This week’s birthday celebrants.
Soul singer Joe Tex, August 8, 1933
Jazz/blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon, August 8, 1920
Other August 8 birthdays:
French composer Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade, 1857
German violinist Adolf Busch, 1891
Jazz composer/saxophonist/trumpeter Benny Carter, 1907
Country singer Webb Pierce, 1921
Country singer Mel Tillis, 1932
U2 guitarist The Edge (David Howell Evans), 1961
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett (Richard Allan Ream), 1961
Rapper Kurtis Blow, August 9, 1959
Other August 9 birthdays:
Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay, 1914
Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino, 1968
Ronettes singer Ronnie Spector, August 10, 1943
Other August 10 birthdays:
German composer Hieronymus Praetorius, 1560
Russian composer Alexander Glazunov, 1865
American luthier Leo Fender, 1909
Righteous Brothers singer Bobby Hatfield, 1940
Bread singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Griffin, 1943
Austrian jazz trumpeter/composer Michael Mantler, 1943
Jethro Tull singer/flautist Ian Anderson, 1947
Raspberries singer Eric Carmen, August 11, 1949
Other August 11 birthdays:
English conductor Raymond Leppard, 1927
Manfred Mann percussionist Mike Hugg, 1942
English singer Joe Jackson, 1954
Death Cab for Cutie/Postal Service singer Ben Gibbard, 1976
Country singer/songwriter Alvis Edgar “Buck” Owens, August 12, 1929
Other August 12 birthdays:
Bohemian composer/violinist Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, 1644
Country singer Porter Wagoner, 1927
Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler, 1949
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, 1954
Rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot (Anthony Ray), 1963
British jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, August 13, 1919
Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey, August 13, 1958
French avant-garde composer/electronic music pioneer Pierre Schaeffer, August 14, 1910
Byrds/Crosby, Stills & Nash singer/songwriter David Crosby, August 14, 1941
Other August 14 birthdays:
Sly & the Family Stone/Graham Central Station bassist/singer Larry Graham, 1946
NRBQ pianist/songwriter Terry Adams, 1948
Slapp Happy singer/songwriter Peter Blegvad, 1951
Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic (Ana Lynch), 1974
