This week’s birthday celebrants.
Charlie Parker, August 29, 1920
Dinah Washington, August 29, 1924
Other August 29 birthdays
Diamanda Galas, 1955
Michael Jackson, 1958
Brian Jonestown Massacre leader Anton Newcombe, 1967
Me’Shell NdegéOcello (born Michelle Lynn Johnson), 1968
Country singer Kitty Wells, August 30, 1919
Other August 30 birthdays
German opera director Wolfgang Wagner, 1919
Operatic mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik, 1922
The Mamas & the Papas leader John Phillips, 1935
Specials/General Public bassist Horace Panter, 1953
Paul Oakenfold, 1963
Rapper/producer Swizz Beatz, 1978
Guitarist Bobby Parker, August 31, 1937
Other August 31 birthdays
French harpist Lily Laskine, 1893
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, 1945
Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker, 1948
Go-Go’s drummer Gina Schock, 1953
Squeeze singer/guitarist Glenn Tilbrook, 1957
Blues-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist Chris Whitley, 1960
The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton, September 1, 1955
Country singer/songwriter Boxcar Willie (born Lecil Travis Martin), September 1 , 1931
Other September 1 birthdays
German composer Johann Pachelbel, 1653
Jazz saxophonist Art Pepper, 1925
Country singer Conway Twitty, 1933
Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa, 1935
Conductor Leonard Slatkin, 1944
Sly & the Family Stone drummer Greg Errico, 1946
Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb, 1946
Neu!/Kraftwerk/Harmonia/Cluster guitarist/keyboardist Michael Rother, September 2, 1950
Avant-garde saxophonist/composer John Zorn, September 2, 1953
Other September 2 birthdays
Folk singer Tom Glazer, 1914
Jazz pianist/composer Horace Silver, 1928
Jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan, 1931
New Orleans singer Jimmy Clanton, 1940
Singer/songwriter Joe Simon, 1943
Keyboardist Billy Preston, 1946
Blues guitarist Freddie King, September 3, 1934
Other September 3 birthdays
Italian Baroque composer Pietro Locatelli, 1695
Dutch conductor Eduard van Beinum, 1901
English harpsichordist/conductor Thurston Dart, 1921
Country singer Hank Thompson, 1925
Country singer Tompall Glaser, 1933
Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, 1955
Minutemen/fIREHOSE drummer George Hurley, September 4, 1958
Other September 4 birthdays
Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, 1824
French composer Darius Milhaud, 1892
Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers, 1951
W.A.S.P. Singer Blackie Lawless, 1956
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, 1960
Hanoi Rocks/New York Dolls guitarist Sam Yaffa, 1963
German bass René Pape, 1964
English DJ/producer Mark Ronson, 1977
R&B singer Beyoncé (born Beyoncé Giselle Knowles), 1981
