BIRTHDAYS
1956     Malviena Allen, vocals, b. Chicago, IL, USA
1950     Jock Bartley, Vocals/Guitar. Member group: 'Firefall'
1916     "Dud" Bascomb, Trumpet, b. Birmingham, AL, USA. d. 1972
1922     Eddie Bert, Trombone, b. Yonkers, NY, USA.
1930     Betty Carter, Vocal, b. Flint, MI, USA. d. Sept. 26, 1998, New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA. Age: 69 (pancreatic cancer). née: Lillie Mae Jones. Known as Betty "Be Bop" Carter.
1944     Billy Cobham, Drums, b. Panama. Best known record: "Same Old Love"
1919     James Deshay, guitar, b. Benoit, MS, USA
1949     Roger Earl, drums, b. London, England, UK. (raised in Hounslow, a suburb of London). Member group: 'Foghat'
1955     Nick Forster, C&W guitar/vocals, b. Beirut, Lebanon. Perhaps his biggest release: "Hot Rize"
1946     Robert Fripp, guitar, b. Wimbourne, Dorset, England, UK. Member group: 'King Crimson'
1958     Glenn Gregory, Keyboards/Vocals (Background)/Producer, b. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. Member group: 'Heaven 17'
1930     Friedrich Gulda, Piano, composer, b. Vienna, Austria, d. Jan. 27, 2000, Weissenbach, Austria. (heart attack) Age 69
1913     Woody Herman, clarinet/Leader/alto sax/vocals, b. Milwaukee, WI, USA, d. Oct. 29, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, USA (congestive heart failure). né: Woodrow Charles Herman.
1932     Isaac "Red" Holt, Drummer/Songwriter, b. Chicago, IL, USA. Member group: 'The Ramsey Lewis Trio'. aka: Redd Holt.
1964     Leon Ichkhanian, guitar
1963     Nikki Iles, Piano, Clarinet, Saxophone, Accordion, Arranger, Composer, b. Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, UK.
1920     G. P. Jackson, guitar, b. Alligator, MS, USA
1966     Janet Jackson, Vocals, .
1950     Pete Jacobson, Piano, b. Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK. d. April 20, 2002
1966     Chris James, guitar, b. San Diego, CA, USA
1913     Dr. C. J. Johnson, (gospel) vocals, b. Douglasville, GA, USA
1944     Jesse Jones, alto sax
1971     Simon Katz, Organ/Guitar, b. Nottingham, England, UK. Member group: 'Jamiroquai'
1940     Lainie Kazan, vocals/actress, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA.
1931     Ted Kowalski, singer, b. Toronto, Ont. Canada. Member: 'Diamonds' voc. group. (He was the Tenor.)
1947     Barbara Lee, vocals, b. New York, NY, USA, d. May 15, 1992. Member group: 'The Chiffons'
1919     "Liberace", pianist, b. West Allis, WI, USA. d. Feb. 4, 1987 (pneumonia caused by AIDS). né: Wladziu Valentino Liberace. Liberace was a Classically trained pianist, who later turned to Pop. The great pianist Paderewski, a family friend, advised him to follow his own example and bill himself under his last name only. Not generally recalled now, but on the 1950s TV show, his brother George led the band that backed up Liberace on the program.
1945     Michael Moore, Bass, b. Glen Este, OH, USA.
1915     Marlowe Morris, Piano, b. New York, NY, USA. d. 1977
1965     Krist Novoselic, guitar, b. Compton, CA, USA (and raised in Croatia). Member group: 'Nirvana'
1955     Hazel O'Connor, actress/vocals, b. Coventry, England, UK.
1941     K.T. Oslin, C&W vocals, b. Crossett, AR, USA. née: Kay Toinette Oslin During the late 1980s, K.T. Oslin was one of the most popular female Country vocalists, and happily, she is currently (2006) still with us and still warbling.
1953     Richard Page, R&R singer-songwriter/bassist. Member group: 'Mr. Mister', -formed in 1982; disbanded 1989. Included Page, Pat Mastelotto (b. 1955), Steve George (b. 1955) and Steve Farris (b. 1957), who was replaced in 1989 by Howard "buzz" Felton. (Their second album "Welcome To The Real World", featured lyrics by Page's cousin John Lang.) Page had first worked as a session musician (e. g. for Quincy Jones), and had composed for such stars as Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, Kenny Loggins, and many others. In the late 1970s, he and his childhood friend Steve George co-founded the band 'Pages' in Phoenix, Arizona (their best recalled song: "I Do Believe In You"). In 1982, 'Pages' morphed into 'Mr. Mister'. After disbanding, Richard Page returned to composing (co-writer for Madonnas "I'll Remember"), and also background singer for many artists. A little later on, he released a solo album "Shelter Me". Steve Farris went on to tour with 'Whitesnake' as well as recording songs with Tori Amos, 'The 4 Non Blondes' and others. Mastelotto played with 'XTC', 'King Crimson', 'Mastica' and many more. Steve George became the musical director for Kenny Loggins until 1997, after which he toured with 'Jewel'. John Lang founded the band 'Djinn'.
1956     Hanna Richardson, vocalist, b. Alexandria, Virginia, USA. Her husband is bassist Phil Flanigan, who toured and recorded with famed vocalist Maxine Sullivan.
1951     Jonathan Richman, guitar, b. Boston, MA, USA. Member group: 'The Modern Lovers'
1936     Joseph V. Rock, singer-songwriter, b. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Member: 'The Skyliners'
1926     Adolph Smith, guitar, b. New Orleans, LA, USA Member: 'The Spiders'
1949     William Spooner, guitar, b. San Francisco, CA, USA. (Some sources show birth date: August 16, 1949) Member groups: 'Tubes', and 'Grateful Dead'
1920     Dave Stogner, W(estern Swing) bandleader, b. Gainesville, TX, USA
1947     Darrell Sweet, Drums/vocals, d. April 30, 1999 (Age: 51).
1968     Ralph Tresvant, vocals, b. Boston, MA, USA. Member: 'The New Edition'
1971     Rick Trevino, (C&W) vocals/guitar, b. Austin, TX, USA
1951     Allen Wentz, Synthesizer/Bass/Vocals/keyboard. Member group: 'Wild Cherry'
1973     Will White, drummer/DJ, b. Bath, England, UK. Member group: 'Propellerheads'

         Notable Events occuring this date include:
1953.    Famed Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt died in Samois, France. -Stroke, Age: 43. (né: Jean Baptiste Reinhardt, b. Jan. 23, 1910, Liberchies, Belgium)
1975.    Mel London, producer/songwriter, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 43
1988.    J. C. Burris, harmonica, died in Kings Mountain, NC, USA.
1989.    Eddie Browne, bass, died in Bridgeport, CT, USA. Age: 73. Worked with Lucky Millinder band.
1990.    Singer, dancer and actor Sammy Davis Jr., died in Beverly Hills, CA, USA (throat cancer) Age: 64. Often called "the world's greatest entertainer" ( but then - so was Al Jolson).
1993.    Marv Johnson, vocals, died in Columbia, SC, USA. Age: 54