Musicians Born in 1951

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 222

Charo

Jan 15 Charo [Maria Baeza], Spanish-American actress, comedienne and flamenco guitarist (Chico and the Man, Love Boat), born in Murcia, Spain

Jan 16 Richard Thompson, American rocker (B. T. Express-Here Comes the Express)
Jan 19 Martha Davis, American rock singer-songwriter (Motels-Only the Lonely, Shame), born in Berkeley, California
Jan 20 Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor & composer, born in Budapest, Hungary
Jan 26 Andy Hummell, rock bassist (Big Star), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Jan 26 David Briggs, rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way)
Jan 27 Brian Downey, Irish rock drummer (Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town), born in Dublin, Ireland
Jan 27 Seth Justman, rock keyboardist (J Geils Band-Centerfold), born in Washington, D.C.
Jan 28 William Nelson Jr, US bassist (Connections & Disconnections)

Jan 30 Andy Anderson, English drummer (Cure), born in Essex, England
Jan 30 Phil Collins, English drummer & singer (Genesis-Against All Odds), born in Chiswick, England
Jan 31 Harry Wayne Casey [K.C.], American musician (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It), born in Opa-locka, Florida
Jan 31 Phil Manzanera, English musician & record producer (Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together), born in London, United Kingdom
Jan 31 Dave Benton, Aruban-born musician, born in Oranjestad, Aruba
Feb 2 Alphonso Johnson, American jazz bassist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 4 Dariush Eghbali, Iranian singer and musician
Feb 5 Elizabeth Swados, American composer & playwright (1972 TONY), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2016)
Feb 6 Margo [Margeret Catherine O'Donnell ], Irish singer, born in County Donegal, Ireland
Feb 9 Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, saxophonist (Kool & Gang-Celebration)
Feb 13 Greg Fulginiti, US recording & mastering engineer, born in North Wildwood, New Jersey
Feb 14 Michael Doucet, singer/musician (Beausoleil)
Feb 15 Melissa Manchester, vocalist (Don't Cry Out Loud), born in The Bronx, New York
Feb 20 Kathy Baillie, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart), born in Morristown, New Jersey
Feb 20 Randy [Wolfe] California, American guitarist (Spirit), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1997)
Feb 21 Vince Welnick, American rock keyboardist (The Tubes, Grateful Dead), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2003)
Feb 27 Steve Harley, English rocker (Come Up & See Me), born in Kent, England
Feb 28 Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
Mar 3 Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
Mar 4 Chris Rea, English rock guitarist (Fool If You Think It Is Over), born in Middlesbrough, England

Mar 4 Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer
Mar 6 Walter Trout, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (Canned Heat, Bluesbreakers), born in Ocean City, New Jersey
Mar 7 Francis Rocco Prestia, American musician (Tower of Power)
Mar 12 Jack Green, Scottish musician (T. Rex, The Pretty Things), born in Glasgow
Mar 16 Ray Benson, country singer (House of Blue Lights), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 16 Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, Twisted Sister), (d. 2012)
Mar 17 Scott Gorham, American rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy-21 Guns), born in Glendale, California
Mar 19 Derek Longmuir, Scottish rock drummer (Bay City Rollers), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
Mar 20 Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
Mar 20 Jimmie Vaughan, American guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds), born in Dallas County, Texas
Mar 21 Russell Thompkins Jr, US soul singer (Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing)
Mar 22 Howard Reitzes, Southgate Ca, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
Mar 24 Dougie Thompson, rocker (Supertramp-Bloody Well Right)
Mar 25 Bob Pelander, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band)
Mar 25 Maisie Williams, Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M)
Mar 28 Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina, born in Hamilton, Canada
Mar 28 Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1995)
Apr 4 Steve Gatlin, American country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady), born in Olney, Texas
Apr 6 Ralph Cooper, Australian drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love)
Apr 7 Janis Ian [Janis Eddy Fink], American singer-songwriter and folk musician (At Seventeen, Society's Child), born in NYC, New York
Apr 7 John Dittrich, Union NJ, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
Apr 8 Mel Schacher, American bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful), born in Owosso, Michigan
Apr 11 Robbie House, American rocker (Snuff)
Apr 11 Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts), born in United Kingdom (d. 2007)
Apr 12 Jakson Spires, American rock drummer (Blackfoot), born in Raleigh, North Carolina

Apr 13 Max Weinberg, American rock drummer (E Street Band, Conan O'Brien Show), born in Newark, New Jersey
Apr 13 Peabo Bryson, R&B vocalist (I'm So into You), born in Greenville, South Carolina
Apr 14 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician
Apr 14 Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
Apr 16 John Bentley, English bass guitarist (Fabulous Poodles), born in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
Apr 16 Björgvin Halldórsson, Icelandic singer, born in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Apr 16 Mordechai Ben David, American Jewish singer, born in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 20 Luther Vandross, American rock vocalist (Dance with my Father), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
Apr 21 Nicoel Barclay, rocker
Apr 21 Robert Gotobed, English drummer (Wire)
Apr 22 Paul Carrack, rock vocalist (Squeeze/Ace-How Long), born in Sheffield, England
Apr 27 Paul "Ace" Frehley, American heavy metal guitarist (Kiss; Frehley's Comet), born in The Bronx, New York
May 2 John "Jo" Callis, British punk-rock songwriter and musician (The Rezillos, The Human League), born in Rotherham, England
May 3 Christopher Cross [Geppert], American singer-songwriter (Arthur's Theme, Sailing), born in San Antonio, Texas
May 4 Jackie Jackson [Sigmund], American rocker (Jackson 5-ABC), born in Gary, Indiana
May 4 Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel), born in London
May 4 Mick Mars [Robert Alan Deal], guitarist (Mötley Crüe), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (alternative date 4 April 1955)
May 5 Rex Goh, Singaporean-Australian rock guitarist (Air Supply), born in Singapore
May 7 Carlos Alomar, Puerto Rican-American guitarist, composer, and arranger (David Bowie), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
May 8 Chris Frantz, American rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club), born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky
May 8 Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
May 9 Joy Harjo, American poet and musician (first Native American US Poet Laureate 2019-), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 10 Ron Banks, US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
May 13 Paul Thompson, rock drummer (Roxy Music)
May 14 Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
May 15 Dennis Frederiksen, rocker (Toto-Roseanna, Africa), (d. 2014)
May 16 Jonathan Richman, rocker (Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae)
May 19 Joey Ramone, [Jeffrey Hyman], lead singer of the punk rock band The Ramones (Baby I Love You)
May 23 Judy Rodman, country singer (Girls Ride Horses Too), born in Riverside, California
May 24 Rob Baker, Canadian rock drummer (Red Rider)

May 25 Clifford Archer, American bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
May 25 Chuck Ruff, American rock drummer (Frankenstein), born in Reno, Nevada (d. 2011)
May 30 Zdravko Čolić, Yugoslav-Bosnian singer, born in Sarajevo, FPR Yugoslavia
Jun 2 Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special)
Jun 2 Dave Flett, Scottish rock guitarist (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Thin Lizzy), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
Jun 6 Dwight Twilley, country singer (Twilley Don't Mind), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jun 8 Bonnie Tyler [Gaynor Hopkins], Welsh rocker (Total Eclipse of the Heart), born in Skewen, Neath, Wales
Jun 8 Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist
Jun 9 Benny Neyman, Dutch singer (I Don't Know How)
Jun 9 James Newton Howard, American film composer
Jun 12 Bun E. Carlos [Brad Carlson], American rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police), born in Rockford, Illinois
Jun 12 Brad Delp, American rock musician (lead singer of Boston and RTZ), born in Peabody, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
Jun 13 Liz Phillips, American composer, born in Jersey City, New Jersey
Jun 13 Howard Leese, American guitarist, record producer, and musical director (Heart), born in Hollywood, California
Jun 15 Steve Walsh, American singer (Kansas)
Jun 15 Craig Gruber, American rock bassist (Rainbow), born in Cortland, New York (d. 2015)
Jun 20 Peter Gordon, composer
Jun 21 Nils Lofgren, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (E Street Band), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 26 Rindy Ross, American rock vocalist and saxophonist (Quarterflash), born in Portland, Oregon
Jun 26 Tony Currenti, Italian-Australian drummer (AC/DC), born in Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Catania, Italy
Jun 30 Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper and singer (We Love Orange), born in Amsterdam (d. 2004)
Jun 30 Stanley Clarke, American rock bassist (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jul 1 Fred Schneider, American vocalist and guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster), born in Newark, New Jersey
Jul 1 Anne Feeney, American political activist and singer, born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Jul 1 Terrence Mann, American actor and dancer, born in Ashland, Kentucky
Jul 2 Joey Puerta, rocker (Ambrosia)
Jul 3 Mike Corby, English guitarist and keyboardist (The Babys), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Jul 4 Ralph Johnson, American rock drummer (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 5 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer (Catapult)
Jul 5 Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer and actress, born in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan (d. 2013)

Jul 8 Greg T Walker, rock bassist (Blackfoot)
Jul 8 Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
Jul 10 Cheryl Wheeler, American singer and songwriter, born in Timonium, Maryland
Jul 12 Sylvia Sass, Hungarian soprano, born in Budapest, Hungary
Jul 17 Lucie Arnaz, American actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 22 Steven Springer, Port of Spain, Trinidad, guitarist and songwriter (Sir Lancelot Pinard), (d. 2012)
Jul 25 Vanessa [Connie Witteman], Dutch model and singer, born in Voorburg, Netherlands
Jul 25 Verdine White, American bassist (Earth, Wind & Fire), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jul 28 Greg Gluffria, rock keyboardist (House of Lords-Sahara), born in Washington, D.C.
Jul 29 Dean Pitchford, rocker
Aug 1 Robin Heifetz, American composer, born in Los Angeles, California
Aug 1 Tim Bachman, Canadian guitarist and vocalist (Brave Belt and Bachman–Turner Overdrive), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Aug 2 Andrew Gold, American rocker (Lonely Boy), born in Burbank, California (d. 2011)
Aug 2 Freddie Wadling, Swedish actor and musician (The Leather Nun, Fleshquartet), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2016)
Aug 3 Johnny Graham, American guitarist and singer (Earth Wind & Fire), born in Louisville, Kentucky
Aug 13 Dan Fogelberg, American rocker (Same Old Lang Syne), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 2007)
Aug 14 Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy), born in New York City, New York
Aug 15 Bobby Caldwell, American rocker, born in NYC, New York
Aug 16 Eric Bibb, American blues singer-songwriter, born in NYC, New York
Aug 19 John Deacon, British pop-rock guitarist (Queen), born in Leicester, England
Aug 19 Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer
Aug 22 Teresa Davis, American Soul singer (The Emotions)
Aug 23 Jimi Jamison, American rocker (Survivor), born in Durant, Mississippi (d. 2014)
Aug 24 Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2005)
Aug 25 Rob Halford, English heavy metal singer-songwriter (Judas Priest - Got Another Thing), born in Sutton Coldfield, England
Aug 25 Bob Mayo, American session keyboardist (Peter Frampton), born in New York City (d. 2004)
Aug 28 Dave Hlubek, American rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2017)
Aug 28 Wayne Osmond, American singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie), born in Ogden, Utah
Aug 28 Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese songwriter and record producer (Moonriders), born in Tokyo, Japan
Aug 30 Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer and actress (Flight of the Doves), born in Islington, London, England

Sep 2 Mike Kaminski, English musician (ELO), born in Harrogate
Sep 4 Martin Chambers, English rock drummer (Pretenders), born in Hereford, United Kingdom
Sep 5 Jamie Oldaker, American musician (461 Oceans Boulevard), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chrissie Hynde

Sep 7 Chrissie Hynde, American rocker (The Pretenders), born in Akron, Ohio

Sep 7 Morris Albert [Maurício Alberto Kaisermann], Brazilian singer (Feelings), born in São Paulo, Brazil
Sep 7 Mark Isham, American musician and film composer (The Hitcher), born in NYC, New York
Sep 8 Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer and songwriter, born in Piraeus, Attica, Greece
Sep 9 Corry Konings, Dutch singer
Sep 9 Tom Wopat, Lodi, Wisconsin, American actor and singer (The Dukes of Hazzard, One Life to Live)
Sep 10 Peter Tolson, English rocker (Pretty Things), born in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire (d. 2016)
Sep 18 Dee Dee Ramone [Douglas Colvin], rock bassist (Ramones), born in Fort Lee, Virginia (d. 2002)
Sep 19 Daniel Lanois, Canadian record producer, born in Hull, Quebec, Canada
Sep 21 Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist (Nits)
Sep 25 Burleigh Drummond, American rocker (Ambrosia), born in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Sep 26 Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician (The Alan Parsons Project), born in Aberdeen, Scotland
Sep 27 Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
Oct 1 Brian Greenway, rock guitarist/vocalist (April Wine), born in Montreal, Quebec

Sting

Oct 2 Sting [Gordon Sumner], British actor, songwriter and singer (The Police), born in Wallsend, Northumberland

Oct 3 Jack Grondin, rock drummer (.38 Special)
Oct 3 Keb' Mo'[Kevin Roosevelt Moore], American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Los Angeles

Bob Geldof

Oct 5 Bob Geldof, Irish singer (The Boomtown Rats) and activist (Live Aid), born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland

Oct 6 Kevin Cronin, Champaign Ill, rock vocalist (REO Speedwagon)
Oct 7 Táta Vega [Carmen Rosa Vega], American vocalist (Color Purple soundtrack), born in Queens, Long Island
Oct 7 John Mellencamp [John Cougar Mellancamp], American musician & actor (Jack & Diane), born in Seymour, Indiana
Oct 14 Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-British rock vocalist (Boney M), born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
Oct 15 Frank Dimino, American rock vocalist (Angel), born in Washington, D.C.
Oct 20 Al Greenwood, keyboardist (Foreigner-Feels Like the First Time)
Oct 23 Charly García, Argentine singer
Oct 25 Ransom Wilson, American conductor and flutist (Soliste NY)
Oct 25 Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Oct 26 [William] Bootsy Collins, American guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Oct 26 Maggie Roche, Irish-American singer-songwriter (Roches), born in Park Ridge, New Jersey (d. 2017)
Oct 27 K. K. Downing, English rock guitarist (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law), born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England
Oct 29 Guy Gelso, rock drummer (Zebra)
Oct 29 Rick Bordia, rock guitarist (Mink Deville)
Nov 1 Ronald Bell, American rock saxophonist (Kool & The Gang), born in Youngstown, Ohio
Nov 2 Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens), born in Queensland, Australia
Nov 8 Larry Burnett, American rocker (Firefall)
Nov 13 Bill Gibson, American rock drummer (Huey Lewis & The News), born in Sacramento, California
Nov 13 Janet Collins, ballerina, 1st African American dancer with Opera Co (Aida)
Nov 14 Barry Brandt, rock drummer (Angel), born in Washington, D.C.
Nov 14 Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
Nov 14 Stephen Bishop, rocker vocalist
Nov 14 Alec John Such, US pop bassist (Bon Jovi-Wanted Dead or Alive)
Nov 21 Nick Gilder, English singer (Hot Child in the City), born in London
Nov 22 Kent Nagano, American conductor and opera administrator, born in Berkeley, California
Nov 25 Bill Morrissey, American musician
Nov 27 Kevin Kavanaugh, rocker (Asbury Jukes) [or 8/27]
Nov 29 Barry Goudreau, rock guitarist (Boston), born in Boston, Massachusetts

About 1951

How Old? 67 or 68 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer

Chinese Zodiac: Tiger (Jan 1 - Feb 5), Rabbit (Feb 6 - Dec 31)

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