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Hackett, Steve

Best known at:  Genesis, guitar.
Birthday:  Feb. 12, 1950
Place of birth:  London, England

Hagar, Sammy

Best known at:  »I Can't Drive 55», US #6 (1984). Also Van Halen, vocal, guitar.
Birthday:  Oct. 13, 1947
Place of birth:  Monterey, California, USA

Haggard, Merle

Best known at:  »Okie From Muskogee» (1969).
Birthday:  Apr. 6, 1937
Place of birth:  Bakersfield, California, USA

Haines, Luke

Best known at:  The Servants, Auteurs, guitar, piano, vocals.
Birthday:  Oct. 7, 1967
Place of birth:  Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
More:  Wikpedia: Auteurs

Haley, Bill

Real name:  William Clifton Haley
Birthday:  July 6, 1925
Place of birth:  Highland Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Death:  Feb. 9, 1981
Cause of death:  Officially, heart attack.

Halliday, Johnny

Real name:  Jean-Philippe Smet
Best known at:  »Souvenirs, Souvenirs» (1960).
Birthday:  June 15, 1943
Place of birth:  Paris, France

Halligan, Dick

Best known at:  Blood, Sweat & Tears, keyboards, trombone, flute, vocals.
Birthday:  Aug. 29, 1943
Place of birth:  Troy, New York, USA

Ham, Peter

Best known at:  Badfinger, guitar and songwriting. With Tom Evans wrote Harry Nilsson's UK #1 Hit »Without You».
Birthday:  Apr. 27, 1947
Place of birth:  Swansea, W.Glamorgan, Wales
Death:  Apr. 23, 1975
Cause of death:  Hanged himself after depression.

Hamilton, Tom

Best known at:  Aerosmith , bass.
Birthday:  Dec. 31, 1951
Place of birth:  Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Hamilton, Roy

Best known at:  US R&B and gospel singer.
Birthday:  Apr. 16, 1929
Place of birth:  Leesburg, Georgia, USA
Death:  July 20, 1969
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Hamilton IV, George

Best known at:  US country and TV star.
Birthday:  July 19, 1937

Hammer, Jan

Best known at:  The Mahavishnu Orchestra, keyboards. As solo »Miami Vice Theme», US #1, UK #5 (1985).
Birthday:  Apr. 17, 1948
Place of birth:  Prague, Czechoslovakia

Hammond, Albert

Best known at:  Hammond-Hazelwood compose team. As solo »Free Electric Band» (1973).
Birthday:  May 18, 1942
Place of birth:  England
More:  Official Albert Hammond Website

Hansen, Mary

Best known at:  Stereolabs, vocal, guitar, keyboards.
Birthday:  Nov. 1, 1966
Place of birth:  Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Death:  Dec. 9, 2002
Cause of death:  was hit by a car while riding a bicycle in London.
More:  ultra-high frequency | unofficial stereolab web site

Harburg, Yip

Real name:  Isidore Hochberg
Best known at:  Famous US songwriter who also wrote the legandary song about unemployment: »Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?».
Birthday:  Apr. 8, 1896
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA
Death:  March 5, 1981
Cause of death:  Car accident.
More:  Songwriters Hall of Fame
Trivia:  Some sources says that he died when he »suffered a heart attack while driving down Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood».

Hardin, Tim

Birthday:  Dec. 23, 1941
Place of birth:  Eugene, Oregon, USA
Death:  Dec. 29, 1980
Cause of death:  Heroin overdose.

Harket, Morten

Best known at:  a-ha, lead vocal.
Birthday:  Sep. 14, 1959
Place of birth:  Koenigsberg, Norway

Harley, Steve

Real name:  Steven Nice
Best known at:  Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, vocal. »Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)», UK #1 (1975).
Birthday:  Feb. 27, 1951
Place of birth:  South London, England

Harper, Roy

Best known at:  Lead vocal on Pink Floyd's »Have a Cigar» (1975).
Birthday:  June 12, 1941
Place of birth:  Manchester, England

Harpo, Slim

Real name:  James Moore
Best known at:  US bluesman, wrote »I'm a King Bee».
Birthday:  Jan. 11, 1924
Place of birth:  Lobdell, Louisiana, USA
Death:  Jan. 31, 1970
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Harris, Bill

Real name:  William Harris
Best known at:  The Clovers, guitar.
Birthday:  Apr. 14, 1925
Place of birth:  Nashville, North Carolina, USA
Death:  Dec. 5, 1988   [some sources: Dec. 6, or 10.]
Cause of death:  Cancer.

Harris, Emmylou

Birthday:  Apr. 2, 1947
Place of birth:  Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Harris, Jet

Real name:  Terence Harris
Best known at:  The Shadows, bass.
Birthday:  July 6, 1939
Place of birth:  London, England

Harris, Micki

Real name:  Addie Harris
Best known at:  The Shirelles, vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 22, 1940
Place of birth:  Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Death:  June 10, 1982
Cause of death:  after show, collapsed and died of a heart attack.

Harris, Phil

Best known at:  Ace, guitar.
Birthday:  July 18, 1948
Place of birth:  Muswell Hill, London, England

Harris, Richard

Best known at:  famous Irish actor, but also one-hit-wonder: »McArthur Park», US #2 (1968).
Birthday:  Oct. 1, 1930
Place of birth:  Limerick, Ireland
Death:  Oct. 25, 2002
Cause of death:  died peacefully at hospital in London, following a brief battle with Hodgkin's disease.

Harris, Wynonie

Best known at:  US R&B singer and drummer.
Birthday:  Aug. 24, 1915
Place of birth:  Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Death:  June 14, 1969
Cause of death:  Cancer.

Harrison, Bobby

Best known at:  Procol Harum, original drummer.
Birthday:  June 28, 1943
Place of birth:  England

Harrison, George

Birthday:  Feb. 24, 1943
Place of birth:  Wavertree, Liverpool, England
Death:  Nov. 30, 2001
Cause of death:  Cancer.

Harrison, Nigel

Best known at:  Blondie, bass.
Birthday:  ?
Place of birth:  Buckinghamshire, England

Harrison, Wilbert

Best known at:  »Kansas City», US #1 (1959).
Birthday:  Jan. 6, 1929
Place of birth:  Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Death:  Oct. 26, 1994
Cause of death:  Stroke.

Harry, Debby

Real name:  Deborah Harry
Best known at:  Blondie, vocal, songwriting.
Birthday:  July 1, 1945
Place of birth:  Miami, Florida, USA

Hartman, Dan

Best known at:  »Instant Replay» (1978).
Birthday:  Nov. 4, 1956
Place of birth:  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:  Mar. 22, 1994
Cause of death:  Brain tumor, after a long battle with AIDS.

Harvey, Alex

Best known at:  Sensational Alex Harvey Band, vocal.
Birthday:  Feb. 5, 1935
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  Feb. 4, 1982
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Harvey, Les

Best known at:  Stone the Crows, guitar.
Birthday:  circa 1947
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  May 3, 1972
Cause of death:  Electrocuted on stage by his microphone.
Trivia:  brother of Alex Harvey (see above).

Harvey, Mick

Best known at:  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, drums.
Birthday:  Sep. 29, 1958
Place of birth:  Rochester, Australia

Haskins, Kevin

Best known at:  Bauhaus, drums.
Birthday:  July 19, 1960
Place of birth:  Northampton, England

Hathaway, Donny

Best known at:  US singer and producer.
Birthday:  Oct. 1, 1945
Place of birth:  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death:  Jan. 13, 1979
Cause of death:  Fell from the 15th floor of hotel. Officially suicide.

Havens, Ritchie

Best known at:  Us singer/songwriter. Hectic appearance at Woodstock in -69.
Birthday:  Jan. 21, 1941
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Hawkins, Dale

Real name:  Delmar Allen Hawkins
Best known at:  original »Suzie Q» (1957).
Birthday:  Aug. 22, 1938
Place of birth:  Goldmine, Louisiana, USA

Hawkins, Ronnie

Best known at:  The Hawks, rock'n roll vocal and piano.
Birthday:  Jan. 10, 1935
Place of birth:  Huntsville, Arkansas, USA

Hawkins, Screamin' Jay

Real name:  Jalacy Hawkins
Best known at:  original »I Put a Spell on You» (1956).
Birthday:  July 18, 1929
Place of birth:  Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Death:  Feb. 12, 2000
Cause of death:  Complications due to intestinal tract surgery.

Hayes, Isaac

Best known at:  »The Theme From Shaft» (1971).
Birthday:  Aug. 20, 1942
Place of birth:  Covington, Tennessee, USA

Hayward, Justin

Real name:  David Justin Hayward
Best known at:  The Moody Blues, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 14, 1946
Place of birth:  Swindon, England

Hazlewood, Lee

Best known at:  »Jackson» and »Lady Bird», both with Nancy Sinatra -67.
Birthday:  July 9, 1929
Place of birth:  Mannford, Oklahoma, USA

Head, Murray

Best known at:  »One Night in Bangkok» (1984).
Birthday:  Mar. 5, 1946
Place of birth:  England

Headliner

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

Headon, Topper

Real name:  Nicky Headon
Best known at:  The Clash, drums.
Birthday:  May 30, 1955
Place of birth:  Bromley, Kent, England

Heaton, Paul

Best known at:  The Housemartins and Beautiful South, vocal, guitar.
Birthday:  May 9, 1962
Place of birth:  Birkenhead, Lancashire, England

Hebb, Bobby

Best known at:  »Sunny» (1966).
Birthday:  July 26, 1941
Place of birth:  Nashville, USA

Helm, Levon

Real name:  Mark Levon Helm
Best known at:  The Band, drums and vocal.
Birthday:  May 26, 1942
Place of birth:  Marvell, Arkansas, USA

Hemingway, Dave

Best known at:  The Housemartins and Beautiful South, vocal.
Birthday:  Sep. 20, 1960
Place of birth:  Hull, England

Henderson, Jimmy

Best known at:  Black Oak Arkansas, guitar.
Birthday:  May 20, 1954
Place of birth:  Jackson, Mississippi, USA

Hendrix, Jimi

Real name:  Johnny Allen Hendrix, renamed (by his father) James Marshall Hendrix.
Birthday:  Nov. 27, 1942
Place of birth:  Seattle, Washington, USA
Death:  Sep. 18, 1970
Cause of death:  Result of inhalation of vomit, after drinking alcohol with barbiturates.

Hendryx, Nona

Best known at:  LaBelle, vocal.
Birthday:  Aug. 18, 1945
Place of birth:  Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Henley, Don

Best known at:  The Eagles, vocal, drums.
Birthday:  July 22, 1947
Place of birth:  Gilmer, Texas, USA

Henrit, Bob

Best known at:  Argent, drums.
Birthday:  May 2, 1945
Place of birth:  Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England

Hensley, Ken

Best known at:  Uriah Heep, keyboards, vocal.
Birthday:  Aug. 24, 1945
Place of birth:  London, England

Herbert, Gregory

Best known at:  Blood, Sweat & Tears, tenor sax.
Birthday:  May 19, 1947
Place of birth:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death:  Jan. or Feb. 1978 ?
Cause of death:  Overdose of cocaine.

Hetfield, James

Best known at:  Metallica, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Aug. 3, 1963
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, California, USA

Heywood, Eddie

Best known at:  US pianist. »Begin the Beguine», US #16 (1945).
Birthday:  Dec. 4, 1915
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Jan. 2, 1989
Cause of death:  After a long illness.

Hill, Dave

Best known at:  Slade, guitar.
Birthday:  Apr. 4, 1952
Place of birth:  Fleet Castle, England

Hill, Z.Z.

Real name:  Arzel Hill
Best known at:  US R&B artist.
Birthday:  Sep. 30, 1935
Place of birth:  Naples, Texas, USA
Death:  Apr. 27, 1984
Cause of death:  Injuries due to a car crash.

Hillman, Chris

Best known at:  Hillmen, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Desert Rose Band; bass, vocals.
Birthday:  Dec. 4, 1944
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Trivia:  Chris Hillman is also a good guitarist and mandolin player and well-known session man who has worked with Emmylou Harris, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan; just to name a few. And still recording in the 2000's.
More:  Chris Hillman – The Artist.

Hinsley, Harvey

Best known at:  Hot Chocolate, guitar.
Birthday:  Jan. 19, 1948
Place of birth:  Northampton, England

Hiseman, John

Best known at:  Colosseum, drums.
Birthday:  June 21, 1944
Place of birth:  London, England

Hite, Bob

Best known at:  Canned Heat, vocal, harmonica.
Birthday:  Feb. 26, 1945
Place of birth:  Torrance, California, USA
Death:  Apr. 5, 1981
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Hitchcock, Russell

Best known at:  Air Supply, vocal.
Birthday:  June 15, 1949
Place of birth:  Melbourne, Australia

Hoffs, Susanna

Best known at:  The Bangles, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 17, 1957
Place of birth:  Newport Beach, California, USA

Holder, Noddy

Real name:  Neville John Holder
Best known at:  Slade, shout, guitar. »Coz I Luv You», UK #1 (1970).
Birthday:  June 15, 1946
Place of birth:  Walsall, Warwickshire, England

Holland, Brian

Best known at:  Famous composing team Holland-Dozier-Holland in Tamla Motown.
Birthday:  Feb. 15, 1941
Place of birth:  Detroit, USA

Holland, Eddie

Best known at:  As above.
Birthday:  Oct. 30, 1939
Place of birth:  Detroit, USA

Holly, Buddy

Real name:  Charles Hardin Holley
Best known at:  »That'll Be the Day», »Peggy Sue», both -57.
Birthday:  Sep. 7, 1936
Place of birth:  Lubbock, Texas, USA
Death:  Feb. 3, 1959
Cause of death:  Aeroplane crash.

Holroyd, Les

Best known at:  Barclay James Harvest, bass, vocals.
Birthday:  Mar. 12, 1948
Place of birth:  Oldham, England

Homer

Real name:  Henry D. Haynes
Best known at:  Duo Homer & Jethro.
Birthday:  July 27, 1920
Place of birth:  Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Death:  Aug. 7, 1971
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Hook, Peter

Best known at:  Joy Division, bass.
Birthday:  Feb. 13, 1956
Place of birth:  Salford, Lancashire, England
More:  Joy Division band members

Hooker, Jake

Best known at:  Arrows , guitar, saxophone
Birthday:  May 3, 1952
Place of birth:  New York City, USA

Hooker, John Lee

Best known at:  US blues GIANT.
Birthday:  Aug. 22, 1919
Place of birth:  Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA
Death:  June 21, 2001
Cause of death:  Lung cancer.

Hopkin, Mary

Best known at:  »Those Were the Days», UK #1, US #2 (1968), »Goodbye», UK #2, US #13 (1969).
Birthday:  May 3, 1950
Place of birth:  Pontardawe, South Wales

Hopkins, Doug     New!  

Real name:  Douglas Hopkins
Best known at:  Gin Blossoms, guitar.
Birthday:  Apr. 11, 1961
Place of birth:  Tempe, Arizona, USA
Death:  Dec. 5, 1993
Cause of death:  Shot himself.
More:  Wikipedia : Doug Hopkins and Gin Blossoms Blooms Again

Hopkins, Nicky

Best known at:  UK session pianist and songwriter.
Birthday:  Feb. 24, 1944
Place of birth:  England

Horton, Johnny

Real name:  John Gale Horton
Best known at:  »The Battle of New Orleans» (1959).
Birthday:  Apr. 30, 1927
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, California, USA
Death:  Nov. 5, 1960
Cause of death:  Car crash.
More:  Johnny Horton — Honky Tonk Rockabilly Legend

Houston, Cisco

Real name:  Gilbert Vandine Houston
Best known at:  »Rose, Rose I Love You», US #21 (1951).
Birthday:  Aug. 18, 1918
Place of birth:  Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Death:  Apr. 29, 1961   [some sources: day is 21th or 24th]
Cause of death:  Stomach cancer.

Houston, Whitney

Birthday:  Aug. 9, 1963
Place of birth:  Newark, New Jersey, USA

Howard, Rowland S.

Best known at:  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, guitar.
Birthday:  Oct. 24, 1959
Place of birth:  Melbourne, Australia

Howe, Steve

Best known at:  Yes and Asia, guitar, vocals.
Birthday:  Apr. 8, 1947
Place of birth:  London, England

Howlin' Wolf

Real name:  Chester Arthur Burnett
Best known at:  One of the most original blues musicians.
Birthday:  June 10, 1910
Place of birth:  West Point, Mississippi, USA
Death:  Jan. 10, 1976
Cause of death:  Complications from kidney disease after suffered several heart attacks.

Hudson, Garth

Real name:  Eric Hudson
Best known at:  The Band, piano, sax.
Birthday:  Aug. 2, 1937
Place of birth:  London, Canada

Hugg, Mike

Best known at:  Manfred Mann, drums.
Birthday:  Aug. 11, 1942
Place of birth:  Andover, England

Hughes, Glenn

Best known at:  Deep Purple, bass.
Birthday:  Aug. 21, 1952
Place of birth:  Penkridge, England

Hull, Alan

Real name:  James Alan Hull
Best known at:  Lindisfarne, vocal, piano, guitar and songwriting.
Birthday:  Feb. 20, 1945
Place of birth:  Newcastle, England
Death:  Nov. 17, 1995
Cause of death:  Heart attack.
More:  James Alan Hull and Lindisfarne – The Official Website

Hume, Don

Best known at:  Arrival, bass
Birthday:  Mar. 31, 1950
Place of birth:  Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Humperdinck, Engelbert

Real name:  Arnold George Dorsey
Birthday:  May 2, 1936
Place of birth:  Madras, India

Humphries, Les

Best known at:  Les Humphries Singers.
Birthday:  Aug. 9, 1940
Place of birth:  England

Hunter, Ian

Best known at:  Mott the Hoople, piano, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  June 3, 1946
Place of birth:  Shrewsbury, England

Hunter, Ivory Joe

Best known at:  US R&B man.
Birthday:  Oct. 10, 1914
Place of birth:  Kirbyville, Texas, USA
Death:  Nov. 8, 1974
Cause of death:  Lung cancer.

Hunter, Tab

Real name:  Arthur Andrew Kelm, also Arthur Gelien
Best known at:  »Young Love», US #1, UK #1 (1957).
Birthday:  July 11, 1931
Place of birth:  New York, USA

Hutchence, Michael

Best known at:  INXS, lead vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 22, 1960
Place of birth:  Lain Cove, Sydney, Australia
Death:  Nov. 22, 1997
Cause of death:  Hung himself.
More:  An Excess of INXS

Hyland, Brian

Best known at:  »Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini», US #1, UK #8 (1960).
Birthday:  Nov. 12, 1943
Place of birth:  Woodhaven, New York, USA

Hyman, Jerry

Best known at:  Blood, Sweat & Tears, trombone.
Birthday:  May 19, 1947
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Hynde, Chrissie

Best known at:  The Pretenders
Birthday:  Sep. 7, 1951
Place of birth:  Akron, Ohio, USA

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Ian, Janis

Real name:  Janis Eddy Fink
Best known at:  »Society's Child», US #14 (1967), »At Seventeen», US #3 (1975).
Birthday:  May 7, 1951
Place of birth:  New York City, USA

Ian, Scott

Real name:  Scott Rosenfield
Best known at:  Anthrax, guitar.
Birthday:  Dec. 31, 1963
Place of birth:  Queens, New York, USA

Idol, Billy

Real name:  William Michael Albert Broad
Birthday:  Nov. 30, 1955
Place of birth:  Stanmore, Middsex, England

Ifield, Frank

Best known at:  »I Remember You», UK #1 (1962).
Birthday:  Nov. 30, 1936
Place of birth:  Coventry, England

Iglesias, Julio

Birthday:  Sep. 23, 1943
Place of birth:  Spain

Inez, Mike

Best known at:  Alice in Chains, bass.
Birthday:  May 14, 1966
Place of birth:  San Fernando, California, USA

Ingle, Doug

Best known at:  Iron Butterfly, keyboards, vocals.
Birthday:  Sep. 9, 1946
Place of birth:  Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Iommi, Tony

Real name:  Anthony Iommi
Best known at:  Black Sabbath, guitar.
Birthday:  Feb. 19, 1948
Place of birth:  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Irwin, Big Dee

Real name:  Ervin Difossco
Best known at:  »Been So Long» (1958).
Birthday:  Aug. 4, 1939
Place of birth:  USA

Isaak, Chris

Best known at:  »Wicked Game» (1989).
Birthday:  June 26, 1956
Place of birth:  Stockton, California, USA