Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 7

• Sonny Phillips, American organist, turns 88.

• Mads Vinding, Danish bass player, turns 76.

• Tom Waits, American singer, songwriter, and actor, turns 75.

• Mike Nolan, Brit vocalist with Bucks Fizz, turns 70.

• Tim Butler, Brit bassist with Psychedelic Furs, turns 66.

• Matthew Shipp, American pianist, turns 64.

• Barbara Weathers, American vocalist of Atlantic Starr fame, turns 61.

• Huw Chadbourne, Brit keyboardist for Babybird, turns 61.

• Claudia Brücken, German synthpop vocalist with Propaganda, Act, turns 61.

• Brian Futter, Brit guitarist with Catherine Wheel, turns 59.

• Wolfgang Haffner, German drummer, turns 59.

• Noel Akchote, French guitarist, turns 56.

• Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter with Juniper, turns 51.

• Hadi Elazzi, Turkish talent manager, turns 51.

• Nicole Appleton, Brit singer with All Saints, turns 50.

• Dominic Howard, British drummer with Muse, turns 47.

• Denaun Porter, American rapper and record producer with D12, turns 46.

• Sara Bareilles, American singer, songwriter, and actor, turns 45.

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• Aaron Carter (December 7, 1987–November 5, 2022), American bubblegum pop singer, would have turned 37 this year.

• Chuck Loeb (December 7, 1955–July 31, 2017), American guitarist, would have turned 69 this year.

• Daniel Chorzempa (December 7, 1944–March 25, 2023 ), American organist, would have turned 80 this year.

• Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 –July 16, 1981), American singer and songwriter, would have turned 82 this year.

• Mike Carr (December 7, 1937–September 22, 2017), Brit organist, would have turned 87 this year.

• Ronnie Boykins (December 7, 1932 –April 20, 1980), American bass player, would have turned 92 this year.

• Helen Watts (December 7, 1927–October 07, 2009), Welsh contralto vocalist, would have turned 97 this year.

• Bent Fabric (December 7, 1924–July 28, 2020), Danish pianist and bandleader, would have turned 100 this year.

• Billy Moore (1917 – 1989), American pianist and arranger, would have turned 107.

• Daniel Jones (December 7, 1912 –April 23, 1993), British composer, would have turned 112 this year.

• Louis Prima (December 7, 1911 –August 24, 1978), American trumpeter, would have turned 113 this year.

• Teddy Hill (December 7, 1909 –May 19, 1978), American tenor saxophonist and bandleader, would have turned 115 this year.

• George James (December 7, 1906 –January 30, 1995), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 118 this year.

• Konstantin Sokolsky (1904 – 1991), Russian singer, would have turned 120.

• Cecil Irwin (musician) (December 7, 1902 –May 03, 1935), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 122 this year.

• Ernst Toch (December 7, 1887 –October 01, 1964), Austrian composer, would have turned 137 this year.

• Rudolf Friml (December 7, 1879 –November 12, 1972), American composer, would have turned 145 this year.

• Pietro Mascagni (December 7, 1863 –August 02, 1945), Italian composer, would have turned 161 this year.

• Bernardo Pasquini (December 7, 1637 –November 22, 1710), Italian composer, would have turned 387 this year.