January 7th
1941 Rod Hicks (bassist: Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
1942 Paul Revere (keyboardist/singer: Paul Revere and the Raiders)
1948 Kenny Loggins (singer: Loggins & Messina - “Your Mama Don’t Dance,” and solo)
1959 Kathy Valentine (bassist: The Gogos)
Famous Musicians Birthdays Past and Present
January 8th
1904 Hudson ‘Tampa Red’ Woodridge (blues songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and kazoo player) (d 3/19/81, age 77)
1928 Luther Perkins (original guitarist with Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two) (d 8/5/68, age 40)
1931 Wolfgang Grajonca (aka Bill Graham, concert promoter) (d 10/25/91, age 60)
1935 Elvis Aron Presley (d 8/16/77, age 42) Some singer you may have heard about
1935 Jesse Garon Presley (Elvis’ still born twin brother) (d 1/8/35, age 0) Never released anything!
1937 Shirley Bassey (singer: James Bond themes “Goldfinger” and “Diamonds Are Forever”)
1940 Anthony Gourdine (singer: Little Anthony & the Imperials - “Tears on my Pillow”)
1940 Christy Lane (singer)
1946 Robbie Krieger (guitarist: The Doors)
1947 David Bowie Another singer you may have heard about
1947 Terry Sylvester (guitarist/singer: The Hollies)
1955 Mike Reno (singer: Loverboy - “The Kid is Hot Tonight”)
1959 Paul Hester (drummer: Crowded House) (d 3/25/05, age 46)
1969 Robert ‘R’ Kelly (rapper/singer)
1973 Sean Paul (rapper)
1904 Hudson ‘Tampa Red’ Woodridge (blues songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and kazoo player) (d 3/19/81, age 77)
1928 Luther Perkins (original guitarist with Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two) (d 8/5/68, age 40)
1931 Wolfgang Grajonca (aka Bill Graham, concert promoter) (d 10/25/91, age 60)
1935 Elvis Aron Presley (d 8/16/77, age 42) Some singer you may have heard about
1935 Jesse Garon Presley (Elvis’ still born twin brother) (d 1/8/35, age 0) Never released anything!
1937 Shirley Bassey (singer: James Bond themes “Goldfinger” and “Diamonds Are Forever”)
1940 Anthony Gourdine (singer: Little Anthony & the Imperials - “Tears on my Pillow”)
1940 Christy Lane (singer)
1946 Robbie Krieger (guitarist: The Doors)
1947 David Bowie Another singer you may have heard about
1947 Terry Sylvester (guitarist/singer: The Hollies)
1955 Mike Reno (singer: Loverboy - “The Kid is Hot Tonight”)
1959 Paul Hester (drummer: Crowded House) (d 3/25/05, age 46)
1969 Robert ‘R’ Kelly (rapper/singer)
1973 Sean Paul (rapper)
January 9th
1916 Vic Mizzy (TV theme composer: The Addams Family, Green Acres, among others) (d 10/17/09, age 93)
1924 Mary Kaye (jazz singer) (d 2/17/07, age 83)
1935 Kenneth ‘Buddy’ Scott (guitarist) (d 2/5/94, age 59)
1939 Katie Webster (blues pianist) (d 9/5/99, age 60)
1940 Jimmy Boyd (singer who was first to release “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” also an actor as Howard on “Bachelor Father”) (d 3/7/09, age 70)
1941 Joan Baez (singer)
1944 Jimmy Page (guitarist: Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, The Firm)
1948 William ‘Bill’ Cowsill (lead singer: The Cowsills) (d 2/17/06, age 58)
1948 Cassie LaRue Gaines (backup singer: Lynyrd Skynyrd, killed in their infamous plane crash along with her brother Steve Gaines (lead guitarist) and lead singer Ronnie VanZant,
1951 Brenda Webb (aka Crystal Gayle, singer: Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, sister of Loretta Lynn and Peggy Sue)
1951 Rosalyn Kind (singer)
1962 Phil Lewis (singer: L.A. Guns)
1963 Eric Erlandson (guitarist: Hole)
1967 Dave Matthews (guitarist/singer: The Dave Matthews Band)
1978 A.J. McLean (singer: Backstreet Boys)
1916 Vic Mizzy (TV theme composer: The Addams Family, Green Acres, among others) (d 10/17/09, age 93)
1924 Mary Kaye (jazz singer) (d 2/17/07, age 83)
1935 Kenneth ‘Buddy’ Scott (guitarist) (d 2/5/94, age 59)
1939 Katie Webster (blues pianist) (d 9/5/99, age 60)
1940 Jimmy Boyd (singer who was first to release “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” also an actor as Howard on “Bachelor Father”) (d 3/7/09, age 70)
1941 Joan Baez (singer)
1944 Jimmy Page (guitarist: Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, The Firm)
1948 William ‘Bill’ Cowsill (lead singer: The Cowsills) (d 2/17/06, age 58)
1948 Cassie LaRue Gaines (backup singer: Lynyrd Skynyrd, killed in their infamous plane crash along with her brother Steve Gaines (lead guitarist) and lead singer Ronnie VanZant,
1951 Brenda Webb (aka Crystal Gayle, singer: Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, sister of Loretta Lynn and Peggy Sue)
1951 Rosalyn Kind (singer)
1962 Phil Lewis (singer: L.A. Guns)
1963 Eric Erlandson (guitarist: Hole)
1967 Dave Matthews (guitarist/singer: The Dave Matthews Band)
1978 A.J. McLean (singer: Backstreet Boys)
January 10th
1917 Jerry Wexler (producer: Atlantic Records, helped launch the careers of Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, and Bob Dylan, inducted into Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1987) (d 8/15/08, age 91)
1924 Max Roach (jazz drummer) (d 8/15/07, age 83)
1927 Johnnie Ray (singer - “Cry”) (d 2/24/90, age 63)
1927 Gisele Mackenzie (singer: Your Hit Parade) (d 9/5/03, age 76)
1931 Gene Washington (drummer: Ike Turner)
1935 Eddy Harrington (aka Eddy Clearwater, blues guitarist)
1935 Ronnie Hawkins (singer: The Band, Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks)
1943 Jim Croce (singer: Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Time in a Bottle, Operator, Roller Derby Queen) (d 9/20/73, age 30)
1943 Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1945 Ronny Light (songwriter)
1945 Rod Stewart (singer)
1946 Aynsley Dunbar (drummer: Starship, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, Journey (1975-1978), John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)
1948 Donald Fagen (keyboardist/pianist: Steely Dan)
1948 Cyril Neville (percussionist/singer: The Neville Brothers)
1952 Scott Thurston (guitarist/keyboardist: The Motels)
1953 Patricia Andrejewski (aka Pat Benatar, singer: Heartbreaker, Promises in the Dark, Hell is For Children)
1955 Luci Martin (singer: Chic - “LeFreak”)
1955 Michael Schenker (guitarist: The Scorpions 1970-1973, UFO, Michael Schenker Group)
1958 Shawn Colvin (Singer Songwriter)
1964 Brad Roberts (guitarist/singer: Crash Test Dummies)
1979 Chris Smith (rapper: Kris Kross)
1917 Jerry Wexler (producer: Atlantic Records, helped launch the careers of Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, and Bob Dylan, inducted into Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1987) (d 8/15/08, age 91)
1924 Max Roach (jazz drummer) (d 8/15/07, age 83)
1927 Johnnie Ray (singer - “Cry”) (d 2/24/90, age 63)
1927 Gisele Mackenzie (singer: Your Hit Parade) (d 9/5/03, age 76)
1931 Gene Washington (drummer: Ike Turner)
1935 Eddy Harrington (aka Eddy Clearwater, blues guitarist)
1935 Ronnie Hawkins (singer: The Band, Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks)
1943 Jim Croce (singer: Bad Bad Leroy Brown, Time in a Bottle, Operator, Roller Derby Queen) (d 9/20/73, age 30)
1943 Frank Sinatra, Jr.
1945 Ronny Light (songwriter)
1945 Rod Stewart (singer)
1946 Aynsley Dunbar (drummer: Starship, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, Journey (1975-1978), John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers)
1948 Donald Fagen (keyboardist/pianist: Steely Dan)
1948 Cyril Neville (percussionist/singer: The Neville Brothers)
1952 Scott Thurston (guitarist/keyboardist: The Motels)
1953 Patricia Andrejewski (aka Pat Benatar, singer: Heartbreaker, Promises in the Dark, Hell is For Children)
1955 Luci Martin (singer: Chic - “LeFreak”)
1955 Michael Schenker (guitarist: The Scorpions 1970-1973, UFO, Michael Schenker Group)
1958 Shawn Colvin (Singer Songwriter)
1964 Brad Roberts (guitarist/singer: Crash Test Dummies)
1979 Chris Smith (rapper: Kris Kross)
January 11th
1906 Albert Hofmann (discovered LSD) (d 4/29/08, age 102) Not much to do with music except the musicians who used it for inspiration then died young!! Look at the age he obviously never used it!!
1940 Phil Walden (founder of Capricorn Records, launched careers of Otis Redding and The Allman Brothers Band) (d 4/23/06, age 66)
1942 Clarence ‘Big Man’ Clemons (saxophonist: Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band)
1946 Naomi Judd (singer: The Judds)
1949 Frederick Dennis Greene (singer: Sha Na Na)
1952 Lee Ritenour (Jazz Guitarist)
1960 Vicki Peterson (guitarist: The Bangles)
1971 Mary J. Blige (singer/rapper)
1906 Albert Hofmann (discovered LSD) (d 4/29/08, age 102) Not much to do with music except the musicians who used it for inspiration then died young!! Look at the age he obviously never used it!!
1940 Phil Walden (founder of Capricorn Records, launched careers of Otis Redding and The Allman Brothers Band) (d 4/23/06, age 66)
1942 Clarence ‘Big Man’ Clemons (saxophonist: Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band)
1946 Naomi Judd (singer: The Judds)
1949 Frederick Dennis Greene (singer: Sha Na Na)
1952 Lee Ritenour (Jazz Guitarist)
1960 Vicki Peterson (guitarist: The Bangles)
1971 Mary J. Blige (singer/rapper)
January 12th
1904 ‘Mississippi’ Fred McDowell (blues guitarist) (d 7/3/72, age 68)
1916 Jay McShann (blues pianist/singer) (d 12/7/06, age 90)
1926 Ray Price (singer: Make the World Go Away, For The Good Times)
1930 Glenn Yarborough (singer)
1939 William Lee Golden (singer: Oak Ridge Boys)
1941 ‘Long’ John Baldry (British bluesman who helped launch the careers of Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones) (d 7/21/05, age 64)
1946 Cynthia Robinson (trumpeter: Sly & the Family Stone)
1952 Ricky Van Shelton
1959 Per Gessle (guitarist: Roxette - “She’s Got the Look”)
1960 Charlie Gillingham (keyboardist: Counting Crows)
1966 Robert Cummings (aka Rob Zombie, singer: White Zombie)
1974 Melanie ‘Sporty Spice’ Chisholm (singer: The Spice Girls)
1904 ‘Mississippi’ Fred McDowell (blues guitarist) (d 7/3/72, age 68)
1916 Jay McShann (blues pianist/singer) (d 12/7/06, age 90)
1926 Ray Price (singer: Make the World Go Away, For The Good Times)
1930 Glenn Yarborough (singer)
1939 William Lee Golden (singer: Oak Ridge Boys)
1941 ‘Long’ John Baldry (British bluesman who helped launch the careers of Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones) (d 7/21/05, age 64)
1946 Cynthia Robinson (trumpeter: Sly & the Family Stone)
1952 Ricky Van Shelton
1959 Per Gessle (guitarist: Roxette - “She’s Got the Look”)
1960 Charlie Gillingham (keyboardist: Counting Crows)
1966 Robert Cummings (aka Rob Zombie, singer: White Zombie)
1974 Melanie ‘Sporty Spice’ Chisholm (singer: The Spice Girls)
January 13th
1929 Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua (aka Joe Pass, jazz drummer) (d 5/23/94, age 65)
1946 Cornelius Bumpus (saxophonist: The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) (d 2/3/04, age 58)
1948 Joseph ‘T-Bone’ Burnett (Singer songwriter)
1955 Trevor Rabin (guitarist: Yes 1983-1994)
1955 Fred White (drummer: Earth, Wind, and Fire)
1956 Malcolm Foster (bassist: The Pretenders)
1961 Graham ‘Suggs’ McPherson (singer: Madness - “Our House”)
1963 Tim Patrick Kelly (guitarist: Slaughter)
1929 Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua (aka Joe Pass, jazz drummer) (d 5/23/94, age 65)
1946 Cornelius Bumpus (saxophonist: The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan) (d 2/3/04, age 58)
1948 Joseph ‘T-Bone’ Burnett (Singer songwriter)
1955 Trevor Rabin (guitarist: Yes 1983-1994)
1955 Fred White (drummer: Earth, Wind, and Fire)
1956 Malcolm Foster (bassist: The Pretenders)
1961 Graham ‘Suggs’ McPherson (singer: Madness - “Our House”)
1963 Tim Patrick Kelly (guitarist: Slaughter)
January 14th
1929 Billy Walker (country singer) (d 5/21/06, age 77)
1937 Billie Joe Spears (country singer)
1938 Jack Jones (singer: The Love Boat theme)
1959 Geoff Tate (singer: Queensryche)
1961 Mike Tramp (singer: White Lion)
1965 Denise Matthews Marquardt (aka Vanity, singer, model, evangelist)
1967 Steve Bowman (drummer: Counting Crows)
1968 Jason Todd Smith (aka LL Cool J, rapper/actor)
1969 Dave Grohl (drummer: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures)
1929 Billy Walker (country singer) (d 5/21/06, age 77)
1937 Billie Joe Spears (country singer)
1938 Jack Jones (singer: The Love Boat theme)
1959 Geoff Tate (singer: Queensryche)
1961 Mike Tramp (singer: White Lion)
1965 Denise Matthews Marquardt (aka Vanity, singer, model, evangelist)
1967 Steve Bowman (drummer: Counting Crows)
1968 Jason Todd Smith (aka LL Cool J, rapper/actor)
1969 Dave Grohl (drummer: Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures)
January 15th
1888 Huddy William Ledbetter (aka Leadbelly, blues singer) (d 12/6/49, age 61)
1909 Gene Krupa (drummer: Sing Sing Sing) (d 10/6/73, age 64)
1919 Steve Jordan (guitarist) (d 9/13/93, age 74)
1929 ‘Queen Ida’ Guillory (zydeco singer)
1930 Earl Hooker (blues guitarist/singer) (d 4/21/70, age 40)
1941 Don VanVliet (aka Captain Beefheart, blues guitarist)
1948 Ronnie Van Zant (singer: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 10/20/77, age 29) (Skynyrd backup singer Cassie Gaines would have celebrated her birthday on Jan 9th, were it not for that same fateful plane crash)
1951 Maria Martinez (aka Charo)
1959 Pete Trewaves (bassist: Marillion)
1967 Lisa Velez (aka Lisa Lisa, singer: Cult Jam)
1888 Huddy William Ledbetter (aka Leadbelly, blues singer) (d 12/6/49, age 61)
1909 Gene Krupa (drummer: Sing Sing Sing) (d 10/6/73, age 64)
1919 Steve Jordan (guitarist) (d 9/13/93, age 74)
1929 ‘Queen Ida’ Guillory (zydeco singer)
1930 Earl Hooker (blues guitarist/singer) (d 4/21/70, age 40)
1941 Don VanVliet (aka Captain Beefheart, blues guitarist)
1948 Ronnie Van Zant (singer: Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d 10/20/77, age 29) (Skynyrd backup singer Cassie Gaines would have celebrated her birthday on Jan 9th, were it not for that same fateful plane crash)
1951 Maria Martinez (aka Charo)
1959 Pete Trewaves (bassist: Marillion)
1967 Lisa Velez (aka Lisa Lisa, singer: Cult Jam)
January 16th
1932 Lester 'Mad Dog' Davenport (blues harpist: Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley) (d 3/17/09, age 77)
1934 Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano opera singer )
1937 Bob Bogle (guitarist/bassist: The Ventures - Walk Don’t Run, Batman Theme) (d 6/14/09, age 72)
1944 Ronnie Milsap
1959 Helen Folasade Adu (aka Sade, singer: Smooth Operator) Gorgeous singer IMHO
1967 Maxine Waters (singer: En Vogue)
1979 Aaliyah (Houghton) (singer) (d 8/25/01, age 22)
1932 Lester 'Mad Dog' Davenport (blues harpist: Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley) (d 3/17/09, age 77)
1934 Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano opera singer )
1937 Bob Bogle (guitarist/bassist: The Ventures - Walk Don’t Run, Batman Theme) (d 6/14/09, age 72)
1944 Ronnie Milsap
1959 Helen Folasade Adu (aka Sade, singer: Smooth Operator) Gorgeous singer IMHO
1967 Maxine Waters (singer: En Vogue)
1979 Aaliyah (Houghton) (singer) (d 8/25/01, age 22)