1996 Death Jonathan Melvoin, keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins), dies of heorin OD 1990 Death Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38 1985 Death Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road manager (Rolling Stones), dies at 47 1983 Birthday Taylor Hanson, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, percussionist, keyboardist, singer, member of band, Hanson, famous song, 'MMMBop', lead singer for the Tinted Windows band 1974 Event Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes" 1970 Birthday Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist, EMF-Unbelievable 1968 Birthday Jay Darlington, born in London, England, keyboardist, Kula Shaker 1967 Birthday Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist, Bob Color 1966 Birthday Shirley Manson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, musician, keyboardist, lead singer, Garbage rock band, also performed with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie 1963 Birthday Roddy Bottum, born in Los Angeles, California, rock keyboardist, Faith No More-Real Thing 1963 Birthday Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist, Nelson-Love and Affection 1962 Birthday Josh Silver, born in America, keyboardist, producer for band Type O Negative, viewed as a gothic metal band, played with Peter Steele, founding member of rock group Fallout 1962 Birthday James Debarge, Grand Rapids, Michigan, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Debarge 1962 Birthday Richard Coles, rock keyboardist, Communards 1962 Birthday Nick Rhodes, Bates, keyboardist, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf 1962 Birthday David Bryan, rock keyboardist, Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name 1961 Birthday Magne Furuholmen, born in Oslo, Norway, keyboardist/vocalist, Aha-Take on Me 1961 Birthday Vince Clarke, born in Basildon, Essex, rock keyboardist, Erasure 1961 Birthday Mark Kelly, born in Dublin, Ireland, keyboardist, Marillion-Real to Reel 1960 Birthday James Prime, British rock keyboardist, Deacon Blue-Pay Day 1960 Birthday David Steele, Birmingham, rock keyboardist, Fine Young Cannibals 1960 Birthday Simon Climie, rock vocalist and keyboardist, Climie Fisher-Love Changes 1959 Birthday Chris Lowe, English rock keyboardist, Pet Shop Boys-It's a Sin 1959 Birthday David Ball, Blackpool, rock keyboardist, Soft Cell 1959 Birthday Mike Lindup, British rock keyboardist/singer, Level 42-Hot Water 1959 Birthday Andrew Farriss, born in Australia, rock keyboardist, Inxs-Kiss the Dirt 1958 Birthday Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist, Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money 1958 Birthday Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist, Style Council-You're the Best Thing 1958 Birthday Mike Barson, rock keyboardist, Madness 1958 Birthday Matt Reid, rock keyboardist, Berlin-Takes Your Breathe Away 1958 Birthday Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist, Jack of Hearts 1957 Birthday Doug Johnson, rock keyboardist, Loverboy-Get Lucky 1957 Birthday Wayne Lewis, keyboardist, Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover 1957 Birthday Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1957 Birthday Mickael Virtue, rock keyboardist, UB40-Red Red Wine 1957 Birthday Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor 1956 Birthday Rob Fisher, Bath England, rock keyboardist, Naked Eyes 1956 Birthday Paul Young, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Every Time You Go Away 1955 Birthday Diamanda Galas, born America, composer, musician, politically charged performance artist, keyboardist, singer, has a voice range of three and a half octaves 1955 Birthday James Jonathan Sylvers, born in Memphis, Tennessee, keyboardist, vocalist, member of The Sylvers, a popular 1970's rhythm and blues family group 1955 Birthday John Glavin, rock keyboardist, Molly Hatchet 1955 Birthday Steve George, rock keyboardist, Mr Mister 1954 Birthday Benmont Tench, born in Gainesville, Florida, rock keyboardist, Heartbreakers 1954 Birthday Martin Jourard, keyboardist/vocalist, Motels-Only the Lonely 1954 Birthday David Paich, rock keyboardist, Toto-Africa 1954 Birthday Jerry Dammers, keyboardist, Specials-Special 1954 Birthday Jimmy Destri, rock keyboardist, Blondie-Heart of Glass, Rapture 1953 Birthday Charlotte Caffey, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist, Go-Go's 1953 Birthday Larry Dunn, Dunhill, U.S. keyboardist, Earth Wind and Fire 1953 Birthday Felix Hanemann, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, keyboardist, vocalist, founder of band, Zebra, member of band, Harry Slash & The Slashtones 1953 Birthday Sean Hopper, born in California, rock keyboardist, Huey Lewis and The News 1953 Birthday William Simmons, sax/keyboardist, Midnight Star-No Parking 1952 Birthday Michael McDonald, St. Louis, rock keyboardist/vocals, Doobie Brothers 1952 Birthday Paul Cowsill, Newport, Rhode Island, rock keyboardist, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1952 Birthday Arnell Carmichael, rock keyboardist, Raydio 1952 Birthday Brent Mydland, Munich Germany, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Grass Roots 1952 Birthday Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist, Earth and Fire 1952 Birthday Brian MacLeod, rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist, Chilliwack 1952 Birthday Billy Currie, rock keyboardist and violinist, Ultravox-We Came to Dance 1952 Birthday Alan Clark, keyboardist, Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing 1952 Birthday Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Michael Stanley Band 1952 Birthday Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist, Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute 1952 Birthday Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist, Motels-Only the Lonely 1951 Birthday Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist, Good Cause 1951 Birthday Al Greenwood, keyboardist, Foreigner-Feels Like the First Time 1951 Birthday Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist, Nits 1951 Birthday Greg Gluffria, born in Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, House of Lords-Sahara 1951 Birthday Bob Pelander, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Michael Stanley Band 1951 Birthday Vince Welnick, rock keyboardist, Tubes 1951 Birthday Seth Justman, Washington D.C., rock keyboardist, J Geils Band-Centerfold 1950 Birthday Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist, Fixx 1950 Birthday Jonathan Cain, Chicago, rock guitarist/keyboardist, Journey, Babys 1950 Birthday Robert-John Stips, rock keyboardist/singer, The Nits 1950 Birthday Bill Cunningham, rock keyboardist/bassist, Box Tops 1950 Birthday Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist, British Lions 1949 Birthday Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist, Night Ranger 1949 Birthday Bob Andrews, England, rock keyboardist/vocalist 1949 Birthday John Wetton, born in Willington, Derbyshire, musician, keyboardist, singer, bassist, guitarist, principal songwriter for ASIA, a pop rock band 1949 Birthday Mike Levine, rock keyboardist/bassist, Triumph 1949 Birthday Gary Brooker, rock keyboardist, Procol Harum 1949 Birthday Rick Wakeman, rock keyboardist, Yes-Fish Out of Water 1949 Birthday Michael Brown, born in New York City, keyboardist, Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee 1949 Birthday Milan Williams, U.S. keyboardist, Commodores-Three Times a Lady 1949 Birthday Bill Payne, born in Waco, Texas, rock keyboardist, Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero 1949 Birthday Jerry Harrison, Milwaukee, rock keyboardist, Talking Heads 1949 Birthday Eddie Hardin, keyboardist/singer 1949 Birthday Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist, Ten Years After-I'm Going Home 1948 Birthday Lonnie Jordan, born in San Diego, California, rock keyboardist/vocalist, War 1948 Birthday Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer, Doe Maar 1948 Birthday Ron Mael, born in Culver City California, rock keyboardist, Sparks, 1948 Birthday Keith Godchaux, rock keyboardist, Grateful Dead 1948 Birthday Patrick Morza, born in Morges, Switzerland, rock keyboardist, Yes 1948 Birthday Brian Eno, born in Woodbridge, England, rock keyboardist/singer, On Land 1948 Birthday Craig Frost, keyboardist, Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful 1948 Birthday Larry Ferguson, born in Nassau, keyboardist, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing 1948 Birthday Dana Walden, rock keyboardist, Champaign 1948 Birthday Donald Fagen, born in Passaic, New Jersey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Steely Dan-Peg 1947 Birthday Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist, Barclay James Harvest 1947 Birthday Mark Stein, singer, organist and keyboardist, Vanilla Fudge 1947 Birthday Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist, Boston-More Than a Feeling 1946 Birthday Dean Daughtry, rock keyboardist, Atlanta Rhythm Section 1946 Birthday Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bassist/keyboardist, Golden Earring 1946 Birthday Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist, Ekseption 1946 Birthday Neal Doughty, born in Evantson, Illinois, rock keyboardist, Reo Speedwagon 1946 Birthday Allen Lanier, rock keyboardist/guitarist and vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult 1946 Birthday Matthew Fisher, born in England, keyboardist, Procol Harum-Conquistador 1946 Birthday Rene Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist, Les Baroques 1946 Birthday Matthew Fisher, born in London, rock keyboardist, Procol Harum 1946 Birthday Tony Kaye, born in Leicester, England, musician, keyboardist for 'Yes', progressive rock group 1945 Birthday Mike Harrison, keyboardist, Spooky Tooth-It's All About 1945 Birthday Ken Hensley, rock keyboardist, Blackfoot, Uriah Heep 1945 Birthday Rick Wright, keyboardist of Pink Floyd 1945 Birthday Rod Argent, born in England, keyboardist, Zombies-She's Not There 1945 Birthday Misty Morgan, country keyboardist, duo with Jack Blanchard 1944 Birthday Felix Cavaliere, Pelham, New York, rock keyboardist, Rascals-Lonely too Long 1944 Birthday Rick Davies, born in London, England, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Supertramp 1944 Birthday Verden "Phally" Allen, keyboardist, Mott the Hoople 1944 Birthday Bernard Worrell, U.S. keyboardist, Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop 1943 Birthday Mike Smith, born in Edmonston, England, born Michael George Smith, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, music producer, played for The Dave Clark Five 1943 Birthday John Locke, rock keyboardist, Spirit-I Got A Line on You 1943 Birthday George Roger Waters, keyboardist, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1943 Birthday David Carr, rock keyboardist, Fortunes Leyton, London 1943 Birthday David Walker, rock keyboardist, Gary Lewis and Playboys-Diamond Ring 1943 Birthday Vangelis, Papathanasiou, composer/keyboardist, Chariots of Fire 1943 Birthday Ray Manzarek, rock keyboardist, Doors-People are Strange 1942 Birthday Daryl Dragon, born in Pasadena, California, keyboardist, Captain and Tennille 1942 Birthday Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1942 Birthday John Cale, born in Wales, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Velvet Underground 1942 Birthday Leon Haywood, U.S. vocalist/keyboardist, It's Got to be Mellow 1941 Birthday Terry Kirkman, Salina, Kansas, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Association 1941 Birthday Jon Lord, born in England, keyboardist, Deep Purple-Hush, White Snake 1941 Birthday Aaron Neville, U.S. singer/keyboardist, Neville Brothers 1940 Birthday Larry Willis, rock keyboardist, Blood, Sweat and Tears 1939 Birthday Brian Auger, born in London, fusion keyboardist, Befour, Genesis 1938 Birthday Toni Brown, U.S. guitarist/singer/keyboardist, Joy of Cooking 1938 Birthday Roger Laver, Jackson, rock keyboardist, Tornados 1937 Birthday Garth Hudson, born in Windsor, Ontario, organist, keyboardist, musician, instrumentalist, member of The Band, Canadian-American rock group 1935 Birthday Ray Manzarek, keyboardist, Doors-Light My Fire, Unknown Soldier 1925 Birthday Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist, Heikrekels
