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Birthdays in Music: December 2

• Raymond Court, Swiss trumpeter, turns 92.

• Tom McGuinness, Brit bassist and vocalist with Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, turns 83.

• Ted Bluechel, Brit drummer and vocalist with The Association, turns 82.

• Rick Savage, Brit bassist for Def Leppard, turns 64.

• Sydney Youngblood, American R&B singer, turns 64.

• Nate Mendel, American bassist for Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, turns 56.

• Treach, American rapper of Naughty By Nature fame, turns 54.

• Donna Matthews, Brit guitarist with Elastica, turns 53.

• Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist with Muse, turns 46.

• Nelly Furtado, Canadian pop music artist, turns 46.

• Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress, turns 45.

• Britney Spears, American bubblegum pop performer and Mickey Mouse Club graduate, turns 43.

• Teairra Marí, (born Teairra Maria Thomas) American R&B singer, turns 37.

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• Wynton Kelly (September 8, 1931 –April 12, 1971), Jamaican pianist, would have turned 93 this year.

• Rob Swope (September 8, 1926 –January 09, 1967), American trombonist, would have turned 98 this year.

• Maria Callas (September 8, 1923 –September 16, 1977), American soprano singer, would have turned 101 this year.

• Charlie Ventura (September 8, 1916 –January 12, 1992), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 108 this year.

• Adolph Green (September 8, 1914 –October 23, 2002), American lyricist and playwright, would have turned 110 this year.

• Eddie Sauter (September 8, 1914 –April 21, 1981), American arranger and composer, would have turned 110 this year.

• Peter Carl Goldmark (September 8, 1906 –December 07, 1977), American inventor of the LP microgroove recording system, would have turned 118 this year.

• John Barbirolli (September 8, 1899 –July 29, 1970), Brit conductor, would have turned 125 this year.

• Harriet Cohen (September 8, 1895 –November 13, 1967), British pianist, would have turned 129 this year.

• Leo Ornstein (September 8, 1892 –February 24, 2002), Russian-born composer and pianist, would have turned 132 this year.

• Fate Marable (September 8, 1890 –January 16, 1947), American bandleader and pianist, would have turned 134 this year.

• Harry Burleigh (September 8, 1886 –December 12 , 1949), American composer, would have turned 138 this year.

• Agostino Agazzari (September 8, 1578 –April 10, 1640), Italian composer and music theory scholar, would have turned 446 this year.

List of musical events • Anniversaries • More birthdays...

• Dante Drowty, (born Donald Drowty) American vocalist with Dante and The Evergreens, turns 83.
• Kelly Groucutt, Brit bassist with Electric Light Orchestra, turns 79.
• Dean Daughtry, American keyboardist with the Atlanta Rhythm Section, turns 78.
• Graeme Page, Canadian musician French Horn player for The Canadian Brass, turns 77.
• 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 of Great White fame, 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.
• 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.