Famous Musicians Birthdays Past and Present

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Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:57 pm

March 30th


1913 Frank LoVecchio (aka Frankie Laine, singer: Mule Train, Rawhide theme) (d 2/6/07, age 93)
1914 John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson (blues harpist) (d 6/1/48, age 34)
1930 Rolf Harris (singer: Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport) 1942 Graeme Edge (drummer: The Moody Blues)One for Tony and Michele

1945 Eric Clapton (guitarist: Cream, Derek & the Dominoes, Blind Faith, and solo)

1948 Dave Ball (guitarist: Procol Harum)
1948 James ‘Jim Dandy’ Mangrum (singer: Black Oak Arkansas)
1948 Dave Hole (blues guitarist: Alligator Records)
1955 Randy VanWarmer (singer: Just When I Needed You Most, songwriter) (d 1/12/04, age 48)
1962 Stanley Kirk Burrell (aka Hammer / MC Hammer)
1964 Tracy Chapman (singer)
1968 Celine Dion
1979 Norah Jones (singer)


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Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:09 pm

March 31st

1913 Etta Baker (blues guitarist) (d 9/23/06, age 93)
1921 Lowell Fulson (blues guitarist/singer) (d 3/6/99, age 77)
1928 William Orville 'Lefty' Frizzell (singer: If You Got the Money, I Got the Time) (d 7/19/75, age 47)
1933 Anita Carter (singer: Carter Family) (d 7/29/99, age 66)
1934 John Loudermilk (guitarist/singer: Tobacco Road)
1935 Herb Alpert (trumpeter/bandleader: Tijuana Brass, and the ‘A’ in A&M Records)
1947 Al Goodman (singer: Ray, Goodman, & Brown)
1953 Sean Hopper (keyboardist: Huey Lewis & the News)
1953 Greg Martin (singer: Kentucky Headhunters)
1954 Tony Brock (drummer: The Babys)
1958 Pat McGlynn (guitarist: Bay City Rollers I hope this doesn't mean a Baycity rollers Lesson Week!
1959 Angus Young (guitarist: AC/DC)
1964 Erik Turner (guitarist: Warrant - “Cherry Pie”)


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Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:12 pm

April 1st

1895 Alberta Hunter (blues singer) (d 10/17/84, age 89)
1922 Sonny King (singer) (d 2/3/06, age 83)
1927 Amos Milbourn (rocker) (d 1/3/80, age 52)
1939 Rudolph Isley (singer: The Isley Brothers)
1942 Phil Margo (singer: The Tokens - “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)
1946 Ronnie ‘Plonk’ Lane (bassist: Faces) (d 6/4/97, age 51)
1946 John Barbata (drummer: The Turtles)
1948 Jimmy Cliff (reggae singer)
1948 Simon Crowe (drummer: The Boomtown Rats)
1952 Billy Currie (keyboardist/violinist: Ultravoxl)
1954 Jeff Porcaro (drummer: Toto) (d 8/5/92, age 38)
1961 Mark White (guitarist: ABC)
1965 Peter O’Toole (bassist: Hothouse Flowers)


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Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:14 pm

April 2nd

1912 Herbert Mills (singer: The Mills Brothers) (d 4/12/89, age 77)
1939 Marvin Gaye (singer: What’s Goin’ On, shot to death by his father) (d 4/1/84, age 44)
1941 Barrett E. Hanson (aka Dr. Demento, DJ and parodyy singer)
1942 Leon Russell (singer: Tight Rope)
1943 Larry Coryell (jazz guitarist)
1947 Emmylou Harris
1952 Leon Wilkeson (bassist: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 7/27/01, age 49)
1953 David Robinson (drummer: The Cars, also designed their album covers)
1961 Keren Woodward (singer: Bananarama - “Venus”)
1962 Billy Dean (singer)


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Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:16 pm

April 3rd

1920 Stan Freeman (pianist) (d 1/13/01, age 80)
1936 Jimmy McGriff (jazz and soul B3 organist) (d 5/24/08, age 72)
1938 Jeff Barry (songwriter: Tell Laura I Love Her)
1941 Jan Berry (singer: Jan & Dean - “Surf City”) (d 3/26/04, age 62)
1941 Phillipe Wynn (singer: The Spinners) (d 7/14/84, age 43)
1942 Wayne Newton (singer: Danke Schoen)
1942 Billy Joe Royal (country singer)
1944 Tony Orlando
1945 Richard Manuel (pianist/singer: The Band) (d 3/4/86, age 40)
1945 Lowell George (guitarist: Little Feat) (d 6/29/79, age 34)
1949 Richard Thompson (guitarist / singer)

1950 Curtis Stone (singer: Highway 101)
1951 Mel Schacher (bassist: Grand Funk Railroad, ? & the Mysterians)
1955 Bob Dale (aka Mick Mars, guitarist: Motley Crue)
1968 Sebastian Bach (singer: Skid Row)


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Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:23 pm

April 4th

1914 Frances Langford (USO singer) (d 7/11/05, age 91)
1915 McKinley Morganfield (aka Muddy Waters, legenday blues guitarist/singer: Hoochie, Coochie Man, Close to You, Baby Please Don't Go, She's Nineteen Years Old, I Can't Be Satisfied, Honey Bee) (d 4/30/83, age 68)
1948 Berry Oakley (bassist: Allman Brothers Band) (d 11/11/72, age 24)
1948 Gail Davies (country singer)
1948 Paul Withers (drummer: Dire Straits, on their first four albums, including hits like “Sultans of Swing” and “Skateaway”)
1950 Randle Chowning (guitarist/singer/harmonica: Ozark Mountain Daredevils)
1951 Steve Gatlin (bassist/singer: The Gatlin Brothers)
1952 Peter Haycock (guitarist: Climax Blues Band)
1952 Dave Hill (guitarist: Slade - “Run Runaway”)
1952 Gary Moore (guitarist: Thin Lizzy)
1958 Peter Baltes (bassist: Accept)
1963 David Gavurin (guitarist: The Sundays)
1966 Mike Starr (bassist: Alice in Chains)
1972 Jill Scott (singer)


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Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:26 pm

April 5th

1928 Tony Williams (singer: The Platters - “Only You,” “The Great Pretender”) (d 8/14/92, age 64)
1932 Billy Bland (singer)
1934 Stanley Turrentine (jazz tenor saxophonist)
1938 Ronnie White, Jr. (singer: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) (d 8/26/95, age 57)
1944 Dave Holland (drummer: Judas Priest 1979-1989)
1950 Agnetha Faltskog (singer: Abba)
1950 Paul Oscher (blues harpist)
1960 Larry McCray (blues guitarist)
1965 Mike McCready (guitarist: Pearl Jam)
1967 Troy Gentry (country singer)


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Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:10 pm

April 6th

1918 Big Walter Horton (blues harpist) (d 12/8/81, age 63)
1929 Andre Previn (composer / conductor)
1937 Merle Haggard
1943 Gerry Niewood (jazz saxophonist: Chuck Mangione band, was scheduled to appear with him on February 13, 2009, untiil he boarded Continental Flight 3407 the night before, and it crashed; also played with Simon and Garfunkel at the 1981 Central Park concert) (d 2/12/09, age 65)
1947 Tony Connor (drummer: Hot Chocolate - “You Sexy Thing”)
1950 Peter Van Hooke (drummer: Mike & the Mechanics) (d 4/9/98, age 48)
1951 Ralph Cooper (drummer: Air Supply)
1964 Johnny Dee (drummer: Britny Fox)


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Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:12 pm

April 7th

1908 Percy Faith (orchestra leader) (d 2/9/76, age 67)
1915 Eleonora Fagan (aka Billie Holiday, jazz/blues singer: Strange Fruit, Ain’t Nobody’s Business) (d 7/17/59, age 44)
1919 Jimmy ‘T-99’ Nelson (blues singer) (d 7/29/07, age 88)
1920 Ravi Shankar (sitar player, influenced The Beatles)
1935 Bobby Bare (country singer)
1937 Charlie Thomas (singer: The Drifters)
1938 Frederick ‘Freddie’ Hubbard (jazz trumpeter) (d 12/29/08, age 70)
1943 Spencer Dryden (drummer: Jefferson Airplane 1966-1970) (d 1/11/05, age 61)
1943 Mick Abrahams (guitarist: Jethro Tull)
1947 Patricia Bennett (singer: He’s So Fine)
1947 Peter Berryman (singer: Lou and Peter Berryman)
1949 John Oates (singer: Hall & Oates)
1952 Bruce Gary (drummer: The Knack - “My Sharona,” also played with Spencer Davis, Randy Meisner, Albert Collins, Albert King, Sheryl Crow, Jack Bruce, Rod Stewart, Robbie Krieger, Bette Midler, Yoko Ono, Harry Nilsson, and John Lee Hooker) (d 8/22/06, age 54)


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Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:14 pm

April 8th

1921 Virginia O’Brien (actress/singer) (d 1/23/01, age 79)
1921 Franco Corelli (tenor) (d 10/29/03, age 82)
1933 Fred Ebb (lyricist/composer for Broadway shows like Chicago & Cabaret, and the song “New York New York”) (d 9/11/04, age 71)
1936 David Cole
1941 John ‘J.J.’ Jackson (singer, and one of the original five VJs on MTV when the network premiered in the summer of 1981) (d 3/17/04, age 62)
1941 Peggy Lennon (singer: The Lennon Sisters, The Lawrence Welk Show)
1947 Steve Howe (guitarist: Yes, Asia)
1952 Adam Woods (drummer: The Fixx)
1955 Ed Williams (guitarist/singer: Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials)
1962 Jeff ‘Izzy’ Stradlin (guitarist: Guns 'n' Roses)
1963 Julian Lennon (singer)


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