Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 201 - 290 of 290
- Sep 30 Sylvia Peterson, American pop vocalist (Chiffons - "He's So Fine"), born on The Bronx, New York
- Sep 30 Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer, born in Machuelo Abajo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (d. 1993)
- Oct 2 Jo-El Sonnier, American country singer (Louisiana), born in Rayne, Louisiana
- Oct 3 Tristan Keuris, Dutch composer (Sinfonia), born in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1996)
- Oct 3 P.P. Arnold [Patricia Ann Cole], American soul singer (Ike and Tina Turner revue; The First Cut Is The Deepest), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 5 Richard Kermode, American rocker (Kozmic Blues Band), born in Wyoming (d. 1996)
- Oct 6 Millie Small, Jamaican singer (My Boy Lollipop), born in Clarendon, Jamaica (d. 2020)
- Oct 7 Bernard Lavilliers, French singer, born in Saint-Étienne, France
- Oct 10 Ben Vereen, American actor and dancer (Pippin; Roots; Webster), born in Miami, Florida
- Oct 10 Charles Dance, English actor and director (Alien 3, Jewel in the Crown), born in Redditch, Worcestershire
- Oct 10 John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter (Hello in There, Angel From Montgomery), born in Maywood, Illinois (d. 2020)
- Oct 10 Willard White, Jamaican-British operatic bass baritone, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Oct 11 Gary Mallaber, American drummer (The Steve Miller Band- Abracadbra), born in Buffalo, New York
- Oct 11 Daryl Hall [Hohl], American rocker, soul singer and songwriter (Hall & Oates), born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania
- Oct 12 Daryl Runswick, British composer, arranger, musician, producer and educator, born in Leicester, England
- Oct 13 Bram Vermeulen, Dutch singer (Neerlands Hoop), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Oct 13 Lacy J. Dalton, American country singer (Crazy Blue Eyes), born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania [1]
- Oct 14 Justin Hayward, English vocalist (Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin"), born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Oct 14 Dan McCafferty, Scottish rock vocalist (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"), born in Dunfermline, Scotland
- Oct 15 Richard Carpenter, American vocalist (Carpenters-Close to You), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Oct 17 James Ray "Jim" Tucker, American rock guitarist (Turtles - "Happy Together"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Oct 17 Michael Hossack, American rock drummer (The Doobie Brothers), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2012)
- Oct 18 Howard Shore, Canadian film composer (Lord of the Rings Trilogy), born in Toronto, Canada
- Oct 21 Lee Loughnane, American horn player and songwriter (Chicago), born in Elmwood Park, Illinois
- Oct 21 Lux Interior [Erick Lee Purkhiser], American punk rock singer (The Cramps), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2009)
- Oct 21 Phil Ryan, Welsh keyboardist and composer (Man, Pete Brown), born in Port Talbot, Wales (d. 2016)
- Oct 21 Tetsu Yamauchi, Japanese rock bass guitarist (Free; The Faces), born in Fukuoka, Japan
- Oct 22 Eddie Brigati, American rock vocalist (The Young Rascals - "Groovin'"), born in Garfield, New Jersey
- Oct 23 Gerda Lenten-Havertong, Surinam, Dutch singer/actress (Sesame St)
- Oct 24 Jerry Edmonton, Canadian rock drummer (Steppenwolf), born in Oshawa, Ontario (d. 1993)
- Oct 24 John Bettis, American lyricist ("Top Of The World"; "Crazy For You"; "Slow Hand"), born in Long Beach, California
- Oct 25 Peter Lieberson, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2011)
- Oct 26 Keith Hopwood, English rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), born in Davyhulme, Manchester, England
- Oct 27 Peter Martins, Danish dancer and choreographer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Oct 29 Peter Green [Greenbaum], English guitarist (Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"), born in Bethnal Green, London (d. 2020) [1] [2]
- Oct 30 Chris Slade [Rees], Welsh drummer (Manfred Mann's Earth Band; The Firm; AC/DC, 1989-94), born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales
- Oct 30 Doug Parkinson, Australian pop and rock singer (Focus - "Dear Prudence"), born in Waratah, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2021)
- Nov 2 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (Sunnyata; Lou Salomé), born in Venice, Italy (d. 2001)
- Nov 5 Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor III], American country-rock singer-songwriter (Byrds - Sweethearts of the Rodeo; Flying Burrito Brothers; "Grievous Angel"), born in Winter Haven, Florida (d. 1973)
- Nov 5 Herman Brood, Dutch painter and pianist (Sleepin' Bird), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 2001)
- Nov 5 Loleatta Holloway, American disco singer ("Love Sensation"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
- Nov 6 George Young, Scottish-Australian rock guitarist (Easybeats, AC/DC), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2017)
- Nov 8 Roy Wood, English rock vocalist and cellist (ELO), born in Birmingham, England
- Nov 10 Bill Bryson, American singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Nov 10 Roy Thomas Baker, English record producer (Bohemian Rhapsody), born in Hampstead, London
- Nov 11 Len "Chip" Hawkes, British bassist (The Tremeloes), born in London
- Nov 13 Martin Bresnick, American composer, The Bronx, New York
- Nov 15 Janet Lennon, Culver City California, singer (Lennon Sisters)
- Nov 16 Edward Higginbottom, British organist, choirmaster and conductor, born in Kendal, Westmoreland, England
- Nov 17 Martin Barre, British rock guitarist (Jethro Tull)
- Nov 18 Amanda Lear, French singer (or 1939, possible date only)
- Nov 18 Chris Rainbow [Harley], Scottish rock singer, musician and producer (Alan Parsons Project), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2015)
- Nov 19 Joe Correro, American, rock drummer (Paul Revere & The Raiders, 1967-71), born in Greenwood, Mississippi
- Nov 20 Duane Allman, American rock guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1971)
- Nov 20 J. Blackfoot [Colbert], American soul singer (Soul Children, Taxi), born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 2011)
- Nov 20 Ray Stiles, English musician (Mud, The Hollies), born in Guildford, England
- Nov 21 Jónas Tómasson, Icelandic composer, teacher, and conductor, born in Ísafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland
- Nov 22 Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
- Nov 26 Bert Ruiter, Dutch bassist (Earth & Fire, Focus), born in Amsterdam
- Nov 26 Raymond Louis "Ray" Kennedy, American songwriter ("Sail On, Sailor"), session and touring singer, musician, and record producer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
- Dec 1 Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer (Alone Again Naturally)
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Dec 5 José Carreras, Spanish opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors), born in Barcelona
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- Dec 6 Dean Parks, American session guitarist (Kenny Loggins; Steely Dan; Lyle Lovett), born in Fort Worth, Texas
- Dec 8 John Rubinstein, American stage and screen actor, and singer (Pippin; Family: Grumpy Old Men (The Musical)), born in Los Angeles, California
- Dec 9 Dennis Dunaway, American rocker (Alice Cooper), born in Cottage Grove, Oregon
- Dec 9 Bill Church, American rock bass guitarist (Van Morrison; Sammy Hagar)
- Dec 10 Ace Kefford, English bassist (The Move), born in Birmingham, England
- Dec 10 Gloria Loring, American actress and singer (Days of our Life), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 12 Clive Bunker, British rock drummer (Jethro Tull), born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England
- Dec 12 Denny Dias, American rock guitarist (Steely Dan), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Dec 13 Radim Hladík, Czech guitarist (The Blue Effect), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
- Dec 14 Jackie McAuley, Irish rock pianist (Them - "Here Comes The Night"), born in Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Dec 14 Jane Birkin, British pop singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus") and actress (Dust; Death On The Nile), born in Marylebone, London, England
- Dec 14 Joyce Vincent Wilson, American pop singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Dec 15 Carmine Appice, American musician (Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 15 Harry Ray, American soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown - "Special Lady"), born in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 1992)
- Dec 16 Benny Andersson, Swedish pop composer and musician (ABBA), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Dec 16 Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist (The English Concert), born in Canterbury, England
- Dec 20 Douglass Lubahn, psychedelic rock and jazz rock bassist (d. 2019)
- Dec 21 Carl Wilson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Beach Boys), born in Hawthorne California (d. 1998)
- Dec 21 Christopher Keene, American conductor (La Traviata), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1995)
- Dec 21 Kevin Peek, Australian guitarist, born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2013)
- Dec 22 Rick Nielsen, American rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter (Cheap Trick- "I Want You to Want Me"), born in Rockford, Illinois
- Dec 23 Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano, born in Bratislava, Slovakia
- Dec 24 Jan Akkerman, Dutch guitarist and composer (Focus-Can't Stand Noise), born in Amsterdam
- Dec 25 Jimmy Buffet, American yacht rock singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville"), born in Mobile, Alabama
- Dec 28 Edgar Winter, American rock musician ("Frankenstein"; "Free Ride"), born in Beaumont, Texas
- Dec 29 Marianne Faithfull, English folk-rock singer-songwriter ("As Tears Go By"), born in Hampstead, England
- Dec 30 Patti Smith, American poet and punk rock vocalist (Horses; "Because The Night"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Dec 30 Clive Bunker, British drummer (Jethro Tull, 1967-71), born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England