This week’s birthday celebrants.
Samba innovator Luiz Bonfa, October 17, 1922
Other October 17 birthdays:
English composer Herbert Howells, 1892
Jazz guitarist Barney Kessel, 1923
Union Gap singer Gary Puckett, 1942
Country singer Alan Jackson, 1958
Rapper Eminem, 1972
Fugees singer Wyclef Jean, 1972
Pylon singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay, October 18, 1955
Other October 18 birthdays:
German singer Lotte Lenya, 1898
Jazz singer Anita O’Day, 1919
Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Chuck Berry, 1926
Ukrainian pianist Emil Gilels, October 19, 1916
Wailers and solo singer Peter Tosh, October 19, 1944
Other October 19 birthdays:
Jazz drummer Cozy Cole, 1909
Banjo player/singer Grandpa Jones, October 20, 1913
Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson, October 20, 1937
Other October 20 birthdays:
Innovative composer Charles Ives, 1874
Conductor Robert Craft, 1923
Jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris, 1934
Tom Petty, 1950
Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz, 1977
Jazz trumpeter John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, October 21, 1917
Manfred Mann, October 21, 1940
Other October 21 birthdays:
Hungarian conductor Georg Solti, 1912
Salsa singer Celia Cruz, 1924
Soul guitarist Steve Cropper, 1941
Paul Butterfield Blues Band/Jefferson Starship/solo singer/guitarist Elvin Bishop, 1942
The Cramps singer Lux Interior (born Erick Lee Purkhiser), 1946
Go-Gos guitarist Charlotte Caffey, 1953
The Teardrop Explodes frontman Julian Cope, 1957
Fiery Furnaces co-leader Matthew Friedberger, 1972
Precocious Russian composer/pianist Lera Auerbach, 1973
Ill-fated “I Fought the Law” singer Bobby Fuller, October 22, 1942
Other October 22 birthdays:
Hungarian pianist/composer Franz Liszt, 1811
Mountain singer/guitarist Leslie West, 1945
The Rascals singer/songwriter Eddie Brigati, 1946
Dead Boys/Lords of the New Church singer/guitarist Steven John “Stiv” Bators, 1949
Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jennifer, 1960
Meat Puppets bassist Cris Kirkwood, 1960
Country singer Dwight Yoakam, October 23, 1956
Other October 23 birthdays:
Singer/songwriter/producer Ellie Greenwich, 1940
Parody songwriter Weird Al Yankovic, 1959
