2014 Death Tommy Ramone, former drummer and the last living member of punk rock band The Ramones, dies at age 65 of cancer 1998 Death S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 1997 Death Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51 1996 Death Mel Taylor, drummer, dies at 63 1996 Death John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48 1996 Death Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73 1996 Death Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50 1996 Death George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66 1996 Death Robert Covington, drummer/singer, dies at 54 1995 Death Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35 1995 Death Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer, dies at 79 1995 Death Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84 1995 Death Arthur S Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65 1994 Death Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67 1994 Death Jimmy Miller, pop drummer/singer/producer (Motorhead), dies at 52 1994 Death John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54 1994 Death Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57 1994 Event Guns n Roses drummer Matthew Sorum files to divorce Kai 1994 Death Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61 1994 Death Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90 1994 Death Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88 1994 Death Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 1994 Event Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee charge with possession of loaded firearm 1993 Death Michael Clarke, drummer (Byrds), dies of liver failure at 49 1993 Death Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30 1992 Death Ed Blackwell, U.S. jazz drummer (Quartet), dies 1992 Death Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48 1992 Death Jeff Porcaro, drummer (Toto-Africa), dies of cardiac arrest at 38 1992 Death Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1992 Death Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72 1991 Death Eric Carr, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss, dies of heart cancer at age 41 in New York 1991 Death Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65 1990 Death Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71 1989 Death Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo and the Bunnyman), dies 1987 Death "Fat" Larry James, U.S. drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38 1987 Death Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 1987 Death Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53 1987 Death Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36 1987 Death Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestral leader (Away We Go), dies at 69 1986 Event Tommy Lee, drummer of Motley Crue, marries Heather Locklear 1985 Death Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73 1984 Event Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash 1983 Death Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39 1983 Death Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49 1983 Death Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32 1980 Event 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up 1980 Death John Bonham, English pop drummer (Led Zeppelin), overdoses at 32 1980 Event Drummer Peter Criss quits Kiss 1978 Event Kenny Jones becomes The Who's new drummer 1978 Death Keith Moon, rock drummer (Who), dies of drug OD at 31 1976 Event Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami 1975 Death Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39 1975 Death Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer, dies at 77 1974 Death Robbie Mcintosh, drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24 1973 Death Gene Krupa, U.S. swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64 1973 Event Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash 1973 Event Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet 1973 Birthday Caroline Corr, born in Dundalk, Ireland, drummer, member of 'The Corrs' folk-rock band, pop, rock, Celtic genres 1972 Death Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl 1970 Birthday Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer, Sepultura 1970 Birthday Donald Tardy, U.S., death metal drummer, Obituary, Cause of Death 1969 Birthday Mitch McLee, born in Miles, Michigan, drummer, Southgang 1969 Birthday Marco Foddis, pop drummer, Pestilence 1969 Birthday Dave Grohl, drummer, Nirvana, Foo Fighters 1968 Birthday Michael Foster, Richmond, Virginia, drummer, Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime 1968 Birthday Bess Singh, Lennart Bes, Dutch pop drummer, Burma Shop-Hippies 1968 Birthday Phillip Rhodes, born in America, drummer, member, Gin Blossoms alternative rock band 1968 Birthday Mark Scott, Paramus, New Jersey, rock drummer, Trixter-Give It To Me Good 1967 Birthday Gabriel Jongejans, Dutch drummer, Lois Lane 1967 Birthday Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy, Texas, rock drummer, Slaughter-Stick it Live 1967 Birthday Tom Holkenborg, drummer, Weekend at Waikiki 1966 Birthday Douglas Vipond, British pop drummer, Deacon Blue-Raintown 1966 Birthday Sean Kinney, U.S. rock drummer, Alice in Chains-We Die Young 1966 Birthday Patrick Hannan, English pop drummer, Sundays-Can't Be Sure 1965 Birthday Rob Smits, pop drummer, Kong/Phlegm 1965 Birthday Zak Starsky, rock drummer, son of Beatle Ringo 1965 Birthday Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, rock drummer, Black Crowes 1965 Birthday Tim "Herb" Alexander, U.S. funk metal drummer, Primus-Prok soda 1965 Birthday Steven Adler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, drummer, Guns and Roses-Sweet Child 1964 Event Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts weds Shirley Shepherd 1964 Birthday Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer, Stone Roses-Fools Gold 1964 Birthday Johnny Dee, heavy metal drummer, Britny Fox-Boys in Heat, King Kobra 1964 Birthday Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer, Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax 1963 Birthday Lars Ulrich, Danish/US heavy metal drummer, Metallica-Kill 'em All 1963 Birthday Rick Allen, rock drummer, Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages 1963 Birthday Tigg Ketler, born in Chula Vista, California, drummer, Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals 1963 Birthday Paul Geary, born in Boston, Massachusetts, heavy metal drummer, Extreme-More Than Words 1963 Birthday Bobby Rock, born in Houston, Texas, rock drummer, Nelson-Love and Affection 1963 Birthday Scott Rockenfield, drummer, Queensryche-Breaking the Silence 1963 Birthday Mike Joyce, rock drummer, Smiths-Ask, Panic, London 1963 Birthday Arther van Dijk, drummer, Ivy Green 1963 Birthday Robert James Affuso, born in Newburgh, New York, rock drummer, Skid Row-Psycho Love 1963 Birthday Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer, Warrant-Cherry Pie 1962 Birthday Charlie Benante, born in Bronx, New York, rock drummer, Anthrax-Armed and Dangerous 1962 Birthday Mike "Puffy" Bordin, SF, rock drummer, Faith No More 1962 Birthday Tommy Lee, Greece, drummer, Motley Crue, wed H Locklear/Pam Anderson 1962 Event Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles 1962 Event Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatle drummer 1962 Birthday Martin Rongen, Dutch pop drummer, Rowwen Heze-Boem 1962 Birthday Roxy Petrucci, born in Rochester, Minnesota, rock drummer, Vixen-Rev It Up 1962 Birthday Jan Koster, Dutch drummer, Sleeze Beez-Powertool 1961 Birthday Larry Mullen, Jr., Dublin Ireland, rock drummer, U2-I Will Follow 1961 Birthday Debbi Peterson, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Bangles-Eternal Flame 1961 Birthday Jon Farriss, Australian rock vocalist and drummer, INXS-Kiss the Dirt 1961 Birthday Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer, Echo and the Bunnyman 1961 Birthday 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 Birthday David Palmer, heavy metal drummer, ABC, AC/DC 1961 Birthday Slim Jim Phantom, Jim Mcdonnell, rock drummer, Stray Cats 1960 Birthday Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer, Bob Color 1960 Birthday Daniel Woodgate, born in London, England, drummer, member of band, Madness, known by his nickname Woody 1960 Birthday Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer, AC/DC 1960 Birthday Jim Reilly, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, second drummer for Stiff Little Fingers, a Northern Ireland punk band, played for U.S. bands Red Rockers and The Raindogs 1960 Birthday Roger Taylor, rock drummer, Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf 1959 Birthday Steven Irvine, rock drummer, Lloyd Cole and The Commotions 1959 Death Lupino Lane, actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67 1959 Birthday A J Pero, Staten Is, drummer, Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It 1959 Birthday Troy Luccketta, rock drummer, Tesla-Psychotic Supper 1959 Birthday John Keeble, London, rock drummer, Spandau Ballet-True 1959 Birthday Mel Gaynor, born in Glasgow, Scotland, rock drummer, Simple Minds-Water Front 1959 Birthday Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer, The Pilgrims-Red 1959 Birthday Omar Hakim, drummer, Dire Straits, Weather Report 1958 Birthday Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer, Trockener Kecks-More! 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More! 1958 Birthday Terry Lee Miall, England, rock drummer, Adam and The Ants 1958 Birthday Bobby Blotzner, rock drummer, Ratt-Round and Round 1958 Birthday Antoine Trousers, rock drummer/singer, Dike-Bleeding Heart 1958 Birthday Bill Berry, U.S. pop drummer, REM-Sentimental Hygiene 1958 Birthday Nigel Twist, born in Manchester, rock drummer, Alarm-In the Summertime 1958 Birthday Brian David Willis, rock drummer, Quarterflash 1958 Birthday Jez Strode, born in England, born Jeremy Strode, drummer, musician, pop band genre, member of British pop band, Kajagoogoo 1957 Birthday Sheila Escovedo, born in San Francisco, California, disco drummer, Krushgrove, Holly Rock 1957 Birthday James Brown, British reggae singer/drummer, UB40-Red Red Wine 1957 Birthday Chris Joyce, born in Manchester, England, drummer, played with Simply Red, new wave, punk rock, alternative rock genres 1957 Birthday Stephen Morris, English pop drummer, Joy Division-Atmosphere 1957 Birthday Blair Cunningham, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Haircut 100 1957 Birthday Jon Moss, rock drummer, Culture Club 1957 Birthday Budgie, rock drummer, Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees-Wild Thing 1957 Birthday Richie Ramone, Richie Beau, rock drummer, Ramones-Pet Semtary 1957 Birthday Rat Scabies, Chris Miller, Surrey England, rock drummer, Damned 1957 Birthday Bruce Crump, rock drummer, Molly Hatchet 1957 Birthday Mark Brzezicki, rock drummer, Big Country-Wonderland 1957 Birthday 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 Birthday Mick Pointer, rock drummer, Marillion 1956 Birthday Paul Cook, London, rock drummer, Sex Pistols 1956 Birthday John Cowsill, born in Newport, Rhode Island, rock drummer, Cowsills-We Can Fly 1956 Birthday Bob Brill, New York City, drummer, Berlin-You Take My Breath Away 1955 Birthday Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer, Doe Maar-Bomb 1955 Birthday Rick Buckler, Paul Richard Buckler, rock drummer, Jam 1955 Birthday Clement Burke, rock drummer, Blondie 1955 Birthday Pat Mastelotto, rock drummer, Mr Mister 1955 Birthday Ali Score, rock drummer, Flock Of Seagulls 1955 Birthday Nicky "Topper" Headon, English drummer, Clash-Complete Control 1955 Birthday Stan Lynch, Gainesville, Florida, rock drummer, Tommy Petty and Heartbreakers 1955 Birthday Mark Herndon, Springfield, Massachusetts, country drummer, Alabama-Take Me Down 1955 Birthday Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen, born in Netherlands, rock drummer, Van Halen-1984, Jump 1954 Birthday Tom Scheckel, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock drummer, Buckinghams 1954 Birthday Philthy Animal, Philip Taylor, rock drummer, Motorhead 1954 Birthday Steve Smith, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Journey 1954 Birthday Jos Zoomer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock drummer, Vandenberg 1954 Birthday Bryn B Burrows, rock drummer, Fabulous Poodles 1954 Birthday William Beard, rock drummer, Face To Face 1954 Birthday Michael "Nicko" McBain, English hard rock drummer, Iron Maiden-Powerslave 1954 Birthday Peter Erskine, jazz drummer, Weather Report 1954 Birthday Jeff Porcaro, born in Los Angeles, California, drummer and percussionist, Toto-Roxanne, Africa 1954 Birthday Tony Brock, born in England, rock drummer, Babys-Missing You 1954 Birthday Matt Frenette, rock drummer, Loverboy 1954 Birthday 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 Birthday Merrick, Chris Hughes, rock drummer, Adam and The Ants 1954 Birthday Shawn Murray, rock drummer, Mink Deville 1953 Birthday Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken, English pop drummer, The Pogues 1953 Birthday Julian Keith Strickland, Athens, Georgia, drummer, B-52's-Rock Lobster 1953 Birthday Tico Torres, rock drummer, Bon Jovi-Always 1953 Birthday Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist, Blue Oyster Cult 1953 Birthday Ian Mosley, born in Paddington, London, drummer, Marillion-Clutching at Straws 1953 Birthday Porter Carroll, Jr., drummer, Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover 1953 Birthday Rod Morgenstein, born in New York, drummer, member of '80's heavy metal band Wing, Dixie Dregs, educator, served as professor of percussion, Berklee College of Music 1953 Birthday Shotgun Johnson, rock drummer, KC and the Sunshine Boys-Give it Up 1953 Birthday Derek Pellicci, rock drummer, Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way 1952 Birthday Richie Morales, drummer, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance 1952 Birthday Tommy Dobeck, rock drummer, Michael Stanley Band 1952 Birthday Jody Stephens, rock drummer, Big Star 1952 Birthday Neil Peart, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, born Neil Ellwood Peart, songwriter, drummer, percussionist, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz, swing, genres, member of Toronto band, Rush 1952 Birthday Stewart Copeland, born in Alexandria, Egypt, drummer, Police-Roxanne 1952 Birthday Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer, Nits-In the Dutch Mountains 1952 Birthday Warren Cann, Victoria Canada, rock drummer, Ultravox 1952 Birthday Joey Ramone, Jeffrey Hyman, rock drummer, Ramones - Baby I Love You 1952 Birthday Sly Dunbar, Kingston Jamaica, reggae drummer, Sly and Robbie 1952 Birthday Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx 1952 Birthday Derek Longmuir, born in Edinburgh Scotland, rock drummer, Bay City Rollers 1952 Birthday Jerry Shirley, rock drummer, Humble Pie-Hot N Nasty, Eat It 1952 Birthday Tommy Ramone, Erdelyi, Hungary, rock drummer/bassist [Ramones 1951 Birthday Frank Beard, U.S. country rock drummer, ZZ Topp 1951 Birthday Barry Brandt, Washington D.C., rock drummer, Angel 1951 Birthday Bill Gibson, California, rock drummer, Huey Lewis and The News 1951 Birthday Jack Grondin, rock drummer, .38 Special 1951 Birthday Martin Chambers, rock drummer, Pretenders 1951 Birthday Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer, Catapult 1951 Birthday Ralph Johnson, rock drummer, Earth Wind and Fire-Shining Star 1951 Birthday Ben E. Carlos, rock drummer, Cheap Trick-Dream Police 1951 Birthday Bun E. Carlos, born in Rockford, Illinois, born Brad Carlson, rocker, drummer, played with American rock band Cheap Trick 1951 Birthday Paul Thompson, rock drummer, Roxy Music 1951 Birthday Chris Frantz, Kentucky, rock drummer, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club 1951 Birthday Max Weinberg, rock drummer, E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show 1951 Birthday Jackson Spires, rock drummer, Blackfoot 1951 Birthday Bruce Gary, born in Burbank, California, rock drummer, Knack-My Sharona 1951 Birthday Ralph Cooper, born in Australia, drummer, Air Supply-All Out of Love 1951 Birthday Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer, Genesis-Against All Odds 1951 Birthday Brian Downey, rock drummer, Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town 1951 Birthday Paul Dresher, born in Los Angeles, California, Paul Joseph Dresher, composer, drummer, minimalist and post-minimalist genres, studied at University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Guggenheim fellowship recipient 1950 Birthday Terry Bozzio, rock drummer, Missing Persons-Hello I Love You 1950 Birthday Carlton Barrett, Jamaicans reggae drummer, Bob Marley and Wailers 1950 Birthday Terry Buffin, rock drummer, British Lions 1950 Birthday Paul Burgess, British drummer, 10cc-Not Alone 1950 Birthday Mike Hossack, Patterson, New Jersey, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers 1950 Birthday Don Powell, England, rock drummer, Slade 1950 Birthday Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer, Foreigner 1950 Birthday Thomas Aldrich, country drummer, Black Oak Arkansas 1950 Birthday Willie Hall, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rocker, drummer, played with Isaac Hayes' The Movement, member of The Bo-Keys 1950 Birthday Larry Tolbert, rock drummer, Raydio 1950 Birthday Eric Carr, born in Brooklyn, New York, born Paul Charles Caravello, drummer, member of rock band Kiss 1950 Birthday Joey Kramer, born in New York City, hard rock drummer, Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic 1950 Birthday Prairie Prince, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, born Charles L'Empereur Prince, rocker, drummer, member of The Tubes, founding member, Journey 1950 Birthday Robbie McIntosh, drummer, Avg White Band-Show your Hand 1950 Birthday Lou Gramm, born in Rochester, New York, given name Loyis Grammatico, rocker, singer, songrwriter, drummer, lead vocalist for Foreigner 1950 Birthday Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer, Average White Band 1950 Birthday John Hartman, born in Falls Church, Virginia, rock drummer, Doobie Brothers 1950 Birthday Karen Carpenter, born in New Haven, Connecticut, vocalist and drummer, We Only Just Begun 1949 Birthday 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 Birthday Sib Hashian, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rock drummer, Boston 1949 Birthday "Fat" Larry James, U.S. drummer, Fat Larry's Band 1949 Birthday Simon Kirke, rock drummer, Bad Company 1949 Birthday Roger Taylor, British rock drummer, Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody 1949 Birthday Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer, Sweet Harlesden 1949 Birthday Alan White, English rock drummer, Yes, Ramshackled 1949 Birthday Steve Gadd, jazz drummer, Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz 1949 Birthday David Robinson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, drummer, musician, played with various rock bands including The Cars, The Modern Lovers and DMZ 1949 Birthday Mike Gibbons, born in Swansea, Wales, rock drummer, Badfinger 1949 Birthday Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer and producer 1949 Birthday Nigel Olsson, rock guitarist/drummer, Elton John Band 1949 Birthday Tommy Ramone, Thomas Erdelyi, Budapest, rock drummer, Ramones 1949 Birthday George Brown, rock drummer, Kool and the Gang 1948 Birthday Alan Gratzer, Syracuse, New York, rock drummer, Reo Speedwagon 1948 Birthday Dale "Buffin" Griffin, rock drummer, Mott The Hoople 1948 Birthday Kenny Jones, London, rock drummer/vocalist, Small Faces 1948 Birthday 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 Birthday Donald Brewer, born in Flint, Michigan, rock drummer, Grand Funk Railroad 1948 Birthday Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer, Chicago-If You Leave Me Now 1948 Birthday Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer, Golden Earring, Radar Love 1948 Birthday Brian Glascock, rock drummer, Motels-Only the Lonely 1948 Birthday Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple 1948 Birthday Skip Alan, Alan Skipper, drummer, Them, Pretty Things 1948 Birthday John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham, drummer, Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven 1948 Birthday Ray Laidlaw, British rock drummer, Jack the Lad 1948 Birthday Bill Bruford, English pop drummer, Yes, King Crimson-Red, Genesis 1948 Birthday 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 Birthday Simon Crowe, rock drummer, Boomtown Rats-Maxinguaye 1948 Birthday John Evans, Aka Evan, rock drummer, Jethro Tull 1948 Birthday Mel Pritchard, born in Oldham, England, Melvyn Pritchard, Mel Pritchard, drummer, rocker, played progressive rock with Barclay James Harvest, worked with Les Holroyd 1948 Birthday Thom Mooney, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, musician, drummer, played with Fuse, Nazz, The Curtis Brothers, Tattoo 1947 Birthday Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer, Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP 1947 Birthday George Grantham, Oklahoma, rock drummer/vocalist, Poco 1947 Birthday John Wilson, rock drummer, Them 1947 Birthday Keith Moon, English rock drummer, Who-I'm A Boy 1947 Birthday Ricky Coonce, born in Los Angeles, California, rock drummer, Grass Roots 1947 Birthday Don Henley, born in Linden, Texas, rock drummer/vocalist, Eagles-Desparado 1947 Birthday Tom Boggs, rock drummer, Box Tops 1947 Birthday Rob Townsend, rock drummer, Family Leicester 1947 Birthday Don Henley, drummer/singer, Eagles, Boys of Summer 1947 Birthday Mitch Mitchell, drummer, Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze 1947 Birthday John Bonham, Redditch England, drummer, Led Zeppelin-Stairway 1947 Birthday Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer, Allman Brothers 1947 Birthday Tony Cooner, born in Essex, drummer, Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing 1947 Birthday Mike Kellie, rock drummer, Spooky Tooth-It's All About 1947 Birthday Carl Palmer, drummer, Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake and Palmer 1947 Birthday Barry Wilson, England, rock drummer, Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale 1947 Birthday Peter Lucia, rock drummer, Tommy James and Shondells-Crystal Blue 1946 Birthday Clive Bunker, rock drummer, Jethro Tull 1946 Birthday Bev[erley] Bevan, Birmingham England, rock drummer, ELO 1946 Birthday Joe Correro, Greenwood Ms, rock drummer, Paul Revers and The Raiders 1946 Birthday Carmine Appice, New York City, rock drummer, Vanilla Fudge 1946 Birthday Jerry Edmonton, Canada, rock drummer, Steppenwolf 1946 Birthday John Coghlan, London, rock drummer, Status Quo 1946 Birthday Buddy Miles, born in Omaha, Nebraska, George Allen Miles, Jr., drummer, member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, played with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon 1946 Birthday Greg Elmore, born in San Diego, California, rock drummer, Quicksilver 1946 Birthday Greg Errico, U.S. drummer, Sly and Family Stone-Stand! 1946 Birthday Mitch Mitchell, drummer, Jimi Hendrix Experience 1946 Birthday Steve Upton, rock drummer, Wishbone Ash-There's the Rub, Locked In 1946 Birthday Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer, AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation 1946 Birthday Bill Kreutzmann, born in Palo Alto California, drummer, Grateful Dead 1946 Birthday John Barbata, drummer, Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor 1946 Birthday Harold Brown, born in Long Beach, California, rock drummer, War-Summer, Galaxy 1946 Birthday Gaylord Birch, drummer, Reconstruction, Honey Dripper 1946 Birthday Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer, Brainbox 1946 Birthday Andy Brown, rock drummer, Fortunes Birmingham 1946 Birthday Diane Keaton, born in Louisiana, actress, Annie Hall, Little Drummer Girl 1945 Birthday John Densmore, Louisiana, drummer, Doors-C'mon Light My Fire 1945 Birthday Ric Lee, rock drummer, Ten Years After-Cannock, Staffs 1945 Birthday Ronald Bushy, Washington D.C., rock drummer, Iron Butterfly 1945 Birthday Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer, Easybeats 1945 Birthday Bob Henrit, English pop drummer, Kinks-Waterloo Sunset 1945 Birthday Doug Clifford, rock drummer, Creedence Clearwater Revival-Proud Mary 1945 Birthday Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer, Les Baroques 1945 Birthday Hugh Grundy, born in Winchester England, drummer, Zombies-She's Not There 1945 Birthday Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke 1945 Birthday Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer, Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall 1945 Birthday Nick Mason, rock drummer, Pink Floyd-Money 1945 Birthday Michael Cristofer, actor and writer, Little Drummer Girl 1945 Birthday John Peters, rock drummer, Harpers Bizarre 1944 Birthday Robert Colomby, New York City, rock drummer, Blood Sweat and Tears-When I Die 1944 Birthday Dennis Wilson, born in Hawthorne, California, drummer/vocalist, Beach Boys-My Room 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Dino Danelli, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rock drummer, Fotomaker, Young Rascals 1944 Birthday Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, U.S. rock drummer, Allman Brothers 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday Michael Clarke, born in New York City, rock drummer, Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn! 1944 Birthday Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, U.S. drummer, Funkadelic, Knee Deep 1944 Birthday Gene Parsons, rock drummer, Byrds, Gene Clark Group 1944 Birthday Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer, Them 1944 Birthday Ric Rothwell, drummer, Mindbenders-Games of Love 1944 Birthday Mick Avory, rock drummer, Kinks-Lola 1944 Birthday Brian Keenan, New York City, rock drummer, Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today 1943 Birthday Dave Munden, rock drummer, Brian Poole and The Tremeloes 1943 Birthday Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer, Three Dog Night-Joy to the World 1943 Birthday Lee Graziano, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock drummer, American Breed 1943 Birthday Mickey Hart, drummer, Grateful Dead 1943 Birthday Jim McCarty, born in Liverpool, rock drummer, Yardbirds-For Your Love 1943 Birthday Bobby Harrison, born in England, rock drummer, Procol Harum-Conquistador 1943 Birthday Tony Mansfield, Anthony Bookbinder, rock drummer, Billy J Kramer 1943 Birthday Spencer Dryden, born in New York City, rock drummer, Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice 1942 Birthday Dave Clark, born in London, England, rock drummer, Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over 1942 Birthday Bobby Elliot, rock drummer, Hollies 1942 Birthday Ted Bluechel, San Pedro California, rock vocalist and drummer, Association 1942 Birthday Don Stevenson, born in Seattle, Washington rock drummer, Moby Grape 1942 Birthday Dewey Martin, born in Canada, rock vocalist and drummer, Buffalo Springfield 1942 Birthday Peter York, rock drummer, Spencer Davis Group 1942 Birthday Mick Fleetwood, born in London, rock drummer, Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way 1942 Birthday Levon Helm, drummer/singer, Band 1942 Birthday Ronnie Bond, drummer, Troggs-Wild Thing 1942 Birthday Graeme Edge, born in England, rock drummer, Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams 1942 Birthday Jimmy Miller, U.S. pop drummer, Rolling Stones, Motorhead 1942 Birthday Hughie Flint, born in London, England, rock drummer, Bonzo Dog Band 1942 Birthday 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 1941 Birthday Robert Covington, drummer/singer 1941 Birthday Pete Best, drummer, Beatles 1941 Birthday Joe Bauer, born in Memphis, Tennessee, rock drummer, Youngbloods 1941 Birthday Joe Butler, rocker, drummer, vocalist, founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful, performed in musical production of Hair 1941 Birthday Chris Curtis, Chris Crummy, rock drummer/vocalist, Deep Purple 1941 Birthday Charlie Watts, drummer, Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar 1941 Birthday John Steel, rock drummer, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1940 Birthday Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer, Gerry and The Pacemakers 1940 Birthday Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer, Freddie and The Dreamers 1940 Birthday Ringo Starr, Beatle drummer/actor, Magic Christian 1940 Birthday John William Stevens, jazz drummer 1940 Birthday Brian Bennett, London, rock drummer, Shadows 1939 Birthday Jerry Allison, Hillsboro, Texas, rock drummer, Buddy Holly and Crickets 1939 Birthday 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 Birthday Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer, Cream-White Room 1939 Birthday Jerry Mercer, rock drummer, April Wine Montreal Montreal 1939 Birthday Jerry Mercer, born in Montreal, Canada, rock drummer, April Wine 1936 Birthday Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1935 Birthday Al Jackson, Jr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, drummer, Booker T and MGs-Chinese Checkers 1934 Birthday John D. Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist, Language of Love, Norman 1934 Birthday Willie Bobo, New York City, jazz drummer, Cos 1933 Birthday Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer 1932 Birthday Al Levitt, born in New York City, New York, drummer, American jazz artist, studied under Irv Kuger, played in Europe with Peter Ind, Slide Hampton, Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, James Moody 1932 Birthday Isaac "Redd" Holt, U.S. drummer, Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd 1931 Birthday John LeCarre, Cornwell, England, spy novelist, Little Drummer Girl 1931 Birthday Ed Cassidy, drummer, Spirit-I Got A Line on You 1930 Birthday Bobby "Blue" Bland, Rosemark, Tennessee, blues singer, Call on the Drummer 1929 Birthday George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher 1929 Birthday Arthur S. Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer and band leader, Taylor's Wailers 1927 Birthday 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 Birthday Connie Kay, jazz drummer 1926 Birthday Klaus Kinski, Nikolas Naksynski, Poland, actor, Little Drummer Girl 1925 Birthday Tony Crombie, drummer/bandleader 1925 Birthday Roy Haynes, U.S. jazz drummer, Trio Music with Chick Corea 1924 Birthday Max Roach, born in North Carolina, American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer 1922 Birthday George Roy Hill, dir, Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance 1919 Birthday Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers 1917 Birthday Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orchestral leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go 1916 Birthday Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer 1915 Birthday Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer 1915 Birthday Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer, namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park 1914 Birthday Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer, Epistrop 1911 Birthday Joe Jones, born in Chicago, Illinois, drummer 1910 Birthday Ray McKinley, born in Ft. Worth, Texas, orchestra leader/drummer, Glenn Miller Time 1909 Birthday Crozy Cole, U.S. jazz drummer 1909 Birthday Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman's drummer, Sing Sing Sing 1905 Birthday Tommy Benford, jazz drummer 1903 Birthday Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer 1898 Birthday Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer 1851 Birthday John Lincoln Clem, Drummer Union volunteers
