September Birthdays

September 1

1933 – Conway Twitty

1944 – Archie Bell (Archie Bell & the Drells)

1946 – Barry Gibb (The Bee Gees)

1957 – Gloria Estefan (Miami Sound Machine)

September 2

1946 – Billy Preston

1957 – Steve Porcaro (Toto)

September 3

1942 – Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)

1947 – Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy, The Noel Redding Band)

1948 – Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad)

1955 – Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)

September 4

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

1946 – Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

1951 – Martin Chambers (The Pretenders)

1960 – Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)

September 5

1932 – Joe Long (The Four Seasons)

1945 – Al Stewart

1946 – Freddie Mercury (Queen)

1969 – Dweezil Zappa

September 6

1943 – Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)

1971 – Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)

1974 – Nina Persson (The Cardigans)

September 7

1936 – Buddy Holly (The Crickets)

1943 – Gloria Gaynor

1948 – Dennis Thompson (MC5)

1951 – Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

September 8

1932 – Patsy Cline

1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead)

1947 – Benjamin Orr (The Cars)

1960 – Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday)

September 9

1941 – Otis Redding

1945 – Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly)

1950 – John McFee (The Doobie Brothers)

1952 – Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)

September 10

1942 – Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night)

1945 – José Feliciano

1949 – Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull)

1950 – Joe Perry (Aerosmith)

1956 – Johnnie Fingers (The Boomtown Rats)

1957 – Carol Decker (T'Pau)

1958 – Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister)

September 11

1943 – Jack Ely (The Kingsmen)

1943 – Mickey Hart ( Grateful Dead)

1946 – Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams)

1953 – Tommy Shaw (Styx, Damn Yankees)

1957 – Jon Moss (Culture Club)

1971 – Richard Ashcroft (The Verve)

September 12

1931 – George Jones

1944 – Colin Young (The Foundations)

1944 – Barry White

1952 – Neil Peart (Rush)

September 13

1941 – David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1944 – Peter Cetera (Chicago)

1952 – Randy Jones (Village People)

1954 – Steve Kilbey (The Church)

1956 – Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge)

1961 – Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

1977 – Fiona Apple

September 14

1949 – Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

1950 – Paul Kossoff (Free)

1954 – Barry Cowsill (The Cowsills)

1959 – Morten Harket – A-ha

September 15

1941 – Signe Toly Anderson (Jefferson Airplane)

1942 – Lee Dorman (Iron Butterfly)

1967 – Jerry Dixon (Warrant)

September 16

1925 – B.B. King

1941 – Joe Butler (The Lovin' Spoonful)

1963 – Richard Marx

1964 – Dave Sabo (Skid Row)

September 17

1923 – Hank Williams

1950 – Fee Waybill (The Tubes)

1966 – Doug E. Fresh

1969 – Keith Flint (The Prodigy)

September 18

1933 – Jimmie Rodgers

1940 – Frankie Avalon

1949 – Kerry Livgren (Kansas)

September 19

1931 – Brook Benton

1940 – Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers)

1940 – Paul Williams

1941 – Cass Elliot (The Mamas and the Papas, The Mugwumps)

1946 – John Coghlan (Status Quo)

1958 – Lita Ford (The Runaways)

September 20

1943 – Ted Neeley

1948 – Chuck Panozzo (Styx)

1948 – John Panozzo (Styx)

1957 – Alannah Currie (Thompson Twins)

1966 – Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)

1967 – Gunnar Nelson (Nelson)

1967 – Matthew Nelson (Nelson)

1968 – Ben Shepherd (Soundgarden)

September 21

1934 – Leonard Cohen

1947 – Don Felder (Eagles)

1959 – Corinne Drewery (Swing Out Sister)

1972 – Liam Gallagher (Oasis)

September 22

1943 – Toni Basil

1951 – David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)

1956 – Debby Boone

1957 – Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)

1958 – Joan Jett (The Runaways)

September 23

1930 – Ray Charles

1947 – Neal Smith (Alice Cooper)

1949 – Bruce Springsteen (E Street Band)

September 24

1941 – Linda McCartney (Wings)

1942 – Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers)

September 25

1968 – Will Smith (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince)

September 26

1925 – Marty Robbins

1945 – Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)

1947 – Lynn Anderson

1948 – Olivia Newton-John

1948 – Tiran Porter (The Doobie Brothers)

1962 – Tracey Thorn (Everything but the Girl)

1967 – Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon)

September 27

1943 – Randy Bachman (Bachman–Turner Overdrive)

1947 – Meat Loaf

1964 – Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind)

September 28

1938 – Ben E. King

1967 – Moon Zappa

September 29

1907 – Gene Autry

1921 – Franny Beecher (Bill Haley & His Comets)

1935 – Jerry Lee Lewis

1948 – Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad)

1968 – Alex Skolnick (Testament)

September 30

1917 – Buddy Rich

1935 – Johnny Mathis

1942 – Frankie Lymon (The Teenagers)

1943 – Marilyn McCoo (The 5th Dimension)

1947 – Marc Bolan (T. Rex)