This week’s birthday celebrants.
Avant-gardist John Cage, September 5, 1912
Scottish singer/songwriter Al Stewart, 1945
Other September 5 birthdays:
German composer Johann Christian Bach, 1735
Grand opera composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, 1791
Queen singer Freddie Mercury, 1946
Singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, 1946
Drummer Buddy Miles, 1947
Canadian virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin, 1961
Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche, 1982
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, September 6, 1943
Other September 6 birthdays:
Legendary New Orleans proto-jazz trumpeter Charles “Buddy” Bolden, 1877
Songwriter (“It’s Only a Paper Moon”) Billy Rose, 1899
Blues singer/guitarist Jimmy Reed, 1925
Russian conductor Evgeny Svetlanov, 1928
Country singer David Allen Coe, 1939
Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan, 1971
Gogol Bordello leader Eugene Hütz (born Yevheniy Oleksandrovych Nikolayev Simonov), 1972
Jazz saxophone titan Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins, September 7, 1930
Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde, 1951
Other September 7 birthdays:
Blues singer/guitarist Little Milton (born James Milton Campbell, Jr. ), 1934
Buddy Holly, 1936
Gloria Gaynor, 1949
French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, 1961
N.W.A. rapper Eazy-E, 1963
Romanian opera singer Angela Gheorghiu, 1965
The Father of Country Music Jimmie “The Singing Brakeman” Rodgers, September 8, 1897
Other September 8 birthdays:
Bohemian composer Antonin Dvořák, 1841
American country music songwriter Harlan Howard, 1927
Hungarian-German conductor Christoph von Dohnányi , 1929
Country singer Patsy Cline, 1932
British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, 1934
Grateful Dead singer/keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, 1945
The Cars bassist/singer Benjamin Orr, 1947
Cajun/Zydeco singer/songwriter/accordionist/guitarist Zachary Richard, 1950
Til Tuesday singer and solo artist Aimee Mann, 1960
New Pornographers singer and solo artist Neko Case, 1970
French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, September 9, 1957
Other September 9 birthdays:
Jazz drummer Elvin Jones, 1927
Soul icon Otis Redding, 1941
Blues Project guitarist Danny Kalb, 1942
Buffalo Springfield bassist Bruce Palmer, 1946
The Tourists/Eurythmics guitarist David A. Stewart, 1952
Ash Ra Tempel guitarist Manuel Göttsching, 1952
Descendents/Black Flag/ALL drummer Bill Stevenson, September 10, 1963
English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, 1659
Other September 10 birthdays:
Composer/inventor Raymond Scott, 1908
Peruvian singer Yma Sumac, 1922
English conductor/harpsichordist Christopher Hogwood,, 1941
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, 1950
Citizens Arrest/Chisel guitarist/vocalist and solo artist Ted Leo, September 11, 1970
Other September 11 birthdays:
English composer William Boyce, 1711
Estonian “mystic minimalism” composer Arvo Pärt, 1935
Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, 1943
Guitarist Leo Kottke, 1945
English guitarist/singer/songwriter John Martyn, 1948
Styx/Damn Yankees singer/songwriter/guitarist Tommy Shaw, 1953
Electronica icon Moby, 1965
