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Chris Stainton, musician/songwriter, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton & others, 1944
George Benson, singer/songwriter, guitar, 1943

Also BOTD Stephen Sondheim

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1/3
Matt Nicholls, drums, Bring Me the Horizon, 1986
Amy Studt, singer/songwriter/piano, 1986
Shawn Mims, rapper/songwriter, 1981
Aaron North, guitar/vocals, Nine Inch Nails, 1979
Beverley Knight, singer/songwriter, 1973
Jon Erik Andreas Johnson, singer/songwriter, 1970
Mickey Dale, musician/producer, Embrace, 1968
Susan Ann "Susanne" Sulley, singer, The Human League, 1963
Pete Wylie, singer/songwriter/guitar, Wah! & others, solo, 1958

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2/2
Melvin Gentry, singer/songwriter/guitar, Midnight Star, 1957
Jamie West-Oram, guitar/vocals, The Fixx, 1953
Bobby Whitlock, musician/songwriter/vocals, Derek and the Dominos, solo & others, 1948
Robert Lee Smith, singer, The Tams, 1936

Also BOTD Irene Cara, Wilson Pickett, Charley Pride

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1/2
Marvin Humes, singer/songwriter/DJ, JLS, 1985
Adam Levine, singer/songwriter/musician, Maroon 5, 1979
Stuart Zender, bass, Jamiroquai, 1974
Dana Owens AKA Queen Latifah, rapper/singer/songwriter/producer/actress, 1970
Jerry Cantrell, singer/songwriter/guitar, Alice in Chains, solo & others, 1966
Courtney Pine, musician, solo, Jazz Warriors and others, 1964
Rozalla Miller, singer, 1964
Vanessa Williams, actress/singer/model, 1963

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2/2
Jonathan "Jon" Brant, bass/composer, Cheap Trick and others, 1955
Kristy Wallace AKA Poison Ivy, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, The Cramps, 1953
"Uncle" Dave Taylor, musician, Bryan Adams, 1953
Stuart Kindell AKA Billy Zoom, guitar, X, 1948
Beverly Jean Santamaria AKA Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician/singer/songwriter/producer, 1941
Barbara Ellis, singer, The Fleetwoods, 1940

Also BOTD Kurt Cobain, J Geils, Walter Becker

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2/3
Dave Wakeling, singer/songwriter/guitar, The (English) Beat, 1956
Francis Buchholz, bass, Scorpions, 1954
Andy Powell, singer/songwriter/guitar, Wishbone Ash, 1950
Tony Iommi, guitar, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, 1948
Mark Andes, bass, Heart, Canned Heat, 1948
Paul Dean, guitar, Loverboy, 1946
Luigi Sacco AKA Lou Christie, singer/songwriter, 1943
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr, singer/songwriter/producer, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, solo, 1940

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2/2
Lee Merton "Dewey" Bunnell, musician/singer/songwriter, America, 1952
Harvey Hinsley, guitar, Hot Chocolate, 1948
Rod Evans, singer/songwriter, Deep Purple, 1947
Dolly Parton, singer/songwriter/musician/actress, 1946
John David Williams, bass/songwriter, Dave Edmunds & others, 1946
Laurie London, singer, 1944
Michael Crawford, actor/singer, 1942

Also BOTD Robert Palmer, Janis Joplin, Phil Everly

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1/2
Richard Cowie Jr AKA Wylie, DJ/songwriter/producer, 1979
Trey Lorenz, singer/songwriter/composer/producer, 1969
William Whitfield Crane, singer/songwriter, Ugly Kid Joe, 1968
Caron Wheeler, singer/songwriter/producer/piano, Soul II Soul, 1963
Mickey Virtue, keyboards, UB40, 1957
Francis Buchholz, bass, Scorpions, 1954
Michael Boddicker, composer/musician, 1953
Eric Leeds, saxophone, Prince, 1952

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2/2
Maxine Jones, singer/songwriter, En Vogue, 1962
Paul Webb AKA Rustin Man, musician, Talk Talk, 1962
Helen Folasade Adu AKA Sade, singer/songwriter, Sade, 1959
Jill Sobule, singer/songwriter/guitar, 1959
Ian "Yan" Stile, guitar, Kenny, 1955
Ronnie Milsap, singer/piano, 1943
Ramon "Ray" Phillips, singer/guitar, The Nashville Teens, 1942
Barbara Lynn, singer/guitar/songwriter, 1942

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1/2
Jennie Kim, singer/rapper, Blackpink, 1996
Kiesa Ellestad AKA Kiesza, singer/songwriter/musician, 1989
Tahliah Barnett AKA FKA Twigs, singer/songwriter, 1988
Sam Preston, singer/songwriter/musician, The Ordinary Boys, 1982
Nick Valensi, singer/songwriter/musician/composer, The Strokes, 1981
Rashawn Ross, musician, Dave Matthews Band, 1979
Stuart Fletcher, bass, The Seahorses, 1976
Brendan O'Hare, musician, Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, 1970

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Clive Gregson, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, various & solo, 1955
Brian Ray, guitar/vocals, Paul McCartney & others, 1955
John McLaughlin AKA Mahavishnu, guitar/songwriter/composer, various, 1942
William "Mickey" Stevenson, songwriter/producer at Motown, 1937
John Gorman, vocals, The Scaffold, 1936

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2/3
Cait O'Riordan, bass/composer, The Pogues, 1965
David Glasper, vocals, Breathe, 1965
Till Lindemann, singer/songwriter, Rammstein, 1963
Martin McAloon, bass, Prefab Sprout, 1962
Robin Guthrie, musician/songwriter/producer/composer, Cocteau Twins, 1962
John Michael Stipe, singer/songwriter/producer, R.E.M.,1960
Bernard Sumner, singer/songwriter/musician/producer, Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, 1956
Nels Cline, guitar/composer, Wilco, 1956

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1/3
Kathryn "Katie" Crutchfield AKA Waxahatchee, singer/songwriter/guitar, 1989
Timothy McKenzie AKA Labrinth, singer/rapper/songwriter/composer/producer, 1989
Ben Spivak, musician/vocals, Magic!, 1983
Tim Wheeler, singer/songwriter/musician, Ash, 1977
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, producer/songwriter, various, 1974
Son of Dave AKA Ben Darvill, musician/vocals, Crash Test Dummies, 1967
Beth Gibbons, singer/songwriter/musician, Portishead, 1965

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2/2
Alan Parsons, singer/musician/composer/producer, The Alan Parsons Project, 1948
George Peter Criscuola AKA Peter Criss AKA The Catman, percussion/vocals, Kiss, 1945
Bobby Colomby, drums/producer, 1944
Kim Weston, singer, 1939

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1/2
Joanna Levesque AKA JoJo, singer/songwriter/piano, 1990
Aaron Davies AKA Bugzy Malone, rapper/songwriter, 1990
Chris Edwards, bass, Kasabian, 1980
Graham Hopkins, drums, Therapy? and others, 1975
Chris Robinson, singer/guitar, The Black Crowes, 1966
Jacqueline Fuchs AKA Jackie Fox, bass, The Runaways, 1959
Billy Bragg, singer/songwriter/guitar, 1957
Mike Watt, bass/songwriter/vocals, Minutemen and others, 1957
Anita Ward, singer, 1956

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Dick Van Dyke at 99 is the oldest living birthday we've ever mentioned. He qualifies as a charting artist due to Mary Poppins & Mary Poppins Returns soundtracks.

He was in the news twice this last week, firstly for appearing with Coldplay...