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  • Paul Hester (January 8, 1959 –March 26, 2005), Brit drummer with Crowded House, would have turned 65 this year.
  • Tomasz Szukalski (January 8, 1948 –August 02, 2012), Polish tenor saxophonist, would have turned 76 this year.
  • David Bowie (January 8, 1947–January 10,  2016), (born David Jones) Brit Grammy Award-winning songwriter, would have turned 77 this year.
  • John Petersen (January 8, 1942–November 11,  2007), American drummer with The Beau Brummels, The Tikis, and Harpers Bizarre, would have turned 82 this year.
  • Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 –August 16, 1977), American pop icon, would have turned 89 this year.
  • Dick Charlesworth (January 8, 1932–April 15,  2008), Brit clarinetist, would have turned 92 this year.
  • Bill Graham (January 8, 1931 –October 25, 1991), German-born American music promoter, would have turned 93 this year.
  • Luther Perkins (January 8, 1928 –August 05, 1968), American session musician (guitarist) with Johnny Cash, would have turned 96 this year.
  • Evelyn Lear (January 8, 1926–July 01,  2012), American soprano, would have turned 98 this year.
  • Bobby Tucker (January 8, 1923–April 12,  2008), American pianist, would have turned 101 this year.
  • Wendell Phillips Culley (January 8, 1906 –June , 1983), American trumpeter, would have turned 118 this year.
  • Giacinto Scelsi (January 8, 1905 –August 09, 1988), Italian composer, would have turned 119 this year.
  • Tampa Red (January 8, 1904 –March 19, 1981), (born Hudson Whittaker) American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, would have turned 120 this year.
  • Bill Quinn (January 8, 1903 –December 04, 1975), American record producer and founder of Gold Star Records, would have turned 121 this year.
  • Fiddlin' Joe Martin (January 8, 1900 –November 21, 1975), American violinist, would have turned 124 this year.
  • Max Freedman (January 8, 1893 –October 08, 1962), American songwriter, would have turned 131 this year.
  • Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 –August 11, 1872), American composer, would have turned 232 this year.