Today's
births - July 17
Birth Year | Name | Full name | Bio | |
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1928 |
Vince Guaraldi
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Vincent Dellaglio |
Grammy-winning jazz pianist, bandleader and composer noted for penning the music and arrangements for the nearly all of the animated |
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1938 |
Stanley Bronstein
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Founding member and saxophonist for jazz-psych-rock Elephant's Memory, "Mongoose" (Top 100, 1969), which became the ba... | ||
1942 |
Gale Garnett
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Gale Zoë Garnett | New Zealand-born Canadian pre-The Beatles one hit wonder pop singer... | |
1942 |
Spencer Davis
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Spencer David Nelson Davies | Welsh guitarist and leader of popular 60s British pop-rock The Spencer Davis Group with hits such as "Gimme Some Lovin... | |
1945 |
Eric McCredie
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Bassist for Scot bubblegum pop-rock Middle Of The Road, "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" (UK #1, 1971), died on 10/6/2007, ... | ||
1947 |
Abraham Laboriel, Sr.
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Mexican-American session and tour bassist with over 4,000 recording s to his credit, including work with George Benson... | ||
1947 |
Wolfgang Flür
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Electronic percussion for German electro-rock pioneers Kraftwerk, "Autobahn" (#25, 1975)... | ||
1947 |
Mick Tucker
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Drummer and backing vocals for glam pop-rock Sweet, "Ballroom Blitz" (#5, 1973), died of leukemia on 2/14/2002, age 54... | ||
1948 |
Ron Asheton
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Guitarist for influential proto-punk The Stooges, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" (1969), #29 on Rolling Stone magazine... | ||
1949 |
Geezer Butler
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Terence Michael Joseph Butler | Longtime bassist and lyricist for hard rock/gloom metal Black Sabbath | |
1949 |
Mike Vale
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Bassist for bubblegum-pop Tommy James & The Shondells, "Hanky Panky" (#1, 1966) and psych-pop, "Crimson And Clover... | ||
1950 |
Phoebe Snow (Phoebe Ann Laub)
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Poet, songwriter and folk-pop-jazz singer, "Poetry Man" (#5, 1974), backing vocals and collaborations with multiple other artists, died... | ||
1952 |
Chet McCracken
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Drummer for California soul-pop-rock The Doobie Brothers, "Listen T... | ||
1952 |
Nicolette Larson
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Country-rock backing vocalist and country-pop solo artist, "Lotta Love" (#8, 1979), died from cerebral edema and liver failure on 12/16... | ||
1957 |
Bruce Crump
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Drummer for Southern rock power-guitar band Molly Hatchet, "Flirtin' With Disaster" (#42, 1979), then Gator Co... | ||
1963 |
Regina Belle
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R&B-jazz-gospel singer/songwriter, Grammy-winning duet with Peabo Bryson, "A Whole New World" (#1, 1993)... | ||
1966 |
Lou Barlow
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Bassist for influential indie/cult rock Dinosaur Jr., "Start Choppin'" (Modern Rock #3, 1993)... | ||
1967 |
Stokely Williams
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Lead singer and drummer for new jack swing R&B/soul-pop sextet Mint Condition, "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" (#17... | ||
1970 |
Mandy Smith
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Dance-pop singer, model, ex-wife of Rolling Stones bassist ... | ||
1971 |
DJ Minute Mix
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Jarrett Cordes | Innovative brother hip hop, smooth soul, urban R&B and prog rap duo P.M. Dawn, "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" (#3, D... | |
1982 |
Natasha Hamilton
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Vocals for Brit dance-pop vocal trio Atomic Kitten, "Whole Again" (UK #1, 2000)... | ||
1985 |
Tom Fletcher
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Guitar and vocals for Brit pop-rock boy band McFly, "All About You" (UK #1, 2005)... | ||
1987 |
Jeremih
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Jeremy Felton | Contemporary R&B/hip hop singer and songwriter with slow jam "Birthday Sex" (#4, R&B #1, 2009) and three other Top 20 hits... | |
1963 |
Kim Shattuck
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Kimberly Dianne Shattuck | Singer, songwriter and former bassist for L.A. all-female garage rock The Pandoras, left in 1990 to found and front po... | |
1935 |
Peter Schickele
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Johann Peter Schickele | Four-time Grammy-winning composer, educator and musical parodist best known for a five-decade run of recordings and performances of his... | |
1942 |
Zoot Money
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George Bruno Money | English vocalist and bandleader, formed bluesy Big Roll Band in 1961, the group became one of many influential blues-r... |