Musicians Born on March 21

  • 1527 Hermann Finck, German organist and composer, born in Pirna, Albertine Duchy of Saxony (d. 1558)
  • 1624 François Roberday, French Baroque organist and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1680)
  • 1642 Georg Schmezer, German composer and musician, born in Augsburg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1697)
  • 1708 Caspar Ruetz, German composer, born in Wismar, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1755)
  • 1716 Josef Seger [Segert], Czech composer, organist, and educator, born in Řepín, Bohemia (d. 1782)
  • 1779 Alexis Garaudé, French composer and pedagogue, born in Nancy, France (d. 1852)
  • 1820 Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
  • 1836 Jesús de Monasterio, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue (Madrid Conservatory, 1857-1903), born in Potes, Cantabria, Spain (d. 1903)

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Russian composer (Boris Godunov; Night on Bald Mountain; Pictures at an Exhibition), born in Karevo, Russia

  • 1863 Hugo Kaun, German composer, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1932)
  • 1878 Thurlow Lieurance, American composer (By the Waters of Minnetonka; Sad Moon on Falling Leaf), ethnomusicologist (Indigenous peoples), and educator, born in Oskaloosa, Iowa (d. 1963)
  • 1881 Herman Sandby, Danish cellist and composer, born in Kundby, Denmark (d. 1965)
  • 1883 Jules van Nuffel, Belgian composer, priest, and musicologist (Nova Organi Harmonia), born in Hemiksem, Belgium (d. 1953)
  • 1900 Paul Kletzki [Paweł Klecki], Polish-Swiss violinist, composer, and conductor, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1973)
  • 1902 Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), born in Lyons, Mississippi (d. 1988)
  • 1904 Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer, born in Chalcis, Greece (d. 1949)
  • 1909 Uno "Miff" Görling, Swedish jazz trombonist, arranger, bandleader, and composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1988)
  • 1914 Paul Tortelier, French concert cellist, composer, and teacher, born in Paris (d. 1990)
  • 1916 Bismillah Khan [Qamaruddin Khan], Hindustani classical musician shehnai (a reeded woodwind instrument) player, born in Dumraon, British India (d. 2006)
  • 1920 Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and Greek rebetiko and laiko songwriter, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 1970)
  • 1921 Antony Hopkins [Reynolds], British composer, pianist, conductor (Intimate Opera Company, 1954-62), writer, and radio broadcaster (Talking About Music, 1954-92), born in London, England (d. 2014)
  • 1921 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian concert violinist, born in Villers-Perwin, Belgium (d. 1986)
  • 1923 Mort Lindsey [Lippman], American pianist, arranger, musical director (Judy Garland, 1961-64; Merv Griffin Show, 1962-86; Barbra Streisand, 1968), and composer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2012)
  • 1924 Karl Heinz Fussl, Austrian composer, musicologist, publisher, and music critic, born in Jablonec, Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)
  • 1924 Otis Spann, American blues pianist and singer (The Blues Never Die!), born in Belzoni, Mississippi [or, perhaps, 1930 in Jackson, Mississippi] (d. 1970)
  • 1925 Harold Ashby American jazz tenor saxophonist (Willie Dixon; Duke Ellington, 1968-75), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2003)
  • 1928 Ruth Anderson, American flutist, classical and electronic music composer (I Come Out of Your Sleep), born in Kalispell, Montana (d. 2019)
  • 1930 James Coco, American character actor (Only When I Laugh; Murder by Death), and singer (Man of La Mancha), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1987)
  • 1932 Joseph Silverstein, American violinist, concertmaster and conductor (Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1955-84), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
  • 1935 Antonio Membrado, Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2016)
  • 1936 Brian Dee, British jazz and session pianist and accompanist, born in London, England
  • 1936 Marek Stachowski, Polish composer (Neusis II; Thakurian Chants), and pedagogue, born in Piekary Śląskie, Poland (d. 2004)
  • 1940 Chip Taylor [James Voight], American songwriter ("Angel of the Morning"; "Wild Thing"), singer, and producer, born in Yonkers, New York
  • 1940 Solomon Burke [McDonald], American soul singer ("Cry To Me"; "Diamond In Your Mind"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
  • 1941 John Boylan, American record producer (Pure Prairie League; Commander Cody; Little River Band), born in New York City
  • 1943 (Victor) "Vivian" Stanshall, British singer and comic songwriter (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - "I'm The Urban Spaceman"; Magical Mystery Tour), born in Shillingford, England (d. 1995)
  • 1943 Hartmut Haenchen, German conductor (Netherlands Philharmonic, 1986-99), born in Dresden, Germany
  • 1944 David Lindley, American session and touring multi-instrumentalist (The Kaleidoscope; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Linda Ronstadt; Warren Zevon), born in San Marino, California (d. 2023) [1]
  • 1944 Gaye Adegbalola [Todd], American blues singer and guitarist (Sapphire, The Uppity Blues Women - "Middle Age Blues Boogie"), teacher, and activist, born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
  • 1944 Henrik Colding-Jorgensen, Danish organist, choirmaster, and composer, born in Riisskov, Aarhus, Denmark
  • 1944 Jamary Oliveira, Brazilian composer (Sanctus; Piano Pièce), and music professor, born in Saúde, Bahia, Brazil (d. 2020)
  • 1945 Rosemary Stone, American funk and rock vocalist, and pianist (Sly & Family Stone - "Everyday People"; "Dance to The Music"), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1945 Vernon Guy, American R&B and gospel singer (Cool Sounds, Sharpees), born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1998)
  • 1946 Ray Dorset, British rock guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Mungo Jerry - "In The Summertime"), born in Ashford, England
  • 1947 Franco Mussida, Italian progressive rock guitarist and singer-singwriter (Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)), born in Milan, Italy
  • 1949 Eddie Money [Mahoney], American rock singer-songwriter ("Two Tickets To Paradise"; 'Take Me Home Tonight"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)
  • 1950 Roger Hodgson, British rock singer-songwriter (Supertramp - "Take The Long Way Home"; "Breakfast In America"), born in Portsmouth, England
  • 1951 Conrad Lozano, American rock bass player (Los Lobos - "Will The Wolf Survive"), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1951 Russell Thompkins Jr, American soul tenor, lead singer (Stylistics - "Betcha by Golly, Wow"; "You Make Me Feel Brand New"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1953 Robert "Shotgun" Johnson, American funk-rock drummer (KC & the Sunshine Band - "That's The Way I Like It"), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1983)
  • 1955 Haakon Graf, Norwegian jazz keyboard player, composer, arranger and producer, born in Oslo, Norway
  • 1956 László Tihanyi, Hungarian composer (Silence of the Winds; Two Imaginary Dialogues), and conductor (Ensemble Intermodulation), born in Budapest, Hungary
  • 1958 Lynn Mabry, American R&B and rock session and touring vocalist (P-Funk; Brides of Funkenstein; Talking Heads; Sheila E), born in Vallejo, California
  • 1958 [Jonathan] Butch Norton, American drummer (Eels), born in Inglewood, California
  • 1959 Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese keyboardist and video game composer (Final Fatasy), born in Kōchi, Japan
  • 1959 Sarah Jane Morris, English pop-jazz-R&B singer-songwriter, born in Southampton, England
  • 1960 Dominic Miller, American session and touring guitarist (World Party; Sting), born in Hurlingham, Argentina
  • 1960 Guy Chadwick, British pop singer-songwriter (The House of Love - Shine On), born in Hanover, Germany
  • 1960 Robert Sweet, American Christian-metal sideways drummer (Stryper), born in Lynwood, California
  • 1961 Shawn Lane, American session rock, jazz, and world fusion guitarist, born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2003)
  • 1961 Slim Jim Phantom [McDonnell], American rock drummer (Stray Cats - "Rock This Town"), born in Brooklyn, New York
  • 1963 Sharon "Share" Ross (Pederson) American rock bassist (Vixen - "Rev It Up"), born in Glencoe, Minnesota
  • 1967 Jonas "Joker" Berggren, Swedish musician, songwriter, and producer (Ace of Base - "All That She Wants"), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 1967 Maxim Reality [Keith Palmer], Jamaican-British trip-hop MC and vocalist (The Prodigy), born in Peterborough, England
  • 1968 Vincent Courtois, French classically trained jazz cellist, born in Paris, France
  • 1972 Kristen Anderson-Lopez, American songwriter (Frozen), born in New York City
  • 1980 Deryck Whibley, Canadian guitarist and singer (Sum41 - "Fat Lip"), born in Scarborough, Ontario
  • 1989 Rochelle Humes, British pop singer (The Saturdays - "What About Us"), born in Barking, England
  • 1990 Mandy Capristo, German dance-pop singer (Monrose - "Shame"; solo - "The Way I Like It"), born in Mannheim, Germany