Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/February 17
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- Bobby Lewis, American rock and roll singer, turns 75.
- John Leyton, Brit actor and singer, turns 69.
- Chris Gentry, Brit guitarist of Menswear fame, talent manager for Clocks and vert ramp skateboarder, turns 31.
- Bruce Ruffin, (born Bernardo Constantine Balderamus) Carribean rocksteady and reggae singer with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, turns 56.
- Tim Mahoney, (born Timothy Jerome Mahoney) American guitarist of 311 fame, turns 38.
- Melissa Brooke Bellard, American vocalist with Voice of the Beehive and daughter to Bruce Bellard of The Four Preps, turns 42.
- Billie Joe Armstrong, American guitarist and vocalist for Green Day, turns 36.
- Hoppy Jones, (born Orville Jones) American bass vocalist and cellist with The Ink Spots, turns 103.
- Gene Pitney (February 17, 1941 – April 05, 2006), (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney) American singer, songwriter, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, would have turned 67 this year.
- Tommy Edwards (February 17, 1922 – October 22, 1969), American pianist and pop music singer, would have turned 86 this year.