Musicians Born on December 12

Sammy Davis Sr. (1900-1988)

American vaudeville dancer (Mr. Wonderful), born in Wilmington, North Carolina

1907 Fred Elizalde, Spanish Filipino composer, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1979)
1907 Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live-At Dawn We Die), born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (d. 2015)
1913 Hal Dickinson, American singer (Modernaires), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1970)
1913 Stanley Bate, English composer, born in Plymouth, England (d. 1959)

American singer (Strangers in the Night; My Way; The Summer Wind) and actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls), known as the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", born in Hoboken, New Jersey

1918 Joe Williams [Joseph Goreed], American jazz singer (Everyday I Have the Blues), born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 1999)
1920 Dick James [Leon Vapnick], British dance band vocalist and Beatles' music publisher (Northern Songs), born in London, England (d. 1986)
1923 Bob Dorough, American jazz vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter, arranger, and producer (Schoolhouse Rock!; Too Much Coffee Man), born in Cherry Hill, Arkansas (d. 2018)
1923 David Leon Kaplan, American-Canadian music professor (University of Saskatchewan, 1960-82), conductor (Saskatoon Symphony, 1962-72), and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
1923 Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam [Yewubdar Guèbrou], Ethiopian nun, pianist, and composer ("The Homeless Wanderer"), born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (d. 2023)
1924 Francis Miroglio, French composer (Extensions), born in Marseille, France (d. 2005)
1924 Nevit Kodallı, Turkish composer, born in Mersin, Turkey (d. 2009)
1925 (Michael) "Dodo" Marmarosa, American big band and bebop jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (Artie Shaw), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
1925 Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2017)
1928 Lonesome Sundown [Cornelius Green III], American blues singer and guitarist, born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (d. 1995)
1929 Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Liaoyang, Manchuria, Republic of China
1930 Friedrich Voss, German composer and pianist, born in Halberstadt, Germany
1933 Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician (Soul Makossa), born in Douala, French Cameroon (d. 2020)
1934 Habib Hassan Touma, Palestinian composer, born in Nazareth, Israel (d. 1998)
1936 Bengt Emil Johnson, Swedish author and composer, born in Saxdalen, Sweden (d. 2010)
1936 Reggie Young, American session guitarist (The Memphis Boys), born in Caruthersville, Missouri (d. 2019) [1]
1937 Connie Francis [Concetta Franconero], American singer and actress (Where the Boys Are), born in Newark, New Jersey
1937 Philip Ledger, British organist, composer, conductor, and academic (King's College Cambridge), born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England (d. 2012)
1938 Joel Chadabe, American electronic music composer, born in New York City (d. 2021)

Dionne Warwick (83 years old)

1940 American singer ("I Say a Little Prayer"; "Do You Know The Way to San Jose"; "That's What Friends Are For"), born in East Orange, New Jersey

1941 Liesbeth List, Dutch actress and vocalist (Theodorakis), born in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies (d. 2020)
1941 Terry Kirkman, American rock vocalist, songwriter, and keyboardist (The Association - "Windy"; "Cherish"), and later substance abuse counselor, born in Salina, Kansas (d. 2023)
1941 Tim Hauser, American jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer - "Boy From New York City"), born in Troy, New York, (d. 2014)
1943 Dickey Betts, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer (The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"; "Jessica"), born in West Palm Beach, Florida (d. 2024) [1]
1943 Grover Washington Jr., American jazz saxophonist (Mr Magic), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1999)
1944 (Alejandro) "Alex" Acuña, Peruvian-American session and touring drummer and percussionist (Weather Report; Lee Ritenour; Joni Mitchell), educator and producer, born in Pativilca, Peru
1944 Rob Tyner [Robert Derminer], American hard rock singer (MC5 - Kick Out The Jams), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1991)
1945 Alan Ward, English rock musician (Elton Motello), and audio engineer, born in Nottingham, England
1945 Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
1946 Denny Dias, American rock guitarist (Steely Dan, 1972-77), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1948 Ray Jackson, British folk-rock mandolin and harmonica player (Lindisfarne, 1970-90), born in Wallsend, Northumberland, England
1950 Richard Galliano, French jazz, tango, and classical accordionist, born in Cannes, France
1953 Bruce Kulick, American rock guitarist and singer (KISS, 1984-96; Union, 1997-2002), born in Brooklyn, New York
1953 Evette Benton, American soul session and touring vocalist (Sweethearts of Sigma; Patti Labelle), born in Camden, New Jersey (d. 2021)
1957 Cy Curnin, British rock vocalist (The Fixx - "One Thing Leads To Another"; "Saved By Zero"), born in Wimbledon, England
1957 Sheila E.[scovedo], American singer, drummer and percussionist (Krush Grove, Holly Rock), born in Oakland, California
1959 Belouis Some [Neville Keighley], British new wave and pop singer (Some People; Round and Round), born in England
1960 Jaap van Zweden, Dutch violinist and concert master, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1960 Q Lazzarus [Diane Luckey], American new-wave singer-songwriter (Goodbye Horses), born in Neptune, New Jersey (d. 2022)
1961 Daniel O'Donnell, Irish singer and television presenter, born in Donegal, Ireland
1961 Julie Giroux, American classical composer (My Soul to Keep; Bookmarks from Japan), born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts
1963 Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1963 Eric Schenkman, American-Canadian rock and blues guitarist (The Spin Doctors, 1988-94 - "Pocket Full of Kryptonite"), born in Massachusetts
1964 Rockin' Jeff [Jeff Aaron Brown], British rock musician (The Pasadenas - "Riding on a Train"), born in England
1965 Russell Batiste Jr., American drummer The Meters, 1989-2000; The Funky Meters, 2000-15; Vida Blue), born in New Orleans (d. 2023)
1967 Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese video game music composer, born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
1967 Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese video game music composer, born in Hino, Tokyo, JApan
1968 Tatianna [Chapas], Amderican-Mexican pop singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy), and children's television host, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 Jenny Conlee (-Drizos), American rock accordionist, pianist, organist, and melodica player (The Decemberists), born in Seattle. Washington
1972 Kevin Parent, French Canadian singer and songwriter, born in Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
1976 Dan Hawkins, British rock guitarist (The Darkness), born in Chertsey, England
1978 Evren Genis, Turkish composer, born in Ankara, Turkey
1978 Louis [Im Sang Hun], Korean k-pop singer ("Jung Hwa Ban Jum"), born in Saskatoon
1983 Katrina Elam, American country music singer, born in Bray, Oklahoma
1985 Sabine Devieilhe, French operatic coloratura soprano, born in Ifs, France