Famous Musicians Birthdays Past and Present

[Chasplaya]

August 23rd

1917 Tex Williams (singer: Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette) (d 10/11/85, age 68) 1936 Rudy Lewis (singer: The Drifters) (d 5/20/64, age 27) 1947 Keith Moon (drummer: The Who) (d 9/7/78, age 31) 1947 Rex Allen, Jr. (country singer) 1949 Rick Springfield (singer: Jessie's Girl; actor: General Hospital) 1951 Mark Hudson (comedian/singer: The Hudson Brothers) 1951 Jim Jamison (singer: Survivor) 1961 Dean DeLeo (guitarist: Stone Temple Pilots)

[Chasplaya]

August 24th

1913 Wynonie ‘Mr. Blues’ Harris (blues singer) (d 6/14/69, age 55) 1918 Harry Eugene Vann ‘Piano Man’ Walls (blues pianist) (d 2/24/99, age 80)
1938 David Freiburg (bassist: Jefferson Starship) 1942 Carl Radle (bassist: Derek & the Dominoes) (d 5/30/80, age 37) 1945 Ken Hensley (keyboardist: Uriah Heep) 1951 Danny Joe Brown (singer: Molly Hatchet) (d 3/10/05, age 53) 1951 Michael Derosier (drummer: Heart 1970-1982) 1963 John Bush (singer: Armored Saint) 1970 Kristyn Osborn (country singer)

[Chasplaya]

August 25th

1913 Bob Crosby (orchestra leader, brother of of Bing Crosby) (d 3/9/93, age 79) 79) 1933 Wayne Shorter (saxophonist) 1942 Walter Williams (singer: The O'Jays) 1946 Karl Sevareid (bassist: The Robert Cray Band) 1949 Gene Simmons (singer/bassist: Kiss) 1951 Rob Halford (singer: Judas Priest) 1954 Declan McManus (aka Elvis Costello, singer: Alison) 1954 Martin Jourard (keyboardist: The Motels) 1961 Billy Ray Cyrus (singer: Achy Breaky Heart) 1962 Vivian Campbell (guitarist: Whitesnake, Def Leppard)

[haoli25]

Chas, thanks for posting these. I always look forward to reading them.


Bill

[Chasplaya]

haoli25 wrote:

Chas, thanks for posting these. I always look forward to reading them.


Bill

My Pleasure Bill, its kinda interesting doing the research, I cut and paste from a few sites I have bookmarked, I often exclude some usually rappers (me bad lol)

[Chasplaya]

1941 Christopher Crummey (aka Chris Curtis, drummer: The Searchers - “Needles and Pins”) (d 2/28/05, age 63) 1948 Valerie Simpson (singer: Ashford & Simpson - “Ain't No Mountain High Enough,” “Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing”) 1949 Bob Cowsill (singer: The Cowsills) What kind of Bandname is Cowsills!!! 1952 Billy Rush (guitarist: The Asbury Jukes) 1961 Jimmy Olander (guitarist: Diamond Rio) 1966 Shirley Manson (singer: Garbage) 1966 Dan Vickery (guitarist: Counting Crows)

[Chasplaya]

August 27th

1937 Alice Coltraine (pianist) (d 1/12/07, age 69)
1937 Tommy Sands (singer)
1942 Daryl Dragon (singer: The Captain in Captain and Tennille - “Love Will Keep Us Together”) 1944 Tim Bogert (bassist: Vanilla Fudge) 1949 Jeff Cook (guitarist/singer: Alabama) 1950 William Paul Borsey, Jr. (aka Willy DeVille, singer/songwriter: Mink DeVille) (d 8/6/09, age 58) 1953 Alex Lifeson (guitarist: Rush) 1956 Glen Matlock (guitarist: The Sex Pistols) 1967 Layne Staley (singer/guitarist: Alice in Chains) (d 4/5/02, age 34)
1970 Tony Kanal (bassist: No Doubt)

[Chasplaya]

August 28th

1937 James Wheeler (guitarist: Mississippi Heat) 1948 Daniel Seraphine (drummer: Chicago 1967-1990) 1949 Steve Fargnoli (manager and producer: Prince, Sinead O'Connor, Godsmack) (d 9/14/01, age 52)
1951 Wayne Osmond (singer: Osmond Brothers) 1965 Shania Twain 1969 Jack Black Just for a laugh !!

[Chasplaya]

August 29th

1920 Charlie ‘The Bird’ Parker (jazz great) (d 3/12/55, age 34) 1924 Dinah Washington (jazz/blues pianist) (d 12/14/63, age 39) 1940 Bernie Maupin (saxophonist) 1954 Chet Catallo (guitarist: Spyro Gyra)
1956 Dan Truman (keyboardist: Diamond Rio)
1958 Michael Jackson (singer: The Jackson Five, “Wacko Jacko”) (d 6/25/09, age 50) 1963 Greg Steele (guitarist/pianist: Faster Pussycat) 1974 Kyle Cook (guitarist: Matchbox 20)

[Chasplaya]

August 30th

1919 Muriel Ellen Deason (Kitty Wells, Queen of Country Music) 1935 John Phillips (singer: The Mamas and the Papas, father of MacKenzie and Chynna Phillips) (d 3/18/01, age 65)
1935 Junior Blackman (drummer) 1950 Mick Moody (guitarist: Whitesnake)