Birthdays (December)

[judith]

USA, except where noted otherwise

01: 1934 - Paul Williams pka "Billy Paul" (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
01: 1938 - Sander 'Sandy' Nelson (Santa Monica, California) "Let There Be Drums"
01: 1944 - John Densmore (Los Angeles, California) The Doors
01: 1945 - Bette Midler (Honolulu, Hawaii)
01: 1946 - Raymond 'Gilbert' O'Sullivan (Waterford, Ireland)
01: 1951 - Sergio Dias Baptista (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Os Mutantes (1 of 2 in Dec)
01: 1956 - Julee Cruise (Creston, Iowa)
01: 1958 - Howard Male (Cambridge, England)
01: 1965 - Robert PeÅ¡ut (Serbian: Роберт Пешут) pka Magnifico (Ljubljana, SR Slovenia)
02: 1945 - Bumba Massa (Democratic Republic of Congo)
02: 1948 - Bill Harkleroad pka Zoot Horn Rollo (Palmdale, California) Captain Beefheart' Magic Band
02: 1960 - Joe Henry (Charlotte, North Carolina)
02: 1960 - Andy Palacio (Barranco, Belize) [died, 19 January 2008]
02: 1962 - Pietra Montecorvino (Naples, Italy)
03: 1925 - Ferlin Husky (Flat River, Missouri) "Gone"
03: 1928 - Andy Williams (Wall Lake, Iowa)
03: 1930 - Jean-Luc Godard (Paris, France)
03: 1932 - Jody Reynolds (Denver, Colorado) [died 7 Nov, 2008]
03: 1944 - Ralph May pka 'Ralph McTell' (Farnborough, England)
03: 1948 - John 'Ozzy' Osborne (Aston, Birmingham, England) Black Sabbath
04: 1930 - Jim Hall (Buffalo, New York) Master jazz guitarist (Jimmy Giuffre Trio)
04: 1934 - Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale (Jackson, Tennessee)
04: 1942 - Chris Hillman (Los Angeles, California) Byrds
04: 1944 - Anna McGarrigle (St-Sauveur, Québec, Canada) Kate & Anna McGarrigle
04: 1955 - Cassandra Wilson (Jackson, Mississippi)
04: 1964 - Sertab Erener (Istanbul, Turkey)
04: 1969 - Shawn Carter pka 'Jay-Z' (New York, New York)
04: 1973 - Kate Rusby (Barnsley, Yorkshire, England)
05: 1922 - Don Robertson (Peking, China) songwriter/piano session player
05: 1932 - Richard Penniman pka 'Little Richard' (Macon, Georgia)
05: 1938 - John 'J.J.' Cale (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
05: 1939 - Aashish Khan Debsharma (Maihar, India) sarode
05: 1947 - Egberto Gismonti (Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
05: 1947 - Jim Messina (Harlingen, Texas) Poco
05: 1950 - Abdoulaye Diakite (Senegal)
05: 1960 - Osvaldo Golijov (La Plata, Argentina) film composer
05: 1980 - Ibrahim Maalouf (Beyrouth, Lebanon) Trumpeter
06: 1920 - Dave Brubeck (Concord, California)
06: 1943 - Mike Smith (Edmonton, London, England) vocalist, Dave Clark 5 [died Feb 28, '08]
06: 1955 - Tish Hinojosa (San Antonio, Texas)
06: 1962 - Ben Watt (Barnes, London, England) Everything But The Girl
07: 1931 - Bobby Osborne (Hyden, Kentucky) The Osborne Brothers
07: 1949 - Tom Waits (Pomona, California)
08: 1922 - Jean Ritchie (Perry County, Kentucky)
08: 1939 - Jerry Butler, Jr (Sunflower, Mississippi)
08: 1947 - Chava Alberstein (Szczecin, Poland)
08: 1947 - Gregg Allman (Nashville, Tennessee) The Allman Brothers Band
08: 1966 - Sinéad O'Connor (Dublin, Ireland)
09: 1932 - Billy Edd Wheeler (Whitesville, W.Virginia)
09: 1941 - Dan Hicks (Little Rock, Arkansas)..and His Hot Licks
09: 1944 - Neil Innes (Danbury, England) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
09: 1950 - Joan Armatrading (St. Kitts, West Indies)
09: 1969 - Jakob Dylan (New York City)
09: 1971 - Geoff Barrow (Walton in Gordano, Somerset, England) Portishead
10: 1945 - Frederick Hibbert pka 'Toots' (Kingston, Jamaica) ... & The Maytals
10: 1951 - Johnny Rodriguez (Sabinal, Texas)
10: 1955 - María Yong pka "Ana Gabriel" (Santiago de Comanito, Sinaloa, Mexico)
10: 1957 - Paul Hardcastle (London, England) "N-N-N-Nineteen"
10: 1974 - Meg White (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) The White Stripes
11: 1935 - Tom Brumley (Powell, Mississippi) The Buckeroos [died February 3, 2009]
11: 1938 - McCoy Tyner (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
11: 1938 - Gaston Ghrenassia pka "Enrico Macias" (Constantine, Algeria)
11: 1944 - Brenda Mae Tarpley pka 'Brenda Lee' (Atlanta, Georgia)
11: 1954 - Lydia Sowa pka "Rita Ray" (Ghana) The Darts; The Shrine - DJ
12: 1923 - Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
12: 1929 - Toshiko Akiyoshi (Liaoyang, Manchuria) jazz pianist/composer
12: 1933 - Manu Dibango (Douala, Cameroon) "Soul Makossa"
12: 1938 - Concetta Franconero pka 'Connie Francis' (Newark, New Jersey)
12: 1940 - Dionne Warwick (East Orange, New Jersey)
12: 1943 - Dickey Betts (West Palm Beach, Florida) The Allman Brothers Band (2 of 2 in Dec)
12: 1944 - Alex Acuna (Pativilca, Peru) percussionist, Weather Report
12: 1946 - Pelham Goddard (Clarence Street, St. James, Trinidad)
12: 1950 - Richard Galliano (Cannes, France) Accordionist
12: 1972 - Hank Williams III (Houston, Texas)
13: 1930 - Buck White (Oklahoma City, OK) Father of Cheryl and Sharon (below)
13: 1933 - Lou Adler (Chicago, Illinois) producer, Dunhill & Ode Records
13: 1949 - Thomas Miller pka 'Tom Verlaine' (Morristown, New Jersey) Television
14: 1920 - Clark Terry (St. Louis, Missouri)
14: 1946 - Jane Birkin (London, England)
14: 1952 - John Lurie (Minneapolis, Minnesota) The Lounge Lizards
14: 1977 - Fally Ipupa (Kinshasa, D R of Congo) Koffi Olomide's Quartier Latin
15: 1934 - Curtis Fuller (Detroit, Michigan)
15: 1936 - Eddie Palmieri (New York, New York)
15: 1942 - Dave Clark (Tottenham, London, England) Dave Clark Five
15: 1946 - Alan Balfour (Soho, London) critic/reviewer, blues sleeve note author
15: 1955 - Paul Simenon (Brixton, London, England) The Clash
16: 1932 - Shelby Singleton (Waskom, Texas) recording executive/record producer [died October 7, 2009]
16: 1937 - Jim Glaser (Spalding, Nebraska)
16: 1943 - Tony Hicks (Nelson, Lancashire, England) The Hollies
16: 1946 - Göran 'Benny' Andersson (Stockholm, Sweden) Abba
16: 1952 - Manuel Barrueco (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) classical quitarist
16: 1973 - 'Mariza' Reis Nunes (Mozambique)
17: 1930 - Frankie Miller (Victoria, Texas)
17: 1937 - Art Neville (New Orleans, LA) Meters (1 of 3 in Dec); Neville Brothers (1 of 2 in Dec)
17: 1949 - Paul Rogers (Middlesbrough, England) Free
17: 1953 - Sharon White (Wichita Falls, Texas) Mrs. Ricky Skaggs
17: 1974 - Felix Lajko (Backa Topola, Vojvodina, Serbia)
18: 1933 - Lee Baker Jr. pka "Lonnie Brooks" (Dubuisson, Louisiana)
18: 1943 - Bobby Keys (Slaton, Texas) Saxophonist
18: 1943 - Keith Richards (Dartford, Kent, England) The Rolling Stones
18: 1959 - Grantley Marshall pka 'Daddy G' (Bristol, England) Massive Attack
19: 1915 - Charlie Ryan (Graceville, Minnesota) [died Feb 16, 2008]
19: 1920 - Little Jimmy Dickens (Bolt, West Virginia)
19: 1942 - Cornell Dupree (Fort Worth, Texas) Session guitarist
19: 1945 - John McEuen (Long Beach, California) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
20: 1936 - Judy Henske (Chippewa Falls, Wisconson)
20: 1939 - Bill Keith (Boston, Massachusetts)
20: 1947 - Gigliola Cinquetti (Verona, Italy)
20: 1953 - Benjamin Escoriza (Granada, Andalusia, Spain) Radio Tarifa
20: 1957 - Stephen 'Billy' Bragg (Essex, England)
21: 1926 - Frederick Segrest pka "Freddie Hart "(Lochapoka, Alabama)
21: 1929 - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson (Tarpon Springs, Florida)
21: 1942 - Carla Thomas (Memphis, Tennessee)
21: 1943 - Albert Lee (Leominster, Herefordshire, England)
21: 1947 - Francisco Sanchez Gomez pka Paco de Lucia (Algeciras, Cádiz)
21: 1953 - Betty Wright (Miami, Florida)
22: 1937 - Russell 'Red' Steagall (Gainesville, Texas) cowboy songs
22: 1949 - Robin Gibb (Douglas, Isle of Man, UK) The Bee Gees
22: 1958 - José Alberto 'El Canario' (Villa Consuelo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
22: 1972 - Vanessa Paradis (Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France)
23: 1928 - Murray 'Buddy' Harman, Jr (Nashville, Tennessee) [died 21 Aug, 2008]
23: 1961 - Malage De Lugendo (Bukavu, D R Congo) Franco's TPOK Jazz; Zaiko Langa Langa
23: 1967 - 'Carla Bruni' Tedeschi (Turin, Italy)
23: 1975 - Yasmin Levy (Jerusalem, Israel)
24: 1918 – Carolyn (née Caroline) DeZurik (Royalton, Minnesota) The Dezurik Sisters (died 16 March 2009)
24: 1920 - Dave Bartholomew (Edgard, Louisiana)
24: 1951 - Nick Kent (North London, England) Writer (New Musical Express)
24: 1952 - Nyboma Mwan'dido (Nioko, Democratic Republic of Congo)
24: 1970 - Will Oldham aka 'Bonnie Prince Billy' (Louisville, Kentucky)
24: 1974 - Enrique 'Ricky' Martin (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
25: 1919 – John Ray "Curly" Seckler (China Grove, North Carolina) Foggy Mountain Boys
25: 1940 - Papa Noel (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
25: 1942 - Enqrique Morente (Granada, Andalusia, Spain)
25: 1944 - Emory Gordy, Jr. (Atlanta, Georgia) Married to next month’s Patty Loveless
25: 1946 - Jimmy Buffett (Pascagoula, Missouri)
25: 1948 - Barbara Mandrell (Houston, Texas)
25: 1949 - Joe Louis Walker (San Francisco, California)
25: 1954 - Annie Lennox (Aberdeen, Scotland)
25: 1957 - Shane McGowan (Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England)
25: 1965 - Werrason (Bandundu, Democratic Republic of Congo) Wenge Musica
25: 1971 - Florian Armstrong pka 'Dido' (London, England)
26: 1935 - Abdul 'Duke' Fakir (Detroit, Michigan) The Four Tops
26: 1939 - Phil Spector (Bronx, New York)
26: 1941 - “Rattlesnake Annie” McGowan (Ashville, N. Carolina)
26: 1947 - George Porter, Jr (New Orleans, LA) The Meters (2 of 3 in Dec)
27: 1931 - Scotty Moore (Gadsen, Tennessee) Elvis, Scotty & Bill
27: 1947 - Tracy Nelson (Madison, Wisconsin) Mother Earth
27: 1952 - Karla Bonoff (Santa Monica, California)
27: 1968 - Diego Jiménez Salazar pka 'Diego el Cigala' (Madrid, Spain)
28: 1921 - Ioannis Veliotes pka "Johnny Otis" (Vallejo, California)
28: 1936 - Obediah Jessie pka 'Young Jessie' (Lincoln Manor, Texas)
28: 1938 - Charles Neville (New Orleans, Louisiana) Neville Brothers (2 of 2 in Dec)
28: 1948 - Joseph 'Zigaboo' Modeliste (New Orleans, LA) The Meters (3 of 3 in Dec)
28: 1950 - Alex Chilton (Memphis, Tennessee) Box Tops - Big Star [died 17th March, 2010]
28: 1956 - Nigel Kennedy (Brighton, England)
29: 1922 - Rose Lee Maphis (Baltimore, Maryland) Wife of Joe
29: 1928 - Bernard Cribbins (Oldham, Lancashire, England)
29: 1940 - Ed Bruce (Keiser, Arkansas)
29: 1946 - Marianne Faithfull (Hampstead, London, England)
29: 1956 - Suzy Bogguss (Aledo, Illinois)
30: 1928 - Ellas McDaniel pka "Bo Diddley" (McComb, Mississippi) [died, June 2, 2008]
30: 1937 – Noel "Paul" Stookey (Baltimore, Maryland) Peter, Paul & Mary
30: 1938 - Mike Auldridge (Washington D.C)
30: 1942 - Mike Nesmith (Harris County, Texas) The Monkees (1 of 2 in Dec)
30: 1945 - Davy Jones (Manchester, England) The Monkees (2 of 2 in Dec)
30: 1946 - Patti Smith (Chicago, Illinois)
30: 1947 - Jeff Lynne (Birmingham, England) ELO
30: 1969 - Jason Cheetham pka "Jay Kay" (Stretford, Manchester) Jamiroquai
31: 1930 - 'Odetta' Holmes (Birmingham, Alabama) [died 3 Dec 2008]
31: 1942 - Andy Somers (Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England) The Police
31: 1943 - Pete Quaife (Tavistock, Devon, England) The Kinks [died 23rd June, 2010]
31: 1947 - June Tabor (Warwick, England)
31: 1947 - Rita Lee Jones (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Os Mutantes (2 of 2 in Dec)
31: 1948 - LaDonna Gaines pka "Donna Summer" (Boston, Massachusetts)

[Ronald]

Yes you did Judith.

[uiwangmike]

Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero pka Connie Francis, December 12, 1938 Newark, NJ

[Charlie]

I've included Ronald's names from the DRC. Ronald, I hope I've entered them correctly.

Sensational, Judith, you've excelled yourself with this starting list.

Ronald, could you give us the groups which these Congoese musicians were part of, to give them a context?

[Ronald]

Ronald, could you give us the groups which these Congoese musicians were part of, to give them a context?

Charlie

You probably overlooked this, I posted this some days ago:

http://www.charliegillett.com/phpBB2/vi ... php?t=5684

[judith]

Thank you, Charlie. Now that we've almost gone full circle, it feels like the system is gettting all sorted out.

[Charlie]

You probably overlooked this, I posted this some days ago: http://www.charliegillett.com/phpBB2/vi ... php?t=5684

Sorry, Ronald, yes, I've now added the associated group names

[howard male]

CG asked me to post my birthplace and date, but just seeing my name in this list makes me blush (i'm not worthy, to coin a phrase) so rather than do that I'd prefer if what details are up there already are removed - thanks, Judith!!!

[tulsehill charlie]

1925 December 3rd - Ferlin Husky born 1925 in Flat River, Missouri
and still performing at the Grand Ole Opry

[Charlie]

I'd prefer if what details are up there already are removed

Now, while proposed nominees for a CBE or the position of manager of the English football team are entitled to waive the honour, and indeed are regarded as being wise to do so, it is not so easy to be removed from these birthday listings. In fact, as far as I know, it is simply impossible. It is not up to birthday nominees to determine their own worthiness.

So hide that blush with a good foundation cream, Howard, and declare the when and where of your origins.

[tulsehill charlie]

Ellis McDaniel pka "Bo Diddley"

actually Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates)

[howard male]

Charlie wrote -

In fact, as far as I know, it is simply impossible

I was always led to believe nothing was impossible, but as I've now learnt this is not the case, it would be churlish of me not to provide the additional vital data you require.

Cambridge 1958.

[Gordon Neill]

Andy Palacio, 2 December 1960, Barranco, Belize

[Gordon Neill]

Pietra Montecorvino, 2 December 1962, Naples

[judith]

When making birthday posts on the YouTube thread, I noticed a discrepancy in the date and place of birth of Abdoulaye Diabate. I cannot find my original notes (I can't even remember if I'm the one who posted him, but I think I was) as to why I have his birthday on 5 Dec 1950, in Senegal. There are many Abdoulaye Diabates. I've found a birthday in 1956 in Kela, Mali for "Djoss" Diabate. I've found a birthday in 1952 in Segou, Mali for another A. Diabate. I was going by the Abdoulaye Diabate I watched on YouTube...in any case. I cannot confirm any birthdays for the gentleman. My apologies. Shame. There is a lovely video of Abdoulaye Diabate with Banning Eyre and one of his little son playing the djembe.