Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 101 - 200 of 316
Steve Howe
Apr 8 Steve Howe, English progressive rock guitarist (Yes - "Roundabout"; Asia - "Heat Of The Moment"), born in London, England
Steve Howe
- Apr 8 Larry Norman, American musician and pioneer of Christian rock music (Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?), born in Corpus Christi, Texas (d. 2008)
- Apr 10 Bunny Wailer [Neville O'Riley Livingston], Jamaican vocalist and percussionist (The Wailers with Bob Marley), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2021)
- Apr 13 Mike Chapman, Australian songwriter and record producer (Chinn & Chapman), born in Nambour, Australia
- Apr 13 Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer and politician, born in Patras, Greece
- Apr 15 Bojoura [Raina van Melzen], Dutch singer and wife of Hans Cleuver, born in The Hague, The Netherlands
- Apr 15 Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme, British keyboardist and vocalist (Barclay James Harvest), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 2010)
- Apr 15 George Marino, American Grammy Award-winning mastering engineer who worked with Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, born in Bronx, New York (d. 2012)
- Apr 16 Gerry Rafferty, Scottish guitarist and vocalist (Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You"; solo -"Baker Street"), born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (d. 2011)
- Apr 16 Lee Kerslake, British drummer (Uriah Heep; Ozzy Osbourne), born in Winton, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (d. 2020)
- Apr 17 Linda Martin, Irish singer and TV presenter, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Apr 18 Walt Richmond, American rock keyboardist (The Tractors; J.J. Cale; Bob Seger; Eric Clapton), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Apr 19 Murray Perahia, American pianist (Avery Fischer Prize, 1975; Grammy, 1988), born in NYC, New York
- Apr 19 Mark Volman, American rock and roll musician and songwriter (The Turtles - "Happy Together"), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 20 Björn Skifs, Swedish singer (Blue Swede), born in Vansbro, Dalarna, Sweden
- Apr 20 Ken Scott, British record producer and engineer (The Beatles, Elton John, Pink Floyd), born in London, England
- Apr 21 John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment)
- Apr 22 Barry Guy, English composer and double bass player, born in London
- Apr 23 Saskia [Trudy van den Berg], Dutch singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel), born in Grootebroek, North Holland
- Apr 23 Glenn Cornick, English rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick), born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, (d. 2014)
- Apr 23 Alan Broadbent, New Zealand jazz pianist (Developing Story), born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Apr 24 Ann Kelly, American singer (Hues Corporation Rock the boat), born in Fairfield, Alabama
- Apr 25 Bill Fontana, American composer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Apr 27 Ann Peebles, American singer (I Can't Stand the Rain), born in St. Louis, Missouri
- Apr 27 Herbie Murrell, American soul singer (Stylistics-You are My Everything), born in Lane, South Carolina
- Apr 27 Pete Ham, Welsh rock vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), born in Swansea, Wales
- Apr 28 Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz), born in Los Angeles, California
- Apr 29 Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver)
- Apr 29 John J. Cascella, American rock keyboard and accordion player (John Mellencamp), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1992)
- May 8 Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
- May 10 Jay Ferguson, American rocker (Spirit-"Thunder Island," "I Got A Line on You") and composer (theme for The Office), born in Burbank, California
- May 11 Butch Trucks, drummer (The Allman Brothers), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2017)
- May 13 Pete Overend Watts, English rock bassist (Mott The Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), born in Yardley, Birmingham, England (d. 2017)
- May 13 Robert "Rab" Noakes, Scottish singer-songwriter, born in St Andrews, Fife
- May 14 Al Ciner, rock guitarist (American Breed), born in Chicago, Illinois
- May 15 Graeham Goble, Australian rock guitarist (Little River Band - Reminiscing), born in Adelaide, Australia
- May 16 Barbara Lee, American singer (Chiffons, He's So Fine), (d. 1992)
- May 19 Jerry Hyman, rock singer/trombonist (Blood Sweat & Tears), born in Brooklyn, New York
- May 21 William "Bill" Champlin, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer (Chicago, Sons of Champlin), born in Oakland, California
- May 24 Mike Reid, American country singer (Walk on Faith), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania
- May 24 Albert Bouchard, American musician, singer and songwriter (Blue Öyster Cult), born in Watertown, New York
- May 24 Robert "Waddy" Wachtel, American session musician, composer and record producer, born in NYC, New York
- May 27 Liana Alexandra, Romanian pianist and composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2011)
- May 28 Leland Sklar, American bass guitarist and session musician (James Taylor; Crosby, Stills & Nash), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- May 31 Junior [William] Campbell, Scottish singer and guitarist (Marmalade), born in Glasgow, Scotland
- Jun 1 Ronnie Wood, English rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones), born in Hillingdon, England
- Jun 2 Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
- Jun 3 Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003)
- Jun 5 Tom Evans, English rock musician (Badfinger), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1983)
- Jun 5 Laurie Anderson, American avant-garde artist and musician (known for O Superman), born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
- Jun 6 Terry Williams, American singer-songwriter (The First Edition),
- Jun 8 Joan La Barbara, American vocalist and composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jun 8 Mick Box, English rock guitarist (Uriah Heep), born in Walthamstow, East London
- Jun 8 Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter (Renaissance) and painter, born in Bolton
- Jun 11 Glenn Leonard, American R&B singer (Temptations), born in Washington, D.C.
- Jun 14 Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jun 15 Paul Patterson, British classical composer (Spiders), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
- Jun 16 Tom "Bones" Malone, American jazz musician, arranger, and producer (SNL; Blues Brothers), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Jun 17 George S. Clinton, American composer and musician, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Jun 17 Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (Mike + The Mechanics), born in Manchester (d. 2000)
- Jun 17 Vlastimir Trajković, Serbian avant-garde composer, and educator, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (d. 2017)
- Jun 18 Douglas Young, British composer, born in London, England
- Jun 19 Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
- Jun 20 Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
- Jun 21 Joseph "Joey" Molland, British rock guitarist (Badfinger-Come & Get It), born in Liverpool, England
- Jun 22 Howard Kaylan, American rock and roll musician and writer (The Turtles), born in NYC, New York
Mick Fleetwood
Jun 24 Mick Fleetwood, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way), born in London, England
Mick Fleetwood
- Jun 24 Marianne Delgorge, Dutch singer and actress (Ice Cream Soda), born in Bloemendaal, The Netherlands
- Jun 30 Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux), born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Jul 1 Marc Benno, American musician (Rock 'n' Roll Me Again), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jul 3 Betty Buckley, American actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats), born in Big Spring, Texas
- Jul 4 William "Bill" Schnee, American musician, music producer, and audio engineer, born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Jul 7 Rob Townsend, rock drummer (Family Leicester)
- Jul 9 Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience), born in Ealing, Middlesex (d. 2008)
- Jul 9 Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire), born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Jul 9 Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra), born in Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Jul 10 Arlo Guthrie, American singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jul 11 Jeff Hanna, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jul 15 Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), born in Chipping Barnet, London (d. 2013)
- Jul 15 [Roger Kynard] Roky Erickson, American musician (The 13th Floor Elevators), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2019)
- Jul 17 Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Jul 19 Bernie Leadon, American guitarist and vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jul 19 Brian May, English rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions), born in London, England
Carlos Santana
Jul 20 Carlos Santana, Mexican rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman), born in Autlán de Navarro
Carlos Santana
- Jul 22 Don Henley, American rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles - "Desparado"; "Boys Of Summer"), born in Linden, Texas
- Jul 23 David Essex [Cook], English rock vocalist and actor (That'll be the Day), born in London, England
- Jul 24 Peter Serkin, American pianist (Tashi), born in NYC, New York (d. 2020)
- Jul 26 Al Anderson, American songwriter and guitarist (NRBQ - "Ridin' In My Car"), born in Windsor, Connecticut
- Jul 29 Lenny Zakatek [du Platel], Indian-English rock singer (Alan Parsons Project; Gonzalez), born in Karachi, British India
- Jul 30 John Siomos, American rock drummer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
- Jul 31 Karl Green, English rock bassist (Herman's Hermits - "Mrs. Brown You Have A Lovely Daughter"), born in Salford, England
- Jul 31 Ian Beck, British children's illustrator and author, who illustrated Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album cover, born in Brighton, East Sussex
- Aug 1 Rick Anderson, American actor and rock bassist (Tubes), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Aug 1 Rick Coonce, American rock drummer (Grass Roots), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2011)
- Aug 2 Massiel, Spanish singer, born in Madrid, Spain
- Aug 4 Paul Layton, English musician and rocker (The New Seekers - "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"), born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
- Aug 4 Klaus Schulze, German electronic music composer (Audentity), born in Berlin