December Birthdays

December 1

1933 – Lou Rawls

1934 – Billy Paul

1938 – Sandy Nelson

1944 – Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult)

1944 – John Densmore (The Doors)

1945 – Bette Midler

1946 – Gilbert O'Sullivan

December 2

1941 – Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann)

1960 – Rick Savage (Def Leppard)

1968 – Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters)

December 3

1925 – Ferlin Husky

1927 – Andy Williams

1948 – Ozzy Osbourne

1949 – Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship, Starship)

1952 – Don Barnes (38 Special)

December 4

1936 – Freddy Cannon

1944 – Chris Hillman (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers)

1944 – Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys)

1948 – Southside Johnny (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes)

1951 – Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

December 5

1932 – Little Richard

1938 – J. J. Cale

1947 – Jim Messina (Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins and Messina)

1947 – Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown)

December 6

1943 – Mike Smith (The Dave Clark Five)

1956 – Peter Buck (R.E.M.)

1956 – Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot)

1961 – David Lovering (Pixies)

December 7

1910 – Louis Prima

1942 – Harry Chapin

1949 – Tom Waits

1960 – Craig Scanlon (The Fall)

1967 – Louise Post (Veruca Salt)

December 8

1925 – Sammy Davis Jr.

1939 – Jerry Butler (The Impressions)

1941 – Bobby Elliott (The Hollies)

1943 – Jim Morrison (The Doors)

1944 – Mike Botts (Bread)

1947 – Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)

1957 – Phil Collen (Def Leppard)

1962 – Marty Friedman (Megadeth)

1966 – Sinéad O'Connor

December 9

1957 – Donny Osmond

1968 – Brian Bell (Weezer)

1969 – Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers)

December 11

1931 – Rita Moreno

1940 – David Gates (Bread)

1944 – Brenda Lee

1958 – Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)

December 12

1915 – Frank Sinatra

1937 – Connie Francis

1940 – Dionne Warwick

1943 – Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band)

1944 – Rob Tyner (MC5)

1953 – Dave Meniketti (Y&T)

1957 – Cy Curnin (The Fixx)

1957 – Sheila E.

1968 – Danny Boy (House of Pain)

December 13

1948 – Jeff Baxter (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)

1948 – Ted Nugent (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees)

1949 – Randy Owen (Alabama)

1953 – Berton Averre (The Knack)

1954 – Steve Forbert

1956 – Morris Day (The Time)

December 14

1911 – Spike Jones

1932 – Charlie Rich

1964 – C. J. Snare (FireHouse)

December 15

1932 – Jesse Belvin

1939 – Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five)

1946 – Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)

December 16

1945 – Tony Hicks (The Hollies)

1946 – Benny Andersson (ABBA)

1949 – Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)

December 17

1938 – Carlo Little (The Rolling Stones)

1939 – Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations)

1949 – Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Queen + Paul Rodgers)

1958 – Mike Mills (R.E.M.)

1961 – Sara Dallin (Bananarama)

December 18

1938 – Chas Chandler (The Animals)

1941 – Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company)

1943 – Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)

1950 – Randy Castillo (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe)

1953 – Elliot Easton (The Cars)

1954 – Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions)

December 19

1915 – Edith Piaf

1941 – Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)

1952 – Walter Murphy

1958 – Limahl (Kajagoogoo)

December 20

1945 – Peter Criss (Kiss)

1948 – Alan Parsons (The Alan Parsons Project)

1956 – Anita Ward

1959 – Jackie Fox (The Runaways)

1966 – Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes)

December 21

1940 – Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention)

1942 – Carla Thomas

1946 – Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)

1951 – Nick Gilder (Sweeney Todd)

December 22

1939 – James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company)

1945 – Billie Davis

1948 – Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)

1949 – Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees, The Rattlesnakes)

1949 – Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees, The Rattlesnakes)

December 23

1940 – Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)

1941 – Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly)

1941 – Tim Hardin

1943 – Harry Shearer/Derek Smalls (Spinal Tap)

1946 – Luther Grosvenor (Spooky Tooth, Mott the Hoople)

1949 – Adrian Belew (King Crimson)

1951 – Anthony Phillips (Genesis)

1956 – Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)

1964 – Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

December 24

1945 – Lemmy (Motörhead, Hawkwind)

December 25

1907 – Cab Calloway

1937 – O'Kelly Isley Jr. (The Isley Brothers)

1945 – Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Fat Mattress)

1946 – Jimmy Buffett

1948 – Barbara Mandrell

1948 – Merry Clayton

1954 – Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)

1958 – Alannah Myles

December 26

1935 – Duke Fakir (Four Tops)

1939 – Phil Spector

1963 – Lars Ulrich (Metallica)

December 27

1931 – Scotty Moore

1941 – Mike Pinder (The Moody Blues)

1944 – Mick Jones (Foreigner)

1946 – Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith)

1950 – Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons, Frank Zappa)

1952 – David Knopfler (Dire Straits)

December 28

1914 – Pops Staples (The Staple Singers)

1946 – Edgar Winter (The Edgar Winter Group)

1948 – Mary Weiss (The Shangri-Las)

1950 – Alex Chilton (The Box Tops, Big Star)

1953 – Martha Wash (Sylvester, The Weather Girls)

December 29

1929 – Matt "Guitar" Murphy (The Blues Brothers)

1939 – Ed Bruce

1943 – Rick Danko (The Hawks, The Band)

1946 – Marianne Faithfull

1950 – Rob Parissi (Wild Cherry)

1951 – Yvonne Elliman

1961 – Jim Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain)

1965 – Dexter Holland (The Offspring)

December 30

1928 – Bo Diddley

1931 – Skeeter Davis

1934 – Del Shannon

1937 – Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary)

1942 – Michael Nesmith (The Monkees)

1945 – Davy Jones (The Monkees)

1946 – Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)

1946 – Patti Smith

1947 – Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys)

December 31

1942 – Andy Summers (The Police)

1943 – John Denver

1943 – Pete Quaife (The Kinks)

1947 – Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)

1948 – Donna Summer

1951 – Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)