Months in Year 1944: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Birthdays 1 - 150 of 266
Jan 3rd - David Atherton,
English conductor
Jan 4th - Volker Hornback,
rocker (Tangerine Dream)
Jan 6th - Van McCoy,
US soul singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle)
Jan 7th - Mike McGear,
Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother)
Jan 9th - Jimmy Page,
London, rock guitarist (Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven)
Jan 9th - Scott Engel, vocalist (Walker Brothers-Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore)
Jan 10th - Frank Sinatra Jr,
Jersey City NJ, American singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
Jan 12th - Viktoria Postnikova,
Russian pianist
Jan 16th - Jim Stafford,
Eloise Fla, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
Jan 16th - Ronnie Milsap, Robbinsville NC, country singer (Legend in My Time)
Jan 17th - Françoise Hardy,
French singer
Jan 18th - Larry "Legs" Smith,
rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman)
Jan 19th - Pehr Henrik Nordgren,
composer
Jan 19th - Laurie London, English singer
Jan 21st - John Kenneth Tavener,
composer
Jan 21st - Neely Bruce, composer
Jan 23rd - Jerry Lawson,
US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
Jan 24th - Klaus Nomi,
German singer (d. 1983)
Jan 27th - Nicholas Berkeley Mason, drummer (Pink Floyd-Brick in the Wall)
Jan 28th - Arnold Muhren,
Dutch pop bassist/singer (The Cats-Sailin' Home)
Jan 28th - Brian Keenan, NYC, rock drummer (Chamber Bros-Time Has Come Today)
Jan 28th - John Tavener, composer (The Whale)
Jan 28th - Martin Fried, rocker (Cyrkle-Red Rubber Ball)
Jan 31st - Charley Musselwhite,
blues musician (Stand Back, Louisiana Fog)
Feb 1st - Tommy Duffy,
rocker (Echos)
Feb 2nd - Andrew Davis,
Ashbridge, England, conductor (New Phil Orch-London)
Feb 2nd - Ursula Oppens, NYC, pianist/co-founder (Speculum Musicae-NYC)
Feb 3rd - Trisha Noble,
Australian singer and actress
Feb 4th - Florence LaRue Gordon,
Penn, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell)
Feb 5th - Al Kooper,
rock keyboards/vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
Feb 5th - Cory Wells, rocker
Feb 5th - J R Cobb, Birmingham Ala, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classic IV)
Feb 10th - Peter Allen,
Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond)
Feb 10th - Rufus Reid, American musician
Feb 12th - Moe Bandy,
Meridian Ms, country vocalist (Just Good Ol' Boys)
Feb 15th - Mick Avory,
rock drummer (Kinks-Lola)
Feb 20th - Lew Soloff,
Bkln NY, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Feb 23rd - Johnny Winter,
[John Dawson], Leland Miss, guitarist (Silver Train)
Feb 23rd - Mike Maxfield, rocker (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas)
Feb 24th - Nicky Hopkins,
rock pianist (Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver)
Mar 1st - Mike D'Abo,
rock vocalist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn)
Mar 1st - Roger Daltrey, English rocker/actor/producer (The Who-Tommy)
Mar 3rd - Janice Garfat,
rocker (Dr Hook)
Mar 4th - Bobby Womack,
Cleve, R&B singer/guitarist (Woman's Got to Have It)
Mar 5th - Lucio Battisti,
Italian singer (d. 1998)
Mar 6th - David Gilmore,
Cambridge England, guitarist (Pink Floyd)
Mar 6th - Kiri Te Kanawa, Gisborne NZ, operatic soprano (Don Giovanni)
Mar 6th - Mary Wilson, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Supremes-Where Did Our Love Go)
Mar 7th - Townes Van Zandt,
Texas, singer/songwriter (Kathleen, Loretta), (d. 1997)
Mar 8th - Carole Bayer Sager,
NY, aka Mrs Burt Bachrach, singer (Arthur)
Mar 8th - Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer
Mar 8th - Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor
Mar 9th - Trevor Burton,
rocker (Move)
Mar 11th - Ric Rothwell,
drummer (Mindbenders-Games of Love)
Mar 15th - David Costell,
Pitts, rocker (Gary Lewis & the Playboys-Diamond Ring)
Mar 15th - Sly Stone, Dallas, rocker (Sly & the Family Stone-Everyday People)
Mar 17th - John Sebastian,
NYC, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter)
Mar 17th - Pat McCauley, N Ireland, rock drummer (Them)
Mar 17th - Patti Boyd, Somerset England, (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton)
Mar 19th - Myung-Wha Chung, Seoul Korea, cellist (Chung Sisters)
Mar 21st - Henrik Colding-Jorgensen,
composer
Mar 21st - Jamary Oliveira, composer
Mar 22nd - T S "Tony" McPhee, rocker (Sad Go Round)
Mar 23rd - Michael Nyman,
composer (Mesmer, Carrington)
Mar 26th - Diana Ross,
[Earle], Detroit, (Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany)
Mar 31st - Rod Allen,
[B Rodney Bainbridge] rock bassist/vocalist (Fortunes)
Apr 3rd - Barry Pritchard,
rock guitarist (Fortunes)
Apr 3rd - Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon)
Apr 5th - Dave Holland,
heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law)
Apr 5th - Nicholas Caldwell, rocker (Whispers)
Apr 6th - Felicity Palmer,
British mezzo-soprano
Apr 6th - John Stax, rocker (Pretty Things-Don't Bring Me Down)
Apr 10th - Danny Woods,
US musician (CEO of the Board)
Apr 12th - John Kay,
[Joachim F Krauledat], Germany, rock vocalist (Steppenwolf)
Apr 12th - Karel Kryl, folk singer
Apr 12th - John Kay, German-born musician
Apr 13th - Brian Pendleton,
rocker (Pretty Things)
Apr 13th - Jack Casady, Wash DC, rock bassist (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane)
Apr 15th - Dave Edmunds,
Wales, singer/guitarist (Rockpile-Baby I Love You)
Apr 15th - Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer (Les Baroques)
Apr 16th - Dennis Russell Davies,
composer
Apr 19th - Bernard Worrell,
US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop)
Apr 19th - Mark "Flo" Volman, rocker (Flo & Eddie, Turtles-Eleanor)/DJ (WKRK)
Apr 24th - [Bernard] St Clair Lee [Calhoun],
US singer (Rock the Boat)
Apr 27th - Cuba Gooding,
US singer (Everybody Plays the Fool)
Apr 27th - Herb Pedersen, Berkley Ca, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
Apr 30th - Richard Shoff,
rocker (Sandpipers)
May 1st - Rita Coolidge,
Nashville Tn, singer (Higher & Higher, We're All Alone)
May 2nd - John Verity,
rocker (Argent)
May 3rd - Peter Staples,
rocker (Troggs-Wild Thing)
May 4th - Peggy Santiglia McGannon,
NJ, rocker (Angels)
May 7th - Alison Margaret Bauld,
composer
May 8th - Gary Glitter,
[Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
May 9th - Don Dannemann,
rocker (Cyrkle)
May 9th - Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
May 10th - Jackie Lomax,
Liverpool, rocker (Is This What You Want)
May 12th - James Purify,
US singer (I'm Your Puppet)
May 13th - Carolyn Franklin,
US singer/songwriter (Baby Baby Baby, Angel)
May 14th - Gene Cornish,
Ottawa, rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals)
May 14th - Troy Shondell, rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell)
May 16th - Billy Cobham,
Panama, jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
May 17th - Jesse Winchester,
Shreveport La, singer/songwriter (Learn to Love it)
May 17th - Paul Crossley, concert pianist
May 20th - Boudouin de Groot,
Dutch singer (Good night mister president)
May 20th - Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter
Rocker Joe Cocker (May 20th)
May 20th - Joe Cocker, Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Little Help From My Friends)
May 23rd - General George Norman Johnson,
US singer (Down at the Beach Club)
May 23rd - Ramon "Tiki" Fulwood, US drummer (Funkadelic, Knee Deep)
May 24th - Patti LaBelle,
[Holt], Phila Pa, singer (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade)
May 26th - Verden "Phally" Allen,
keyboardist (Mott the Hoople)
May 28th - Billy Vera,
musician (& Beaters-At This Moment, Into the Night)
May 28th - Gladys Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer, leader of Pips (Last Train)
May 30th - Larry Davidson,
rocker (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
May 31st - Mick Ralphs,
guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
Jun 2nd - Marvin Hamlisch,
NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line), (d. 2012)
Jun 3rd - Michael Clarke,
NYC, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
Jun 4th - Charlie Whitney,
rock guitarist (Family)
Jun 4th - Michelle Phillips, Long Beach CA, singer/actress (Mamas & Papas)
Jun 4th - Roger Ball, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band)
Jun 5th - Colm Wilkinson,
Irish singer
Jun 6th - Edgar Froese,
rocker (Tangerine Dream)
Jun 6th - Peter Albin, SF California, rocker (Big Brother & Holding Co)
Jun 7th - Clarence White,
guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
Jun 8th - Boz Scaggs,
[William Royce], Dallas Tx, rocker (Steve Miller Band)
Jun 12th - Maurice Jackson, US singer (Independents-Leaving You)
Jun 18th - Sandy Posey, American singer
Jun 19th - Chico Buarque,
Brazilian musician
Jun 21st - Miguel Danus, Vicens rocker
Jun 21st - Ray Davies, London, singer/guitarist (Kinks-Come Dancing)
Jun 22nd - Peter Asher,
London, singer (Peter & Gordon-World Without Love)
Jun 22nd - Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal)
Jun 23rd - Rosetta Hightower,
US singer (Don't Hang Up)
