Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 29

• Marianne Faithfull, Brit actress and singer, turns 78.
• Charlie Spinosa, American blues musician with John Fred & His Playboy Band, turns 76.
• Yvonne Elliman, American actress and singer, turns 73.
• Joe Lovano, American drummer and flautist, turns 72.
• Gali Atari, Israeli actress and singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 contest, turns 71.
• Neil Giraldo, American guitarist and songwriter with Pat Benatar, turns 69.
• Jim Reid, Scottish vocalist with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat, turns 63.
• Mark Day, Brit guitarist with Happy Mondays, turns 63.
• Alex Gifford, Brit multi-instrumentalist with Propellerheads, turns 61.
• Dexter Holland, American rhythm guitarist and vocalist with The Offspring, turns 58.
• Danilo Pérez, Panamanian composer and pianist, turns 58.
• Chris Barnes, American singer with Cannibal Corpse, turns 57.
• Glen Phillips, American guitarist and vocalist for Toad the Wet Sprocket, turns 54.
• Aled Jones, Welsh boy soprano singer, turns 54.
• Evan Seinfeld, American actor and bassist of Biohazard fame, turns 52.
• LaToya London, American singer of American Idol fame, turns 46.
• Angela Via, (born Angela Jolene Trullinger Villarreal) American pop music singer, turns 43.
• Jessica Andrews, American country music artist, turns 41.
• Marc Quiñones, percussionist with The Allman Brothers Band, Gregg Allman, Rubén Blades, Willie Colón,

Spyro Gyra, turns 61.

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• Pimp C (December 29, 1973 –December 04, 2007), (born Chad Butler) American rapper of UGK fame, would have turned 51 this year.
• Roger Voudouris (December 29, 1954 –August 03, 2003), American singer-songwriter, would have turned 70 this year.
• Cozy Powell (December 29, 1947 –April 05, 1998), Brit drummer with Whitesnake, ELP, would have turned 77 this year.
• Rick Danko (December 29, 1943 –December 10, 1999), Canadian guitarist and vocalist with The Band, would have turned 81 this year.
• Ray Thomas (December 29, 1942 –January 04, 2018), British musician with The Moody Blues, would have turned 82 this year.
• Irving Ashby (December 29, 1920 –April 22, 1987), American jazz guitarist with The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, would have turned 104 this year.
• Billy Tipton (December 29, 1914 –January 21, 1989), American jazz pianist, would have turned 110 this year.
• Thore Ehrling (December 29, 1912 –October 21, 1994), Swedish bandleader and trumpeter, would have turned 112 this year.
• Cutty Cutshall (December 29, 1911 –August 16, 1968), (born Robert Dewees Cutshall) American trombonist, would have turned 113 this year.
• Snub Mosley (December 29, 1905 –July 21, 1981), (born Lawrence Leo Mosley) American trombonist; slide saxophone inventor, would have turned 119 this year.
• Willie Humphrey (December 29, 1900 –June 06, 1994), American clarinetist, would have turned 124 this year.
• Pablo Casals (December 29, 1876 –October 22, 1973), Catalan cellist, would have turned 148 this year.