February 20th
1898 Jimmy Yancey (blues pianist) (d 9/17/51, age 53)
1937 Nancy Wilson (jazz and R&B singer)
1940 Barbara Laine (singer: The Fleetwoods - “I’m Mr. Blue,” “Come Softly to Me”)
1941 Buffy Sainte Marie (folk singer)
1944 Lew Soloff (trumpeter: Blood Sweat & Tears)
1946 Sandy Duncan
1946 Jerome ‘J’ Geils (guitarist: J. Geils Band)
1950 Walter Becker (bassist: Steely Dan)
1950 Paul Cooper (bassist/singer: The Nylons)
1951 Randy Wolfe (aka Randy California, guitarist: Spirit - “I Got a Line on You Babe”) (d 1/2/97, age 45)
1954 Jon Brant (bassist: Cheap Trick)
1967 Kurt Cobain (singer: Nirvana) (d 4/8/94, age 27)
1975 Brian Littrell (singer: Backstreet Boys)
Famous Musicians Birthdays Past and Present
February 21st
1932 Eunice Kathleen Waymon (aka Nina Simone, jazz singer/pianist - I Love You Porgy, I Put a Spell on You, I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl, Peaches, House of the Rising Sun) (d 4/21/03, age 71)
1938 Robert Charles Guidry (aka Bobby Charles, songwriter: See You Later Alligator (Bill Haley), Walking to New Orleans (Fats Domino)) (d 1/14/10, age 71)
1949 Jerry Harrison (keyboardist: The Talking Heads)
1951 Vince Welnick (keyboardist: The Tubes, also was the last keyboardist with The Grateful Dead) (d 6/2/06, age 55)
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter
1969 Corey Harris (blues guitarist: It’s Over, Blue Drops of Rain)
1986 Charlotte Church
1932 Eunice Kathleen Waymon (aka Nina Simone, jazz singer/pianist - I Love You Porgy, I Put a Spell on You, I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl, Peaches, House of the Rising Sun) (d 4/21/03, age 71)
1938 Robert Charles Guidry (aka Bobby Charles, songwriter: See You Later Alligator (Bill Haley), Walking to New Orleans (Fats Domino)) (d 1/14/10, age 71)
1949 Jerry Harrison (keyboardist: The Talking Heads)
1951 Vince Welnick (keyboardist: The Tubes, also was the last keyboardist with The Grateful Dead) (d 6/2/06, age 55)
1958 Mary-Chapin Carpenter
1969 Corey Harris (blues guitarist: It’s Over, Blue Drops of Rain)
1986 Charlotte Church
February 22nd
1925 Guy Mitchell (actor/singer) (d 7/1/99, age 74)
1928 ‘Texas’ Johnny Brown (blues singer)
1936 Ernest Kador, Jr. (aka Ernie K-Doe, flamboyant R&B singer, hit #1 with “Mother-In-Law” in 1961) (d 7/5/01, age 65)
1938 Bobby Hendricks (singer: The Drifters)
1945 Oliver Swofford (aka Oliver, singer: Good Morning Starshine)
1968 Brad Nowell (guitarist/keyboardist/singer: Sublime) (d 5/25/96, age 28)
1971 Lea Salonga (actress/singer)
1973 Scott Phillips (drummer: Creed)
1925 Guy Mitchell (actor/singer) (d 7/1/99, age 74)
1928 ‘Texas’ Johnny Brown (blues singer)
1936 Ernest Kador, Jr. (aka Ernie K-Doe, flamboyant R&B singer, hit #1 with “Mother-In-Law” in 1961) (d 7/5/01, age 65)
1938 Bobby Hendricks (singer: The Drifters)
1945 Oliver Swofford (aka Oliver, singer: Good Morning Starshine)
1968 Brad Nowell (guitarist/keyboardist/singer: Sublime) (d 5/25/96, age 28)
1971 Lea Salonga (actress/singer)
1973 Scott Phillips (drummer: Creed)
February 23rd
1924 Walter Marion Jacobs (aka Little Walter, blues harpist and singer with Chess Records) (d 2/15/68, age 43)
1944 John Dawson (aka Johnny Winter, guitarist/singer)
1946 Rusty Young (steel guitarist: Poco)
1950 Steve Priest (bassist: Sweet)
1952 Brad Whitford (rhythm guitarist: Aerosmith)
1955 Howard Jones
1962 Michael Wilton (guitarist: Queensryche)
1924 Walter Marion Jacobs (aka Little Walter, blues harpist and singer with Chess Records) (d 2/15/68, age 43)
1944 John Dawson (aka Johnny Winter, guitarist/singer)
1946 Rusty Young (steel guitarist: Poco)
1950 Steve Priest (bassist: Sweet)
1952 Brad Whitford (rhythm guitarist: Aerosmith)
1955 Howard Jones
1962 Michael Wilton (guitarist: Queensryche)
February 24th
1932 Michael Legrand (composer: scored Brian’s Song, Yentl)
1933 David ‘Fathead’ Newman (jazz saxophonist/flutist: played barisax in Ray Charles’ band 1954-1966, also played with Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Average White Band, Eric Clapton, Jimmy McGriff, Natalie Cole, Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Manhattan Transfer, and Doug Sahm) (d 1/20/09, age 75)
1935 Renata Scott (opera singer)
1936 Willie Kent (blues bassist/guitarist) (d 3/2/06, age 70)
1947 Rupert Holmes (singer: Escape (The Pina Colada Song))
1947 Lonnie Turner (bassist: Steve Miller Band)
1953 Carl Weathersby (guitarist)
1955 Bob Abrams (singer: The Buckinghams)
1962 Michelle Shocked (singer)
1977 Alexis Grullon Jose (singer: Menudo)
1932 Michael Legrand (composer: scored Brian’s Song, Yentl)
1933 David ‘Fathead’ Newman (jazz saxophonist/flutist: played barisax in Ray Charles’ band 1954-1966, also played with Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Average White Band, Eric Clapton, Jimmy McGriff, Natalie Cole, Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Manhattan Transfer, and Doug Sahm) (d 1/20/09, age 75)
1935 Renata Scott (opera singer)
1936 Willie Kent (blues bassist/guitarist) (d 3/2/06, age 70)
1947 Rupert Holmes (singer: Escape (The Pina Colada Song))
1947 Lonnie Turner (bassist: Steve Miller Band)
1953 Carl Weathersby (guitarist)
1955 Bob Abrams (singer: The Buckinghams)
1962 Michelle Shocked (singer)
1977 Alexis Grullon Jose (singer: Menudo)
February 25th
1925 Lisa Kirk (singer/actress) (d 11/11/90, age 65)
1929 Tommy Newsom (trumpeter, saxophonist, and backup conductor for the Tonight Show band, Johnny Carson called him “Mr. Excitement”) (d 4/28/07, age 78)
1932 Faron Young (country singer: Hello Walls) (d 12/10/96, age 64)
1943 George Harrison (guitarist: The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys) (d 11/29/01, age 58)
1946 Syreeta Wright (singer, with Billy Preston on “Don’t You Know With You I’m Born Again”) (d 7/5/04, age 58)
1957 Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood (guitarist: Bay City Rollers - “s-a-t-u-r-d-a-y....”)Oh dear he shares the same day as george
1958 Mike Peters (guitarist/singer: The Alarm)
1973 Justin Jeffre (singer: 98 Degrees)
1925 Lisa Kirk (singer/actress) (d 11/11/90, age 65)
1929 Tommy Newsom (trumpeter, saxophonist, and backup conductor for the Tonight Show band, Johnny Carson called him “Mr. Excitement”) (d 4/28/07, age 78)
1932 Faron Young (country singer: Hello Walls) (d 12/10/96, age 64)
1943 George Harrison (guitarist: The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys) (d 11/29/01, age 58)
1946 Syreeta Wright (singer, with Billy Preston on “Don’t You Know With You I’m Born Again”) (d 7/5/04, age 58)
1957 Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood (guitarist: Bay City Rollers - “s-a-t-u-r-d-a-y....”)Oh dear he shares the same day as george
1958 Mike Peters (guitarist/singer: The Alarm)
1973 Justin Jeffre (singer: 98 Degrees)
February 26th
1921 Elizabeth Thornberg (aka Betty Hutton, actress/singer) (d 3/11/07, age 86)
1928 Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino (pianist, songwriter, singer: Ain't That a Shame, I'm Walkin', Blueberry Hill, also a survivor of Hurricane Katrina)
1932 Johnny Cash (THE King of Country Music, Man in Black
1943 Bob ‘The Bear’ Hite (guitarist/harpist: Canned Heat - “Going Up the Country”) (d 4/5/81, age 38)
1943 Paul Cotton (singer: Poco)
1945 William Levise (aka Mitch Ryder, as in Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - “Devil in a Blue Dress)
1947 Sandie Shaw (singer)
1948 Priscilla Lopez
1950 Jonathan Cain (keyboardist: The Babys, Journey, Bad English)
1953 Michael Bolton
1971 Erykah Badu (singer)
1921 Elizabeth Thornberg (aka Betty Hutton, actress/singer) (d 3/11/07, age 86)
1928 Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino (pianist, songwriter, singer: Ain't That a Shame, I'm Walkin', Blueberry Hill, also a survivor of Hurricane Katrina)
1932 Johnny Cash (THE King of Country Music, Man in Black
1943 Bob ‘The Bear’ Hite (guitarist/harpist: Canned Heat - “Going Up the Country”) (d 4/5/81, age 38)
1943 Paul Cotton (singer: Poco)
1945 William Levise (aka Mitch Ryder, as in Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - “Devil in a Blue Dress)
1947 Sandie Shaw (singer)
1948 Priscilla Lopez
1950 Jonathan Cain (keyboardist: The Babys, Journey, Bad English)
1953 Michael Bolton
1971 Erykah Badu (singer)
February 27th
1923 Dexter Gordon (jazz saxophonist) (d 4/25/90, age 67)
1930 Peter Stone (won an Oscar, an Emmy, and three Tony awards during a career in which he wrote the musicals “1776” and “Titanic” and the film classic “Charade”) (d 4/26/03, age 73)
1945 Carl Anderson (actor/singer: Judas in stage and screen versions of “Jesus Christ Superstar”) (d 2/23/04, age 58)
1948 Eddie Gray (guitarist: Tommy James & the Shondells - “I Think We're Alone Now,” “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “Crimson and Clover”)
1951 Lee Atwater (blues guitarist/politician) (d 3/29/91, age 40)
1954 Neal Schon (guitarist: Santana, Journey, Bad English, HSAS)
1957 Adrian Smith (guitarist: Iron Maiden)
1960 Paul Humphreys (keyboardist: OMD)
1971 Chilli Thomas (singer: TLC)
1981 Josh Groban (singer)
1923 Dexter Gordon (jazz saxophonist) (d 4/25/90, age 67)
1930 Peter Stone (won an Oscar, an Emmy, and three Tony awards during a career in which he wrote the musicals “1776” and “Titanic” and the film classic “Charade”) (d 4/26/03, age 73)
1945 Carl Anderson (actor/singer: Judas in stage and screen versions of “Jesus Christ Superstar”) (d 2/23/04, age 58)
1948 Eddie Gray (guitarist: Tommy James & the Shondells - “I Think We're Alone Now,” “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “Crimson and Clover”)
1951 Lee Atwater (blues guitarist/politician) (d 3/29/91, age 40)
1954 Neal Schon (guitarist: Santana, Journey, Bad English, HSAS)
1957 Adrian Smith (guitarist: Iron Maiden)
1960 Paul Humphreys (keyboardist: OMD)
1971 Chilli Thomas (singer: TLC)
1981 Josh Groban (singer)