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 - MarÃa 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)