Rock & Roll Birthdays

1905 Percy Humphrey, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1995)

1909 Danny Barker, jazz guitarist

1929 Joe Pass [Joseph Passalaqua], American virtuoso jazz guitarist (The Trio) and composer, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1994)

1945 Cornelius Bumpus, American saxophonist and keyboardist (Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2004)

1955 Fred White, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)

1955 Trevor Rabin, rocker (Yes)

1956 Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)

1962 Trace Adkins, American country singer (Ladies Love Country Boys, You're Gonna Miss This), born in Sarepta, Louisiana

1938 Allen Toussaint, American pianist, songwriter and producer (Mother-In-Law; Working In A Coal Mine), born in Gert Town, Louisiana (d. 2015)

1948 Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett, American musician & producer, born in St. Louis, Missouri

1968 LL Cool J [James Todd Smith], American rapper (Bigger and Deffer), born in Bay Shore, New York

1969 Dave Grohl, American drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), born in Warren, Ohio

1982 Caleb Followill, American alternative-rock vocalist & musician (Kings of Leon), born in Mount Juliet, Tennessee

1936 Clarence Carter

1941 Captain Beefheart [Don Van Vliet], American singer-songwriter (Bongo Fury, Shiny Beast), born in Glendale, California (d. 2010)

1948 Ronnie Van Zant, American rock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd), born in Jacksonville, Florida

1952 Melvyn Gale, English cellist (ELO), born in London, United Kingdom

1967 Lisa Lisa [Velez], American rock vocalist (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam), born in NYC, New York

1981 Pitbull [Armando Christian Perez], American rapper, born in Miami, Florida

No time to do any real research. Sorry if the time frame on any of them are wrong. Basketball game is imminent.

1942 Edward "Sonny" Bivins