This week’s birthday celebrants.
R&B singer Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, July 18, 1929
Dion DiMucci, July 18, 1939
American guitarist Lonnie Mack, July 18, 1941
Other July 18 birthdays:
Conductor/former New York Philharmonic music director Kurt Masur, 1927
English keyboardist Brian Auger, 1939
Martha Reeves, 1941
XTC drummer Terry Chambers, 1955
Nikki Sudden (Swell Maps, Jacobites), July 19, 1956
Other July 19 birthdays:
Queen guitarist Brian May, 1947
Grateful Dead keyboardist Keith Godchaux, 1948
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins, 1952
Moody Blues bassist/singer/songwriter John Lodge, July 20, 1945
Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook, July 20, 1956
Other July 20 birthdays:
Austrian conductor Michael Gielen, 1927
Carlos Santana, 1947
Pop singer Kay Starr, July 21, 1922
Other July 21 birthdays:
Violinist Isaac Stern, 1920
Funkateer George Clinton, July 22, 1941
Other July 22 birthdays:
Eagles drummer/singer/songwriter Don Henley, 1947
Rufus Wainwright, 1973
Catherine Wheel guitarist/singer/songwriter Rob Dickinson, July 23, 1965
Other July 23 birthdays:
Swedish composer Franz Berwald, 1796
Tony Joe White, 1943
David Essex, 1947
Martin Gore of Depeche Mode, 1961
Bluegrass singer/player Alison Krauss, 1971
Jazz trumpeter Cootie Williams, July 24, 1908
Other July 24 birthdays:
Swiss composer Ernest Bloch, 1880
Classical/avant-garde pianist Peter Serkin, 1947
