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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. J. 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. J. 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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