This week’s birthday celebrants.
Peter Murphy, lead singer of Bauhaus, July 11, 1957
Michael Rose of Black Uhuru, July 11, 1957
Other July 11 birthdays:
Swedish operatic tenor Nicolai Gedda, 1925
German baritone Herman Prey, 1929
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, 1959
American classical pianist Van Cliburn, July 12, 1934
Other July 12 birthdays:
Norwegian operatic soprano Kirsten Flagstad, 1895
Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, 1943
Revolutionary avant-garde jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, July 13, 1936
Iconic folksinger Woody Guthrie, July 14, 1912
Other July 14 birthdays:
Bob Casale of Devo, 1952
Tanya Donnelly, leader of Belly, 1966
Smutty soul singer Millie Jackson, July 15, 1944
New York Dolls and Heartbreakers guitarist, singer, and songwriter Johnny Thunders (born John Genzale), July 15, 1952
Ska great Desmond Dekker, July 16, 1941
Other July 16 birthdays:
Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, 1858
Promotor/journalist Tom Terrell, 1950
Stewart Copeland, drummer of The Police, 1952
Jeremy Enigk of Sunny Day Real Estate, 1974
Jazz singer Jimmy Scott, July 17, 1925
American soprano Dawn Upshaw, July 17, 1960
Other July 17 birthdays:
Jazz pianist/Peanuts soundtrack composer Vince Guaraldi, 1928
Musicologist and humorist Peter Schickele, chronicler of fictional character P.D.Q. Bach, 1935
Ron Asheton of The Stooges, 1948
Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, 1949
