Steve Holtje: October 31, 2010

This week’s birthday celebrants.

1. Malian singer/guitarist Ali Farka Toure, October 31, 1939

2. Bow Wow Wow singer Annabella Lwin, October 31, 1966

   Other October 31 birthdays:
   Jazz saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, 1922
   Argent lead singer/guitarist Russ Ballard, 1945
   Chic bassist Bernard Edwards, 1952
   Guided by Voices frontman Robert Pollard, 1957
   U2 drummer Larry Mullen, 1961
   The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, 1963
   My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig, 1964
   Beastie Boys rapper Adam “Adrock” Horowitz, 1966
   Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris, 1970

3. Country singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett, November 1, 1957

   Other November 1 birthdays:
   German conductor Eugen Jochum, 1902
   Jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, 1926
   Meatloaf songwriter Jim Steinman, 1947
   America guitarist Dan Peek, 1950
   Kool & the Gang singer/saxophonist Ronald Bell, 1951
   Beat Happening/Halo Benders/Dub Narcotic Sound System frontman and K Records founder Calvin Johnson, 1961
   Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Keidis, 1962
   One-armed Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, 1963
   Stereolab singer/guitarist Mary Hansen, 1966

4. Jazz singer Kurt Elling, November 2, 1957

   Other November 2 birthdays:
   Cadillacs lead singer Earl Carroll, 1937
   Jay & the Americans frontman Jay Black, 1938
   The Nice/Emerson, Lake & Palmer keyboard show-off Keith Emerson, 1944
   Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, 1975

5. Soundtrack composer John Barry, November 3, 1933

6. Scottish singer/guitarist Bert Jansch, November 3, 1943

   Other November 3 birthdays:
   German composer Samuel Scheidt, 1587
   Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini, 1801
   Country-rock singer/songwriter J.D. Souther, 1945
   Chrome singer/guitarist Helios Creed, 1953
   Piratically garbed singer Adam Ant, 1954
   Porcupine Tree leader Steven Wilson, 1967

7. Soul/blues/country singer/harmonica player Delbert McClinton, November 4, 1940

   Other November 4 birthdays:
   Squeeze co-leader Chris Difford, 1954
   Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, 1956

8. Simon & Garfunkel/solo singer Art Garfunkel, November 5, 1941

9. Van der Graaf Generator singer Peter Hammill, November 5, 1948

   Other November 5 birthdays:
   Classical pianist Walter Gieseking, 1895
   R&B guitarist/songwriter/producer Ike Turner, 1931
   International Submarine Band/Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers/solo singer/songwriter Gram Parsons, 1946
   Herman’s Hermits frontman Peter Noone, 1947
   Radiohead guitarist/composer Jonny Greenwood, 1971
   Prolific singer/songwriter Ryan Adams, 1974

10. Bad Religion singer/songwriter Greg Graffin, November 6, 1964

    Other November 6 birthdays:
    “The March King” John Philip Sousa, 1854
    Classical pianist, composer, and President of Poland Ignace Paderewski, 1860
    The Jive Five singer Eugene Pitt, 1937
    Easybeats guitarist/songwriter and AC/DC producer George Young, 1948
    Eagles singer/songwriter Glenn Frey, 1948
    Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, 1949
    Christian Death frontman Rozz Williams (born Roger Alan Painter), 1963
    Living Colour singer/songwriter Corey Glover, 1964