Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 16

• Rodion Shchedrin, Soviet-born Russian composer, turns 92.

• Tony Hicks, Brit guitarist with The Hollies, turns 79.

• Benny Andersson, Swedish keyboardist and vocalist for ABBA, turns 78.

• Rene McLean, American tenor saxophonist, turns 78.

• Trevor Pinnock, British conductor and harpsichordist, turns 78.

• Jim Dvorak, American trumpeter for Mama Quartetto, turns 76.

• Billy Gibbons, American guitarist and vocalist for ZZ Top, turns 74.

• Robben Ford, American guitarist, turns 73.

• Steven Irvine, Scottish drummer for Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, turns 65.

• Mike Fahn, American trombonist, turns 64.

• Laurence Cottle, Welsh bassist for Black Sabbath, turns 63.

• Christopher Thorn, American multi-instrumentalist with Blind Melon, turns 56.

• Michael McCary, American vocalist of Boyz II Men, turns 53.

• Paul van Dyk, (born Matthias Paul) German trance music DJ and producer, turns 53.

• Scott Storch, Canadian hip-hop music producer, turns 51.

• Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian lead vocalist for Billy Talent, turns 49.

• Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian Eurovision Song Contest 2006 contestant, turns 45.

• Anna Sedokova, Ukrainian pop music singer, turns 42.

• Keita Tachibana, Japanese j-pop vocalist with w-inds., turns 39.

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• John Abercrombie (December 16, 1944 –August 22, 2017), American guitarist, would have turned 80 this year.

• Joe Farrell (December 16, 1937 –January 06, 1986), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 87 this year.

• Jim Glaser (December 16, 1936 –April 06, 2019), American country singer, solo and with Tompall and the Glaser Brothers , would have turned 88 this year.

• Johnny "Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 –June 04, 1997), (born John Robert Smith) American organist, would have turned 91 this year.

• Ron Anthony (December 16, 1933–January 19, 2021), American guitarist for Frank Sinatra and George Shearing, would have turned 91 this year.

• Karl Denver (December 16, 1931 –December 21, 1998), (born Angus Murdo McKenzie) Scottish singer, would have turned 93 this year.

• Sam Most (December 16, 1930–June 13, 2013), American flautist, would have turned 94 this year.

• James McCracken (December 16, 1926 –April 29, 1988), American tenor vocalist, would have turned 98 this year.

• Sam Brown (December 16, 1925 –August 27, 1998), (born Samuel Livermore Brown) Jamaican roots reggae singer, would have turned 99 this year.

• Steve Allen (December 16, 1921 –October 30, 2000), American composer and pianist, would have turned 103 this year.

• Turk Murphy (December 16, 1915 –May 30, 1987), (born Melvin Edward Alton Murphy) American trombonist, would have turned 109 this year.

• Andy Razaf (December 16, 1905 –February 03, 1973), American composer, would have turned 119 this year.

• Noel Coward (December 16, 1899 –March 26, 1973), British composer, would have turned 125 this year.

• Zoltán Kodály (December 16, 1882 –March 06, 1967), Hungarian composer, would have turned 142 this year.

• Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770 –March 26, 1827), German composer and pianist, would have turned 254 this year.