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2009 Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63
2005 Derek Bailey, English Musician 2005 Little Milton, American Musician 2005 Eddie Barclay, French Musician 2005 Percy Heath, American Musician 2005 Ruth Warrick, American Musician 2004 Vaughn Meader, comic/musician, The First Family, dies at 62 2004 Steve Lacy, American Musician 2004 Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 2003 Wesley Willis, American Musician 2003 Ed Townsend, American Musician 2003 June Carter, American Musician 2003 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian Musician 2003 Edwin Starr, American Musician 2003 Harry Ellis Dickson, American Musician 2003 Fred Rogers, writer/actor/minister/musician, MisterRogers, dies at 74 2003 Tom Glazer, American Musician 2002 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician 2002 Jam Master Jay, American Musician 2002 Lisa Lopes, American Musician 2002 Randy Castillo, American Musician 2002 Harlan Howard, American Musician 2001 George Harrison, musician, The Beatles, dies at 58 2001 Norman Granz, American Musician 2001 John Walters, British Musician 2001 Joe Henderson, American Musician 2001 Billy Higgins, American Musician 2001 J. 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Johnson, American Musician 2000 Jerome Richardson, American Musician 1999 Hank Snow, Canadian Musician 1999 "Grover Washington, Jr", jazz musician, Aria, dies at 56 1999 Lester Bowie, American Musician 1999 Bobby Sheehan, American Musician 1998 Betty Carter, American Musician 1998 Tom Cora, American Musician 1998 Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51 1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 1998 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 1997 Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55 1997 Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 1997 Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91 1997 Jeff Buckley, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters, dies of an accidental drowning at age 30 1997 Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51 1997 Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90 1997 Brian McManus Connolly, musician, dies at 47 1997 Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40 1997 Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61 1997 Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66 1997 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76 1996 Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69 1996 John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62 1996 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80 1996 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1996 Christopher Acland, musician, dies at 30 1996 Vernon Elliott, musician/composer, dies at 84 1996 Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist, dies at 85 1996 Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician, dies at 63 1996 William Smith Monroe, bluegrass musician, dies at 84 1996 Rio Reiser, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene, dies at 46 1996 Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86 1996 Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician, dies at 77 1996 Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60 1996 Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57 1996 Louis Gottlieb, musician, dies at 72 1996 Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89 1996 Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88 1996 Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48 1996 Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79 1996 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45 1996 Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61 1996 William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday 1996 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, musician, dies at 37 1996 Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65 1996 Isian Kehinde I K Dairo, musician/academic, dies at 65 1996 Tiny Winters, musician, dies at 87 1996 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52 1996 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80 1995 Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 1995 Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 1995 Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74 1995 Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer, dies at 62 1995 Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45 1995 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53 1995 Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician, dies at 31 1995 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76 1995 Robert "Robby" Debarge, r&B Musician, dies at 36 1995 Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha, musician, dies at 36 1995 Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer, dies at 89 1995 Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90 1995 Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76 1995 Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70 1995 Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74 1995 Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63 1995 Chris Pyne, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band, dies at 56 1995 Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 1995 Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79 1995 Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51 1995 Hugo Cole, musician/critic, dies at 77 1995 Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89 1995 Jess Stacy, pianist, jazz musician, dies at 90 1994 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 1994 Cabell "Cab" Calloway, musician, dies at 86 1994 Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California 1994 Cab Calloway, American Musician 1994 Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80 1994 John DeLaFose, zydeco musician, dies at 55 1994 Roy Castle, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show', dies at age 62 in Buckinghamshire, England 1994 Kurt Donald Cobain, musician, dies at 27 1994 Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77 1994 Kurt Cobain, American Musician 1994 Sid Weiss, musician, jazz double-bassist, dies at 79 1994 Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51 1994 "Papa" John Creach, U.S. jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76 1993 Frank Zappa, American Musician 1993 Ken E. Jones, musician ,New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, dies of AIDS at 34 1993 Marian Anderson, American Musician 1993 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82 1993 GG Allin, American Musician 1993 Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 1992 Roy Acuff, country musician, 'Hee Haw', dies 1992 Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack 1992 Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39 1991 Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44 1991 Zapata Jaw, Nelson Renfrum, Surinamese musician, dies 1991 Miles Davis, American Musician 1991 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30 1991 Johnny Thunders, American Musician 1990 Joanna Noelle Levesque, also known as JoJo, American Musician 1990 Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1990 Cornell Gunther, U.S. musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 1990 Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies 1990 Del Shannon, American Musician 1989 Lil' Romeo, American Musician 1988 Jean-Michel Basquiat, U.S. musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies 1987 Thomas Dekker, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, musician, singer, actor, played Zach on 'Heroes', John Connor in 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' 1987 Aaron Carter, American Musician 1987 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 Joss Stone, English Musician 1987 Jesse McCartney, American Musician 1987 Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78 1986 Jimmy Lyons, American Musician 1986 Charlotte Church, Welsh Musician 1985 Charlie Simpson, British Musician 1985 Irving Mills, American Musician 1985 Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75 1984 Ashlee Simpson, American Musician 1984 Avril Lavigne, Canadian Musician 1984 Gareth Gates, British Musician 1984 Fantasia Barrino, American Musician 1984 Count Basie, American Musician 1984 Mandy Moore, American Musician 1983 Howard Dietz, American Musician 1983 Michelle Branch, American Musician 1983 Lee Ryan, British Musician 1983 Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire 1983 Holly Valance, Australian Musician 1983 Earl Hines, American Musician 1983 Taylor Hanson, American Musician 1983 Carrie Underwood, American Musician 1983 Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician 1983 Samantha Mumba, Irish Musician 1982 Ryan Cabrera, American Musician 1982 Natasha Hamilton, British Musician 1982 Kelly Clarkson, American Musician 1981 Amy Lee, American Musician 1981 Christina Milian, American Musician 1981 Beyonce Knowles, American Musician 1981 Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC 1981 Young Buck, American Musician 1981 Josh Groban, American Musician 1981 Mike Bloomfield, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time', dies of drug overdose at 36 1981 Kelly Rowland, American Musician 1981 Justin Timberlake, American Musician 1981 Jonny Lang, born in Fargo, North Dakota, born Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr., singer, songwriter, guitarist, rock, gospel, blues musician, plays Benedict guitars, Fender Telecaster Thinline, voice sounds like veteran blues singer, toured with Sting, performed for President Bill Clinton 1981 Alicia Keys, American Musician 1981 Willa Ford, American Musician 1981 Jamelia, English Musician 1980 Christina Aguilera, American Musician 1980 Nick Cannon, American Musician 1980 Vanessa Carlton, American Musician 1980 Jessica Simpson, American Musician 1980 Chingy, American Musician 1980 Howard Bailey, American Musician 1980 Conor Oberst, American Musician 1979 Mya, Mya Marie Harrison, American Musician 1979 Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician 1979 Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose 1979 Foxy Brown, American Musician 1979 Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64 1979 Lance Bass, American Musician 1979 Daniel Johns, Australian Musician 1979 Sophie Ellis Bextor, English Musician 1979 Norah Jones, American Musician 1979 Joel Madden, American Musician 1979 Brandy Norwood, American Musician 1979 Aaliyah, American Musician 1978 LaToya London, American Musician 1978 John Legend, American Musician 1978 Don Ellis, American Musician 1978 Nelly Furtado, Canadian Musician 1978 Clay Aiken, American Musician 1978 Justin Guarini, American Musician 1978 Vanessa Mae, Chinese Musician 1978 Usher Raymond, American Musician 1978 Ayumi Hamasaki, also known as "Ayu" by her fans, Japanese Musician 1978 Ruben Studdard, American Musician 1978 Will Champion, English Musician 1978 Rachel Stevens, English Musician 1978 Jenny Frost, British Musician 1978 A. 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McLean, American Musician 1977 Brad Delson, American Musician 1977 Obie Trice, American Musician 1977 John Mayer, American Musician 1977 Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician 1977 Fiona Apple, American Musician 1977 Jason Mraz, American Musician 1977 Kanye West, American Musician 1977 Joseph Hahn, American Musician 1977 Bubba Sparxxx, American Musician 1977 Chris Martin, American Musician 1977 Mike Shinoda, American Musician 1977 Gavin DeGraw, American Musician 1976 Dan Hawkins, English Musician 1976 Ville Valo, born in Helsinki, Finland, musician, singer, songwriter, leader, HIM rock band, baritone voice, Moto Moto in Finnish version of movie, Madagaskar 2 1976 Ludacris, American Musician 1976 Jon Crosby, American Musician 1976 Chester Bennington, American Musician 1976 Ja Rule, American Musician 1976 Brandon Boyd, American Musician 1976 Emma Bunton, British Musician 1975 Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86 1975 Travis Barker, American Musician 1975 Bo Bice, American Musician 1975 Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, U.S., jazz musician, Black Messiah, dies at 46 from a stroke 1975 Lil' Kim, American Musician 1975 Curtis Jackson, American Musician 1975 Melanie Brown, English Musician 1975 Andre Benjamin, American Musician 1975 Lauryn Hill, American Musician 1975 Enrique Iglesias, Spanish Musician 1975 Melanie Blatt, English Musician 1975 Wes Borland, American Musician 1975 Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician 1975 Coco Lee, Chinese Musician 1975 Aaron Funk, Canadian Musician 1974 Meg White, American Musician 1974 Nicole Appleton, Canadian Musician 1974 Louise Nurding, British Musician 1974 Nelly, also known as Cornell Haynes, Jr., American Musician 1974 Natalie Maines, American Musician 1974 Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician 1974 Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician 1974 Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1974 Andrea Corr, Irish Musician 1974 Beanie Sigel, American Musician 1974 Chad Hugo, American Musician 1974 Bryan White, American Musician 1974 Robbie Williams, British Musician 1974 Tom Jenkinson, English Musician 1974 Melanie Chisholm, English Musician 1973 Mos Def, also known as Dante Terrel Smith, American Musician 1973 Nick Lachey, American Musician 1973 Anastacia, American Musician 1973 Rufus Wainwright, Canadian Musician 1973 Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician 1973 Gretchen Wilson, American Musician 1973 Faith Evans, American Musician 1973 Joshua Homme, American Musician 1973 Natalie Appleton, Canadian Musician 1973 Pharrell Williams, American Musician 1973 Caroline Corr, Irish Musician 1973 Justin Sane, American Musician 1973 Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician 1972 Brian Molko, Belgian Musician 1972 Tre Cool, American Musician 1972 Brad Paisley, American Musician 1972 Eminem, American Musician 1972 Wyclef Jean, American Musician 1972 Liam Gallagher, British Musician 1972 Amanda Marshall, Canadian Musician 1972 Don Byas, American Musician 1972 Geri Halliwell, British Musician 1972 Damon Sharpe, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor/musician, Guys Next Door 1972 Busta Rhymes, American Musician 1972 Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician 1972 Mark Hoppus, American Musician 1972 Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician, Green Day 1972 Tim Jones, American Musician 1971 Noel Hogan, musician, Cranberries 1971 Dido Armstrong, British Musician 1971 Big Punisher, also known as Big Pun and Christopher Rios, American Musician 1971 Ricky Martin, American Musician 1971 Snoop Dogg, American Musician 1971 Chris Kirkpatrick, American Musician 1971 Richard D. James, English Musician 1971 King Curtis, Curtis Ousley, U.S. musician, murdered at 37 1971 Allison Krauss, American Musician 1971 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71 1971 Missy Elliot, American Musician 1971 Missy Elliott, American Musician 1971 Tom Green, Canadian Musician 1971 Ben Pollack, American Musician 1971 Lisa Lopes, American Musician 1971 Chris Wolf, actor/musician, Guys Next Door 1971 Lara St. John, Canadian Musician 1971 Method Man, American Musician 1971 John Wozniak, American Musician 1971 Kid Rock, American Musician 1970 Will Oldham, American Musician 1970 Beth Orton, English Musician 1970 Chad Taylor, musician, Live 1970 Puff Daddy, American Musician 1970 Chely Wright, American Musician 1970 Dean Ween, American Musician 1970 Ani Difranco, American Musician 1970 Neko Case, American Musician 1970 Macy Gray, American Musician 1970 Debbie Gibson, American Musician 1970 Fred Durst, American Musician 1970 Lonnie Johnson, American Musician 1970 Jordan Knight, American Musician 1970 John Frusciante, American Musician 1970 Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician 1970 Zack de la Rocha, American Musician 1969 Jay Kay, English Musician 1969 Jakob Dylan, American Musician 1969 Jay Z, also known as Shawn Corey Carter, American Musician 1969 Duncan Sheik, American Musician 1969 Ben Harper, American Musician 1969 P. J. Harvey, also known as Polly Jean Harvey, British Musician 1969 Gwen Stefani, American Musician 1969 Gene Hunt, R&B musician, Acid Man 1969 Keith Flint, singer/musician, Prodigy 1969 Marc Anthony, American Musician 1969 Eddie Garcia, born in Louisiana, actor/musician, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You 1969 Jennifer Lopez, born in The Bronx, New York, nickname, J. Lo, musician, rhythm and blues genre, actress, fashion designer, television producer 1969 Colin Greenwood, British Musician 1969 Brian McKnight, American Musician 1969 Coleman Hawkins, U.S. jazz musician/composer, dies 1969 Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1969 Marilyn Manson, singer and musician 1968 Alex James, English Musician 1968 Kathleen Hanna, American Musician 1968 Thom Yorke, English Musician 1968 Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor/musician, I Shot Andy Warhol 1968 Terri Clark, Canadian Musician 1968 Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records 1968 Bobby Sheehan, American Musician 1968 Margaret Young, American Musician 1968 Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician 1968 Curtis Jones, American Musician 1968 Ed O'Brien, English Musician 1968 Paula Cole, American Musician 1968 Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician 1968 Kenny Chesney, American Musician 1968 Damon Albarn, English Musician 1968 Mark McGrath, American Musician 1968 Lisa Loeb, American Musician 1968 Johnny Kelly, American Musician 1968 Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician 1968 Trevor Dunn, American Musician 1967 Gary Allan, American Musician 1967 Keith Urban, American Musician 1967 Faith Hill, American Musician 1967 Jeff Tweedy, American Musician 1967 Serj Tankian, American Musician 1967 Emma Anderson, British Musician 1967 Dave Navarro, American Musician 1967 Noel Gallagher, English Musician 1967 Charlie Hunter, American Musician 1967 Tim McGraw, American Musician 1967 Michael Franti, American Musician 1967 Dar Williams, American Musician 1967 John Coltrane, American Musician 1967 Liz Phair, American Musician 1967 Billy Corgan, American Musician 1967 Zakk Wylde, American Musician 1967 Dave Matthews, singer/musician, Dave Matthews Band 1966 Tracy Byrd, born in Vidor, Texas, Tracy Lynn Byrd, country singer, musician, known for Number One Billboard hit single 'Holdin' Heaven', recorded nine studio albums, 30 hit singles, 11 top ten hits 1966 Russell Watson, English Musician 1966 Charlie Grover, musician, Sponge 1966 Jeff Buckley, born in Anaheim, California, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters 1966 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician 1966 Doug E. Fresh, American Musician 1966 Ben Folds, American Musician 1966 Christopher Acland, musician 1966 Shirley Manson, Scottish Musician 1966 Lee Ann Womack, American Musician 1966 Kristin Hersh, American Musician 1966 Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician 1966 Tone Loc, American Musician 1966 Rob Zombie, American Musician 1966 Kate Schellenbach, musician, Luscious Jackson 1965 Slash, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, born Saul Hudson, musician, played lead guitar for Guns N' Roses. 1985 - 1006, founded band Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver 1965 Gabrielle Glaser, musician, Luscious Jackson 1965 Michael Diamond, also known as Mike D, American Musician 1965 Bryn Terfel, Welsh Musician 1965 Gavin Rossdale, British Musician 1965 Bill Black, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, dies at 39 1965 Todd Lewis, musician, Toadies 1965 Shania Twain, Canadian Musician 1965 Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam 1965 Barry D, Iain Bakker, English pop musician, Jesus Jones 1965 Joey Santiago, Filipino Musician 1965 Mike Gordon, American Musician 1965 Simon Fowler, English Musician 1965 Trent Reznor, musician, 9 Inch Nails 1965 Krist Novoselic, American Musician 1965 Eric Avery, American Musician 1965 Frank Black, American Musician 1965 Mike McCready, American Musician 1965 Billy Sherwood, American Musician 1965 Jon Fishman, American Musician 1965 Jam Master Jay, American Musician 1965 Adam Jones, American Musician 1965 Slick Rick, American Musician 1965 Beth Gibbons, English Musician 1964 Diana Krall, Canadian Musician 1964 Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 1964 Matthew Sweet, American Musician 1964 Trey Anastasio, American Musician 1964 Stephan Jenkins, American Musician 1964 Adam Duritz, American Musician 1964 Tim Gane, English Musician 1964 Eric Dolphy, American Musician 1964 Kerry King, American Musician 1964 Wynonna Judd, Ashland, Kentucky, American Musician, Judds-Why Not Me 1964 Cheryl James, American Musician 1964 John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1964 Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician 1963 Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician/songwriter, Adesso Te 1963 Jarvis Cocker, English Musician 1963 George Michael, British Musician 1963 Darren "Dizzy" Reed, U.S. musician, Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine 1963 Wesley Willis, American Musician 1963 Kevin Shields, Irish Musician 1963 Page McConnell, American Musician 1963 Thomas Perry, German Musician 1963 Dave Koz, born in Encino, California, saxophonist, compared to David Sanborn, musician, radio host, played on CBS' The Pat Sajak Show, host of Dave Koz Morning Show with Pat Prescott, on a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles 1963 Jason Newsted, American Musician 1962 Matt Cameron, musician, Soundgarden 1962 Steven Curtis Chapman, American Musician 1962 Dan Donovan, born in Britain, rocker, musician, member of Big Audio Dynamite, founding member of Dreadzone, toured with The Sisters of Mercy in 1990 1962 Kool Moe Dee, American Musician 1962 Jack Irons, American Musician 1962 Jesse Johnson, born in Rock Island, Illinois, Jesse Woods Johnson, musician, guitarist, funk, rocky, rhythm and blues genres, original member of The Time, contributed to hit singles, 'The Bird', 'Jungle Love', on The Time's third album, 'Ice Cream Castle' 1962 Michelle Shocked, singer/musician 1962 Michael Wilton, born in San Francisco, California, guitarist, singer, member of Queensryche, progressive metal musician, influenced by Judas Priest, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, UFO 1962 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 1962 Trace Adkins, American Musician 1962 Peter Steele, American Musician 1961 Peter Dawson, Australian Musician 1961 Dave Mustaine, American Musician 1961 Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician, Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode 1961 David Huff, born in America, David Lyndon Huff, drummer, songwriter, producer, session musician, founder, Giant, 1980's hard rock band, member of White Heart, a Christian rock band 1961 Keith Sweat, American Musician 1961 Toby Keith, American Musician 1961 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 1961 Alison Moyet, British Musician 1961 Boy George, English Musician 1961 Kim Deal, American Musician 1961 Tom Araya, American Musician 1961 Vince Neil, American Musician 1961 Wayne Coyne, American Musician 1960 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician, Shamen-Move Any Mountain 1960 Matthew Shipp, American Musician 1960 Django Bates, jazz musician 1960 Aimee Mann, American Musician 1960 Nancy Martinez, born in Montreal, Quebec, rocker, musician, singer, known for dance-pop music hit songs 'For Tonight', 'Move Out' 1960 Bono, born in Dublin, Ireland, born Paul David Hewson, Irish musician, activist, lead vocalist for rock band U2, 54th most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history, activism includes Product Red and the ONE campaign 1960 Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician 1959 Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies 1959 Jack Norworth, American Musician 1959 Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1959 Joe Elliott, English Musician 1959 Stanley Jordan, American Musician 1959 Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House 1959 Steven Morrissey, English Musician 1959 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57 1959 Flavor Flav, American Musician 1959 Lester Young, American Musician 1959 Kirk and Curtwood, musician, Meat Puppets 1958 Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Simon LeBon, English Musician 1958 Rodwell Biggie Tembo Marasha, musician 1958 Med Lucart, rock musician, Wall of Voodoo 1958 Danielle Dax, English Musician 1958 Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician 1958 Mick Karn, born in Nicosia, Cypress, rocker, instrumentalist, musician, songwriter, bassist for art rock band Japan 1958 Bela Fleck, American Musician 1958 Jello Biafra, American Musician 1958 Meredith Brooks, American Musician 1958 Prince, American Musician 1958 W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY 1958 William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1958 Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1958 Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician, UB40-Red Red Wine 1957 Julian Cope, Welsh pop musician, Eve's Volcano 1957 Michael W. Smith, American Musician 1957 Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart 1957 Mojo Nixon, American Musician 1957 Marc Almond, British Musician 1957 Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love 1957 Cheryl Lynn, American Musician 1957 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 Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician 1957 Renee Fleming, American Musician 1957 Don Snow, born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1992, changed name to John Savannah, musician, guitarist, drummer, saxophonist, toured with Van Morrison, member of Squeeze, Procol Harum, played Hammond organs, piano 1956 GG Allin, American Musician 1956 Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock 1956 Teena Marie, American Musician 1956 Elsie Janis, American Musician 1955 Jane Siberry, Canadian Musician 1955 Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician 1955 Diamanda Galas, born America, composer, musician, politically charged performance artist, keyboardist, singer, has a voice range of three and a half octaves 1955 Glenn Danzig, American Musician 1955 Lesley Garrett, English Musician 1955 Nina Hagen, German Musician 1955 Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits 1955 Mark Hollis, English pop musician, Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl 1954 Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1954 Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance 1954 Michael Chetwood, born in Telford, England, rocker, musician, played for pop band T'Pau, which had Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom in the 1980's 1954 Frank Marino, born in Montreal, Canada, Francesco Antonio Marino, guitarist, rocker, musician, songwriter, leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush 1954 Pat Metheny, American Musician 1954 Neil Tennant, American Musician 1954 Captain Sensible, born in Balham, London, rocker, musician, songwriter, bassist, member of Johnny Moped band, Oasis, co-founded punk rock band The Damned, wore signature red beret 1954 Tina Charles, English Musician 1954 Chris Hughes, born in London, England, drummer, musician, record producer, played drums for Dalek I Love You, The Blitz Brothers, member, Adam and the Ants, produced Tears for Fears, The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, co-produced Peter Gabriel's 'Red Rain' 1954 Neil Schon, American Musician 1954 Cliff Martinez, American Musician 1954 Trevor Rabin, born in South Africa, musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of Yes, a progressive British rock band, film composer 1953 Tito Jackson, American Musician 1953 Tommy Shaw, American Musician 1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Billy Hinsche, born in Manila, Philippines, William 'Billy' Hinsche, American musician, rocker, member of Dino, Desi, and Billy singing group, toured with The Beach Boys 1953 Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history 1953 Django Reinhardt, Belgian Musician 1953 Kim Gordon, American Musician 1953 Peter Garrett, Australian Musician 1953 Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1952 David Knopfler, British Musician 1952 Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1952 Alec John Such, born in Yonkers, New York, rocker, musician, former bassist for band Bon Jovi, managed local New Jersey bands and Heaven band in Chicago with James Young of Styx 1952 Don Was, American Musician 1952 Glenn Hughes, British Musician 1952 David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 Johnny Thunders, American Musician 1952 Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon 1952 Andy Shernoff, born in Bronx, New York, pen name Adny Shernoff, rocker, musician, singer, songwriter, founding member of The Dictators, punk band, bassist with The Fleshtones 1989 - 1990 1952 Eddie Manion, born in America, Eddie 'Kingfish' Manion, saxophonist, tenor and baritone sax, session musician, member of Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band Tour, recorded and performed with Diana Ross, Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, The E Street Band 1952 Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1952 Boris Blank, born in Switzerland, composer, musician, member of Yello, responsible for unique sound, influenced by Yello members Carlos Peron, Deiter Meier 1952 Ricky Van Shelton, country musician 1952 Lee Ritenour, born in Los Angeles, California, jazz musician 1951 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 John Mellencamp, American Musician 1951 Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1951 Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1951 Jorge Santana, born in Autlan, Jalisco, Mexico, musician, member of band Malo, recorded with Malo members to produce solo albums Jorge Santana, It's All About Love, plays green Frender Stratocaster guitar, recorded Santana Brothers album with brother, Carlos Santana, 1994 1951 Brad Delp, born in Massachusetts, musician, rock, hard rock, lead vocalist for rock band 'Boston' 1951 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician 1951 Bill Frisell, American Musician 1951 Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1951 Michael Doucet, singer/musician, Beausoleil 1950 Randy Castillo, American Musician 1950 Tina Weymouth, American Musician 1950 Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning 1950 Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star 1950 Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis 1950 Emitt Rhodes, musician, Merry-go-Round 1950 George Thorogood, American Musician 1950 Rio Reiser, born in Berlin, Germany, born Ralph Christian Mobius, musician, singer, political activist, member of ton Steine Scherben, a famous rock group, wrote Rachhaussong supporting the squatter scene 1949 Lenny White, born in New York City, New York, musician, drummer, performed on Miles Davis' 'Bitches' Brew', recorded 'No Mystery', 'Romantic Warrior' with Return to Forever 1949 Ray Shulman, born in Portsmouth, England, born Raymond Schulman, musician, record producer, member of Gentle Giant, British progressive rock band, produced records for The Sugarcubes 1949 Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1949 Brian McManus Connolly, musician 1949 Bruce Springsteen, born in Asbury, New Jersey, rock musician, 'Born in the USA' 1949 Tony Stevens, born in Willesden, London, bassist, musician, played bass with Foghat, Savoy Brown, releases include 'Looking In' 1949 Leon Redbone, American Musician 1949 Holly Near, American Musician 1949 David Robinson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, drummer, musician, played with various rock bands including The Cars, The Modern Lovers and DMZ 1949 Neil Jones, musician, Bend Me Shape Me 1948 Alan Parsons, British Musician 1948 Jim Steinman, American Musician 1948 Don Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, musician, drummer, performed with Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, Silver Bullet Band and rock band Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Bill Ward, born in Birmingham, England, musician, vocalist, drummer for Black Sabbath, a British heavy metal band, sang lead vocals on Technical Ecstacy, Never Say Die! 1948 Steve Tyler, American Musician 1948 Michael Owen Bruce, American Musician 1948 Billy Zoom, born in Savanna, Illinois, musician, guitarist, founder of punk rock band X, Guitar Player named him greatest guitar player of all time in 2007, worked with Gene Vincent, rockabilly legend, as well as Etta James, Big Joe Turner 1948 Rick James, American Musician 1948 T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1948 Thom Mooney, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, musician, drummer, played with Fuse, Nazz, The Curtis Brothers, Tattoo 1947 Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride 1947 Rob Davis, born in Carshalton, England, musician, guitarist, songwriter, song 'Tiger Feet' for glam rock band Mud top record of the United Kingdom in 1974 1947 Don Grolnick, jazz musician 1947 Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 1947 Steve Khan, jazz musician, Christmas Waltz 1947 Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band 1947 Victoria Beckham, English Musician 1947 Derek Shulman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, singer, rocker, instrumentalist, vocalist for band Gentle Giant, recorded twelve albums with them in ten years 1946 Carmine Appice, musician, Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling 1946 Carson Van Osten, born in America, musician, performed with Todd Rundgren and rock group 'Nazz', comics creator, artist of Disney comics 1946 David Liebman, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, rocker, saxaphonist, flautist, worked with Steve Swallow, Pete La Roca, played with Elvin Jones, Miles Davis's group, appeared on 'Big Fun' album, among others 1946 Larry Graham, American Musician 1946 John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau 1946 Jonathan Edwards, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, folk singer, songwriter, musician, folk singer, known for hits 'Sunshine' and 'Shanty' 1946 Mireille Mathieu, French Musician 1946 Tony Levin, American Musician 1946 Cher, American Musician 1946 David Gilmour, British Musician 1946 Hugh Allen, musician, dies 1946 Dolly Parton, American Musician 1946 Tony Kaye, born in Leicester, England, musician, keyboardist for 'Yes', progressive rock group 1945 Tony Williams, jazz musician 1945 Bryan Ferry, British Musician 1945 Dee Dee Warwick, American Musician 1945 David Bromberg, Philadelphia, musician, Demon in Disguise 1945 Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1945 Van Morrison, British Musician 1945 Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician 1945 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 Debbie Harry, American Musician 1945 Anne Murray, Canadian Musician 1945 Anthony Braxton, jazz musician 1945 Pete Townshend, British Musician 1945 Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer, Nachtfahrer 1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician and singer, Whalers-No Woman 1945 Robert Wyatt, English Musician 1944 Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician 1944 Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath 1944 Kinky Friedman, American Musician 1944 Jon Anderson, British Musician 1944 Ted Templeman, born in Santa Cruz, musician, record producer, guitarist, vocalist, drummer, produced 'The Doobie Brothers' for Warner Brothers, 'Montrose', Carly Simon's 'Another Passenger', Van Halen's first album 1944 Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers 1944 John Surman, jazz musician 1944 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 Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader 1944 Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1944 Bruce Johnston, born in Peoria, Illinois, born Benjamin Baldwin, rocker, musician, singer, record producer, Grammy-Award winning songwriter, member of The Beach Boys, composed I Write The Songs 1944 Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night 1944 Albert Hammond, born in London, England, rocker, musician, songwriter, producer, collaborated with Mike Hazelwood on The Air That I Breathe for the Hollies, wrote hits for Tina Turner 1944 Bernie Worrell, American Musician 1944 Danny Woods, U.S. musician, CEO of the Board 1944 Evan Parker, British Musician 1944 Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1944 Townes Van Zandt, musician 1944 Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog 1944 Kevin Coyne, born in Derby, England, musician, composer, singer, songwriter, poet, gained notoriety with mainstream rock with Virgin release Marjory Razorblade 1943 Bobby Keyes, born in Slaton, Texas, musician, saxophone player, played with Bobby Vee, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, celebrated recording "Return to Sender", "Brown Sugar" 1943 Fats Waller, American Musician 1943 Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Bert Jansch, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, folk artist, acoustic guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Pentangle, winner, BBC Folk Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award 1943 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter 1943 Sammi Smith, born in Orange County, California, born Jewel Faye Smith, musician, songwriter, famous hit 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' written by Kris Kristofferson, part of 1970's 'outlaw country' movement 1943 Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' 1943 Jimmy Castor, born in New York City, New York, musician, saxophonist, pop, funk, disco, hip hop genres, known for hit single 'Troglodyte' 1972 1943 Donnie Iris, born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, performed with The Jaggerz, Cellarful of Noise, The Cruisers, famous for Wild Cherry's hit 'Play That Funky Music' 1943 Gary Burton, American Musician 1942 Paul Butterfield, born in Chicago, blues musician, Better Days 1942 Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician 1942 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician 1942 Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner 1942 Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1942 Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture' 1942 Tony Meehan, born in New End, England, born Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan, musician, drummer, founding member of the Shadows with Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Jet Harris 1942 Michael Giles, English Musician 1942 Cory Wells, born in Buffalo, New York, born Emil Lowendowski, musician, rocker, toured with Sonny and Cher, formed Three Dog Night with Danny Hutton 1941 Lester Bowie, American Musician 1941 Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician 1941 John Fred, born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, born John Fred Gourrier, musician, co-wrote chart-topping parody of The Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' 1941 Jeremy Clyde, born in Dorney, England, musician, television actor, appearing in action series, Crossbow, drama series, The Alan Clark Diaries 1941 Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician, Brazil '66/'77/'88 1941 Rick Laird, jazz musician, Gerry Niewood and Timepiece 1941 Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician, Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour 1940 Cynthia Weil, American Musician 1940 Cliff Richard, English Musician 1940 John Lennon, English Musician 1940 Steve Swallow, American Musician 1940 Solomon Burke, American Musician 1939 Kim Weston, American Musician 1939 James Booker, New Orleans, R and B musician, Gonzo 1939 Wendy Carlos, American Musician 1939 David Allan Coe, country musician, Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy 1939 Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1939 Ginger Baker, British Musician 1939 Glen Hardin, born in Wellington, Texas, musician, piano, member of the Shindogs, recorded, arranged Elvis Pressley hits 'The Wonder of You', 'Let It Be Me' 1939 John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician 1939 Marvin Gaye, American Musician 1939 Chris Pyne, born in Bridlington, England, Norman Christopher Chris Pyne, musician, trombonist, played with Humphrey Lyttelton, recorded with Ronnie Scott, toured with Frank Sinatra's backing bands, Gordon Beck, Charlie Watt's big band 1939 Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician 1938 Richard Sudhalter, British writer/jazz musician 1938 Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness 1938 John Walters, British Musician 1938 Carla Bley, Carla Borg, Oakland, musician, Escalator Over the Hill 1937 Paul Stookey, singer/musician, Peter, Paul, and Mary 1937 Joseph Jarman, American Musician 1937 Alice Coltrane, jazz musician 1937 Charlie Haden, American Musician 1937 Garth Hudson, born in Windsor, Ontario, organist, keyboardist, musician, instrumentalist, member of The Band, Canadian-American rock group 1937 Joe Henderson, American Musician 1937 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician, You Always Hurt the One You Love 1937 Wilen, musician 1936 Cornell Gunther, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, Coasters-Poison Ivy 1936 Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl 1936 Billy Higgins, American Musician 1936 Sunny Murray, American Musician 1936 John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1936 Amancio D'Silva, musician 1935 Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations 1935 Carlos Gardel, Argentinian Musician 1935 Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times 1935 Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1935 Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1934 Del Shannon, American Musician 1934 Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician 1934 Little Milton, American Musician 1934 Don Ellis, American Musician 1934 Steve Lacy, American Musician 1934 Van Cliburn, American Musician 1934 Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1934 John Duffey, bluegrass musician 1933 John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician, Don't Washed Me Time 1933 Montserrat Caballe, Musician 1933 Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician and composer 1932 Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician 1932 Glenn Gould, Canadian Musician 1932 Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians 1932 Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show' 1932 Derek Bailey, English Musician 1931 Thomas Eden Binkley, musician 1931 Jimmy Lyons, American Musician 1931 Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 Charles Buddy Bolden, U.S. jazz musician, dies 1931 Dewey Redman, jazz musician 1930 Ahmad Jamal, American Musician 1930 Kenny Ball, born in Essex, England, musician, lead trumpet player, Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, appeared in film Live It Up!, featured with Joe Brown, Brenda Lee on Kapp Records 1930 Betty Carter, American Musician 1930 Emma Albani, Canadian Musician 1930 Ornette Coleman, jazz composer, Downbeat Musician of Year 1966 1930 Cecil Taylor, American Musician 1930 Bobby Bland, American Musician 1929 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian Musician 1929 Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster 1929 June Carter, American Musician 1929 Ed Townsend, American Musician 1929 Maurice Simon, jazz musician 1929 Tommy Newsom, Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist, Tonight Show 1929 Art Prysock, jazz musician 1928 Ennio Morricone, Rome, Italy, composer/musician 1928 Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, born in Tampa, Florida, jazz musician, Black Messiah 1928 Peter, Indiana, jazz musician 1928 Eric Dolphy, American Musician 1928 Alexis Korner, born in Paris, musician, Blues Inc-Bootleg Him 1927 Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme 1927 Harlan Howard, American Musician 1927 Doc Severinsen, American Musician 1927 William Mitchell Byers, musician 1927 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian Musician 1927 Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner 1926 Bill Justis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, musician, musical arranger, rock and roll pioneer, celebrated for Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy" and Australian hit "Tamoure" 1926 Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1925 Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician 1925 Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper 1925 Bill Dixon, American Musician 1925 B. B. King, American Musician 1925 Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician 1925 Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician 1924 Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64 1924 Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1924 J. J. Johnson, American Musician 1924 Slim Harpo, musician 1924 Earl Scruggs, North Carolina, bluegrass musician, & Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett 1923 Louis Gottlieb, musician 1923 Sam Rivers, American Musician 1923 Percy Heath, American Musician 1923 Doc Watson, American Musician 1923 "Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician 1923 Sam Phillips, musician/record founder, Sun 1922 Marie Lloyd, British Musician 1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/U.S. jazz musician/composer 1922 Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician 1922 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian Musician 1922 Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter, In the Midnight Hour 1921 Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1921 Gordon Reynolds, musician 1921 Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young 1921 Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician 1921 Norman Ewart Thurston, musician 1921 Joe Loco, musician 1921 Eddie Barclay, French Musician 1920 Jerome Richardson, American Musician 1920 Bert Weedon, born in Essex, London, musician, guitarist, composer, influenced Eric Clapton, Brian May, Mike Odefield, The Beatles, created "Play in a Day" guitar tutorial guide 1920 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician 1919 Robert Merrill, American Musician 1919 Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician 1919 Ivor Keys, musician/teacher 1918 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician 1918 Norman Granz, American Musician 1918 Elmore James, musician, Dust My Broom 1917 Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer, Wished I'd stayed with my Mom 1916 Dick Cary, jazz Musician 1916 Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56 1916 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician 1916 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1916 Jay McShann, American Musician 1915 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician 1915 Ruth Warrick, American Musician 1915 Hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician 1915 Fanny Crosby, American Musician 1914 Eddie Sauter, Brooklyn, musician, Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue 1914 Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician 1914 Tom Glazer, American Musician 1914 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 1914 Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues 1914 Lester Flatt, country musician, Flatt and Scruggs 1913 Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra, Kentucky, country musician, Hee-Haw 1912 Don Byas, American Musician 1912 Vernon Elliott, musician/composer 1912 Stan Kenton, Newcomb, Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55 1911 Sonny Terry, born in North Carolina, blind blues musician, played harmonica, collaborated with Woodie Guthrie, Moses Asch, played with Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and His Night, cast in Finian's Rainbow 1911 Mahalia Jackson, American Musician 1911 Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician 1910 Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist 1910 Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician 1909 Jo Juda, Dutch musician 1909 Lester Young, American Musician 1909 Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works 1909 Masami Akita, Japanese Musician 1909 Tom Cora, American Musician 1909 Tiny Winters, musician 1908 Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer, Elegy 1908 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor, De Damrakkertjes 1908 Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician 1907 Cab Calloway, American Musician 1907 Benny Carter, born in New York City, musician/composer, Easy Money, King Carter 1906 Willard F McMurry, musician 1905 Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer 1905 Richard Nicholson, musician 1905 Doc Cheatham, jazz musician 1905 Percy Humphrey, musician 1904 [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles 1904 Count Basie, American Musician 1904 Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack 1903 Earl Hines, American Musician 1903 Roy Acuff, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country musician, 'Hee Haw' 1903 Ben Pollack, American Musician 1903 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane 1902 Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues 1901 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor 1901 Louis Armstrong, American Musician 1900 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz musician, Hello Dolly 1900 Fred Waring, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, musician/conductor/inventor, Waring Blender 1900 June Clark, musician trumpet 1898 Andy Kirk, jazz musician 1896 Howard Dietz, American Musician 1896 Clara Schumann, German Musician 1895 Mance Lipscomb, born in Texas, blues musician, Texas Sharecropper 1894 Lonnie Johnson, American Musician 1894 Irving Mills, American Musician 1890 Carlos Gardel, Argentinian Musician 1889 Elsie Janis, American Musician 1888 Joszi J Tersanszky, Hungary, musician/writer, Youth of Marci Kakuk 1887 Rudolf F. W. Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer 1887 Arthur Rubinstein, American Musician 1885 Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician 1885 Huddie Ledbetter, Musician 1884 Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician 1882 Peter Dawson, Australian Musician 1879 Jack Norworth, American Musician 1873 William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1870 Marie Lloyd, British Musician 1867 Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician 1859 Cecil [James] Sharp, born in London, England, folk musician 1859 Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician, Armenian Rhapsody 1859 Mildred J. Hill, composer/musician, Happy Birthday To You 1859 Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music 1858 Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician 1853 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter 1847 Emma Albani, Canadian Musician 1820 Fanny Crosby, American Musician 1819 Clara Schumann, German Musician 1814 Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor, saxophone 1588 Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian |
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