Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/September 8

• Dante Drowty, (born Donald Drowty) American vocalist with Dante and The Evergreens, turns 83.
• Zachary Richard, American cajun musician, turns 74.
• Will Lee, American bassist for CBS Orchestra (Late Show with David Letterman), turns 72.
• Michael Lardie, American pianist, guitarist, and blues harp player with Great White, turns 66.
• Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, turns 64.
• Steve Waterman, Brit trumpeter and flugelhorn player, turns 64.
• David Steele, Brit bassist with The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals, turns 64.
• Marc Gordon, American R&B vocalist with LeVert, turns 60.
• Shunsuke Kikuta, Japanese session musician (guitar) with Junior Wells, turns 58.
• Neko Case, American country music singer-songwriter with The New Pornographers, turns 54.
• Richard Hughes, Brit drummer for piano rock band, Keane, turns 49.
• P!nk, American Grammy award winning singer-songwriter, turns 45.

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• Avicii  (September 8, 1989 –April 20, 2018), (born Tim Bergling) Swedish musician, DJ and producer, would have turned 35 this year.
• Leah LaBelle (September 8, 1986–January 31, 2018), (born Leah LaBelle Vladowski), Canadian-born American singer, songwriter and former American Idol contestant, would have turned 38 this year.
• David Lewis (September 8, 1958 –March 13, 1988), American keyboardist and guitarist for Atlantic Starr, would have turned 66 this year.
• Dean Daughtry (September 8, 1946–January 26, 2023), American keyboardist with the Atlanta Rhythm Section, would have turned 78 this year.
• Kelly Groucutt (September 8, 1945 –February 19, 2009), Brit bassist with Electric Light Orchestra, would have turned 79 this year.
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (September 8, 1945 –March 08, 1973), American multi-instrumentalist of Grateful Dead fame, would have turned 79 this year.
• Peter Bellamy (September 8, 1944 –September 24, 1991), Brit folk singer with The Young Tradition, would have turned 80 this year.
• Brian Cole (September 8, 1942 –August 02, 1972), American bassist and singer with The Association, would have turned 82 this year.
• Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 –March 05, 1963), American country music singer, would have turned 92 this year.
• Gracie Cole (September 8, 1924 –December 28, 2006), Brit trumpeter with Ivy Benson, would have turned 100 this year.
• Wilbur Ware (September 8, 1923 –September 09, 1979), American hard bop style bass player, would have turned 101 this year.
• Alfio Grasso (1912 – 1963), Italian violinist, jazz guitarist and alto saxophonist, would have turned 112.
• Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 –July 30, 1983), American librettist and lyricist, would have turned 128 this year.
• Antonín Leopold Dvořák (September 8, 1841–May 04, 1904), Czech composer, would have turned 183 this year.