This week’s birthday celebrants.
Defunkt bassist Kim Clarke, November 14, 1954
Mutantrumpet inventor Ben Neill, November 14, 1957
Other November 14 birthdays:
Austrian composer/pianist Johann Nepomuk Hummel, 1778
German composer/pianist Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805
Aaron Copland, 1900
Russian violinist Leonid Kogan, 1924
Spanish classical guitarist Narciso Yepes, 1927
Freddie & the Dreamers singer Freddie Garrity, 1936
The Platters/The Flairs/The Coasters singer Cornell Gunter, 1936
Blues harmonica player/bassist Carey Bell, 1936
Synthesizer arranger/composer Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos), 1939
Styx guitarist/songwriter James “J.Y.” Young, 1949
Run-D.M.C.’s DJ Run (born Joseph Simmons), 1964
Funkadelic guitarist Michael Hampton, November 15, 1956
Other November 15 birthdays:
Country singer C.W. McCall, 1928
English pop singer Petula Clark, 1932
Dominos/Drifters/solo singer Clyde McPhatter, 1932
Original “Fever” singer Little Willie John, 1937
ABBA singer Frida Lyngstad, 1945
Henry Cow/Flying Lizards/London Musicians’ Collective/Penguin Café Orchestra cellist/bassist Georgie Born, 1955
Tonight Show Band leader/guitarist Kevin Eubanks, 1957
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Ol’ Dirty Bastard (born Russell Tyrone Jones), 1968
Blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin, November 16, 1931
Other November 16 birthdays:
Blues/jazz songwriter W.C. Handy, 1873
German composer Paul Hindemith, 1895
Operatic baritone Lawrence Tibbett, 1896
Doo-wop/soul singer Garnet Mimms, 1933
Soca singer Arrow, 1949
Avant-jazz trombonist Roswell Rudd, November 17, 1935
Other November 17 birthdays:
Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, 1925
Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot, 1938
The Byrds singer/songwriter Gene Clark, 1944
Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, 1946
Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray (born Raymond John Pepperell), 1958
Singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley, 1966
Cradle of Filth guitarist Richard Fortus, 1966
Moldy Peaches singer/solo artist Kimya Dawson, 1972
Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, 1936
World Famous Blue Jays singer/songwriter and Diesel Only Records co-founder Jeremy Tepper, November 18, early 1960s
Other November 18 birthdays:
German composer Carl Maria von Weber, 1786
Longtime Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Eugene Ormandy, 1899
Buena Vista Social Club singer/guitarist Compay Segundo (born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz), 1907
Genius song lyricist Johnny Mercer, 1909
Proto-rock singer Hank Ballard, 1927
English singer/songwriter Graham Parker, 1950
Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, 1962
V6 singer Junichi Okada, 1980
Israeli singer Ofra Haza, November 19, 1957
Other November 19 birthdays:
Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, 1859
Jazz trombonist/bandleader Tommy Dorsey, 1905
Blood, Sweat & Tears arranger/saxophonist Fred Lipsius, 1943
Singer/songwriter Helen Avakian, 1970s
Allman Brothers Band guitarist Duane Allman, November 20, 1946
James Gang/Eagles/solo singer/guitarist/songwriter Joe Walsh, November 20, 1947
Other November 20 birthdays:
Classical pianist Ruth Laredo, 1937
Operatic soprano Barbara Hendricks, 1948
Beastie Boys rapper/drummer Mike D (born Michael Diamond), 1965
Jazz pianist Geoffrey Keezer, 1970
