Sunday, November 2, 2008

2nd November......Born Today

1739: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf [Austrian composer] *RIP 24 October 1799
1915: Douglas Lilburn [New Zealand composer] *RIP 6 June 2001
1931: Phil Woods [US jazz bebop saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader, composer]
1937: Earl 'Speedo' Carroll [singer; Coasters/Cadillacs]
1938: John "Jay" Traynor [original singer; Jay and the Americans]
1941: Brian Poole [lead singer; The Tremeloes/solo]
1941: Bruce Welch [guitar, songwriter, producer, singer; Shadows/Moonlight Shadows]
1943: Dave Munden [drummer; Tremeloes]
1944: Keith Emerson [vocals, keyboard, piano, synthesizer; Emerson,Lake&Palmer/The Nice]
1946: Giuseppe Sinopoli [Italian conductor and composer] *RIP 20 April 2001
1946: Chip Hawkes/Leonard Donald Hawkes [bass; The Tremeloes]
1947: Dave Pegg [bassist; Fairport Convention/Jethro Tull]
1951: Lindy Morrison [Australian musician; The Go-Betweens]
1952: Maxine Nightingale [UK singer]
1954: Jerry Lee Lewis Jr [drummer in his fathers band] *RIP 13 November 1973
1955: Chris Burnett [saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands]
1957: Carter Beauford [drummer; Dave Matthews Band]
1961: k.d. lang/Kathryn Dawn Lang [Country & pop vocalist, song-writer]
1962: Mireille Delunsch [French soprano]
1963: Bobby Dall/Robert Harry Kuykendall [bass; Poison]
1967: Kurt Elling [American Jazz vocalist]
1967: Marc van Roon [Dutch improvising musician]
1968: Ultra Naté [American musician]
1969: Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu [bass; Korn]
1971: John Hampson [guitar, vocals; Nine Days]
1974: Prodigy/Albert Johnson [American rapper; Mobb Deep]
1974: Nelly [American rapper]
1975: Chris Walla [American musician; Death Cab for Cutie]
1982: Kyoko Fukada [Japanese actress, model and singer]
1986: Erika Jo/Erika Jo Heriges [US singer]
1989: Katelyn Tarver [American singer]

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