Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 1

• Sonny Greenwich, Canadian guitarist, turns 88.
• Neville Dickie, Brit pianist, turns 87.
• Country Joe McDonald, American vocalist with Country Joe and the Fish, turns 82.
• Yoshio Ikeda, Japanese bass player, turns 82.
• Leonid Chizhik, (born Leonid Arkadyevich Chizhik) Moldavian avant-garde jazz and post-bop pianist, turns 77.
• Paula Tsui, Hong Kong cantopop singer, turns 76.
• Steve Ripley, American country musician with The Tractors, turns 74.
• Morgan Fisher, Brit keyboardist with Mott the Hoople, turns 74.
• Andy Gonzalez (musician), American bass player, turns 73.
• Urs Leimgruber, Swiss tenor saxophonist, turns 72.
• Greg Carmichael, Brit guitarist with Acoustic Alchemy, turns 71.
• Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer, turns 71.
• Grandmaster Flash, (born Joseph Saddler) American rapper, turns 66.
• Amelia Fletcher, Brit vocalist with Talulah Gosh, turns 58.
• John Digweed, Brit disc jockey and record producer, turns 57.
• Chris Potter, American alto saxophonist, turns 54.
• Paul Luscher, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, turns 53.
• Tom Barman, Belgian guitarist and vocalist with dEUS, turns 52.
• Robert Westerholt, Dutch guitarist, Within Temptation, turns 49.
• Jean Grae, (born Tsidi Ibrahim) South African rapper affiliated with The Roots, turns 48.
• Brody Dalle, Australian guitarist with The Distillers, turns 45.
• Lee Sung Min, Korean boy band vocalist with Super Junior, turns 38.
• Video Game Pianist, (born Martin Leung) Canadian pianist, turns 32.

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• Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 –May 19, 2001), American vocalist, would have turned 78 this year.
• Helmut Brandt (January 1, 1931 –July 26, 2001), German baritone saxophonist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Manny Oquendo (January 1, 1931 –March 25, 2009), American percussionist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Ack Van Rooyen (January 1, 1930 –November 18, 2021), Dutch flugelhorn player, would have turned 94 this year.
• Milt Jackson (January 1, 1923 –October 09, 1999), American vibraphonist, would have turned 101 this year.
• Virgilio Savona (January 1, 1920 –August 27, 2009), Italian singer with Quartetto Cetra, would have turned 104 this year.
• Al McKibbon (January 1, 1919 –July 29, 2005), American bass player, would have turned 105 this year.
• Erich Schmid (January 1, 1907 –December 17, 2000), Swiss composer, would have turned 117 this year.
• Giovanni D'Anzi (January 1, 1906 –April 15, 1974), Italian songwriter, would have turned 118 this year.
• Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 –October 27, 1990), Spaniard bandleader, would have turned 124 this year.
• Jasper Taylor (January 1, 1894 –November 07, 1964), American drummer, would have turned 130 this year.
• Artur Rodzinski (January 1, 1892 –November 27, 1958), Polish conductor, would have turned 132 this year.
• Papa Celestin (January 1, 1884 –December 15, 1954), American trumpeter, would have turned 140 this year.
• Andy Gill (January 1, 1956–February 1,  2020 ), British guitarist with Gang of Four, would have turned 68 this year.