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Dale, Dick

Real name:  Richard Anthony Monsour
Best known at:  US surf-guitarist.
Birthday:  May 4, 1937
Place of birth:  Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

Dallin, Sarah

Best known at:  Bananarama, vocal.
Birthday:  Dec. 17, 1961
Place of birth:  Bristol, Somerset, England

Daltrey, Roger

Real name:  Roger Harry Daltrey
Best known at:  The Who
Birthday:  Mar. 1, 1944
Place of birth:  London, England

Damone, Vic

Real name:  Vito Farinola
Best known at:  »My Heart Cries for You» (1950).
Birthday:  June 12, 1928
Place of birth:  USA

Danny

Real name:  Danny Rapp
Best known at:  Danny & the Juniors. »At the Hop» (1957), »Rock'n Roll is Here to Say» (1958).
Birthday:  May 10, 1941
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Apr. 5, 1983
Cause of death:  Committed suicide.

Danko, Rick

Best known at:  The Band, bass, vocal.
Birthday:  Dec. 29, 1942
Place of birth:  Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Death:  Dec. 10, 1999
Cause of death:  Heart failure?
More:  In loving memory of Richard Clare Danko

Dante, Ron

Real name:  Carmine Granito
Best known at:  The Archies, lead vocal.
Birthday:  Aug. 22, 1945
Place of birth:  Staten Island, New York, USA
More:  Ron Dante — Archie Room

D'Abo, Mike

Best known at:  Manfred Mann, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 1, 1944
Place of birth:  Betchworth, Surrey, England
More:  The Mike d'Abo website

D'Arby, Terence Trent (aka Sananda Maitreya)

Best known at:  »Sign Your Name», UK #2 (1988).
Birthday:  Mar. 15, 1962
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA
Trivia:  Officially changed his name in October, 2001.
More:  Sananda ProMotion - the Official Site for Sananda Maitreya/Terence Trent D'Arby

Darin, Bobby

Real name:  Walden Robert Cassotto
Best known at:  »Dream Lover», UK #1 (1959).
Birthday:  May 14, 1936
Place of birth:  Bronx, New York, USA
Death:  Dec. 20, 1973
Cause of death:  Died during heart surgery.

Dassin, Joe

Best known at:  French pop singer.
Birthday:  Nov. 5, 1938
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  Aug. 21, 1980
Cause of death:  ?

Daugherty, Pat

Best known at:  Black Oak Arkansas, bass.
Birthday:  Nov. 11, 1947
Place of birth:  Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA

Daughtry, Dean

Best known at:  Atlanta Rhythm Section , keyboards.
Birthday:  Sep. 8, 1946
Place of birth:  Kingston, Alabama, USA

David

Real name:  Roger Greenaway
Birthday:  Aug. 23, 1942
Place of birth:  ?

David, F.R.

Real name:  Elli Robert Fitoussi [aka Fitoussie]
Best known at:  »Words», UK #2 (1983).
Birthday:  Jan. 1, 1947  [some sources: 1954]
Place of birth:  Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia
Trivia:  Fitoussi is pretty much a classic one-hit wonder. While »Words» was a monster hit around Europe he failed to repeat its success. Perhaps words came too easy for him? However, he had his 15 minutes and a nice style too, by using sunglasses and playing white Fender Stratocaster.
More:  F. R. David Page

Davies, Cyril

Best known at:  UK blues musician.
Birthday:  1932
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  Jan. 7, 1964
Cause of death:  Leukemia.

Davies, Dave

Best known at:  The Kinks, guitar.
Birthday:  Feb. 3, 1947
Place of birth:  London, England

Davies, Ray

Real name:  Raymond Douglas Davies
Best known at:  The Kinks, guitar, vocal, songwriting.
Birthday:  June 21, 1944
Place of birth:  London, England
Trivia:  Jan. 4, 2004 Davies was shot in the leg in robbery attempt. Luckily he was not seriously injured. Read more.
More:  The Kinks Web Site

Davies, Spencer

Best known at:  The Spencer Davis Group, guitar.
Birthday:  July 17, 1937 or 1942
Place of birth:  Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales

Davis, Rob

Best known at:  Mud, lead guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 1, 1947
Place of birth:  Carshalton, Surrey, England
More:  Mud.4ever.cc

Day, Bobby

Real name:  Robert Byrd
Best known at:  »Rockin' Robin», US #2 (1958).
Birthday:  July 1, 1930
Place of birth:  Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Death:  July 27, 1990
Cause of death:  Cancer.

de Burgh, Chris

Real name:  Christopher John Davidson
Best known at:  »The Lady in Red», UK #1 (1986).
Birthday:  Oct. 15, 1948
Place of birth:  Argentina

de Paul, Lynsey

Real name:  Lynsey Rubin
Best known at:  »Sugar Me» (1972).
Birthday:  June 11, 1950
Place of birth:  England

Deacon, John

Best known at:  Queen, bass.
Birthday:  Aug. 19, 1951
Place of birth:  Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Deal, Kim

Best known at:  The Pixies, bass, vocals.
Birthday:  June 10, 1961
Place of birth:  Dayton, Ohio, USA

Dean, James

Real name:  Seth Ward
Best known at:  US country singer.
Birthday:  Aug 9, 1928
Place of birth:  USA

Dee, Joey

Real name:  Joseph DiNicola
Best known at:  Joey Dee & the Starlighters, vocal. »The Peppermint Twist» (1961).
Birthday:  June 11, 1940
Place of birth:  Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Dekker, Desmond

Real name:  Desmond Dacres
Best known at:  »The Israelites», UK #1 (1969).
Birthday:  July 16, 1941
Place of birth:  Kingston, Jamaica
Death:  May 25, 2006
Cause of death:  Heart attack.
More:  Wikipedia : Desmond Dekker

Denny, Sandy

Real name:  Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny
Best known at:  Fairport Convention and Fotheringay, vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 6, 1941
Place of birth:  Wimbledon, England
Death:  Apr. 21, 1978
Cause of death:  Died from head injuries sustained in a fall down of stairs.

Densmore, John

Best known at:  The Doors, drums.
Birthday:  Dec. 1, 1944
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, USA

Denver, John

Real name:  Henry John Deutschendorf
Best known at:  »Annie's Song», US & UK #1 (1974).
Birthday:  Dec. 31, 1943
Place of birth:  Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Death:  Oct. 12, 1997
Cause of death:  Air crash of private plane.

Deodato

Real name:  Eumire Deodato Almeida
Best known at:  Brazilian musician and producer. As solo: »Also Sprach Zarathustra» (1973).
Birthday:  June 21, 1942
Place of birth:  Brazil

Derringer, Rick

Real name:  Richard Zehringer
Best known at:  »Rock'n Roll Hoochie Koo» (1974).
Birthday:  Aug. 5, 1947
Place of birth:  USA
More:  Rick Derringer Official Website

DeShannon, Jackie

Real name:  Sharon Myers
Best known at:  wrote »When You Walk in the Room».
Birthday:  Aug. 21, 1944
Place of birth:  Hazel, Kentucky, USA

Destri, Jimmy

Best known at:  Blondie, keyboards.
Birthday:  Apr. 13, 1954
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

DeSylva, Buddy
[aka Buddy De Sylva, Bud De Sylva, B.G. DeSylva]

Real name:  Buddy Gard DeSylva
Best known at:  Great lyricist, producer and one third of the top Tin Pan Alley songwriting team DeSylva–Lew Brown–Ray Henderson.
Birthday:  Jan. 27, 1895
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA
Death:  July 11, 1950
Cause of death:  ?
More:  Buddy DeSylva on Wikpedia

DeVille, Willie

Real name:  William Borsay
Best known at:  Mink Deville, vocal, guitar. Great solo debut album Miracle, 1987
Birthday:  Aug. 27, 1953
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA
Death:  Aug. 6, 2009
Cause of death:  Pancreatic cancer
More:  Willy DeVille Official Store and Willy DeVille on Wikpedia

Diamond, Neil

Best known at:  »Song Sung Blue», US #1 (1972).
Birthday:  Jan. 24, 1941
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Dickerson, B. B.

Real name:  Morris Dickerson
Best known at:  War, bass.
Birthday:  Aug. 3, 1949
Place of birth:  Torrance, California, USA

Diddley, Bo

Real name:  Otha Ellas Bates, later McDaniel
Birthday:  Dec. 30, 1928
Place of birth:  McComb, Mississippi, USA
Death:  July 2, 2008
Cause of death:  Heart failure.

Dinning, Mark

Best known at:  »Teen Angel», US #1, UK #37 (1960).
Birthday:  Aug. 17, 1933
Place of birth:  Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death:  Mar. 22, 1986
Cause of death:  Heart attack

Dio, Ronnie James

Real name:  Ronald James Padavona
Best known at:  Rainbow, Black Sabbath, vocal.
Birthday:  July 10, 1942   [some sources: 1940, 1948, 1949]
Place of birth:  Cortland, New York, USA
Death:  May 16, 2010
Cause of death:  Stomach cancer
More:  The History of Ronnie James Dio

Dion

Real name:  Dion Di Mucci
Best known at:  Dion & the Belmonts, vocal.
Birthday:  July 18, 1939
Place of birth:  Bronx, New York, USA

Dion, Celine

Birthday:  Mar. 30, 1968
Place of birth:  Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada

Divine

Real name:  Harris Glenn Milstead
Best known at:  US singer and actor.
Birthday:  Oct. 19, 1945
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Mar. 7, 1988
Cause of death:  Heart disease.

Dixon, Willy

Best known at:  wrote hundreds of blues songs, like »You Shook Me», »Little Red Rooster», »Bring it on Home», »I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man» and »I Can't Quit You Baby».
Birthday:  July 1, 1915
Place of birth:  Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Death:  Jan. 29, 1992
Cause of death:  Heart failure.

DJ Headliner

Real name:  Timothy Barnwell
Best known at:  Arrested Development, turntables.
Birthday:  July 26, 1967
Place of birth:  New Jersey, USA
More:  Arrested Development — Biography

DJ Minutemix

Real name:  Jarrett Cordes
Best known at:  P.M. Dawn, sampling, turntables.
Birthday:  July 17, 1971
Place of birth:  Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
More:  pM dAwn  :  iNfiniTe dEdicAtion

Doherty, Denny

Best known at:  The Mamas & the Papas, vocals.
Birthday:  Nov. 29, 1941
Place of birth:  Halifax, NS, Canada

Dolby, Thomas

Real name:  Thomas Morgan Robertson
Best known at:  »She Blinded Me with Science», US #5 (1983).
Birthday:  Oct. 14, 1958
Place of birth:  Cairo, Egypt

Domino, Fats

Real name:  Antoine Domino
Best known at:  »Blueberry Hill», US #3 (1956).
Birthday:  Feb. 26, 1928
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Don, Rasa

Real name:  Donald Jones
Best known at:  Arrested Development, drums.
Birthday:  Nov. 22, 1968
Place of birth:  New Jersey, USA
More:  Arrested Development — Biography

Donegan, Lonnie

Real name:  Anthony James Donegan
Best known at:  »Rock Island Line», UK & US #8 (1956).
Birthday:  Apr. 29, 1931
Place of birth:  Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Donovan

Real name:  Donovan Philip Leitch
Birthday:  May 10, 1946
Place of birth:  Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland

Donovan, Jason

Best known at:  covered »Sealed with a Kiss», UK #1 (1989).
Birthday:  June 1, 1968
Place of birth:  Malvern, Melbourne, Australia

Dorman, Lee

Best known at:  Iron Butterfly, bass.
Birthday:  Sep. 19, 1945
Place of birth:  St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Dorset, Ray

Best known at:  Mungo Jerry, vocal. »In the Summertime», #1 UK (1970).
Birthday:  Mar. 21, 1946
Place of birth:  Ashford, England

Dorsey, Lee

Real name:  Irwing Lee Dorsey
Best known at:  »Working in the Coal Mine», US & UK #1 (1966).
Birthday:  Dec. 24, 1924
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Death:  Dec. 2, 1986
Cause of death:  Emphysema.

Douglas, Craig

Real name:  Terry Perkins
Best known at:  covered »Only Sixteen» (1959).
Birthday:  Aug. 13, 1941
Place of birth:  Isle of Wight, England

Dowd, Tom

Best known at:  Grammy-winning music producer and recording engineer. Worked with legends like Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, John Coltrane, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band.
Birthday:  Oct. 20, 1925
Place of birth:  New York, NY, USA
Death:  Oct. 27, 2002
Cause of death:  Emphysema.
More:  Tom Dowd and the Language of Music

Downes, Geoff

Best known at:  The Buggles, Yes, Asia, keyboards.
Birthday:  1952
Place of birth:  Stockport, England
More:  Geoff Downes

Dozier, Lamont

Best known at:  Famous compose team Holland-Dozier-Holland.
Birthday:  June 16, 1940
Place of birth:  USA

Dr. John

Real name:  Malcolm John Rebennack
Birthday:  Nov. 21, 1940
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Drake, Nick

Best known at:  UK musician.
Birthday:  June 18, 1948
Place of birth:  Burma
Death:  Nov. 25, 1974
Cause of death:  Overdose of antidepressant medication.

Drake, Steve

Best known at:  Famous Nashville session guitarist.
Birthday:  Oct. 8, 1932
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  July 29, 1988
Cause of death:  ?

Driscoll, Julie

Best known at:  Brian Auger Trinity, vocal. »Road to Cairo» (1968).
Birthday:  June 8, 1947
Place of birth:  England

Dryden, Spencer

Best known at:  Jefferson Airplane, drums.
Birthday:  Apr. 7, 1938
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA
Death:  Jan. 10, 2005
Cause of death:  Complications from colon cancer.
More:  Jefferson Airplane: The Band

Dudley, Anne

Best known at:  The Art of Noise, keyboards.
Birthday:  May 7, 1956
Place of birth:  London, England

Dunaway, Dennis

Best known at:  Billion Dollar Babies, bass.
Birthday:  Dec. 9, 1948   [some sources: Mar. 15, 1946]
Place of birth:  Cottage Grove, California, USA
More:  Dennis Dunaway

Dunbar, Aynsley

Best known at:  Mothers of Invention, drums.
Birthday:  Jan. 10, 1946
Place of birth:  ?

Dunbar, Sly

Real name:  Noel Charles Dunbar
Best known at:  Jamaican drummer.
Birthday:  May 10, 1952
Place of birth:  ?

Duncan, 'Mollie'

Real name:  Malcolm Duncan
Best known at:  Average White Band , saxophones.
Birthday:  Aug. 24, 1945
Place of birth:  Montrose, Angus, Scotland

Dunlap, Slim

Real name:  Robert Dunlap
Best known at:  The Replacements, guitar.
Birthday:  Aug. 14, 1951
Place of birth:  Plainview, Minnesota, USA
More:  TrouserPress.com: Slim Dunlap

Dunn, Donald 'Duck'

Best known at:  Booker T. & the MG's, bass.
Birthday:  Nov. 24, 1941
Place of birth:  Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Dunn, James

Best known at:  The Stylistics, vocal. »Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)», UK #1 (1975).
Birthday:  Feb 4, 1950
Place of birth:  Philadelphia, USA

Dupree, 'Champion' Jack

Real name:  William Thomas Dupree
Best known at:  US blues pianist.
Birthday:  July 23, 1910
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Death:  Jan. 21, 1992
Cause of death:  ?

Durham, Judith

Best known at:  The Seekers, lead singer.
Birthday:  July 3, 1943
Place of birth:  ?

Dury, Ian

Best known at:  Ian Dury & the Blockheads, vocal.  »Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick», UK #1 (1979).
Birthday:  May 12, 1942
Place of birth:  Upminster, Essex, England
Death:  Mar. 27, 2000
Cause of death:  Liver cancer.

Dwyer, Bernie

Best known at:  Freddie and the Dreamers, drums.
Birthday:  Sep. 11, 1940
Place of birth:  Manchester, England
Death:  Dec. 4, 2002
Cause of death:  Lung cancer.
More:  Freddie and The Dreamers

Dylan, Bob

Real name:  Robert Allen Zimmerman
Birthday:  May 24, 1941
Place of birth:  Duluth, Minnesota, USA