Months in Year 1936: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Birthdays 1 - 150 of 162
Jan 1st - Eve Queler,
NYC, conductor
Jan 2nd - Roger Miller,
Fort Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)
Jan 7th - Eldee Young,
US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
Jan 8th - Zdeněk Mácal,
Czech conductor
Jan 9th - Peter Fletcher,
music teacher
Jan 14th - Clarence Carter,
US singer (Thread the Needle)
Jan 24th - Jack Scott, Canada, rocker (My True Love)
Jan 26th - Noel Harrison,
London, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE)
Jan 28th - Jack Scott,
vocalist (My True Love)
Jan 28th - Robert Suderburg, composer
Jan 29th - Malcolm Binns,
concert pianist
Jan 29th - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
Jan 31st - Marvin Junior,
singer (Dells-Oh What a Night)
Feb 6th - Otis Williams,
rocker (Charms)
Feb 8th - Larry Verne,
singer (Custer)
Country Singer Roger Miller (Jan 2nd)
Feb 9th - Stompin' Tom Connors,
Canadian country singer, (d. 2013)
Feb 22nd - Ernie K-Doe,
[Ernest Kador Jr], New Orleans La, rocker
Feb 22nd - Ernie K-Doe, American singer (d. 2001)
Feb 24th - Renata Scotto,
Savona Italy, operatic soprano
Feb 25th - Norman Orville Scribner,
composer
Feb 27th - Chuck Glaser,
Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
Mar 4th - Aribert Reimann,
composer
Mar 4th - Eric Allandale, rocker (Foundations)
Mar 8th - Gabor Szabo,
Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle)
Mar 9th - Mickey Gilley,
Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
Mar 18th - Robert Lee Smith,
US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
Mar 19th - Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
Mar 20th - Lee "Scratch" Perry,
Jamaican Reggae artist
Mar 22nd - Roger Whittaker,
Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town)
Mar 25th - Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales,
bassist
Mar 26th - Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)
Mar 29th - Richard Rodney Bennett,
Broadstairs Kent England, composer, (d. 2012)
Apr 3rd - Scott LaFaro,
American musician (d. 1961)
Apr 3rd - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist
Apr 4th - Margo J Sylvia,
rocker (Tune Weavers)
Apr 5th - John White,
Berlin, English composer and musical performer
Apr 9th - Jerzy Maksymiuk,
composer
Apr 10th - Robert "Bobby" Smith,
US singer (Spinners)
Apr 17th - Pete Graves,
rocker (Moonglows)
Apr 19th - Ruby Johnson, US singer (I'll Run Your Hurt Away)
Apr 21st - Anthony Joseph Gnazzo,
composer
Apr 22nd - Glen Campbell,
Delight Ark, actor/singer (Time I Get to Phoenix)
Apr 22nd - Pierre Hétu, French Canadian conductor and pianist (d. 1998)
Apr 23rd - Roy Orbison,
Vernon Tx, rocker (Pretty Woman)
Apr 27th - Geoffrey Shovelton,
English opera singer
Apr 28th - John Martin Tchicai,
composer, (d. 2012)
Apr 29th - April Stevens,
Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
Apr 29th - Zubin Mehta, Bombay India, conductor (NY Philharmonic)
May 2nd - Michael Rabin,
NYC, violinist (In Memorium)
May 3rd - Engelbert Humperdinck,
[Arnolde Dorsey], India, singer (EH Show)
May 5th - Patrick Gowers,
British composer
May 6th - Sylvia Robinson,
rocker (Mickey & Sylvia-Love is Strange)
May 7th - Cornelius Cardew,
composer
May 11th - Carla Bley,
American musician and composer
May 14th - Bobby Darin,
[Walden Waldo Cassotto], Bronx, singer (Mack the Knife)
May 15th - Anna Maria Alberghetti,
Italy, singer/actress (Cinderfella)
May 15th - Jean Balissat, composer
May 23rd - Ingeborg Hallstein,
German opera singer
May 25th - Tom T Hall,
Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
May 30th - Galina Shostakovitch,
daughter of Russian composer Dmitri
Jun 6th - Levi Stubbs,
rocker (4 Tops-Same Old Song)
Jun 11th - Jud Strunk,
American musician and comedian (d. 1981)
Jun 14th - Renaldo "Obie" Benson,
singer (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
Jun 15th - Alexandru Hrisanide,
composer
Jun 19th - Shirley Goodman,
US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good)
Jun 19th - Marisa Galvany, American soprano
Jun 20th - Bobby Nunn,
rocker (Coasters-Young Blood)
Jun 20th - Leon Hughes, rocker
Jun 22nd - Kris Kristofferson,
Brownsville TX, singer/actor (Amerika, Millenium)
Jun 22nd - Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
Jun 22nd - Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
Jun 25th - Harold Melvin,
US singer (Blue Notes-My Hero)
Jun 28th - Peter Hall,
folklorist/musician
Jun 29th - Leonard Lee,
US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll)
Jun 30th - Dave Van Ronk,
rocker/actor (Caffe Lena)
Jun 30th - Pauls Dambis, composer
Jul 7th - Stuart Ross Dempster, composer
Jul 7th - Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (d. 1980)
Jul 9th - David Joel Zinman,
NYC, composer/conductor (Balt Symphony-1983)
Jul 13th - Albert Ayler,
American musician (d. 1970)
Jul 14th - Gloria Lambert,
Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
Jul 16th - Buddy Merrill,
Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
Jul 22nd - Krasimir Kyurkchiiski,
composer
Jul 26th - Antonio Mastrogiovanni,
composer
Jul 30th - George "Buddy" Guy, US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy)
Jul 30th - Istvan Zelenka, composer
Jul 30th - Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer
Jul 31st - Bonnie Brown,
rocker (Browns)
Aug 2nd - Anthony Edward Payne,
composer
Aug 4th - Elsberry Hobbs,
rocker (Drifters)
Aug 7th - Charles Pope,
US soul singer (Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
Aug 7th - Rahsaan Kirk, Roland rocker
Aug 17th - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
Aug 23rd - Rudy Lewis,
rocker (Drifters)
Sep 2nd - David Leonard Blake,
composer
Sep 5th - Cornelius Boyson,
bassist
Singer Buddy Holly (Sep 7th)
Sep 7th - Buddy Holly,
Lubbock Tx, singer (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day), (d. 1959)
Sep 7th - Romualds Kalsons, composer
Sep 9th - Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter,
composer
Sep 21st - Dickey Lee,
American singer and songwriter
Sep 25th - Juliet Prowse,
Bombay India, actress/dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear)
Sep 25th - Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman
Oct 1st - Edward Villella,
Bayside Queens, ballet dancer (NYC Ballet)
Oct 3rd - Steve Reich,
NYC, composer (My Name is)
Oct 5th - Annerose Schmidt,
East German pianist
Oct 7th - Charles Dutoit,
Swiss conductor
Oct 11th - Billy Higgins,
American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
Oct 24th - Bill Wyman,
England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
Oct 24th - Rainer Kunad, composer
Oct 26th - Bruce Belland,
Chicago, singer (Tim Conway Hour)
Oct 28th - Charlie Daniels,
Wilmington NC, singer (Devil Went Down to Georgia)
Oct 28th - Ted Hawkins, singer/guitarist
Oct 28th - Carl Davis, American-born musical conductor and composer
Nov 6th - David Ward-Steinman,
composer
Nov 9th - Mary Travers,
Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
Nov 12th - Robert White, guitarist
Nov 14th - Cornell Gunther,
LA California, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy)
Nov 18th - Don E Cherry,
US jazz trumpeter
Nov 18th - Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker)
