Months in Year 1937: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Birthdays 1 - 130 of 130
Jan 4th - Grace Bumbry,
St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser)
Jan 6th - Doris Troy,
[Payne], US soul singer/songwriter (Just One Kiss)
Jan 6th - Paolo Conte, Italian singer
Jan 8th - Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker)
Jan 14th - Billie Jo Spears,
country singer
Jan 16th - Bob Bogle,
Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
Jan 16th - Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose)
Jan 27th - John Ogdon,
Manchester England, pianist/composer
Jan 31st - Philip Glass,
Baltimore Md, minimal composer (Einstein on the Beach)
Feb 1st - Don Everly,
Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
Feb 1st - Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
Feb 2nd - Martina Arroyo,
NYC, opera soprano (NY Met)
Feb 5th - Cocky van Oost,
[Kommertje van Vliet], Dutch dancer (Sylphides)
Feb 8th - Joe Raposa,
composer/songwriter (Sesame Street)
Feb 9th - Johnny Sayles,
US vocalist (You Made Me Wiggle)
Feb 10th - Don Wilson,
rock guitarist (Ventures-Walk Don't Run, Batman Theme)
Feb 10th - Roberta Flack, American singer
Opera Singer Grace Bumbry (Jan 4th)
Feb 11th - Lodewijk Boer,
Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
Feb 14th - Magic Sam,
rocker (Chicago Bluesman)
Feb 17th - Mickey McGill,
US vocalist (Dells-Love is Blue)
Feb 20th - David Ackles,
Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
Feb 20th - Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
Feb 26th - Hagood Hardy,
Canadian musician and composer (d. 1997)
Mar 4th - [Bernard Barney Jean] Wilen,
musician
Mar 8th - Raynoma Gordy,
[Mayberry], US orchestra leader (Rayber Voices)
Mar 8th - Richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
Mar 12th - Elizabeth Vaughan,
opera soprano (Victor-Victoria)
Mar 16th - Constanca Capdeville,
composer
Mar 16th - David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer)
Mar 19th - Clarence "Frogman" Henry,
musician (You Always Hurt the One You Love)
Mar 20th - Jerry Reed,
Atlanta GA, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit)
Mar 20th - Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
Mar 22nd - Angelo Badalamenti, American composer
Mar 23rd - Heinz Martin Lonquich,
composer
Mar 24th - Billy Stewart,
US R&B singer (I Do Love You)
Mar 27th - Johnny "Clyde" Copeland,
US blues guitarist/singer (Lion's Den)
Mar 31st - Willem Duyn,
[Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal)
Apr 6th - Merle Haggard,
Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days)
Apr 7th - Charley Thomas,
rocker (Drifters)
Apr 22nd - Jack Nitzsche,
composer/songwriter (An Officer & a Gentleman)
Apr 24th - Joe Henderson,
American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
May 1st - Bo Nilsson,
Swedish composer (Doppelspiel)
May 2nd - Lorenzo Music,
Bkln NY, writer/actor/voice (Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield)
May 3rd - Frankie Valli,
[Castelluccio], Newark NJ, singer (Four Seasons-Sherry)
May 4th - Ron Carter,
jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach)
May 4th - Hans Ulrich Lehmann, composer
May 4th - Dick Dale, American guitarist
May 9th - Dave Prater,
Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
May 9th - Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
May 13th - Judith Somogi,
NYC, conductor (Frankfurt Opera-1982)
May 14th - Peter Frederic Williams,
composer
May 15th - Trini Lopez,
Trinidad, singer/guitarist (If I Had a Hammer)
May 20th - Teddy Randazzo,
song writer (I'm on the Outside Looking In)
May 29th - Peter Kolman, composer
Jun 4th - Freddie Fender,
Mexico, country singer (Feelings)
Jun 4th - Freddy Fender, American musician (d. 2006)
Jun 5th - Stanley Lunetta,
composer
Jun 7th - Neeme Järvi,
Estonian conductor
Jun 15th - Waylon Jennings, country singer/guitarist (Ramblin' Man)
Jun 20th - Jerry Keller,
rocker/actor (If Ever I See You Again)
Jul 6th - Gene Chandler,
[Eugene Dixon], Chicago, rocker (Duke of Earl)
Jul 6th - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Russia, pianist/conductor (Tchakowsky-1961)
Jul 10th - Sandy Stewart,
Phila Pa, singer (Sing Along With Mitch, Mr President)
Jul 12th - Michel Louvain,
French Canadian singer
Jul 27th - Chuck Jackson,
Latta SC, singer (Any Day Now, I Don't Want to Cry)
Jul 28th - Peter Duchin,
NYC, pianist/bandleader (Peter Duchin Orch)
Aug 2nd - Garth Hudson,
Canada, pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival)
Aug 4th - David Vickerman Bedford,
composer
Aug 6th - Baden Powell de Aquino,
Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)
Aug 8th - Louis Neefs,
Belgian singer
Aug 20th - El Fary,
Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007)
Aug 27th - Alice Coltrane,
jazz musician
Aug 27th - Phil Shulmon, rocker (Gentle Giant)
Aug 27th - Tommy Sands, Chicago IL, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me)
Sep 10th - Paul Martin Palombo,
composer
Sep 11th - Iosif Kobzon,
Soviet singer and Russian businessman
Sep 20th - Monica Zetterlund,
Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)
Sep 25th - Thomas Kessler, composer
Sep 30th - Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov,
composer
Oct 3rd - Boldizsar Csiky,
composer
Oct 3rd - Ton de Kruyf, composer
Oct 9th - Pat Burke,
rocker (Foundations)
Oct 15th - Barry McGuire,
Oklahoma City, singer (Eve of Destruction)
Oct 18th - Cynthia Weil,
American songwriter
Oct 20th - Wanda Jackson,
Maud Oklahoma, country singer (Let's Have a Party)
Oct 21st - Norman Wright,
rocker (Del-Vikings)
Oct 22nd - Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (d. 1982)
Oct 29th - Michael Ponti,
Freiburg Germany, pianist (Boston Competition 1964)
Oct 31st - Tom Paxton,
Chicago, folk singer/songwriter (Forest Lawn)
Nov 1st - Bill Anderson,
country singer (Still, From This Pen)
Nov 2nd - Earl "Speedoo" Carroll,
NYC, rocker (Cadillacs, Coasters)
Nov 3rd - Paula Wayne,
Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist (Everything's Great)
Nov 11th - Buddy Jimmy Lee Land Ace,
singer
Nov 13th - Kamahl,
[Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song)
Nov 15th - William E "Little Willie" John,
[Woods], US R&B singer (Fever)
Nov 15th - Jimmy Ellis, RockHill, South Carolina, soul singer (The Trammps - Disco Inferno), (d. 2012)
Nov 19th - Ray Collins,
rocker (Mothers of Invention)
Nov 30th - Paul Stookey, Balt, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song)
Dec 1st - Gordon Crosse,
Bury Lancashire England, composer (Grace of Todd)
Dec 10th - Don Sebesky,
Perth Amboy NJ, orchestra leader (Jimmy Dean Show)
Dec 16th - Jim Glaser,
Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
Dec 16th - Joe Farrell, rocker
Dec 17th - Art Neville,
New Orleans LA, vocalist (Neville Brothers)
Dec 25th - O'Kelly Isley,
Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
Dec 30th - John Hartford,
NYC, country singer (Gentle on My Mind)
Dec 30th - Paul Stookey, singer/musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary)
