Billy Swan
Phil Beer
Joe Maphis
Eric Singer
Bad Religion
Billy Squier
Larkin Poe
Kix Brooks
Guy Davis
A Skylit Drive
Steve Winwood
David Myles
Attila
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Musical Birthday Notes – May 12th
- Joe Maphis – country music guitarist – known as one of the flashiest guitarists of the 50’s & 60’s – (5/12/1921 – 6/27/1986)
- Burt Bacharach – multi-award winning composer/singer/songwriter/musician – 1928
- Norman Whitfield – piano/keyboard/songwriter/producer – co-wrote and produced numerous hits as part of Berry Gordy’s Motown labels – 2004 Songwriters Hall of Fame – (5/12/1940 – 9/16/2008)
- Billy Swan – country singer/songwriter/keyboards/guitar/drums – best known for the 1974 hit – I Can Help – 1942
- David Walker – rhythm guitar – Gary Lewis & The Playboys – hits include – This Diamond Ring – Count Me In – Save Your Heart For Me – 1943
- James Purify – R&B-pop-soul singer – best known for the 1966 hit – I’m Your Puppet – performing as a duo with cousin – Robert Lee Dickey as – James & Bobby Purify – (5/12/1944 – 1/22/2021)
- Ian McLagan – songwriter/keyboards/backing vocals – best known with – Faces – Small Faces – (5/12/1945 – 12/3/2014)
- “Little” Jayotis Washington – singer – best known with vocal group – The Persuasions – 1945
- Willie Parnell – pop-soul singer – best known with – Archie Bell & The Drells – 1945
- Ivan Kral – guitarist/bassist/singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer/filmmaker – associated acts include – Iggy Pop – The Patti Smith Group – Shaun Cassidy – Blondie – (2/12/1948 – 2/2/2020)
- Steve Winwood – multi-award winning English singer/songwriter/keyboards/guitar – associated acts include – The Spencer Davis Group – Blind Faith – Traffic – Eric Clapton and The Powerhouse – Ginger Baker’s Air Force – solo artist – hits include – Higher Love – Roll With It – Back In The High Life Again – 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 1948
- Billy Squier – rock singer/songwriter/guitar/keyboards/bass – associated acts include – Piper – Ringo Starr and His All-Star Band – hits include – The Stroke – Everybody Wants You – In The Dark – 1950
- Jocko Marcellino – singer/songwriter/musician/producer/actor – best known with – Sha Na Na – 1950
- Guy Davis – award winning blues singer/guitarist/banjo/harmonica/actor – 1952
- Donald Kinsey – singer/songwriter/guitarist – best known with – Word Sound and Power Band – backing group for reggae artist Peter Tosh – associated acts include – Albert King – Betty Wright – Roy Buchanan – Bob Marley – (5/12/1953 – 2/6/2024)
- Phil Beer – English folk singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer – associated acts include – the duo – Show Of Hands – 1953
- Barry “B.B.” Borden – drummer – associated acts include – Molly Hatchet – Mother’s Finest – 1954
- Kix Brooks – singer/songwriter/guitar/mandolin/harmonica/piano – best know as part of the multi-award winning country duo – Brooks & Dunn – solo artist – 2013 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – 2019 Country Music Hall of Fame – 1955
- Eric Singer (Eric Doyle Mensinger) – drummer/singer/songwriter/piano – associated acts include – Black Sabbath – KISS – Alice Cooper – ESP – Montrose – 1958
- Billy Duffy – English guitarist/songwriter – best known with – The Cult – group hits include – Love Removal Machine – Fire Woman – 1961
- Brett Gurewitz (Mr Brett) – guitarist/singer/producer – best known with rock group – Bad Religion – 1962
- Matt Mangano – bassist – best known with multi-award winning country group – Zac Brown Band – 1976
- Alex Ebert – singer/songwriter/guitar/piano/percussion/composer – Ima Robot – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 1978
- David Myles – multi-award winning Canadian folk-jazz-soul singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – 1981
- Michael “Jag” Jagmin – rock singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – associated acts include – A Skylit Drive – Odd Project – Etienne Sin – 1985
- Megan Lovell – singer/dobro/lapsteel – associated acts include – The Lovell Sisters – Larkin Poe – 1989
- Chris Linck – guitarist/backing vocals – associated acts include rock bands – Attila – Emerald Royce – 1992