This week’s birthday celebrants.
German tenor Fritz Wunderlich, September 26, 1930
The Germs singer Darby Crash, September 26, 1959
The Germs singer Darby Crash, September 26, 1959
Other September 26 birthdays:
Swiss pianist Alfred Cortot, 1877
Alsatian conductor Charles Munch, 1891
George Gershwin, 1898
Country singer Marty Robbins, 1925
Brazilian singer Gal Costa, 1945
Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry, 1945
Olivia Newton-John, 1948
Jazz pianist/composer Earl “Bud” Powell, September 27, 1924
Other September 27 birthdays:
Songwriter Vincent Youmans, 1898
Guess Who singer Randy Bachman, 1943
Meat Loaf (born Michael Lee Aday), 1947
Canada-based Mexican/Lebanese-American singer Lhasa de Sela, 1972
R&B singer Ben E. King, September 28, 1938
Monkees songwriter Tommy Boyce, September 29, 1939; Buffalo Springfield drummer Dewey Martin, September 30, 1940
French jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, September 29, 1942
Other September 29 birthdays:
Jerry Lee Lewis, 1935
Grand Funk guitarist Mark Farner, 1948
Teenagers frontman Frankie Lymon, September 30, 1942
Other September 30 birthdays:
Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852
Ukrainian violinist David Oistrakh, 1908
Jazz drummer Buddy Rich, 1917
Blues singer Z.Z. Hill, 1935
Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov, 1937
Singing actor and original Sweeney Todd Len Cariou, 1939
The 5th Dimension singer Marilyn McCoo, 1943
T.Rex leader Marc Bolan, 1947
Blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins, October 1, 1932
Other October 1 birthdays:
French composer Paul Dukas, 1865
Sly & the Family Stone saxophonist Jerry Martini, 1943
Soul singer/songwriter Donny Hathaway, 1945
Brownsville Station singer/music critic Michael “Cub” Koda, 1948
Japanese music producer/Avex label president Masato “Max” Matsuura, 1964
Israeli saxophonist Ori Kaplan, 1969
The first punk, Richard Hell (born Richard Meyers), October 2, 1949
Human League singer Phil Oakey, October 2, 1955
Other October 2 birthdays:
Avant-garde composer Phill Niblock, 1933
Rockabilly singer Eddie Cochran, 1938
Genesis bassist/guitarist Mike Rutherford, 1950
Police singer/bassist Sting (born Gordon Sumner), 1951
J-Pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki, 1978
