1761 - Yevstigney Fomin, Russian composer (d. 1800) 1769 - Jean Aime Vernier, composer 1776 - Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer 1795 - Heinrich August Marschner, composer 1816 - Joseph Robinson, composer 1836 - John Farmer, composer 1868 - Charles Sanford Skilton, composer 1871 - Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer 1877 - Karl L Hoschna, composer 1887 - Nadia Boulanger, conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony) 1888 - Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943) 1895 - Jacinto Guerrero, composer 1897 - Vicente Ascone, composer 1902 - Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer 1907 - Alexander Uriah Boskovich, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Israeli composer 1909 - Paul Smith Callaway, composer 1915 - Al Hibbler, singer (Unchained Melody) 1917 - Roque Cordero, Panama, composer (Sonata Breve) 1928 - Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy) 1929 - Bill Evans, US jazz pianist 1932 - Eydie Gorme, [Edithe Gormezano], Bronx NY, singer (Bossa Nova), (d. 2013) 1934 - Ketty Lester, [Revoyda Frierson], US singer/actress (Love Letters) 1937 - David Behrman, composer 1945 - Gary Loizzo, Chicago IL, rock guitarist (American Breed) 1945 - Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, Merseyside, rock drummer (Easybeats) 1945 - Kevin Ayers, England, progressive rocker (Joy of a Toy), (d. 2013) 1948 - Barry Hay, singer/fluitist/saxophonist/guitarist (Golden Earring) 1949 - Bill Spooner, rock guitarist/vocalist (Tubes) 1949 - Scott Asheton, American musician (The Stooges) 1952 - Gianna Rolandi, NYC, soprano (Der Rosenkavalier) 1953 - James Taylor, SC, rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna) 1957 - Tim Farriss, Australian pop guitarist (INXS-Kiss the Dirt) 1958 - Madonna, [Ciccone], Bay City Michigan, singer/actress (Like a Virgin) 1968 - Donovan Leitch Jr, actor/musician (I Shot Andy Warhol) 1970 - Killah Priest, American rapper 1972 - Emily Robison, American country singer, instrumentalist and songwriter (Dixie Chicks) 1977 - Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor 1980 - Vanessa Carlton, American singer/songwriter 1980 - Robert Hardy, English musician (Franz Ferdinand)
1686 - Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer 1775 - Philippe Libon, composer 1779 - Franz de Paula Roser, composer 1828 - George William Warren, composer 1834 - Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata) 1839 - Hubert Platt Main, composer 1880 - Leo Ascher, composer 1903 - Abram Chasins, composer 1904 - Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (d. 1991) 1907 - Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer 1908 - Kurt Hessenberg, composer 1909 - Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985) 1910 - Eric Aaltonen, composer 1920 - Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire) 1923 - Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch) 1924 - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist 1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007) 1928 - Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer 1933 - Mark Dinning, American singer (d. 1986) 1936 - Ivan Parik, composer 1936 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007) 1939 - Luther Allison, Mayflower Ark, rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming) 1943 - Edward Cowie, composer 1943 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American musician (d. 2002) 1945 - Katri Helena, Finnish singer 1946 - Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo) 1947 - Gary Talley, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Box Tops) 1948 - Rod MacDonald, American musician 1949 - Sib Hashian, Boston Mass, rock drummer (Boston) 1953 - Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist (Dexy’s Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen) 1954 - Eric Johnson, American guitarist 1955 - Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist (XTC) 1955 - Kevin Welch, California, country songwriter/actor (Thing Called Love) 1958 - Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth) 1960 - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer 1962 - Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n’ Roses-Civil War) 1964 - Colin James, Canadian musician 1965 - Glen Goldsmith, rocker (What You See is What You Get) 1965 - Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville Ky, rock drummer (Black Crowes) 1966 - Maysa Leak, American Jazz Singer 1967 - Kevin Max, American singer (dc talk) 1969 - Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin’ Tough) 1971 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress 1974 - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta) 1977 - Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer 1978 - Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania) 1980 - Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer
18. avgust
1745 - Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer 1750 - Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare) 1769 - Alexandre Stievenard, composer 1849 - Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer 1856 - Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer 1856 - Jan Karol Gali, composer 1873 - Otto Harbach, songwriter (Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) 1878 - Fritz Brun, composer 1881 - Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher, composer 1882 - Marcel Louis Auguste Samuel-Rousseau, composer 1893 - Ernest MacMillan, composer 1900 - Walter O’Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood) 1902 - Julius Kalas, composer 1903 - Ake Olof Sebastian Udden, composer 1903 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (d. 1983) 1905 - Peter Paul Kreuder, composer 1907 - Enoch Light, Canton Ohio, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith) 1907 - Howard Swanson, composer 1907 - Otto Mortensen, composer 1908 - Milan Ristic, composer 1910 - Herman Berlinski, composer 1916 - Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist (OBE-1979) 1925 - Tonny Til, rocker 1929 - Hugues Aufray, French singer 1930 - Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine) 1934 - Ronnie Carroll, British singer 1935 - Lajos Papp, composer 1939 - Johnny Preston singer (Running Bear, Cradle of Love) 1940 - Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo) 1944 - Carl Wayne, rocker (Move) 1945 - Sarah Dash, Trenton NJ, rock vocalist (Patti LaBelle & Bluebirds) 1945 - Barbara Harris, US singer (Toys-A Lover’s Concerto) 1945 - Nona Hendryx, Trenton NJ, rocker (LaBelle-Lady Marmalade) 1949 - Nigel Griggs, rocker (Split Enz) 1950 - Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner) 1952 - Patrick Swayze, Houston Texas, actor/dancer (Dirty Dancing, Ghost) 1956 - John Debney, American composer 1956 - Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician 1957 - Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be) 1964 - Edith Frost, American singer/songwriter 1965 - Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer 1967 - Blas Elias Gomez, Kennedy TX, rock drummer (Slaughter-Stick it Live) 1967 - Tracy Tracy, rocker (Primitives-Lovely, Lump of Coal) 1967 - Dan Peters, American musician 1967 - Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer 1969 - Masta Killa, American rapper 1969 - Everlast, American musician 1971 - Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin) 1972 - Keiko Yamada, Japanese singer 1972 - Leo Ku, Hong Kong singer 1977 - Régine Chassagne, Canadian musician Arcade Fire 1981 - Jonathan Schneck, American musician (Relient K) 1983 - Mica Penniman (Mika), Lebanese-born musician
19. avgust
1686 - Antonio Tonelli, composer 1737 - Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer 1813 - William Henry Fry, composer 1824 - Georg Goltermann, composer 1881 - Georges Enesco, [or Enescu], Romania, composer (Romanian Dances) 1886 - Robert Heger, composer 1896 - Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer 1905 - Jacques de Menasce, composer 1907 - Zygmunt Mycielsky, composer 1913 - Harry Mills, singer (Mills Brothers-Paper Moon) 1914 - Fumio Hayasaka, composer 1918 - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist 1920 - Paul Kont, composer 1939 - Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room) 1940 - Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now) 1943 - Billy J Kramer, Liverpool, rock vocalist (The Dakotas-Bad to Me) 1944 - Eddy Raven, Lafayette La, country singer (Right Hand Man) 1945 - Ian Gillian, heavy metal rocker (Deep Purple-Knocking at Backdoor) 1946 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor 1947 - Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch) 1948 - Susan Jacks (Susan Pesklevits) Saskatoon Canada, singer and songwriter 1951 - John Deacon, British pop guitarist (Queen-Somebody to Love) 1951 - Gustavo Santaolalla, Argentine film composer 1959 - Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker 1960 - Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker 1963 - Joey Tempest, rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown) 1966 - Lee Ann Womack, American musician 1967 - Jason Starkey, son of Beatle Ringo 1968 - Mark McGuinn, country music singer 1969 - Nate Dogg, American rapper 1969 - Clay Walker, American singer 1970 - Fat Joe, American rapper 1972 - Elizabeth Wolfgramm, rocker (Jets) 1972 - Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Hong Kong singer and actress 1972 - Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer 1979 - Dave Douglas, American musician (Relient K) 1980 - Jun Jin, Korean rapper (Shinhwa) 1980 - Darius Danesh, Scottish singer-songwriter & actor 1980 - Michael Todd, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) 1983 - Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter 1983 - Tammin Sursok, Australian actress & singer 1985 - Megan Rochell, American singer 1987 - Anaïs Lameche, Swedish singer (Play) 1989 - Romeo, American rapper
20. avgust
1561 - Jacopo Peri, composer 1666 - Alphonse d’ Eve, composer 1720 - Bernard de Bury, composer 1756 - Bernardo Bittoni, composer 1788 - Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer 1820 - Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer 1873 - William Henry Bell, composer 1881 - Nikolay Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, composer 1888 - George Sklavos, composer 1889 - Witold Friemann, composer 1905 - Jack [Weldon J] Teagarden, US trombonist/actor (Meet Band Leaders) 1907 - Anatole Fistoulari, conductor 1913 - Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist 1924 - Jim Reeves, US country singer/actor (Gun Fury, Kimberley Jim) 1930 - Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor 1935 - Charles Shere, composer 1935 - J J Malone, US soul singer (It’s a shame) 1935 - Justin Tubb, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1937 - El Fary, Spanish singer and actor (d. 2007) 1940 - John Lantree, rocker 1941 - Dave Brock, British musician and founder of Hawkwind 1942 - Isaac Hayes, Covington TN, composer (Shaft) 1944 - John Povey, rocker 1946 - Ralf Hütter, German musician (Kraftwerk) 1947 - James Pankow, Chicago IL, rocker (Chicago) 1948 - Robert Plant, West Bromwich England, rock vocalist (Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love) 1949 - Nikolas Asimos, Greek composer and singer (d. 1988) 1949 - Phil Lynott, Irish musician (d. 1986) 1951 - Phil Lynott, Dublin Ireland, rock bassist (Thin Lizzy) 1952 - John Hiatt, US singer/songwriter (Have a Little Faith in Me) 1952 - Rudy Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady) 1955 - Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist (Bob Color) 1956 - Rick Olsen, rock guitarist (Berlin-Take My Breath Away) 1957 - Doug Fleger, rocker 1961 - Rick Rael, heavy metal rocker 1965 - KRS-One, American rapper 1966 - Dimebag Darrell, heavy metal guitarist (Pantera) 1968 - Yuri Shiratori, Japanese voice actress and singer 1970 - Fred Durst, American singer (Limp Bizkit) 1971 - Brad Avery, American musician (former guitarist for Third Day) 1974 - Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist 1974 - Big Moe, American rapper (d. 2007) 1974 - Andy Strachan, Australian musician (The Living End)
21. avgust
1642 - Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer 1689 - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer 1751 - Johann Georg Witthauer, composer 1806 - Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer 1809 - Francesco Schira, composer 1825 - Kate Fanny Loder, composer 1829 - Otto Goldschmidt, composer 1852 - Benedetto Junck, composer 1893 - Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer 1902 - Renato Fasano, composer 1903 - Yannis Constantinidis, composer 1904 - [William] Count Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles) 1906 - Joachim Homs, composer 1909 - Jon William Jr Haussermann, composer 1912 - Bruce Trent, singer 1915 - Raquel Rastenni, Danish singer (d. 1998) 1926 - Ben-Zion Orgad, composer 1927 - Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer 1928 - Zdenek Lukas, composer 1931 - Gregg Smith, composer 1933 - Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave) 1934 - Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist 1938 - Kenny Rogers, Houston Texas, singer (Through the Years) 1939 - Ernie Maresca, singer/songwriter (Runaround Sue, Wanderer) 1939 - Harold W Reid, Augusta County Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of ’57) 1939 - James Burton, American guitarist 1944 - Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now) 1945 - Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (d. 2006) 1947 - Carl Giammarese, Chicago Ill, rock guitarist (Buckinghams) 1950 - Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer 1952 - Joe Strummer, lead singer of the British punk band The Clash (Rock the Casbah) 1952 - Glenn Hughes, British bassist and vocalist (Finders Keepers/Trapeze/Deep Purple) 1954 - Steve Smith, Los Angeles California, rock drummer (Journey) 1957 - Budgie, rock drummer (Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing) 1957 - Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) 1967 - Serj Tankian, Armenian-born singer (System of a Down) 1971 - Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy) 1971 - Matthew Noonan, American Concert Organist 1979 - Kelis Rogers-Jones, American singer 1981 - Collie Buddz, (Colin Harper) Reggae & Dancehall artist 1984 - Alizée Jacotey, French singer 1987 - Kim Kibum, one of the member of Korean boy band Super junior. actor and singer 1988 - Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter 1988 - Paris Bennett, American singer and finalist on American Idol (season 5) 1992 - Brad Kavanagh, English songwriter and actor 1996 - Jamia Simone Nash, American singer and actress
22. avgust
1530 - Bartolomeo Spontone, composer 1615 - Christopher Gibbons, composer 1681 - Pierre Danican Philidor, composer 1753 - Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer 1766 - Joseph-Denis Doche, composer 1771 - Jan Joseph Rosler, composer 1827 - Edouard Silas, composer 1827 - Josef Strauss, Austria, composer (Dorfschwalben aus Austria) 1847 - Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, composer 1862 - Claude Debussy, St Germain-en-Laye, composer (La Mer, Clair de lune), (d. 1918) 1873 - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist 1874 - Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer 1895 - Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello) 1909 - Sergius Kagen, composer 1913 - Robert Schollum, composer 1917 - John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Boogie Chillen) 1924 - Andrzej Markowski, composer 1926 - Bob Flannigan, rocker (Four Freshmen) 1927 - Aleksandar Obradovic, composer 1934 - John M Chowning, composer 1936 - Lex P Humphries, drummer 1937 - Donald MacLeary, dancer 1938 - Dale Hawkins, music writer (Suzy Q) 1939 - Candido Lima, composer 1939 - Fred Milano, Bronx NY, rocker (Dion & The Belmonts) [or 8/26/40] 1942 - Kathy Lennon, Santa Monica California, singer (Lennon Sisters) 1945 - Ron Dante, Staten Island NY, rock vocalist (Archies-Sugar, Sugar) 1947 - Donna Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead) 1950 - Teresa Davis, rocker 1952 - Peter Laughner, American musician (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (d. 1977) 1957 - Holly Dunn, San Antonio Tx, country singer (Daddy’s Hands) 1958 - Ian Mitchell, Edinburgh, rocker (Bay City Rollers) 1958 - Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour) 1959 - Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round) 1961 - Debbi Peterson, Los Angeles California, rock drummer (Bangles-Eternal Flame) 1961 - Jay Ashton, rocker (Gene Loves Jezebel) 1961 - Roland Orzabal, rock vocalist (Tears for Fears-Shout, Head over Heels) 1962 - James Debarge, Grand Rapids Mi, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Debarge) 1963 - Tori Amos, [Myra Ellen Amos], NC, pianist/vocalist (Under The Pink,) 1966 - Mark Michaels, heavy metal guitarist (Teach Yourself Rhythm Guitar) 1966 - GZA, American rapper 1967 - Layne Staley, US rock singer/guitarist (Alice in Chains-Dirt), (d. 2002) 1967 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer (d. 1986) 1968 - Paul Colman, Australian guitarist (Newsboys) 1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys) 1974 - Stefano Verderi, Italian guitarist 1978 - Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
23. avgust
1727 - Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer 1854 - Moritz Moszkowski, composer 1879 - Alfreds Kalnins, composer 1886 - Gottfried Rudinger, composer 1893 - Roy Agnew, composer 1900 - Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf) 1900 - Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1978) 1905 - Leonard Constant Lambert, London England, composer (King Pest) 1912 - Gene Kelly, Pitts, dancer/actor (An American in Paris, Going My Way) 1913 - Bob Crosby, Spokane Wa, Bing’s brother, orchestra leader (Bob Crosby Show) 1913 - Luis-Felipe Ramon y Rivera, composer 1917 - Tex Williams, American singer (d. 1985) 1920 - Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker’s Last Joke) 1923 - Richard Adler, composer/songwriter (Damn Yankees, Pajama Game) 1923 - Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor (Vienna Symph 1960-70) 1924 - Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer 1925 - Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze, composer 1925 - Wlodzimierz Kotonski, composer 1927 - Martial Solal, composer 1928 - Gerd Natschinski, composer 1932 - Mark Russell, Buffalo NY, political satirist/pianist (Real People) 1934 - Lojze Lebic, composer 1935 - Loren Rush, composer 1936 - Rudy Lewis, rocker (Drifters) 1938 - Roger Greenaway, composer 1938 - Ronny Cox, actor/singer (Robocop, Dr John Gideon-St Elsewhere) 1946 - Keith Moon, English rock drummer (Who-I’m A Boy) 1947 - Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road) 1947 - Terje Rypdal, composer 1948 - Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer (Doe Maar) 1949 - John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist 1949 - Woody Paul, [Paul Chrisman], Nashville, singer (Riders in the Sky) 1949 - Katiana Balanika, Greek actress and singer 1951 - Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor) 1952 - Dalton Reed, singer 1952 - Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician 1953 - Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) 1961 - Dean DeLeo, American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) 1970 - Brad Mehldau, American pianist 1974 - Shifty, American musician (Crazy Town) 1975 - Eliza Carthy, English singer and fiddler 1978 - Julian Casablancas, American musician 1979 - Ritchie Neville, British musician 1982 - YTCracker, American musician 1986 - Neil Cicierega, American cartoonist and musician 1987 - Nikki Gil, Filipina actress, host and singer
24. avgust
1531 - Ercole Bottrigari, composer 1579 - John Amner, composer 1683 - Meinrad Spiess, composer 1725 - Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer 1733 - David Traugott Nicolai, composer 1820 - Jacopo Tomadini, composer 1821 - Emmanuele Muzio, composer 1837 - Theodore Dubois, composer 1839 - Eduard Napravnik, composer 1854 - Nikolay Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer 1856 - Felix Mottl, composer 1879 - Rentaro Taki, composer 1890 - Franz Philipp, composer 1891 - Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer 1897 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and publishing executive (d. 1954) 1905 - Arthur Crudup, American singer and guitarist (d. 1974) 1910 - Bernhard Heiden, composer 1915 - Wynonie Harris, rocker 1916 - Léo Ferré, French composer and singer (d. 1993) 1919 - "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer 1919 - Nils Viggo Bentzon, composer 1924 - Louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus) 1929 - William Winfield, rocker (Harptones) 1932 - Richard Graham Meale, composer 1934 - Roger Donald Dickerson, composer 1938 - David Freiberg, Boston MA, rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger) 1940 - Tony Secunda, rock band manager 1941 - Ernest Wright Jr, US rock vocalist (Imperials-So Much) 1942 - Joe Chambers, Los Angeles California, rock guitarist/vocalist (Chambers Brothers) 1943 - John Cipollina, SF Cal, rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) 1945 - Ken Hensley, rock keyboardist (Blackfoot, Uriah Heep) 1945 - Malcolm "Mollie" Duncan, Scotland, saxophonist (Average White Band) 1948 - Jean-Michel Jarre, French musician 1949 - Stephen Harrison Paulus, composer 1951 - Jimmy Farrar, Jacksonville Fl, rock vocalist (Molly Hatchet) 1953 - Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist 1955 - Jeffrey Daniel, LA CA, rock vocalist (Shalamar) 1957 - Jeffrey Daniel, American dancer and singer (Shalamar) 1961 - Colin Angus, Scottish pop musician (Shamen, Ebeneezer Goode) 1961 - Mark "Bedders" Bedfored, London, rock bassist (Madness) 1963 - John Bush, US heavy metal singer (Anthrax-Armed & Dangerous) 1964 - Pebbles, rock vocalist (Girlfriend) 1968 - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Sepultura) 1974 - Orla Fallon, Irish Vocalist for Celtic Woman 1979 - Elva Hsiao, Taiwanese singer 1981 - Jiro Wang Dong Cheng, Taiwanese singer, actor
25. avgust
1718 - Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer 1758 - Franz Teyber, composer 1880 - Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer/conductor (...smaller guard) 1887 - Olav Fartein Valen, composer 1891 - Alberto Savinio, [Andrea de Chirico], Italian writer/composer 1891 - Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, composer 1891 - Samuel Gardner, composer 1897 - Jaroslav Ridky, composer 1900 - Mary Bruce, dance Teacher 1902 - Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco) 1905 - Undine Smith Moore, composer 1909 - Arwel Hughes, composer 1910 - Ruby Keeler, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (Dames, 42nd Street) 1911 - Jacopo Napoli, composer 1914 - Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda) 1918 - Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence MA, conductor/composer (West Side Story) 1918 - Richard Greene, Plymouth England, composer/actor (Adv of Robin Hood) 1922 - Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer/song writer/programmer 1928 - Karl Korte, composer 1933 - Wayne Shorter, rocker (Weather Report) 1942 - Walter Williams, US, rock vocalist (O’Jays-Use to Be My Girl) 1949 - Gene Simmons, [Chaim Witz], Haifa Israel, rock guitarist (KISS-Beth) 1949 - Fariborz Lachini, Canadian-Iranian composer 1950 - Willy Deville, NYC, rock vocalist/guitarist (Mink Deville) 1950 - Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician 1951 - Rob Halford, heavy metal (Judas Priest-Got Another Thing) [or Oct 25] 1952 - Geoff Downes, English keyboardist (Buggles, Yes, Asia) 1954 - Elvis Costello, [Declan Patrick McManus], Lon, rock vocalist (Allison) 1954 - Martin Jourard, keyboardist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely) 1956 - Matt Aitken, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) 1958 - Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer (Tambourine) 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, Flatwoods Ky, country singer (Achy Breaky Heart) 1962 - Mazzi Rawd, heavy metal rocker 1962 - Vivian Campbell, heavy metal rocker (White Snake-Here I Go Again) 1965 - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993) 1966 - Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist 1967 - Jeff Tweedy, American singer (Wilco) 1968 - Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer and composer 1968 - Stuart Murdoch, Scottish musician (Belle & Sebastian) 1968 - Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer and composer 1968 - Spider One, American musician (Powerman 5000) 1970 - Claudia Schiffer, Rheinbach Germany, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone) 1970 - Jo Dee Messina, American country music singer 1971 - Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer 1983 - James Righton, English musician (Klaxons) 1987 - Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer 1988 - Raymond Quinn, English singer 1992 - Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer
26. avgust
1627 - Thomas Bullis, composer 1687 - Willem the Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph) 1726 - Karl Kohaut, composer 1745 - Francois Guichard, composer 1749 - Johann Ernst Rembt, composer 1788 - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 1823 - Wilhelm Troszel, composer 1828 - Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer 1843 - George August Lumbye, composer 1887 - Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer 1896 - Richard Hammond, composer 1903 - Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer 1911 - Lester Lanin, orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits) 1915 - William Bardwell, composer 1918 - Louis W "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor (Residence Orchestra) 1922 - Lazar Nikolov, composer 1928 - Peter Appleyard, Canadian jazz vibraphonist, (d. 2013) 1931 - Dane Skerl, composer 1938 - Maurice Williams, rocker 1938 - Jet Black, English drummer, one of the founding members of The Stranglers 1941 - Chris Curtis, [Chris Crummy], rock drummer/vocalist (Deep Purple) 1942 - Vic Dana, Buffalo, singer/dancer (Talent Scouts) 1946 - Valerie Simpson, American singer 1946 - Mark Snow, American composer 1946 - Chantal Renaud, Quebec singer and actress 1948 - Valerie Simpson, Bronx, singer, Ashford’s partner (Like a Rock) 1949 - Robert (Bob) Cowsill, Newport RI, (Cowsills - Hair, We Can Fly) 1952 - Billy Rush, rocker (Asbury Jukes) 1954 - Michael Chetwood, rocker 1954 - Wally Murphy, rocker 1957 - Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish singer 1960 - Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist (Bring on the Night, Tonight Show) 1960 - Nancy Martinez, rocker 1961 - Jimmy Olander, Palos Verdes Cal, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in Middle) 1966 - Shirley Manson, Scottish singer 1971 - Thalía, Mexican singer 1976 - Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh) 1976 - Zemfira, Russian singer 1978 - Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer 1982 - David Long, New Zealand musician 1986 - Cassie, American singer 1990 - Lil’ Chris, British singer
27. avgust
1562 - Hans Leo Hassler, composer 1583 - Simon Besler, composer 1650 - Johann Samuel Welter, composer 1739 - Michel Delalande, composer 1826 - Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer 1837 - Heinrich Urban, composer 1867 - Umberto Giordano, composer 1878 - Joseph John Richards, composer 1882 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer 1886 - Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer 1886 - Rebecca Clarke, composer 1896 - Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor [o.s. 15-08] 1902 - Herbert Menges, composer 1909 - Lester W "Pres" Young, US jazz saxophonist 1925 - Tony Crombie, drummer/bandleader 1928 - Peter Richard Tahourdin, composer 1932 - Francois Glorieux, composer 1937 - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician 1937 - Phil Shulmon, rocker (Gentle Giant) 1937 - Tommy Sands, Chicago IL, singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me) 1940 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz guitarist 1942 - Daryl Dragon, Pasadena California, keyboardist (Capt & Tennille) 1944 - Barry Conyngham, composer 1944 - Tim Bogert, rocker 1948 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek musician (d. 1990) 1949 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist 1949 - Jeff Cook, Fort Payne Ala, country guitar/vocalist (Alabama-Mt Music) 1953 - Alex Lifeson, Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Rush) 1955 - Laura Fygi, Dutch singer 1956 - Glen Matlock, rock bassist (Sex Pistols) 1967 - Bob Nastanovich, American musician (Pavement, Silver Jews) 1970 - Tony Kanal, English-born musician (No Doubt) 1971 - Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer 1977 - Mase, American rapper 1979 - Sarah Neufeld, Canadian musician (Arcade Fire) 1980 - Stephanie Michelle Steele, Abilene TX, country singer 1986 - Mario, American R&B singer
28. avgust
1673 - Conrad Michael Schneider, composer 1700 - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer 1754 - Peter Winter, composer 1775 - Sophie Gail, composer 1826 - Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer 1827 - Teresa Milanollo, composer 1829 - Albert Dietrich, composer 1831 - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer 1840 - Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel hymns) 1872 - Alfred Baldwin Sloan, composer 1881 - Arne Eggen, composer 1885 - Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo, composer 1887 - Daniel Zamudio, composer 1890 - Ivor Gurney, composer 1894 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (d. 1981) 1901 - Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet) 1901 - Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune) 1903 - Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer 1913 - Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], Brooklyn NY, Tenor (NY Met Opera) 1914 - Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue) 1916 - Hélène Baillargeon, Quebec singer and folklorist (d. 1997) 1924 - Vilayat Khan, composer 1925 - Donald O’Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain) 1925 - Billy Grammer, American country music singer and guitarist 1928 - James Wild, music teacher 1931 - John Perkins, rocker (Crew Cuts) 1932 - Carlene Polite, US dancer/activist/author (Sister X) 1939 - Clem Cattini, rocker 1939 - Edward Patten, US soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) 1940 - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind) 1943 - Anne "Honey" Lantree, rocker 1945 - Bob Segarini, Musician and radio personality 1948 - Daniel Seraphine, Chicago, rock drummer (Chicago-If You Leave Me Now) 1949 - Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime) 1951 - Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet) 1951 - Wayne Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) 1951 - Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer 1961 - Kim Appleby, Stoke Newington, London, English singer (Mel & Kim-Coming to America) 1962 - David Fincher, American music video and film director 1965 - Shania Twain, Windsor Ontario, Canadian singer (You’re Still the One) 1966 - Jerry Fehily, rocker (Hothouse Flowers-Don’t Go) 1969 - Mary McCartney, daughter of Beatle Paul and Linda McCartney 1970 - Rick Recht, Jewish singer 1973 - DJ Assault, American musician 1974 - Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer 1978 - Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY) 1979 - Shaila Durcal, Spanish singer 1982 - Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart) 1983 - Alfonso Herrera, Actor, and singer in the Latin pop group RBD 1991 - Sarah Jane Santos, Filipino singer
29. avgust
1686 - Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer 1773 - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) 1855 - Emil Pauer, composer 1881 - Edvin Kallstenius, composer 1905 - Lan Adomian, composer 1910 - Robert Pineda-Duque, composer 1920 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist 1922 - Yorgos Sicilianos, composer 1923 - Lester Albert Trimble, composer 1924 - Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes) 1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005) 1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer 1927 - Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith) 1931 - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001) 1934 - Gene Allison, US R&B-singer (You Can Make It If You Try) 1934 - Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer 1942 - Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician 1943 - Richard Halligan, Troy NY, rock vocalist (Blood Sweat & Tears) 1945 - Chris Copping, Essex England, rock bassist (Procol Harum) 1949 - Peter John Wiegold, composer 1953 - Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult) 1954 - Chet Catallo, guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1954 - Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1955 - Diamanda Galas, composer 1956 - GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993) 1957 - Pim Kops, rock musician (Dike, Bloedend Heart) 1958 - Michael Jackson, Gary Indiana, recording artist and King of Pop (Thriller, Bad), (d. 2009) 1959 - Eddi Reader, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) 1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer 1961 - Tony MacAlpine, heavy metal rocker (Solo-Edge of Insanity) 1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer 1963 - Greg Steele, rocker (Faster Pussycat-Wake Me When It’s Over) 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer 1966 - Dan Truman, St George Utah, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle) 1967 - Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) 1969 - Me’Shell NdegéOcello, American singer 1974 - Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer 1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician(Simple Plan) 1980 - Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor 1982 - A+, American rapper 1992 - Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
30. avgust
1687 - Francesco Maria Vallara, composer 1693 - Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist 1767 - Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer 1769 - Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer 1809 - Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer 1820 - George Frederick Root, composer 1842 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer 1902 - Arnold Maria Walter, composer 1908 - Willie Bryant, New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times) 1915 - Robert Strassburg, American composer (d. 2003) 1919 - Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry), (d. 2012) 1922 - Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), (d. 2013) 1923 - Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove) 1924 - Kenny Dorham [McKinley], Fairfield, Texas, jazz trumpeter, (d. 1972) 1926 - Olgerts Gravitis, composer 1927 - Pieter Willem Kee, composer 1928 - Johnny Mann, Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer) 1933 - Arne Mellnas, composer 1935 - John Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming) 1941 - John McNally, Liverpool, rock guitarist/vocalist (Searchers) 1943 - David Henry Maslanka, composer 1944 - Charles Colbert, Chicago Ill, rocker (American Breed) 1944 - John Surman, jazz musician 1945 - David Schiff, composer 1949 - Peter Maffay, German musician 1951 - Dana, singer/actress (Flight of the Doves) 1955 - Martin Jackson, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out) 1960 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992) 1969 - Dimitris Sgouros, Greek pianist 1970 - Michael Wong Guang Liang, Chinese Malaysian singer 1971 - Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs) 1974 - Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi) 1974 - Aaron Barrett, Lead singer/guitarist of Reel Big Fish 1974 - Rich Cronin, Boston Massachusetts, US singer songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones) 1977 - Jens Ludwig, German guitarist 1978 - Swizz Beatz, American rapper/producer 1979 - Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer 1983 - Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer and actor 1983 - Jonne Aaron, Vocalist of the Finnish Band Negative 1986 - Ryan Ross, American guitarist and lyricist (Panic at the Disco)
31. avgust
1696 - Johann Paul Kunzen, composer 1741 - Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer 1748 - Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer 1755 - Johann Ignaz Walter, composer 1775 - Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer 1821 - Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer 1834 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer (I Lituani) 1855 - Stefan Surzynski, composer 1856 - Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer 1864 - Max Wilhelm Zach, composer 1878 - Albert Riemenschneider, composer 1879 - Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer 1895 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer 1899 - Walter Muller von Kulm, composer 1908 - Peter Conrad Baden, composer 1918 - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady) 1918 - Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer 1924 - Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, Bkln, comedian (God’s Little Acre, Music Man) 1924 - Klaus Hashagen, composer 1930 - Tiny Little Jr, Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show) 1939 - Jerry Allison, Hillsboro Tx, rock drummer (Buddy Holly & Crickets) 1941 - Emanuel Nunes, composer 1945 - Bob Welch, rock vocalist/guitarist (Fleetwood Mac-Oh Well), (d. 2012) 1945 - Itzhak Perlman, Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys) 1945 - [George I] Van Morrison, Belfast, singer (Here Comes the Night) 1945 - Van Morrison, Northern Irish musician 1948 - Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions) 1949 - Rick Roberts, rocker (Firefall) 1952 - Bruce Soboroff, Chic Il, rocker (Buckinghams) 1952 - Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist (Scorpions-Virgin Killer) 1957 - Gina Schock, rocker (Gogos-Our Lips Are Sealed) 1957 - Glenn Tilbrook, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Squeeze-Tempted) 1959 - Tony DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) 1960 - Chris Whitley, American musician (d. 2005) 1961 - David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland) 1963 - Reb Beach, heavy metal rocker (Winger-17) 1970 - Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams) 1975 - Daniel Harding, British conductor 1976 - Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer 1977 - Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines) 1979 - Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro) 1980 - Joe Budden, American rapper 1981 - 40 Cal, American rapper 1982 - Patrick Nuo, Swiss singer
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