This week’s birthday celebrants.
Soul singer Freda Payne, September 19, 1942
Runaways lead guitarist Lita Ford, September 19, 1958; Runaways guitarist/songwriter and solo artist Joan Jett, September 22, 1958
Other September 19 birthdays:
German conductor Kurt Sanderling, 1912
Jazz pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams, 1930
Mama Cass Elliott, 1941
10cc co-leader Lol Creme, 1947
Chic co-leader Nile Rodgers, 1952
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, 1963
Country singer Trisha Yearwood, 1964
Tegan & Sara twin sisters Sara Quin and Tegan Quin, 1980
J-pop singer Namie Amuro, September 20, 1977
Other September 20 birthdays:
Jazz pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton, 1885
Classical pianist William Kapell, 1922
Coasters co-founder Bobby Nunn, 1925
Thompson Twins singer/percussionist Alannah Currie, 1957
Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, 1966
Motorhead drummer Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, September 21, 1954
Other September 21 birthdays:
English composer Gustav Holst, 1874
Hungarian pianist György Sándor, 1912
Eagles guitarist Don Felder, 1947
XTC guitarist/keyboardist Dave Gregory, 1952
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher, 1972
Glasvegas singer James Allan, 1979
Polish violinist Henryk Szeryng, September 22, 1918
Birthday Party/Bad Seeds leader Nick Cave, September 22, 1957
Other September 22 birthdays:
Deep Purple/Whitesnake singer David Coverdale, 1951
Post-minimalist composer Michael Torke, 1961
Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco, September 23, 1970
Hot-shot guitarist Roy Buchanan, 1939
Other September 23 birthdays:
Jazz pathfinder John Coltrane, 1926
Soul icon Ray Charles, 1930
Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith, 1947
The one and only Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen, 1949
B’z singer Koshi Inaba, 1964
Sleater-Kinney/Quasi drummer Janet Weiss, September 24, 1965
Other September 24 birthdays:
Big band singer/cowboy movie actor Herb Jeffries, 1913
Jazz trumpeter Theodore “Fats” Navarro, 1923
Ventures drummer Mel Taylor, 1933
Gerry & the Pacemakers singer Gerry Marsden, 1942
Siouxsie and the Banshees bassist Steven Severin, September 25, 1955
Other September 25 birthdays:
French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1683
Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906
Jazz composer/saxophonist Sam Rivers, 1923
English conductor Sir Colin Davis, 1927
Iconoclastic pianist Glenn Gould, 1932
Canadian singer-songwriter Ian Tyson, 1933
Spirit keyboardist John Locke, 1943
Love singer/songwriter/guitarist Bryan MacLean, 1946
Womack & Womack singer/songwriter/guitarist Cecil Womack, 1947
