Birthdays in Music in 1932

Birthdays in Music

John Williams

Feb 8 John Williams, American composer responsible for some of the most recognizable film scores (Jaws, Star Wars, Harry Potter, India Jones, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial), born in NYC, New York

Feb 10 Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], American Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), born in Carencro, Louisiana (d. 1993)
Feb 11 Jerome Lowenthal, pianist/prof (Jerusalem Academy of Music), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 16 Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer and animal rights activist (Silk Stockings), born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
Feb 16 Otis Blackwell, composer/singer
Feb 16 Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2003)
Feb 17 Buck Trent, Spartanburg SC, banjoist/singer (Hee Haw)
Feb 19 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), born in Paris, France
Feb 24 Michel Legrand, French composer and jazz musician (Summer of '42, Windmills of Your Mind), born in Paris, France (d. 2019)
Feb 25 Faron Young, American country singer and actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1996)

Feb 25 Martin William Karlins, composer

Johnny Cash

Feb 26 Johnny Cash, American country singer (I Walk the Line, Ring of Fire, A Boy Named Sue), born in Kingsland, Arkansas (d. 2003)

Feb 28 Donald "Don" Francks, Canadian actor, singer and musician (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2016)
Feb 29 Reri Grist, African-American coloratura soprano
Mar 1 Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, born in Jette (d. 2016)
Mar 4 Guido Baggiani, composer
Mar 4 Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, 1965), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2008)
Mar 11 Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
Mar 15 Arif Melikov, Turkish-American music producer (Queen, Bee Gees, Aretha Franklin, Phil Collins), born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2006)
Mar 17 Dick Curless, singer/songwriter
Mar 20 Tod Dockstader, composer
Mar 21 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist, concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra), born in Detroit, Michigan
Mar 27 [Herman] Junior Parker, American blues singer and musician (Mystery Train), born in Bobo, Mississippi (d. 1971)
Apr 1 Jiri Smutny, Czech composer, born in Prague

Anthony Perkins

Apr 4 Anthony Perkins, American actor and singer (Psycho, Friendly Persuasion, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison), born in NYC, New York (d. 1992)

Apr 4 Clive Davis, American record producer and music industry executive, born in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 5 Billy Bland, American singer and songwriter, born in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 2017)
Apr 7 Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger
Apr 9 Carl Perkins, American singer and songwriter (Blue Suede Shoes), born in Jackson, Tennessee (d. 1998)
Apr 9 Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor, born in Luzern, Switzerland (d. 2006)
Apr 9 Abdul Mati [Matias Klarwein], French artist best known for his works used on music album covers (Annunciation, Grain of Sand, Bitches Brew, Aleph Sanctuary), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2002)
Apr 10 Nate Nelson, American singer (Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
Apr 10 Kishori Amonkar, Indian classical Hindustani singer, born in Bombay (d. 2017)
Apr 11 Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010)
Apr 12 Henri Lazarof, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2013)

Apr 12 Tiny Tim [Herbert Khaury], American musician (Tiptoe Through The Tulips), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1996)
Apr 13 Karl Kroeger, American composer, born in Louisville, Kentucky

Loretta Lynn

Apr 14 Loretta Lynn, American country singer-songwriter (Coal Miner's Daughter), born in Butcher's Hollow Kentucky

Apr 16 Vince Hill, English singer (Roses of Picardy, La Vie en Rose), born in Holbrooks, Coventry, England
Apr 17 Graziella Sciutti, Italian opera singer, born in Turin, Italy
Apr 17 Arthur "Art" Ellefson, Canadian jazz saxophonist, born in Moose Jaw, Canada
Apr 20 Gerry Granahan, American rocker (Dickey Doo & The Dont's), born in Pittston, Pennsylvania
Apr 22 Michael Colgrass, American-Canadian composer (Best Wishes), born in Chicago, Illinois
Apr 26 Francis Lai, French film music composer (Love Story), born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France (d. 2018)
Apr 27 François Bayle, composer, born in Toamasina, Madagascar
Apr 27 Maxine Brown, American country music singer (Browns), born in Campti, Louisiana
Apr 27 Petar Ozgijan, Yugoslav composer, born in Dubrovnik, Croatia (d. 1979)
Apr 28 Marek Kopelent, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Apr 30 Antón Larrauri, Spanish composer, born in Bilbao, Spain
May 2 Malcolm Lipkin, English composer, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2017)
May 4 Fausto Razzi, Italian composer, born in Rome
May 5 Aurel Stroe, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest (d. 2008)
May 6 Günther Hauk, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 1979)
May 7 Derek Taylor, English publicist for the Beatles, born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 1997)
May 14 [Donald William] Bob Johnston, American music producer (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash), born in Hillsboro, Texas (d. 2015)
May 16 Isaac "Redd" Holt, US drummer (Young-Holt Unlimited-In Crowd)
May 19 Alma Cogan, English singer (d. 1966)
May 19 Claude Blanchard, French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor, born in Joliette, Canada (d. 2006)
May 21 Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
May 24 Elaine Malbin, American opera singer, born in NYC, New York
May 27 Jeffrey Bernard, singer
May 28 Henning Christiansen, composer
May 30 Pauline Oliveros, composer (Sound Patterns), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
May 30 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer
Jun 2 Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)

Jun 4 Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (The Blues and the Abstract Truth), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1975)
Jun 7 Tina Brooks, American blues and funk saxophonist (True Blue), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 1974)
Jun 8 Hans G. Helms, German writer and composer, born in Teterow, Germany (d. 2012)
Jun 14 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York
Jun 19 Ernest Ranglin, Jamaican guitarist (Studio One, Jimmy Cliff), born in Manchester, Jamaica
Jun 21 Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Argentine-American composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jun 21 O. C Smith, American jazz singer (Little Green Apples), born in Mansfield, Louisiana (d. 2001)
Jun 22 Michael Horvit, composer
Jun 27 Hugh Wood, British composer, born in Parbold, Lancashire
Jun 27 Anna Moffo, American soprano (Adventurers), born in Wayne, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
Jun 27 Magali Noël [Guiffray], French actress and singer, born in Izmir, Turkey (d. 2015)
Jun 30 Martin Mailman, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)
Jul 1 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock vocalist (Rockin' Robin), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1990)
Jul 2 Sammy Turner, vocalist (Lavender Blue), born in Paterson, New Jersey
Jul 6 Della Reese [Delloreese Patricia Early], American singer and actress (Della Reese Show, Royal Family), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017)
Jul 7 Josef Zawinul, Austrian-American jazz keyboardist, composer and musician (d. 2007)
Jul 11 Alex Hassilev, American actor and folk musician (The Limeliters), born in Paris, France
Jul 11 Bob McGrath, American musician, voice artist and actor (Sesame Street), born in Ottawa, Illinois
Jul 11 Billy Davis, American music producer and songwriter ( I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2004)
Jul 13 Per Norgard, Danish composer, born in Gentofte
Jul 15 Nina Van Pallandt, Danish actress and singer (American Gigolo), born in Copenhagen Denmark
Jul 16 John Chilton, English jazz trumpeter (Feetwarmers), born in London (d. 2016)
Jul 17 Niccolo Castiglioni, composer
Jul 17 Wojciech Kilar, Lwów, Second Polish Republic, composer (The Pianist), (d. 2013)
Jul 19 Buster Benton, American blues singer and guitarist, born in Texarkana, Arkansas (d. 1996)
Jul 25 Gibson Kente, South African playwright and composer, born in Duncan Village, Eastern Cape (d. 2014)
Jul 31 Morey Carr, American singer (Playmates) (d. 1987)
Aug 2 Marvin David Levy, American composer (Mourning Becomes Electra), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2015)
Aug 5 Tera de Marez Oyens, composer
Aug 8 Mel Tillis [Lonnie Melvin Tillis], American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel), born in Pahokee, Florida (d. 2017)
Aug 10 Alexander Goehr, composer
Aug 12 Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
Aug 16 Eydie Gorme [Edithe Gormezano], American singer (Bossa Nova), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2013)
Aug 23 Mark Russell, American political satirist and pianist (Real People), born in Buffalo, New York
Aug 24 Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer, born in Sydney, Australia
Aug 27 Francois Glorieux, composer
Aug 28 Carlene Polite, American dancer, activist and author (Sister X), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009)
Aug 31 Roy Castle, English dancer and television entertainer (Record Breakers), born in Scholes, Yorkshire (d. 1994)
Sep 2 Walter Davis Jr., American hard bop pianist (Davis Cup, Illumination), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1990)
Sep 6 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer, born in Saguenay, Canada (d. 2017)

Patsy Cline

Sep 8 Patsy Cline, American country singer (Crazy), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1963)

Sep 13 Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist and composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2013)
Sep 21 Don Preston, American rock musician (Mothers Of Invention), born in Flint, Michigan
Sep 24 Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1998)
Sep 25 Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (sued Steinway Piano), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1982)
Sep 26 Giacomo Manzoni, Italian composer, born in Milan, Italy
Sep 27 Mario Bertoncini, composer
Sep 28 Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer and activist (d. 1973)
Sep 29 Jeremy Isaacs, general director (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden)
Sep 29 Mehmood [Ali], Indian actor, singer, director and producer (Do Phoo!, Vardaan), born in Bombay, British India (d. 2004)
Oct 1 Albert Collins, Leona TX, blues guitarist (Frosty, Showdown)
Oct 8 Pete Drake, American pedal steel guitarist and producer, born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1988)
Oct 11 Dottie West, American country singer (Here Comes My Baby), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1991)
Oct 12 Joel Mandelbaum, American composer, born in New York
Oct 13 Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer (Nine, Grand Hotel), born in Paris, France (d. 2018)
Oct 14 Enrico di Giuseppe, American tenor, born in Philadelphia (d. 2005)
Oct 15 Jaan Raats, Estonian composer, born in Tartu, Estonia
Oct 16 Henry Jay Lewis, conductor/bass (LA Philharmonic 1955-59), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 17 Gundaris Pone, composer
Nov 6 Stonewall Jackson, American country music musician, born in Tabor City, North Carolina
Nov 11 Al Levitt, American jazz drummer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Nov 14 Ramon Zupko, American composer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 15 Clyde McPhatter, American R&B singer (Drifters-Treasure My Love), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 1972)
Nov 15 Petula Clark, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Downtown, My Love)
Nov 20 John Barnes Chance, composer
Nov 21 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (Symphony and Antiphony), born in Copenhagen; (d. 2016)
Nov 26 Alan Stout, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2018)
Nov 28 Ethel L Ennis, US orchestra leader/jazz singer (Once Again)
Nov 28 Gato Barbieri, Latin jazz musician (Last Tango in Paris), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2016)
Nov 29 Antoine Tisne, composer
Nov 29 John Gary [Strader], American singer (Cold), born in Watertown, New York (d. 1998)
Dec 1 Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
Dec 3 Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (1957 Eurovision)
Dec 4 Édgar Valcárcel, Peruvian pianist and composer, born in Puno, Peru (d. 2010)
Dec 5 Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], American singer-songwriter (Tutti Frutti), born in Macon, Georgia
Dec 5 James Cleveland, American gospel singer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
Dec 9 Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician
Dec 9 Donald Byrd, American jazz trumpeter (Black Byrd), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2013)
Dec 14 Abbe Lane, American singer and wife of Xavier Cugat (Xavier Cugat Show), born in Brooklyn, New York
Dec 14 Charlie Rich, American vocalist (Behind Closed Doors), born in Colt, Arkansas (d. 1995)
Dec 15 Elaine Barkin, composer
Dec 15 Igor Stuhec, Slovenian composer, born in Kremberk
Dec 16 Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin, composer (Humpback Horse), born in Moscow, Russia
Dec 21 Ilja Zeljenka, Slovak composer, born in Bratislava, Slovakia
Dec 28 Dorsey Burnette, rockabilly singer (Tall Oak Tree, Hey Little One), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1979)
Dec 28 Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer (Uhura in Star Trek), born in Robbins, Illinois

About 1932

How Old? 86 or 87 years old
Generation: Traditionalist or Silent Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep (Jan 1 - Feb 5), Monkey (Feb 6 - Dec 31)

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