Musical Birthday Notes – August 6th
- Mike Elliott – Jamaican saxophonist – co-founding member of the British band – The Foundations – played on the group hits – Baby, Now That I’ve Found You – Build Me Up Buttercup – associated acts include – Colin Hicks and His Cabin Boys – 1929
- Abbey Lincoln (Anna Marie Wooldridge) – jazz singer/songwriter/actress/activist – (8/6/1930 – 8/14/2010)
- Charlie Haden – jazz bassist/composer/band leader/music educator – associated acts include – Ornettte Coleman Quartet – (8/6/1937 – 7/11/2014)
- Paul Griffin – pianist/session musician – associated acts include – Bob Dylan – Don McLean – Steely Dan – Van Morrison – Dionne Warwick – (8/6/1937 – 6/14/2000)
- Sonny Sanders – soul singer/songwriter/arranger/record producer – associated acts include – The Satintones – Barrett Strong – Marv Johnson – (8/6/1939 – 10/12/2016)
- Allan Holdsworth – jazz fusion guitarist/SynthAxe/composer – multiple associated acts – (8/6/1946 – 4/15/2017)
- Pat MacDonald – singer/songwriter/guitarist – Timbuk3 – group hits include – The Futures So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades – 1952
- Vinnie Vincent – guitarist/songwriter/vocals – associated acts include – KISS – Vinnie Vincent Invasion – 1952
- Corey Stevens – blues guitarist – songs include – Blue Drops Of Rain – One More Time – 1954
- Randy DeBarge – R&B singer/bassist – DeBarge – group hits include – Rhythm Of The Night – Who’s Holding Donna Now – 1958
- Joyce Sims – R&B-dance singer/songwriter/piano – hits include – Lifetime Love – Come Into My Life – All And All – (8/6/1959 – 10/15/2022)
- Darrell Scott – country singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/Nashville session musician – 1959
- Peggy and Patsy Lynn – country singers – twin daughters of Loretta Lynn – duo – The Lynns – songs include – Nights Like These – Woman To Woman – 1964
- Lisa Stewart-Seals – country singer/actress – songs include – Under The Light Of The Texaco – 1968
- Elliott Smith – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalists – songs include – Miss Misery – (8/6/1969 – 10/21/2003)
- Geri Halliwell – English pop singer/songwriter/actress/author – Ginger Spice of the pop group – Spice Girls – group hits include – Wannabe – Say You’ll Be There – solo artist – 1972
- Donna Lewis – Welsh singer/songwriter/piano/keyboards – best known for 1996 hit – I Love You Always Forever – 1973
- Ryknow (Ryan Martinie) – bassist/vocals – best known with – Mudvayne – associated acts include – Kurai – Soften The Glare – 1975
- Landon Pigg – pop singer/songwriter/guitar/actor – songs include – Can’t Let Go – Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop – The Way It Ends – 1983
- Amey “Ames” Kuney – jazz-pop-alt – singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – 1985