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Kane, Arthur

Best known at:  Chicago, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Feb. 3, 1951
Place of birth:  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death:  July 13, 2004
Cause of death:  Complications from leukemia.
Trivia:  Nickname »Killer».
More:  New York Dolls in Wikipedia and Nostalgia Central: The New York Dolls

Kantner, Paul

Best known at:  Jefferson Airplane, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 12, 1942
Place of birth:  San Francisco, USA

Kaphan, Bruce

Best known at:  American Music Club, pedal steel guitar, keyboards, bass.
Birthday:  Jan. 7, 1955
Place of birth:  San Francisco, California, USA
More:  American Music Club

Kasten, Fritz

Best known at:  Joy of Cooking, drums, sax.
Birthday:  Oct. 19, ?
Place of birth:  Des Moines, Iowa, USA
More:  Joy of Cooking - '70s Female-Powered Band

Kath, Terry

Best known at:  Chicago, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 31, 1946
Place of birth:  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death:  Jan. 23, 1978
Cause of death:  Accidentally shot himself by playing with a pistol.

Katz, Steve

Best known at:  Blood, Sweat & Tears, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  May 9, 1945
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Kaylan, Howard

Real name:  Howard Kaplan
Best known at:  The Turtles, Mothers of Invention, vocals, saxophone.
Birthday:  June 22, 1947   [some sources: 1945]
Place of birth:  New York City, New York, USA

Kendricks, Eddie

Best known at:  The Temptations, vocal.
Birthday:  Dec. 17, 1939
Place of birth:  Union Springs, Alabama, USA
Death:  Oct. 5, 1992
Cause of death:  Lung cancer, one year after having a lung removed.

Kenner, Chris

Best known at:  co-wrote »Land of 1000 Dances» (1963).
Birthday:  Dec. 25, 1929
Place of birth:  USA
Death:  Jan. 25, 1976
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

Kensit, Patsy

Best known at:  UK actress, also the band Eight Wonder.
Birthday:  Mar. 4, 1968
Place of birth:  England

Kershaw, Nik

Best known at:  »The Riddle» (1984).
Birthday:  Mar. 1, 1958
Place of birth:  England

Khan, Chaka

Real name:  Yvette Marie Stevens
Best known at:  Rufus & Chaka Khan, vocal.
Birthday:  Mar. 23, 1953
Place of birth:  Great Lakes, Illinois, USA

Kid Rock

Real name:  Robert James Ritchie
Birthday:  Jan. 17, 1971
Place of birth:  Romeo, Michigan, USA

Kidd, Johnny

Real name:  Frederick Heath
Best known at:  Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, vocal. »Shakin’ All Over», UK #2 (1960).
Birthday:  Dec. 23, 1939
Place of birth:  Willesden, London, England
Death:  Oct. 7, 1966
Cause of death:  Car accident near Manchester.

Kiki Dee

Real name:  Pauline Matthews
Best known at:  duet with Elton John, »Don't Go Breaking My Heart», UK #1 (1976).
Birthday:  Mar. 6, 1947
Place of birth:  Bradford, England

King, Alan 'Bam'

Best known at:  Ace, guitar, vocals.
Birthday:  Sep. 18, 1946
Place of birth:  Kentish Town, London, England

King, Albert

Real name:  Albert Nelson
Best known at:  US Blues Man. »Laundromat Blues» (1966).
Birthday:  Apr. 25, 1923
Place of birth:  Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Death:  Dec. 21, 1992
Cause of death:  Heart attack.

King, B.B.

Real name:  Riley B. King
Best known at:  THE Blues Man.
Birthday:  Sep. 16, 1925
Place of birth:  Itta Bena, Mississippi, USA

King, Ben E.

Real name:  Benjamin Earl Nelson
Best known at:  »Stand by Me», US #4 (1961) and UK #1 (1987).
Birthday:  Sep. 28, 1938
Place of birth:  Henderson, North Carolina, USA

King, Carole

Real name:  Carole Klein
Best known at:  Great album »Tapestry», sold over 13 million copies worldwide 1971.
Birthday:  Feb. 9, 1942
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

King, Jonathan

Real name:  Kenneth King
Best known at:  »Everyone's Gone to the Moon», UK #4 (1965).
Birthday:  Dec. 6, 1948
Place of birth:  London, England

King Ad-Rock

Real name:  Adam Horowitz
Best known at:  Beastie Boys, vocals.
Birthday:  Oct. 31, 1966
Place of birth:  Manhattan, New York, USA

Kinney, Sean

Best known at:  Alice in Chains, drums.
Birthday:  May 27, 1966
Place of birth:  Seattle, USA

Kirchen, Bill

Best known at:  Commander Cody &The His Lost Planet Airmen, guitar.
Birthday:  Jan. 29, 1948
Place of birth:  Ann Arbor, USA

Kirke, Simon

Best known at:  Free and Bad Company, drums.
Birthday:  July 28, 1949
Place of birth:  Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Kirkman, Terry

Best known at:  The Association, vocals, assorted instruments.
Birthday:  Dec. 12, 1941
Place of birth:  Salina, Kansas, USA

Kitt, Eartha

Best known at:  US singer, dancer and actress. »Where is My Man» (1983).
Birthday:  Jan. 26, 1928
Place of birth:  USA

Knight, Gladys

Best known at:  Gladys Knight & the Pips, vocal.
Birthday:  May 28, 1944
Place of birth:  Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Knight, Stanley

Best known at:  Black Oak Arkansas, guitar.
Birthday:  Feb. 12, 1949
Place of birth:  Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

Knights, Dave

Best known at:  Procol Harum, bass.
Birthday:  June 28, 1945
Place of birth:  Islington, London
More:  Dave Knights: 'The Undertaker'

Knopfler, Mark

Birthday:  Aug. 12, 1949
Place of birth:  Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland

Koda, Cub

Best known at:  Brownsville Station, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 1, 1948
Place of birth:  Detroit, USA
Death:  July 1, 2000
Cause of death:  Complications of kidney disease.
More:  Cub Koda's Official Site

Kooper, Al

Best known at:  The Blues Project and Blood, Sweat and Tears, vocal, keyboards, guitar.
Birthday:  Feb. 5, 1944
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA

Korner, Alexis

Real name:  Alexis Koerner
Best known at:  with his band Blues Incorporated, almost a father figure of the British R&B.
Birthday:  Apr. 19, 1928
Place of birth:  Paris, France
Death:  Jan. 1, 1984
Cause of death:  Cancer.

Kossoff, Paul

Best known at:  Free, guitar.
Birthday:  Sep. 14, 1950
Place of birth:  London, England
Death:  Mar. 19, 1976
Cause of death:  Heart failure after a long-time drug using.

Kottke, Leo

Birthday:  Sep. 11, 1945
Place of birth:  Athens, Georgia, USA

Kramer, Billy J.

Real name:  William Howard Ashton
Best known at:  Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, vocal. »Bad to Me» (1963).
Birthday:  Aug. 19, 1943
Place of birth:  Bootle, Lancashire, England

Kramer, Joye

Best known at:  Aerosmith, drums.
Birthday:  June 21, 1950
Place of birth:  New York, USA

Kravitz, Lenny

Real name:  Leonard Albert Kravitz
Best known at:  May 26, 1964
Birthday:  Brooklyn, New York, USA
Place of birth:  ?

Krieger, Robbie

Real name:  Robert Krieger
Best known at:  The Doors, guitar, songwriting.
Birthday:  Jan. 8, 1946
Place of birth:  Los Angeles, USA

Kristofferson, Kris

Best known at:  wrote »Me and Bobby McGee».
Birthday:  June 22, 1936
Place of birth:  Brownsville, Texas, USA

Krupa, Gene

Best known at:  US drummer genius.
Birthday:  Jan. 5, 1909
Place of birth:  Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death:  Oct. 16, 1973
Cause of death:  Leukemia.

Kuhlke, Norman     New!  

Best known at:  The Swinging Blue Jeans, drums.
Birthday:  June 17, 1942
Place of birth:  Liverpool, England
More:  The Swinging Blue Jeans Official Website