Musicians Born in December 1946

José Carreras (77 years old)

Dec 5 Spanish opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors), born in Barcelona

Dec 6 Dean Parks, American session guitarist (Kenny Loggins; Steely Dan; Lyle Lovett), born in Fort Worth, Texas
Dec 8 John Rubinstein, American stage and screen actor, and singer (Pippin; Family: Grumpy Old Men (The Musical)), born in Los Angeles, California
Dec 9 Bill Church, American rock bass guitarist (Van Morrison; Montrose; Sammy Hagar), born in the USA
Dec 9 Dennis Dunaway, American rock bassist and songwriter (Alice Cooper - "School's Out"), born in Cottage Grove, Oregon
Dec 10 Ace Kefford, English bassist (The Move), born in Birmingham, England
Dec 10 Gloria Loring, American actress and singer (Days of our Life), born in New York City
Dec 12 Denny Dias, American rock guitarist (Steely Dan, 1972-77), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 13 Radim Hladík, Czech guitarist (The Blue Effect), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 2016)
Dec 14 Jackie McAuley, Irish rock pianist (Them - "Here Comes The Night"), born in Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Dec 14 Jane Birkin, British-French pop singer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus"), actress (Dust; Death On The Nile), and fashion icon, born in Marylebone, London, England (d. 2023)
Dec 14 Joyce Vincent Wilson, American pop singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn), born in Detroit, Michigan
Dec 15 Carmine Appice, American musician (Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling), born in New York City
Dec 15 Harry Ray, American soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown - "Special Lady"), born in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 1992)

Benny Andersson (77 years old)

Dec 16 Swedish pop composer and musician (ABBA), born in Stockholm, Sweden

Dec 16 Trevor Pinnock, English conductor and harpsichordist (The English Concert), born in Canterbury, England
Dec 18 Alex Ligertwood, Scottish session and touring singer and guitarist (Santana, 1979-94 - "Winning"; Go Ahead), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Dec 20 Doug Lubahn, American session psychedelic rock and jazz-fusion bassist (The Doors; Pierce Arrow; Billy Squier), born in the USA (d. 2019)
Dec 21 Carl Wilson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (The Beach Boys - "God Only Knows"), born in Hawthorne California (d. 1998)
Dec 21 Christopher Keene, American conductor (La Traviata), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1995)
Dec 21 Kevin Peek, Australian guitarist, born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2013)
Dec 22 Mary McCaslin, American contemporary folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and banjo player ("Prairie In The Sky"), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2022)
Dec 23 Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2021)
Dec 24 Jan Akkerman, Dutch guitarist and composer (Focus - "Can't Stand Noise"), born in Amsterdam

Jimmy Buffett (1946-2023)

Dec 25 American country rock singer-songwriter ("Margaritaville") and restaurant entrepreneur (Margaritaville Cafe), born in Pascagoula, Mississippi [1]

Dec 25 L V Johnson, American session soul and R&B guitarist and Chicago blues singer-songwriter ("Don't Cha Mess with My Money, My Honey or My Woman"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1994)
Dec 28 Edgar Winter, American rock musician ("Frankenstein"; "Free Ride"), born in Beaumont, Texas
Dec 29 Marianne Faithfull, British folk-rock and jazz singer-songwriter ("As Tears Go By"; "Broken English"), and actress, born in Hampstead, England
Dec 30 Clive Bunker, British rock drummer (Jethro Tull, 1968-71; Aviator; Blodwyn Pig), born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Dec 30 Patti Smith, American poet and punk rock vocalist (Horses; "Because The Night"), born in Chicago, Illinois

About December 1946

How Old? 77 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No

Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Signs: Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)