Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/November 17

• David Amram, American composer and french horn virtuoso, turns 94.
• Bob Gaudio, American musician and record producer for The Four Seasons, turns 82.
• Samantha Jones, (born Jean Owen) Brit entertainer with The Vernons Girls, turns 81.
• Martin Barre, Brit guitarist for Jethro Tull, turns 78.
• Rod Clements, Brit bassist and songwriter for Lindisfarne, turns 77.
• Peter Cox, Brit pop music vocalist and one-half the 1980s duo, Go West, turns 68.
• Jim Babjak, American guitarist and vocalist with The Smithereens, turns 67.
• Harry Rushakoff, American drummer for Concrete Blonde, turns 65.
• RuPaul, American dance music singer drag queen, and actor, turns 64.
• Kate Ceberano, Australian pop music singer, turns 58.
• Richard Fortus, American guitarist with Guns N' Roses, turns 58.
• Ronnie DeVoe, American R&B vocalist with New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe, turns 57.
• Ben Wilson, American keyboardist for Blues Traveler, turns 57.
• Paul Allender, British guitarist with Cradle of Filth, turns 54.
• Kimya Dawson, American anti-folk singer and former member of The Moldy Peaches, turns 52.
• Clarke Isaac Hanson, American pop music vocalist and guitarist of Hanson , turns 44.
• Sarah Harding, Brit singer with the girl group known as Girls Aloud, turns 43.

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• Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 –May 29, 1997), American singer-songwriter, would have turned 58 this year.
• Iain Sutherland (November 17, 1948 –November 25, 2019), Brit bassist and vocalist of the Sutherland Brothers , would have turned 76 this year.
• Robert "Stewkey" Antoni (November 17, 1947 –October 9, 2023), American vocalist and keyboardist with The Nazz, would have turned 77 this year.
• Gene Clark (November 17, 1944 –May 24, 1991), American singer and songwriter for The Byrds, would have turned 80 this year.
• Gordon Lightfoot (November 17, 1938 –May 1, 2023), Canadian folk music singer-songwriter , would have turned 86 this year.
• Roswell Rudd (November 17, 1935 –December 21, 2017), American dixieland and avant-garde jazz trombonist, would have turned 89 this year.
• Marion Montgomery (November 17, 1934 –July 22, 2002), American standards vocalist, would have turned 90 this year.
• Wayne Andre (November 17, 1931 –August 26, 2003), American session musician (trombonist), would have turned 93 this year.
• Chuck Andrus (November 17, 1928 –October 10, 1997), American bass player, would have turned 96 this year.
• Bob Drasnin (November 17, 1927–May 13, 2015), American flautist, would have turned 97 this year.
• John Sangster (November 17, 1928–October 26, 1995), Australian composer and percussionist, would have turned 96 this year.
• George Masso (November 17, 1926 –October 22, 2019), American trombonist, would have turned 98 this year.
• Camillo Felgen (November 17, 1920 –July 16, 2005), Luxembourg disc jockey, presenter, and lyricist, would have turned 104 this year.
• Shorty Sherock (November 17, 1915 –February 19, 1980), American trumpeter, would have turned 109 this year.
• Max Miller (November 17, 1911–November 13, 1985), American banjoist and guitarist, would have turned 113 this year.
• August Wilhelm Ambros (November 17, 1816 –June 28, 1876), Austrian pianist and composer, would have turned 208 this year.