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Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 501 - 600 of 3,695
1928-01-12 - Ruth Brown,
American singer (d. 2006)
1928-02-17 - Marta Romero,
Puerto Rican actress & singer
1928-02-26 - Monique Leyrac,
French Canadian singer and actress
1928-03-03 - Dave Dudley,
singer (Six Days on the Road)
1928-03-08 - Judy Johnson,
Norfolk Va, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1928-03-10 - Sara Montiel,
Spanish actress and singer
1928-03-26 - Carole Carr,
singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men)
1928-04-01 - Jane Powell,
Portland Oregon, singer/actress (7 Brides for 7 Brothers)
1928-04-02 - Serge Gainsbourg,
[Ginsburg], Russian/French singer (Ford Mustang)
1928-04-05 - Tony Williams,
Elizabeth NJ, singer (Platters-Only You, Harbor Lights)
1928-04-09 - Tom Lehrer,
parody/folk singer (That Was The Week That Was)
1928-05-14 - Will "Dub Jones,
American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
1928-05-23 - Rosemary Clooney,
Kentucky, singer/paper towels spokeswoman (Coronet)
1928-05-23 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (d. 1998)
1928-06-12 - Vic Damone,
[Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live)
1928-07-08 - Norma Donaldson,
singer/actress (Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats)
1928-08-10 - Eddie Fisher,
Phila Pa, singer (Oh My Papa, Lady of Spain)
1928-08-10 - Jimmy Dean, Tx, actor/singer (Jimmy Dean Show, Diamonds are Forever)
1928-11-25 - James "Jimmy" Johnson,
US gospel/blues singer/guitarist
1928-12-12 - Lonesome Sundown,
blues singer/guitarist
1928-12-31 - Ross Barbour,
Columbus Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
1929-01-06 - Wilbert Harrison,
R & B singer (Kansas City)
1929-01-14 - Billy Walker,
Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1929-01-28 - Acker Bilk,
singer (Stranger on the Shore)
1929-02-03 - Val Doonican,
Irish singer/entertainer
1929-02-22 - Marni Nixon,
singer (for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood & Deborah Kerr)
1929-02-28 - Joseph Rouleau,
French Canadian bass opera singer
1929-03-01 - Sonny James,
singer (Young Love, Running Bear)
1929-04-08 - Jacques Brel,
Belgium, singer/actor (Pain in the A__)
1929-04-08 - Walter Berry, Austria singer/ex husband of Christa Ludwig
1929-04-16 - Roy Hamilton,
singer (You'll Never Walk Alone)
1929-04-20 - Bob Braun,
Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show)
1929-06-09 - Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander,
Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song)
Country Singer June Carter Cash (1929-06-23)
1929-06-23 - June Carter Cash,
Maces Spring Va, country singer (Johnny Cash Show)
1929-07-09 - Lee Hazelwood,
Ok, country singer/songwriter (Summer Wine, Jackson)
1929-07-09 - Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist
1929-07-30 - Christine McGuire,
Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime)
1929-08-04 - Kishore Kumar,
Indian singer and actor (d. 1987)
1929-08-12 - Buck Owens,
[Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
1929-09-09 - Claude Nougaro,
French singer (d. 2004)
1929-09-13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov,
Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1929-09-28 - Lata Mangeshkar,
Indian playback singer
1929-10-04 - Leroy Van Dyke,
Spring Fork Mo, country singer (Walk on By)
1929-10-22 - Dory Previn,
Rahway NJ, pop singer (Love Be My Cover)
1929-10-26 - Neal Matthews,
Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
1929-11-24 - Eileen Barton,
Bkln, singer (Broadway Open House)
1929-12-26 - Régine,
French singer and nightclub owner
1930-01-02 - Julius LaRosa,
Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)
1930-01-05 - Richard Hayes,
Passaic NJ, singer/emcee (Name That Tune)
1930-01-10 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson,
blues singer
1930-01-12 - Glenn Yarborough,
singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
1930-01-26 - A N Solomons,
chairman (Singer & Friedlander)
1930-01-27 - Bobby "Blue" Bland,
Rosemark TN, blues singer (Call on the Drummer)
1930-03-19 - Bill Henderson,
Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
1930-03-28 - Elizabeth Bainbridge,
English opera singer
1930-04-12 - Betty Clooney,
Maysville Ky, singer (Jack Paar Show)
1930-04-17 - Genevieve,
Paris France, singer (Jack Paar Show, Scruples)
1930-06-03 - Dakota Staton,
American jazz singer (d. 2007)
1930-06-04 - Morgana King,
jazz singer/actress (Godfather)
1930-06-30 - June Valli,
Bronx NY, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1930-08-06 - Abbey Lincoln,
Chicago IL, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
1930-09-17 - Dorothy Loudon,
Cambridge Mass, actress/singer (Garry Moore Show)
Musician Ray Charles (1930-09-23)
1930-09-23 - Ray Charles [Robinson],
Albany Ga, singer/pianist (Georgia), (Georgia on My Mind, Mess Around) (d. 2004)
1930-09-28 - Tommy Collins,
[Leonard Sipes], country singer (Don't Growl)
1930-09-29 - Billy Strange [William],
Long Beach, California, singer-songwriter (A Little Less Conversation), (d. 2012)
1930-10-01 - Richard Harris,
Ireland, actor (Man Called Horse)/singer (MacArthur Park)
1930-10-14 - Robert Parker,
US saxophonist/soul singer (Barefootin')
1930-10-15 - Fela Ransome/Anikulapo Kuti,
Nigerian singer/saxophonist
1930-12-31 - Ala Odetta,
[Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress
1930-12-31 - Odetta, [Holmes], Birmingham Ala, folk singer (Sanctuary)
1931-03-06 - Carmen Delavallade,
US dancer/singer/actress (Aida)
1931-03-10 - Georges Dor,
Quebec author, playwright, singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1931-03-16 - Betty Johnson,
Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed)
1931-03-30 - Harold Burrage,
US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver)
1931-04-12 - Billy Vaughn,
Glasgow Ky, singer (Chapel by the Sea)
Actor/Singer Richard Harris (1930-10-01)
1931-05-07 - Teresa Brewer,
Toledo Ohio, singer (Put Another Nickel In)
1931-05-27 - Kenny Price,
Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw)
1931-06-10 - João Gilberto,
Brazilian singer and guitarist
1931-07-06 - Joseph Daniel White,
singer/bandleader
1931-07-08 - Jerry Vale,
[Genaro Louis Vitaliano], NYC, singer (Arriverderci Roma)
1931-08-29 - Stelios Kazantzidis,
Greek singer (d. 2001)
1931-09-12 - George Jones,
Saratoga Tx, singer (Golden Rings, Oh Lonesome Me)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 501 - 600 of 1,009
1995-06-19 - Murray Dickie,
opera singer/director, dies at 71
1995-06-27 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 61
1995-06-30 - Phyllis Hyman,
R&B/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45
1995-07-20 - Natalia Dmitrevna Shpiller,
singer, dies at 85
1995-07-23 - Floyd McDaniel,
blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
1995-07-25 - Charlie Rich,
country singer (Lonely Weekends), dies at 62
1995-07-27 - Doris Mae Akers,
gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72
1995-08-13 - Jesse Thomas,
blues singer, dies at 84
1995-08-24 - Gary Crosby,
singer/actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61
1995-08-25 - R B Hudmon,
R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41
1995-08-26 - Ronald Anthony White Jr,
singer, dies at 57
1995-09-19 - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins,
blues SInger, dies at 63
1995-09-21 - Vernell Townsend,
blues/gospel singer, dies at 64
1995-10-18 - Bryan Johnson,
singer/actor, dies at 69
1995-10-20 - Raymond Rasberry,
pianist/singer, dies at 65
1995-11-04 - Marti Lynne Stringer Caine,
singer/comedienne, dies at 50
1995-11-07 - Jerry Daniels,
singer/guitarist, dies at 79
1995-11-08 - Country Dan Dick Montana McLain,
singer, dies at 40
1995-11-17 - Alan Hull,
singer/composer, dies at 50
1995-11-19 - Shirley Bergeron, singer/guitarist, dies at 62
1995-11-21 - Smilin' Jim Eames,
singer/songwriter, dies at 71
1995-12-11 - John Heawood,
actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75
1995-12-25 - Dean Martin,
singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78
1996-01-01 - Hamish Imlach,
folk singer/comic, dies at 55
1996-01-05 - Joseph Daniel White,
singer/bandleader, dies at 84
1996-01-15 - Les Baxter,
singer/orchestra leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73
1996-01-17 - Robert Covington,
drummer/singer, dies at 54
1996-01-17 - Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
1996-01-20 - Buster Benton,
singer/guitarist, dies at 63
1996-02-13 - Daniel K Womack,
singer/guitarist, dies at 91
1996-02-16 - Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee,
American blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
1996-02-17 - [Elsie] Evelyn Laye,
actress/singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
1996-03-08 - Paul Lewis Harrhy,
actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
1996-03-09 - George Burns,
American actor and singer (b. 1896)
1996-03-17 - Terry Stafford,
American singer (b. 1941)
1996-03-24 - Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga,
singer, dies at 66
1996-04-08 - Charles Donald Adams,
singer, dies at 67
1996-05-11 - Bruce Boyce,
singer/teacher, dies at 85
1996-05-17 - Kevin Gilbert,
American singer, composer and instrumentalist (b. 1966)
1996-06-09 - Walter Pardon,
carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81
Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald (1996-06-15)
1996-08-01 - Frida Boccara,
French singer (b. 1940)
1996-08-25 - Sylvia Fisher,
opera Singer, dies at 86
1996-08-31 - Ljuba Welitsch,
opera singer, dies at 83
1996-09-13 - Silas Roy Crain,
singer/songwriter, dies at 85
1996-11-02 - Eva Cassidy,
American singer (b. 1963)
1996-12-05 - Wilf Carter,
country singer, dies at 91
1996-12-09 - Faron Young,
country singer, commits suicide at 64
1996-12-09 - Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (b. 1956)
1996-12-10 - Faron Young,
country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34
1996-12-29 - Mireille Hartuch,
singer/songwriter, dies at 90
1996-12-31 - Frederico Davia,
opera singer, dies at 63
1997-01-08 - Carole Carr,
singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68
1997-01-22 - Ron Holden,
American singer (b. 1939)
1997-01-23 - Charles Craig,
opera singer, dies at 77
1997-01-31 - Eve Lister,
actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84
1997-02-13 - Mark Krasnosel'skii,
Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (b. 1920),Jessica Browne,singer and dancer
1997-02-24 - Isabelle Harriet Lucas,
actress/singer (Outland, Comics), dies at 69
1997-03-10 - La Vern Baker,
American singer (b. 1929)
1997-04-08 - Laura Nyro,
singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
1997-04-19 - El Duce,
American singer and drummer (The Mentors) (b. 1958)
1997-06-19 - Bobby Helms,
singer (Jingle Bell Rock), dies at 63
1997-06-22 - Ted Gärdestad,
Swedish singer (b. 1956)
1997-06-26 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole,
Hawaiian singer (b. 1959)
1997-07-05 - Mrs. Miller,
American singer (b. 1907)
1997-09-18 - Jimmy Witherspoon,
singer, dies at 65
1997-09-19 - Rich Mullins,
American singer (b. 1955)
1997-09-25 - Hélène Baillargeon,
Quebec singer and folklorist (b. 1916)
1997-10-09 - Arthur Tracy,
radio personality (Street Singer), dies at 98
1997-10-10 - Brian Connolly,
lead singer (Sweet), dies of heart failure at 52
1997-10-12 - John Denver,
American singer (b. 1943)
1997-12-10 - Violet Carlson,
stage dancer/singer, dies at 97
1997-12-16 - Nicolette Larson,
singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45
1998-01-05 - Sonny Bono,
(Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62
1998-01-19 - Carl Perkins,
singer/songwriter, dies at 65
1998-02-06 - [Johann Hoelzel] Falco,
singer (Rock Me Amadeus), dies at 40
1998-02-22 - Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones,
country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Country singer Tammy Wynette (1998-04-06)
1998-04-06 - Tammy Wynette,
American country singer, dies at 55
1998-04-06 - Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
