Musical Birthday Notes – June 8th
- Nancy Sinatra – pop singer – hits include – These Boots Are Made For Walking – Sugar Town – 1940
- Sherman Garnes – doo-wop singer – best known with – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – (6/8/1940 – 2/26/1977)
- Charles Eugene “Fuzzy” Haskins – singer – doo-wop group Parliament – funk group Parliament-Funkadelic – solo artist – 1997 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (6/8/1941 – 3/17/2023)
- Chuck Negron – pop/rock singer/songwriter/musician – Three Dog Night – group hits featuring Negron include – Joy To The World – Easy To Be Hard – One – The Show Must Go On – Pieces Of April – solo artist – 1942
- Boz Scaggs – blues rock singer/songwriter/guitarist – hits include – Lowdown – Lido Shuffle – Breakdown Dead Ahead – Jojo – What Can I Say – Look What You’ve Done To Me – 1944
- Bonnie Tyler – pop/country rock singer/songwriter – hits include – Total Eclipse Of The Heart – It’s A Heartache – 1951
- Greg Ginn – guitarist/songwriter/singer – best known with – Black Flag – 1954
- Mick Hucknall – singer/songwriter/musician – Simply Red – group hits include – Holding Back The Years – If You Don’t Know Me By Now – associated acts include – The Frantic Elevators – 1960
- Nick Rhodes – keyboards – Duran Duran – Arcadia – The Devils – 1962
- Doris Pearson – R&B-pop singer/songwriter – best known with – Five Star – 1966
- Kanye West – rapper/singer/songwriter/producer/fashion designer – 1977
- Sturgill Simpson – multi-award winning alternative-country singer/songwriter – songs include – Turtles All The Way Down – Brace For Impact (Live A Little) – In Bloom – 1978
- Derek Trucks – blues-southern rock guitarist/songwriter – The Derek Trucks Band – The Allman Brothers Band – Tedeschi Trucks Band – 1979
- Rob Holliday – guitarist/songwriter/bass/vocals – associated acts include – The Prodigy – Gary Numan – Marilyn Manson – 1979
- Alex Band – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – The Calling – group hits include – Wherever You Will Go – For You – Our Lives – 1981
- Sara Watkins – singer/songwriter/fiddle – Nickel Creek – The Decemberists – solo artist – 1981