This Week's Birthdays (July 18 - 24)

Happy Birthday this week to:

Jul 18
1929 ● Jelacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins → "I Put A Spell On You" (1956)
1931 ● Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen → War, "Spill The Wine" (1970)
1935 ● Johnny Funches → The Dells, "Stay In My Corner" (1968)
1938 ● Ian Stewart → The Rolling Stones early keyboardist
1939 ● Brian Auger → The Trinity, Oblivion Express
1939 ● Dion DiMucci → Dion & The Belmonts, solo
1941 ● Lonnie Mack (McIntosh) → Blues-rock guitar, sessions, solo
1941 ● Martha Reeves → Martha & The Vandellas
1943 ● Robin MacDonald → Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
1945 ● Danny McCullock → The Animals
1946 ● Tim Lynch → Flamin' Groovies
1948 ● Phil Harris → Ace, "How Long" (1974)
1949 ● Wally Bryson → The Raspberries, Fotomaker, The Choir
1950 ● Cesar Zuiderwijk → Golden Earring "Radar Love" (1974)
1950 ● Glenn Hughes → Village People
1950 ● Sir Richard Branson → Founder, CEO of Virgin Records
1954 ● Richard Lee "Ricky" Scaggs → Country-bluegrass star, "Highway 40 Blues" (1983)
1955 ● Terry Chambers → XTC, The Dukes Of Stratosphear
1957 ● Keith Levene → Yes roadie, The Clash, Public Immage Ltd.
1958 ● Nigel Twist → The Alarm
1962 ● Jack Irons → Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eleven, Pearl Jam
1975 ● Daron Malakian → System Of A Down
1978 ● Tony Fagenson → Eve 6
1982 ● Ryan Cabrera → Pop-rock, "On The Way Down" (2004)

Jul 19
1926 ● Sue Thompson (Eva Sue McKee) → Novelty pop, "Sad Movies (Make Me Cry)" (1961), then country
1937 ● George Hamilton IV → Pop-country-folk, "Abilene" (1963)
1941 ● Vikki Carr (Florence Cardona) → Pop vocalist, "It Must Be Him" (1966)
1944 ● Commander Cody (George Frayne IV) → Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen
1946 ● Alan Gorrie → Average White Band
1947 ● Bernie Leadon → Flying Burrito Bros., Eagles
1947 ● Brian May → Queen
1948 ● Keith Godchaux → Grateful Dead
1952 ● Alan Collins → Lynyrd Skynyrd
1960 ● Kevin Haskins → Bauhaus, Love And Rockets

Jul 20
1933 ● Buddy Wayne Knox → Early rocker, "Party Doll" (1957)
1944 ● T.G. Sheppard (Billy Neal Browder) → Country singer, "Last Cheater's Waltz" (1979)
1945 ● John Lodge → The Moody Blues
1945 ● Kim Carnes → "Bette Davis Eyes" (1981)
1947 ● Carlos Santana → Santana, solo
1954 ● Jay Jay French (John French Segall) → Twisted Sister
1955 ● Marisa DeFranco → The DeFranco Family, "Heartbeat-It's A Lovebeat" (1973)
1956 ● Paul Cook → Sex Pistols, Greedy Bastards
1958 ● Michael McNeil → Simple Minds
1964 ● Chris Cornell → Soundgarden, Audioslave, solo
1966 ● Stone Gossard → Green River, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, solo
1969 ● Vitamin C (Colleen Ann Fitzpatrick) → Eve's Plum, solo, "Smile" (1999), actress
1978 ● Elliott Yamin → American Idol finalist, "Wait For You" (2004)

Jul 21
1922 ● Kay Starr (Katherine LaVerne Starks) → Jazz singer, "Rock And Roll Waltz" (1955)
1942 ● Kim Vincent Fowley → Singer-songwriter, producer, manager, The Runaways
1946 ● Barry Whitwam → Herman's Hermits
1948 ● Cat Stevens (nee Stephen Demitri Georgiou, now Yusuf Islam) → "Oh Very Young" (1974)
1953 ● Eric Bazilian → The Hooters, "And We Danced" (1985)
1955 ● Henry Priestman → The Yachts, The Christians, solo
1955 ● Howie Epstein → Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
1955 ● Taco (Ockerse) → Pop-rock One Hit Wonder, "Puttin' On The Ritz" (1982)
1961 ● Jim Martin → Faith No More, "I'm Easy" (1993)
1969 ● Emerson Hart → Tonic, "If You Could Only See" (1997)
1974 ● Terry Caldwell → Brit pop-rockers East 17, "Stay Another Day" (1994)
1981 ● Blake Lewis → Beatboxer, American Idol runner-up, "How Many Words" (2008)

Jul 22
1937 ● Chuck Jackson → The Del-Vikings, Downchild Blues Band
1940 ● George Clinton → Parliament, Funkadelic
1943 ● Bobby Sherman → Pop-rock, "Little Woman" (1969), TV actor
1944 ● Estelle Bennett → The Ronettes
1944 ● Rick Davies → Supertramp, solo
1947 ● Don Henley → Eagles, solo
1956 ● Mick Pointer → Marillion, "Kayleigh" (1985)
1961 ● Keith Sweat → New Jack swinger, radio DJ, producer
1963 ● Emily Saliers → Indigo Girls
1964 ● Will Calhoun → Living Colour
1967 ● Pat Badger → Extreme, "More Than Words" (1992)
1973 ● Daniel Jones → Savage Garden
1973 ● Rufus Wainwright → Singer-songwriter, Rolling Stone 1998 Best New Artist

Jul 23
1935 ● Cleveland "Cleve" Duncan → The Penguins, "Earth Angel" (1955)
1943 ● Tony Joe White → "Pork Salas Annie" (1969)
1944 ● Dino Danelli → The Rascals, Bulldog, Fotomaker
1946 ● Andy Mackay → Roxy Music
1947 ● David Essex (David Albert Cooke) → "Rock On" (1973)
1948 ● John Hall → Orleans, solo "Power" (1979), U.S. Congress (NY-D-19th)
1950 ● Blair Thornton → Bachman-Turner Overdrive
1952 ● Janis Siegel → Manhattan Transfer, solo
1961 ● Martin Gore → Depeche Mode
1964 ● Tim Kellett → Simply Red
1965 ● Slash (Saul Hudson) → Guns 'N Roses
1968 ● Nick Menza → Megadeath
1970 ● Sam Watters → Color Me Badd, "I Wanna Sex You Up" (1991)
1971 ● Alison Krauss → Folk-bluegrass, Union Station, solo
1971 ● Chad Gracey → Live
1971 ● Dalvin DeGrate → Jodeci, "Cry For You" (1993)
1980 ● Steve Jocz → Sum 41, "Fat Lip" (2001)
1980 ● Tenitra Michelle Williams → Destiny's Child, solo , "Hear A Word" (2002)

Jul 24
1941 ● Barbara Jean Love → Friends Of Distinction, "Grazing In The Grass" (1969)
1942 ● Heinz Burt → The Tornados, "Telstar" (1962), solo
1944 ● Jim Armstrong → Them, Truth, Light, Jim Armstrong Band
1945 ● Alan Whitehead → Marmalade, "Reflections Of My Life" (1970)
1947 ● Chris Townson → John's Children
1951 ● Lynval Golding → The Specials, Fun Boy Three, English Beat
1958 ● Mick Karn (Anthony Michaelides) → Japan, solo
1961 ● Paul Geary → Extreme, manager
1969 ● Jennifer "J-Lo" Lopez → Dancer, actress, R&B/dance "If You Had My Love" (1999)