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- Nile Rodgers, American arranger, composer, guitarist and music producer, co-founding member of acclaimed R&B/funk act, CHIC, turns 55.
- Rex Smith, American singer and actor, turns 52.
- Trisha Yearwood, American country music singer, turns 43.
- Lol Crème, British musician and music video director and member of soft rock group, 10cc, turns 60.
- Glynn Walton, Australian banjo player, turns 78.
- Lol Coxhill, British saxophonist, turns 75.
- Sally Barker, Brit guitarist, turns 48.
- Eamon Doyle, American rapper, turns 24.
- Tatsu Aoki, Japanese bassist, turns 50.
- David Bromberg, American guitarist, turns 62.
- Bruce Bastin, Brit record label owner, turns 68.
- Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist, turns 38.
- Jeff Bates, American country music singer, turns 44.
- Winston Clifford, Brit drummer and vocalist, turns 42.
- Patrick Breeding, American R&B singer for B5, a boy band, turns 17.
- Sylvia Tyson, Canadian multi-instrumentalist with Ian and Sylvia, turns 67.
- Billy Ward, American R&B vocalist with The Dominoes, turns 86.
- Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter with The Carpenters, turns 67.
- Bill Medley, American singer and songwriter and one-half of The Righteous Brothers, turns 67.
- Jarvis Branson Cocker, Brit vocalist with Pulp, turns 44.
- Brian Epstein, Brit manager (discovered The Beatles, turns 73.
- Rusty Egan, Brit drummer for The Rich Kids, Sex Pistols, turns 50.
- Paul Hession, Brit jazz drummer, turns 51.
- Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer, songwriter, and music producer, turns 56.
- Alberto Socarras, Cuban reed player, turns 99.
- Freda Payne, American singer and actress, turns 62.
- Ryan Dusick, of Maroon 5 fame, turns 30.
- Espraronza Griffin, American R&B vocalist with Society of Soul, turns 38.
- Paul Winterhart, session musician with Kula Shaker, turns 36.
- A. Jay Popoff, American drummer for Lit, turns 34.
- Don Thompson (September 19, 1932 – March 21, 2004), Canadian tenor saxophonist, would have turned 75 this year.
