Big Al Downing
Jimmy Page
Phil Lewis
Tommy Talton
Crystal Gayle
Joan Baez
Lawson
Orleans
Dave Matthews Band
Musical Birthday Notes – January 9th
- Kenny “Klook” Clarke – jazz drummer – associated acts include – Dizzy Gillespie – Miles Davis – Thelonious Monk – The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band – (1/9/1914 – 1/26/1985)
- Malcolm Cecil – Jazz bassist/record producer/synth pioneer – associated acts include – Stevie Wonder – Billy Preston – Dave Mason – Savoy Brown – (1/9/1937 – 3/28/2021)
- Kenneth “Buddy” Scott – blues guitarist/singer – associated acts include – The Masqueraders – Scotty and the Rib Tips – (1/9/1935 – 2/5/1994)
- Big Al Downing – singer/songwriter/pianist/entertainer – hits include – Touch Me (I’ll Be Your Fool Once More) – Mr. Jones – inducted in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame – (1/9/1940 – 7/4/2005)
- Joan Baez – folk singer/songwriter/guitar/piano/ukulele/political activist – hits include – Diamonds and Rust – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1941
- Kenneth “Wally” Kelly – R&B singer – The Manhattans – group hits include – Kiss And Say Goodbye – Shining Star – (1/9/1941 – 2/17/2015)
- Roy Head – rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist – Roy Head and the Traits – best known for the 1965 hit – Treat Her Right – 2007 Rockabilly Hall of Fame – (1/9/1941 – 9/21/2020)
- Dick Yount – bass/vocals – Harpers Bizarre – group is best known for their cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – 1943
- Scott Walker (Noel Scott Engel) – singer/songwriter/composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist – The Walker Brothers – solo artist – (1/9/1943 – 3/25/2019)
- Jimmy Page – legendary English rock guitarist/songwriter/producer – member of the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame – Led Zeppelin 1995 – The Yardbirds 1992- associated acts include – The Firm – Coverdale-Page – Page and Plant – Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages – 1944
- Bill Cowsill – pop – alt-country singer/songwriter/guitar/producer – best known with – The Cowsills – group hits include – Indian Lake – Hair – associated acts include – The Blue Shadows – The Co-Dependents – Blue Northern – (1/9/1948 – 2/18/2006)
- Cassie Gaines – singer/songwriter – best known as part of the Lynyrd Skynyrd backing vocal group The Honkettes – (1/9/1948 – 10/20/1977)
- Tim Hart – folk singer/multi-instrumentalist/writer/photographer – best known with – Steeleye Span – (1/9/1948 – 12/24/2009)
- Tommy Talton – guitarist – rock bands – Cowboy – We the People – well known for studio work with numerous artists including – Gregg Allman – Clarence Carter – Bonnie Bramlett – Johnny Rivers – The Allman Brothers Band – (1/9/1949 – 12/28/2023)
- David Johansen – musician/songwriter/actor – The New York Dolls – Buster Poindexter – 1950
- Crystal Gayle – (born Brenda Gayle Webb) multi-award winning country-pop singer/songwriter/musician/producer/actress – hits include – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Ready For The Times To Get Better – Half The Way – You And I (duet with Eddie Rabbitt) – youngest sister of country legend Loretta Lynn – 1951
- Lance Hoppen – bassist/vocals – Orleans – group hits include – Dance With Me – Still The One – Love Takes Time – solo artist – 1954
- Phil Lewis – English rock singer/songwriter/guitar – best known with – L.A. Guns – group hits include – The Ballad of Jayne – Kiss My Love Goodbye – It’s Over Now – solo artist – 1957
- Eric Erlandson – guitar/songwriter/producer – Hole – associated acts include – Rodney & The Tube Tops – RRIICCEE – 1963
- Haddaway (Nestor Alexander Haddaway) – Eurodance-electronica singer/songwriter/musician – best known for 1993 hit – What Is Love – 1965
- Dave Matthews – multi-award winning musician/singer/songwriter/record label owner – Dave Matthews Band – group hits include – What Would You Say – Too Much – I Did It – The Space Between – Mercy – 1967
- Steven Scott “Steve” Harwell – lead vocalist – Smash Mouth – hits include – All Star – Walkin’ On The Sun – 1967
- Carl Bell – songwriter/guitar/producer/backing vocals – Fuel – 1968
- A.J. McLean – pop musician/singer/actor/dancer – Backstreet Boys – 1978
- Paolo Nutini – multi-award winning Scottish pop – blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter/guitarist – hits include – Last Request – New Shoes – Let Me Down Easy – 1987
- Ryan Fletcher – English bassist/keyboards/backing vocals – pop-rock – synth-pop band – Lawson – group songs include – Juliet – Roads – 1990