music minder The Premier Online Music & Entertainment Directory Search For: In Table: Albums Businesses Entertainers Hits On This Day Home Entertainers Businesses About Contact Albums Birthdates Hits Instruments Lyrics Memorials On This Day Home > Birthdates Menu > List Birthdates BIRTHDATES Search Results for Interval: LAST WEEK Click on an Entertainer's name in the list below to view more information about that Entertainer. Click on a date in the list to view a list of other Entertainers with the same birthdate.   Number of Records Matching Query: 124   ALFRED HITCHCOCK   Date Born: Sunday 13 August 1899   Description: Director, Producer, UK   Summary: Hitchcock was born the second son and youngest of three children of William Hitchcock 1862-1914, a greengrocer and poulterer, and Emma Jane Hitchcock 1863-1942. BUTCH TAYLOR   Date Born: Thursday 13 August 1959   Description: Keyboardist, Composer, USA   Summary: Although not a formal member of the band he acted as a permanent sixth member of the group from 1998 up until 2008. COSIMO MATASSA   Date Born: Friday 13 August 1926   Description: Recording engineer and studio owner, USA   Summary: An Italian-American recording engineer and studio owner responsible for many R&B and early rock and roll recordings. CRAIG DOUGLAS   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1941   Description: Vocalist, UK   Summary: In the U.K. he went number 1 with "Only Sixteen" in 1959. This was a cover version of the Sam Cooke song. DAN FOGELBERG   Date Born: Monday 13 August 1951   Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA   Summary: Fogelberg, the youngest of three sons, was born the son of Margaret, a classically-trained pianist, and Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, a high school band director who spent most of his career at Peoria Woodruff High School and Pekin High School. DAN WEBB   Date Born: Sunday 13 August 1989   Description: Vocals, keyboard, piano, organ, Australia   Summary: Webb has released two self-produced EPs, both recorded at Melbourne’s Sing Sing Recording Studios and mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London. DON HO   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1930   Description: Vocalist, Hawaii   Summary: Ho played at the top night club spotts such as Lake Taho, Las Vega, and in New York. FEARGAL SHARKEY   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1958   Description: Vocalist, Ireland   Summary: His best-known solo material is the 1985 UK chart-topping single penned by Maria McKee, "A Good Heart", which went to #1 in several countries. GEORGE SHEARING   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1919   Description: Pianist, Arranger, composer, UK   Summary: Shearing was born the youngest of nine children. He was born blind to working class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. GUS EDWARDS   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1879   Description: Comoser of music, USA   Summary: Edwards worked as a song plugger at Koster and Bial's, at Tony Pastor's theatre, and at the Bowery Theatre. HOWARD TATE   Date Born: Sunday 13 August 1939   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: In his teens, he joined a gospel music group that included Garnet Mimms and, as the Gainors. JACK FINA   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1913   Description: Bandleader, Songwriter, Pianist.   Summary: Fina appeared at some of the top venues in the country, including the Waldorf-Astoria the Aragon Ballroom JIMMY McCRACKLIN   Date Born: Saturday 13 August 1921   Description: Pianist, Vocalist, Songwriter, Composer, USA   Summary: He has played at the legendary San Francisco Blues Festival in 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984 and 2007.His style contains West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. MULGREW MILLER   Date Born: Saturday 13 August 1955   Description: Pianist, USA   Summary: He grew up playing gospel music in church and R&B plus blues at dances. SCOTT POWELL   Date Born: Friday 13 August 1948   Description: Vocalist , USA   Summary: Powell performed with Sha Na Na at the Woodstock Festival and in Japan and Europe. He was known as Santini on the Sha Na Na television series, which aired from 1977 to 1981. SIMON STRIBLING   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1969   Description: Trumpet,   Summary: Australia born Simon Stribling spent his early years living at home with his parents in a small country town in north eastern Victoria, called Euroa. SOLOMON KING   Date Born: Wednesday 13 August 1930   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: King was the first white singer taken on tour by Billie Holiday, as well working with Elvis Presley's backing group the Jordanaires. TONY BENNETT   Date Born: Thursday 13 August 1925   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Born the son of Ann and John Benedetto. His father was a grocer who had emigrated from Podàrgoni, a rural eastern district of the southern Italian city of Reggio Calabria, and his mother was a seamstress. TREVOR PRIDHAM   Date Born: Thursday 13 August 1942   Description: Vocalist, Australia   Summary: One of Adelaide's first of many rock singers to begin their careers on Adelaide television. BRYCE COURTENAY   Date Born: Monday 14 August 1933   Description: Author, South African, Australian   Summary: His award-winning campaigns included Louie the Fly, the original Milkybar Kid commercial and the Australian Labor Party's 1972 election campaign, It's Time. BUDDY GRECO   Date Born: Saturday 14 August 1926   Description: Vocalist, Actor, USA   Summary: Greco began playing piano at the age of four. His first professional work was playing with Benny Goodman's band. CONNIE SMITH   Date Born: Thursday 14 August 1941   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: She is often hailed by music critics as one of the finest voices in country music, voted in 2001 by fellow artists and members of the Country Music industry as #9 of the 40 Greatest Women of Country Music of all time (CMT). DAVID CROSBY   Date Born: Thursday 14 August 1941   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: David Crosby was born in California. His parents were Aliph Van Cortlandt Whitehead and Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award winning cinematographer. HALLE BERRY   Date Born: Sunday 14 August 1966   Description: Actress, US   Summary: She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. HECTOR CRAWFORD   Date Born: Thursday 14 August 1913   Description: Producer, Conductor, Australian Producer/Media Executive , Australia   Summary: His first television production was in 1956 and later productions were 'Consider Your Verdict' 1961. KIM CATTRALL   Date Born: Saturday 14 August 1909   Description: Actress, UK, Canadian   Summary: Cattrall began her career after graduating from high school in 1972, when she left Canada for New York City. LARRY GRAHAM   Date Born: Wednesday 14 August 1946   Description: Bassist, USA   Summary: He is best known as both the bass player in the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone LEE ADAMS   Date Born: Thursday 14 August 1924   Description: Writer, librettist, USA   Summary: Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Adams received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio State University and a Master's from Columbia University. SARAH BRIGHTMAN   Date Born: Sunday 14 August 1960   Description: Vocalist, Actress, Dancer   Summary: Sarah Brightman was born in England to Paula and Grenville Brightman, the eldest of six children. At age three, she took ballet lessons and appeared in local festivals. STEVE MARTIN   Date Born: Tuesday 14 August 1945   Description: Actor, Banjoist, Comedian, USA   Summary: Martin was born the son of Mary Lee Martin, and Glenn Vernon Martin, a real estate salesman and an aspiring actor. SUSAN SAINT JAMES   Date Born: Wednesday 14 August 1946   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: Born Susan Jane Miller in Los Angeles, California to a Connecticut family, Saint James was raised in Rockford, Illinois where she began modeling as a teenager. TREVOR BANNISTER   Date Born: Tuesday 14 August 1934   Description: Actor,UK   Summary: Best known for playing the womanising junior salesman Mr. Lucas in the sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1979. BEN AFFLECK   Date Born: Tuesday 15 August 1972   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: He made his big introduction into feature films in 1993 when he was cast in Dazed and Confused (1993). BOBBY CALDWELL   Date Born: Wednesday 15 August 1951   Description: Vocalist, Composer, Pianist,USA   Summary: Bobby Caldwell was born to Bob and Carolyn Franklin, the hosts of "Suppertime", an early television variety show. BOBBY HELMS   Date Born: Saturday 15 August 1936   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: In 1956, Helms made his way to Nashville, Tennessee where he signed a recording contract with Decca Records. BUSTER BROWN   Date Born: Sunday 15 August 1915   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: He recorded for Checker Records and for many other labels. CHARLES TOBIAS   Date Born: Monday 15 August 1898   Description: Composers of songs. USA   Summary: From 1929 to the 1960, he contributed songs to a number of musicals, such as "Manhattan Melodrama" and "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady". DEBRA MESSING   Date Born: Thursday 15 August 1968   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: Throughout her career she has been nominated for a total of six Emmy Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards and eight Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2003 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance on Will & Grace. DON RICH   Date Born: Friday 15 August 1941   Description: Guitarist, USA   Summary: Born in Olympia, WA. His parents had him taking violin lessons beginning in grade school. By his teen years he had become a formidable fiddler. ETHEL BARRYMORE   Date Born: Friday 15 August 1879   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: Ethel Barrymore was born the second child of the actors Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew. FLOYD ASHTON   Date Born: Tuesday 15 August 1933   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: The group are mainly known for their hit "What Kind of Boy Do You Think I Am". GEORGE GARANIAN   Date Born: Wednesday 15 August 1934   Description: Saxophonist, USA   Summary: He belonged to the first generation of Russian jazzmen who started to perform after World War II. HARRY AKST   Date Born: Wednesday 15 August 1894   Description: Composer of songs, USA   Summary: He was inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983. JACKIE BRENSTON   Date Born: Friday 15 August 1930   Description: Saxophonist, USA   Summary: Brenston continued playing in local bands. After a final recording session with Earl Hooker in 1963. OSCAR PETERSON   Date Born: Saturday 15 August 1925   Description: Pianist, Composer , Canada   Summary: He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career. PETER YORK   Date Born: Saturday 15 August 1942   Description: Drummer, UK   Summary: He was one of the original members of the "Spencer Davis Group" along with Spencer Davis and the brothers, Steve and Muff Winwood. ROSE MADDOX   Date Born: Sunday 15 August 1926   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: She is referred to as "The Original Hillbilly Filly" and "The Grandmother of Rockabilly". ROSE MARIE   Date Born: Wednesday 15 August 1923   Description: Vocalist, Actress, USA   Summary: Born to aan Italian, American Frank Mazzetta and Polis, American Stella Gluszcak. At the age of three, she starting performing under the name "Baby Rose Marie". SHAN PALMER   Date Born: Monday 15 August 1938   Description: Vocalist, UK   Summary: The Kaye Sisters were a trio of British pop singers, who scored several hits on the UK Singles Chart in the late 1950s and early 1960s. TOMMY ALDRIDGE   Date Born: Monday 15 August 1960   Description: Drummer, USA   Summary: In the 1970s, Aldridge joined up and coming rockers Black Oak Arkansas and recorded nine albums with them between 1972 and 1976. AL HIBLER   Date Born: Monday 16 August 1915   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Hibbler has a star at 1650 Vine Street on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ANGELA BASSETT   Date Born: Saturday 16 August 1958   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: Bassett attended Yale University and received her B.A. in African-American studies in 1980. In 1983, she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama. ANN BLYTH   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1928   Description: Actress, Singer, USA   Summary: Her first acting role was on Broadway in Watch on the Rhine (from 1941 until 1942).from the 1945 film Mildred Pierce was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.she ARMAND PIRON   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1888   Description: Violinist, USA   Summary: Touring briefly with W.C. Handy in 1917, he started an orchestra under his own name, which soon included such notables as Lorenzo Tio and Steve Lewis. BILL EVANS   Date Born: Friday 16 August 1929   Description: Pianist, USA   Summary: Evans was born to a mother of Rusyn ancestry and a father of Welsh descent. Young Bill Evans received his first musical training in his mother's church. BOBBY MITCHELL   Date Born: Friday 16 August 1935   Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   Summary: Bobby Mitchell and the Toppers were part of the wave of New Orleans rock & rollers who followed in the wake of Fats Domino and Lloyd Price. CHRIS CURTIS   Date Born: Saturday 16 August 1941   Description: Drummer, Vocalist   Summary: The group were a favorite of John Lennon's and a favorite world wide. When Lennon was asked who he thought were a group to watch for in the early stages the answer 'The Searchers'. EDDIE KIRKLAND   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1923   Description: Guitarist, USA   Summary: Kirkland fashioned his own style of playing open chords, and transformed the rough, porch style delta blues into the electric age by using his thumb, rather than a guitar pick. EMILY ROBISON   Date Born: Wednesday 16 August 1972   Description: Songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, EYDIE GORME   Date Born: Sunday 16 August 1931   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Gorme is the true professional that goes out and give's it her all. FESS PARKER   Date Born: Sunday 16 August 1925   Description: Actor, Singer, USA   Summary: Parker also operates two hotels, the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara which he jointly developed with Hilton Hotels, and Fess Parker's Wine Country Inn and Spa, located in Los Olivos. GARY LOIZZE   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1945   Description: Guitarist, USA   Summary: The group are mainly remembered for ’BEND ME SHAPE ME’ 1967 JAMES CAMERON   Date Born: Monday 16 August 1954   Description: Film director, producer, editor, screenwriter, environmentalist, explorer, Canada   Summary: He landed his first professional film job as art director, miniature-set builder, and process-projection supervisor on Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) KETTY LESTER   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1934   Description: Vocalist, US   Summary: Lester began her singing career after studying music at San Francisco State College, and performed in the city's Purple Onion club in the early 1950s. KEVIN AYERS   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1945   Description: Vocalist, Australia,   Summary: Kevin Ayers the eccentric singer, founded the ’WILD FLOWERS’ group also was a member of ’SOFT MACHINE’. KIN VASSY   Date Born: Monday 16 August 1943   Description: Vocalist, Producer, Composer. USA   Summary: Vassy went on to work on both a solo career and as a session musician. LESLEY ANN WARREN   Date Born: Friday 16 August 1946   Description: Actress, Dancer, Vocalist, US   Summary: Warren was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Warren is also a five-time Golden Globes nominee and won for the 1977 mini-series Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue. MADONNA   Date Born: Saturday 16 August 1958   Description: Vocalist, Actress, USA   Summary: One to take risks and receive the benefits. Madonna has probably broken many rules in the industry but has shown she can sing and definitely act very well. MAGIC   Date Born: Saturday 16 August 1975   Description: Rapper, USA   Summary: Magic grew up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, and first made his name in New Orleans' underground circuit, before signing with Master P's No Limit at the suggestion of P's brother, C-Murder. He was intended to become part of TRU MATT MATTOX   Date Born: Wednesday 16 August 1922   Description: Dancer, USA   Summary: Principal dancer in, among others, Yolanda and the Thief, The Band Wagon (Cyd Charisse's partner in the ballet sequence), Till the Clouds Roll By, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and There's No Business Like Show Business. ROBERT CULP   Date Born: Saturday 16 August 1930   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: He starred in the provocative Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1969, probably the height of his movie career. RUSS TITELMAN   Date Born: Wednesday 16 August 1944   Description: Recording career, Song Wtriter   Summary: Titelman started his independent music label Walking Liberty Records in New York. SNOWY FLEET   Date Born: Thursday 16 August 1945   Description: Vocalist, Drummer, Australia   Summary: Snowy Fleet, became a successful builder in Perth, Western Australia. TIM FARRISS   Date Born: Friday 16 August 1957   Description: Guitarist, Vocalist, Australian   Summary: Timothy William Farriss (born 16 August 1957, Perth, Western Australia) is a member of the rock band INXS. TIMOTHY HUTTON   Date Born: Tuesday 16 August 1960   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: His other directing credits include the family film Digging to China (1998). VANESSA CARLTON   Date Born: Saturday 16 August 1980   Description: Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Producer, USA   Summary: Her uncle, Larry Carlton, is a famous jazz guitarist. She is half Scandinavian and half Russian. BELINDA CARLISLE   Date Born: Sunday 17 August 1958   Description: Vocalist, Drums,USA CARRIE GRANT   Date Born: Tuesday 17 August 1965   Description: Vocalist, UK   Summary: She is also personal voice coach to many successful pop stars. ERIC JOHNSON   Date Born: Monday 17 August 1953   Description: Guitarist, USA   Summary: Guitar Player magazine calls Johnson "One of the most respected guitarists on the planet. GARY TALLEY   Date Born: Sunday 17 August 1947   Description: Guitarist, USA   Summary: The Box Tops began as The Devilles, who had started playing in Memphis in 1963. The group are remembered for "THE LETTER" - 1967. JOHNNY MAC   Date Born: Wednesday 17 August 1932   Description: Vocalist, Australia   Summary: For six years he was contracted exclusively to Channel Seven in Adelaide working daily on the children's show "Wonderland" then weekly on "Country Style". LUTHER ALLISON   Date Born: Thursday 17 August 1939   Description: Guitarist, USA   Summary: His big break came in 1957 when Muddy Waters invited Allison to the stage. He worked the club circuit throughout the late 1950s and early 1960s. MAE WEST   Date Born: Thursday 17 August 1893   Description: Actress, Comedian, Singer, USA   Summary: West was the largest box office draw in the United States at the time, and the second highest paid person in the US after William Randolph Hearst. MARK DINNING   Date Born: Thursday 17 August 1933   Description: Vocalist , Composer, USA   Summary: An American teen idol, and pop music singer. He is best remembered for recording the 1960 hit record "Teen Angel". MAUREEN OHARA   Date Born: Tuesday 17 August 1920   Description: Actor, Singer, USA   Summary: Maureen O'Hara is an Irish film actress and singer. The famously red-headed O'Hara has been noted for playing fiercely passionate heroines NONI HAZLEHURST   Date Born: Monday 17 August 1953   Description: Actress, Vocalist, Pianist, Australia   Summary: Noni has recorded several albums and spoken work cassettes and is a respected performer, presenter, writer and director whose work extends across all media, theatre, film, radio and television. ROBERT DE NIRO   Date Born: Tuesday 17 August 1943   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: De Niro's first film role in collaboration with Brian De Palma materialized in 1963 at the age of 20, when he appeared in The Wedding Party; however, the film was not released until 1969. SEAN PENN   Date Born: Wednesday 17 August 1960   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: Penn's personal life began to attract media attention when he married pop star Madonna in 1985. The relationship was marred by violent outbursts against the press, including one incident for which he was arrested for assaulting a photographer on a film set; Penn was sentenced to 60 days in jail in mid-1987, of which he served 33 days. BARBARA HARRIS   Date Born: Saturday 18 August 1945   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Barbara started singing in her hometown churches at an early age, and moved to Queens, New York at the age of eleven. CARL WAYNE   Date Born: Wednesday 18 August 1943   Description: Vocalist, Actor, UK   Summary: He grew up in the Hodge Hill district of the city. Inspired by the American rock'n'roll of Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent. CHRISTIAN SLATER   Date Born: Monday 18 August 1969   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: In the 1990s Slater featured in many big budget films including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, Broken Arrow and Hard Rain. DAVEY FARAGHER   Date Born: Sunday 18 August 1957   Description: Bassist, USA   Summary: Faragher is an accomplished session musician, and has a strong portfolio of performances with notable musicians. DENIS LEARY   Date Born: Sunday 18 August 1957   Description: Stand up comedy, music, television, film   Summary: Influences Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks. In 1993, his sardonic song about the stereotypical American male, "Asshole", achieved much notoriety. It was voted #1 in an Australian youth radio poll (the Triple J Hottest 100). DON LAMOND   Date Born: Wednesday 18 August 1920   Description: Drummer, USA   Summary: He took over Dave Tough's spot in Woody Herman's big band First Herd in 1945, where he remained until the group disbanded at the end of 1946. ED NORTON   Date Born: Monday 18 August 1969   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: Norton moved to New York City and began his acting career in Off-Broadway theater, breaking through with his 1993 involvement in Edward Albee's Fragments, at the Signature Theatre Company ENOCH LIGHT   Date Born: Sunday 18 August 1907   Description: Band Leader, Classical Violinist, Conductor and recording engineer   Summary: His albums were very popular even though percussion orientated they sold very well during the early sixties. JOHNNY PRESTON   Date Born: Monday 18 August 1930   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Johnny Preston's pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. MARVIN ISLEY   Date Born: Tuesday 18 August 1953   Description: Bassist, US   Summary: Marvin was inducted along with his brothers to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. MIKA   Date Born: Thursday 18 August 1983   Description: Vocalist, keyboards, UK   Summary: He rose to fame around the end of 2006 and the start of 2007. Some sources note his birth name as Michael Holbrook Penniman. MOLLY BEE   Date Born: Friday 18 August 1939   Description: Vocalist, Actress, USA   Summary: Molly Bee had several hits in the early '60s, crafting a showy stage persona, ideal for clubs. YOUTUBE: Ernie Ford, Merle Travis, Molly Bee-"Dim Lights Thick Smoke" NONA HENDRYX   Date Born: Saturday 18 August 1945   Description: Vocalist, Record producer, Songwriter, Author,   Summary: Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle. PATRICK SWAYZE   Date Born: Wednesday 18 August 1954   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: Dirty Dancing was the first film to sell one million copies on video, and as of 2007, has earned over $US 300 million worldwide. ROBERT REDFORD   Date Born: Tuesday 18 August 1936   Description: Actor, USA   Summary: In 1995, Redford received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College. In December of 2005, he received honors at the Kennedy Center for his contributions to American culture. The Honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts: Currently, he is the narrator for the Cosmic Collision movie at the Denver Nature and Science. Plantetarium. ROMAN POLANSKI   Date Born: Friday 18 August 1933   Description: Director, USA   Summary: Roman Polanski is considered one of the world’s great film directors Noted director of many films such as "Rosemary’s Baby". SHELLEY WINTERS   Date Born: Friday 18 August 1922   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: Winters was born the daughter of Jewish parents Rose, a singer, and Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's clothing. VINCE MALOUNEY   Date Born: Saturday 18 August 1945   Description: Lead Guitarist, Australia   Summary: He was the lead guitarist on their first three albums; Bee Gees' 1st, Horizontal, and Idea. WAYNE CHEARY   Date Born: Friday 18 August 1944   Description: Bassist, Australia   Summary: Wayne started playing in the mid fifties shown below of his exstensive musical experience. BILLY J KRAMER   Date Born: Thursday 19 August 1943   Description: Vocalist, UK   Summary: Billy soon came to the attention of Brian Epstein, always on the look out for new talent to add to his expanding roster of local artists. CHRISTINA PERRI   Date Born: Tuesday 19 August 1986   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Perri made her debut on national day time and prime time television, performing the song live on the July 10, 2010 episode of The Early Show on CBS as well as the July 15, 2010 episode of So You Think You Can Dance. DINAH LEE   Date Born: Thursday 19 August 1943   Description: Vocalist, New Zealand   Summary: One of the very first New Zealand singers to become a house-hold name during the sixties. EDDY RAVEN   Date Born: Saturday 19 August 1944   Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, USA   Summary: His influences were of Cajan origin and rock and would write some good country songs along the way that include. GINGER BAKER   Date Born: Saturday 19 August 1939   Description: Drummer, UK   Summary: Baker's drumming attracted attention for its flamboyance, showmanship, and his pioneering use of two bass drum. GRACE JONES   Date Born: Tuesday 19 August 1952   Description: Vocalist, Actress, Composer, Jamaica   Summary: Jones was born the daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. IAN GILLAN   Date Born: Sunday 19 August 1945   Description: Vocalist, UK   Summary: Gillan was born of a family of Scottish descent, his father was from the Govan area of Glasgow. JILL ST JOHN   Date Born: Monday 19 August 1940   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: She is also the author of The Jill St. John Cookbook (1987). JOEY TEMPEST   Date Born: Monday 19 August 1963   Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Sweden   Summary: 2004 saw the release of Europe's comeback album, Start from the Dark, featuring the band's classic Final Countdown line-up. JOHN DEACON   Date Born: Sunday 19 August 1951   Description: Bassist, UK   Summary: Deacon grew up in Leicester where his father Arthur worked for the Norwich Union insurance company. He was known to friends as "Deaks". JOHNNY NASH   Date Born: Monday 19 August 1940   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: He was also the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. KYRA SEDGWICK   Date Born: Thursday 19 August 1965   Description: Actress, USA   Summary: She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. LEE ANN WOMACK   Date Born: Friday 19 August 1966   Description: Vocalist, USA   Summary: Lee Ann is a winner of two Grammy awards and over five awards from the Country Music Association, as well as having numerous Top 10 and 20 Country hits. MARY-ANNE FAHEY   Date Born: Friday 19 August 1955   Description: Actress, comedian and writer.   Summary: Diary by Kylie Mole and also released the Double A-Side single with tracks "So Excellent" and "I Go, I Go", which hit #8 on the Australian ARIA chart in November 1988. MISSY HIGGINS   Date Born: Friday 19 August 1983   Description: Vocalist, Composer, Australia   Summary: Higgins, the youngest of three children of a doctor and a childcare centre operator, was raised in Melbourne, Victoria and attended Geelong Grammar School for her secondary education. ROBERT HUGHES   Date Born: Thursday 19 August 1948   Description: Guitarist, Australia   Summary: In 1967–1968 Hughes was the bass player for the pop band The Flying Circus before they had hits with the songs "Hayride" and "La La". SUSAN JACKS   Date Born: Thursday 19 August 1948   Description: Vocalist, Canadian   Summary: Susan also charted as a solo artist with "Your A Part Of Me" in 1975. This would later become a bigger hit for Kim Carnes.           Disclaimer:   Music Minder takes as much care as possible to check the accuracy of the information provided. However, we can not guarantee the absolute accuracy of any material provided. 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