Clarence Carter
Zakk Wylde
Allen Toussaint
Dave Grohl
Kings Of Leon
Billie Jo Spears
Mike Tramp
T Bone Burnett
Musical Birthday Notes – January 14th
- Joy McKean – multi-award winning Australian country music singer/songwriter/talent manager – known as “The Queen of Australian Country Music” – associated acts include – The McKean Sisters – (1/14/1930 – 5/25/2023)
- Caterina Valente – multi-lingual singer/acoustic guitarist/dancer – (1/14/1931 – 9/9/2024)
- Clarence Carter – blues-soul singer/songwriter/producer – songs include – Too Weak To Fight – Patches – Strokin’ – Back Door Santa – Slip Away – 1936
- Allen Toussaint – multi-award winning New Orleans songwriter/musician/arranger/producer – 1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2009 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – 2011 Blues Hall of Fame and Songwriter’s Hall of Fame – (1/14/1938 – 11/10/2015)
- Billie Jo Spears – country singer – hits include – Blanket On The Ground – Misty Blue – 57 Chevrolet – (1/14/1938 – 12/14/2011)
- Jack Jones – Traditional pop-jazz-big band singer/actor – (1/14/1938 – 10/23/2024)
- Linda Jones – soul singer – best known for 1967 hit – Hypnotized – other songs of note include – What’ve I Done (To Make You Mad) – Not On The Outside – Your Precious Love – (1/14/1944 – 3/14/1972)
- Paul Whaley – drummer – best known with psychedelic-blues rock group – Blue Cheer – (1/14/1947 – 1/28/2019)
- T Bone Burnett – multiple award winning musician/songwriter/soundtrack/record producer – instrumental in starting the careers of – Counting Crows – Los Lobos – Sam Phillips – Gillian Griffith – revitalized the careers of – Gregg Allman – Roy Orbison – 1948
- Tim Harris – best known as the original drummer for British soul band – The Foundations – hits include – Build Me Up Buttercup – (1/14/1948 – 2007)
- Bill Risbrook – tenor sax – funk group – B.T. Express – group best known for the 1974 hit – Do It (‘Til Your Satisfied) – 1951
- Ed Mann – musician/bandleader/composer – best known for his onstage mallet percussion performances with – Frank Zappa – (1/14/1955 – 5/31/2024)
- Bob Bradbury – singer/rhythm guitar – best known with English glam rock group – HELLO – group songs include – Tell Him – New York Groove – 1956
- Steve Jordan – drummer/producer/multi-instrumentalist – associated acts include – Keith Richards and the X-pensive Winos – Eric Clapton – John Mayer Trio – 1957
- Geoff Tate – singer/songwriter/keyboards/saxophone – associated acts include – Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime – solo artist – 1959
- Chas Smash (Cathal Joseph Smyth) – multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter – best known with the ska band – Madness – 1982 hit – Our House – 1959
- Mike Tramp – Danish singer/songwriter/guitarist – best known with – White Lion – associated acts include – Freak Of Nature – Mabel – Studs – solo artist – 1961
- Patricia Morrison – goth rock singer/songwriter/bassist – associated acts include – The Sisters of Mercy – The Damned – The Gun Club – 1962
- Zakk Wylde (Jeffrey Phillip Wielandt) – metal singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – Black Label Society – associated acts include – Ozzy Osbourne – Pride & Glory – 1967
- LL Cool J (James Todd Smith) – multi-award winning hip-hop/rapper/actor – 1968
- Dave Grohl – musician/singer/songwriter – 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with – Nirvana – group hits include – Come As You Are – Smells Like Team Spirit – 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with – Foo Fighters – hits include – My Hero – Learning To Fly – Times Like These – associated acts include – Queens of the Stone Age – 1969
- Caleb Followill – singer/rhythm guitarist – multi-award winning group – Kings Of Leon – Use Somebody – Sex On Fire – Notion – 1982
- Frankie Bridge – award winning English pop-dance singer/songwriter/dancer/model/TV personality – The Saturdays – group hits include – What About Us – associated acts include – S Club 8 – 1989