Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 2

• Raymond Court, Swiss trumpeter, turns 92.

• Tom McGuinness, Brit bassist and vocalist with Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, turns 83.

• Ted Bluechel, Brit drummer and vocalist with The Association, turns 82.

• Rick Savage, Brit bassist for Def Leppard, turns 64.

• Sydney Youngblood, American R&B singer, turns 64.

• Nate Mendel, American bassist for Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, turns 56.

• Treach, American rapper of Naughty By Nature fame, turns 54.

• Donna Matthews, Brit guitarist with Elastica, turns 53.

• Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist with Muse, turns 46.

• Nelly Furtado, Canadian pop music artist, turns 46.

• Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress, turns 45.

• Britney Spears, American bubblegum pop performer and Mickey Mouse Club graduate, turns 43.

• Teairra Marí, (born Teairra Maria Thomas) American R&B singer, turns 37.

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• Wynton Kelly (December 2, 1931 –April 12, 1971), Jamaican pianist, would have turned 93 this year.

• Rob Swope (December 2, 1926 –January 09, 1967), American trombonist, would have turned 98 this year.

• Maria Callas (December 2, 1923 –September 16, 1977), American soprano singer, would have turned 101 this year.

• Charlie Ventura (December 2, 1916 –January 12, 1992), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 108 this year.

• Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 –October 23, 2002), American lyricist and playwright, would have turned 110 this year.

• Eddie Sauter (December 2, 1914 –April 21, 1981), American arranger and composer, would have turned 110 this year.

• Peter Carl Goldmark (December 2, 1906 –December 07, 1977), American inventor of the LP microgroove recording system, would have turned 118 this year.

• John Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 –July 29, 1970), Brit conductor, would have turned 125 this year.

• Harriet Cohen (December 2, 1895 –November 13, 1967), British pianist, would have turned 129 this year.

• Leo Ornstein (December 2, 1892 –February 24, 2002), Russian-born composer and pianist, would have turned 132 this year.

• Fate Marable (December 2, 1890 –January 16, 1947), American bandleader and pianist, would have turned 134 this year.

• Harry Burleigh (December 2, 1886 –December 12 , 1949), American composer, would have turned 138 this year.

• Agostino Agazzari (December 2, 1578 –April 10, 1640), Italian composer and music theory scholar, would have turned 446 this year.