Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 24

• Mike Curb, American record producer, turns 80.
• Jan Akkerman, Dutch guitarist with Focus, turns 78.
• Chucho Merchán, Colombian bass player, turns 72.
• Ralph Moore, Brit tenor saxophonist, turns 68.
• Ian Burden, Brit keyboardist with The Human League, turns 67.
• Michael Ray, American trumpeter with Sun Ra, turns 62.
• Mary Ramsey, American folk music singer with 10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary, turns 61.
• Doyle Bramhall II, American guitarist, turns 56.
• Will Oldham, American songwriter, turns 54.
• Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican pop music singer, turns 53.
• Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian jazz drummer, turns 50.
• Joe Washbourne, (born Joseph Washbourne) Brit keyboardist and vocalist with Toploader, turns 49.
• Dima Bilan, (born Viktor Belan) Karachay-Russian pop artist, turns 43.
• Aiba Masaki, Japanese actor singer and J-pop with the boy band known as Arashi, turns 42.
• Louis Tomlinson, English pop singer, actor, footballer and member of One Direction, turns 33.

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• Lemmy (December 24, 1945 –December 28, 2015), (born Ian Fraiser Kilmister) Brit bassist with Hawkwind, Motörhead, would have turned 79 this year.
• Woody Shaw (December 24, 1944 –May 10, 1989), American trumpeter, would have turned 80 this year.
• Volker Kriegel (December 24, 1943 –June 14, 2003), German guitarist, would have turned 81 this year.
• Bernt Rosengren (December 24, 1937 –May 15, 2023), Swedish tenor saxophonist, would have turned 87 this year.
• Chris McGregor (December 24, 1936 –May 26, 1990), South African bandleader and pianist, would have turned 88 this year.
• John Critchinson (December 24, 1934–December 15, 2017), Brit hard bop pianist, would have turned 90 this year.
• Tatsuya Takahashi (December 24, 1931 –February 29, 2008), Japanese bandleader and tenor saxophonist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Mauricio Kagel (December 24, 1931 –September 18, 2008), Argentine composer, would have turned 93 this year.
• Ray Bryant (December 24, 1931 –June 02, 2011), American jazz pianist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Jimmy Campbell (1928 – 1998), American session musician (drummer), would have turned 96.
• Mohammed Rafi (December 24, 1925 –July 31, 1981), Indian actor and playback singer, would have turned 99 this year.
• Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 –December 01, 1986), American singer, would have turned 100 this year.
• Henry Coker (December 24, 1919 –November 23, 1979), American trombonist, would have turned 105 this year.
• Dave Bartholomew (December 24, 1918 –June 23, 2019), American songwriter, arranger, trumpeter and vocalist, would have turned 106 this year.
• Al Drootin (December 24, 1916 –January 10, 2016), American clarinetist, would have turned 108 this year.
• Ralph Marterie (December 24, 1914 –October 10, 1978), American big band trumpeter and bandleader, would have turned 110 this year.
• Fumio Nanri (December 24, 1910 –August 04, 1975), Acclaimed Japanese jazz trumpeter, would have turned 114 this year.
• Jabbo Smith (December 24, 1908 –January 16, 1991), (born Cladys Smith) American trumpeter and vocalist, would have turned 116 this year.
• Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906 –February 24, 1967), American composer, would have turned 118 this year.
• Baby Dodds (December 24, 1898 –February 14, 1959), (born Warren Dodds) American drummer, would have turned 126 this year.
• Punch Miller (December 24, 1894 –December 02, 1971), (born Ernest Miller) American dixieland trumpeter, would have turned 130 this year.
• Harry Warren (December 24, 1893 –September 22, 1981), (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna) American composer and lyricist, would have turned 131 this year.
• Henry Russell (December 24, 1812 –December 08, 1900), Brit composer and baritone vocalist, would have turned 212 this year.