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Nash, Graham

Best known at:  The Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, guitar, vocal.
Birthday:  Feb. 2, 1942
Place of birth:  Blackpool, England

Nash, Johnny

Best known at:  »Tears on My Pillow», UK #1 (1975).
Birthday:  Aug. 19, 1940
Place of birth:  Houston, Texas, USA

Neighbor, Jeff

Best known at:  Joy of Cooking, bass, trombone.
Birthday:  Mar. 19, 1942
Place of birth:  Grand Coulee, Washington, USA
More:  Joy of Cooking - '70s Female-Powered Band

Neil, Vince

Real name:  Vince Neil Wharton
Best known at:  Motley Crue, vocal.
Birthday:  Feb. 8, 1961
Place of birth:  ?

Nelson, Bill

Best known at:  Be-Bop Deluxe, guitar, vocal, keyboards.
Birthday:  Dec. 18, 1948
Place of birth:  Wakefield, Yorkshire, England

Nelson, Rick/Ricky

Real name:  Eric Hilliard Nelson
Best known at:  »Travelin' Man», UK #1 (1961), »Garden Party», US #6 (1972).
Birthday:  May 8, 1940
Place of birth:  Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Death:  Dec. 31, 1985
Cause of death:  Private plane crashed.
Trivia:  Also proper actor.

Nelson, Sandy

Real name:  Sander Nelson
Best known at:  Famous US session drummer with some hits of his own like »Teen Beat», US #4, UK #7 (1959) and »Let There Be Drums», US #7 (1961), UK #2 (1962).
Birthday:  Dec. 1, 1938
Place of birth:  Santa Monica, California, USA
Trivia:  In 1963 Nelson was involved in a motorcycle accident and part of his right leg was amputated. Despite that he later returned to drumming.
More:  Sandy Nelson Page

Nelson, Willie

Birthday:  Apr. 30, 1933
Place of birth:  Abbott, Texas, USA

Nesmith, Mike

Real name:  Robert Michael Nesmith
Birthday:  Dec. 30, 1942
Place of birth:  Houston, Texas, USA
Trivia:  the Monkees...

Neville, Aaron

Best known at:  The Neville Brothers, vocal.
Birthday:  Jan. 24, 1941
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Newbury, Mickey

Best known at:  »An American Trilogy», US #30 (1972).
Birthday:  May 19, 1940
Place of birth:  Houston, Texas, USA
Death:  Sep. 29, 2002
Cause of death:  After a lengthy illness.
More: Mickey Newbury Official Home Page

Newman, Randy

Real name:  Randolph Newman
Best known at:  »Short People», US #2 (1978).
Birthday:  Nov. 28, 1943
Place of birth:  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
More: Randy Newman - Welcome to Newmanville! and Salon Brilliant Careers | Randy Newman

Newton, Juice

Real name:  Judy Kay Newton
Best known at:  cover »Angel of the Morning» (1981).
Birthday:  Feb. 18, 1952
Place of birth:  Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Newton-John, Olivia

Birthday:  Sep. 26, 1948
Place of birth:  Cambridge, England

Nicks, Stevie

Best known at:  Fleetwood Mac, vocal.
Birthday:  May 26, 1948
Place of birth:  Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Nichol, Al

Best known at:  The Turtles, guitar, piano, vocals.
Birthday:  Mar. 31, 1946
Place of birth:  Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA

Nico

Real name:  Christa Päffgen
Best known at:  The Velvet Underground, vocal.
Birthday:  Oct. 16, 1938
Place of birth:  Cologne, West Germany
Death:  July 18, 1988
Cause of death:  Brain hemorrhage, after having fallen off her bicycle.

Nilsson, Harry

Real name:  Harry Edward Nilsson III
Best known at:  »Without You», UK #1 (1971).
Birthday:  June 15, 1941
Place of birth:  Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death:  Jan. 15, 1994
Cause of death:  Died in his sleep, after suffering a heart attack.

Nolan, Jerry

Best known at:  New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers, drums.
Birthday:  May 7, 1951
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  Jan. 14, 1992
Cause of death:  Stroke, after suffering from meningitis.

Notorious B.I.G., the

Real name:  aka Biggie Smalls, legal name was Christopher Wallace
Best known at:  US »Gangsta» rapper.
Birthday:  ?
Place of birth:  ?
Death:  Mar 9, 1997
Cause of death:  was shot down while leaving a star-studded Vibe magazine party in L.A..
More:  The Notorious B.I.G. Site @ E.W.S.

Novoselic, Chris     New!  

Real name:  Krist Anthony Novoselic
Best known at:  Nirvana, bass.
Birthday:  May 16, 1965   [some sources: May 10]
Place of birth:  Compton, California, USA   [some sources: Croatia, Yugoslavia]

Nugent, Ted

Birthday:  Dec. 13, 1948
Place of birth:  Detroit, Michigan, USA

Numan, Gary

Real name:  Gary Webb
Best known at:  Tubeway Army, vocal. »Cars», UK #1 (1979).
Birthday:  Mar. 8, 1958
Place of birth:  Hammersmith, London, England

Nyro, Laura

Real name:  Laura Nigro
Best known at:  wrote, among others, »And When I Die» to Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Birthday:  Oct. 18, 1947
Place of birth:  Bronx, New York, USA