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Steve Holtje: January 2, 2011

This week’s musical birthday celebrants.

  1. Humorous country singer/songwriter Roger Miller, January 2, 1936

  2. Brides of Funkenstein singer Dawn Silva, January 2, 1954

    Other January 2 birthdays:
    Russian composer Mily Balakirev, 1837
    Italian operatic tenor Tito Schipa, 1888
    English composer Michael Tippett, 1905
    Humorous folk singer/songwriter Christine Lavin, 1952
    Choral composer Eric Whitacre, 1970

  3. Dictators/Manowar guitarist Ross “The Boss” Funicello (born Ross Friedman), January 3, 1954

    Other January 3 birthdays:
    Opera librettist Metastasio (born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi), 1698
    Beatles producer George Martin, 1926
    Singer/songwriter/arranger Van Dyke Parks, 1941
    Buffalo Springfield/Crosby, Stills & Nash co-leader Stephen Stills, 1945
    Led Zeppelin bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, 1946
    The Slits/The Raincoats drummer Palmolive (born Paloma Romero), 1955
    Daft Punk DJ Thomas Bangalter, 1975

  4. Mahavishnu Orchestra guitarist John McLaughlin, January 4, 1942

  5. Henry Cow/Art Bears/Pere Ubu drummer Chris Cutler, January 4, 1947

    Other January 4 birthdays:
    Opera composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 1710
    German composer Johann Friedrich Agricola, 1720
    Czech composer Josef Suk, 1874
    Soundtrack composer Lionel Newman, 1916
    Jazz tuba player Don Butterfield, 1923
    Opera singer Grace Bumbry, 1937
    Soul singer Arthur Conley, 1946
    Jazz singer Susannah McCorkle, 1946
    Avant-garde guitarist/electric rakist Eugene Chadbourne, 1954
    Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis, 1955
    Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, 1956
    Joy Division/New Order/Electronic/Bad Lieutenant guitarist Bernard Sumner, 1956
    Country singer Patty Loveless, 1957
    R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, 1960
    Cocteau Twins guitarist Robin Guthrie, 1962
    Type O Negative leader Peter Steele, 1962
    Rammstein singer Till Lindermann, 1963
    Portishead singer Beth Gibbons, 1965
    The Pogues bassist Cait O’Riordan, 1965
    Silver Jews mastermind David Berman, 1967
    Ash singer Tim Wheeler, 1977

  6. Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel, January 5, 1931

  7. Luscious Jackson/Beastie Boys drummer Kate Schellenbach, January 5, 1966

    Other January 5 birthdays:
    Italian composer Antonio Lotti, 1667
    Blues singer/guitarist Elizabeth Cotton, 1895
    Italian flutist Severino Gazzelloni, 1919
    Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, 1920
    Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, 1942
    Kool & the Gang drummer George Brown, 1949
    Blondie guitarist Chris Stein, 1950
    Soul Asylum drummer Grant Young, 1964

  8. Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett, January 6, 1946

    Other January 6 birthdays:
    Russian composer/mystic Alexander Scriabin, 1872
    Conductor Maurice Abravanel, 1903
    Bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs, 1924
    Disco artist/songwriter/producer (“The Hustle”) Van McCoy, 1940
    Fairport Convention singer/songwriter Sandy Denny, 1947
    Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman Kim Wilson, 1951
    AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young, 1953
    Bollywood composer A.R. Rahman, 1966
    Arctic Monkeys/Last Shadow Puppets frontman Alex Turner, 1986

  9. French composer Francis Poulenc, January 7, 1899, and French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, January 7, 1922

    Other January 7 birthdays:
    Romanian pianist Clara Haskil, 1895
    Spanish harpist Nicanor Zabaleta, 1907
    German conductor Günter Wand, 1912
    Loggins & Messina co-leader Kenny Loggins, 1948
    The Go-Gos bassist Kathy Valentine, 1959

  10. Chameleonic singer/songwriter David Bowie, January 8, 1947

    Other January 8 birthdays:
    Italian avant-garde composer Giacinto Scelsi, 1905
    Classical pianist Abbey Simon, 1922
    Rockabilly singer Elvis Presley, 1935
    Russian-American pianist Vladimir Feltsman, 1952
    Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, 1966