2009 Death Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 2002 Death John Entwistle, bass player, The Who, dies at 57 1996 Death Saul Bass, graphic designer, filmmaker, dies at 74 1996 Death Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44 1995 Death Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47 1994 Death Gottlob Frick, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, dies at 88 1994 Death John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67 1994 Death Kristen Pfaff, U.S. bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24 1993 Death Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79 1989 Event British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1987 Event Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season 1987 Death Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66 1986 Death Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica 1979 Death John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery 1979 Birthday Lance Bass, American Musician 1976 Event Jerry Lee Lewis, attempting to shoot soda bottles hits his bass player Norman Owens twice in the chest 1973 Death John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres, dies at 31 in Radlett, Hertfordshire 1973 Event Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in California 1972 Birthday P[eter] J[ason] Farley, Hackensack, bass, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1968 Birthday Frank Watkins, U.S. heavy metalist bass, Obituary, Cause of Death 1967 Birthday Tim Simenson, rocker, Bomb the Bass 1967 Birthday Steve McDonald, born in America, bass player, member of band, Redd Kross, appeared in film 'Desperate Teenage Lovedolls' and 'Spirit of '76' 1964 Birthday Dave Ellefson, born in Jackson, Minnesota, bass guitar player, founder and member, thrash metal band, Megadeth 1964 Birthday Tod Bass, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In 1964 Birthday Rachel Bolan, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, born James Southworth, bass player, songwriter and co-founder of metal band, Skid Row 1962 Birthday Cliff Burton, born in Castro Valley, California, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band 1962 Birthday Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1960 Birthday Rick Savage, bass player, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages 1960 Birthday John Crawford, Palo Alto California, bass, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away 1959 Birthday Mark Price, bass/vocals, All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged 1958 Birthday Mark King, bass/vocalist, Level 42-Standing in the Light, Love Games 1957 Birthday Pete Jones, born near Watford, England, rocker, British bass guitarist, member of Public Image Ltd. 1957 Death Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1956 Birthday Kenneth Grant, bass/vocalist, Midnight Star-No Parking, Operator 1955 Birthday Bruce Foxton, born in Woking, Surrey, guitarist, bass player for The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers 1954 Birthday Michael Anthony, born in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Anthony Sobolewski, bassist, founding member, Van Halen, hard rock, heavy metal genres, plays bass, vocals, has performed with Sammy Hagar, Chickenfoot, noted for custom bass guitars, now markets Mad Anthony hot sauce 1952 Birthday Chris Cross, born in Tottenham, England, musician, bass guitarist, new wave, glam rock, synthpop, rock genres, member of band Ultavox 1952 Birthday Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker 1952 Birthday Kenny Aaronson, born in New York City, New York, rocker, bass guitar player, played for Dust, Stories, Hall & Oates, toured with Billy Squier, Joan Jett, Billy Idol 1952 Birthday Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law 1952 Birthday Charles F. Bass, American Politician 1952 Birthday Charles Foster Bass, American Politician 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1951 Birthday Dan Fogelberg, born in Illinois, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, played piano, bass, guitar, mandolin 1951 Birthday John Bentley, born in Deptford, South East London, rocker, bass player, played for Squeeze 1980 - 1982, appeared on albums Argybargy and East Side Story 1950 Birthday Mark Clarke, born in Liverpool, England, musician, bass guitarist, member of bands, Uriah Heep and Colosseum 1949 Birthday Tony Stevens, born in Willesden, London, bassist, musician, played bass with Foghat, Savoy Brown, releases include 'Looking In' 1948 Birthday Diane Kurys, Emir Kusturica, Sarajevo, bass guitarist 1947 Birthday Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride 1947 Birthday Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist 1947 Birthday Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band 1945 Birthday Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1945 Birthday John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1945 Birthday Matti Salminen, born in Turku, Finland, bass player, King Philipp-Don Carlos 1945 Birthday Johnny Cymbal, rocker, Mr Bass Man 1944 Birthday Tim Bogert, born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, musician, bass player, played rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, performed bass solos with Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice 1944 Birthday Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1942 Birthday Greg Ridley, born in Cumberland, England, rock, bass guitarist, played for Humble Pie and Spooky Tooth, popular double album Performance Rockin' the Fillmore 1942 Birthday John Rostill, born in Kings Norton, England, composer, bass guitarist, member, The Shadows, The Internst, rock and roll, pop genres 1942 Birthday Samuel Ramey, born in Colby, Kansas, bass, La Scala 1941 Birthday Les Braid, England, bass, Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good 1941 Birthday Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens 1940 Birthday Fontella Bass, born in St. Louis, Missouri, vocalist, Rescue Me 1938 Birthday Simon Estes, born in Centerville, Iowa, bass/baritone, Wonton, Don Carlos 1934 Birthday Bryan Bass, headmaster, City of London School 1934 Birthday Thomas Paul, born in Chicago, Illinois, bass, New York City Opera 1963-70 1932 Birthday Henry Jay Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor/bass, LA Philharmonic 1955-59 1927 Birthday John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone 1921 Birthday Alfie Bass, born in London, England, actor, Moonraker, Are You Being Served 1920 Birthday Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo 1917 Birthday Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller 1914 Birthday Perry Bass, Texas billionaire 1914 Birthday Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov 1914 Birthday Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman 1906 Birthday Gottlob Frick, born in Germany, singer, bass, performed opera including roles by Wagner and Mozart, best known recording is Osmin, in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Rocco in Fidelio, Sarastro in The Magic Flute 1892 Birthday Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery 1892 Birthday Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show
