Famous Musicians Birthdays Past and Present

[Chasplaya]

December 17th

1937 Art Neville (pianist/singer: The Neville Brothers)
1939 Eddie Kendricks (singer: The Temptations) (d 10/5/92, age 52)
1939 James Booker (blues pianist) (d 11/8/83, age 43)
1942 Paul Butterfield (blues harpist/singer) (d 5/4/87, age 44)
1949 Paul Rodgers (pianist/singer: Bad Company/Free, The Firm, and most recently, Queen)
1958 Michael Mills (bassist: REM)
1961 Sarah Dallin (singer: Bananarama - “Venus”)

[reiver]

Chasplaya wrote:

December 17th


1949 Paul Rodgers (pianist/singer: Bad Company/Free, The Firm, and most recently, Queen)

I've heard him described as the greatest male rock singer. Any thoughts??

r

[Chasplaya]

reiver wrote:

Chasplaya wrote:

December 17th


1949 Paul Rodgers (pianist/singer: Bad Company/Free, The Firm, and most recently, Queen)

I've heard him described as the greatest male rock singer. Any thoughts??

r

I'm at work otherwise i'd post a You Tube of him singin Bad Company now thats amazing. Greatest hmmm very subjective certainly up there with the greatest though

[dennisg]

I think he's good, but not great. There are a lot of people I'd put on a list ahead of him. In terms of what people are capable of doing with their voices, here are my top three:

1. Harry Nilsson
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Daryl Hall

That's not to say I love everything these guys have done, but I think they all have incredible voices, unique phrasing, and extraordinary musicality. Paul Rogers? Not so much.

- Dennis (wishing I were in Australia right now)

[Chasplaya]

dennisg wrote:

I think he's good, but not great. There are a lot of people I'd put on a list ahead of him. In terms of what people are capable of doing with their voices, here are my top three:

1. Harry Nilsson
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Daryl Hall

That's not to say I love everything these guys have done, but I think they all have incredible voices, unique phrasing, and extraordinary musicality. Paul Rogers? Not so much.

- Dennis (wishing I were in Australia right now)

Maybe a new thread required here

[reiver]

dennisg wrote:

I think he's good, but not great. There are a lot of people I'd put on a list ahead of him. In terms of what people are capable of doing with their voices, here are my top three:

1. Harry Nilsson
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Daryl Hall

That's not to say I love everything these guys have done, but I think they all have incredible voices, unique phrasing, and extraordinary musicality. Paul Rogers? Not so much.

- Dennis (wishing I were in Australia right now)

Horses for courses I suppose. Not sure if any of these could be considered great rock singers. Not denying the quality of their voices.

r

[dennisg]

To each his own. But I apologize for highjacking your thread, Chas. Reiver, let's start a new one.

- Dennis

[Chasplaya]

December 18th

1910 Abe Burrows (composer) (d 5/17/85, age 74)
1917 Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson (blues altosaxophonist) (d 7/2/88, age 70) 1922 Buddy Hagans (tenor saxophonist: Fats Domino)
1931 Allen Klein (early manager of Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke, and The Rolling Stones, and the last manager of The Beatles) (d 7/4/09, age 77)
1933 Lonnie Brooks (blues guitarist)
1941 Sam Andrew (guitarist: Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1943 Keith Richards (guitarist: The Rolling Stones)
1947 Rod Piazza (singer/harpist: The Mighty Flyers)
1948 Bryan ‘Chas’ Chandler (bassist: The Animals) (d 7/17/96, age 47)
1953 Elliott Easton (lead guitarist: The Cars)
1963 Greg D’Angelo (drummer: White Lion)
1966 Tracy Byrd (country singer)
1970 Earl ‘DMX’ Simmons (rapper)
1980 Christina Aguilera (alleged singer)

[Chasplaya]

December 19th

1908 Bill Carlisle (country singer: The Carlisles) (d 3/17/02, age 93)
1918 Henry Roeland Burd (aka Professor Longhair, blues pianist/singer: Tipitina) (d 1/30/80, age 61)
1941 Maurice White (singer: Earth, Wind, and Fire)
1942 Cornell DuPree (blues guitarist: King Curtis)
1943 Wendell Holmes (guitarist/pianist/singer: The Holmes Brothers)
1944 Zal Yanovsky (guitarist: Lovin' Spoonful - “Summer in the City,” “Do You Believe in Magic,” later became a restaurant owner) (d 12/13/02, age 57)
1944 Alvin Lee (singer: Ten Years After)
1946 Marianne Faithfull
1947 Janie Fricke
1957 Doug Johnson (keyboardist: Loverboy)
1970 Zac Foley (bassist: EMF)
1975 Jon ‘Casual’ Owens (rapper)

[Chasplaya]

December 20th

1940 Larry Willis (keyboardist: Earth, Wind, and Fire)
1944 Robert Colomby (drummer: Earth, Wind, and Fire)
1947 Peter Crisscoula (aka Peter Criss, drummer: Kiss)
1948 Alan Parsons (producer: Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” album; leader: Alan Parson Project)
1957 Billy Bragg (singer)
1960 Tom ‘T.H.’ Hambridge (drummer: Susan Tedeschi Band)
1962 Ray Coburn (keyboardist: Honeymoon Suite)
1966 Chris Robinson (singer: The Black Crowes)