Earth, Wind & Fire
Loverboy
Tonic
John McEuen
Professor Longhair
Little Jimmy Dickens
Kajagoogoo
Janie Fricke
Alvin Lee
Musical Birthday Notes – December 19th
- Bill Carlisle – country music singer/songwriter/guitarist/comedian – hits include – Too Old To Cut The Mustard – No Help Wanted – 2002 Country Music Hall of Fame – (12/19/1908 – 3/17/2003)
- Charlie Ryan – singer/songwriter/guitar – best known for the rockabilly hit – Hot Rod Lincoln – (12/19/1915 – 2/15/2008)
- Professor Longhair (Henry Roeland Byrd) – award winning New Orleans blues singer/songwriter/pianist – member of the Blues Hall of Fame – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (12/19/1918 – 1/30/1980)
- Little Jimmy Dickens – the 4’-11” star of the Grand Ole Opry which he joined in 1948 – well known for his novelty songs and rhinestone studded suits – inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1983 – (12/19/1920 – 1/2/2015)
- Phil Ochs – folk-protest singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – songs include – I Ain’t Marking Anymore – Glory Bound – Draft Dodger Rag – (12/19/1940 – 4/9/1976)
- Maurice White – multiple award winning singer/songwriter/musician/producer/arranger – co-founder and frontman for Earth, Wind & Fire – member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Songwriters Hall of Fame – Vocal Group Hall of Fame – (12/19/1941 – 2/4/2016)
- Zal Yanovsky – Canadian folk-rock guitarist/singer/songwriter – best known with – The Lovin’ Spoonful – 1996 Canadian Music Hall of Fame – (12/19/1944 – 12/13/2002)
- Alvin Lee – English blues-rock guitarist/singer/songwriter with – Ten Years After – group best known for 1971 song – I’d Love To Change The World – (12/19/1944 – 3/6/2013)
- John McEuen – multi-award winning musician – banjo/guitar/mandolin/accordion/fiddle/piano/singer – founding member of – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – solo artist – 1945
- Janie Fricke – multi-award winning country singer/guitar/mandolin – hits include – Your Hearts Not In It – Tell Me A Lie – It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Easy – 1947
- Lenny White – jazz-fusion drummer – associated acts include – Chick Corea – Miles Davis – Return To Forever – 1949
- Doug Johnson – keyboards – Loverboy – group hits include – Workin’ For The Weekend – Turn Me Loose – 1957
- Limahl – English singer/keyboardist – Kajagoogoo – group best known for the 1983 hit – Too Shy – 1958
- Kevin Shepard – drummer – best known with – Tonic – group songs include – If You Could Only See – Casual Affair – Open Up Your Eyes – 1968
- Stacy Glen Jones – singer/songwriter/drums/guitar/producer/engineer – associated acts include – Matchbox 20 – Letters To Cleo – Miley Cyrus – 1970
- Elijah Wood – drummer – associated acts include – Shania Twain – 1996