This week’s birthday celebrants.
Malian singer/guitarist Ali Farka Toure, October 31, 1939
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
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
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
Soundtrack composer John Barry, November 3, 1933
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
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
Simon & Garfunkel/solo singer Art Garfunkel, November 5, 1941
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
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
