Steve Holtje: May 23, 2010

This week’s birthday celebrants.

1. Alicia De Larrocha, May 23, 1923

   Other May 23 birthdays:
   Artie Shaw, 1910
   General Norman Johnson (Chairmen of the Board), 1943
   Phil Selway (Radiohead), 1967

2. Archie Shepp, May 24, 1937

3. Bob Dylan, May 24, 1941

   also May 24: Harold Budd, 1936

4. Paul Weller (The Jam, Style Council), May 25, 1958

   also May 25:
   Beverly Sills, 1929
   Tom T. Hall, 1936
   Sugar Minott, 1956

5. Miles Davis, May 26, 1926

   also May 26:
   Moondog, 1916
   Levon Helm (The Band), 1940
   Phil Elverum (Microphones, Mount Eerie), 1978

6. Siouxsie Sioux, May 27, 1957

   also May 27:
   Ramsey Lewis, 1935
   Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House), 1958

7. T-Bone Walker, May 28, 1910

8. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, May 28, 1925

9. Arto Lindsay (DNA), May 28, 1953

   also May 28:
   Gyorgy Ligeti, 1923
   Gladys Knight, 1944
   John Fogerty, 1945

10. Gary Brooker (Procol Harum), May 29, 1945

    also May 29:
    Isaac Albeniz, 1860
    Iannis Xenakis, 1922
    Noel Gallagher (Oasis), 1967