I'm born on March 18th, which means I share my birthday with the following musicians:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (born 1844) - Classical composer Smiley Burnette (1911) - Country musician Pat Halcox (1930) - Trumpet player (Chris Barber's Jazz Band) Charley Pride (193 - Country music artist Wilson Pickett (1941) - R&B and soul singer B. J. Wilson (1947) - Drummer (Procol Harum) John Hartman (1950) - Drummer (Doobie Brothers) Bill Frisell (1951) - Jazz guitarist Irene Cara (1959) - Singer Jeff LaBar (1963) - Guitarist (Cinderella) Vanessa L. Williams (1963) - R&B singer Courtney Pine (1964) - Jazz saxophonist Rozalla (1964) - Dance singer Jerry Cantrell (1966) - Singer and guitarist (Alice in Chains) Miki Berenyi (1967) - Singer (Lush) Queen Latifah (1970) - Rapper Devin Lima (1977) - Singer (Lyte Funky Ones) Adam Levine (1979) - Singer (Maroon 5) Vonzell Solomon (1984) - American Idol contestant
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June 2nd
Edward Elgar (1857) - composer
Jimmy Jones (1937) - singer/songwriter
Michael Steele (1955) - bassist (The Bangles)
Lydia Lunch (1959) - singer
Tony Hadley (1960) - singer (Spandau Ballet)
Dez Cadena (1961) - guitarist (Black Flag)
B-Real (1970) - rapper (Cypress Hill)
Tim Rice-Oxley (1976) - pianist and bass player (Keane)
Fabrizio Moretti (1980) - drummer (The Strokes)
Brooke White (1983) - American Idol contestant
And December 30th, Patti Smith's birthday:
Bo Diddley (1928) - Blues rocker
Skeeter Davis (1931) - country music artist
Del Shannon (1934) - singer
Noel "Paul" Stookey (1937) - singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)
Michael Nesmith (1942) - singer and guitarist (The Monkees)
Davy Jones (1945) - singer (The Monkees)
Jeff Lynne (1947) - singer (ELO and Traveling Wilburys)
Tracey Ullman (1959) - singer
Jason Kay (1969) - singer (Jamiroquai)
Tyrese Gibson (1978) - rapper
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June 18. I share my birthday with a Beatles. Does that mean im apart of the small percentage that the song birthday on the white album was written for. Maybe.
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Born 8th October (a day before John Lennon's birthday and a day after Thom Yorke's birthday - they missed out!)
(1945) Ray Royer (Procul Harum)
(1947) Tony Wilson (not strictly a musician, but close)
(1950) Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang)
(1951) Johnny Ramone (The Ramones)
(1952) Cliff Adams (The Cliff Adams Singers)
(1963) Steve Perry (Aerosmith)
(1965) C.J. Ramone (The Ramones)
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Greg, Mike Mills was born on December 17.
Rune, thanks for filling out the 12/18 list. One other from my birthday that you missed is Allen Klein--not a musician, but best known as the sometime manager of both the Beatles and the Stones, and a very controversial figure. It looks to me like he screwed the Stones. As for the Beatles, he didn't hook up with them until they were already a terminal case; he just superintended the final collapse.
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May 21 so...
Kevin Shields (My Mloody Valentine, guitar)
Hilton Valentine (Animals, guitar)
Martin Blunt (Charlatans Uk, bass)
Stan Lynch (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, drums)
Leo Sayer (vocals)
Notorious B.I.G. (vocals)
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I've done the dirty work for some of you.
DECEMBER 17 (Greg) Ludwig Van Beethoven ( 1770 ) - composer Tommy Steele ( 1936 ) - pop singer Carlo Little ( 1938 ) - drummer (Rolling Stones) Eddie Kendricks ( 1939 ) - singer (The Temptations) Paul Rodgers ( 1949 ) - singer (Free and Bad Company) Mike Mills ( 1958 ) - bass player (R.E.M.) Sara Dallin ( 1961 ) - singer (Bananarama) Tracy Byrd ( 1966 ) - country singer Gigi D'Agostino ( 1967 ) - DJ Ryan Key ( 1979 ) - singer and guitarist (Yellowcard)
JUN 18 (Kevin) Paul McCartney ( 1942 ) - singer and guitarist (The Beatles) Carl Radle ( 1942 ) - rock bassist Sandy Posey ( 1944 ) - country music singer Lincoln Thompson ( 1949 ) - reagge singer Alison Moyet ( 1961 ) - pop singer Dizzy Reed ( 1963 ) - keyboardist (Guns N' Roses) Pål Pot Pamparius ( 1969 ) - guitarist and keyboardist (Turbonegro) Nathan Morris ( 1971 ) - singer (Boyz II Men) Blake Shelton ( 1976 ) - Country music singer Renee Olstead ( 1989 ) - singer
MAY 29 (Max) Irmin Schmidt ( 1937 ) - keyboardist (Can) Gary Brooker ( 1945 ) - singer (Procol Harum) Rebbie Jackson ( 1950 ) - singer Danny Elfman ( 1953 ) - composer and singer (Oingo Boingo) La Toya Jackson ( 1956 ) - singer Melissa Etheridge ( 1961 ) - singer Blaze Bayley ( 1963 ) - singer (Iron Maiden) Noel Gallagher ( 1967 ) - guitarist (Oasis) Chan Kinchla ( 1969 ) - guitarist (Blues Traveler) Melanie Brown ( 1975 ) - singer (Spice Girls) David Buckner ( 1976 ) - drummer (Papa Roach) Pelle Almqvist ( 1979 ) - singer (The Hives)
MAY 15 (Paul) Eddy Arnold ( 1918 ) - country singer Trini Lopez ( 1937 ) - latin singer K. T. Oslin ( 1941 ) - country singer Brian Eno ( 1948 ) - producer and musician (Roxy Music) Jonathan Richman ( 1951 ) - singer (The Modern Lovers) Mike Oldfield ( 1953 ) - composer and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Eldritch ( 1959 ) - singer (The Sisters of Mercy) Melle Mel ( 1961 ) - rapper Jessica Sutta ( 1982 ) - singer (The Pussycat Dolls)
APRIL 16 (Rocky Raccoon) Henry Mancini ( 1924 ) - composer Rudy Pompilli ( 1926 ) - saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) Herbie Mann ( 1930 ) - jazz flautist Bobby Vinton ( 1935 ) - singer Dusty Springfield ( 1939 ) - singer Dave Peverett ( 1943 ) - singer (Foghat) Peter Garrett ( 1953 ) - singer (Midnight Oil) Ian MacKaye ( 1962 ) - singer (Fugazi and Minor Threat) Jimmy Osmond ( 1963 ) - singer (The Osmonds) Dave Pirner ( 1964 ) - singer (Soul Asylum) Selena ( 1971 ) - latin pop singer
AUGUST 30 (Miguel) Kitty Wells ( 1919 ) - country singer John Phillips ( 1935 ) - singer (The Mamas & The Papas) John Peel ( 1939 ) - Radio DJ Horace Panter ( 1953 ) - bassist (The Specials) Paul Oakenfold ( 1963 ) - DJ Lars Frederiksen ( 1971 ) - punk guitarist and singer (Rancid) Aaron Barrett ( 1974 ) - singer and guitarist (Reel Big Fish) Ryan Ross ( 1986 ) - guitarist (Panic at the Disco)
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Rocky, I'm from April 16th either! The only one I knew I shared my birthday with was the Pope. BTW, it's not late to say happy birthday to you, it was only 3 days ago...
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Today is my birthday, and that’s why I’m reviving this thread.
So happy birthday to:
- Sergei Prokofiev, composer
- Igor Oistrakh, violinist
- Geoffrey Shovelton, opera singer
- Jim Keltner, drummer
- Cuba Gooding, Sr., singer (The Main Ingredient)
- Ann Peebles, singer
- Peter Ham, singer and songwriter (Badfinger)
- Kate Pierson, singer (The B52s)
- Ace Frehley, guitarist (Kiss)
- Arielle Dombasle, singer
- Douglas P., singer and songwriter (Death in June)
- Sheena Easton, singer
- Louis Lortie, pianist
- Tommy Smith, saxophonist
- Isobel Campbell, singer and songwriter (Belle & Sebastian)
- William Boyd, bass player (Evanescence)
- Fabrizio Faniello, singer
- Patrick Stump, singer and songwriter (Fall Out Boy)
- Frank Carter, singer (Gallows)
- Tom Falcone, drummer (Cute Is What We Aim For)
- Elena Risteska, singer
Well, happy birthday except to Prokofiev and Peter Ham (that hanged himself when he was 27 years old).