Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 14

• Caterina Valente, Italian-born singer, dancer, and actress, turns 93.
• Clarence Carter, American arranger and guitarist, turns 88.
• Jack Jones, American jazz singer, turns 86.
• Tony Inzalaco, American percussionist, turns 86.
• Jerome Hunter, American bass player, turns 82.
• T-Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, turns 76.
• Tim Harris, Brit drummer with The Foundations, turns 76.
• Mark Egan, American bassist, turns 73.
• Bob Bradbury, Brit vocalist with Hello, turns 68.
• Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor vocalist, turns 68.
• Steve Jordan, American multi-instrumentalist, turns 67.
• Nguyên Lê, French guitarist, turns 65.
• Geoff Tate, American guitarist of Queensrÿche fame, turns 65.
• Chas Smash, (born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth) Brit musician with Madness, turns 65.
• Mike Tramp, (born Michael Trampenau) Danish songwriter with White Lion, turns 63.
• Patricia Morrison, American bassist with The Sisters of Mercy, turns 62.
• Slick Rick, Brit rap music pioneer, turns 59.
• Steve Bowman, American drummer with Counting Crows, turns 57.
• Zakk Wylde, American session musician (guitarist) with Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society, turns 57.
• LL Cool J, (born James Todd Smith) American hip hop musician and actor, turns 56.
• Dave Grohl, American drummer and vocalist with Foo Fighters, Nirvana, turns 55.
• Denise van Outen, Brit actress and singer, turns 50.
• Rosa López, Spanish singer and dancer, turns 43.
• Caleb Followill, American guitarist for Kings of Leon, turns 42.
• Kristy Lee Cook, American singer and former American Idol contestant, turns 40.
• Mikalah Gordon, American singer of American Idol fame, turns 36.

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• Linda Jones (January 14, 1944 –March 14, 1972), American vocalist, would have turned 80 this year.
• Mariss Jansons (January 14, 1943 –November 30, 2019), Latvian conductor, would have turned 81 this year.
• Allen Toussaint (January 14, 1938 –November 10, 2015), American singer, songwriter, and record producer, would have turned 86 this year.
• Billie Jo Spears (January 14, 1937 –December 14, 2011), (born Billie Jean Spears) American country music singer, would have turned 87 this year.
• Grady Tate (January 14, 1932 –October 08, 2017), American drummer and vocalist, would have turned 92 this year.
• Wray Downes (January 14, 1931 –Mar 19, 2020), Canadian jazz pianist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Kenny Wheeler (January 14, 1930 –September 18, 2014), American trumpeter and flugelhornist, would have turned 94 this year.
• Billy Walker (January 14, 1929 –May 21, 2006), American country music singer, would have turned 95 this year.
• Joe Muranyi (January 14, 1928 –April 20, 2012), American clarinetist with The Village Stompers, would have turned 96 this year.
• Billy Butterfield (January 14, 1917 –March 18, 1988), American trumpeter, would have turned 107 this year.
• Maxwell Davis (January 14, 1916 –September 18, 1970), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 108 this year.
• Jimmy Crawford (January 14, 1910 –January 28, 1980), American drummer, would have turned 114 this year.
• Russ Columbo (January 14, 1908 –September 02, 1934), American singer, would have turned 116 this year.
• Seymour Simons (January 14, 1896 –February 12, 1949), American lyricist, would have turned 128 this year.
• Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (January 14, 1800 –June 03, 1877), Austrian musicologist, would have turned 224 this year.
• Franchinus Gaffurius (January 14, 1451 –June 25, 1522), Italian composer, would have turned 573 this year.