Months in Year 1953: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Birthdays 1 - 150 of 164
Jan 1st - Alpha Blondy,
[Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem)
Jan 1st - Kevin Hangon, composer
Jan 1st - Rochelle S Abramson, violinist
Jan 1st - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
Jan 5th - Steve Archer,
American singer (The Archers)
Jan 6th - Malcolm Young,
Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
Jan 7th - Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo,
rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
Jan 10th - Pat Benatar,
[Andrezejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
Jan 22nd - Myung-Whun Chung,
Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
Jan 23rd - Lamont Robin Zander,
rocker (Cheap Trick)
Jan 25th - Malcolm Green,
rocker (Split Enz-I Got You)
Jan 26th - Bert Heerink,
Amsterdam, rock vocalist
Jan 26th - Lucinda Williams, singer
Jan 29th - Teresa Teng,
Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
Jan 31st - Aart Mol,
Dutch bassist (Catapult)
Feb 4th - Kitaro,
Japanese composer
Feb 11th - Alan Rubin,
music figure (Blues Brothers)
Feb 13th - Rico J. Puno,
Filipino pop singer
Feb 18th - Derek Pellicci,
rock drummer (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way)
Feb 18th - Nico Arzbach, rock guitarist/singer (Stampei, Dike)
Feb 18th - Robin Bachman, Winnipeg, guitarist (BTO-You Aint Seen Nothing Yet)
Feb 20th - Riccardo Chailly,
Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
Feb 20th - Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)
Feb 22nd - Graham Lewis,
English musician (Wire)
Feb 26th - Michael Bolton,
Ct, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About)
Mar 2nd - William Simmons,
sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
Mar 3rd - Dave Amato,
rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling)
Mar 7th - Jules Shear,
rock musician
Mar 8th - Bob Brozman,
American musician
Mar 11th - Bernie LaBarge,
Canadian musician
Mar 12th - Labamba,
[Richard Rosenberg], rocker (Asbury Jukes)
Mar 18th - Jamie West-Oram,
rocker (Fixx)
Mar 19th - Billy Sheehan,
rocker (Mr Big-Lean Into It)
Mar 19th - Ricky Wilson, Athens Ga, rock guitarist (B-52's-Love Shack)
Mar 21st - Shotgun Johnson [Robert],
rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band-Give it Up)
Mar 23rd - Chaka Khan,
[Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman)
Mar 26th - Michael Bonagura,
Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart)
Mar 31st - Greg Martin,
Louisville Ky, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
Mar 31st - Sean Hopper, California, rock keyboardist (Huey Lewis & The News)
Apr 2nd - David Robinson,
drummer (Cars)
Apr 3rd - Huub van der Lubbe,
Dutch rock singer (Stampei-The Dike)
Apr 3rd - Craig Taubman, Jewish singer
Apr 6th - Christopher Franke,
German musician and composer
Apr 9th - Hal Ketchum,
Greenwich NY, country singer (Small Town Saturday Night)
Apr 19th - Rod Morgenstein,
American musician (Winger)
Apr 22nd - Juhani Komulainen,
Finnish composer
Apr 24th - Porter Carroll Jr,
drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
Apr 27th - Arielle Dombasle,
French singer and actress
Apr 28th - Kim Gordon,
American musician (Sonic Youth)
Apr 30th - Merrill Osmond,
Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
May 1st - Felix Hanemann,
rocker (Zebra)
May 1st - Glen Ballard, American songwriter and record producer
May 3rd - Bruce Hall,
Champaign Ill, rock bassist (Reo Speedwagon)
May 3rd - Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star)
May 8th - Billy Burnette,
Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
May 8th - Alex Van Halen, Amsterdam The Netherlands, Dutch drummer (Van Halen)
May 10th - Steve Thomas,
rocker (Shooting Star)
May 14th - Tom Cochrane,
Toronto Canada, rock vocalist/guitarist (Red Rider)
May 15th - Mike Oldfield,
England, composer (Tubular Bells)
May 16th - Richard Page,
LA California, rocker (Mr Mister)
May 17th - George Johnson,
LA California, rocker (Brothers Johnson)
May 18th - [Feliciano] Butch Tavares,
rocker (Tavares)
May 25th - Rich Alves,
Pleasanton California, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
May 28th - Arto Lindsay,
rocker/actor (Cookie, Desperately Seeking Susan)
Composer Danny Elfman (May 29th)
May 29th - Danny Elfman,
LA California, composer (Simspon Show Theme)
May 29th - Rick Henderson, Beaumont Tx, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
Jun 4th - Paul Samson,
British guitarist (Samson) (d. 2002)
Jun 12th - Rocky Burnette,
Memphis, rock vocalist (Towing the Line)
Jun 14th - David Thomas,
US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu)
Jun 16th - Ian Mosley,
Paddington London, drummer (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
Jun 18th - Jerome Smith,
US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
Jun 19th - Larry Dunn,
[Dunhill], US keyboardist (Earth Wind & Fire)
Jun 20th - Alan Longmuir,
Edinburgh Scotland, rocker (Bay City Rollers)
Jun 21st - Augustus Pablo,
Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
Jun 22nd - Cyndi Lauper,
American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time)
Jun 26th - Ralph Ezell,
Union Miss, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
Jun 29th - Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again)
Jun 29th - Colin Hay, Kilwinning, Scotland, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men At Work)
Jun 30th - Hal Lindes,
Monterey CA, rocker (Dire Straits)
Jul 6th - Nanci Griffith,
US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
Jul 7th - Lynval Golding,
rocker (Fun Boy Three)
Jul 9th - Margie Gillis,
Canadian dancer and choreographer
Jul 10th - Rik "The Rocket" Emmett,
Toronto, rock vocalist (Triumph)
Jul 20th - Marcia Hines,
American-born Australian singer
Jul 22nd - Jimmy Bruno,
American jazz guitarist
Jul 26th - Robert Phillips,
classical guitarist
Jul 28th - Steve Duncan,
Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
Rush lead vocalist Geddy Lee (Jul 29th)
Jul 29th - Geddy Lee,
Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer)
Aug 1st - Robert Cray,
Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
Aug 5th - Samantha Sang,
singer (Emotion)
Aug 6th - Pat MacDonald,
rocker (Timbuk 3)
Aug 13th - Jimmy McCulloch,
rocker (Wings)
Aug 16th - James Taylor,
SC, rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna)
Aug 17th - Kevin Rowlands,
rock vocalist (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen)
Aug 23rd - Bobby Gubby,
rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
Aug 24th - Ron Holloway,
American tenor saxophonist
Aug 27th - Alex Lifeson,
Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Rush)
Aug 27th - Willy "Mink" Deville, [Borsay], US blues/rock singer (Hey! Joe)
Aug 29th - Rick Downey,
rocker drummer/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
Sep 2nd - John Zorn,
American musician
Sep 5th - Paulie Carmen,
Champaign Ill, rock vocalist
Sep 7th - Ben Bossi,
rocker (Romeo Void)
Sep 7th - Michael Byron, composer
Sep 11th - Tommy Shaw,
American musician and singer (Styx)
Sep 14th - Tom Cora,
American cellist and composer (d. 1998)
Sep 15th - Pat Barrett,
rocker (Crew Cuts)
Sep 16th - Earl Klugh,
Jazz pianist/guitarist
Sep 16th - Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995)
Sep 20th - Jeff Jones,
Red Rider, rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider)
Sep 25th - Richard Harvey,
British musician and composer (Gryphon)
Sep 26th - Dolores Keane,
Irish folk singer
Sep 27th - Greg Ham,
Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist (Men At Work)
Sep 27th - Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaica, reggae bassist (Sly & Robbie-DJ Riot)
Sep 28th - Jim Diamond,
Scotish singer/songwriter (I Should Have Known Better)
Sep 30th - Deborah Allen,
Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show)
Oct 5th - Russell Mael,
[Dwight Russel Day], California, rock vocalist (Sparks)
Oct 5th - Sandra "Puma" Jones, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
Oct 7th - Tico Torres,
rock drummer (Bon Jovi-Always)
Oct 8th - Ricky Lee Phelps,
Paragould Ar, singer (Ky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
Oct 10th - Midge Ure,
Glasgow Scot, rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance)
Oct 14th - Shelley Ackerman,
American astrologer, writer, singer
Oct 15th - [Toriano] Tito Jackson,
singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye)
Oct 16th - Tony Carey,
Fresno Ca, rocker
Oct 21st - Charlotte Caffey,
rock guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist (Go-Go's)
Oct 21st - Keith Green, American musician (d. 1982)
Oct 24th - Billy Thomas,
Ft Meyers Fla, singer (McBride & Ride-I Count on You)
Oct 26th - Julian Keith Strickland,
Athens Ga, drummer (B-52's-Rock Lobster)
Nov 3rd - Helios Creed,
American musician (Chrome)
Nov 11th - Andy Partridge,
English rock vocalist/guitarist (XTC-Oranges & Lemons)
Nov 13th - Andy "the Clobberer" Ranken,
English pop drummer (The Pogues)
Nov 15th - Alexander O'Neal,
Minneapolis, rocker (James Hearsky Harris III)
Nov 17th - Jilly Johnson, England, vocalist (Blonde on Blonde)
Nov 18th - John McFee,
rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers, Clover)
Nov 22nd - Urmas Alender,
Estonian singer (d. 1994)
Nov 23rd - Francis Cabrel,
French singer
Nov 27th - Boris Grebenshchikov,
Russian singer (Aquarium)
