Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 22

• Eddie Brigati, American singer with The Rascals, turns 79.
• Tyrone Hill, American trombonist, turns 76.
• Greg Hawkes, American keyboardist and saxophonist with The Cars, turns 72.
• Jane Bunnett, Canadian soprano saxophonist, turns 69.
• John Wesley Harding, (born Wesley Stace) Brit singer-songwriter, turns 59.
• Shaggy, (nee Orville Richard Burrell) Jamaican reggae deejay, turns 56.
• Shelby Lynne, American country music singer and songwriter, turns 56.
• Zachary Hanson, American drummer for Hanson, turns 39.
• Marco Restrepo, American singer-songwriter and musician, turns 35.

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• Leslie West (October 22, 1945 –December 23, 2020), American guitarist for Mountain, would have turned 79 this year.
• Annette Funicello (October 22, 1942 –April 08, 2013), American actress and mouseketeer, would have turned 82 this year.
• Bobby Fuller (October 22, 1942 –July 18, 1966), American singer and guitarist, would have turned 82 this year.
• Ray Jones (October 22, 1939 –January 20, 2000), Brit bassist for The Dakotas, would have turned 85 this year.
• Dory Previn (October 22, 1930 –February 14, 2012), American singer-songwriter and poet, would have turned 94 this year.
• John Neves (October 22, 1930 –July 18, 1988), American bass player for Stan Getz, would have turned 94 this year.
• Giorgio Gaslini (October 22, 1929 –July 29, 2014), Italian jazz pianist, would have turned 95 this year.
• Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 –January 26, 2012), American pianist, would have turned 96 this year.
• Cyril "Midnight" Blake (October 22, 1900 –December 03, 1951), Trinidad trumpeter, would have turned 124 this year.
• Jesse Drakes, American trumpeter and Juilliard School alum, turns 98.
• Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 –July 31, 1886), Hungarian virtuoso pianist, romantic music composer, and conductor, would have turned 213 this year.