Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 101 - 200 of 209
- May 29 Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, singer (R U Tuff Enuff), born in Gary, Indiana
- Jun 1 Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
- Jun 3 Suzi Quatro[cchio], singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jun 3 Deniece Williams [Chandler], American singer (Love Won't Let Me Wait, Let's Hear it for the Boy,) born in Gary, Indiana
- Jun 4 Dagmar Krause, German singer (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears), born in Hamburg, Germany
- Jun 5 Ronnie Dyson, American singer (Hair, All over your face)
- Jun 8 Elmar Oliveira, American violinist (Naumburg 1978), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Jun 9 Trevor Bolder, British rock musician and record producer (Uriah Heep, The Spiders from Mars), born in Kingston upon Hull, England (d. 2013)
- Jun 11 Graham Russell, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Jun 14 Bart van Lier, Dutch trombonist, born in Haarlem
- Jun 16 James Smith, American singer (Stylistics), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 19 Ann Wilson, American musician (Heart-What About Love), born in San Diego, California
- Jun 21 Joey Kramer, American hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 24 Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, rocker (Black Uhuru), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 3 Damon Harris, musician (The Temptations-My Girl), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2013)
- Jul 5 Huey Lewis [Hugh Anthony Cregg III], American musician (Huey Lewis and the News), born in NYC, New York
- Jul 5 Michael Monarch, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 6 Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
- Jul 9 Gwen Guthrie, American singer ("Ain't Nothin' Goin' on but the Rent"), born in Okemah, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
- Jul 10 Willie Ford, American R&B singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones), born in LaGrange, Georgia
- Jul 11 Bonnie Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited)
- Jul 12 Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], American rock drummer (Kiss), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
- Jul 16 Tom Terrell, American musicologist, deejay and NPR reviewer, born in Summit, New Jersey (d. 2007)
- Jul 17 Phoebe Snow [Laub], American singer-songwriter (Poetry Man), born in New York City (d. 2011)
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Jul 18 Richard Branson, British music entrepreneur (Virgin Group), born in London, England
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- Jul 18 Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
- Jul 19 Freddy Moore, American rock musician and songwriter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Jul 21 Larry Tolbert, rock drummer (Raydio)
- Jul 23 Blair Thornton, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive), born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Jul 23 Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter (Painted Ladies), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Jul 25 Mark Clarke, English rocker (Uriah Heep), born in Liverpool
- Jul 27 Michael Vaughn, English rocker (Paper Lace), born in Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Jul 30 Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1990)
- Aug 2 Ted Turner, English rock guitarist and vocalist (Wishbone Ash), born in Birmingham, England
- Aug 7 Rodney Crowell, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin'), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 8 Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Aug 11 Erik Brann, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 12 Kid Creole, [August Darnell], musician and actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 15 Thomas "Tommy" Aldrich, American rock-metal drummer (Black Oak Arkansas), born in Pearl, Mississippi
- Aug 15 Billy Griffin [William], US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
- Aug 15 Tommy Aldridge, American heavy metal and hard rock drummer (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man), born in Jackson, Mississippi
- Aug 18 Dennis Elliott, rock drummer (Foreigner), born in London, England
- Aug 21 Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer, born in Montreux, Switzerland
- Aug 25 Willy Deville [William Paul Borsey Jr.], American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mink Deville), born Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2009)
- Aug 25 Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Aug 30 Micky Moody, English guitarist (Whitesnake, Juicy Lucy), born in Middleborough, England
- Aug 31 Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bassist (The Crusaders), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2015)
- Sep 2 Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
- Sep 3 Aaron Smith, American rocker (Romeo Void)
- Sep 3 Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X), born in Braidwood, Illinois
- Sep 8 Daniel Victor Starr, composer
- Sep 8 Will Lee, bassist (Late Show with David Letterman)
- Sep 9 John McFee, Santa Cruz California, rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers)
- Sep 10 Don Powell, England, rock drummer (Slade)
- Sep 10 Joe Perry, Lawrence, Massachusetts, American rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Walk this Way)
- Sep 14 Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free), born in London, England (d. 1976)
- Sep 16 David Bellamy, singer (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow), born in Darby, Florida
- Sep 17 Fee Waybill, Ohaha Neb, rocker (Tubes)
- Sep 18 Mike Hossack, American rock drummer (Doobie Brothers), born in Patterson, New Jersey (d. 2012)
- Sep 20 Loredana Berte, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg, born in Milan, Italy
- Sep 22 Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
- Sep 28 Paul Burgess, British drummer (10cc-Not Alone)
- Sep 28 Laurie Lewis, American musician
- Sep 30 Renato Zero, Italian musician
- Oct 1 Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
- Oct 2 Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist and rocker (Genesis, Mike & the Mechanics), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
- Oct 3 Ronnie Laws, US saxophonist/guitarist (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Oct 5 "Fast" Eddie Clarke, British guitarist (Fastway, Motörhead), born in Twickenham, London (d. 2018)
- Oct 6 Thomas McClary, American soul guitarist and singer (The Commodores), born in Eustis, Florida
- Oct 8 Robert "Kool" Bell, American rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna), born in Youngstown, Ohio
- Oct 11 Andrew Woolfolk, American pop musician (Earth, Wind & Fire-Shining Star), born in Texas
- Oct 15 Chris De Burgh, British-Irish rock vocalist (The Lady in Red), born in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
- Oct 17 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (As Love Goes)
- Oct 20 Tom Petty, American classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 2017)
- Oct 23 Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist (Around the Corner)
- Oct 24 Terry Buffin, rock drummer (British Lions)
- Oct 24 Steven Greenberg, American composer
- Nov 1 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), born in Panama City, Florida (d. 2011)
- Nov 11 Jim Peterik, rocker (Survivor)
- Nov 18 Graham Parker, musician (Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning)
- Nov 18 Rudy Sarzo, Cuban bass guitarist
- Nov 20 Gary Green, rocker (Gentle Giant)
- Nov 21 Livingston Taylor, rocker (I Will be in Love With You), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Nov 21 Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter
- Nov 22 Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
- Nov 22 [Ma]Tina Weymouth, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was), born in Coronado, California
- Nov 22 Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
- Nov 23 Cecil Hooker, rocker (Snuff)
- Nov 30 Greg Gordon, rock vocalist (Boys Band)
- Dec 1 Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
- Dec 2 Merrill Ashley, ballerina (NYC Ballet), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Dec 5 Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992)
- Dec 5 Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer
- Dec 6 Daniel Sahuleka, Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist (Viva la Libertad)
- Dec 6 Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
- Dec 8 Jimmy Farrar, American rock vocalist (Molly Hatchet), born in LaGrange, Georgia
- Dec 8 Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Dec 9 Joan Armatrading, St Kitts, singer (Back to the Night)
- Dec 13 Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)
- Dec 17 Carlton Barrett, Jamaicans reggae drummer (Bob Marley & Wailers)