Birthdays 1 - 56 of 56
1674 - Isaac Watts,
England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)
1702 - Johann Schneider,
composer
1775 - August Harder,
composer
1817 - Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach,
composer
1832 - Johan August Soderman,
composer
1839 - Friedrich Gernsheim,
composer
1853 - Francesco Fanciulli,
composer
1873 - Antonina Neshdanova,
Russian soprano (Rigoletto)
1875 - Donald Francis Tovey,
Eton England, musicologist/composer
1876 - Vittorio Gnecchi,
composer
1878 - Henri Zagwijn,
composer
1885 - Benjamin James Dale,
composer
1903 - Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky,
composer
1904 - Jef Alpaerts,
Flemish pianist/conductor
1905 - Norman Waterhouse Lees,
jazz fan
1908 - Rudolf Petzold,
composer
1913 - Everett Helm,
composer
1915 - Esther Williamson Ballou,
composer
1916 - Eleanor Steber,
Wheeling WV, soprano (Metropolitan Opera-1940)
1917 - Red Sovine,
American country music singer (d. 1980)
1921 - George Barnes,
Chicago Hgts, guitarist (Skip Farrell Show)
1928 - Vince Guaraldi,
American musician and composer (d. 1976)
1930 - Ryohei Hirose,
composer
1932 - Niccolo Castiglioni,
composer
1932 - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials)
1932 - Wojciech Kilar, composer
1934 - Philippe Capdenat,
composer
1935 - P D Q Bach,
[Peter Schickele], Iowa, composer (5th of Beethoven)
1938 - Stan Bronstein,
rocker
1939 - Spencer Davis,
Wales, vocalist (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
1942 - Gale Garnett,
Auckland NZ, singer (We'll Sing in the Sunshine)
1947 - Wolfgang Flür,
German musician (Kraftwerk)
1948 - Brian Glascock,
rock drummer (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1948 - Phillip Harris, rocker
1949 - Geezer Butler,
Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath)
1949 - Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden)
1949 - Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
1949 - Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath)
1951 - Lucie Arnaz,
LA California, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer)
1952 - Chet McCracken,
Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
1952 - Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love)
1952 - Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from "It's a Different World")
1957 - Bruce Crump,
rock drummer (Molly Hatchet)
1960 - Dawn Upshaw,
American soprano
1965 - Craig Morgan,
American singer
1970 - Mandy Smith,
England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait)/wife of Bill Wyman
1973 - Tony Dovolani,
Albanian ballroom dancer
1974 - Laura Macdonald,
Scottish jazz musician
1975 - Paul Hinojos,
American guitarist (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
1977 - M.I.A.,
British rapper
1977 - Lehmber Hussainpuri, Famous Indian Singer
1978 - Émilie Simon,
French singer
1982 - Natasha Hamilton,
British singer (Atomic Kitten)
1984 - Asami Kimura,
Japanese singer (Country Musume)
1985 - Tom Fletcher,
British singer (McFly)
1986 - Dana,
Korean singer and actress (TSZX)
