1593 Gottfried Scheidt, German composer and organist, born in Halle, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1661)
1653 Benedict Schultheiss, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1693)
1663 Pirro Capacelli, Italian aristocrat and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1735)
1706 František Václav Habermann, Czech composer, born in Lázně Kynžvart, Czech Republic (d. 1783)
1738 Václav Norbert Brixi, Czech organist, composer and priest (aka s Jeroným), born in Manětín, Bohemia (d. 1803)
1777 Ramón Cuéllar y Altarriba, Spanish composer, born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain (d. 1833)
1795 Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, born in Eisleben, Saxony (d. 1857)
1796 Franz Wilhelm Ferling, German oboist and composer (48 études for oboe), born in Halberstadt, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1874)
1832 Johann Joseph Abert, German composer, born in Gastorf, Bohemia (d. 1915)
1846 Agnes Tyrrell, Czech pianist and composer, born in Brno, Moravia (d. 1883)
1866 Gustave Doret, Swiss composer, born in Aigle, Switzerland (d. 1943)
1869 George Robey, English musical theatre actor and comedian, born in South London, England (d. 1954)
1877 Armand Marsick, Belgian composer, born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1959)
1880 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1968)
1884 Piotr Rytel, Polish composer, born in Vilnius (d. 1970)
1897 Efim Golishev, Ukrainian painter and composer, born in Kherson, Ukraine (d. 1970)
1900 Uuno Klami, Finnish composer (Psalmus; Kalevala Suite), born in Virolahti, Finland (d. 1961)
1900 Wilhelm Weismann, German composer, born in Alfdorf, Germany (d. 1980)
1901 Leo Justinus Kauffmann, Alsatian composer, born in Dannemarie, France (d. 1944)
1906 David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2001)
1911 Frank De Vol, American pop arranger, composer (theme songs to My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, Family Affair; Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte), orchestra leader, and actor (Fernwood 2 Night - "Happy Kyne"; The Big Mouth), born in Moundsville, West Virginia (d. 1999)
1911 Jan Mul, Dutch composer, born in Haarlem (d. 1971)
1920 Bill DeArango, American jazz guitarist (Charlie Ventura; Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis; "Slam" Stewart), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2005)
1921 (Foreststorn) "Chico" Hamilton, American jazz drummer (Lester Young; Gerry Mulligan; Count Basie), and bandleader (Chico Hamilton Quintet), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
1922 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, born in Fairfield, Connecticut (d. 2012)
1922 Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)
1922 William Kapell, American pianist and recording artist, born in New York City (d. 1953)
1924 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer ("The Wayward Wind"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
1924 Jackie Paris, American jazz singer and guitarist ("Skylark"), born in Nutley, New Jersey (d. 2004)
1925 (Ulysses) Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Robins; The Coasters), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1986)
1927 John Dankworth, English jazz musician and composer, born in Woodford, Essex, England (d. 2010)
1927 Keith "Red" Mitchell, American jazz double bassist, composer, and lyricist (Hampton Hawes; André Previn), born in New York City (d. 1992)
1935 Lubos Fiser, Czech composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1999)
1937 Margo Guryan, American jazz and pop pianist, songwriter, and singer (“I’m on My Way to Saturday”; "Take a Picture"), born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (d. 2021)
1937 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and actress, born in Hagfors, Sweden (d. 2005)
1938 Eric Gale, American jazz, R&B, session and touring guitarist (Negril; Stuff; Paul Simon's One-Trick Pony; Bob James; Grover Washington, Jr.), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
1938 Jane Manning, British concert and operatic soprano, eductor, and promoter of contemporary classical music, born in Norwich, England (d. 2021)
1943 Roek Williams [Willemze], Dutch singer (Roek Williams & The Fighting Cats), born in Amsterdam
1945 Hillard "Sweet Pea" Atkinson, American R&B singer (Was (Not Was)), born in Oberlin, Ohio (d. 2020) [1]
1945 Laurie Spiegel, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois
1946 Mick Rogers [Michael Oldroyd], British rock guitarist (Manfred Mann's Earth Band), born in Dovercourt, Essex, England
1947 Billy Bang [William Walker], American free jazz violinist and composer, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2011)
1947 Mia Martini, Italian singer, born in Bagnara Calabra, Reggio Calabria, Italy (d. 1995)
1948 Chuck Panozzo, American rock bassist (Styx), born in Chicago, Illinois
1948 John Panozzo, American rock drummer (Styx), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
1949 Jan Hendriks, Dutch guitarist (Doe Maar), born in Mill, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1950 Loredana Bertè, Italian singer and 2nd ex-wife of Bjorn Borg, born in Milan, Italy
1953 Jeff Jones, Canadian rock bassist/vocalist (Red Rider), born in Chicago, Illinois
1954 Peter White, British rock and smooth jazz guitarist, and songwriter (Al Stewart), born in Luton, England
1957 Alannah Currie, New Zealander rock xylophone player and vocalist (Thompson Twins - "Hold Me Now"), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1959 Al Goodah [Carlo Goedhart], Surinamese gospel, Caribbean, and pop vocalist and composer, born in Paramiribo, Suriname
1966 Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese-American rock guitarist (Extreme - "More Than Words"), born in Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal
1967 Gunnar Nelson, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Nelson - "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"), born in Santa Monica, California
1967 Matthew Nelson, American rock vocalist, bass and guitar player (Nelson - "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection"), born in Santa Monica, California
1968 Tim Rogers, Australian singer and songwriter ("You Am I"), born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia,
1971 Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese video game composer, born in Munich, West Germany
1976 Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1976 Yui Horie, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1977 Namie Amuro, Japanese pop and R&B singer (Super Monkey's), born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
1978 Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer and guitarist, born in Vienna, Austria
1978 Sarit Hadad [Sarah Hudadatov], Israeli pop and Mizrahi singer, born in Afula, Israel
1982 Nils Frahm, German keyboard player, and contemporary classical and ambient-electronic composer, born in Hamburg, Germany
1983 Yuna Ito, American pop singer (Heart) and actress of Japanese and Korean heritage, born in Los Angeles, California
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