Rock & Roll Birthdays

• 1954 Debbie Sledge, American vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1975 Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes}, born in Detroit, Michigan

too larry said:

• 1975 Jack White, American musician (The White Stripes}, born in Detroit, Michigan

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• 1908 Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1985)

• 1916 Dick Cary, American jazz musician, born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1994)

• 1942 Ronnie James Dio [Ronald James Padavona], American singer, songwriter and musician (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 2010)

• 1943 Jerry Miller, American songwriter and rock guitarist (Moby Grape), born in Tacoma, Washington

• 1947 Arlo Guthrie, American singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans), born in Brooklyn, New York

• 1949 Dave Smalley, American rocker (Raspberries)

• 1950 Willie Ford, American R&B singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones), born in LaGrange, Georgia

• 1953 Rik "The Rocket" Emmett, rock vocalist (Triumph), born in Toronto, Ontario

• 1954 Gene Holder, American musician (the dBs)

• 1958 Béla Fleck, American banjo player, born in NYC, New York