Famous Musicians Birthdays Past and Present
September 14th
1947 Jon ‘Bowzer’ Bauman (singer: Sha Na Na)
1949 Steve Gaines (guitarist: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 10/20/77, age 28, in the same crash that killed the group’s lead singer Ronnie VanZant, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, Steve’s older sister)
1950 Paul Kossoff (guitarist: Free) (d 3/18/76, age 25) One of my all time favourite guitarists
1954 Barry Cowsill (singer: The Cowsills) (d 8/30/05, age 50, in Hurricane Katrina)
1959 Morten Harket (singer/songwriter: A Ha)
1947 Jon ‘Bowzer’ Bauman (singer: Sha Na Na)
1949 Steve Gaines (guitarist: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 10/20/77, age 28, in the same crash that killed the group’s lead singer Ronnie VanZant, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, Steve’s older sister)
1950 Paul Kossoff (guitarist: Free) (d 3/18/76, age 25) One of my all time favourite guitarists
1954 Barry Cowsill (singer: The Cowsills) (d 8/30/05, age 50, in Hurricane Katrina)
1959 Morten Harket (singer/songwriter: A Ha)
Chasplaya wrote:
He died in the hurricane? How did I miss that!September 14th
1947 Jon ‘Bowzer’ Bauman (singer: Sha Na Na)
1949 Steve Gaines (guitarist: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 10/20/77, age 28, in the same crash that killed the group’s lead singer Ronnie VanZant, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, Steve’s older sister)
1950 Paul Kossoff (guitarist: Free) (d 3/18/76, age 25) One of my all time favourite guitarists
1954 Barry Cowsill (singer: The Cowsills) (d 8/30/05, age 50, in Hurricane Katrina)
1959 Morten Harket (singer/songwriter: A Ha)
September 15th
1903 Roy Acuff (singer: Wabash Cannonball) (d 11/23/92, age 89)
1921 James Edward ‘Snooky’ Pryor (blues harpist) (d 10/18/06, age 85)
1923 Arvell Shaw (bassist: Louis Armstrong) (d 12/5/02, age 79)
1924 Bobby Short (pianist/singer) (d 3/21/05, age 80)
1928 Julian Edwin ‘Cannonball’ Adderley (jazz saxophonist, brother of Nat Adderley) (d 8/8/75, age 46
1945 Jessye Norman (opera singer)
1946 Ola Brunkert (drummer: Abba, played on all of their albums and toured with them in the late ‘70s) (d 3/16/08, age 61)
1960 Mitch Dorge (drummer: Crash Test Dummies)
1967 Jerry Dixon (bassist: Warrant)
1969 Allen Shellenberger (drummer: Lit)
First list where I haven't heard of any of them lol
1903 Roy Acuff (singer: Wabash Cannonball) (d 11/23/92, age 89)
1921 James Edward ‘Snooky’ Pryor (blues harpist) (d 10/18/06, age 85)
1923 Arvell Shaw (bassist: Louis Armstrong) (d 12/5/02, age 79)
1924 Bobby Short (pianist/singer) (d 3/21/05, age 80)
1928 Julian Edwin ‘Cannonball’ Adderley (jazz saxophonist, brother of Nat Adderley) (d 8/8/75, age 46
1945 Jessye Norman (opera singer)
1946 Ola Brunkert (drummer: Abba, played on all of their albums and toured with them in the late ‘70s) (d 3/16/08, age 61)
1960 Mitch Dorge (drummer: Crash Test Dummies)
1967 Jerry Dixon (bassist: Warrant)
1969 Allen Shellenberger (drummer: Lit)
First list where I haven't heard of any of them lol
September 16th
1925 Charle Lee Byrd (jazz/classical guitarist/composer) (d 11/30/99, age 74)
1925 Riley ‘Blues Boy’ ‘B.B.’ King (blues guitarist, King of the Blues)
1935 Billy Boy Arnold (blues harpist)
1943 Bernie Calvert (bassist: The Hollies - “Air That I Breathe”)
1948 Ron Blair (bassist: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1975-1982) For Neil!! Did you send a card??
1948 Kenny Jones (drummer: Faces, The Who)
1950 David Bellamy (singer: The Bellamy Brothers)
1958 Terry McBride (singer: McBride and the Ride)
1963 Richard Marx (singer: Hold on to the Night)
1964 Dave ‘The Snake’ Sabo (guitarist: Skid Row)
1925 Charle Lee Byrd (jazz/classical guitarist/composer) (d 11/30/99, age 74)
1925 Riley ‘Blues Boy’ ‘B.B.’ King (blues guitarist, King of the Blues)
1935 Billy Boy Arnold (blues harpist)
1943 Bernie Calvert (bassist: The Hollies - “Air That I Breathe”)
1948 Ron Blair (bassist: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers 1975-1982) For Neil!! Did you send a card??
1948 Kenny Jones (drummer: Faces, The Who)
1950 David Bellamy (singer: The Bellamy Brothers)
1958 Terry McBride (singer: McBride and the Ride)
1963 Richard Marx (singer: Hold on to the Night)
1964 Dave ‘The Snake’ Sabo (guitarist: Skid Row)
1901 Floyd Campbell (jazz drummer) (d 9/30/93, age 92)
1926 Jack McDuff (Hammond B3 jazz & blues organist) (d 1/23/01, age 74)
1929 Sylvester ‘Syl’ Austin (tenor saxophonist: jazz, blues, country) (d 9/1/01, age 71)
1940 Lemonte McLemore (singer: The Fifth Dimension)
1951 Cassandra ‘Elvira’ Peterson absolutely nothing to do with music but indulge me please lol
1926 Jack McDuff (Hammond B3 jazz & blues organist) (d 1/23/01, age 74)
1929 Sylvester ‘Syl’ Austin (tenor saxophonist: jazz, blues, country) (d 9/1/01, age 71)
1940 Lemonte McLemore (singer: The Fifth Dimension)
1951 Cassandra ‘Elvira’ Peterson absolutely nothing to do with music but indulge me please lol