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- Bonnie Raitt, American Grammy Award-winning slide guitarist, turns 58.
- Bonnie Bramlett, American singer with Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, turns 63.
- Gerald Alston, American R&B vocalist with The Manhattans, turns 65.
- Georg Riedel, Czech bass player, turns 73.
- Chris Connor, American jazz vocalist, turns 80.
- Jah Jerry, (born Jerome Haynes/Hinds) Jamaican jazz guitarist with The Skatalites, turns 86.
- Don Byron, American clarinetist, turns 49.
- Rodney Slater, Brit saxophonist with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, turns 63.
- Charles Sullivan, American bandleader, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player, turns 63.
- Ken Dodd, Brit singer and comedian, turns 80.
- Patti Page, American traditional pop music singer, turns 80.
- Terry Lee Miall, Brit drummer for Adam & the Ants, turns 49.
- Jeanette McGruder, American vocalist with P-Funk and The Brides of Funkenstein, turns 53.
- Jack Osbourne, son to Ozzy Osbourne, turns 22.
- The Big Figure, (born John Martin) Brit drummer for Dr. Feelgood, turns 61.
- Rickie Lee Jones, American Grammy Award-winning songwriter and vocalist, turns 53.
- Porl Thompson, (born Paul Stephen Thompson) Brit guitarist and saxophonist with The Cure, turns 50.
- Allan Berger, American bassist for Southside Johnny, turns 58.
- Diana King, Jamaican pop music singer, turns 37.
- Leif Garrett, American actor and singer, turns 46.
- Dale Bruning, American post-bop guitarist with Charles Eakin; based in Denver, Colorado, turns 73.
- Roy Wood, Brit multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with ELO, Move, turns 61.
- Rat, Brit guitarist with Ned's Atomic Dustbin, turns 37.
- John Blair, American guitarist and violinist, turns 64.
- Tech N9ne, (born Aaron Dontez Yates) American rapper, turns 36.
- Gretchen Mol, American actress and singer, turns 35.
- Edward Saldanha (November 8, 1934 – July 25, 1998), (a.k.a. Dizzy Sal) Indian pianist, would have turned 73 this year.
- Don Murray (November 8, 1945 – March 22, 1996), American drummer with The Turtles, would have turned 62 this year.
- Jerome Hines (November 8, 1921 – February 04, 2003), American basso, would have turned 86 this year.
- Peter Beilmann (November 8, 1905 – August 18, 1988), American trombonist with Ted Weems, Bing Crosby, among others, would have turned 102 this year.
- Minnie Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979), American whistle register, would have turned 60 this year.
- Arnold Bax (November 8, 1883 – October 03, 1953), English composer and poet, would have turned 124 this year.
