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Steve Holtje: January 30, 2011

This week’s musical birthday celebrants.



  1. Humble Pie/Small Faces singer/guitarist Steve Marriott, January 30, 1947; Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley, February 4, 1952





  2. American Music Club/solo singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel, January 30, 1959





  3. 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




  4. 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




  5. Operatic soprano Renata Tebaldi, February 1, 1921; Austrian conductor Erich Leinsdorf, February 4, 1912





  6. Guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth, February 1, 1951





  7. 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




  8. 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




  9. Kansas drummer Phil Ehart, February 4, 1951


    Other February 4 birthdays:
    Alice Cooper frontman Vincent Damon Furnier, 1948




  10. 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