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This week’s birthday celebrants.
Folkie goddess Joni Mitchell, November 7, 1943
Other November 7 birthdays:
Australian operatic soprano Joan Sutherland, 1926
“Secret Agent Man” singer Johnny Rivers, 1942
French classical pianist Hélène Grimaud, 1969
Delaney & Bonnie singer Bonnie Bramlett, November 8, 1944
Other November 8 birthdays:
English composer Arnold Bax, 1883
Blues pianist/composer Clarence Williams, 1893
High-voiced soul singer Minnie Riperton, 1947
Singer/guitarist Bonnie Raitt, 1949
L.A. chanteuse Rickie Lee Jones, 1954
The Cure saxophonist/keyboardist/guitarist Porl Thompson, 1957
Jazz/klezmer clarinetist Don Byron, 1958
German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, November 9, 1959
Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist/songwriter Corin Tucker, November 9, 1972
Other November 9 birthdays:
Peter, Paul & Mary singer Mary Travers, 1936
Creedence Clearwater Revival guitarist Tom Fogarty, 1941
The Pretty Things singer Phil May, 1944
Salt-N-Pepa rapper Sandra “Pepa” Denton, 1964
Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel, 1965
King Crimson/Emerson, Lake & Palmer singer/bassist Greg Lake, November 10, 1947
Other November 10 birthdays:
French Baroque composer/keyboardist François Couperin, 1668
Film scorer Carl Stalling, 1891
Songwriter Johnny Marks, 1909
Jazz songwriter/bandleader Billy May, 1916
Italian soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone, 1928
Theatrical English singer/political aspirant David Edward “Screaming Lord” Sutch, 1940
English record producer Roy Thomas Baker, 1946
Alice Cooper guitarist Glen Buxton, 1947
Power pop icon Marshall Crenshaw, November 11, 1953
XTC /The Dukes of Stratosphear/Monstrance singer/songwriter Andy Partridge, 1953
Other November 11 birthdays:
Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet, 1883
Witty jazz pianist/singer/songwriter Mose Allison, 1927
R&B singer LaVern Baker, 1929
Youngbloods and solo singer/songwriter Jesse Colin Young, 1941
Vanilla Fudge guitarist Vince Martell, 1945
The Yardbirds rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, 1945
Blasters guitarist/songwriter Dave Alvin, 1955
The one and only Neil Young, November 12, 1945
Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Buck Dharma (born Donald Roeser), November 12, 1947
Other November 12 birthdays:
Russian Romantic composer Alexander Borodin, 1833
Jazz trumpeter Buck Clayton, 1911
Jazz bassist Sam Jones, 1924
Songwriter Mort Shuman, 1936
Ruby & the Romantics singer Ruby Nash Curtis, 1939
Slovakian soprano Lucia Popp, 1939
Booker T & the MG’s leader Booker T. Jones, 1944
Hot Chocolate singer Errol Brown, 1948
The Fall/Adult Net guitarist Brix Smith, 1962
Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson, 1964
Unique wheelchair-bound singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, 1964
Bikini Kill/Le Tigre singer Kathleen Hanna, 1968
English rock singer/guitarist Terry Reid, November 13, 1949
Other November 13 birthdays:
Jazz drummer Idris Muhammad (born Leo Morris), 1939
Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Toy Caldwell, 1947
J-Pop singer Kumi Koda, 1982
