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Aaliyah

Real name:  Aeliyatt Haughton
Birthday:  Jan. 16, 1979
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death:  Aug. 25, 2001
Cause of death:  Private plane crashed. Heavy suspicions of the overloaded plane. Later was found out also that the pilot had cocaine in his urine and alcohol in his blood.
More:  AaliyahOnline.com — Tribute to an Angel

Abdul, Paula

Best known at:  »Straight Up», US #1 (1989).
Birthday:  June 19, 1963
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, California, USA

Abrahams, Mick

Best known at:  Jethro Tull, guitar
Birthday:  Apr. 7, 1943
Place of birth:  Luton, England
More:  Official Jethro Tull Homepage

Ace, Johnny

Real name:  John Marshall Alexander, Jr
Best known at:  »Pledging My Love», US R&B #1 (1955).
Birthday:  June 9, 1929
Place of birth:  Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Death:  Dec. 25, 1954
Cause of death:  Shot himself while playing Russian roulette.

Ackles, David

Best known at:  »Down River», (1968).
Birthday:  Feb. 27, 1937
Place of birth:  Rock Island, Illinois, USA   [some sources: Little Rock, Ohio]
Death:  Mar. 2, 1999
Cause of death:  Lung cancer.
Trivia:  »Down River» was covered by Spooky Tooth in the year 1970.
More:  David Ackles

Adams, Brian

Best known at:  »Everything I Do (I Do it for You)», US and UK #1 (1991).
Birthday:  Nov. 5, 1959
Place of birth:  Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Adams, Johnny

Real name:  Lathan John Adams   [some sources: Little Rock, Ohio]
Best known at:  US blues/country/soul and gospel artist.
Birthday:  Jan. 5, 1932
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Mississippi, USA
Death:  Sep. 14, 1998
Cause of death:  after a long battle with cancer.
More:  Noted Singer Johnny Adams Passes Away

Adams, Ryan

Real name:  David Ryan Adams
Birthday:  Nov. 5, 1974   [some sources: 1975 — also most sources do not mention any day info.]
Place of birth:  Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA
Trivia:  Jan. 22, 2004 Adams fell from the stage during a gig in Liverpool and broke his wrist.
More:  Ryan Adams

Adamson, Barry

Best known at:  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Magazine, bass.
Birthday:  June 1, 1958
Place of birth:  Manchester, Lancashire, England

Adamson, Stuart

Real name:  William Stuart Adamson
Best known at:  Big Country, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Apr. 11, 1958
Place of birth:  Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death:  Dec. 16, 2001
Cause of death:  Having suffered from alcohol-related depression, was found dead in a hotel in Hawaii. According to police, the cause of death was asphyxia due to hanging.

Adderley, Cannonball

Real name:  Julian Adderley
Best known at:  US jazz musician.
Birthday:  Sep. 15, 1928
Place of birth:  Tampa, Florida, USA
Death:  Aug. 8, 1975
Cause of death:  Stroke.

Agnew, Pete

Best known at:  Nazareth, bass.
Birthday:  Sep. 14, 1946
Place of birth:  England

ahbez, eden

Real name:  Alexander Aberle
Best known at:  US poet, musician and songwriter. Wrote Nature Boy, huge hit for Nat King Cole (1948).
Birthday:  Apr. 15, 1908
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death:  Mar. 4, 1995
Cause of death:  Car accident.
Trivia:  ahbez was very original person and one of the first hippies, twenty years before the Haight-Ashbury. He also wanted his artist name to be written like that, without capital letters.
More:  Good bio on eden ahbez, and nice pics on Rare Photos of Eden Ahbez

Akkerman, Jan

Best known at:  Focus, guitar.
Birthday:  Dec. 24, 1946
Place of birth:  Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albarn, Damon

Best known at:  Blur, vocal, keyboards.
Birthday:  Mar. 23, 1968
Place of birth:  Whitechapel, London, England
More:  Wikipedia : Damon Albarn

Albrecht, Bernard

Real name:  Bernard Dicken
Best known at:  Joy Division and New Order, guitar, synthesizer, vocals.
Birthday:  Jan. 4, 1956
Place of birth:  Salford, Lancashire, England
Trivia:  Shelf-mysterious man. Aka Bernard Sumner and Barney Rubble. Who knows which really is the born-one? Who cares, anyway?
More:  Joy Division band members

Aldrich, Thomas

Best known at:  Black Oak Arkansas, drums.
Birthday:  Aug. 15, 1950
Place of birth:  Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Alexander, Arthur

Best known at:  »You Better Move On», »Anna (Go to Him)», (both -62).
Birthday:  May 10, 1940
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  July 13, 1993
Cause of death:  Heart and kidney failure.
Trivia:  Strong version about »Anna» was covered by the Beatles on their debut album »Please Please Me» (1963).

Alexander, Gary

Best known at:  The Association, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Sep. 25, 1943
Place of birth:  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Allen, 'Papa' Dee

Real name:  Thomas Sylvester Allen
Best known at:  War, percussion.
Birthday:  July 18, 1931
Place of birth:  Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Death:  Aug. 30, 1988
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Allison, Luther

Best known at:  Great US blues musician.
Birthday:  Aug. 17, 1939
Place of birth:  Widener, Arkansas, USA   [some sources: Mayflower]
Death:  Aug. 12, 1997
Cause of death:  Lung cancer.
More:  Luther Allison 1939-1997

Allman, Gregg

Real name:  Gregory Lenoir Allman
Best known at:  the Allman Brothers Band
Birthday:  Dec. 8, 1947
Place of birth:  Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Allman, Duane

Real name:  Howard Duane Allman
Best known at:  the Allman Brothers Band
Birthday:  Nov. 20, 1946
Place of birth:  Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Death:  Oct. 29, 1971
Cause of death:  Motorcycle accident, got hit by a peach truck.

Almond, Marc

Real name:  Peter Marc Almond
Best known at:  »Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart», duet with Gene Pitney, UK #1 (1989).
Birthday:  July 9, 1959
Place of birth:  Southport, Lancashire, England

Alpert, Herb

Best known at:  Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, trumpeter, producer and orchestra leader.
Birthday:  Mar. 31, 1935
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, California, USA

Alston, Shirley

Real name:  Shirley Owens
Best known at:  The Shirelles, lead vocal. »Baby It's You» (1962).
Birthday:  June 10, 1941
Place of birth:  Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Amos, Tori

Real name:  Myra Ellen Amos
Best known at:  »Cornflake Girls», UK #4 (1994).
Birthday:  Aug. 22, 1963
Place of birth:  Newton, North Carolina, USA

Anastacia

Real name:  Anastacia Lynn Newkirk
Best known at:  »I'm Outta Love», UK #6, US #92 (2000).
Birthday:  Sep. 17, 1973   [some sources: 1975]
Place of birth:  Chicago, USA   [some sources: New York City, New York]
More:  Anastacia : Resource Center - by the Fans, for the Fans or CLUB Anastacia - The Official Fan Club and Anastacia

Andersen, Eric

Best known at:  US songwriter, singer and guitarist.
Birthday:  Feb. 14, 1943
Place of birth:  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Anderson, Ian

Best known at:  Jethro Tull, vocal, flute, songwriting.
Birthday:  Aug. 10, 1947
Place of birth:  Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland
More:  Official Jethro Tull Homepage

Anderson, Jon

Best known at:  Yes, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 25, 1944
Place of birth:  Accrington, Lancashire, England

Anderson, Laurie

Best known at:  »Superman», UK #2 (1981).
Birthday:  June 5, 1947
Place of birth:  Chicago, Illinois, USA

Anderson, Lynn

Best known at:  »Rose Garden», US #3 (1970).
Birthday:  Sep. 26, 1947
Place of birth:  Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
More:  Artist Biography - Lynn Anderson

Anderson, Moira

Best known at:  Scottish soprano vocalist.
Birthday:  June 5, 1940
Place of birth:  Kirkintilloch, Scotland

Anderson, Rick

Best known at:  The Tubes, bass.
Birthday:  Aug. 1, 1947
Place of birth:  Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Anderson, Stikkan

Real name:  Stig Anderson
Best known at:  famous Abba manager.
Birthday:  Jan. 25, 1931
Place of birth:  Hova, Västergötland, Sweden
Death:  Sep. 12, 1997
Cause of death:  Heart attack.
More:  Stikkan

Andersson, Benny

Real name:  Goran Bror Benny Andersson
Best known at:  Abba
Birthday:  Dec. 16, 1946
Place of birth:  Stockholm, Sweden

Andrews, Julie

Real name:  Julia Elisabeth Wells
Best known at:  Musicals »My Fair Lady» and »Mary Poppins».
Birthday:  Oct. 1, 1935
Place of birth:  Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
More:  Julie Andrews.tv

Andrews, Maxene

Real name:  Maxene Anglyn Andrews
Best known at:  The Andrews Sisters
Birthday:  Jan. 3, 1916
Place of birth:  Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Death:  Oct. 21, 1995
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Anka, Paul

Birthday:  July 30, 1941
Place of birth:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ant, Adam

Real name:  Stuart Leslie Goddard
Best known at:  Adam & the Ants, vocal
Birthday:  Nov. 3, 1954
Place of birth:  London, England

Anthony, Richard

Real name:  Ricardo Btesch
Best known at:  French singer.
Birthday:  Jan. 13, 1938
Place of birth:  Cairo, Egypt
More:  RichardAnthony.com

Aphex Twin     New!  

Real name:  Richard David James
Best known at:  Electronic music artist. Keyboards, synthesizer.
Birthday:  Aug. 18, 1971
Place of birth:  Limerick, Ireland
More:  Aphex Twin Fansite and Wikpedia: Aphex Twin

Apollonia

Real name:  Patty Kotero
Best known at:  Apollonia 6, vocal.
Birthday:  Aug. 2, 1961
Place of birth:  Santa Monica, California, USA

Appice, Carmine

Best known at:  Beck, Bogart and Appice, drums.
Birthday:  Dec. 15, 1946
Place of birth:  New York, USA
More:  Carmine Appice's Home Page

Apple, Fiona     New!  

Real name:  Fiona Apple Maggart
Best known at:  US singer-songwriter.
Birthday:  Sep. 13, 1977
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA
More:  Fiona Apple and Wikpedia: Fiona Apple

Appleby, Mel

Real name:  Melanie Appleby
Best known at:  Duo Mel & Kim.
Birthday:  July 11, 1966
Place of birth:  London, England
Death:  Jan. 18, 1990
Cause of death:  Cancer.

Argent, Rod

Best known at:  The Zombies, Argent, keyboards, vocal.
Birthday:  June 15, 1945
Place of birth:  St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Armatrading, Joan

Birthday:  Dec. 9, 1950
Place of birth:  Basseterre, St. Kitts, West Indies

Arthurs, Paul

Best known at:  Oasis, guitar.
Birthday:  June 23, 1965
Place of birth:  Manchester, England
Trivia:  nickname: »Bonehead»
More:  Oasis - Official website

Ash, Daniel

Best known at:  Bauhaus, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  July 31, 1957
Place of birth:  Northampton, England

Asher, Peter

Best known at:  Peter & Gordon, vocals, guitar. »A World Without Love», UK & US #1 (1964).
Birthday:  June 22, 1944
Place of birth:  London, England
Trivia:  brother of Jane Asher (who was Paul McCartney's steady girlfriend in the Sixties.)

Ashford, Nick

Real name:  Nickolas Ashford
Best known at:  Ashford & Simpson
Birthday:  May 4, 1942
Place of birth:  Fairfield, South Carolina, USA

Ashman, Matthew

Best known at:  Adam & the Ants and Bow Wow Wow, guitar.
Birthday:  1960
Place of birth:  Mill Hill, London, England
Death:  Nov. 22, 1995
Cause of death:  Complication caused by diabetes.

Ashton, John

Best known at:  Psychedelic Furs, guitar.
Birthday:  Nov. 30, 1957
Place of birth:  ?
More:  The Ashton Files

Ashton, Tony

Best known at:  Paice, Ashton & Lord, keyboards, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 1, 1946
Place of birth:  Blackburn, Lancashire, England

Astley, Rick

Best known at:  »Never Gonna Give You Up», UK & US #1 (1987).
Birthday:  Feb. 6, 1966
Place of birth:  Warrington, Cheshire, England

Astro

Real name:  Terence Wilson
Best known at:  UB 40, vocal.
Birthday:  June 24, 1957
Place of birth:  Birmingham, England

Atwell, Winnie

Real name:  Winifred Atwell
Best known at:  »Let's Have Another Party», UK #1 (1955).
Birthday:  Apr. 27, 1913
Place of birth:  Tunapuna, Jamaica
Death:  Feb. 28, 1983
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Auf Der Maur, Melissa

Best known at:  Hole, bass.
Birthday:  Mar. 17, 1972
Place of birth:  Montreal, Quebéc, Canada

Auger, Brian

Best known at:  Brian Auger Trinity, keyboards.
Birthday:  July 18, 1939
Place of birth:  London, England

Austin, Gene

Real name:  Eugene Lucas
Best known at:  »Ramona», US #1 (1928).
Birthday:  June 24, 1900
Place of birth:  Gainesville, Texas, USA
Death:  Jan. 24, 1972
Cause of death:  Lung cancer.

Austin, Patti

Best known at:  »Baby Come to Me», UK #1 (1983).
Birthday:  Aug. 10, 1948
Place of birth:  New York, USA

Avalon, Frankie

Real name:  Francis Thomas Avallone
Best known at:  »Venus», US #1 (1959).
Birthday:  Sep. 18, 1939
Place of birth:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Avory, Mick

Best known at:  The Kinks, drums.
Birthday:  Feb. 15, 1944
Place of birth:  Hampton Court, Surrey, England

Axton, Hoyt

Best known at:  composed »Greenback Dollar», »Joy to the World» and »Never Been to Spain».
Birthday:  Mar. 25, 1938
Place of birth:  Duncan, Oklahoma, USA

Aykroyd, Dan

Best known at:  The Blues Brothers »Soul Man», US #14 (1978).
Birthday:  July 1, 1952
Place of birth:  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ayers, Kevin

Best known at:  UK singer/songwriter.
Birthday:  Aug. 16, 1945
Place of birth:  Herne Bay, Kent, England

Aznavour, Charles

Real name:  Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian
Best known at:  »Yesterday When I Was Young» (1965), »La Mama» (1963), »She» (1974).
Birthday:  May 22, 1924
Place of birth:  Paris, France