Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 18

• Don Thompson, Canadian bass player and pianist, turns 84.
• Bobby Goldsboro, American pop and country singer & songwriter, turns 83.
• Dave Greenslade, Brit keyboardist with Colosseum, If, Greenslade, turns 81.
• Al Foster, American drummer, turns 80.
• Adrian Baker, Brit singer, songwriter, and record producer, turns 73.
• Russell Ferrante, American pianist with Yellowjackets, turns 72.
• R. Stevie Moore, (born Robert Steven Moore) American outsider musician, turns 72.
• Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter of the Hudson Brothers , turns 71.
• Tom Bailey, Brit vocalist with Thompson Twins, turns 68.
• Mark Collie, American country music singer, turns 68.
• Roman Schwaller, Swiss tenor saxophonist, turns 67.
• Bob Rosenberg, American record producer with Will to Power, turns 65.
• Bobby Broom, American guitarist with Kenny Burrell and Sonny Rollins, turns 63.
• Frits Landesbergen, Dutch vibraphonist, turns 63.
• Jeremy Healy, Brit guitarist and audio engineer with Haysi Fantayzee, turns 62.
• Peter Epstein, American alto saxophonist, turns 57.
• Jesse L. Martin, (born Jesse Lamont Watkins) American actor and singer, turns 55.
• Jim O'Rourke, American experimental rock guitarist and record producer, turns 55.
• DJ Quik, (born David Martin Blake) American rapper and record producer of N.W.A. , turns 54.
• Jonathan Davis, American nu-metal vocalist with Korn, turns 53.
• Crispian Mills, Brit guitarist and vocalist with Kula Shaker, The Jeevas, turns 51.
• Christian Burns, Brit boy band vocalist of BBMak , turns 50.
• Michael Tunn, Australian presenter, turns 50.
• Damien Leith, Irish singer-songwriter and Australian Idol 2006 contest winner, turns 48.
• Jay Chou, Taiwanese multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, turns 45.
• Quinn Allman, American guitarist for The Used, turns 42.
• Samantha Mumba, Irish actress and singer, turns 41.
• Robert O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter, turns 38.

---

---

• Steve Grossman (saxophonist) (January 18, 1951–August 13, 2020), American soprano saxophonist, would have turned 73 this year.
• David Ruffin (January 18, 1941–June 01, 1991), American vocalist with The Temptations, would have turned 83 this year.
• Irene Kral (January 18, 1932 –August 15, 1978), American vocalist, would have turned 92 this year.
• Chuck Metcalf (January 18, 1931 –January 11, 2012), American bass player, would have turned 93 this year.
• Sundaram Balachander (January 18, 1927–April 15, 1990), Indian veena player, would have turned 97 this year.
• Johnny Bragg (January 18, 1926 –August 21, 2004), Brit songwriter and vocalist with The Prisonaires, would have turned 98 this year.
• Ray Sims (1921 – 2000), American trombonist, would have turned 103.
• Paul Günther (1915 – 1996), American session musician (drums) with Clarence Brown, would have turned 109.
• Danny Kaye (January 18, 1911 –March 03, 1987), (born David Daniel Kominski) American actor and singer, would have turned 113 this year.
• Charles Delaunay (January 18, 1911 –February 1, 1988), French songwriter, would have turned 113 this year.
• Min Leibrook (January 18, 1903 –June 08, 1943), American bass saxophonist and tuba player, would have turned 121 this year.
• Alfonso Ferrabosco (January 18, 1543 –August 12, 1588), Italian composer of madrigal music, would have turned 481 this year.