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Steve Holtje: January 9, 2011

This week’s musical birthday celebrants.

  1. Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, January 9, 1944

  2. New York Dolls and solo singer David Johansen, January 9, 1950

    Other January 9 birthdays:
    Innovative jazz drummer Kenny “Klook” Clarke, 1914
    Rockabilly/Soul/Country singer Al Downing, 1940
    Folk singer Joan Baez, 1941
    Cowsills singer Bill Cowsill, 1948
    Lynyrd Skynyrd backing vocalist Cassie Gaines, 1948
    Hole guitarist Eric Erlandson, 1963

  3. Steely Dan co-leader Donald Fagen, January 10, 1948

    Other January 10 birthdays:
    French conductor and composer Jean Martinon, 1910
    Record producer Jerry Wexler, 1917
    Jazz drummer Max Roach, 1924
    Rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins, 1935
    Operatic baritone Sherrill Milnes, 1935
    Singer/songwriter Jim Croce, 1943
    The Faces and solo singer Rod Stewart, 1945
    Jazz bassist/composer William Parker, 1952
    Rock singer Pat Benatar, 1953
    UFO guitarist Michael Schenker, 1955
    Singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin, 1956
    Italian violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, 1961
    La Otracina/Owl Zounds drummer/singer Adam Kriney, 1977

  4. Country singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen, January 11, 1956

    Other January 11 birthdays:
    Russian composer Reinhold Glière, 1875
    French composer/organist Maurice Duruflé, 1902
    Blues singer/songwriter/harmonica player Slim Harpo, 1924
    E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, 1942
    Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye, 1946
    Fusion/smooth jazz guitarist Lee Ritenour, 1952
    The Bangles/Continental Drifters/Psycho Sisters singer/guitarist Vicki Peterson, 1958

  5. Blues singer/songwriter/guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell, January 12, 1904

  6. Sly & the Family Stone/Graham Central Station trumpeter/singer Cynthia Robinson, January 12, 1946

  7. Einstürzende Neubauten/Bad Seeds singer/guitarist Blixa Bargeld, January 12, 1959

    Other January 12 birthdays:
    French baritone Pierre Bernac, 1899
    Country singer Tex Ritter, 1905
    Blues/swing pianist/singer/bandleader Jay McShann, 1916
    Proto-Minimalist avant-garde composer Morton Feldman, 1926
    Jazz drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, 1940
    British blues singer Long John Baldry, 1941
    Fusion jazz/Frank Zappa keyboardist George Duke, 1946
    Jazz trumpeter Stephen Haynes, 1955
    Wu-Tang Clan rapper Raekwon (born Corey Woods), 1970
    Rage Against the Machine vocalist/lyricist Zach de la Rocha, 1970

  8. Flaming Lips mastermind Wayne Coyne, January 13, 1961

    Other January 13 birthdays:
    Jazz guitarist Joe Pass, 1929
    Madness singer Suggs (born Graham McPherson), 1961

  9. Canadian tenor Ben Heppner, January 14, 1956

    Other January 14 birthdays:
    Jazz trumpeter/cornetist Billy Butterfield, 1917
    New Orleans singer/songwriter/producer Allen Toussaint, 1938
    Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons, 1943
    Nirvana/Foo Fighters drummer/singer/songwriter Dave Grohl, 1969
    Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill, 1982

  10. Reggae singer Sister Carol (born Carole Theresa East), January 15, 1959

    Other January 15 birthdays:
    Swing drummer Gene Krupa, 1909
    Classical pianist Malcolm Frager, 1935
    Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band mastermind Don Van Vliet, 1941
    Jazz trumpeter Baikida Carroll, 1947
    Lynyrd Skynyrd singer/songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, 1948
    Classical composer Aaron Jay Kernis, 1960