released) b. ????

September 28th
1964: Nacio Herb Brown (68) American writer of popular songs, movie scores and Broadway theatre music from the 1920s through the early 1950s. Born in Deming, New Mexico, he moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1901 he has his first hit "Coral Sea" in 1920, followed by "When Buddha Smiles" in 1921. After joining The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1927 he was hired to work in Hollywood by MGM the following year to write movie music for the new medium of sound film. His collaborations with lyricist Arthur Freed produced Singin' in the Rain. He also worked with Richard A. Whiting and Buddy De Sylva on Broadway Musicals such as Take a Chance and along with L. Wolfe Gilbert wrote the music for the children's TV Western, Hopalong Cassidy which first aired in 1949. Nacio was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. (?) b. February 22nd 1896.
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).
1994: Urmas Alender (40) Estonian singer, best known as the vocalist of popular Estonian bands Ruja and Propeller. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, he began his musical career in the rock band Shades in 1969 but quit the following year to become the vocalist for Andromeeda. In 1971, he fronted the progressive rock band Ruja with pianist Rein Rannap. They were influenced by such acts as Genesis, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson and often incorporated the poetry of Estonian writers Juhan Viiding and Ott Arder into the lyrics. The band were one of the first nationally commercially successful rock bands to perform in their own Estonian language. Urmas stayed with the band until its demise in 1988. From 1979 until 1980, Urmas also fronted the Estonian punk rock band Propeller. Other bands he performed with were Teravik, Dat, and in 1983, he briefly played in the band Kaseke (Urmas tragically died when his ship, the cruiseferry MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea) b. November 22nd 1953.
1996: "Bob" Samuel Robert Gibson (64) American folk singer who led a folk music revival in the late 50s and early 60s. He was known for playing both the banjo and the 12-string guitar. He introduced a then largely unknown Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival of 1959, and produced a number of LPs from 1956 to 1965. His best known album, Gibson & Camp at the Gate of Horn, was released in 1961. His songs have been recorded by, among others, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, the Byrds, the Smothers Brothers and the Kingston Trio. His career was interrupted by his addiction to drugs. After getting sober in 1978, he attempted a comeback, but the musical scene had changed and his traditional style of folk music was out of favor with young audiences. He did, however, continue his artistic career with albums, musicals, plays, and TV performances. Sadly in 1993 he was diagnosed with PSP. (He died from supranuclear palsy, PSP, in Portland, Oregon) b. November 16th 1931.
2004: Scott Muni/Donald Allen Muñoz (74) American radio DJ, born in Wichita, Kansas; after leaving the Marines, he began working as a disc jockey; in 1955 he replaced rock radio pioneer Alan Freed at station WAKR in Akron, Ohio, and worked in Kankakee, Illinois. After which Scott spent almost 50 years at stations in New York City. He became a Top 40 broadcaster at WMCA in the late 1950s, just before the start of their "Good Guys" era, and did a number of record hops in the New York area. In 1960, he moved to rival Top 40 station WABC. There he did an early evening show called "Scottland's Yard" and was the first WABC DJ to capture the attention of the teenage audience the station would become famous for. He also participated in the competition to cover The Beatles on their first visits to the United States, and thus began a long association with them. Muni's last gig was an hour-long afternoon show on New York classic rock station Q104.3, where he landed in 1998. He also hosted many nationally syndicated programs during his career, including Scott Muni's World of Rock and the Beatles-oriented Ticket to Ride. He was included in an exhibit on radio personalities at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland and introduced the group Chicago on their "At Carnegie Hall" four record set now available on cd. (died in New York City and is buried in St. Gertrude's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Colonia, New Jersey) b. May 10th 1930.

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; in the early 1940s Mary found work as a country music performer with Gene Autry and Jimmy Wakely. She appeared with Jimmy in the PRC film I'm from Arkansas in 1944 as a member of the Sunshine Girls trio. In 1945, Gene Autry introduced her to guitarist Les Paul, and the two teamed in 1946. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits. In 1951 alone they sold six million records. Their its including "Tiger Rag", "Vaya con Dios"-11 weeks at No.1, "How High the Moon"-9 weeks at No.1, "Bye Bye Blues" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise". In 1953, the couple began their television series, The Les Paul and Mary Ford at Home Show. In 1955, they gave a concert at Carnegie Hall, and the following year they performed for President Dwight Eisenhower at the White House and in 1961, they appeared on NBC's Five Star Jubilee. After splitting up with Les later in 1962, she sometimes performed with her sisters, Carol, Eva and Esther (died from cancer after being in a diabetic coma for 54 days) b. July 7th 1924.
1989: Virgil Thomson (92) American composer and music critic from Kansas City, Missouri. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. He has been described as a modernist , a neoclassicist, a composer of "an Olympian blend of humanity and detachment" whose, "expressive voice was always carefully muted," until his late opera Lord Byron which, in contrast to all his previous work, exhibited an emotional content that rises to, "moments of real passion," [8], and a neoromantic (?) b. November 25th 1896
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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