2012 Event In Oklahoma, airport workers discover a painted golden object with a hole in the bottom in the luggage of musician Wayne Coyne; they mistake the object for a live grenade and shut down the Will Rogers World Airport 2011 Event Musician Katy Perry wins the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for Video for the Year award for her song 'Firework' 2010 Event The musician Wyclef Jean confirms his intention to run for the presidency in Haiti 2009 Death Kelly Groucutt, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres, dies in Worcester, England, at age 63 2005 Death Derek Bailey, English Musician 2005 Death Little Milton, American Musician 2005 Death Eddie Barclay, French Musician 2005 Death Percy Heath, American Musician 2005 Death Ruth Warrick, American Musician 2004 Death Vaughn Meader, comic/musician, The First Family, dies at 62 2004 Death Steve Lacy, American Musician 2004 Death Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 2003 Death Wesley Willis, American Musician 2003 Death Ed Townsend, American Musician 2003 Death June Carter, American Musician 2003 Death Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian Musician 2003 Death Edwin Starr, American Musician 2003 Death Harry Ellis Dickson, American Musician 2003 Death Fred Rogers, writer, actor, minister, and musician, 'Mr. Rogers', dies at 74 2003 Death Tom Glazer, American Musician 2002 Death Mary Hansen, Australian Musician 2002 Death Jam Master Jay, American Musician 2002 Death Randy Castillo, American Musician 2002 Death Harlan Howard, American Musician 2001 Death George Harrison, musician, The Beatles, dies at 58 2001 Death Norman Granz, American Musician 2001 Death John Walters, British Musician 2001 Death Joe Henderson, American Musician 2001 Death Billy Higgins, American Musician 2001 Death J. J. Johnson, American Musician 2000 Death Jerome Richardson, American Musician 1999 Death Hank Snow, Canadian Musician 1999 Death "Grover Washington, Jr", jazz musician, Aria, dies at 56 1999 Death Lester Bowie, American Musician 1999 Death Bobby Sheehan, American Musician 1998 Death Betty Carter, American Musician 1998 Death Tom Cora, American Musician 1998 Death Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51 1998 Death Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus', dies at age 40 in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, from injuries received in a collision with a bus 1998 Death David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 1998 Death Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 1997 Death Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician, dies at 55 1997 Death Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 1997 Death Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91 1997 Death Jeff Buckley, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters, dies of an accidental drowning at age 30 1997 Death Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51 1997 Death Eric William Fenby, musician, dies at 90 1997 Death Brian McManus Connolly, musician, dies at 47 1997 Death Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40 1997 Death 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 Death Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66 1997 Death Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76 1996 Death Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69 1996 Death John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62 1996 Death William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80 1996 Death Vernon Elliott, musician/composer, dies at 84 1996 Death Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist, dies at 85 1996 Death Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician, dies at 63 1996 Death William Smith Monroe, bluegrass musician, dies at 84 1996 Death 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 Death Harold C Fox, Fashion designer/musician, dies at 86 1996 Death Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician, dies at 77 1996 Death Amancio D'Silva, musician, dies at 60 1996 Death Bryan Chas Chandler, musician/manager, dies at 57 1996 Death Louis Gottlieb, musician, dies at 72 1996 Death Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89 1996 Death Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician, dies at 88 1996 Death Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48 1996 Death Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79 1996 Death Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61 1996 Death William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday 1996 Death Jeffrey Lee Pierce, musician, dies at 37 1996 Death Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65 1996 Death Isian Kehinde I K Dairo, musician/academic, dies at 65 1996 Death Tiny Winters, musician, dies at 87 1996 Death William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52 1996 Death Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician, dies at 80 1995 Death Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 1995 Death Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 1995 Death Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74 1995 Death Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer, dies at 62 1995 Death Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45 1995 Death Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53 1995 Death Dwayne Goettel, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water, dies at age 31 1995 Death William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76 1995 Death Robert "Robby" Debarge, r&B Musician, dies at 36 1995 Death Biggie Rodwell Tembo Marasha, musician, dies at 36 1995 Death Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer, dies at 89 1995 Death Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90 1995 Death Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76 1995 Death Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70 1995 Death Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74 1995 Death Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63 1995 Death 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 Death Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 1995 Death Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79 1995 Death Vivian Stanshall, British musician (Magical Mystery Tour), dies at 51 1995 Death Hugo Cole, musician/critic, dies at 77 1995 Death Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89 1995 Death Jess Stacy, pianist, jazz musician, dies at 90 1994 Death Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 1994 Death Cabell "Cab" Calloway, musician, dies at 86 1994 Death Robert White, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl, dies in Los Angeles, California 1994 Death Cab Calloway, American Musician 1994 Death Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80 1994 Death John DeLaFose, zydeco musician, dies at 55 1994 Death 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 Death Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77 1994 Death Sid Weiss, musician, jazz double-bassist, dies at 79 1994 Death Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer Musician, dies at 51 1994 Death "Papa" John Creach, U.S. jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76 1993 Death Frank Zappa, American Musician 1993 Death Ken E. Jones, musician ,New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, dies of AIDS at 34 1993 Death Marian Anderson, American Musician 1993 Death Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82 1993 Death GG Allin, American Musician 1993 Death Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 1992 Death Roy Acuff, country musician, 'Hee Haw', dies 1992 Death Mark Heard, Christian musician, dies at 41 of a heart attack 1992 Death Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39 1991 Death Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44 1991 Death Zapata Jaw, Nelson Renfrum, Surinamese musician, dies 1991 Death Miles Davis, American Musician 1991 Death William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30 1991 Death Johnny Thunders, American Musician 1990 Birthday Joanna Noelle Levesque, also known as JoJo, American Musician 1990 Death Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1990 Death Cornell Gunther, U.S. musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 1990 Death Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies 1990 Death Del Shannon, American Musician 1989 Birthday Lil' Romeo, American Musician 1988 Death Jean-Michel Basquiat, U.S. musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies 1987 Birthday Thomas Dekker, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, musician, singer, actor, played Zach on 'Heroes', John Connor in 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1987 Birthday Jesse McCartney, American Musician 1987 Death Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1987 Death Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78 1986 Death Jimmy Lyons, American Musician 1985 Birthday Charlie Simpson, British Musician 1985 Death Irving Mills, American Musician 1985 Death Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75 1984 Birthday Fantasia Barrino, American Musician 1984 Death Count Basie, American Musician 1983 Death Howard Dietz, American Musician 1983 Birthday Lee Ryan, British Musician 1983 Death Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire 1983 Birthday Holly Valance, Australian Musician 1983 Death Earl Hines, American Musician 1983 Birthday Carrie Underwood, American Musician 1983 Birthday Utada Hikaru, Japanese Musician 1983 Birthday William Hung, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, outsider musician, rose to fame for an off-key performance of 'She Bangs' by Ricky Martin on 'American Idol' show 1982 Birthday Ryan Cabrera, born in Dallas, Texas, musician, pop rock, hit singles include, 'On the Way Down', '40 Kinds of Sadness', 'True', albums include, 'You Stand Watching' 1982 Birthday Natasha Hamilton, British Musician 1981 Birthday Christina Milian, American Musician 1981 Death Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC 1981 Birthday Young Buck, American Musician 1981 Death Mike Bloomfield, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time', dies of drug overdose at 36 1981 Birthday Justin Timberlake, American Musician 1981 Birthday 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 Birthday Jamelia, English Musician 1980 Birthday Christina Aguilera, American Musician 1980 Birthday Nick Cannon, American Musician 1980 Birthday Vanessa Carlton, American Musician 1980 Birthday Howard Bailey, American Musician 1979 Birthday Adam Brody, born in San Diego, California, actor, musician, appeared on television shows, 'The O.C.', 'Gilmore Girls', films include, 'Cop Out', 'Thank You for Smoking' 1979 Birthday Mya, Mya Marie Harrison, American Musician 1979 Birthday Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician 1979 Death Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose 1979 Birthday Foxy Brown, American Musician 1979 Death Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64 1979 Birthday Lance Bass, American Musician 1979 Birthday Daniel Johns, Australian Musician 1979 Birthday Sophie Ellis Bextor, English Musician 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1979 Birthday Joel Madden, American Musician 1978 Birthday LaToya London, American Musician 1978 Birthday John Legend, American Musician 1978 Death Don Ellis, American Musician 1978 Birthday Justin Guarini, American Musician 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1978 Birthday Ayumi Hamasaki, also known as "Ayu" by her fans, Japanese Musician 1978 Birthday Ruben Studdard, American Musician 1978 Birthday Will Champion, English Musician 1978 Birthday Rachel Stevens, English Musician 1978 Birthday Jenny Frost, British Musician 1978 Birthday A. J. McLean, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, born Alexander James 'Alex' McLean, musician, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys, over 130 million albums sold 1977 Birthday Brad Delson, born in Agoura, California, musician, guitarist, member of Linkin Park, Grammy-Award winning band, A&R Representative for Warner Bros.' Machine Shop Recordings 1977 Birthday Obie Trice, American Musician 1977 Birthday John Mayer, American Musician 1977 Birthday Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician 1977 Birthday Jason Mraz, American Musician 1977 Birthday Kanye West, American Musician 1977 Birthday Joseph Hahn, American Musician 1977 Birthday Bubba Sparxxx, American Musician 1977 Birthday Chris Martin, born in Exeter, England, singer, songwriter, musician, member and lead vocalist of Coldplay band, married to Gwyneth Paltrow 1977 Birthday Mike Shinoda, American Musician 1977 Birthday Gavin DeGraw, American Musician 1976 Birthday Dan Hawkins, English Musician 1976 Birthday 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 Birthday Jon Crosby, American Musician 1976 Birthday Chester Bennington, American Musician 1976 Birthday Brandon Boyd, born in Van Nuys, California, musician, artist, lead vocalist, member of Incubus rock band 1975 Death Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86 1975 Birthday Travis Barker, American Musician 1975 Birthday Bo Bice, American Musician 1975 Death Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, U.S., jazz musician, Black Messiah, dies at 46 from a stroke 1975 Birthday Curtis Jackson, American Musician 1975 Birthday Melanie Brown, English Musician 1975 Birthday Andre Benjamin, American Musician 1975 Birthday Enrique Iglesias, Spanish Musician 1975 Birthday Melanie Blatt, English Musician 1975 Birthday Wes Borland, American Musician 1975 Birthday Natalie Imbruglia, Australian Musician 1975 Birthday Coco Lee, Chinese Musician 1975 Birthday Aaron Funk, Canadian Musician 1974 Birthday Meg White, American Musician 1974 Birthday Louise Nurding, British Musician 1974 Birthday Nelly, also known as Cornell Haynes, Jr., American Musician 1974 Birthday Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician 1974 Birthday Alanis Morissette, Canadian Musician 1974 Birthday Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1974 Birthday Andrea Corr, Irish Musician 1974 Birthday Victoria Beckham, English Musician 1974 Birthday Beanie Sigel, American Musician 1974 Birthday Chad Hugo, American Musician 1974 Birthday Robbie Williams, British Musician 1974 Birthday Tom Jenkinson, English Musician 1974 Birthday Melanie Chisholm, English Musician 1973 Birthday Mos Def, also known as Dante Terrel Smith, American Musician 1973 Birthday Nick Lachey, American Musician 1973 Birthday Rufus Wainwright, Canadian Musician 1973 Birthday Gretchen Wilson, American Musician 1973 Birthday Faith Evans, American Musician 1973 Birthday Joshua Homme, American Musician 1973 Birthday Natalie Appleton, Canadian Musician 1973 Birthday Pharrell Williams, American Musician 1973 Birthday Justin Sane, American Musician 1973 Birthday Sean Paul, Jamaican Musician 1972 Birthday Tre Cool, American Musician 1972 Birthday Brad Paisley, American Musician 1972 Birthday Wyclef Jean, American Musician 1972 Birthday Liam Gallagher, British Musician 1972 Death Don Byas, American Musician 1972 Birthday Damon Sharpe, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actor/musician, Guys Next Door 1972 Birthday Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian Musician 1972 Birthday Mark Hoppus, American Musician 1972 Birthday Billie Joe Armstrong, singer/musician, Green Day 1971 Birthday Noel Hogan, born in Moyross, Ireland, musician, guitarist, songwriter, co-wrote songs or band, The Cranberries 1971 Birthday Big Punisher, also known as Big Pun and Christopher Rios, American Musician 1971 Birthday Snoop Dogg, American Musician 1971 Birthday Chris Kirkpatrick, American Musician 1971 Birthday Richard D. James, English Musician 1971 Death King Curtis, Curtis Ousley, U.S. musician, murdered at 37 1971 Birthday Allison Krauss, American Musician 1971 Death Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71 1971 Death Ben Pollack, American Musician 1971 Birthday Matt Stone, born in Houston, Texas, musician, actor, screenwriter, co-creator of 'South Park' Emmy-Award winning television series, co-created film, 'Team America: World Police' 1971 Birthday Chris Wolf, actor/musician, Guys Next Door 1971 Birthday Lara St. John, Canadian Musician 1971 Birthday Method Man, American Musician 1971 Birthday Tim Jones, born in America, composer, musician, composer of film scores including, 'Chuck', 'Vampires: The Turning', 'Wicked Little Things' 1971 Birthday John Wozniak, American Musician 1970 Birthday Will Oldham, American Musician 1970 Birthday Beth Orton, English Musician 1970 Birthday Chad Taylor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, lead guitarist, member of the band, Live, album 'Throwing Copper', sold over 25 million records 1970 Birthday Puff Daddy, American Musician 1970 Birthday Chely Wright, American Musician 1970 Birthday Dean Ween, American Musician 1970 Birthday Ani Difranco, born in Buffalo, New York, singer, musician, guitarist, songwriter, considered a feminist icon, released over twenty albums 1970 Birthday Neko Case, American Musician 1970 Birthday Debbie Gibson, American Musician 1970 Birthday Fred Durst, American Musician 1970 Death Lonnie Johnson, American Musician 1970 Birthday Jordan Knight, American Musician 1970 Birthday John Frusciante, American Musician 1970 Death Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician 1970 Birthday Zack de la Rocha, American Musician 1969 Birthday Jay Kay, English Musician 1969 Birthday Jakob Dylan, American Musician 1969 Birthday Jay Z, also known as Shawn Corey Carter, American Musician 1969 Birthday Duncan Sheik, American Musician 1969 Birthday Ben Harper, American Musician 1969 Birthday P. J. Harvey, also known as Polly Jean Harvey, British Musician 1969 Birthday Gene Hunt, R&B musician, Acid Man 1969 Birthday Keith Flint, singer/musician, Prodigy 1969 Birthday Marc Anthony, American Musician 1969 Birthday Eddie Garcia, born in Louisiana, actor/musician, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You 1969 Birthday Jennifer Lopez, born in The Bronx, New York, nickname, J. Lo, musician, rhythm and blues genre, actress, fashion designer, television producer 1969 Birthday Colin Greenwood, British Musician 1969 Birthday Brian McKnight, American Musician 1969 Death Coleman Hawkins, U.S. jazz musician/composer, dies 1969 Birthday 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 Birthday Marilyn Manson, singer and musician 1968 Birthday Alex James, English Musician 1968 Birthday Kathleen Hanna, American Musician 1968 Birthday Thom Yorke, English Musician 1968 Birthday Donovan Leitch, Jr., actor/musician, I Shot Andy Warhol 1968 Birthday Charlie Sexton, born in San Antonio, Texas, musician, singer, songwriter, blues, folk, rock genres, guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band, also played with Arc Angels band 1968 Birthday Terri Clark, Canadian Musician 1968 Birthday 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 Birthday Bobby Sheehan, American Musician 1968 Death Margaret Young, American Musician 1968 Birthday Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician 1968 Birthday Curtis Jones, American Musician 1968 Birthday Ed O'Brien, English Musician 1968 Birthday Sebastian Bach, Canadian Musician 1968 Birthday Damon Albarn, English Musician 1968 Birthday Johnny Kelly, American Musician 1968 Birthday Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician 1968 Birthday Trevor Dunn, American Musician 1967 Birthday Gary Allan, American Musician 1967 Birthday Keith Urban, American Musician 1967 Birthday Jeff Tweedy, American Musician 1967 Birthday Emma Anderson, British Musician 1967 Birthday Dave Navarro, American Musician 1967 Birthday Noel Gallagher, English Musician 1967 Birthday Charlie Hunter, American Musician 1967 Death John Coltrane, American Musician 1967 Birthday Liz Phair, American Musician 1967 Birthday Zakk Wylde, American Musician 1967 Birthday Dave Matthews, singer/musician, Dave Matthews Band 1966 Birthday 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 Birthday Russell Watson, English Musician 1966 Birthday Jeff Buckley, born in Anaheim, California, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters 1966 Birthday Mary Hansen, Australian Musician 1966 Birthday Doug E. Fresh, American Musician 1966 Birthday Ben Folds, American Musician 1966 Birthday Shirley Manson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, actress, musician, keyboardist, lead singer, Garbage rock band, also performed with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie 1966 Birthday Lee Ann Womack, American Musician 1966 Birthday Kristin Hersh, American Musician 1966 Birthday Cecilia Bartoli, Italian Musician 1966 Birthday Michael Franti, born in San Francisco, California, poet, musician, head of Michael Franti & Spearhead band, supports peace and social justice issues 1966 Birthday Tone Loc, American Musician 1966 Birthday Rob Zombie, American Musician 1966 Birthday Kate Schellenbach, musician, Luscious Jackson 1965 Birthday Gabrielle Glaser, musician, Luscious Jackson 1965 Birthday Michael Diamond, also known as Mike D, American Musician 1965 Birthday Bryn Terfel, Welsh Musician 1965 Birthday Gavin Rossdale, British Musician 1965 Death Bill Black, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, dies at 39 1965 Birthday Shania Twain, born in Windsor, Canada, born Eileen Regina Edwards, singer, album, 'Come on Over' best-selling album of all time by a female musician 1965 Birthday 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 Birthday Stone Gossard, musician with Pearl Jam 1965 Birthday Barry D, Iain Bakker, English pop musician, Jesus Jones 1965 Birthday Joey Santiago, Filipino Musician 1965 Birthday Mike Gordon, American Musician 1965 Birthday Simon Fowler, English Musician 1965 Birthday Trent Reznor, musician, 9 Inch Nails 1965 Birthday Krist Novoselic, American Musician 1965 Birthday Eric Avery, American Musician 1965 Birthday Mike McCready, American Musician 1965 Birthday Billy Sherwood, American Musician 1965 Birthday Jon Fishman, American Musician 1965 Birthday Jam Master Jay, American Musician 1965 Birthday Adam Jones, American Musician 1965 Birthday Slick Rick, American Musician 1965 Birthday Beth Gibbons, English Musician 1964 Birthday Diana Krall, Canadian Musician 1964 Birthday Brenda Fassie, South African Musician 1964 Birthday Matthew Sweet, American Musician 1964 Birthday Stephan Jenkins, American Musician 1964 Birthday Adam Duritz, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, record producer, member of band, Counting Crows, hit song, 'Round Here' 1964 Birthday Tim Gane, English Musician 1964 Death Eric Dolphy, American Musician 1964 Birthday Kerry King, American Musician 1964 Birthday Wynonna Judd, Ashland, Kentucky, American Musician, Judds-Why Not Me 1964 Birthday Russell Crowe, born in Wellington, New Zealand, actor, musician, Academy-Award winning film, 'Gladiator', films include, 'L.A. Confidential', 'A Beautiful Mind' 1964 Birthday Cheryl James, American Musician 1964 Birthday John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1964 Birthday Dwayne Goettel, born in Canada, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water 1963 Birthday Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician/songwriter, Adesso Te 1963 Birthday Jarvis Cocker, English Musician 1963 Birthday Reb Beach, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, member of bands Winger, Dokken, Whitesnake 1963 Birthday Darren "Dizzy" Reed, U.S. musician, Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine 1963 Birthday Wesley Willis, American Musician 1963 Birthday Kevin Shields, Irish Musician 1963 Birthday Page McConnell, American Musician 1963 Birthday 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 1962 Birthday Matt Cameron, musician, Soundgarden 1962 Birthday Steven Curtis Chapman, American Musician 1962 Birthday 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 Birthday Kool Moe Dee, American Musician 1962 Birthday Jack Irons, American Musician 1962 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Paul Webb, born in Essex, England, musician, producer, bass player, member of reggae band Eskalator, joined band TalkTalk in 1981, produced album 'The Year of the Leopard' with James Jorkston in 1996 1962 Birthday Peter Steele, American Musician 1961 Death Peter Dawson, Australian Musician 1961 Birthday Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician, Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode 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 Keith Sweat, American Musician 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1961 Birthday Alison Moyet, British Musician 1961 Birthday Kim Deal, American Musician 1961 Birthday Tom Araya, American Musician 1961 Birthday Vince Neil, American Musician 1961 Birthday Wayne Coyne, American Musician 1960 Birthday William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician, Shamen-Move Any Mountain 1960 Birthday Matthew Shipp, American Musician 1960 Birthday Django Bates, born in Beckenham, England, jazz musician, founder, Human Chain, plays tenor horn, keyboards, piano 1960 Birthday Aimee Mann, American Musician 1960 Birthday Nancy Martinez, born in Montreal, Quebec, rocker, musician, singer, known for dance-pop music hit songs 'For Tonight', 'Move Out' 1960 Birthday 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 Birthday Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician 1959 Death Gerard Hoffnung, artist/humorist/musician, dies 1959 Death Jack Norworth, American Musician 1959 Birthday Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1959 Birthday Joe Elliott, English Musician 1959 Birthday Stanley Jordan, American Musician 1959 Birthday 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 Birthday Steven Morrissey, English Musician 1959 Death Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57 1959 Birthday Flavor Flav, American Musician 1959 Death Lester Young, American Musician 1959 Birthday Kirk and Curtwood, musician, Meat Puppets 1958 Birthday 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 Birthday Simon LeBon, English Musician 1958 Birthday Rodwell Biggie Tembo Marasha, musician 1958 Birthday Med Lucart, rock musician, Wall of Voodoo 1958 Birthday Danielle Dax, English Musician 1958 Birthday Andrea Bocelli, Italian Musician 1958 Birthday Mick Karn, born in Nicosia, Cypress, rocker, instrumentalist, musician, songwriter, bassist for art rock band Japan 1958 Birthday Bela Fleck, American Musician 1958 Birthday Jello Biafra, born in Boulder, Colorado, born Eric Reed Boucher, musician, politician, anarchist, leading figure of the Green Party, wrote music for 'Dead Kennedy's' 1958 Birthday Meredith Brooks, American Musician 1958 Birthday Prince, American Musician 1958 Birthday Lea DeLaria, born in Belleville, Illinois, actress, jazz musician, comedienne, prominent lesbian stand-up comic, known for her raunchy persona 1958 Death W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY 1958 Death William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1958 Birthday Ice-T, born in Newark, New Jersey, Tracy Marrow, musician, pioneer of gangsta rap, songwriter, actor, Grammy Award winner, author 1958 Birthday Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician, UB40-Red Red Wine 1958 Birthday Jez Strode, born in England, born Jeremy Strode, drummer, musician, pop band genre, member of British pop band, Kajagoogoo 1957 Birthday Julian Cope, Welsh pop musician, Eve's Volcano 1957 Birthday Michael W. Smith, American Musician 1957 Birthday Pim Kops, rock musician, Dike, Bloedend Heart 1957 Birthday Mojo Nixon, American Musician 1957 Birthday Marc Almond, British Musician 1957 Birthday Philip Chevron, English pop musician, Pogues-Peace and Love 1957 Birthday Cheryl Lynn, American Musician 1957 Birthday Ian Stanley, born in High Wycombe, England, Ian Christopher Stanley, keyboardist, musician, songwriter, record producer, member of Tears for Fears band, made multi-platinum selling album 'Songs from the Big Chair' 1957 Birthday Johann Hoelzel Falco, born in Vienna, Austria, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus' 1957 Birthday Renee Fleming, American Musician 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 GG Allin, American Musician 1956 Birthday 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 Birthday Danny Wilde, born in Maine, United States, musician, rock, pop rock, alternative rock genres, founding member, The Rembrandts and power-pop band, The Quick 1956 Birthday Teena Marie, American Musician 1956 Death Elsie Janis, American Musician 1955 Birthday Joe Leeway, born in Islington, England, musician, songwriter for the Thompson Twins, played bongos, congas for album, 'A Product of ... (Participation)' 1955 Birthday Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician 1955 Birthday Diamanda Galas, born America, composer, musician, politically charged performance artist, keyboardist, singer, has a voice range of three and a half octaves 1955 Birthday Glenn Danzig, American Musician 1955 Birthday Lesley Garrett, English Musician 1955 Birthday Nina Hagen, German Musician 1955 Birthday 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 Birthday Mark Hollis, English pop musician, Talk Talk, Dum Dum Girl 1954 Birthday 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 Birthday Emir Kusturica, born in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, filmmaker, actor, musician, appeared in films, 'Promise Me This', 'Maradona' 1954 Birthday Yanni, new age musician, Live at the Acropolis, Sand Dance 1954 Birthday 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 Birthday Frank Marino, born in Montreal, Canada, Francesco Antonio Marino, guitarist, rocker, musician, songwriter, leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush 1954 Birthday Pat Metheny, American Musician 1954 Birthday Neil Tennant, American Musician 1954 Birthday 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 Birthday Tina Charles, English Musician 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 Neil Schon, American Musician 1954 Birthday Cliff Martinez, American Musician 1954 Birthday Richard Manitoba, born in The Bronx, New York, born Richard Blum, nicknamed 'Handsome Dick', musician, punk rock genre, vocalist, radio personality, lead singer for The Dictators, MC5 1954 Birthday Trevor Rabin, born in South Africa, musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of Yes, a progressive British rock band, film composer 1953 Birthday Tito Jackson, American Musician 1953 Birthday Earl Klugh, born in Detroit, Michigan, jazz musician, guitarist, composer, won Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, 1981 1953 Birthday Tommy Shaw, American Musician 1953 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Death Django Reinhardt, Belgian Musician 1953 Birthday Felix Hanemann, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, keyboardist, vocalist, founder of band, Zebra, member of band, Harry Slash & The Slashtones 1953 Birthday Kim Gordon, American Musician 1953 Birthday Peter Garrett, Australian Musician 1953 Birthday 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 Birthday David Knopfler, British Musician 1952 Birthday Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1952 Birthday 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 Birthday Don Was, American Musician 1952 Birthday Gus Van Sant, born in Louisville, Kentucky, film director, musician, author, Academy-Award winning director of film, 'Good Will Hunting', other movies include, 'Milk', 'Elephant' 1952 Birthday 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 Birthday Johnny Thunders, American Musician 1952 Birthday Chris Cross, born in Tottenham, England, musician, bass guitarist, new wave, glam rock, synthpop, rock genres, member of band Ultavox 1952 Birthday Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon 1952 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1952 Birthday Boris Blank, born in Switzerland, composer, musician, member of Yello, responsible for unique sound, influenced by Yello members Carlos Peron, Deiter Meier 1952 Birthday Ricky Van Shelton, country musician 1952 Birthday Lee Ritenour, born in Los Angeles, California, jazz musician 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1951 Birthday Larry Burnett, born in America, musician, original member of band, Firefall, a pop-rock group 1951 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday Brad Delp, born in Massachusetts, musician, rock, hard rock, lead vocalist for rock band 'Boston' 1951 Birthday Jack Green, musician, guitar, played with T. Rex, The Pretty Things, member of Rainbow, launched solo album Humanesque 1951 Birthday Michael Doucet, singer/musician, Beausoleil 1950 Birthday Randy Castillo, American Musician 1950 Birthday Tina Weymouth, American Musician 1950 Birthday Graham Parker, musician, Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning 1950 Birthday Jim Peterik, born in Berwyn, Illinois, musician, songwriter, member of the band, Survivor, co-wrote song, 'Eye of the Tiger' 1950 Birthday Andrew Woolfolk, U.S. pop musician, Earth, Wind and Fire-Shining Star 1950 Birthday Mark Clarke, born in Liverpool, England, musician, bass guitarist, member of bands, Uriah Heep and Colosseum 1950 Birthday Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis 1950 Birthday Emitt Rhodes, musician, Merry-go-Round 1950 Birthday George Thorogood, American Musician 1950 Birthday 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 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 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 Birthday Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1949 Birthday Brian McManus Connolly, musician 1949 Birthday Bruce Springsteen, born in Asbury, New Jersey, rock musician, 'Born in the USA' 1949 Birthday Tony Stevens, born in Willesden, London, bassist, musician, played bass with Foghat, Savoy Brown, releases include 'Looking In' 1949 Birthday Leon Redbone, American Musician 1949 Birthday John Wetton, born in Willington, Derbyshire, musician, keyboardist, singer, bassist, guitarist, principal songwriter for ASIA, a pop rock band 1949 Birthday Holly Near, American Musician 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 Neil Jones, musician, Bend Me Shape Me 1948 Birthday Alan Parsons, British Musician 1948 Birthday Jim Steinman, American Musician 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 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 Steve Tyler, American Musician 1948 Birthday Michael Owen Bruce, American Musician 1948 Birthday 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 Birthday Rick James, American Musician 1948 Birthday T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1948 Birthday Thom Mooney, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, musician, drummer, played with Fuse, Nazz, The Curtis Brothers, Tattoo 1947 Birthday Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride 1947 Birthday 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 Birthday Don Grolnick, jazz musician 1947 Birthday Tommy James, born in Dayton, Ohio, born Thomas Gregory Jackson, musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, led rock band Tommy James and the Shondells 1947 Birthday Steve Khan, jazz musician, Christmas Waltz 1947 Birthday Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band 1947 Birthday Derek Shulman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, musician, singer, rocker, instrumentalist, vocalist for band Gentle Giant, recorded twelve albums with them in ten years 1946 Birthday Carmine Appice, musician, Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling 1946 Birthday Carson Van Osten, born in America, musician, performed with Todd Rundgren and rock group 'Nazz', comics creator, artist of Disney comics 1946 Birthday 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 Birthday Larry Graham, American Musician 1946 Birthday John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau 1946 Birthday Jonathan Edwards, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, folk singer, songwriter, musician, folk singer, known for hits 'Sunshine' and 'Shanty' 1946 Birthday Mireille Mathieu, French Musician 1946 Birthday Tony Levin, American Musician 1946 Birthday Cher, American Musician 1946 Birthday David Gilmour, British Musician 1946 Death Hugh Allen, musician, dies 1946 Birthday Dolly Parton, American Musician 1946 Birthday Tony Kaye, born in Leicester, England, musician, keyboardist for 'Yes', progressive rock group 1945 Birthday Tony Williams, jazz musician 1945 Birthday Bryan Ferry, British Musician 1945 Birthday Dee Dee Warwick, American Musician 1945 Birthday David Bromberg, Philadelphia, musician, Demon in Disguise 1945 Birthday Kelly Groucutt, born in Coseley, England, bass player, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, musician, pop, rock, rock and roll genres 1945 Birthday Van Morrison, British Musician 1945 Birthday Itzhak Perlman, Israeli Musician 1945 Birthday John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine' 1945 Birthday Debbie Harry, American Musician 1945 Birthday Anne Murray, Canadian Musician 1945 Birthday Anthony Braxton, jazz musician 1945 Birthday Pete Townshend, British Musician 1945 Birthday Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer, Nachtfahrer 1945 Birthday Robert Wyatt, English Musician 1944 Death Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician 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 Kinky Friedman, American Musician 1944 Birthday Jon Anderson, British Musician 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 Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers 1944 Birthday John Surman, jazz musician 1944 Birthday Tim Bogert, born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, musician, bass player, played rock, blues-rock, heavy metal, performed bass solos with Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice 1944 Birthday Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 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 Billy Vera, musician, & Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night 1944 Birthday 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 Birthday Bernie Worrell, American Musician 1944 Birthday Danny Woods, U.S. musician, CEO of the Board 1944 Birthday Evan Parker, British Musician 1944 Birthday Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1944 Birthday Townes Van Zandt, musician 1944 Birthday Charley Musselwhite, blues musician, Stand Back, Louisiana Fog 1944 Birthday Kevin Coyne, born in Derby, England, musician, composer, singer, songwriter, poet, gained notoriety with mainstream rock with Virgin release Marjory Razorblade 1943 Birthday 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 Death Fats Waller, American Musician 1943 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 Birthday William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter 1943 Birthday 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 Birthday Mike Bloomfield, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, guitarist, composer, number 22 on Rolling Stone's '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time' 1943 Birthday Jimmy Castor, born in New York City, New York, musician, saxophonist, pop, funk, disco, hip hop genres, known for hit single 'Troglodyte' 1972 1943 Birthday 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 Birthday Gary Burton, American Musician 1942 Birthday Paul Butterfield, born in Chicago, blues musician, Better Days 1942 Birthday Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician 1942 Birthday Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician 1942 Birthday Isaac Hayes, born in Memphis, Tennessee, singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, Academy-Award winner 1942 Birthday Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, journalist/musician 1942 Birthday Kris Jensen, born in New Haven, Connecticut, musician, singer, guitarist, recorded with Kapp Records, Leader Records, Hickory Records, recorded chart topping hit 'Torture' 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 1942 Birthday Michael Giles, English Musician 1942 Birthday 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 Birthday Lester Bowie, American Musician 1941 Birthday 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 Birthday Jeremy Clyde, born in Dorney, England, musician, television actor, appearing in action series, Crossbow, drama series, The Alan Clark Diaries 1941 Birthday Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician, Brazil '66/'77/'88 1941 Birthday Rick Laird, jazz musician, Gerry Niewood and Timepiece 1941 Birthday Van Dyke Parks, Alabama, actor/musician, Bonino, Billy Crystal Hour 1940 Birthday Cynthia Weil, American Musician 1940 Birthday Cliff Richard, English Musician 1940 Birthday John Lennon, English Musician 1940 Birthday Steve Swallow, American Musician 1940 Birthday Solomon Burke, American Musician 1939 Birthday Kim Weston, American Musician 1939 Birthday James Booker, New Orleans, R and B musician, Gonzo 1939 Birthday Wendy Carlos, American Musician 1939 Birthday David Allan Coe, country musician, Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy 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 Baker, British Musician 1939 Birthday 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 Birthday John DeLaFose, zydeco Musician 1939 Birthday 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 Birthday Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician 1938 Birthday Richard Sudhalter, British writer/jazz musician 1938 Birthday Prince Buster, Jamaican reggae musician/producer, Madness 1938 Birthday John Walters, British Musician 1938 Birthday Carla Bley, Carla Borg, Oakland, musician, Escalator Over the Hill 1937 Birthday Paul Stookey, singer/musician, Peter, Paul, and Mary 1937 Birthday Joseph Jarman, American Musician 1937 Birthday Alice Coltrane, jazz musician 1937 Birthday Charlie Haden, American Musician 1937 Birthday Garth Hudson, born in Windsor, Ontario, organist, keyboardist, musician, instrumentalist, member of The Band, Canadian-American rock group 1937 Birthday Joe Henderson, American Musician 1937 Birthday Clarence "Frogman" Henry, musician, You Always Hurt the One You Love 1937 Birthday Wilen, musician 1936 Birthday Cornell Gunther, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, Coasters-Poison Ivy 1936 Birthday Robert White, born in Billmyre, Pennsylvania, guitarist, African-American musician, performed guitar riff on The Temptations hit, My Girl 1936 Birthday Billy Higgins, American Musician 1936 Birthday Sunny Murray, American Musician 1936 Birthday 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 Birthday Amancio D'Silva, musician 1935 Birthday 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 Death Carlos Gardel, Argentinian Musician 1935 Birthday 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 Birthday Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1934 Birthday Del Shannon, American Musician 1934 Birthday Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician 1934 Birthday Little Milton, American Musician 1934 Birthday Don Ellis, American Musician 1934 Birthday Steve Lacy, American Musician 1934 Birthday Van Cliburn, American Musician 1934 Birthday Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1934 Birthday John Duffey, bluegrass musician 1933 Birthday John Mayall, MacClesfield England, pop musician, Don't Washed Me Time 1933 Birthday Montserrat Caballe, Musician 1933 Birthday Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician and composer 1932 Birthday Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician 1932 Birthday Glenn Gould, Canadian Musician 1932 Birthday Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians 1932 Birthday Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show' 1932 Birthday Derek Bailey, English Musician 1931 Birthday Thomas Eden Binkley, musician 1931 Birthday Jimmy Lyons, American Musician 1931 Birthday Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 Death Charles Buddy Bolden, U.S. jazz musician, dies 1931 Birthday Dewey Redman, jazz musician 1930 Birthday Ahmad Jamal, American Musician 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday Betty Carter, American Musician 1930 Death Emma Albani, Canadian Musician 1930 Birthday Ornette Coleman, jazz composer, Downbeat Musician of Year 1966 1930 Birthday Cecil Taylor, American Musician 1930 Birthday Bobby Bland, American Musician 1929 Birthday Lata Mangeshkar, Indian Musician 1929 Birthday Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster 1929 Birthday June Carter, American Musician 1929 Birthday Ed Townsend, American Musician 1929 Birthday Maurice Simon, jazz musician 1929 Birthday Tommy Newsom, Virginia, musician/bandleader/saxophonist, Tonight Show 1929 Birthday Art Prysock, jazz musician 1928 Birthday Ennio Morricone, Rome, Italy, composer/musician 1928 Birthday Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, born in Tampa, Florida, jazz musician, Black Messiah 1928 Birthday Peter, Indiana, jazz musician 1928 Birthday Eric Dolphy, American Musician 1928 Birthday Alexis Korner, born in Paris, musician, Blues Inc-Bootleg Him 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 Harlan Howard, American Musician 1927 Birthday Doc Severinsen, American Musician 1927 Birthday William Mitchell Byers, musician 1927 Birthday Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian Musician 1927 Birthday Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner 1926 Birthday 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 Birthday Bill Black, born in Memphis, Tennessee, musician, rocker, bassist for Elvis Pressley, played for "Heartbreak Hotel", "Mystery Train", "Hound Dog", "Jailhouse Rock" 1925 Birthday Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician 1925 Birthday 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 Birthday Bill Dixon, American Musician 1925 Birthday B. B. King, American Musician 1925 Birthday Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician 1925 Birthday Gerard Hoffnung, Berlin Germany, artist/humorist/musician 1924 Death Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64 1924 Birthday Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1924 Birthday J. J. Johnson, American Musician 1924 Birthday Slim Harpo, musician 1924 Birthday Earl Scruggs, North Carolina, bluegrass musician, & Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett 1923 Birthday Louis Gottlieb, musician 1923 Birthday Sam Rivers, American Musician 1923 Birthday Percy Heath, American Musician 1923 Birthday Doc Watson, American Musician 1923 Birthday "Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician 1923 Birthday Sam Phillips, musician/record founder, Sun 1922 Death Marie Lloyd, British Musician 1922 Birthday Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/U.S. jazz musician/composer 1922 Birthday Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician 1922 Birthday Ali Akbar Khan, Indian Musician 1922 Birthday Dave Appell, singer/musician/songwriter, In the Midnight Hour 1921 Birthday 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 Birthday Gordon Reynolds, musician 1921 Birthday Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young 1921 Birthday Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician 1921 Birthday Norman Ewart Thurston, musician 1921 Birthday Joe Loco, musician 1921 Birthday Eddie Barclay, French Musician 1920 Birthday Jerome Richardson, American Musician 1920 Birthday 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 Birthday Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician 1919 Birthday Robert Merrill, American Musician 1919 Birthday Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician 1919 Birthday Ivor Keys, musician/teacher 1918 Birthday William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician 1918 Birthday Norman Granz, American Musician 1918 Birthday Elmore James, musician, Dust My Broom 1917 Birthday Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer, Wished I'd stayed with my Mom 1916 Birthday Dick Cary, jazz Musician 1916 Death Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56 1916 Birthday William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician 1916 Birthday 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 Birthday Jay McShann, American Musician 1915 Birthday Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, musician 1915 Birthday Ruth Warrick, American Musician 1915 Birthday Hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician 1915 Death Fanny Crosby, American Musician 1914 Birthday Eddie Sauter, Brooklyn, musician, Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue 1914 Birthday Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician 1914 Birthday Tom Glazer, American Musician 1914 Birthday Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman 1914 Birthday Sonny Boy Williamson, John Lee, blues musician, Down and Out Blues 1914 Birthday Lester Flatt, country musician, Flatt and Scruggs 1913 Birthday Grandpa [Louis M] Jones, Niagra, Kentucky, country musician, Hee-Haw 1912 Birthday Don Byas, American Musician 1912 Birthday Vernon Elliott, musician/composer 1912 Birthday Stan Kenton, Newcomb, Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55 1911 Birthday 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 Birthday Mahalia Jackson, American Musician 1911 Birthday Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician 1910 Birthday Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist 1910 Birthday Harold C Fox, fashion designer/musician 1909 Birthday Jo Juda, Dutch musician 1909 Birthday Lester Young, American Musician 1909 Birthday 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 Birthday Masami Akita, Japanese Musician 1909 Birthday Tom Cora, American Musician 1909 Birthday Tiny Winters, musician 1908 Birthday Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer, Elegy 1908 Birthday Hans de Jong, musician/conductor, De Damrakkertjes 1908 Birthday Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician 1907 Birthday Cab Calloway, American Musician 1907 Birthday Benny Carter, born in New York City, musician/composer, Easy Money, King Carter 1906 Birthday Willard F McMurry, musician 1905 Birthday Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer 1905 Birthday Richard Nicholson, musician 1905 Birthday Doc Cheatham, jazz musician 1905 Birthday Percy Humphrey, musician 1904 Birthday [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles 1904 Birthday Count Basie, American Musician 1904 Birthday 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 Birthday Earl Hines, American Musician 1903 Birthday Roy Acuff, born in Maynardville, Tennessee, country musician, 'Hee Haw' 1903 Birthday Ben Pollack, American Musician 1903 Birthday Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane 1902 Birthday Eddie James "Son" House, folk blues musician, Delta Blues 1901 Birthday Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor 1901 Birthday Louis Armstrong, American Musician 1900 Birthday Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz musician, Hello Dolly 1900 Birthday Fred Waring, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, musician/conductor/inventor, Waring Blender 1900 Birthday June Clark, musician trumpet 1898 Birthday Andy Kirk, jazz musician 1896 Birthday Howard Dietz, American Musician 1896 Death Clara Schumann, German Musician 1895 Birthday Mance Lipscomb, born in Texas, blues musician, Texas Sharecropper 1894 Birthday Lonnie Johnson, American Musician 1894 Birthday Irving Mills, American Musician 1890 Birthday Carlos Gardel, Argentinian Musician 1889 Birthday Elsie Janis, American Musician 1888 Birthday Joszi J Tersanszky, Hungary, musician/writer, Youth of Marci Kakuk 1887 Birthday Rudolf F. W. Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer 1887 Birthday Arthur Rubinstein, American Musician 1885 Birthday Huddie Ledbetter, Musician 1884 Birthday Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician 1882 Birthday Peter Dawson, Australian Musician 1879 Birthday Jack Norworth, American Musician 1873 Birthday William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1870 Birthday Marie Lloyd, British Musician 1867 Birthday Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician 1859 Birthday Cecil [James] Sharp, born in London, England, folk musician 1859 Birthday Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician, Armenian Rhapsody 1859 Birthday Mildred J. Hill, composer/musician, Happy Birthday To You 1859 Birthday Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music 1858 Birthday Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician 1853 Birthday Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter 1847 Birthday Emma Albani, Canadian Musician 1820 Birthday Fanny Crosby, American Musician 1819 Birthday Clara Schumann, German Musician 1814 Birthday Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor, saxophone 1588 Birthday Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher, Cartesian
