Musicians Born in 1944

Jimmy Page

Jan 9 Jimmy Page, English rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven), born in London, England

Jan 10 Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleader, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
Jan 11 York Georg Holler, composer
Jan 12 Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist, born in Moscow, Russia
Jan 12 Jack Schroer, British saxophonist & pianist (The Caledonia Soul Orchestra), (d. 1995)
Jan 16 Jim Stafford, American singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill), born in Eloise, Florida
Jan 17 Françoise Hardy, French pop singer, born in Paris, France
Jan 18 Larry "Legs" Smith, British rocker (Bonzo Dog Band - "Urban Spaceman"), born in Oxford, United Kingdom
Jan 18 Al Perkins, American steel guitarist (Triple Play), born in De Kalb, Texas
Jan 19 Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Finnish composer (The Whole World Will Lament; Kwaidan-balladit), born in Saltvik, Åland Islands, Finland (d. 2008)
Jan 19 Laurie London, English singer

Jan 21 (Frank) Neely Bruce, American composer (Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 23 Jerry Lawson, American musician (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jan 24 Klaus Nomi, German singer, born in Immenstadt, Germany (d. 1983)
Jan 27 Kevin Coyne, English musician, born in Derby (d. 2004)
Jan 27 Nick Mason, British progressive rock drummer (Pink Floyd), born in Birmingham, England
Jan 28 Arnold Mühren, Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats - "One Way Wind"), born in Volendam, Holland
Jan 28 John Tavener, British composer (The Whale), born in London, England (d. 2013)
Jan 28 Marty Fried, American rock drummer (The Cyrkle - "Red Rubber Ball"), born in Wayside, New Jersey
Jan 30 Lynn Harrell, American cellist, born in New York City, New York (d. 2020)
Jan 31 Charlie Musselwhite, American blues harmonica player (Stand Back!; Get Up!), born in Kosciusko, Mississippi
Feb 1 Tommy Duffy, American musician (Echoes), born in Brooklyn, New York
Feb 2 Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London)
Feb 2 Ursula Oppens, American pianist and co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC), born in NYC, New York
Feb 3 Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
Feb 4 Florence LaRue, American pop and R&B vocalist (5th Dimension - "Up, Up, And Away"), born in Plainfield, New Jersey,
Feb 5 Al Kooper [Alan Peter Kuperschmidt], American rock musician, record producer and songwriter (Blood Sweat & Tears, Super Session), born in Brooklyn, New York
Feb 5 J. R. Cobb, American guitarist & songwriter (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Feb 6 Georgeanna Tillman, American singer (the Marvelettes), born in Inkster, Michigan (d. 1980)
Feb 10 Peter Allen, Australian pop singer-songwriter, painist and performer ("I Go to Rio"; Legs Diamond), born in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1992)
Feb 10 Rufus Reid, American jazz double bassist composer, and educator, born in Atlanta, Georgia

Feb 12 Marian "Moe" Bandy, American country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys), born in Meridian, Mississippi
Feb 13 Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian percussionist, born in Konongo, Ghana (d. 1983)
Feb 15 Michael "Mick" Avory, British rock drummer (The Kinks, 1964-84 - "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"), born in East Molesey, Surrey
Feb 17 Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer (Adiemus), born in Penclawdd, Wales
Feb 20 Lew Soloff, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
Feb 23 Johnny Winter [John Dawson], American blues guitarist (Silver Train), born in Leland Miss, (d. 2014)
Feb 23 Mike Maxfield, British rocker (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
Feb 24 Nicky Hopkins, British rock session pianist (Rolling Stones (1967-75); The Who - "Getting In Tune"; The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"; Beatles - "Revolution"; John Lennon - "Jealous Guy"; Quicksilver Messenger Service), born in Perivale, Middlesex (d. 1994)
Feb 27 Joyce Breach, American jazz cabaret singer, born in Alameda, California
Feb 28 Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer for album art, and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), born in Potters Bar, Middlesex (d. 2013)
Feb 29 David Briggs, American record producer (Neil Young and Crazy Horse), born in Douglas, Wyoming (d. 1995)
Feb 29 Geoff Nicholls, British rock keyboardist (Black Sabbath, 1980-2013), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2017)
Mar 1 Mike D'Abo, British rock vocalist (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn"; Jesus Christ Superstar - "Herod"), and songwriter ("Handbags and Gladrags"), born in Betchworth, Surrey, England
Mar 1 Roger Daltrey, English singer and founder of the rock band "The Who", born in East Acton, London, England
Mar 2 Leif Segerstam, Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer of 342 symphonies (...and counting!), born in Vaasa, Finland
Mar 4 Bobby Womack, American R&B singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer ("It's All Over Now"; "Woman's Got to Have It"; "Across 110th Street"), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2014)
Mar 6 Kiri Te Kanawa, New Zealand operatic soprano (Don Giovanni), born in Gisborne, New Zealand
Mar 6 Mary Wilson, American pop vocalist (Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go?"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021) [1]
Mar 7 Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter ("Kathleen"; "Loretta"), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1997)
Mar 8 Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer
Mar 8 Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor
Mar 9 Trevor Burton, English guitarist and rocker (The Move), born in Aston, Birmingham
Mar 11 Ric Rothwell, drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love)
Mar 11 Graham Lyle, Scottish singer-songwriter (What's Love Got to Do with It), born in Bellshill, Scotland
Mar 15 Gordon "Jazz" Summers, British music manager (Wham, Snow Patrol), born in Winchester, Hampshire (d. 2015)

Mar 15 Ralph MacDonald, American rock percussionist and songwriter (Just the Two of Us), born in New York City (d. 2011)
Mar 17 John Sebastian, American singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter), born in NYC, New York
Mar 17 Pat McCauley, Northern Irish rock drummer (Them)
Mar 19 Joseph Celli, composer
Mar 19 Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Trio)
Mar 21 Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, composer
Mar 21 Jamary Oliveira, composer
Mar 21 David Lindley, American musician (The Kaleidoscope), born in San Marino, California
Mar 22 Chris Stainton, English session musician (Joe Cocker, The Who), born in Woodseats, England
Mar 23 Michael Nyman, composer (Mesmer, Carrington)
Mar 23 Ric Ocasek [Richard Otcasek], American rocker (The Cars - Best Friend's Girl; Shake It Up), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2019)
Mar 25 Kelly Garrett, American actress and singer (The Night That Made America Famous), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)

Diana Ross

Mar 26 Diana Ross [Earle], American singer and actress (the Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany), born in Detroit, Michigan

Mar 29 Terrence "Terry" Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and environmentalist (Seasons in the Sun), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mar 31 Rod Allen [B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
Mar 31 Mick Ralphs, British rock guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company), born in Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England
Apr 3 Barry Pritchard, English rock guitarist (Fortunes), born in Birmingham (d. 1999)
Apr 3 Tony Orlando, American singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon), born in NYC, New York
Apr 5 Nicholas Caldwell, Rhythm and Blues singer (Whispers), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
Apr 6 Felicity Palmer, British mezzo-soprano
Apr 7 Carol Grimes, British singer (Delivery), born in London, England
Apr 8 Santiago Jiménez Jr, American folk and Tejano accordionist (El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin), born in Texas
Apr 10 Danny Woods, American musician (CEO of the Board), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2018)
Apr 12 John Kay [Joachim Krauledat], German-born Canadian rock singer (Steppenwolf), born in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany
Apr 12 Karel Kryl, Czechoslovak folk singer, born in Kroměříž, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (d. 1994)
Apr 13 Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things), born in Durham, England (d. 2001)
Apr 13 Jack Casady, American rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane), born in Washington, D.C.
Apr 15 Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer and guitarist (Rockpile - Girls Talk), born in Cardiff, Wales
Apr 16 Dennis Russell Davies, American conductor and composer, born in Toledo, Ohio
Apr 17 John Lill, British classical pianist, born in London

Apr 18 Rudy Shackelford, American composer, born in Newport News, Virginia
Apr 19 Bernie Worrell, American keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop), born in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 2016)
Apr 22 Joshua Rifkin, American conductor and musicologist who played a key role in the ragtime revival of the 1970s, born in NYC, New York
Apr 24 St. Clair Lee, American singer (Rock the Boat), born in California
Apr 24 Tony Visconti, American music producer (Blackstar, Low, "Heroes"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 27 Cuba Gooding Sr., American singer (Everybody Plays the Fool), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Apr 27 Herb Pedersen, American singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), born in Berkeley, California
May 2 Bob Henrit, English pop drummer (Argent - Hold Your Head Up; The Kinks), born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
May 4 Peggy Santiglia, American singer-songwriter (Angels), born in Belleville, New Jersey
May 7 Alison Bauld, Australian composer, born in Sydney, Australia
May 8 Bill Legend [William Fifield], British musician and rock drummer (T. Rex), born in Barking, Essex
May 9 Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
May 10 Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want), born in Liverpool, England (d. 2013)
May 12 James Purify, American R&B singer ("I'm Your Puppet"), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 2021)
May 13 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (Angel), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)
May 14 Gene Cornish, rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals), born in Ottawa, Ontario
May 15 Ian "Tich" Amey, British rock musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), born in Salisbury Wiltshire
May 16 Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American jazz drummer (Mahavishnu Orchestra), born in Colón, Panama
May 17 Jesse Winchester, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2014)
May 18 Albert Hammond, rocker (It Never Rains In Southern California), born in London
May 20 Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer (Good night mister president)
May 20 Cipa Dichter, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Joe Cocker

May 20 Joe Cocker, English rock vocalist (With a Little Help from My Friends), born in Sheffield England, (d. 2014)

May 21 Marcie Blane [Blank], American pop singer (Bobby's Girl), born in Brooklyn, New York
May 23 Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
May 24 Patti LaBelle, American singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 26 (Terence) Verden Allen, Welsh rock keyboardist (Mott the Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), born in Crynant, Neath, Wales
May 28 Billy Vera, musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
May 28 Gladys Knight, American singer known as the Empress of Soul (The Pips, Midnight Train to Georgia), born in Atlanta, Georgia
May 28 Gary Stewart, American country singer (She's Actin' Single), born in Jenkins, Kentucky (d. 2003)

May 28 Patricia Quinn, Lady Stephens, Northern-Irish actress, voice artist and singer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jun 2 Marvin Hamlisch, American composer and conductor (The Sting, A Chorus Line), born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
Jun 2 Antone Tavares, American R&B musician (Tavares)
Jun 3 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!), born in NYC, New York
Jun 4 Michelle Phillips, American singer and actress (Mamas & Papas), born in Long Beach, California
Jun 4 Roger Ball, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band), born in Broughty Ferry, Scotland
Jun 5 Colm Wilkinson, Irish singer
Jun 6 Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream), born in Tilsit, East Prussia (d. 2015)
Jun 7 Clarence White, American guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!), born in Lewiston, Maine (d. 1973)
Jun 8 Boz Scaggs [William Royce], American rocker (Steve Miller Band), born in Dallas, Texas
Jun 12 Maurice Jackson, American singer (The Independents - "Leaving Me"), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 18 Paul Lansky, American electronic composer, born in New York City
Jun 18 Sandy Posey, American pop/country singer ("Single Girl"), born in Jasper, Alabama
Jun 18 Rick Griffin, American artist and a leading designer of psychedelic posters in the 1960s (Grateful Dead), born in Palos Verdes, California (d. 1991)
Jun 19 Chico Buarque, Brazilian musician
Jun 21 Jon Hiseman, English drummer (Colosseum), born in London, United Kingdom (d. 2018)
Jun 21 Ray Davies, British singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset"; "Lola"), born in Muswell Hill, North London, England
Jun 22 Peter Asher, English singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love), born in London, England
Jun 22 Steve Weber, American folk guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
Jun 23 Rosetta Hightower, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (d. 2014)
Jun 24 Charlie Whitney, English rock guitarist (Family), born in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
Jun 24 Jeff Beck, British rock guitarist (Yardbirds, Jeff Beck Group), born in Wallington, Surrey
Jun 25 Robert Charlebois, Canadian singer and composer, born in Montreal, Quebec
Jun 30 Glenn Shorrock, Australian rock vocalist (Little River Band), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Jul 4 Harvey Brooks [Goldstein], American bassist, born in Manhattan, New York
Jul 7 Warren Entner, rock vocalist/guitarist (Grass Roots), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Jul 8 Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band), born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi
Jul 15 Millie Jackson, Thompson Ga, model/singer (Get it out 'cha system)
Jul 16 Thomas Boggs, American rock drummer (Box Tops), born in Wynne, Arkansas (d. 2008)
Jul 19 Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen), born in Boise, Idaho

Jul 22 Estelle Bennett, vocalist (Ronettes - Be My Baby), born in NYC, New York (d. 2009)
Jul 22 Rick Davies, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp), born in London, England
Jul 23 Dino Danelli, American rock drummer (Fotomaker, Young Rascals), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Jul 24 Barbara Thompson, British jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Oxford, England
Jul 24 Jim Armstrong, Irish rock guitarist (Them), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jul 27 Bobbie Gentry [Roberta Streeter], American singer and songwriter (Ode to Billy Joe), born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi
Jul 30 Teresa Cahill, British soprano opera singer, born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
Aug 2 Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (Traffic-Something So Strong), born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England (d. 2005)
Aug 8 Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
Aug 8 Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, born in Alamosa, Colorado
Aug 8 John Renbourn, English folk musician (Pentangle), born in London
Aug 9 Viv Prince, British drummer (Pretty Things - "Honey I Need"), born in Loughborough, England
Aug 12 Peter Hofmann, German tenor
Aug 13 David Mahler, American pianist and composer, born in Plainfield, New Jersey
Aug 15 Frederick Knight, American singer and songwriter (I've Been Lonely So Long), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Aug 15 Sylvie Vartan, French pop singer (Twiste et Chante), born in Iskretz, Bulgaria
Aug 15 Pamela Polland, American singer-songwriter (Hawaiianized Pop Classics), born in California
Aug 16 Russ Titelman, American record producer and songwriter, born in Los Angeles, California
Aug 18 Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2004)
Aug 19 Eddy Raven [Futch], American country singer (Right Hand Man), born in Lafayette, Louisiana
Aug 20 John Povey, English musician (The Pretty Things; Electric Banana), born in London
Aug 25 Pat Martino, American jazz guitarist (2004 Guitar Player of the Year, Down Beat), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aug 27 Tim Bogert, American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge; Jeff Beck), born in NYC, New York [1]
Aug 27 Barry Conyngham, Australian composer (Gardener Of Time; Kangaroo Island), born in Sydney
Aug 30 Charles Colbert, American rocker (American Breed - "Bend Me, Shape Me"), born in Chicago, Illinois
Aug 30 John Surman, English jazz musician, born in Tavistock, Devon, England
Aug 30 William "Smitty" Smith, American rock keyboardist and session musician (Motherlode - "When I Die"), born in Belleville, Virginia (d. 1997)
Aug 31 Roger Dean, British artist and designer (Yes; Osibia; Asia album art), born in Ashford, Kent, England
Sep 1 Archie Bell, American singer (& the Drells - "Tighten Up"), born in Henderson, Texas
Sep 1 Leonard Slatkin, American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1979-96; Detroit Symphony, 2008-19), born in Los Angeles, California

Sep 4 Gene Parsons, American rock drummer (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), born in Morongo Valley, California
Sep 8 Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, born in Bournemouth, England (d. 1991)
Sep 9 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, born in Amsterdam (d. 1978)
Sep 10 Thomas Allen, British operatic baritone singer, born in Seaham Harbour, England

Barry White

Sep 12 Barry White [Carter], American singer ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're The First, The Last, My Everything"), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2003)

Sep 12 Colin Young, Barbadian-British singer (The Foundations - "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Barbados, West Indies
Sep 13 Peter Cetera, American lead singer (Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4","If You Leave Me Now"), born in Chicago, Illinois
Sep 14 Joey Heatherton, American dancer and actress (Bluebeard), born in Rockville Center, New York
Sep 16 Betty Kelly, American rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas), born in Attalla, Alabama
Sep 18 Michael Franks, American jazz singer and songwriter, born in La Jolla, California
Sep 18 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, born in Chipiona, Spain (d. 2006)
Sep 21 Jesse Ed Davis, Native American guitarist, born in Norman, Oklahoma (d. 1988)
Sep 22 Roger Nichols, American recording engineer, producer and inventor (Steely Dan, John Denver), born in Oakland, California (d. 2011)
Sep 25 Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist and novelist (Deceptive Cadence), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Sep 29 Mike Post [Leland Michael Postil], American Grammy and Emmy award-winning television composer (Rockford Files; Hill Street Blues; Magnum P.I.), born in Berkley, California
Sep 30 Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
Oct 1 Barbara Parritt, American soul singer (The Toys - "A Lover's Concerto"), born in Wilmington, North Carolina
Oct 1 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, American baritone a cappella singer (Persuasions - "Street Corner Symphony"), born in Bamberg, South Carolina (d. 1988)
Oct 2 Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor (Royal Conservatory of the Hague), born in Zwolle, Netherlands

About 1944

How Old? 76 or 77 years old
Generation: Silent Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep (Jan 1 - Jan 24), Monkey (Jan 25 - Dec 31)

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