Musicians Born in 1943

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Janis Joplin

Jan 19 Janis Joplin, American rocker and blues singer-songwriter (Down on Me), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 1970)

Jan 20 Farhad [Mehrad], Iranian pop, rock and folk singer-songwriter ("Jomeh"), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2002)
Jan 23 Jimmy Castor, American pop & funk musician (Troglodyte (Cave Man), Jimmy Castor Bunch), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
Jan 23 Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator, born in Anderson, Indiana
Jan 26 Jean Knight [Caliste], American soul, funk and R&B singer (Mr. Big Stuff), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 26 Peter Kenton Winkler, American pianist, symphonic and theatrical composer, born in Los Angeles, California
Jan 28 Dick Taylor, English rock guitarist (The Pretty Things - "S.F. Sorrow"), born in Dartford, England
Jan 28 Brian Keenan, American rock drummer (The Chamber Brothers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
Jan 29 Tim Souster, British composer, born in Bletchley, England (d. 1994)
Jan 30 Sandy Deane, American rocker (Jay and the Americans), born in Brooklyn, New York
Feb 2 Peter MacBeth, rocker (Foundations)
Feb 3 Dennis Edwards, American lead singer of The Temptations (Papa Was A Rollin' Stone), born in Fairfield, Alabama (d. 2018)
Feb 3 Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother)

Feb 4 Jimmy Johnson, American session guitarist and co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 2019)
Feb 4 Barry Beckett, American keyboardist and record producer (David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2009)
Feb 5 Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, French-American composer of Russian and Chinese parentage (Le va et le vient), born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France (d. 2003)
Feb 5 Larry Tamblyn, American rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 6 Fabian [Fabiano Anthony Forte], American vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 7 Walter Scott, American singer (Bob Kuban) whose murder was featured on "Forensic Files", born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1983)
Feb 8 Creed Bratton [William Schneider], American rock guitarist (Grass Roots - "Sooner or Later"), and actor (The Office -"Creed Bratton"), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 8 Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
Feb 9 Barbara Lewis, American singer (Hello Stranger), born in Salem, Michigan
Feb 9 Ryland Davies, Welsh tenor, born in Cwm, Gwent
Feb 10 Ralph "Ral" Donner, American rock and roll singer ("You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)", born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
Feb 11 Serge Lama [Chauvier], French singer ("Je suis malade"), born in Bordeaux, France
Feb 13 Bill Szymczyk, American sound engineer, and record producer (Eagles; Joe Walsh), born in Muskegon, Michigan
Feb 14 Eric Anderson, American vocalist (Avalanche, Be True to You), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 14 Maceo Parker, American tenor saxophonist (James Brown; Parliament-Funkadelic, King's One, Mo' Roots), born in Kinston, North Carolina
Feb 16 Anthony Dowell, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet), born in London, England
Feb 19 Lou Christie [Lugee Sacco], American singer-songwriter ("Lightnin' Strikes"), born in Glenwillard, Pennsylvania
Feb 21 David Geffen, American record producer (Geffen Records, Asylum) and film studio executive (DreamWorks SKG), born in Brooklyn, New York
Feb 21 Duncan Swift, British jazz stride pianist, born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England (d. 1997)
Feb 24 Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician

Feb 25 George Harrison, British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and sitar player (Beatles -"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; "Here Comes The Sun"; solo - "If Not For You"; Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2001)

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Feb 25 Maryann Amacher, composer
Feb 26 Bob "Bear" Hite, American vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country), born in Torrance, California (d. 1981)
Feb 26 Paul Cotton, American rocker (Poco), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 27 Morten Lauridsen, American composer, born in Colfax, Washington

Feb 28 Barbara Acklin, American soul singer ("Love Makes A Woman"), and songwriter ("Have You Seen Her"), born in Oakland, California (d. 1998)
Feb 28 Donnie Iris [Dominic Ierace], American rock musician (The Cruisers), born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
Feb 28 Charles Bernstein, American composer of film and television scores, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 1 Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home)
Mar 2 (Daniel) Tony Meehan, British rock drummer (Vipers; Drifters: Shadows), born in Hampstead, North West London, England (d. 2005)
Mar 2 Stephen Dickman, American composer and librettist (Tibetan Dreams; Rabbi Nathan's Prayer), born in Chicago, Illinois
Mar 4 Zoltán Jeney, Hungarian composer and educator (Franz Liszt Academy, 1995-2019), born in Szolnok, Hungary (d. 2019)
Mar 5 Lucio Battisti, Italian pop singer and composer, born in Poggio Bustone, Italy (d. 1998)
Mar 7 Chris White, American rock singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer (The Zombies-Never Even Thought), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)
Mar 7 Leon Sylvers III, American rocker and producer (The Sylers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 10 Alfred Whitford 'Fred' Lerdahl, American composer (Arches), born in Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 10 Stephen Montague, composer
Mar 14 Jim Pons, bassist (Turtles, Mothers of Invention), born in Santa Monica, California
Mar 15 Sly Stone, Dallas, funk musician (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People), born in Denton, Texas
Mar 17 Tony Newman, English drummer (Sounds Incorporated, T.Rex), born in Southampton, England
Mar 17 Jim Weatherly, American pop and country songwriter ("Midnight Train To Georgia"), born in Pontotoc, Mississippi (d. 2021)
Mar 21 Vivian Stanshall, songwriter/comic
Mar 21 Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor
Mar 22 George Benson, American jazz/blues singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mar 22 Joseph Schwantner, American composer (Aftertones of Infinity), born in Chicago, Illinois
Mar 22 Keith Relf, British musician and vocalist (the Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance), born in Richmond, England (d. 1976)
Mar 23 Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish Sami writer (The Sun, My Father) and musician, born in Enontekiö, Finland (d. 2001)
Mar 25 Ronald Jeffers, composer
Mar 28 Richard Eyre, English film, theatre, television and opera director (National Theatre), born in Barnstaple, Devon, England
Mar 29 Vangelis [Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou], Greek composer and keyboardist (Chariots of Fire), born in Agria, Greece
Mar 29 Chad Allan [Allan Kowbel], Canadian musician (The Guess Who), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mar 30 Jay Traynor, American singer (Jay and the Americans), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
Mar 30 Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (d. 1998)
Apr 2 Glen Dale [Richard Garforth], rock vocalist (Fortunes Deal)
Apr 2 Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (11th House), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2017)

Apr 3 Richard Manuel, Canadian rock pianist and vocalist (The Band - "The Shape I'm In"; "Tears Of Rage"), born in Stratford, Ontario (d. 1986)
Apr 3 Mario Lavista, Mexican composer and writer, born in Mexico City
Apr 7 Mick Abrahams, Luton, rock guitarist (Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig)
Apr 7 Roberta Shore, Monterrey Park, California, actress/singer (Virginian)
Apr 9 Terry Knight, American rock producer and singer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Lapeer, Michigan (d. 2004)
Apr 13 Eve Graham, Scottish singer (The New Seekers), born in Auchterarder, Scotland
Apr 15 Riem de Wolff, Indonesian-Dutch singer and guitarist (Blue Diamonds), born in Depok, Buitenzorg, Dutch East Indies (d. 2017)
Apr 15 Mighty Sam McClain, American soul and blues singer-songwriter, born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 2015)
Apr 16 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), born in London, England (d. 2000)
Apr 16 Ruth Madoc, British singer and actress (Hi Di Hi), born in Norwich, Norfolk
Apr 17 Roy Estrada, American rocker (Mothers Of Invention), born in Santa Ana, California
Apr 18 Lesley Miller, American singer and songwriter (He Wore A Green Beret), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 20 John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor, born in Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Apr 22 Mel Carter, American singer (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Apr 23 Hugh Davies, English composer, born in Exmouth, Devon (d. 2005)
Apr 24 Richard Sterban, American country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), born in Camden, New Jersey
Apr 26 Gary Wright, American singer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), born in Cresskill, New Jersey
Apr 27 Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 1996)
Apr 28 The Fantastic Johnny C [Johnny Corley], American singer (Boogaloo down Broadway), born in Greenwood, South Carolina
Apr 28 Jacques Dutronc, French singer (Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille), born in Paris
Apr 29 Duane Allen, American country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira), born in Taylortown, Texas
Apr 30 Bobby Vee, American pop singer (Night has a Thousand Eyes), born in Fargo, North Dakota (d. 2016)
May 4 Nickolas Ashford, American singer (Ashford & Simpson), born in Fairfield, South Carolina (d. 2011)
May 4 Stella Parton, American singer (A Woman's Touch), sister of Dolly Parton, born in Sevierville, Tennessee
May 5 Raphael [Miguel Rafael Martos Sánchez], Spanish singer, born in Linares
May 7 Rick West [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
May 8 Paul Samwell-Smith, Richmond, Surrey, English bassist (The Yardbirds-For Your Love)
May 8 Daniel Ray "Danny" Whitten, American musician and songwriter (Crazy Horse, Rod Stewart- "I Don't Want To Talk About It"), born in Columbus, Georgia (d. 1972)
May 9 Bruce Milner, American musician (Every Mother's Son)
May 9 John Hugen Tobler, British rock music journalist and record company executive (ZigZag Magazine co-founder), born in England

May 11 Arnie Satin [Silver], American musician (The Dovells), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 11 George Edwards, composer
May 11 Les Chadwick, English bassist (Gerry and the Pacemakers), born in Liverpool. England
May 12 David Walker, rock keyboardist (Gary Lewis & Playboys-Diamond Ring)
May 13 Mary Wells, American singer (My Guy), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1992)
May 14 Derek "Lek" Leckenby, English rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), born in Leeds, England (d. 1994)
May 14 Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist and singer-songwriter (Cream-White Room), born in Bishopbriggs, Scotland (d. 2014)
May 14 Tania León, Cuban-born American composer (Drummin'), conductor, and educator, born in Havana, Cuba
May 17 Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
May 20 Tison Street, American violinist and composer (Jewel Tree), born in Boston, Massachusetts
May 20 Al Bano, Italian singer
May 21 Hilton Valentine, British rock guitarist (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), born in North Shields, Northumberland, England (d. 2021)
May 25 John "Poli" Palmer, British rocker (Family), born in Evesham, Worcestershire
May 25 Leslie Uggams, American singer and actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots), born in NYC, New York
May 25 Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson], American country singer (I'm Not Lisa), born in Phoenix, Arizona
May 27 Cilla Black [Priscilla White], pop singer and TV personality (Blind Date), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2015)
May 28 Dennis Riley, American composer (Masques (for wind quintet)), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1999)
May 28 Tony Mansfield [Anthony Bookbinder], British rock drummer (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
May 28 Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano, born in Athens (d. 2004)
May 31 Wayne Carson, country musician and songwriter (Always On My Mind), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2015)
Jun 1 Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer (Buffoons)
Jun 1 Richard Goode, concert pianist (1980 Avery Fisher Award), born in The Bronx, New York
Jun 2 Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
Jun 3 Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells)
Jun 5 Bill Hopkins, composer
Jun 14 Harold Wheeler, American composer and orchestrator, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Jun 14 [Dewey Lindon] Spooner Oldham, American songwriter and session musician (Muscle Shoals), born in Center Star, Alabama
Jun 15 [Mervyn] Muff Winwood, English songwriter and bassist (Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Some Lovin"), born in Erdington, Birmingham
Jun 15 Johnny Hallyday [Jean-Philippe Smet], French singer and actor known as the "Elvis Presley of France", born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
Jun 17 Christopher Brown, English composer, born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Barry Manilow

Jun 17 Barry Manilow [Barry Alan Pincus], American singer/pianist (Mandy, I Write the Songs), born in New York City

Jun 18 Raffaella Carrà [Pelloni], Italian singer and actress, born in Bologna, Italy
Jun 21 Salomé [Maria Rosa Marco Poquet], Spanish singer, born in Barcelona
Jun 22 Ralph Molina, American drummer (Crazy Horse, Neil Young's backing band), born in Puerto Rico
Jun 23 James Levine, American conductor, (director of the Metropolitan Opera), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Jun 25 Chris Huston, British-born recording engineer and guitarist, born in North Wales
Jun 26 Georgie Fame [Clive Powell], English R&B and jazz singer and keyboard player (Get Away, Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde), born in Lancashire, England
Jun 26 Allen Strange, American composer (Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls), born in Calexico, California
Jun 29 Roger Ruskin Spear, English saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band), born in London, England

Little Eva

Jun 29 Little Eva [Eva Boyd], American pop singer (Locomotion), born in Belhaven, North Carolina (d. 2003)

Jun 30 Florence Ballard, American R&B singer (The Supremes), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1976)
Jul 1 Jeff Wayne, American-British musician and composer, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York
Jul 3 Judith Durham, Australian singer (The Seekers), born in Essendon, Victoria
Jul 4 Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), born in Arlington, Massachusetts (d. 1970)
Jul 4 Conny Bauer, German musician, born in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Jul 5 Robbie Robertson [Jamie], Canadian-Native American singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band - "The Weight"), born in Toronto, Ontario [1]
Jul 7 Toto Cutugno, Italian singer
Jul 10 Jerry Miller, American songwriter and rock guitarist (Moby Grape), born in Tacoma, Washington
Jul 11 Oscar D'León, Venezuelan musician

Christine McVie

Jul 12 Christine McVie, English rock vocalist (Fleetwood Mac-Got A Hold on Me), born in Bouth, England

Jul 13 Danny Lockin, American actor and dancer (Hello Dolly), born in Lanai, Hawaii (d. 1977)
Jul 18 Robin McDonald, Scottish rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas), born in Nairn, Scotland (d. 2015)
Jul 20 Dennis Yost, American vocalist (The Classics IV), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2008)
Jul 21 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), born in Portstewart, Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
Jul 22 Bobby Sherman [Robert Cabot Sherman Jr.], American actor/singer (Here Comes the Brides), born in Santa Monica, California
Jul 23 Tony Joe White, American rocker (Polk Salad Annie), born in Oak Grove, Louisiana (d. 2018)
Jul 25 Jim McCarty, English rock drummer (Yardbirds - "For Your Love"), born in Liverpool, England
Jul 25 Roy Acuff Jr., American country musician, born in Nashville, Tennessee
Jul 25 Tom Dawes, American rock musician and composer who wrote music for commercial jingles ("Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz” for Alka-Seltzer and “7Up, the Uncola”), born in Albany, New York (d. 2007)

Mick Jagger

Jul 26 Mick Jagger, English rock vocalist (Rolling Stones), born in Dartford, Kent

Jul 26 Roger Smalley, British-Australian composer, born in Swinton, Lancashire (d. 2015)
Jul 27 Allan Ramsey, American rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-This Diamond Ring) (d. 1985)
Jul 28 Mike Bloomfield, American blues guitarist/singer (Analine), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
Jul 28 Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter (Pink Floyd-Time, Echoes), born in Hatch End, Middlesex (d. 2008)
Jul 31 Lobo [Kent Lavoie], American singer-songwriter, born in Tallahassee, Florida
Aug 1 Dennis "Denny" Cordell, British rock music and record producer (The Moody Blues, Leon Russell), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)
Aug 1 Geoffrey Britton, British rock drummer (Paul McCartney & Wings), born in Lewisham, South East London
Aug 2 Kathy Lennon, American singer (Lennon Sisters), born in Santa Monica, California
Aug 4 David Carr, rock keyboardist (The Fortunes), born in Leyton, London (d. 2011)
Aug 4 Tina Cole, American singer (King Cousins) and actress (Katie-My Three Sons), born in Hollywood, California
Aug 5 Sammi Smith, American country music singer (Help Me Make It Through the Night), born in Orange County, California (d. 2005)
Aug 7 Lana Cantrell, Australian singer (Those Were the Days), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Aug 8 Daniel Börtz, Swedish classical composer, born in Hässleholm, Sweden
Aug 10 Ronnie Spector [Veronica Bennett], American singer (Be My Little Baby), born in NYC, New York
Aug 10 Michael Mantler, American trumpeter and composer
Aug 11 Denis Payton, English rock musician (Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over), born in London (d. 2006)
Aug 11 James Kale, rocker (Guess Who)
Aug 11 Kenny Gamble, US songwriter, "Philadelphia Soul" producer (Me & Mrs Jones), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 11 Krzysztof Meyer, Polish pianist, composer, and music scholar, born in Kraków, Poland

About 1943

How Old? 77 or 78 years old
Generation: Silent Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Horse (Jan 1 - Feb 3), Goat/Sheep (Feb 4 - Dec 31)

1942
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