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

Keith Richards (December 18).

There are a few others, but I'm content to leave it at that.

I'll help you.
Born Dec 18

Chas Chandler (1938) - Bass player (The Animals)
Randy Castillo (1950) - Drummer (Ozzy Osbourne)
Elliot Easton (1953) - Guitarist (The Cars)
Mille Petrozza (1966) - Metal singer (Kreator)
Alejandro Sanz (1968) - Latin singer
DMX (1970) - Rapper
DJ Lethal (1972) - DJ (Limp Bizkit, House of Pain)
Raymond Herrera (1972) - Drummer (Fear Factory)
Knut Schreiner (1974) - Guitarist (Turbonegro)
Christina Aguilera (1980) - Singer

Charlie Watts (2nd of June)

Few unknown other ones, but that's about it as far as I can see. Marquis de Sade was born on the 2nd of June though.

Only one I'm aware of: Patti Smith. Pretty damn good company.

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

hey schleuse, i'm december 17!

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.

May 29. I know Noel Gallagher, but dunno beyond that.

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)

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.

October 13


Paul Simon
Ashanti
Sammy Hagar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Marie Osmond
Art Tatum
Kele Okereke* (lead singer of Bloc Party)
Lee Konitz
Nana Mouskouri

* born the same year too (1981)

Paul freakin' Simon, the lead singer of Van Halen, one of the Osmonds, Nusrat.... this is where I lay claim to the best list posted so far.

I'd say Lynne, Del Shanon, Patti Smith and Bo Diddley could beat your team Mr. Coolpants.

Yeah, you're probably right Stephan. Damn.

Brian Eno and Jonathon Richman

May 30 so...
Benny Goodman
Topper Headon (The Clash drummer)
Tom Morello (Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine)
Stephen Malkmus (Pavement)
Big L

Also Jeff Buckley died the day before I turned 4 :(

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)

That's my supergroup

Where are you getting these lists from?

May 9.

Wikipedia. May 9th:

Billy Joel, Richie Furay, David Gahan, Ghostface Killah, Paul McGuigan

December 14th :

Jane Birkin (1946)
Lester Bangs (1948 / music journalist)
Cliff Williams (1949 / AC/DC)
Mike Scott (1958 / The Waterboys)
Beth Orton (1970)

April 16 it's me, the Pope and Dusty Springfield.

August 30th:

John Phillips (The Mamas and the Papas)

Tha Pope and Dusty, wow Rocky!

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)

Thanks, but I think I could have gone through life without knowing I share a birthday with one of the Osmonds.

Not just any Osmond, but the worst of all - Little Jimmy!

Am I the only one of us to share with two people from the same band? (Ramones)

I'm sure mine isn't as good as other people's. Mel ****ing B?!?!

Max shares his birthday with both Rebbie and LaToya Jackson, who are sisters. They were never in the same band, though.

January 27

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756)


i dont know any other

I do share my birthday with 2 popes, does that count?

Only if they're listed on acclaimedpopes.net

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...

Thanks, Toni. You too.

Mick Jagger (July 26th)

JANUARY 27 (David)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 1756 ) - composer
Elmore James ( 1918 ) - blues singer and guitarist
Bobby Bland ( 1930 ) - blues and soul singer
Kate Wolf ( 1942 ) - folk singer
Nick Mason ( 1944 ) - drummer (Pink Floyd)
Nedra Talley ( 1946 ) - singer (The Ronettes)
Brian Downey ( 1951 ) - drummer (Thin Lizzy)
Janick Gers ( 1957 ) - guitarist (Iron Maiden)
Margo Timmins ( 1961 ) - singer (Cowboy Junkies)
Gillian Gilbert ( 1961 ) - keyboard and guitar player (New Order)
Mike Patton ( 1968 ) - singer (Faith No More)
Tricky ( 1968 ) - triphopper
Cornelius ( 1969 ) - electronica musician
Lil Jon ( 1971 ) - rapper
Mark Owen ( 1972 ) - pop singer (Take That)

JULY 26 (Eddo)
Dobie Gray ( 1940 ) - soul singer
Darlene Love ( 1941 ) - singer
Mick Jagger ( 1943 ) - singer (The Rolling Stones)
Roger Taylor ( 1949 ) - percussionist (Queen)
Gary Cherone ( 1961 ) - singer (Extreme)
Joan Wasser ( 1970 ) - singer (Joan as Police Woman)
Dan Konopka ( 1974 ) - drummer (OK Go)
Rebecca St. James ( 1977 ) - singer
Dave Baksh ( 1980 ) - guitarist (Sum 41)

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).

Feliz cumpleanos Honorio!

Muchas gracias, Max!

Bon anniversaire Honorio !

21/12

I share with Frank Zappa & Samuel L. Jackson that I know of.

Happy birthday Honorio!

Many thanks, Nicolas and John!