This week’s birthday celebrants.
Country singer Bruce Channel (born Bruce McMeans), November 28, 1940
Darkthrone drummer/lyricist Fenriz (born Gylve Fenris Nagell), 1971
Other November 28 birthdays:
French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1632
Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., 1929
Sardonic songwriter and soundtrack composer Randy Newman, 1943
David Letterman bandleader Paul Shaffer, 1949
Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron
En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson, 1968
Country singer/guitarist/songwriter Merle Travis, November 29, 1917
Other November 29 birthdays:
Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, 1797
Jazz composer Billy Strayhorn, 1915
British blues singer/pianist John Mayall, 1933
The Mamas & the Papas singer Denny Doherty, 1940
Jazz flugelhornist Chuck Mangione, 1940
The Rascals keyboardist/songwriter Felix Cavaliere, 1942
Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau, 1951
Zapp singer Roger Troutman, 1951
The Cure/The Associates bassist Michael Dempsey, 1958
Psychedelic Furs guitarist John Ashton, November 30, 1957
Japan/Rain Tree Crow/Porcupine Tree keyboardist Richard Barbieri, November 30, 1957
Other November 30 birthdays:
Blues singer/guitarist Robert Nighthawk (born Robert Lee McCollum), 1909
Blues singer/guitarist Brownie McGhee, 1915
Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover, 1945
Romanian classical pianist Radu Lupu, 1945
Pointer Sisters singer June Pointer, 1953
Generation X singer and solo lip curler Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad), 1955
English R&B singer Des’ree (born Desirée Annette Weeks), 1968
R&B singer Lou Rawls, December 1, 1933
Other December 1 birthdays:
Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Lyons, 1931
Soul singer Billy Paul, 1934
Blue Öyster Cult singer Eric Bloom, 1944
The Doors drummer John Densmore, 1944
Bette Midler, 1945
Gilbert O’Sullivan, 1946
Weather Report bass guitarist Jaco Pastorius, 1951
R&B singer Janelle Monae, 1985
Long-lived composer Leo Ornstein, December 2, 1893
Other December 2 birthdays:
British conductor John Barbirolli, 1899
Song lyricist Adolph Green, 1914
Greek operatic soprano Maria Callas, 1923
Jazz pianist Wynton Kelly, 1931
Def Leppard bassist Rick Savage, 1960
Naughty by Nature rapper Treach (born Anthony Criss), 1970
Black Sabbath and solo singer/lyricist Ozzy Osbourne, December 3, 1948
Other December 3 birthdays:
Spanish composer Antonio Soler, 1729
Austrian serial composer Anton Webern, 1883
Italian soundtrack composer Nino Rota, 1911
Country singer Ferlin Husky, 1925
The Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers/Desert Rose Band singer/multi-instrumentalist Chris Hillman, December 4, 1944
Southside Johnny Lyon, December 4, 1948
Other December 4 birthdays:
Soundtrack composer Alex North, 1910
Jazz guitarist Jim Hall, 1930
Beach Boys singer Dennis Wilson, 1944
Steeleye Span/The Pogues mandolinist/citternist Terry Woods, 1947
Lynyrd Skynyrd/Rossington-Collins Band guitarist Gary Rossington, 1951
Businessman/rapper Jay-Z (born Shawn Corey Carter), 1969
