This week’s musical birthday celebrants.
Humble Pie/Small Faces singer/guitarist Steve Marriott, January 30, 1947; Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley, February 4, 1952
American Music Club/solo singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel, January 30, 1959
Puffy AmiYumi singer Yumi Yoshimura, January 30, 1975
Other January 30 birthdays:
Jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge, 1911
Jefferson Airplane/Starship singer/songwriter Marty Balin, 1942
Genesis/solo singer/songwriter/drummer Phil Collins, 1951
Shalamar/solo R&B singer Jody Watley, 1959
Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd. Singer John Lydon AKA Johnny Rotten, January 31, 1956
Other January 31 birthdays:
Austrian composer Franz Schubert, 1797
Operatic tenor Mario Lanza, 1921
R&B singer/songwriter Chuck Willis, 1928
Minimalist composer Philip Glass, 1937
Blues singer/harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite, 1944
Chicago guitarist/singer Terry Kath, 1946
KC & the Sunshine Band singer Harry Wayne Casey, 1951
Roxy Music/801 guitarist Phil Manzanera, 1951
English singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole, 1961
Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman, 1964
Operatic soprano Renata Tebaldi, February 1, 1921; Austrian conductor Erich Leinsdorf, February 4, 1912
Guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth, February 1, 1951
Lithuanian violinist Jascha Heifetz, February 2, 1901
Other February 2 birthdays:
French keyboardist Louis Marchand, 1669
Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler, 1875
Earth, Wind & Fire guitarist Al McKay, 1948
Pizzicato Five co-founder Yasuharu Konishi, February 3, 1959
Other February 3 birthdays:
German composer Felix Mendelssohn, 1809
French organist/composer Jehan Alain, 1911
Temptations singer Dennis Edwards, 1943
Kinks guitarist Dave Davies, 1947
New York Dolls bassist Arthur Kane, 1949
Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, 1956
Nurse with Wound leader Steven Stapleton, 1957
The Cure drummer/keyboardist Laurence Andrew “Lol” Tolhurst, 1959
Kansas drummer Phil Ehart, February 4, 1951
Other February 4 birthdays:
Alice Cooper frontman Vincent Damon Furnier, 1948
Classics IV/Atlanta Rhythm Section guitarist/songwriter (“Spooky”) James B. Cobb, Jr., February 5, 1944
Other February 5 birthdays:
Avant-garde composer Luc Ferrari, 1929
Three Dog Night singer Cory Wells, 1942
Keyboardist/guitarist/producer Al Kooper, 1944
Magic Band/Dickies/Weirdos/Lydia Lunch/Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Cliff Martinez, 1954
Guns n’ Roses bassist Michael Andrew “Duff” McKagen , 1964
Country singer Sara Evans, 1971
