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Steve Holtje: October 17, 2010

This week’s birthday celebrants.

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Ukrainian pianist Emil Gilels, October 19, 1916

  4. Wailers and solo singer Peter Tosh, October 19, 1944

    Other October 19 birthdays:
    Jazz drummer Cozy Cole, 1909

  5. Banjo player/singer Grandpa Jones, October 20, 1913

  6. 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

  7. Jazz trumpeter John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie, October 21, 1917

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Country singer Dwight Yoakam, October 23, 1956

    Other October 23 birthdays:
    Singer/songwriter/producer Ellie Greenwich, 1940
    Parody songwriter Weird Al Yankovic, 1959