Birthdays in Music in 1943

About 1943

How Old? 74 or 75 years old
Generation: Traditionalist or Silent Generation

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

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 294

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 musician
Jan 23 Jimmy Castor, American pop and 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 [Jean Caliste], American soul, funk and R&B singer (Mr Big Stuff), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 26 Peter Kenton Winkler, composer
Jan 28 Dick Taylor, rock vocalist (Pretty Thing-Cry on Me)
Jan 28 Brian Keenan, American rock drummer (The Chamber Brothers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1985)
Jan 29 Timothy Andrew James Souster, composer
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 musician and co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, born in Sheffield, Alabama
Feb 4 Barry Beckett, American keyboardist and record producer (David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2009)
Feb 5 Charles Winfield, Penn, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears-Spinning Wheel)
Feb 5 Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin, composer
Feb 5 Larry Tamblyn, rock guitarist (Standells-Dirty Water)
Feb 6 Fabian [Fabiano Anthony Forte], American vocalist (Turn Me Loose, Tiger), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 8 Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist (Grass Roots-Sooner or Later)
Feb 8 Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
Feb 9 Barbara Lewis, US vocalist (Hello Stranger)
Feb 9 Ryland Davies, Welsh tenor, born in Cwm, Gwent
Feb 10 Ral Donner, [Ralph Stuart], Black Mountain NC, singer (Starfires)

Feb 11 Serge Lama, French singer
Feb 14 Eric Anderson, American vocalist (Avalanche, Be True to You), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 14 Maceo Parker, American tenor saxophonist (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 (Lightning Striking Again), 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, jazz pianist
Feb 24 Pablo Milanés, Cuban musician

George Harrison

Feb 25 George Harrison, English pop star and Beatle (Traveling Wilburys-My Sweet Lord), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2001)

Feb 25 Maryann Amacher, composer
Feb 26 Bob "Bear" Hite, California, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country)
Feb 26 Paul Cotton, rocker (Poco), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 27 Morten Lauridsen, American composer
Feb 28 Barbara Acklin, [Allen], R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman), born in Chicago, Illinois
Feb 28 Donnie Iris [Dominic Ierace], American rock musician (The Cruisers), born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania
Feb 28 Charles Bernstein, American composer
Mar 1 Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Cats-Sailin' Home)
Mar 2 Tony Meehan [Daniel Meehan], English rocker (Drifters, Vipers), born in London, England
Mar 2 Stephen Dickman, composer
Mar 4 Zoltan Jeney, composer
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 Frank Sylvers, rocker
Mar 10 Alfred Whitford Lerdahl, composer
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 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, composer
Mar 22 Keith Relf, British musician and vocalist (the Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance), born in Richmond, England (d. 1976)
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), 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 7 Spencer Dryden, rock drummer (Jefferson Airplane-Go Ask Alice), born in NYC, New York
Apr 9 Terry Knight, 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, Perth and Kinross
Apr 15 Riem de Wolff, Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist (Blue Diamonds)
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 17 Roy Estrada, American rocker (Mothers Of Invention), born in Santa Ana, California
Apr 19 Mike Kelly, rocker (Duprees)
Apr 20 John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor, born in Fontmell Magna, Dorset
Apr 22 Mel Carter, singer (Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me)
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, singer, dream weaver (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
Apr 27 Eugene Polyakov, Russian balletmaster (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Moscow (d. 1996)
Apr 28 Fantastic Johnny C[orley], US singer (Boogaloo down Broadway)
Apr 28 Jacques Dutronc, French singer and actor
Apr 29 Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira)
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 Christopher Taylor White, English rocker, born in Barnet, Hertfordshire
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, rocker (Every Mother's Son)

May 9 John Hugen, 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, singer (My Guy), born in Detroit, Michigan
May 14 [Derek] Lek Leckenby, English guitarist (Herman's Hermits), born in Leeds, England (d. 1994)
May 14 Jack Bruce, Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room)
May 17 Vicky Moscholiou, Greek singer (d. 2005)
May 20 Tison Street, composer
May 20 Al Bano, Italian singer
May 21 Hilton Valentine, rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
May 25 John "Poli" Palmer, British rocker (Family), born in Evesham, Worcestershire
May 25 Leslie Uggams, American singer/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, composer
May 28 Tony Mansfield [Anthony Bookbinder], British rock drummer (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
May 28 Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (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 1 Alan Aldridge, British artist, graphic designer and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for The Beatles and The Who, born in London, England (d. 2017)
Jun 2 Ilaiyaraaja, Indian composer
Jun 3 Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells)
Jun 5 Bill Hopkins, composer
Jun 14 Harold Wheeler, American composer
Jun 14 Dewey Lindon "Spooner" Oldham, American songwriter and session musician, born in Center Star, Alabama
Jun 15 Muff [Mervyn] Winwood, singer (Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Some Lovin")
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, composer

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, Italian singer
Jun 21 Salomé, Spanish singer
Jun 22 Ralph Molina, American musician (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 record 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, rocker (Supremes), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 1 Jeff Wayne, American musician, born in new York City
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-American singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (The Band), born in Toronto, Ontario
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, Lanai, Hawaii, actor/dancer (Hello Dolly), (d. 1977)
Jul 18 Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
Jul 20 Dennis Yost, 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
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, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 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 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
Aug 12 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
Aug 17 Edward Cowie, composer
Aug 17 Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002)
Aug 19 Billy J Kramer, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me), born in Liverpool, England
Aug 19 Edwin Hawkins, American gospel musician, choir master and composer (Oh Happy Day), born in Oakland, California (d. 2018)
Aug 24 John Cipollina, American rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1989)
Aug 28 Honey [Ann Margot] Lantree, English rocker (The Honeycombs), born in Hayes, Middlesex
Aug 28 David Soul, American-British actor (Starsky & Hutch) and singer, born in Chicago, Illinois
Aug 29 Richard Halligan, American rock vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears), born in Troy, New York
Aug 30 David Henry Maslanka, American composer, born in New Bedford, Massachusetts (d. 2017)

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