BIRTHDAYS Iggy Pop [born James Osterberg Jr.] (1947) The Stooges singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/co-founder [“Lust for Life”/”The Passenger”/”Real Wild Child (Wild One)”/”I Wanna Be Your Dog”] and solo singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist John Weider (1947) Eric Burdon and the Animals guitarist Alan Warner (1947) The Foundations guitarist/co-founder [“Build Me Up Buttercup”] Paul Davis (1948) singer/songwriter/pianist [“I Go Crazy”] (died 2008) age… Continue reading April 21 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Lionel Hampton (1908) jazz vibraphonist/multi-instrumentalist/bandleader (died 2002) age 94 – congestive heart failure Tito Puente (1923) mambo and Latin jazz timbales player/vibraphonist (died 2000) age 77 – heart surgery complications Johnny Tillotson (1939) singer/songwriter [“Poetry in Motion”/”It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’”] Jimmy Winston (1945) Small Faces keyboardist/songwriter/co-founder (died 2020) age 75 – unknown causes… Continue reading April 20 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Larry Ramos [born Ilario Ramos] (1942) The New Christy Minstrels and The Association guitarist/banjo player (died 2014) age 72 – metastatic melanoma Alan Price (1942) The Animals keyboardist/arranger/co-founder Eve Graham [born Evelyn Beatson] (1943) The New Seekers singer/co-founder [“I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing”] Bernie Worrell (1944) Parliament-Funkadelic keyboardist/songwriter/co-founder (died 2016) age… Continue reading April 19 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (1924) blues guitarist (died 2005) age 81 – lung cancer Glen Hardin (1939) Elvis Presley’s TCB Band pianist/keyboardist Mike Vickers (1940) Manfred Mann saxophonist/flautist/songwriter/co-founder Clyde Stubblefield (1943) James Brown drummer (died 2017) age 72 – kidney failure Tommy Shannon (1946) Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble bassist/co-founder Lennie Baker (1946) Danny… Continue reading April 18 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Don Kirshner (1934) music publisher/songwriter/promoter/TV host [“Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert”] (died 2011) age 76 – heart failure Roy Estrada (1943) Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and Little Feat bassist/songwriter/co-founder and Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band bassist Jan Hammer (1948) composer [“‘Miami Vice’ Theme “] Michael Sembello (1954) singer/guitarist/songwriter [“Maniac”] Pete Shelley… Continue reading April 17 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Enrico “Henry” Mancini (1924) composer/conductor [“Moon River”/”The Pink Panther Theme”/”Love Theme From ‘Romeo and Juliet’”] (died 1994) age 70 – pancreatic cancer Rudy Pompilli (1924) Bill Haley and His Comets tenor saxophonist (died 1976) age 51 – lung cancer Roy Hamilton (1929) singer [“You’ll Never Walk Alone”/”Unchained Melody”] (died 1969) age 40 – stroke… Continue reading April 16 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Bessie Smith (1894) blues singer [“Empress of the Blues”] [“Downhearted Blues”/”St. Louis Blues”] (died 1937) age 43 – car accident Roy Clark (1933) country singer/multi-instrumentalist [“Yesterday, When I Was Young”], also actor (died 2018) age 75 – complications from pneumonia Clarence “Satch” Satchell (1940) Ohio Players saxophonist/guitarist/songwriter/co-founder (died 1995) age 55 – brain aneurysm… Continue reading April 15 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Loretta Lynn [born Loretta Webb] (1932) country singer/songwriter [“Coal Miner’s Daughter”] (died 2022) age 90 – natural causes Tony Burrows (1942) Edison Lighthouse lead singer [“Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”] / White Plains lead singer [“My Baby Loves Lovin’”] / Brotherhood of Man lead singer [“United We Stand”] – had all three songs… Continue reading April 14 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Bill Conti (1942) composer/conductor [“Gonna Fly Now” aka “Theme From ‘Rocky’”] Jack Casady (1944) Jefferson Airplane bassist/songwriter and Hot Tuna bassist/songwriter/co-founder [current] Brian Pendleton (1944) The Pretty Things guitarist/songwriter/co-founder (died 2001) age 57 – lung cancer Lowell George (1945) Little Feat lead singer/lead guitarist/songwriter/co-founder (died 1979) age 34 – accidental drug overdose-induced heart attack… Continue reading April 13 Music History Report

BIRTHDAYS Ned Miller (1925) country singer/songwriter [“From a Jack to a King”] (died 2016) age 90 – natural causes Tiny Tim [born Herbert Khaury] (1932) singer/ukulele player/multi-instrumentalist [“Tiptoe Through the Tulips”] (died 1996) age 64 – heart attack Herbie Hancock (1940) multi-instrumentalist/composer [“Rockit”] John Kay [born Joachim Krauledat] (1944) Steppenwolf singer/guitarist/songwriter/founder and solo singer/guitarist/songwriter Alex… Continue reading April 12 Music History Report