Music Birthdays

December 1

1934 Billy Paul

1938 Sandy Nelson

1944 Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult)

1944 John Densmore (The Doors)

1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan

December 2

1941 Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann)

1960 Rick Savage (Def Leppard)

1968 Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters)

December 3

1948 Ozzy Osbourne

1949 Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship, Starship)

1952 Don Barnes (38 Special)

December 4

1936 Freddy Cannon

1944 Chris Hillman (The Byrds)

1944 Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys)

1948 Southside Johnny (The Asbury Jukes)

1951 Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

December 5

1932 Little Richard

1938 J. J. Cale

1947 Jim 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

1942 Harry Chapin

1949 Tom Waits

1960 Craig Scanlon (The Fall)

1967 Louise Post (Veruca Salt)

December 8

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)

December 9

1968 Brian Bell (Weezer)

1969 Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers)

December 11

1940 David Gates (Bread)

1944 Brenda Lee

1958 Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)

December 12

1915 Frank Sinatra

1937 Connie Francis

1943 Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band)

1944 Rob Tyner (MC5)

1953 Dave Meniketti (Y&T)

1957 Cy Curnin (The Fixx)

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

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)

1958 Mike Mills (R.E.M.)

1961 Sara Dallin (Bananarama)

December 18

1938 Chas Chandler (The Animals)

1941 Sam Andrew (Big Brother & the Holding Co.)

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

1941 Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)

December 20

1945 Peter Criss (Kiss)

1948 Alan Parsons (The Alan Parsons Project)

1959 Jackie Fox (The Runaways)

1966 Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes)

December 21

1940 Frank Zappa

1946 Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)

1951 Nick Gilder (Sweeney Todd)

December 22

1939 James Gurley (Big Brother & the Holding Co.)

1945 Billie Davis

1948 Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)

1949 Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees)

1949 Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees)

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 (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

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

1945 Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

1948 Merry Clayton

1954 Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)

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 (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)

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 (ELO, Traveling Wilburys)

December 31

1942 Andy Summers (The Police)

1943 John Denver

1943 Pete Quaife (The Kinks)

1947 Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)

1951 Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)