August 1
Births
1930 Lionel Bart
1942 Jerry Garcia – vocals/guitar Grateful Dead
1943 Geoff Britton – drums East Of Eden
1946 Boz Burrell – bass King Crimson/Bad Company
1947 Rick Coonce – drums Grass Roots
1948 Cub Koda – vocals Browsville Station
1953 Robert Cray – US blues guitarist
1958 Robert Buck – guitar 10,000 Maniacs
1959 Joe Elliot – vocals Def Leppard
1960 Chuck D – rapper Public Enemy
1960 Suzi Gardner – guitar L7
1963 Coolio
1964 Adam Duritz – vocals Counting Crows
1964 Nick Christian Sayer – guitar Transvision Vamp
1966 Jeff Buckley
1969 Jay Hurren – keyboards E-Z Rollers
1970 Kenwyn House – guitar Reef
1976 Jonathan Wilkes – UK TV presenter/singer
1981 Ashley Parker – vocals O-Town
Deaths
1964 Johnny Burnette
2009 Andy Parle – drums Space
2015 Cilla Black
August 2
Births
1939 Edward Patten – vocals Gladys Knight’s Pips
1939 William Savich – drums Johnny & The Hurricanes
1941 Doris Kenner – vocals Shirelles
1944 Jim Capaldi – drums Traffic
1948 Andy Fairweather-Lowe – vocals Amen Corner
1949 Fat Larry
1950 Ted Turner – guitar Wishbone Ash
1951 Andrew Gold
1951 Steve Hillage – guitar Gong
1953 Clive Wright –guitar Cock Robin
1953 Donnie Monro – guitar/vocals Runrig
1961 Pete De Freitas – drums Echo and Bunnymen
1962 Lee Mavers – vocals/guitar LA’s
1965 Al Macaulay – drums Tindersticks
1968 Jack Reiss – rapper Twenty 4 Seven
1968 Boris Dlugosch
1970 Zelma Davis – vocals C&C Music Factory
1989 Jonas Blue
1992 Chari XCX
Deaths
1921 Enrico Caruso – Italian Tenor
2000 Jerome Smith – guitar KC and The Sunshine Band
2009 Billy Lee Riley – Sun rockabilly singer
2012 Jimmy Jones
August 3
Births
1926 Tony Bennett
1938 Terry Wogan
1938 Gene Bricker – tenor Marcels
1939 Roy C
1941 Beverly Lee – vocals Shirelles
1949 B.B.Dickerson – bass War
1951 John Graham – guitar Earth Wind and Fire
1953 Iain Bairnson – guitar Pilot
1956 Kirk Brandon – vocals/guitar Theatre Of Hate/Spear Of Destiny
1963 James Hetfield – vocals Metallica
1963 Tasmin Archer – UK singer
1966 Brian Bateman – guitar Railway Children
1966 Sean Sams – keyboards Lonestar
1967 Skin – vocals Skunk Anansie
1971 DJ Spinderella – rapper Salt ‘N’ Pepa
1971 Gina G
1985 Holly Blake – vocals Dream
Deaths
1983 James Jamerson – bass Funk Brothers
1992 Don Lang
2003 Don Estelle
2006 Arthur Lee – vocals/guitar Love
2008 Louis Teicher – piano Ferrante and Teicher
2010 Bobby Hebb
August 4
Births
1901 Louis Armstrong
1919 Ken Mackintosh – UK saxophonist
1939 Frankie Ford
1939 Big Dee Irwin
1940 Larry Knechtel – piano Bread
1940 Timi Yuro
1943 David Carr – keyboards Fortunes
1946 Ray Scragg – vocals/guitar Dennisons
1947 Paul Layton – bass New Seekers
1947 Klaus Schulze – piano Tangerine Dream
1951 Roy Flowers – drums Sweet Sensation
1952 Maire Brennan – vocals Clannad
1954 Raphael Ravenscroft – saxophone on Baker Street
1958 Ian Broudie – vocals/guitar Lightning Seeds
1960 Graham Massey – keyboards 808 State
1962 Paul Reynolds – guitar/vocals A Flock Of Seagulls
1963 Sam Yaffa – bass Hanoi Rocks
1968 Rob Cieka – drums Boo Radleys
1969 Max Cavalera – vocals/guitar Sepultura
1973 Taj Jackson – vocals 3T
1981 Marques Houston – US R&B singer
1988 Tom Parker – vocals Wanted
Deaths
1991 Jeri Southern
1997 Steve O’Donnell – guitar Starturn On 45 Pints
2005 Little Milton
2007 Lee Hazelwood
2014 Jake Hooker (b: Jerry Mamberg) – guitar Arrows
August 5
Births
1926 Jeri Southern
1942 Rick Huxley – bass Dave Clarke 5
1943 Sammi Smith – US country singer
1947 Rick Derringer – vocals/guitar McCoys
1953 Samantha Sang
1959 Pete Burns – vocals Dead Or Alive
1963 Mike Nocito – keyboards Johnny Hates Jazz
1966 Jennifer Finch – bass L7
1967 Adam Yauch – vocals Beastie Boys
1973 Donna Lewis – Welsh singer
1975 Dan Hipgrave – guitar Toploader
Deaths
1955 Carmen Miranda
1962 Marilyn Monroe
1992 Jeff Porcaro – drums Toto
1993 Randy Hobbs – bass McCoys
2013 George Duke
2022 Judith Durham
August 6
Births
1922 Andy Warhol – US pop artist
1939 Mike Sarne
1939 Mike Elliot – saxophone Foundations
1952 Pat McDonald – vocals Timbuk 3
1958 Randy DeBarge – bass DeBarge
1959 Joyce Sims
1963 Jamie Kensit – guitar 8th Wonder
1968 Debbie Smith – guitar Echobelly
1969 Elliott Smith – US singer
1972 Geri Halliwell
1976 Bob Fairfoul – bass Idlewild
Deaths
1994 Domenico Modugno – Italian singer
2001 Larry Adler – US harmonica player
2004 Rick James
2009 Mink Deville
2012 Marvin Hamlisch
2020 Wayne Fontana
August 7
Births
1926 Stan Freberg – US parody singer
1928 Herb Reed – vocals Platters
1928 Marcello Minerbi – Italian Orchestra leader
1936 Charles Pope – vocals Tams
1942 B.J. Thomas
1945 Kerry Chater – bass Union Gap
1949 Tim Renwick – guitar Quiver
1952 Andy Fraser – vocals/keyboards Free
1952 Alexie Sayle
1958 Bruce Dickinson – vocals Iron Maiden
1960 Jacqui O’Sullivan – vocals Bananarama
1964 Ian Dench – guitar EMF
1965 Raul Malo – vocals Mavericks
1966 Kristin Hersh
1974 Dana Dawson
Deaths
1957 Oliver Hardy
1978 Eddie Calvert
1984 Esther Phillips
2016 Ruby Winters
August 8
Births
1933 Joe Tex
1938 Connie Stevens
1942 Jay David – drums Dr Hook
1942 Johnny Gustafson – vocals Merseybeats
1944 John Renbourn – guitar/sitar Pentangle
1949 Airrion Love – vocals Stylistics
1956 David Grant
1956 Ali Score – drums A Flock Of Seagulls
1957 Dennis Drew – organ 10,000 Maniacs
1958 Chris Forman – guitar Madness
1959 Rikki Rockett – drums Poison
1961 The Edge – guitar U2
1968 Huey Morgan – vocals Fun Lovin’ Criminals
1974 Brian Harvey – vocals East 17
1975 Taryll Jackson – vocals 3T
1976 Joshua Chasez – vocals N’Sync
1976 Drew – vocals 98o
1981 Bradley McIntosh – vocals S Club 7
1981 Vanessa Amorosi
1984 Sharon Muscat – vocals Sister2Sister
1998 Shawn Mendes
Deaths
1975 Cannonball Adderley – US jazz musician
2017 Glen Campbell
2022 Olivia Newton-John
August 9
Births
1919 Edmund Hockridge – Canadian singer
1939 Billy Henderson – tenor vocals Detroit Spinners
1944 Viv Prince – drums Pretty Things
1946 Marinus Gerriden – bass Golden Earring
1946 John Parry – vocals Pasadena Roof Orchestra
1947 Benjamin Orr – vocals/bass Cars
1947 Barbara Mason – US soul singer
1959 Kurtis Blow
1960 Aimee Mann
1963 Whitney Houston
1963 Stevie Vincent – vocals Adventures Of Stevie V
Deaths
1973 Donald Peers
1975 Dmitri Shostakovich
1990 Brandon Mitchell rapper Wreckx-N-Effects
1996 Jerry Garcia – guitar Grateful Dead
1998 Bobby McBay – banjo Texas Playboys
2002 Paul Samson – vocals Samson
2016 Padraig Duggan – mandolion Clannad
2022 Lamont Dozier – US singer/songwriter
August 10
Births
1922 Al Alberts – vocals Four Aces
1928 Jimmy Dean
1928 Eddie Fisher
1940 Bobby Hatfield – vocals Righteous Brothers
1943 Ronnie Spector – vocals Ronettes
1946 Mick Clarke – bass Rubettes
1947 Ian Anderson – vocals/flute Jethro Tull
1948 Patti Austin
1949 Andy Cresswell Davis – keyboards Korgis
1959 Mark Price – drums All About Eve
1961 Jon Farriss – drums INXS
1962 Julia Fordham – vocals Go-Go’s
1964 Aaron Hall
1965 Chris Goodwin – drums High
1966 Teddy Riley – vocals Guy/Blackstreet
1967 Lorraine Pearson – vocals Five Star
1968 Michael Bivins – vocals New Edition/Bell Biv Devoe
1968 Leigh Marklew – bass Terrorvision
1969 Capital Q – rapper Dream Warriors
Deaths
2008 Isaac Hayes
2010 Dana Dawson
2013 Eydie Gorme
August 11
Births
1942 Mike Hugg – drums Manfred Mann
1943 Michael James Kale – bass Guess Who
1943 Dennis Payton – saxophone Dave Clarke 5
1947 Bill Hurd – keyboards Rubettes
1949 Eric Carmen
1950 Erik Braun – guitar Iron Butterfly
1954 Joe Jackson
1954 Bryan Bassett – guitar Wild Cherry
1957 Richie Ramone
1958 Jah Wobble
1959 Alan Frew – vocals Glass Tiger
1960 Paul Gandler – guitar Modern Romance
1964 Hamish Seeloghan – vocals Pasadenas
1970 Andy Bell – guitar/vocals Ride
1972 Aisling Reynolds – vocals Reynolds Girls
1978 Andrez – vocals Damage
1978 Chris Kelly – vocals Kris Kross
1981 Sandi Thom
Deaths
2011 Jani Lane – vocals Warrant
2020 Trini Lopez
August 12
Births
1927 Porter Wagoner – US country singer
1929 Buck Owens
1941 Craig Douglas
1941 Larry Troutman – Zapp
1943 Lesley Duncan
1943 Edwin Hawkins
1947 Ian Rilen – bass Rose Tattoo
1948 Ron Mael – Sparks
1949 Mark Knopfler – guitar Dire Straits
1950 Kid Creole
1954 Pat Metheny – US jazz guitarist
1958 Jorgen Dehmel – bass Nena
1961 Roy Hay – guitar Culture Club
1962 Bragi Olaffson – bass Sugarcubes
1963 Sir Mix-A-Lot
1968 Paul Tucker – keyboards Lighthouse Family
1969 Tanita Tikarum
1976 Linde – guitar Him
Deaths
1985 Kyu Sakamoto
2009 Les Paul
August 13
Births
1921 Jimmy McCracklin – US blues singer
1926 Tony Brent
1930 Solomon King
1940 Sean James Stoker – bass Bachelors
1946 Frank Morin – horns Sir Douglas Quintet
1949 Cliff Fish – bass Paper Lace
1950 Pluto Shervington
1951 Dan Fogelberg – US singer
1958 Feargal Sharkey
1959 Mark Nevin – guitar Fairground Attraction
1964 Glen Johansson – guitar Echobelly
1969 Tal Bachman
1976 Roddy Woomble – vocals Idlewild
1988 MO
Deaths
1982 Joe Tex
1988 Roy Buchanan
1998 Eve Boswell
2005 Peaches – Peaches & Herb
2013 Allen Lanier – keyboards/guitar Blue Oyster Cult
2013 Jon Brookes – drums Charlatans
2021 Nanci Griffith
August 14
Births
1926 Buddy Greco
1940 Dash Seals – drummer Champs
1940 Dave Crosby – vocals/guitar Byrds
1940 Lionel Morton – vocals/rhythm guitar Four Pennies
1942 Gil Bridges – saxophone Rare Earth
1944 Bob Conrad – drums Mojos
1946 Larry Graham – bass Sly and Family Stone
1947 George Newsome – drums Climax Blues Band
1947 Maddy Prior –vocals Steeleye Span
1948 Bruce Thomas – bass Quiver/Elvis Costello’s Attractions
1953 James Horner – US composer/conductor
1956 Sharon Bryant – vocals Atlantic Starr
1960 Sarah Brightman
1963 Jez Willis – keyboards Utah Saints
1965 Mark Collins – guitar Charlatans
1966 Tanya Donelly – guitar/vocals Throwing Muses/Breeders
1974 Ana Matronic – vocals Scissor Sisters
1977 Ed Harcourt – UK singer/songwriter
Deaths
1958 Big Bill Broonzy – US blues singer
1988 Robert Calvert – poet/vocals Hawkwind
1992 Tony Williams – vocals Platters
2008 Lita Roza
2020 Pete Way – bass UFO
August 15
Births
1925 Oscar Peterson – Canadian composer/bandleader
1931 Paul McDowell – vocals Temperance Seven
1933 Bobby Helms – US country singer
1933 Floyd Ashton – vocals Tams
1934 Bobby Byrd – vocals James Brown’s Famous Flames
1935 Jim Dale – UK actor/singer
1938 Stix Hooper – drums Crusaders
1938 Shirley Palmer – vocals Kaye Sisters
1942 Peter York – drums Spencer Davis Group
1944 Frederick Knight – US soul singer
1946 Jimmy Webb
1948 Patsy Gallant
1950 Billy Griffin – vocals Miracles
1951 Bobby Caldwell – US singer/guitarist/pianist
1958 Julie Harris – Tight Fit
1961 Matt Johnson – guitar The The
1962 Marsha Schofield – keyboards The Fall
1963 Lady Miss Kier – vocals Deee-lite
1972 Mikey Graham – vocals Boyzone
1974 Spike Dawbarn – vocals 911
Deaths
1984 Norman Petty
2010 Robert Wilson – bass Gap Band
August 16
Births
1915 Al Hibbler
1922 Ernie Freeman – piano B Bumble and The Stingers
1923 Johnny Reed – vocals Orioles
1928 Eydie Gorme
1934 Ketty Lester
1942 Robert Lester – tenor vocals Chi-Lites
1944 Kevin Ayers – bass Soft Machine
1945 Gordon Fleet – drums Easybeats
1946 Sheila – vocals B Devotion
1948 Barry Hay – vocals/flute Golden Earring
1953 James JT Taylor – vocals Kool and The Gang
1957 Tim Farriss – guitar INXS
1958 Madonna
1967 McRemedee – rapper Cookie Crew
1968 LL Cool J
1972 Emily Erwin – vocals Dixie Chicks
1980 Vanessa Carlton
Deaths
1938 Robert Johnson – US blues singer
1977 Elvis Presley
2000 Alan Caddy – guitar Tornados
2008 Ronnie Drew – vocals/guitar The Dubliners
2010 Ronnie Black – Lord Rockingham’s XI
2018 Aretha Franklin
August 17
Births
1926 George Melly – UK jazz musician
1933 Mark Dinning – US singer
1947 Gary Tally – guitar Box Tops
1949 Sib Hashian – drums Boston
1953 Kevin Rowland – vocals Dexys Midnight Runners
1955 Colin Moulding – bass XTC
1958 Belinda Carlisle
1960 Lisa Coleman – vocals Wendy and Lisa
1964 Maria McKee
1965 Steve Gorman – drums Black Crowes
1969 Posdnuos – rapper De La Soul
1969 Donnie Wahlberg – vocals New Kids On The Block
1974 Mark Baron – vocals Another Level
1977 Claire Richards – vocals Steps
1980 Lene Marlin
Deaths
1973 Paul Williams – vocals Temptations
August 18
Births
1934 Ronnie Carroll
1939 Johnny Preston
1943 Carl Wayne – vocals Move/late Hollies
1945 Sarah Dash – vocals Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells
1945 Nona Hendryx – vocals Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells
1945 Barbara Harris – vocals Toys
1950 Dennis Elliot – drums Foreigner
1952 Patrick Swayze – US actor/singer
1953 Marvin Isley – bass Isley Brothers
1957 Ron Stryker – guitar Men At Work
1967 Tracy Tracy – vocals Primitives
1967 Dan Peters – drums Mudhoney
1969 Everlast
1971 Aphex Twin
1983 Mika
Deaths
2003 Tony Jackson – bass Searchers
2004 Elmer Bernstein – US film composer
August 19
Births
1939 Ginger Baker – drums Cream
1940 Johnny Nash
1940 Roger Cook
1943 Billy J. Kramer
1943 Don Fardon
1945 Ian Gillan – vocals Deep Purple
1948 Elliot Lurie – guitar Looking Glass
1951 John Deacon – bass Queen
1963 Joey Tempest – vocals Europe
1966 Lee Ann Womack – US country singer
1969 Nate Dogg – US rapper
1970 MC Eric – rapper Technotronic
1980 Darius Danesh
1986 Christina Perri – US singer
1989 Lil’ Romeo – US Rapper
Deaths
2001 Betty Everett
2012 Scott McKenzie
August 20
Births
1923 Jim Reeves
1937 Clem Cattini – UK session drummer
1940 John Lantree – bass Honeycombs
1941 Dave Brock – guitar/vocals Hawkwind
1942 Isaac Hayes
1946 Ralf Hutter – Kraftwerk
1947 Jim Pankow – trombone Chicago
1948 Robert Plant
1949 Phil Lynott
1952 Doug Fieger – vocals Knack
1955 Mike McKenzie – bass Child
1965 Jay Supreme – rapper Culture Beat
1966 Dimebag Darrell – guitar Pantera
1970 Fred Durst – vocals Limp Bizkit
1979 Jamie Cullum
Deaths
2009 Larry Knechtel – piano Bread
2017 Jerry Lewis
2020 Frankie Banali – drums Quiet Riot
August 21
Births
1904 Count Basie – US jazz pianist
1938 Kenny Rogers
1938 Ernie Maresca – US singer
1939 Harold Reid – Statler Brothers
1941 Tom Coster – piano Santana
1944 Jackie De Shannon – US singer/songwriter
1952 Joe Strummer – vocals Clash
1952 Glenn Hughes – bass Deep Purple
1954 Nick Kane – guitar Mavericks
1954 Steve Smith – drums Journey
1957 Budgie – drums Siouxsie and the Banshees
1957 Kim Sledge – vocals Sister Sledge
1958 Kate Robbins
1961 David Morales
1968 Dina Carroll
1971 Liam Howlett – keyboards Prodigy
1972 Alistair Begg – vocals Bad Boys Inc
1979 Kelis
Deaths
2009 Johnny Carter – vocals Dells / Flamingos
2021 Bob Fish – vocals Darts
2021 Don Everly
August 22
Births
1862 Claude Debussy – classical composer
1917 John Lee Hooker
1926 Honor Blackman
1942 Carl Mann
1945 Ron Dante – vocals Archiess
1946 Gary Withem – keyboards Union Gap
1953 Evelyn Thomas
1957 Michael Aston – vocals Gene Loves Jezebel
1958 Ian Mitchell – bass Bay City Rollers
1958 Vernon Reid – guitar Living Colour
1961 Roland Orzabal – guitar/keyboards Tears For Fears
1961 Debbie Peterson – drums Bangles
1963 James DeBarge – keyboards DeBarge
1963 Tori Amos
1966 GZA – Wu Tang Clan
1967 Layne Staley – vocals Alice In Chains
1969 Steve Craddock – guitar Ocean Colour Scene
1973 Beenie Man
1973 Howie Dorough – vocals Backstreet Boys
1980 John Martin
1995 Dua Lipa
Deaths
2006 Bruce Gary – drums The Knack
2018 Ed King – guitar Strawberry Alarm Clock/bass Lynard Skynyrd
2021 Brian Travers – saxophone UB40
August 23
Births
1912 Gene Kelly
1938 Mick Burt – drums Chas and Dave
1941 Pete Shannon – bass Nashville Teens
1942 Roger Greenaway
1945 Rita Pavone – Italian singer
1946 Keith Moon – drums The Who
1947 Stan Haywood – keyboards New Vaudeville Band
1949 Rick Springfield – US singer
1951 Jimi Jamison – vocals Survivor
1955 Marion Valentino – vocals/guitar Doll
1957 Bobby G – vocals Bucks Fizz
1959 Edwyn Collins – vocals Orange Juice
1961 Dean DeLeo – guitar Stone Temple Pilots
1962 Shaun Ryder – vocals Happy Mondays
1979 Rich Neville – vocals 5ive
1984 Sharon Muscat – vocals Sister2Sister
1986 Skyblu – vocals LMFAO
Deaths
2013 David Garrick – UK singer
August 24
Births
1924 Louis Teicher – piano Ferrante and Teicher
1936 Mason Williams
1942 Jimmy Soul
1944 James Brady – vocals Sandpipers
1945 Malcolm Duncan – saxophone Average White Band
1945 Ken Hensley – piano Uriah Heep
1948 Jean Michel Jarre
1951 Mike Derosier – drums Heart
1956 Matt Aitken
1957 Jeffrey Daniels – vocals Shalamar
1961 Mark Bedford – bass Madness
1961 Colin Angus – keyboards Shamen
1963 Peter Garnefski – keyboards Doop
1964 Tony Di Bart
1968 Andreas Kisser – guitar Sepultura
Deaths
1978 Louis Prima – US singer/trumpeter
2021 Charlie Watts
August 25
Births
1950 Gene Simmons – bass Kiss
1951 Rob Halford – vocals Judas Priest
1951 James Warren – vocals Korgis
1954 Elvis Costello
1955 Frank Sidebottom – vocals Freshies
1961 Billy Ray Cyrus
1963 Candida Doyle – keyboards Pulp
1965 Nigel Durham – drums Saxon
1966 Terminator X – rapper Public Enemy
1969 Erik Dahlgren – guitar Wannadies
1969 Luke Scott – guitar Babybird
1981 Rik Waller
1987 Amy Macdonald
1988 Alexandra Burke
Deaths
1999 Rob Fisher – keyboards Climie Fisher
2000 Jack Nitzsche
2001 Aaliyah
August 26
Births
1938 Jet Black – drums Stranglers
1940 Nik Turner – saxophone Hawkwind
1941 Chris Curtis – vocals/drums Searchers
1946 Valerie Simpson – vocals Ashford and Simpson
1957 John O’Neill – guitar Undertones
1957 Dr Alban
1965 Annie Holland – bass Elastica
1966 Dan Vickrey – guitar Counting Crows
1966 Shirley Manson – vocals Garbage
1969 Adrian Young – drums No Doubt
1979 Donna R – guitar The Donnas
1990 Lil’ Chris
Deaths
1995 Ronnie White – vocals Miracles
2004 Laura Branigan
2009 Ellie Greenwich
August 27
Births
1942 Captain – vocals/piano Captain and Tennille
1944 Tim Bogert – bass Vanilla Fudge
1945 Malcolm Allured – drums Showaddywaddy
1950 Mink Deville
1952 Laurie Wisefield – guitar Wishbone Ash
1953 Alex Lifeson – vocals/guitar Rush
1956 Glen Matlock – bass Sex Pistols
1961 Anna Maria – vocals Mobiles
1965 Rebel MC
1970 Tony Kanal – bass No Doubt
1982 Duke Dumont
1986 Mario
Deaths
1967 Brian Epstein – Beatles Manager
1990 Stevie Ray Vaughan – US guitarist
1995 Big Dee Irwin – US singer
2008 Jez Bird – vocals Lambrettas
August 28
Births
1942 Ken Andrew – drums Middle Of The Road
1943 David Soul
1943 Honey Lantree – drums Honeycombs
1944 Dan Seraphin – drums Chicago
1945 Hugh Cornwell – guitar/vocals Stranglers
1949 Martin Lamble – original drummer Fairport Convention
1951 Wayne Osmond – vocals Osmonds
1961 Kim Appleby
1965 Shania Twain
1982 LeAnn Rimes
Deaths
1999 Wee Willie Williams – guitar Gene Vincent’s Bluecaps
August 29
Births
1918 Mrs Mills
1920 Charlie Parker
1924 Dinah Washington
1940 Johnny Paris – Saxophone Johnny & The Hurricanes
1942 Sterling Morrison – guitar Velevet Underground
1943 Dick Halligan – piano Blood Sweat and Tears
1945 Chris Copping – bass Procol Harum
1947 Tony Eyers – keyboards 5000 Volts
1958 Michael Jackson
1958 Lenny Henry
1959 Eddi Reader
1963 Elizabeth Fraser – vocals Cocteau Twins
1965 Pebbles
1969 Me’Shell Ndegeocello
1971 Alex Griffin – bass Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
1980 David Desrosiers – bass Simple Plan
1993 Liam Payne – vocals One Direction
Deaths
1976 Jimmy Reed – US blues singer
1987 Lee Marvin – US actor/singer
2009 Simon Dee – Radio DJ
August 30
Births
1935 John Phillips – vocals/guitar Mamas and Papas
1939 John Peel
1941 John McNally – guitar Searchers
1950 Micky Moody – guitar Juicy Lucy
1951 Dana
1952 Kenny Andrews – vocals Darts
1958 Martin Jackson – drums Swing Out Sister
1961 Denise Gyngell – Tight Fit
1966 Peter Cunnah – vocals D:Ream
1973 Richard Cronin – vocals LFO
Deaths
1995 Sterling Morrison – guitar Velvet Underground
August 31
Births
1939 Jerry Allison – drums Crickets
1939 Harold Wilson Reid – vocals Statler Brothers
1940 Wilton Felder – Crusaders
1945 Van Morrison
1948 Rudolph Schenker – guitar Scorpions/Michael Schenker group
1957 Glen Tilbrook – guitar/vocals Squeeze
1957 Jenny McKeown – vocals Belle Stars
1957 Gina Schock – drums Go-Go’s
1958 Derek Dunbar – vocals Jimmy the Hoover
1967 Gerard Love – bass Teenage Fanclub
1970 Debbie Gibson
1977 Del Marquis – guitar Scissor Sisters
Deaths
2004 Carl Wayne – vocals The Move
2004 Joe Barry – US singer
2012 Max Bygraves
2015 Joy Beverley – vocals Beverley Sisters