Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 201 - 259 of 259
- Oct 17 Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler (Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze"), born in Sidney, Texas
- Oct 21 Steve Cropper, American rock and soul guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Booker T & MGs; Otis Redding; The Blues Brothers), born in Willow Springs, Missouri
- Oct 25 Helen Reddy, Australian-American rock vocalist ("I Am Woman"; "You And Me Against The World"), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (d. 2020) [1]
- Oct 28 Curtis Lee, American singer (Pretty Little Angel Eyes), born in Yuma, Arizona (d. 2015)
- Oct 28 Glen Moore, American jazz bassist and composer, born in Portland, Oregon
- Oct 28 Hank Marvin [Brian Rankin], English rocker (the Shadows), born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England
- Oct 30 Otis Williams [Otis Miles], American singer and songwriter (The Temptations - "Just My Imagination"), born in Texarkana, Texas
- Nov 1 Johnny Kendall [Johan Donkerkaat], Dutch blues singer
- Nov 2 Bruce Welch [Bruce Cripps], English rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis), born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England
- Nov 3 Brian Poole, English musician (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes), born in Barking, England
- Nov 4 Richard James Gill, Australian conductor and music educator, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2018)
- Nov 5 Art Garfunkel, American singer and actor (Simon and Garfunkel, Carnal Knowledge), born in NYC, New York
- Nov 6 Doug Sahm, American musician (Sir Douglas Quintet; Texas Tornadoes), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1999)
- Nov 6 Guy Clark, American country singer (Heartbroke), born in Monahans, Texas (d. 2016)
- Nov 6 James Bowman, English countertenor, born in Oxford, England
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Nov 9 Tom Fogerty, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1990)
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- Nov 12 Frank Rosenthal, rocker
- Nov 12 Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer
- Nov 15 Jim Dickinson, American record producer (Mud Boy), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2009)
- Nov 16 Dan Penn, American songwriter, producer and gospel singer (Out in Left Field), born in Vernon, Alabama
- Nov 18 Conleth "Con" Cluskey, Irish pop vocalist (The Bachelors - "Diane"; "I Wouldn't Trade You For The World"), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Nov 19 Eddie Raynor, New Zealand rock keyboardist (Split Enz; Crowded House), born in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
- Nov 20 Dr. John [Malcolm John Rebennack], American musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2019) [1]
- Nov 20 Gary Karr, American double-bassist (Oslo Philharmonic), born in Los Angeles, California
- Nov 21 David Porter, American producer, arranger and songwriter ("Soul Man"; "Hold On, I'm Coming"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Nov 21 İdil Biret, Turkish concert pianist, born in Ankara, Turkey
- Nov 21 Andrew Love, American saxophonist (The Memphis Horns), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2012)
- Nov 22 Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
- Nov 22 Jesse Colin Young, American singer songwriter (Youngbloods; Song For Juli), born in Queens, New York
- Nov 24 Donald "Duck" Dunn, American session bassist (Stax; Booker & The MG's; The Blues Brothers), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d, 2012)
- Nov 24 Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
- Nov 24 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter ( Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns), born in West Memphis, Arkansas (d. 2016)
- Nov 26 Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano, born in San Diego, California
- Nov 27 Eddie Rabbitt, American country singer (I Love a Rainy Night), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
- Nov 29 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas & The Papas), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 2007)
- Dec 2 Tom McGuiness, English rocker (The Blues Band), born in Wimbledon, London
- Dec 6 Helen Cornelius, American country singer (Nashville on the Road), born in Monroe City, Missouri
- Dec 6 John Nelson, American conductor (Les Troyens of Berlioz), born in San José, Costa Rica
- Dec 9 Dan Hicks, American singer and songwriter (Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2016)
- Dec 10 Chad Stuart, English rock vocalist and guitarist (Chad & Jeremy), born in Windermere, Cumberland, England
- Dec 10 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor, born in Kawasaki (d. 1985)
- Dec 10 Peter Sarstedt, British pop-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?"), born in New Delhi, British India (d. 2017)
- Dec 10 Ralph Tavares, Cape Verdean-American R&B and soul singer (Tavares - "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel"), born in Providence, Rhode Island
- Dec 11 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, born in Bilthoven, Netherlands (d. 1988)
- Dec 12 Liesbeth List, Dutch actress and vocalist (Theodorakis), born in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies
- Dec 12 Terry Kirkman, American rock vocalist and keyboardist (Association), born in Salina, Kansas
- Dec 12 Tim Hauser, American jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction), born in Troy, New York, (d. 2014)
- Dec 13 Robert Covington, American drummer and singer, born in Yazoo City, Mississippi (d. 1996)
- Dec 18 Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Company-Cheap Thrills)
- Dec 18 Wadada Leo Smith, American trumpeter and composer (Divine Love), born in Leland, Mississippi
- Dec 19 Maurice White, singer-songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2016)
- Dec 23 Tim Hardin, American singer ("If I Were a Carpenter"; "Black Sheep Boy"; "Reason to Believe"), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 1980)
- Dec 25 Don Pullen, pianist/composer
- Dec 25 Ronald Perera, composer
- Dec 25 Ronnie Cuber, American jazz saxophonist, born in NYC, New York
- Dec 27 Leslie Maguire, English pianist (Gerry & the Pacemakers - "Ferry Cross the Mersey"), born in Wallasey, United Kingdom
- Dec 27 Michael Thomas "Mike" Pinder, English keyboard player and Mellotron pioneer (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin), born in Birmingham, England
- Dec 29 Ray Thomas, English rock vocalist and flautist (Moody Blues - "Legend Of A Mind"), born in Stourport-on-Severn, United Kingdom (d. 2018)