December 1
Births
1926 Keith Michell
1930 Matt Monro
1933 Lou Rawls
1934 Billy Paul
1938 Sandy Nelson
1944 Eric Bloom – vocals/guitar Blue Oyster Cult
1944 Charlie Grima – drums Wizzard
1945 Bette Midler
1945 John Densmore – drums Doors
1946 Gilbert O’Sullivan
1956 Julee Cruise – US singer
1959 Steve Janson – drums Japan
1956 Sam Reid – keyboards Glass Tiger
1982 Celeste – vocals Daphne and Celeste
1985 Janelle Monae
Deaths
1986 Lee Dorsey
1997 Stephan Grappelli – classical violinist
1999 Don Harris – vocals Don and Dewey
December 2
Births
1941 Tom McGuinness
1943 Dave Munden – drums Tremeloes
1952 Peter Kingsbery – bass Cock Robin
1960 Rick Savage – bass Def Leppard
1960 Sydney Youngblood
1963 Razzle – drums Hanoi Rocks
1968 Nate Mendl – bass Foo Fighters
1970 Treach – rapper Naughty By Nature
1972 Justin Welch – drums Elastica
1978 Brian Chase – drums Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1978 Nelly Furtado
1980 Rick Felix – vocals No Authority
1981 Britney Spears
1998 Juice Wrld
Deaths
1999 Charlie Byrd – US jazz guitarist
2001 Valerie Jones – vocals Jones Girls
2006 Dave Mount – drums Mud
2006 Mariska Veres – vocals Shocking Blue
2009 Eric Woolfson – piano Alan Parsons Project
2013 Junior Murvin
December 3
Births
1923 Maria Callas – opera singer
1925 Ferlin Huskey – US country singer
1927 Andy Williams
1933 Les Crane
1937 David Lerchey – vocals Del Vikings
1944 Ralph McTell
1944 Paul Nicholas
1946 Vic Malcolm – guitar Geordie
1948 Ozzy Osbourne
1949 John Wilson – drums Them
1951 Nicky Stevens – vocals Brotherhood Of Man
1951 Mike Stock – producer Stock Aitken and Waterman
1952 Mel Smith – UK comedian
1967 Adamski
1968 Montell Jordan
1968 Graham Kemp – vocals/guitar Urusei Yatsura
1972 Dan Bowyer – vocals Worlds Apart
1976 Rod Jones – guitar Idlewild
Deaths
1999 Scatman John
2014 Ian McLagan – keyboard Small Faces/Faces
2014 Edward Bivins – vocals Manhattans
2015 Scott Weiland – vocals Stone Temple Pilots
December 4
Births
1924 Toni Fisher
1934 Wink Martindale – US country singer
1934 Chas McDevitt
1939 Freddie Cannon
1942 Chris Hillman – guitar Byrds
1944 Dennis Wilson – drums Beach Boys
1948 Southside Johnny
1951 Gary Rossington – guitar Lynyrd Skynyrd
1969 Jay-Z
1971 Donna Matthews – guitar Elastica
1977 Naima Belkhaiti – vocals Honeyz
Deaths
1976 Tommy Bolin – guitar James Gang/Deep Purple
1993 Frank Zappa
2005 Joe Jones – US singer
2005 Don Charles
2021 Stonewall Jackson
December 5
Births
1922 Don Robertson
1932 Little Richard
1938 J.J Cale
1945 Eddie Serrato – drums ? & The Mysterians
1946 Jose Carreras
1946 Andy Kim
1947 Jim Messina – guitar Loggins and Messina
1959 Robbie France – drummer Diamond Head
1960 Les Nemes – bass Haircut 100
1965 John Rzeznick – vocals/guitar Goo Goo Dolls
1971 Craig Gill – drums Inspiral Carpets
1973 Neil Codling – keyboards Suede
1980 Zainam Higgins – vocals Cleopatra
Deaths
1976 Benjamin Britten – classical composer
1987 Fat Larry
2012 Dave Brubeck – US jazz pianist
2019 Rocky Sharpe
2021 John Miles
December 6
Births
1920 Dave Brubeck – US jazz pianist
1935 George Williams – vocals The Tymes
1943 Keith West
1944 Jonathan King
1944 Fritz Fryer – guitar Four Pennies
1944 Willie Hutch – US Motown artist
1952 Mick Foster – vocals Foster and Allen
1953 Johnny Whetstone – vocals/guitar The Look
1955 Eddie Tudorpole – vocals Tenpole Tudor
1955 Rick Buckler – drums Jam
1956 Peter Buck – guitar REM
1961 Jonathan Melvoin – keyboards Dickies
1962 Ben Watt – guitar Everything But The Girl
1962 Dave Barbarossa – drums Republica
1969 Mark Gardener – vocals/guitar Ride
1970 Ulf ‘Buddha’ Ekberg – keyboards Ace Of Base
1976 Dee Tails – vocals MN8
1981 Stu Cooper – drums Koopa
Deaths
1949 Leadbelly
1988 Roy Orbison
2005 Danny Williams – US Singer
2011 Dobie Gray
2018 Pete Shelley – vocals Buzzcocks
December 7
Births
1911 Louis Prima – US singer/trumpeter
1924 Boyd Bennett – US singer
1941 James Reese – guitar Bobby Fuller Four
1942 Harry Chapin
1948 Gary Morris – US country singer
1949 Tom Waits
1951 Roger O’Dell – drums Shakatak
1953 Malcolm Owen – vocals Ruts
1954 Mike Nolan – vocals Bucks Fizz
1958 Timothy Butler – bass Psychedelic Furs
1963 Barbara Weathers – vocals Atlantic Starr
1963 Claudia Brucken – vocals Propaganda
1965 Brian Futter – guitar Catherine Wheel
1970 Lindy Layton – vocals Beats International
1970 Damien Rice
1973 Kon Artis – rapper D-12
1986 Jonathan Gill– vocals JLS
1987 Aaron Carter
Deaths
1987 Richard Taylor – vocals Manhattans
1990 Dee Clark
2008 Dennis Yost – vocals Classics IV
2011 Bob Burnett – vocals Highwaymen
2016 Greg Lake
December 8
Births
1925 Sammy Davis Jr
1925 Jimmy Smith – US blues organist
1931 Kokomo
1939 James Galway – Irish flautist
1939 Jerry Butler – US singer
1942 Bobbie Elliot – drums Hollies
1942 Toots Hibbert
1943 Jim Morrison – vocals Doors
1944 George Baker
1944 Noosha Fox
1944 Bertie Higgins
1946 Graham Knight – bass Marmalade
1947 Gregg Allman – guitar/keyboards Allman Brothers
1949 Ray Shulman – guitar Simon Dupree and the Big Sound
1950 Dan Hartman
1956 Warren Cuccurullo – guitar Duran Duran
1957 Phil Collen – guitar Def Leppard
1959 Paul Rutherfod – vocals Frankie Goes To Hollywood
1962 Marty Friedman – guitar Megadeth
1963 Jam El Mar – Keyboards Jam and Spoon
1966 Sinead O’Connor
1974 Nick Zinner – guitar Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1984 Nicki Minaj
Deaths
1980 John Lennon
1982 Marty Robbins
1984 Razzle – drums Hanoi Rocks
2004 Dimebag Darrell – guitar Pantera
2015 Bonnie Lou
2019 Juice Wrld
2021 Robbie Shakespeare – Sly & Robbie
December 9
Births
1932 Donald Byrd – jazz trumpeter
1942 Rick Danko – bass The Band
1944 Neil Innes – vocals Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band
1944 Shirley Brickley – vocals Orlons
1950 Joan Armatrading
1953 Gil Saward – vocals Shakatak
1957 Donny Osmond
1958 Nick Seymour – bass Crowded House
1970 Zachary Foley – bass EMF
1971 Geoff Barrow – synthesizer Portishead
1972 Tre Cool – drums Green Day
1972 Brian Bell – guitar Weezer
1978 Chris Wolstenholme – bass Muse
Deaths
2002 Mary Hansen – vocals/guitar Stereolab
2006 Freddie Marsden – drums Pacemakers
2006 Georgia Gibbs – US singer
2014 Winfred Lovett – vocals Manhattans
2019 Marie Frederickson – vocals Roxette
2021 Steve Bronski – keyboards Bronski Beat
December 10
Births
1933 Don Charles
1941 Peter Sarstedt
1941 Chad Stuart – vocals/piano Chad and Jeremy
1945 Ralph Tavares – vocals Tavares
1946 Ace Kefford – bass Move
1946 Keith Smart – drums Wizzard
1947 Walter Orange – drums Commodores
1948 Jessica Cleaves – vocals Raw Silk
1948 Brenden Harkin – guitar Kool and The Gang
1950 L.J. Johnson
1954 Geoff Deanne – vocals Modern Romance
1954 Jack Hues – vocals/guitar Wang Chung
1957 Paul Hardcastle
1958 Pepsi – vocals Pepsi and Shirlie
1965 J. Mascis – drums Dinosaur Jr
1972 Brian Molko – vocals Placebo
1974 Meg White – drums White Stripes
Deaths
1967 Otis Redding
1995 Darren Robinson – rapper Fat Boys
1996 Faron Young – US country singer
1999 Rick Danko – bass The Band
2021 Mike Nesmith – guitar Monkees
December 11
Births
1916 Perez Prado – Cuban bandleader/organist
1940 David Gates – vocals Bread
1944 Brenda Lee
1954 Jermaine Jackson
1954 Rita Ray – vocals Darts
1958 Nikki Sixx – bass Motley Crue
1964 Justin Currie – vocals Del Amitri
1967 DJ Yella – rapper NWA
1968 Alex Banks – keyboards E-Z Rollers
1972 Easther Bennett – vocals Eternal
1985 Cilla Niekoop – Ch!pz
Deaths
1964 Sam Cooke
1992 George Van Dusen
1995 Arthur Mullard – UK actor/singer
1999 Charles Earland – US saxophonist
2012 Ravi Shankar – sitar player
December 12
Births
1915 Frank Sinatra
1938 Connie Francis
1940 Dionne Warwick
1941 Tim Hauser – vocals Manhattan Transfer
1942 Declan Clusky – guitar Bachelors
1942 Mike Heron – vocals Indredible String Band
1943 Mike Smith – vocals/keyboards Dave Clarke 5
1943 Grover Washington Jr
1944 Rob Tyner – drums MC5
1945 Allan Ward – guitar Honeycombs
1946 Clive Bunker – drums Jethro Tull
1947 Louie Farrell – drums The Gun
1947 Graham Bonnet
1948 Ray Jackson – harmonica Lindisfarne
1950 Barry Blue
1953 Don Baird – vocals/guitar Georgia Satellite
1957 Cy Curnin – vocals The Fixx
1957 Sheila E
1959 Belouis Some
1961 Daniel O’Donnell
1964 Jeff Brown – vocals Pasadenas
Deaths
2004 Bert Reid – saxophone Crown Heights Affair
2007 Ike Turner
2016 Jim Lowe
2019 Jack Scott
2020 Charley Pride
December 13
Births
1944 Marti Webb
1948 Ted Nugent
1948 Tony Gomez – keyboards Foundations
1948 Jeff Baxter – guitar Doobie Brothers
1948 David O’List – guitar The Nice
1949 Tom Verlaine – vocals/guitar Television
1953 Pat Torpey – drums Mr Big (US)
1954 Berton Averre – guitar The Knack
1967 Jamie Foxx – US R&B singer
1975 Thomas DeLonge – vocals/guitar Blink 182
1976 Blu Cantrell – US singer
1989 Taylor Swift
Deaths
1981 Pigmeat Markham
2021 Joe Simon
December 14
Births
1932 Charlie Rich
1938 Don Addrissi – vocals Addrisi Brothers
1943 Dandy Livingstone
1944 Frank Allen – bass/vocals Rebel Rouser/Later Searchers
1946 Jane Birkin
1946 Joyce Vincent – vocals Dawn
1949 Cliff Williams – bass AC/DC
1958 Mike Scott – vocals Waterboys
1958 Peter Stacy – tin whistle Pogues
1960 Andy Alston – keyboards Del Amitri
1970 Beth Orton
Deaths
1963 Dinah Washington
1997 Kurt Winter – guitar Guess Who
2002 Zal Yanovsky – guitar Lovin’ Spoonful
2011 Billie Jo Spears
December 15
Births
1922 Alan Freed – US DJ
1934 Johnny Moore – vocals Drifters
1939 Jimmy Justice
1939 Cindy Birdsong – vocals Patti Labelle’s Bluebelles
1942 Dave Clark – drums Dave Clark 5
1946 Harry Ray – vocals Moments
1946 Carmine Appice – drums Vanilla Fudge
1949 Don Johnson – US actor/singer
1955 Paul Simenon – bass Clash
1956 Kit Hain – vocals Marshall Hain
1956 William Orbit
1961 Nick Beggs – bass Kajagoogoo
1979 Keavy Lynch – vocals B*Witched
1979 Edele Lynch – vocals B*Witched
Deaths
1943 Fats Waller – US jazz pianist
1944 Glenn Miller – US band leader
2001 Rufus Thomas
December 16
Births
1940 Michael Tinsley – Hedgehoppers Anonymous
1945 Tony Hicks – guitar/vocals Hollies
1946 Benny Andersson – vocals/pianist Abba
1949 Billy Gibbons – guitar/vocals ZZ Top
1959 Steve Irvine – drums Lloyd Cole’s Commotions
1968 Christopher Thorn – guitar Blind Melon
1971 Michael McCarey – vocals Boyz II Men
1979 Flo Rida – US rapper
Deaths
1988 Sylvester
2001 Stuart Adamson – vocals/guitar Big Country
2007 Dan Fogelberg – US singer
2013 Ray Price
2017 Keely Smith
2020 Carl Mann
2021 Terry Uttley – Smokie
2021 Wanda Young – Marvelettes
December 17
Births
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven – classical composer
1931 Karl Denver
1936 Tommy Steele
1939 Eddie Kendricks – vocals Temptations
1943 Dave Dee
1947 Simon Bates – UK radio DJ
1948 Darryl Way – violin/piano Curved Air
1949 Paul Rodgers – vocals Bad Company
1955 Linton Beckles – vocals Central Line
1956 Mike Mills – bass REM
1961 Sarah Dallin – vocals Bananarama
1964 Ginger – vocals/guitar Wildhearts
1969 Mickey Quinn – guitar Supergrass
Deaths
1996 Ruby Murray
1999 Grover Washington Jr
2006 Denny Payton – saxophone Dave Clark 5
2010 Captain Beefheart
December 18
Births
1938 Chas Chandler – bass Animals
1943 Keith Richards – guitar Rolling Stones
1948 Buddy Gask – bass Showaddywaddy
1948 Bill Nelson
1950 Martha Johnson – vocals Martha and the Muffins
1950 Randy Castillo – drums Motley Crue/Ozzy Osbourne
1958 Geordie – guitar Killing Joke
1964 Robson Green – UK actor/singer
1966 Steve Dullahan – bass Primitives
1970 DMX – rapper
1972 DJ Lethal – drums Limp Bizkit
1975 Sia
1980 Lindsay Armaou – vocals B*Witched
1980 Christina Aguilera
Deaths
2000 Kirsty MacColl
2000 Clifford T.Ward
2001 Gilbert Becaud
2014 Larry Henley – Newbeats
2019 Kenny Lynch
December 19
Births
1915 Edith Paif – French singer
1940 Phil Ochs – US folk singer
1941 Maurice White – vocals Earth Wind and Fire
1944 Stuart Colman – bass Pinkertons ‘Assort’ Colours/UK producer
1944 Zal Yanovsky – guitar Lovin’ Spooonful
1944 Alvin Lee – guitar/vocals Ten Years After
1946 Jim Kelly – lead guitar Honeybus
1958 Limahl
1964 Mercury Nelson – vocals Force MD’s
1964 Charles Nelson – vocals Force MD’s
1967 Klaus Eichstadt – guitar Ugly Kid Joe
1974 Mige – bass Him
1981 Samuel Bloom – vocals Allstars
1985 Lady Soveign – UK rapper
1987 Aaron Paul Renfree – vocals S Club Juniors
Deaths
1993 Michael Clark – drums Byrds
2000 Pops Staples – vocals Staple Singers
December 20
Births
1939 Kim Weston
1945 Peter Criss – drums Kiss
1947 Gigliola Cinquetti – Italian Eurovision winner 1964
1948 Little Steven Wright – vocals Easybeats
1949 Alan Parsons
1956 Anita Ward
1957 Billy Bragg
1958 Anita Baker
1966 Chris Robinson – vocals Black Crowes
1975 Graham Hopkins – drums Therapy
1990 Jojo – US singer
Deaths
1973 Bobby Darin
2012 Jimmy McCracklin – US blues singer
2020 Chad Stuart – vocals/piano Chad and Jeremy
2021 Paul Mitchell – Floaters
December 21
Births
1937 Gwen McCrae
1940 Frank Zappa
1940 Paula – vocals Paul and Paula
1942 Carla Thomas
1943 Albert Lee – UK guitarist
1946 Carl Wilson – guitar/vocals Beach Boys
1946 Kevin Peek – guitar Sky
1953 Betty Wright – US soul singer
1956 Robert Wilson – bass Gap Band
1964 Christian James – vocals Halo James
1964 Murph – drums Dinosaur Jr/Lemonheads
1970 Delious Kennedy – vocals All-4-One
Deaths
1988 Jean-Paul Jeffreys – bass Cockney Rebel
1998 Karl Denver
December 22
Births
1945 Billie Davis
1946 Rick Nielsen – vocals/guitar Cheap Trick
1948 Noel Edmonds – UK TV/Radio presenter
1948 Alan Williams – guitar/flute Rubettes
1949 Maurice Gibb
1949 Robin Gibb
1957 Ricky Ross – vocals Deacon Blue
1958 Robert Cotton – vocals (UK) Jets
1967 Richie Edwards –guitar Manic Street Preachers
1972 Vanessa Paradis
1981 John McClure – vocals Reverend & The Makers
1989 Jordin Sparks
Deaths
2002 Joe Strummer
2006 Dennis Linde – US singer/songwriter
2014 Joe Cocker
December 23
Births
1929 Chet Baker – US jazz trumpeter
1935 Esther Phillips
1939 Johnny Kidd
1940 Eugene Record – vocals Chi-Lites
1941 Tim Hardin – US songwriter
1948 Jim Pash – Saxophone The Surfaris
1949 Ariel Bender – guitar Mott The Hoople
1958 Dave Murray – guitar Iron Maiden
1960 Will Sinnott – bass Shamen
1964 Eddie Vedder – vocals Pearl Jam
1967 Jamie Murphy – guitar/vocals Space
Deaths
1994 Dan Hamilton – vocals Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds
1996 Ronnie Scott – jazz saxophonist
2007 Oscar Peterson – Canadian composer/bandleader
December 24
Births
1924 Lee Dorsey
1944 Eddie Furey – vocals Fureys
1944 Tab Martin – bass Peddlers
1945 Lemmy – vocals Motorhead
1946 Jan Akkerman – guitar Focus
1947 Paul Shuttleworth – vocals Kursaal Flyers
1962 Darryl Pandy – US House DJ
1971 Ricky Martin
1975 Joe Washbourn – keyboards Toploader
1990 Adam Pitts – drums Lawson
1991 Louis Tomlinson – vocals One Direction
Deaths
2006 Charlie Drake
2016 Rick Parfitt – guitar/vocals Status Quo
2018 Honey Lantree (b: Ann Lantree) – drums Honeycombs
2020 Geoff Stephens – vocals New Vaudeville Band
December 25
Births
1913 Tony Martin – US singer
1929 Chris Kenner – US singer
1929 Billy Horton – vocals Silhouettes
1933 Jerry Merritt – guitar Blue Caps
1937 O’Kelly Isley – vocals Isley Brotherts
1944 Kenny Everett
1944 Henry Vestine – guitar Canned Heat
1944 John Edwards – vocals Detroit Spinners
1945 Noel Redding – bass Jimi Hendrix Experience
1946 Jimmy Buffett – US singer
1952 Desireless
1954 Robin Campbell – guitar UB40
1954 Annie Lennox
1957 Shane MacGowen – vocals Pogues
1958 Alannah Myles
1962 Francis Dunnery – vocals/guitar It Bites
1965 Bob Stanley – keyboards St Etienne
1971 Noel Hogan – guitar Cranberries
1971 Dido
1975 Tyler Stewart – drums Barenaked Ladies
1976 Armin Van Buuren – Dutch DJ
1977 Mariama Goodman – vocals Honeyz
Deaths
1995 Dean Martin
1998 Bryan McLean – guitar/vocals Love
2006 James Brown
2008 Eartha Kitt
2016 George Michael
2021 Janice Long
December 26
Births
1935 Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir – vocals Four Tops
1939 Phil Spector – US producer
1951 Paul Quinn – guitar Saxon
1951 Richard Skinner – Radio DJ
1963 Lars Ulrich – drums Metallica
1992 Jade Thirlwall – vocals Little Mix
Deaths
1999 Curtis Mayfield
2002 Jake Thackray
2007 Joe Dolan – Irish singer
2010 Teena Marie
2012 Fontella Bass
2016 Alphonse Mouzon – US soul drummer
2019 Les Chadwick – bass Gerry and The Pacemakers
December 27
Births
1904 Marlene Dietrich – actress/singer
1931 Scotty Moore – Us guitarist for Elvis Presley
1941 Les Maguire – keyboards Gerry’s Pacemakers
1941 Mike Pinder – keyboards Moody Blues
1943 Roy Austin – guitar Rockin’ Berries
1944 Mick Jones – guitar/vocals Foreigner
1948 Larry Byrom – guitar Steppenwolf
1952 David Knopfler – guitar/vocals Dire Straits
1960 Youth – bass Killing Joke
1972 Matt Slocum – vocals Sixpence None The Richer
1981 Javine – UK singer
1988 Hayley Williams – vocals Paramore
Deaths
1978 Bob Luman – US singer
December 28
Births
1915 Pops Staples – vocals Staple Singers
1928 Bernard Cribbins
1938 Frank Kelly
1943 Chas Hodges – piano/vocals Chas and Dave
1946 Edgar Winter – US pianist/saxophonist
1947 Dick Diamonde – bass Easybeats
1948 Mary Weiss – vocals Shangri-La’s
1950 Alex Chilton – vocals/guitar Box Tops
1951 Gerry Shephard – guitar Glitter Band
1953 Richard Clayderman – French pianist
1956 Nigel Kennnedy – UK violinist
1965 Goldie – UK rapper
1966 Kym Sims
1967 Andy Todd – keyboards Republica
1971 Anita Dells – vocals 2 Unlimited
1978 John Legend – US singer
1981 Frank Turner – UK folk singer
Deaths
1983 Dennis Wilson – drums Beach Boys
2002 Meri Wilson
2015 Guru Josh
2015 Lemmy
2016 Debbie Reynolds
2018 Christine McGuires
December 29
Births
1933 Bernard Cribbins – UK actor/singer
1942 Ray Thomas – flute/saxophone Moody Blues
1943 Barbara Alston – vocals Crystals
1946 Marianne Faithfull
1947 Cozy Powell
1950 Robert Parassi – vocals/guitar Wild Cherry
1951 Yvonne Elliman
1953 Gali Atari – vocals Milk & Honey
1961 Mark Day – guitar Happy Mondays
1961 Jim Reid – vocals/guitar Jesus and Mary Chain
1963 Alex Gifford – saxophone Propellerheads
1966 Dexter Holland – vocals/guitar Offspring
1970 Aled Jones
Deaths
1980 Tim Hardin – US songwriter
1996 Jerry Knight – vocals/bass Raydio
2009 Jimmy Sullivan – drums Avenged Sevenfold
2011 Bobby Purify – vocals James and Bobby Purify
2019 Norma Tanega
2019 Neil Innes – vocals Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band
2020 Phyllis McGuire (McGuire Sisters)
2021 John Hartman – drums Doobie Brothers
December 30
Births
1928 Bo Diddley
1931 Skeeter Davis
1933 Andy Stewart
1934 Del Shannon
1939 Viola Wills
1942 Mike Nesmith – guitar Monkees
1945 Davy Jones – vocals Monkees
1946 Patti Smith – US singer
1947 Jeff Lynne – vocals/guitar E.L.O
1950 Dave Stewart – UK piano (not Eurythmics guitarist)
1959 Tracy Ullman
1969 Jason Kay – vocals Jamiroquai
1970 Sister Bliss – keyboard Faithless
1986 Ellie Goulding – UK Singer
1988 Leon Jackson
Deaths
1998 Johnny Moore – vocals Drifters
2010 Bobby Farrell – vocals Boney M
December 31
Births
1939 John Alford – vocals Allisons
1942 Andy Summers – guitar Police
1943 John Denver
1943 Pete Quaife – bass Kinks
1946 Reperata (b: Mary Aiese)
1946 Ruby Winters
1947 Burton Cummings – keyboard/vocals Guess Who
1948 Donna Summer
1951 Tom Hamilton – bass Aerosmith
1961 Scott Taylor – guitar Then Jericho
1963 Scott Ian – guitar Anthrax
1973 Joey McIntyre – vocals New Kids On The Block
1977 PSY
1989 Andrew Taggart – Chainsmokers
Deaths
1985 Rick Nelson
1986 Miki Zone – vocals Man 2 Man
1997 Floyd Cramer – US pianist
2000 Edna Savage – UK singer
2015 Natalie Cole
2018 Ray Sawyer – Dr Hook