March 17 Music Birthdays

1892 – Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1923)
1901 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970)
1915 – Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)
1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
1927 – Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (d. 2009)
1930 – Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)
1935 – Adam Wade, American singer, drummer, and actor
1938 – Zola Taylor, American singer (Platters) (d. 2007)
1941 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 2016)
1944 – John Sebastian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lovin’ Spoonful)
1951 – Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1955 – Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1959 – Paul Black, American singer-songwriter and drummer (L.A. Guns)
1960 – Vicki Lewis, American actress and singer
1961 – Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2006)
1962 – Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist (Vixen)
1962 – Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress (Altered Images)
1967 – Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and producer (Smashing Pumpkins)
1968 – Eri Nitta, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1970 – Gene Ween, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ween)
1972 – Torquil Campbell, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor (Stars)
1973 – Rico Blanco, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1973 – Caroline Corr, Irish singer and drummer (Corrs)
1975 – Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter (Darkness)
1976 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Boyzone) (d. 2009)
1977 – Tamar Braxton, American singer-songwriter and actress
1986 – Miles Kane, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988 – Grimes, Canadian artist, musician and music video director
1990 – Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician

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Music Birthdays – March 16

1881 – Fannie Charles Dillon, American composer (d. 1947)
1885 – Giacomo Benvenuti, Italian composer and musicologist (d. 1943)
1906 – Henny Youngman, English-American violinist and comedian (d. 1998)
1920 – John Addison, English-American soldier and composer (d. 1998)
1925 – Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)
1929 – Betty Johnson, American singer
1930 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist and composer (d. 2001)
1931 – Alan Heyman, American-South Korean musicologist and composer (d. 2014)
1934 – Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
1935 – Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress
1936 – Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1940 – Keith Rowe, English guitarist
1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer
1948 – Michael Owen Bruce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alice Cooper)
1948 – Richard Desjardins, Canadian singer-songwriter and director
1949 – Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
1949 – Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
1951 – Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Asleep At The Wheel)
1954 – Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress (Heart)
1959 – Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
1959 – Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
1959 – Steve Marker, American musician
1963 – Jerome Flynn, English actor and singer
1963 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor and singer (d. 2002)
1964 – Patty Griffin, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Tracy Bonham, American singer and violinist
1967 – John Darnielle, American musician and novelist (Mountain Goats)
1967 – Ronnie McCoury, American bluegrass mandolin player, singer and songwriter
1970 – Joakim Berg, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Blu Cantrell, American singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Leena Peisa, Finnish keyboard player and songwriter
1991 – Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist (Van Halen)