Birthdays (December)

[NormanD]

Another site I look at - from another reader, btw - is
http://www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2010b.html

[uiwangmike]

6: 1954 - Edward Tudor-Pole
Wiki gives his birthplace as England. I can't do any better than that, but I was told he was attending Chiswick Polytechnic when I went there once to see the Kursaal Flyers.

[john poole]

6: 1954 - Edward Tudor-Pole
Wiki gives his birthplace as England.

IMDb has London as his birthplace; but 1955 for his year of birth - I'll add him to the list under the earlier year.

[john poole]

DECEMBER LIST #2 (title pending)
(qualification - born in December; died prior to 2007)
02: - 1923 - Sophia Kalos pka "Maria Callas" (Manhattan) [died 16th September, 1977]
05: - 1912* - Aleck Ford aka "Rice Miller" pka "Sonny Boy Williamson" (Tallahatchie County, Mississippi) [died 25th May, 1965] (*various other birthdates available)
06: - 1896 - Israel Gershowitz pka "Ira Gershwin" (New York City) [died 17th August, 1983]
07: - 1910 - Louis Prima (New Orleans) [died 24th August, 1978]
08: - 1943 - James "Jim" Morrison (Melbourne, Florida) [died 3rd July, 1971]
09: - 1934 - Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. pka "Junior Wells" (Memphis, Tennessee?) [died 15th January, 1998]
11: - 1926 - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (Ariton, Alabama) [died 25th July, 1984]
14: - 1932 - Charles "Charlie" Rich (Colt, Arkansas) [died 25th July, 1995]
15: - 1891 - Alvin "A.P." Carter (Maces Spring, Virginia) [died 7th November, 1960]
19: - 1915 - Edith Gassion pka "Edith Piaf" (Belleville, Paris) [died 11th October, 1963]
19: - 1915 - Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd aka "Professor Longhair" [died 30th January, 1980]
23: - 1935 - Esther Jones pka "Esther Phillips" (Galveston, Texas) [died 7th August, 1984]
23: - 1941 - Timothy "Tim" Hardin (Eugene, Oregon) [died 29th December, 1980]
24: - 1924 - Irving Lee Dorsey (New Orleans) [died 1st December, 1986]
25: - 1907 - Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (Rochester, New York) [died 18th November, 1994]
28: - 1914 - Roebuck "Pop" Staples (Winona Mississippi) [died 19th December, 2000]
29: - 1943 - Richard "Rick" Danko (Green's Corners, Ontario) [died 10th December, 1999]
30: - 1937 - John Hartford (New York City) [died 4th June, 2001]

Further to my negotiations with Judith on Monday, the new birthday list, to commemorate those who failed to qualify for inclusion in the original list (being no longer alive in 2007), is now open for trading. Sonny Boy Williamson has been inked in for the 5th (notwithstanding the uncertainty regarding his birthdate) - I've pencilled in a couple of names for the 6th & 7th pending any alternative suggestions. Nominations welcome for the other days of December - names & days will suffice, I can look up the other details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mus ... December_8

[Adam Blake]

Tragically only a snippet of Eddie "Ten Pole" Tudor's epochal performance from "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle". But some is better than none. I remember when I first saw this in the cinema I thought I was going to suffocate I was laughing so much - and I wasn't even on drugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmquBwWNApA

[uiwangmike]

Last month,

It's sometimes more difficult to notice the more famous names which are not included.

Yet another example today:
9: 1957 - Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (Ogden, Utah)

[john poole]

9: 1957 - Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (Ogden, Utah)

I've added Donny, but does that now mean that I have to include Little Jimmy and the rest of the clan?

[uiwangmike]

I see Marie (who suffered the suicide of her 18-year old son earlier this year) is in the lists already (October 13). I know she touched the country mainstream some years ago, so it was probably me who listed her, but it's still difficult for me to think of them as adults, let alone as a bereaved parent. Even Little Jimmy is 47 this year. He'll be appearing as Buttons in Hastings from this weekend.

[judith]

I'd like to nominate Big Mamma Thornton for Dec 11. (born 1926, Ariton, Alabama; died July 25, 1984 - Wikipedia)

(Thanks for the input, fellow readers)

[uiwangmike]

A nomination for December 15:
A.P. Carter (Born Maces Spring, Virginia, 1891; died November 7, 1960)

[john poole]

A nomination for December 15:
A.P. Carter (Born Maces Spring, Virginia, 1891; died November 7, 1960)

Agreed and added; thank you Mike.

I've also added Charlie Rich for the 14th pending any alternative suggestions.

[uiwangmike]

I see Albert Lee has his birthday on the 21st. Not to be confused with (two days earlier but One Year After)
19: 1944 - Graham Barnes pka Alvin Lee (Nottingham, England)

[john poole]

DECEMBER UPDATES TO MAIN LIST ON PAGE ONE

* - new / amened entries in 2012

01: 1935 - Allan Konisberg pka "Woody Allen" (Brooklyn) clarinet
01: 1939 - Dianne Lennon (Los Angeles) The Lennon Sisters
01: 1944 - Eric Bloom (New York City) Blue Oyster Cult
01: 1959 - Steven Hamper pka "Billy Childish" (& others) (Chatham, Kent) Thee Headcoats
02: 1941 - Thomas "Tom" McGuinness (Wimbledon) Manfred Mann; McGuinness Flint
02: 1971 - Donna Matthews (Newport, Monmouthshire) Elastica
03: 1921 - Quinton Claunch (Tishomingo, Mississippi) Goldwax Records
03: 1931 - Mary Morgan pka "Jaye P. Morgan" (Mancos, Colorado)
03: 1942 - Kenneth Hawker pka "Ken Lewis" (Small Heath, Birmingham) Carter - Lewis
04: 1921 - Deanna Durbin (Winnipeg, Canada)
04: 1934 - Charles "Chas" McDevitt (Eaglesham, Glasgow) 'Freight Train'
04: 1939 - Frederick Picariello pka "Freddy Cannon" (Swampscott, Mass.) 'Palisades Park'
04: 1942 - James "Bob" Moseley (Paradise Valley, California) Moby Grape
04: 1947 - Terry Woods (Dublin) Gay & ..... ; Steeleye Span; The Pogues [1 of 2]
04: 1948 - John Lyon pka "Southside Johnny" (Neptune, New Jersey) .... & the Asbury Jukes
05: 1940 - Frank Wilson (Houston, Texas) Motown songwriter / producer [died 27th September, 2012] *
05: 1946 - Andrew Youakim pka "Andy Kim" (Montreal) The Archies
05: 1947 - Kim Simmonds (Newbridge, Caerphilly) Savoy Brown
06: 1939 - Steve Alaimo (Omaha, Nebraska) 'Everyday I Have to Cry'
06: 1943 - Keith Hopkins pka "Keith West" (Dagenham) Tomorrow; "Teenage Opera"
06: 1954 - Chris Stamey (Chapel Hill, N. Carolina) The dB's
06: 1954 - Edward Tudor-Pole (London)
06: 1956 - Peter Buck (Berkeley, California) R.E.M.
07: 1908 - Thomas "Slim" Bryant (Atlanta, Georgia) recorded with Jimmie Rodgers [died 28th May, 2010] *
07: 1910 - Edmundo Ros (Port of Spain, Trinidad) band leader [died 21st October, 2011]
07: 1922 - Don Maddox (Boaz, Alabama) Maddox Brothers and Rose (only survivor)
07: 1938 - Johnny Dyer (Rolling Fork, Mississippi) harmonica *
07: 1941 - Valerie "Val" Wilmer (Harrogate, Yorks) photographer; writer
08: 1941 - Robert "Bobby" Elliott (Burnley) The Hollies (drums)
08: 1941 - Millard Leon "Willie" West (New Orleans) soul *
08: 1938 - Bernie Krause (Detroit) Beaver and Krause
08: 1945 - Ramon Ayala (Nuevo Leon, Mexico) "King of the accordian"
09: 1927 - Pierre Henry (Paris) composer
09: 1932 - Donaldson "Donald" Byrd (Detroit) The Blackbyrds
09: 1942 - Leonard Dillon (Boundbrook, Jamaica) The Ethiopians (lead) [died 28th September, 2011]
09: 1957 - Donald "Donny" Osmond (Ogden, Utah)
10: 1941 - David Chadwick pka "Chad Stuart" (Windermere, Cumbria) Chad & Jeremy
10: 1941 - Ralph Tavares (New Bedford, Mass.) The Tavares
11: 1908 - Elliott Carter (New York City) composer (several works after he turned 100) [died 5th November, 2012] *
11: 1931 - Rosita Alverio pka "Rita Moreno" (Humacao, Puerto Rica) "Anita" in "West Side Story" [1 of 2]
11: 1931 - Benny Spellman (Pensacola, Florida) 'Fortune Teller' [died 3rd June, 2011]
11: 1940 - David Gates (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
11: 1946 - Martin Stone (Wokingham, Surrey) Mighty Baby; Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers; antiquarian
11: 1954 - Jermaine Jackson (Gary, Indiana)
11: - uiwangmike
12: 1923 - Bob Dorough (Arkansas) 'Three is a Magic Number'
12: 1936 - Reggie Young (Caruthersville, Missouri) session guitarist (American Sound)
12: 1946 - Christopher "Ace" Kefford (Moseley, Birmingham) The Move
12: 1957 - Sheila Escovedo pka "Sheila E." (Oakland, California)
13: 1928 - Joe Messina (Detroit) Motown guitar player
13: 1944 - Joe Walker (Lafayette, Louisiana) zydeco *
13: 1948 - David O'List (Chiswick, London) The Nice
13: 1954 - Samuel Stephen "Steve" Forbert (Meridian, Mississippi) once "The New Bob Dylan" *
13: 1958 - Lurrie Bell (Chicago) blues guitar; son of Carey Bell
13: 1964 - Judge "Lucky" Peterson (Buffalo, New York) bluesman *
14: 1924 - Melinda Matthews pka "Linda Hopkins" (New Orleans)
14: 1932 - Abigail Lassman pka "Abbe Lane" (Brooklyn) married & sang with Xavier Cugat
14: 1943 - Robert Livingstone pka "Dandy Livingstone" (Kingston, Jamaica)
14: 1943 - Francis McNeice pka "Frank Allen" (Hayes, Middlesex) The Rebel Rousers; The Searchers
14: 1946 - Jackie McAuley (Coleraine, N. Ireland ) Them; Trader Horne
14: 1958 - Michael "Mike" Scott (Edinburgh) The Waterboys
14: 1958 - Peter "Spider" Stacy (Eastbourne) The Pogues [2 of 2]
15: 1933 - Margaret Ann Rich (nee Greene) (Forest City, Arkansas) songwriter; wife of Charlie Rich [died 22nd July, 2010]
15: 1939 - Cynthia "Cindy" Birdsong (Philadelphia) The Supremes (from 1967)
15: 1943 - Peter Guralnick (Boston, Mass) writer
15: 1946 - Carmine Appice (Brooklyn, New York) Vanilla Fudge
15: 1955 - Mark Hummel (New Haven, Connecticut) harmonica *
16: 1922 - Seymour "Cy" Leslie (Brooklyn) founder of Pickwick Records [died 6th January, 2008] *
16: 1936 - "Johnny Olenn" (McCord) (San Antonio) performed in "The Girl Can't Help It" *
16: 1939 - Bernard "Barney" McKenna (Donnycarney, County Dublin) The Dubliners (banjo) [died 5th April, 2012] *
16: 1943 - Glenda Collins (London) "Joe Meek's primary female singer"
16: 1949 - Billy Gibbons (Tanglewood, Houston, Texas) ZZ Top
16: 1949 - James Whiting pka "Sugar Blue" (Harlem, New York) 'Miss You'
16: 1951 - Robben Ford (Woodlake, California) guitar *
17: 1936 - Thomas Hicks pka "Tommy Steele" (Bermondsey) *
17: 1943 - Ronald "Ron" Geesin (Stevenston, Ayrshire) composer
17: 1945 - Sam Dees (Birmingha, Alabama) singer / songwriter
17: 1946 - Eugene Levy (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) "Mitch & Mickey"
17: 1951 - Wanda Hutchinson (Chicago) The Emotions
17: 1958 - Michael "Mike" Mills (Orange County, California) R.E.M. *
18: 1941 - Sam Andrew (Taft, California) Big Brother & the Holding Co.
18: 1947 - Rod Piaza (Riverside, California) Bacon Fat *
19: 1929 - Robert "Bob" Brookmeyer (Kansas City) trombone [died 15th December, 2011] *
19: 1937 - Joseph "Joe" Byrd (Louisville, Kentucky) The United States of America
19: 1938 - Darrell Higginbotham (Church Point, Louisiana) The Sundown Playboys *
19: 1941 - Maurice White (Memphis) Chess / Ramsey Lewis Trio drummer; Earth Wind & Fire
19: 1944 - Stuart Colman (Harrogate) broadcaster; producer *
19: 1944 - Graham Barnes pka "Alvin Lee" (Nottingham) Ten Years After
20: 1941 - Michael Hurley (Pennsylvania?)
20: 1943 - Walter "Wolfman" Washington (New Orleans) bluesman *
20: 1955 - Edmund "Ed" Kuepper (Bremen, Germany) The Saints
20: 1956 - Anita Ward (Memphis, Tennessee) 'Ring My Bell'
21: 1921 - Luigi Creatore (Hell's Kitchen, NYC) Hugo & Luigi (songwriters / producers)
21: 1939 - Carlos Manuel de Ascencao de Almedia pka "Carlos do Carmo" (Lisbon) fado
21: 1940 - Douglas "Tony" Rivers (Shildon, County Durham) ... & the Castaways
21: 1943 - Gwen Mosley pka "Gwen McCrae" (Pensacola, Florida) (wife of George)
21: 1948 - Martin Belmont (Bromley, Kent) Ducks Deluxe; The Rumour
22: 1938 - Brian "Licorice" Locking (Bedworth, Warwickshire) replaced Jet Harris in the Shadows *
22: 1939 - James Gurley (Detroit) Big Brother & the Holding Co. (guitar) [died 20th December, 2009]
22: 1944 - Colin "Barry" Jenkins (Leicester) The Nashville Teens; The Animals (From 1966)
22: 1945 - Carol Hedges pka "Billie Davis" (Woking, Surrey)
22: 1948 - Rick Nielsen (Rockford, Illinois) Cheap Trick *
23: 1940 - Jorma Kaukonen (Washington, DC) Jefferson Airplane; Hot Tuna
23: 1943 - Harry Shearer (L.A.) Spinal Tap; The Folksmen; C. Montgomery Burns ....
23: 1946 - Luther Grosvenor aka "Ariel Bender" (Evesham, Worcs) Spooky Tooth; Mott The Hoople
23: 1947 - Graham Bonnet (Skegness) The Marbles *
23: 1949 - Robert "Adrian" Belew (Covington, Kentucky) KIng Crimson
23: 1958 - Victoria Williams (Shreveport, Louisiana)
24: 1931 - Raphael "Ray" Bryant (Philadelphia) 'Madison Time' [died 2nd June, 2011]
24: 1945 - Ian Kilmister pka "Lemmy" (Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent) Motorhead
24: 1947 - Barry Llewellyn (Kingston, Jamaica) The Heptones [died 23rd November, 2011]
25: 1912 - Alvin Morris pka "Tony Martin" (San Francisco) vocalist with Burns & Allen; three singles on Motown [died 27th July, 2012] *
25: 1940 - Pete Brown (Ashtead, Surrey) ... & Piblokto; Jack Bruce's lyricist
25: 1942 - Barry Goldberg (Chicago) keyboards; producer *
25: 1948 - Merry Clayton (Gert Town, New Orleans) 'Gimme Shelter'
25: 1949 - Mary "Sissy" Spacek (Quitman, Texas) "Coal Miner's Daughter"
25: 1958 - Loula "Dimi Mint" Abba (Mauritania) [died 4th June, 2011]
25: 1959 - Zim Ngqawana (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) [died 10th May, 2011]
25: 1964 - Bob Stanley (Horsham, Sussex) Saint Etienne
26: 1966 - Jay Farrar (Belleville, Illinois) Uncle Tupelo; Son Volt
27: 1939 - Carl Fisher (Wharton County, Texas) The Vibrations
27: 1941 - Michael "Mike" Pinder (Erdington, Birmingham) The Moody Blues [1 of 2]
27: 1942 - James Michael "Mike" Heron (Edinburgh) The Incredible String Band
27: 1944 - Michael "Mick" Jones (Portsmouth) Nero & the Gladiators; The State of Mickey & Tommy *
27: 1946 - Lenny Kaye (New York City) The Patti Smith Group [1 of 2]; compiler of "Nuggets"
27: 1948 - Gerard Depardieu (Chateauroux, Indre, France) "The Singer"
28: 1932 - Grace "Nichelle" Nichols (Robbins, Illinois) "Lt. Uhuru)
28: 1939 - John "Jake" Holmes (San Francisco) 'Dazed and Confused' (alt birthdate 18th December) *
28: 1940 - Lonnie Liston Smith (Richmond, Virginia)
28: 1943 - Charles "Chas" Hodges (Edmonton,London) The Outlaws; Chas & Dave
28: 1947 - Jess Roden (Kidderminster, Worcs) Alan Bown; Bronco; solo
28: 1947 - Edgar Winter (Beaumont, Texas) Johnny's brother
28: 1948 - Mary Weiss (Jamaica, Queens, New York) The Shangri-Las (lead)
28: 1961 - Christine Collister (Isle of Man) Clive Greson & ...
29: 1935 - Virgil Johnson (Cameron, Texas) The Velvets (lead)
29: 1939 - William Edwin "Ed" Bruce (Keiser, Arkansas) singer / songwriter
29: 1941 - Bobby Comstock (Ithaca, New York) 'Let's Stomp' *
29: 1941 - Ray Thomas (Stourport-on-Severn) The Moody Blues [2 of 2]
29: 1944 - Patti Drew (Charleston, S. Carolina) 'Workin' on a Groovy Thing'
29: 1951 - Yvonne Elliman (Honolulu) 'If I Can't Have You'
30: 1926 - Stanley "Stan" Tracey (Denmark Hill, South London)
30: 1933 - Melvin Goins (Bramwell, West Virginia) bluegrass
30: 1934 - Russell "Russ" Tamblyn (L.A.) "Riff" in "west Side Story" [2 of 2]
30: 1939 - Agatha "Kim" Weston (Detroit) (also reported as 20th December)
31: 1923 - Fred Carter Jr. (Winnsboro, Louisiana) lead guitarist with Ronnie Hawkins' Hawks pre-Robbie R.; Nashville sessions [died 17th July, 2010]
31: 1928 - Ross Barbour (Burnsville, Indiana) The Four Freshman [died 20th August, 2011] *
31: 1933 - Fred Carter (Winnsboro, Louisiana) guitarist; producer [died 17th July, 2010] *
31: 1937 - Alvis Wayne (Puduka, Texas) rockabilly *
31: 1945 - Mary Aiese pka "Reparata" (New York) ... & the Delrons
31: 1947 - Burton Cummings (Winnipeg, Manitoba) The Guess Who

DELETION
02: 1948 - Bill Harkleroad pka "Zoot Horn Rollo" - wikipedia has 12th December; but Bill's book "Lunar Notes - Zoot Horn Rollo's Captain Beefheart Experience" states - "Appropriately enough my first musical influence was Elvis Presley - I was born on Elvis's 14th birthday, January 8th, 1949"

DEPARTED

03: 1925 - Ferlin Husky [died 17th March, 2011]
03: 1928 - Andy Williams [died 25th September, 2012] (year of birth appears to have been 1927) *
06: 1920 - Dave Brubeck [died 5th December, 2012]
19: 1942 - Cornell Dupree [died 8th May, 2011]
20: 1953 - Benjamin Escoriza [died 9th March, 2012] *
22: 1949 - Robin Gibb [died 20th May, 2012] *
28: 1921 - Ioannis Veliotes pka "Johnny Otis" [died 17th January, 2012] *
30: 1945 - Davy Jones [died 29th February, 2011] *
31: 1948 - LaDonna Gaines pka "Donna Summer" [died 17th May, 2012] *

SENIOR BIRTHDAYS IN DECEMBER 2012

Curly Seckler (93); Clark Terry (92); Little Jimmy Dickens (92); Dave Bartholomew (92); Quinton Claunch (91); Deanna Durbin (91); Luigi Creatore (91); Don Robertson (90); Jean Ritchie (90); Rose Lee Maphis (90); Don Maddox (90); Tsegue-Maryam Guebro (89); Bob Dorough (89); Linda Hopkins (88)

[john poole]

DECEMBER LIST #2

(qualification - born in December; died prior to 2007)

01: - 1919 - Winston Lee Moore pka "Slim Willet" (Dublin, Texas) [died 1st July, 1966]
01: - 1933 - Louis "Lou" Rawls (Chicago) [died 6th January, 2006]
01: - 1951 - John "Jaco" Pastorius (Norristown, Pennsylvania) [died 21st September, 1987]
02: - 1892 - Ernest "Ernie" Young (Giles County, Tennessee) [died 8th June, 1977]
02: - 1898 - Herman Crook (Scottsboro, Tennessee) [died 11th June, 1988]
02: - 1905 - Moses "Moe" Asch (Warsaw) [died 19th October, 1986]
02: - 1923 - Sophia Kalos pka "Maria Callas" (Manhattan) [died 16th September, 1977]
03: - 1907 - Constance "Connee" Boswell (Kansas City) [died 11th October, 1976]
03: - 1916 - Rabone Delmore (Elkmont, Alabama) [died 4th December, 1952]
03: - 1922 - William ("Bill") "Hoss" Allen (Gallatin, Tennessee) [died 25th February, 1997]
03: - 1929 - Clarence Ford (sax) (New Orleans) [died 9th August, 1994] *
03: - 1936 - Nikolas Venetoulis pka "Nik Venet" (Los Angeles) [died 2nd January, 1998]
04: - 1944 - Dennis Wilson (Hawthorne, Los Angeles) [died 28th December, 1983]
05: - 1912 - Alex "Aleck" Ford aka "Rice Miller" pka "Sonny Boy Williamson" (Glendora, Mississippi) [died 25th May, 1965]
05: - 1925 - Alvin "Red" Tyler (New Orleans) [died 3rd April, 1998]
05: - 1931 - James Cleveland (Chicago) [died 9th February, 1991]
06: - 1923 - Homer Eanes Jr. pka "(Smilin') Jim Eanes" (Mountain Valley, Virginia) [died 21st November, 1995]
06: - 1896 - Israel Gershowitz pka "Ira Gershwin" (New York City) [died 17th August, 1983]
06: - 1916 - Hugo Peretti (New York City) [died 1st May, 1986]
06: - 1949 - Linda Creed (Philadelphia) [died 10th April, 1986]
07: - 1910 - Louis Prima (New Orleans) [died 24th August, 1978]
07: - 1913 - "Blind" John Davis (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) [died 12th October, 1985]
07: - 1924 - Boyd Bennett (Muscle Shoals, Alabama) [died 2nd June, 2002]
08: - 1914 - Floyd Tillman (San Antonio, Texas) [died 22nd August, 2003]
08: - 1925 - Samuel "Sammy" Davis Jr. (Harlem) [died 16th May, 1990]
08: - 1925 - Jimmy Smith (Pennsylvania) [died 8th February, 2005] (alt. year of birth - 1928)
08: - 1943 - James "Jim" Morrison (Melbourne, Florida) [died 3rd July, 1971]
09: - 1919 - Vincent Monroe pka "Polka Dot Slim" (Woodsville, Mississippi) [died 22nd June, 1981]
09: - 1932 - Jessie Hill (New Orleans) [died 17th September, 1996]
09: - 1934 - Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. pka "Junior Wells" (Memphis, Tennessee?) [died 15th January, 1998]
09: - 1938 - (Charles) David Houston (Bossier City, Louisiana) [died 30th November, 1993]
09: - 1940 - Clancy Eccles (St. Mary, Jamaica) [died 30th June, 2005]
10: - 1926 - Eddie Jones pka "Guitar Slim" (Greenwood, Mississippi) [died 7th February, 1959]
10: - 1932 - John Levence "Lee" Laverne (Church Point, Louisiana) [died 16th January, 1998]
11: - 1909 - James Arthur Pritchett pka "Arthur Q. Smith" (Griffin, Georgia) [died 21st August, 1963]
11: - 1916 - (Damasco) Perez Prado (Mantanzas, Cuba) [died 14th September, 1989]
11: - 1926 - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (Ariton, Alabama) [died 25th July, 1984]
12: - 1915 - Francis "Frank" Sinatra (Hoboken, New Jersey) [died 14th May, 1998]
12: - 1918 - Joseph Goreed pka "Joe Williams" (Cordele, Georgia) [died 29th March, 1999]
12: - 1928 - Cornelius Green pka "Lonesome Sundown" (Donaldson, Louisiana) [died 23rd April, 1995]
12: - 1944 - Robert Derminer pka "Rob Tyner" (Detroit) [died 17th September, 1991]
12: - 1945 - Anthony "Tony" Williams (Chicago) [died 23rd September, 1997]
13: - 1901 - Elliott "Eli" Oberstein (New York) [died 12th June, 1960]
13: - 1925 - Wayne Walker (Quapaw, Oklahoma) [died 2nd January, 1979]
13: - 1931 - Wayne Bennett (Sulphur, Oklahoma) [died 28th November, 1992] (alt yr of birth - 1933)
13: - 1948 - Leslie "Lester" Bangs (Escondido, California) [died 30th April, 1982]
14: - 1891 - Lester Melrose (Olney, Illinois) [died 12th April, 1968]
14: - 1899 - DeFord Bailey (Smith County, Tennessee) [died 2nd July, 1982]
14: - 1911 - Lindley "Spike" Jones (Long Beach, California) [died 1st May, 1965]
14: - 1932 - Charles "Charlie" Rich (Colt, Arkansas) [died 25th July, 1995]
14: - 1934 - John "Johnny" Moore (Selma, Alabama) [died 30th December, 1998]
14: - 1938 - Gary Usher (Grafton, Massachusetts) [died 25th May, 1990]
14: - 1944 - Linda Jones (Newark, New Jersey) [died 14th March, 1972]
15: - 1891 - Alvin "A.P." Carter (Maces Spring, Virginia) [died 7th November, 1960]
15: - 1902 - Nuta Kotl Yarenko pka "Nudie Cohn" (Kiev, Ukraine) [died 9th May, 1984]
15: - 1914 - David McEnery pka "Red River Dave" (San Antonio, Texas) [died 15th January, 2002]
15: - 1921 - Albert "Alan" Freed (Winber, Pennsylvania) [died 20th January, 1965]
15: - 1932 - Jesse Belvin (San Antonio, Texas) [died 6th February, 1960]
16: - 1899 - Noel Coward (Teddington, London) [died 26th March, 1973]
17: - 1910 - Donnell "Spade" Cooley (Pack Saddle Creek, Oklahoma) [died 23rd November, 1969] (alt. d.o.b. - 22nd February, 1910)
17: - 1938 - Carlo Little (Shepherd's Bush, London) [died 6th August, 2005]
17: - 1939 - James Booker (New Orleans) [died 8th November, 1983]
17: - 1939 - Edward Kendrick pka "Eddie Kendricks" (Union Springs, Alabama) [died 5th October, 1992]
17: - 1942 - Paul Butterfield (Born in Chicago) [died 4th May, 1987]
17: - 1950 - Carlton Barrett (Kingston, Jamaica) [died 17th April, 1987]
18: - 1897 - (James) Fletcher Henderson (Cuthbert, Georgia) [died 29th December, 1952]
18: - 1911 - Arthur Jackson pka "Peg Leg Sam" (Jonesville, South Carolina) [died 27th October, 1977]
18: - 1914 - Connie "Pee Wee" Crayton (Rockdale, Texas) [died 25th June, 1985]
18: - 1917 - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (Houston, Texas) [died 2nd July, 1988]
18: - 1938 - Bryan "Chas" Chandler (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) [died 17th July, 1996]
19: - 1908 - William "Bill" Carlisle (Wakefield, Kentucky) [died 17th March, 2003]
19: - 1915 - Edith Gassion pka "Edith Piaf" (Belleville, Paris) [died 11th October, 1963]
19: - 1915 - Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd aka "Professor Longhair" [died 30th January, 1980]
19: - 1915 - Charles "Charlie" Ryan (Graceville, Minnesota) [died 16th February, 2008]
19: - 1940 - Phil Ochs (El Paso, Texas) [died 9th April, 1976]
19: - 1944 - Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky (Toronto) [died 13th December, 2002]
20: - 1907 - Pleasant Joseph pka "Cousin Joe" (Wallace, Louisiana) [died 2nd October, 1989]
20: - 1929 - Fernando Farinha (Barreiro, Portugal) [died 12th February, 1988]
21: - 1902 - William Bunch pka "Peetie Wheatstraw" (Ripley, Tennessee) [died 21st December, 1941]
21: - 1918 - David "Panama" Francis (Miami) [died 13th November, 2001]
21: - 1921 - Albert "Alan" Freed (Windber, Pennsylvania) [died 20th January, 1965]
21: - 1940 - Frank Zappa (Baltimore, Maryland) [died 4th December, 1993]
21: - 1946 - Carl Wilson (Hawthorne, Los Angeles) [died 6th February, 1998]
22: - 1883 - Edgard Varese (Paris) [died 6th November, 1965]
22: - 1919 - Lillian "Lil" Green (Mississippi) [died 14th April, 1954]
22: - 1921 - Harold "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (Huntingdon, West Virginia) [died 5th March, 1963]
22: - 1931 - Bernard Jolivette pka "King Karl" (Grand Coteau, Louisiana) [died 7th December, 2005]
22: - 1937 - Alvin Robinson (New Orleans) [died 25th January, 1989]
22: - 1949 - Maurice Gibb (Douglas, Isle of Man) [died 12th January, 2003]
23: - 1926 - Harold Dorman (Drew, Mississippi) [died 8th October, 1988]
23: - 1929 - Chesney "Chet" Baker (Yale, Oklahoma) [died 13th May, 1988]
23: - 1935 - Esther Jones pka "Esther Phillips" (Galveston, Texas) [died 7th August, 1984]
23: - 1940 - Eugene Record (Chicago) [died 22nd July, 2005]
23: - 1941 - Timothy "Tim" Hardin (Eugene, Oregon) [died 29th December, 1980]
24: - 1894 - Warren "Baby" Dodds (New Orleans) [died 14th February, 1959]
24: - 1913 - Myrtle Cooper pka "Lulu Belle" (Boone, North Carolina) [died 8th February, 1999]
24: - 1924 - Irving Lee Dorsey (New Orleans) [died 1st December, 1986]
24: - 1936 - Chris McGregor (Somerset West, South Africa) [died 26th May, 1990]
25: - 1886 - Edward "Kid" Ory (LaPlace, Louisiana) [died 23rd January, 1973]
25: - 1907 - Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (Rochester, New York) [died 18th November, 1994]
25: - 1908 - Alton Delmore (Elkmont, Alabama) [died 8th June, 1964]
25: - 1916 - Oscar Moore (Austin, Texas) [died 8th October, 1981]
25: - 1929 - Chris Kenner (Kenner, Louisiana) [died 25th January, 1976] (alt year of birth - 1928)
25: - 1937 - O'Kelly Isley (Teaneck, New Jersey) [died 31st March, 1986]
25: - 1944 - Henry Vestine (Takoma Park, Maryland) [died 20th October, 1997]
25: - 1945 - Noel Redding (Folkestone, Kent) [died 11th May, 2003]
26: - 1902 - J.D. Short aka "Jelly Jaw Short" & "Jaydee Short" (Port Gibson, Mississippi) [died 21st October, 1962]
26: - 1911 - Beecher Ray Kirby pka "Bashful Brother Oswald" (Sevier County, Tennessee) [died 17th October, 2002]
26: - 1922 - Harry Choates (Rayne or New Iberia, Louisiana) [died 17th July, 1951]
27: - 1889 - Willie "Bunk" Johnson (New Orleans) [died 7th July, 1949] (alt yr of birth - 1879)
27: - 1901 - Marlene Dietrich (Schoneberg, Berlin) [died 6th May, 1992]
27: - 1932 - Carol Rachou (New Orleans) [died 29th January, 2004]
28: - 1903 - Earl "Fatha" Hines (Duquesne, Pennsylvania) [died 22nd April, 1983]
28: - 1927 - Leonard "Chick" Carbo (Houma, Louisiana) [died 18th August, 1998]
28: - 1932 - Dorsey Burnette (Memphis, Tennessee) [died 19th August, 1979]
28: - 1914 - Roebuck "Pop" Staples (Winona Mississippi) [died 19th December, 2000]
29: - 1943 - Richard "Rick" Danko (Green's Corners, Ontario) [died 10th December, 1999]
30: - 1921 - Lillian McMurray (Purvis, Mississippi) [died 18th March, 1999]
30: - 1931 - Mary Penick pka "Skeeter Davis" (Dry Ridge, Kentucky) [died 19th September, 2004]
30: - 1934 - Charles Westover pka "Del Shannon" (Grand Rapids, Michigan) [died 8th February, 1990]
30: - 1937 - John Hartford (New York City) [died 4th June, 2001]
30: - 1938 - Mike Auldridge (Washington D.C.) dobro [died 29th December, 2012]
30: - 1939 - Felix Pappalardi (The Bronx) [died 17th April, 1983]
31: - 1905 - Julius "Jule" Styne (London) [died 20th September, 1994]
31: - 1910 - Jerry Blaine (Allenwood, New Jersey) [died 14th March, 1973]
31: - 1922 - Johnnie Mae Matthews (Bessemer, Arkansas) [died 6th January, 2002]

Further nominations welcome

[john poole]

December's Children.