This week’s birthday celebrants.
Pylon guitarist Randy Bewley, July 25, 1955
Other July 25 birthdays:
Jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges, 1907
Jazz singer Annie Ross, 1930
Reggae singer Rita Marley, 1946
Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White, 1951
Sonic Youth singer/guitarist Thurston Moore, 1958
“Sunny” composer Bobby Hebb, July 26, 1941
Classical pianist Angela Hewitt, July 26, 1958
Other July 26 birthdays:
Irish composer/pianist/nocturne inventor John Field, 1782
Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Serge Koussevitzky, 1874
Jazz bandleader/trumpeter/”Tuxedo Junction” co-composer Erskine Hawkins, 1914
“Drift Away” singer Dobie Gray, 1940
Singer Darlene Love, 1941
R&B singer Brenton Wood, 1941
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, 1943
Funk singer Betty Davis, 1945
Queen drummer Roger Taylor, 1949
Country singer/“Ode to Billie Joe” writer Bobbie Gentry (born Roberta Lee Streeter), July 27, 1944
Other July 27 birthdays:
Spanish composer Enrique Granados, 1867
Classical cellist Leonard Rose, 1918
Blues singer/guitarist/songwriter Junior Kimbrough, July 28, 1930
Italian conductor Riccardo Muti, July 28, 1941
Other July 28 birthdays:
Guitarist Michael Bloomfield, 1943
Dixie Dregs/Deep Purple guitarist Steve Morse, 1954
Comedy singer/songwriter Stephen Lynch, 1971
Jazz guitar innovator Charlie Christian, July 29, 1916
Other July 29 birthdays:
Jazz bandleader/arranger Don Redman, 1900
British singer/songwriter Kate Bush, July 30, 1958
Other July 30 birthdays:
British pianist famous as accompanist Gerald Moore, 1899
Chicago blues guitarist/singer Buddy Guy, 1936
Saxophonist David Sanborn, 1945
Damned drummer Rat Scabies, 1957
Jazz pianist Hank Jones, July 31, 1918
Bauhaus/Tones on Tail/Love and Rockets guitarist Daniel Ash, July 31, 1957
Other July 31 birthdays:
Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, 1923
Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist Bob Welch, 1946
R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry, 1958
