Musicians Born in 1933

Feb 8 Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano (1953-96), born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands [1]
Feb 9 Maria Dybbro, Danish jazz saxophonist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Feb 10 Don Wilson, American rock guitarist (The Ventures - "Hawaii 5-0 Theme"; "Walk, Don't Run"), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2022)
Feb 14 Andrey Mikhaylovich Volkonsky, Russian composer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2008)
Feb 14 Bertram Turetzky, American classical, jazz, klezmer double bassist, composer, pedagogue, and author (The Contemporary Contrabass), born in Norwich, Connecticut

Yoko Ono (91 years old)

Feb 18 Japanese artist, poet, singer, and second wife of John Lennon, born in Tokyo, Empire of Japan [1]

Feb 20 Charles Kynard, American soul, jazz, and funk Hammond B-3 organ player ("Reelin' With The Feelin'"), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1979)
Feb 20 Jan Henrik Kayser, Norwegian concert pianist (Grieg Prize, 1978), born in Bergen, Norway (d. 2016)
Feb 21 Bob Rafelson, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Monkees), and film maker (Five Easy Pieces; Easy Rider; Head), born in New York City (d. 2022)

Feb 21 American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and civil rights activist (“Mississippi Goddam”; “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”, “Feeling Good”; “Wild Is The Wind”), born in Tryon, North Carolina

Feb 22 Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador Jr.], American R&B singer ("Mother-in-Law"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)
Feb 22 Louise Lopez, American disco singer (Odyssey -"Native New Yorker"; "Use It Up And Wear It Out"), born in Connecticut (d. 2015)
Feb 24 David "Fathead" Newman, American jazz saxophonist (Ray Charles - "The Right Time"), born in Corsicana, Texas (d. 2009)
Feb 26 George Tindley, American soul singer and songwriter (The Dreams; The Red Caps), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1996)
Mar 1 István Láng, Hungarian composer (Impulsioni), and pedagogue, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2023)
Mar 3 Marco Antonio Muñoz, Mexican Latin pop singer (Que Murmurmen; Escandallo), and actor (Sinful), born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Mar 4 Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], Dutch jazz singer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
Mar 4 Leon Wildes, American immigration attorney (successfully defended John Lennon against US government deportation efforts), born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania (d. 2024) [1]
Mar 5 Norbert Linke, German composer, music educator, and musicologist, born in Ścinawa, Province of Lower Silesia, Prussia (d. 2020)
Mar 5 Tommy Tucker [Robert Higginbotham], American R&B singer-songwriter, and piano player ("Hi-Heel Sneakers"), born in Springfield, Ohio (d. 1982)
Mar 6 (Dorothy) "Dolly" Collins, English folk musician, arranger, pianist, and composer, born in Hastings, Sussex, England (d. 1995)
Mar 8 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, born in Kilgore, Texas (d. 1986)
Mar 9 Anatoly Kremer, Russian composer and conductor (Eksperiment), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2015)
Mar 9 Lloyd Price, American R&B singer ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy"; "Stagger Lee"; "Personality"), born in Kenner, Louisiana (d. 2021) [1]
Mar 9 W. Francis McBeth, American composer (Of Sailors and Whales), conductor, and pedagogue (Ouachita Baptist University, 1957-96), born in Ropesville, Texas (d. 2012)
Mar 10 Bernadetta Matuszczak, Polish composer (Diary of a Fool; Apocalypsis According to St. John), born in Toruń, Poland (d. 2021)
Mar 10 Ralph Emery, American country music DJ and television host (Nashville Now), born in McEwen, Tennessee (d. 2022)
Mar 13 Mike Stoller, American composer (Lieber & Stoller - Hound Dog; Charlie Brown; Jailhouse Rock; Ben E. King - Stand By Me), born in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York

Quincy Jones Jr (91 years old)

Mar 14 American jazz trumpeter. composer, arranger, record producer (Michael Jackson; Frank Sinatra; "We Are The World"), and film producer (The Color Purple), born in Chicago, Illinois

Mar 15 Ronald Roseman, American oboist, composer, and music professor, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2000)
Mar 18 Dayton "Bones" Howe, American record producer and sound engineer (The 5th Dimension; The Association; Tom Waits), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 20 Jacques Guyonnet, Swiss composer, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2018)
Mar 23 Dave Frishberg, American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist ("I'm Just A Bill"; "Van Lingle Mungo"), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 2021)
Mar 23 Norman Bailey, British operatic bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2021)
Mar 24 David Harries, Welsh composer (Epithalamium), born in Portsmouth, England (d. 2003)
Mar 25 (Charles William) "Wee Willie" Harris, English singer known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll", born in Bermondsey, England (d. 2023)
Mar 28 (Vincente) "Tete" Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1997)
Apr 4 Seóirse Bodley, Irish composer and professor of music (University College Dublin), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 8 Jaroslav Smolka, Czech composer (Metamorfosi), music director, dramaturge, pedagogue, and musicologist, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
Apr 10 Philip Corner, American composer, born in New York City
Apr 10 Rokusuke Ei, Japanese author and lyricist (Sukiyaki), born in Asakusa, Tokyo (d. 2016)
Apr 12 Montserrat Caballé, Spanish bel canto operatic soprano, and unlikely pop star (with Freddie Mercury - "Barcelona"), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2018)
Apr 13 Shani Wallis, Irish-American singer and actress (Oliver!), born in Tottenham, Middlesex, England
Apr 14 Morton Subotnick, American electronic music composer (Silver Apples of the Moon; A Sky of Cloudless Sulphur), born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 15 Roy Clark, American country and bluegrass singer, guitarist, and banjo player (Hee Haw; The Tonight Show), born in Meherrin, Virginia (d. 2018)
Apr 16 Perry Botkin Jr, American arranger, composer ("Nadia's Theme"), and producer (Incredible Bongo Band), born in New York City (d. 2021)
Apr 21 Ian Carr, Scottish jazz musician (Nucleus), born in Dumfries, Scotland (d. 2009)
Apr 24 Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter ("Cry to Me"), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2007)
Apr 25 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber & Stoller - "Hound Dog"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Is That All There Is?"), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2011)
Apr 26 Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish opera composer and arts administrator (Finnish National Opera, 1984-92), born in Helsinki, Finland
Apr 27 Calvin Newborn, American R&B and jazz guitarist, born in Whiteville, Tennessee (d. 2018)
Apr 28 Karl Heinz Wahren, German pianist and composer, born in Bonn, Germany
Apr 28 Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, American jazz drummer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1994)
Apr 29 Darijan Božič, Slovenian composer and conductor, born in Slavonski Brod, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2018)
Apr 29 Raymond Hill, American tenor saxophonist (Kings of Rhythm), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 1996)
Apr 29 Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter ("Love's Been Good to Me"; "Jean"; "Without A Worry In The World"), and poet (Lonesome Cities), born in Oakland, California (d. 2015)

Willie Nelson (90 years old)

Apr 29 American country singer-songwriter ("Crazy"; "On the Road Again"), born in Abbott, Texas

May 2 Bunk Gardner [John Guarnera], American saxophone and woodwind player (Mothers Of Invention), born in Cleveland, Ohio

James Brown (1933-2006)

May 3 American R&B, gospel, soul and funk singer-songwriter known as 'The Godfather of Soul' ("Sex Machine"; "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"; "Hot Pants"), born in Barnwell, South Carolina

May 7 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, born near Malishevë, Kosovo (d. 2020)
May 11 Carlos Lyra, Brazilian bossa nova guitarist and singer-songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2023) [1]
May 12 (Antoni) "Ton" Hartsuiker, Dutch pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 2015)
May 13 Alden Ashforth, American composer and professor of ethno-musicology, born in New York City (d. 2016)
May 13 Stig Gustav Schonberg, Swedish composer and organist, born in Västra Husby, Sweden
May 14 Frank Harte, Irish traditional singer and song collector, born in Chapelizod, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2005)
May 21 Gene “Joe” Byrd, American jazz bassist (Charlie Byrd Trio), born in Chuckatuck, Virginia (d. 2012)
May 21 Maurice André, French classical trumpeter and baroque revivalist, born in Alès, France (d. 2012)
May 22 Don Estelle [Ronald Edwards], British actor and singer (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in Crumpsall, Lancashire (d. 2003)
May 23 Gary Burden, American artist and pioneer of album cover art (Neil Young; Graham Nash; The Doors), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
May 23 John Browning, American pianist (Leventritt Award, 1956), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2003)
May 29 Helmuth Rilling, German conductor (founder of the Gächinger Kantorei), born in Stuttgart, Germany
Jun 2 Bob Rozario, American pianist (Louis Prima), and orchestra leader (Bobby Darin; Tony Orlando; Donny & Marie), born in Shanghai, China (d. 2013)
Jun 15 Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer ("Marianne"), born in Pola, Istria, Italy (now Croatia) (d. 2005)
Jun 17 Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor, born in Le Touquet, France (d. 1982)
Jun 18 Colin Brumby, Australian composer (Fibonacci Variations), conductor (Queensland Opera, 1968-71), and educator, born in Melbourne (d. 2018)
Jun 18 [Charles] Tommy Hunt, American soul singer (Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes For You"; "Lovers Never Say Goodbye"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jun 20 Danny Aiello, American stage and screen actor (Moonstruck; Do the Right Thing; Broadway Danny Rose), and singer, born in New York City (d. 2019)
Jun 22 Libor Pešek, Czech conductor (Czech Philharmonic; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jun 24 Rosalie Sorrels, American traditional folk singer-songwriter ("Up Is A Nice Place To Be"; "Nevada Moon"), born in Boise, Idaho (d. 2017)
Jun 26 Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (La Scala, 1969-86; London Symphony, 1979-87; Berlin Philharmonic, 1989-2002), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
Jul 2 David Lewin, American composer, born in New York City (d. 2003)
Jul 8 Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes, Brazilian composer, pianist, musicologist, conductor and music educator, born in Brasópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Jul 9 Nodar Gabunia, Georgian composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 2000)
Jul 10 Jerry Herman, American musical theater composer (Hello, Dolly!; Mame; La Cage aux Folles), born in New York City (d. 2019)
Jul 14 Del Reeves, American country music singer and guitarist, born in Sparta, North Carolina (d. 2007)
Jul 15 Frederico Davia, opera singer
Jul 15 Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist, born in London, England (d. 2020)
Jul 16 Sollie McElroy, American R&B singer (The Flamingos. 1953-54 - "Golden Teardrops"), born in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi (d. 1995)
Jul 18 R. Murray Schafer, Canadian composer (Patria), music educator, and environmentalist, born in Sarnia, Ontario (d. 2021)
Jul 20 Buddy Knox, American rock vocalist ("Party Doll"; "Lovey Dovey"), born in Happy, Texas (d. 1999)
Jul 20 José Vicente Asuar, Chilean electronic music composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2017)
Jul 22 Bertice Reading, American stage and screen actress and singer (The Jazz Train; Requiem For A Nun; Moon In The Gutter), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
Jul 27 Nick Reynolds, American folk singer, tenor guitarist, and bongo player (The Kingston Trio, 1957-67 - "Tom Dooley"; "M.T.A."), born in San Diego, California (d. 2008)
Jul 28 Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, Icelandic classical, choral, and jazz composer (Samstæður; Fyrir þitt friðarorð - For Your Peace), born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 2008)
Jul 29 Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and impresario (New Christy Minstrels), born in Leavenworth, Kansas (d. 2024)
Aug 4 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds) (d. 2012)
Aug 8 Joe Tex [Joseph Arrington, Jr.], American soul musician ("Hold What You've Got"; "I Gotcha"), born in Rogers, Texas (d. 1982)
Aug 11 Justin Connolly [D'Arcy-Dawson], British classical and electro-acoustic composer (Diaphony; The Garden of Forking Paths), and educator, born in London, England (d. 2020)
Aug 11 Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian concert pianist and conductor, born in Debrecen, Hungary
Aug 15 Bobby Helms, American country music singer (Jingle Bell Rock), born in Bloomington, Indiana (d. 1997)
Aug 15 Floyd Ashton, American singer (The Tams - "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy"), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Aug 16 Gary Clarke [Clarke F. L'Amoreaux], American actor (Hondo -"Captain Richards"; The Virginian -"Steve"), singer ("Tomorrow May Never Come"), and screenwriter (Get Smart), born in Los Angeles, California
Aug 17 Mark Dinning, American pop singer (Teen Angel), born in Manchester, Oklahoma (d. 1986)
Aug 21 Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave), born in Hatfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Aug 25 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2023) [1]
Aug 26 Ida Gotkovsky, French pianist, composer (Poème du feu), and teacher, born in Calais, France
Aug 29 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (d. 2009)
Aug 30 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish contemporary classical composer (Aura; Capricorn Flakes; Rolando furioso), and educator (Royal College of Music, 1963-83), born in Stockholm (d. 2002)

Conway Twitty (1933-1993)

Sep 1 American country and rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda On My Mind"; "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"), born in Friars Point, Mississippi

Sep 1 Gene Harris [Haire], American soul-jazz pianist (The Three Sounds), born in Benton Harbor, Michigan (d. 2000)
Sep 1 Marshall Lytle, American Hall of Fame rock bassist (Comets), born in Old Fort, North Carolina (d. 2013)
Sep 2 Rick Lewis, American doo-wop tenor (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
Sep 3 Roland Kayn, German electronic music composer, born in Reutlingen (d. 2011)
Sep 3 Tompall Glaser, American singer (Glaser Brothers - "Getting To Me Again"), born in Spalding, Nebraska (d. 2013)
Sep 5 Vincent McDermott, American composer, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 2016)
Sep 8 Asha Bhosle (née Mangeshkar), Indian playback singer, Guinness World Record for most recorded vocalist, born in Sangli, British India
Sep 8 Eric Salzman, American composer (New Musical Theater), born in New York City (d. 2017)
Sep 11 Baby Face Willette [Roosevelt Willet], American hard bop and soul-jazz Hammond organ player, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971)
Sep 15 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor, born in Burgos, Spain (d. 2014)
Sep 18 (James Frederick) "Jimmie" Rodgers, American pop singer and guitarist ("Honey Comb" ; “Oh-Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again”), born in Camas, Washington (d. 2021)
Sep 18 Manfred Niehaus, German composer, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 2013)
Sep 22 Leonardo Balada, Catalan American composer, born in Barcelona, Spain
Sep 24 Mel Taylor, American rock drummer (The Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
Sep 25 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2008)
Sep 25 Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter (Ian & Sylvia), born in Victoria, British Columbia (d. 2022) [1]
Sep 30 Emily "Cissy" Houston [née Drinkard], American soul and gospel singer, and Whitney's mother, born in Newark, New Jersey
Oct 1 Olga Pozzi Escot, Peruvian-American composer and musicologist, born in Lima, Peru
Oct 2 (Albert Ronald) "Ronnie" Ross, Scottish jazz and session baritone saxophonist, born in Calcutta, India (2 October 1933 (d. 1991)
Oct 2 Dimiter Khristov, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 2017)
Oct 2 Michel Plasson, French conductor (Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, 1968-2003; Dresden Philharmonic, 1994-2001), born in Paris, France
Oct 2 Phill Niblock, American composer, born in Anderson, Indiana
Oct 5 (Alvin) Al Schackman, American jazz guitarist, arranger, and harmonica player (Nina Simone), born in New York City
Oct 13 Adam Kaczyński, Polish pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2010)
Oct 17 Jeanine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, and Dominican nun known as 'The Singing Nun' ("Dominique"), born in Laeken, Belgium (d. 1985)
Oct 18 Jacques Charpentier, French organist and composer (72 études karnatiques), born in Paris (d. 2017)
Oct 21 Georgia Brown [Lilian Klot], British cabaret stage, and screen singer and actress (Oliver!; Shoulder To Shoulder), born in East End of London, England (d. 1992)
Oct 27 Floyd Cramer, American Country Music Hall of Fame pianist ("Last Date"; "On the Rebound"), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1997)
Nov 3 John Barry [Prendergast], English film score composer (James Bond films; Born Free), born in York, England (d. 2011)
Nov 6 Joseph Pope, American singer (Hey Girl Don't Bother Me), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1996)
Nov 7 George Tibbits, Australian composer, born in Boulder, Western Australia (d. 2008)
Nov 10 Bobby Rush, American Blues musician, composer and singer (Rawer Than Raw), born in Homer, Louisiana
Nov 10 Mack Rice, American musician and songwriter ("Mustang Sally"; "Respect Yourself"), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi (d. 2016)
Nov 11 Marlene VerPlanck [Pampinella], American jazz and pop vocalist, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2018)
Nov 15 (Russell) "Rusty" Richards, American cowboy singer, yodeler, songwriter (Sons of the Pioneers, 1963-84), actor and film stuntman, born in Long Beach, California (d. 2023)
Nov 16 Garnet Mimms, American soul singer (The Enchanters - "Cry Baby"; "A Quiet Place"), born in Ashland, West Virginia
Nov 21 Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (d. 2016)

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

Nov 23 Polish composer ("Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima"), born in Dębica, Poland

Nov 25 Ramiro Cortés Jr., American composer, born in Dallas, Texas (c. 1984)

Robert Goulet (1933-2007)

Nov 26 American Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, stage and screen actor (Camelot - "If Ever I Would Leave You"), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Nov 29 John Lamb, American jazz double bassist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Vero Beach, Florida
Nov 29 John Mayall, British blues musician (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers), born in Macclesfield, England
Dec 1 Lou Rawls, American soul singer-songwriter and producer ("You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", "Natural Man"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
Dec 1 Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, born in Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany (d. 2016)
Dec 5 Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer and music educator, born in Amsterdam (d. 2016)
Dec 6 Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs), born in Czernica, Poland (d. 2010)
Dec 12 Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician (Soul Makossa), born in Douala, French Cameroon (d. 2020)
Dec 13 Lou Adler, American music executive, director, producer, and co-owner of the famous Roxy Theatre, born in Chicago, Illinois
Dec 14 Leo Wright, American jazz saxophone and flute player (Dizzy Gillespie;; Blues Shout; I Left My Heart In San Francisco), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 1991)
Dec 15 Jesse Belvin, American pop singer, piano player (Mr. Easy), and songwriter (Earth Angel), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1960)
Dec 16 Johnny "Hammond" Smith, American jazz and bop organist (Wild Horses Rock Steady), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1997)
Dec 20 Gordon Getty, American composer, businessman, and heir of J. Paul Getty, born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 21 Miklos Kocsar, Hungarian composer, born in Debrecen, Hungary
Dec 26 Billy Bean, American jazz guitarist (John Lewis; Herbie Mann; Bud Shank), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)
Dec 29 "Prez" Kenneth [Kidd], American blues singer and bass guitarist ("Devil Dealing"), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
Dec 30 Perry Ford [Brian Pugh], British pop singer, session musician and songwriter (The Ivy League - "Tossing And Turning"), born in Lincoln, England (d. 1999)
Dec 31 Fred F. Carter Jr., American country session guitarist, singer, producer and composer (Nashville's "A-Team"), born in Winnsboro, Louisiana (d. 2010)