Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 24

• Doug Kershaw, American fiddler and vocalist, turns 88.
• Ray Stevens, (born Harold Ray Ragsdale) American singer-songwriter, turns 85.
• Aaron Neville, American soul music vocalist with The Neville Brothers, turns 83.
• Neil Diamond, American singer and songwriter, turns 83.
• Bob Degen, American jazz pianist, turns 80.
• Becky Hobbs, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 74.
• Hanne Krogh, Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest 1991 contestant, and one-half of Bobbysocks, turns 68.
• Jools Holland, Brit keyboardist with Squeeze, turns 66.
• Keech Rainwater, American drummer of Lonestar fame, turns 61.
• John Myung, American bassist with Dream Theater, turns 57.
• Marcus Printup, American trumpeter, turns 57.
• Pat "Sleepy" Brown, American R&B singer and record producer with Society of Soul, turns 54.
• Paul Marazzi, Brit vocalist with A1, turns 49.
• Tatyana Ali, (born Tatyana Marisol Ali) American actress and singer, turns 45.
• Calvin Goldspink, Brit bubblegum pop singer of S Club 8 fame, turns 35.

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• John Belushi (January 24, 1949 –March 05, 1982), American actor and singer with The Blues Brothers, would have turned 75 this year.
• Warren Zevon (January 24, 1947 –September 07, 2003), American singer, songwriter, and pianist with The Everly Brothers, would have turned 77 this year.
• Klaus Nomi (January 24, 1944 –August 06, 1983), German countertenor singer, would have turned 80 this year.
• Bobby Scott (January 24, 1937 –November 05, 1990), American composer and instrumentalist, would have turned 87 this year.
• Bobby Wellins (January 24, 1936 –October 27, 2016), Scottish tenor saxophonist, would have turned 88 this year.
• Zeke Carey (January 24, 1933 –December 24, 1999), American doo wop vocalist with The Flamingos, would have turned 91 this year.
• Lennie McBrowne (1933 –?), American drummer, would have turned 91.
• Mick Mulligan (January 24, 1928 –December 20, 2006), (born Peter Sidney Mulligan) Brit session musician (trumpet), would have turned 96 this year.
• Joe Albany (January 24, 1924 –January 11, 1988), American pianist, would have turned 100 this year.
• Jimmy Forrest (January 24, 1920 –August 26, 1980), (born Jimmy Robert Forrest Jr.) American tenor saxophonist sideman, would have turned 104 this year.
• Avery Parrish (January 24, 1917 –December 10, 1959), American pianist and Alabama Music Hall of Fame inductee, would have turned 107 this year.
• Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913 –July 24, 2008), (born Nicodemo DeGioio) American composer, would have turned 111 this year.
• Tiny Winters (January 24, 1909 –February 07, 1996), Brit bass player, would have turned 115 this year.
• James Kok (January 24, 1902 –October 18, 1976), Romanian bandleader, would have turned 122 this year.
• Muzio Clementi (January 24, 1752 –March 10, 1832), Italian composer, would have turned 272 this year.
• Farinelli (January 24, 1705 –July 15, 1782), (born Carlo Broschi) Italian castrato, would have turned 319 this year.