Ted Nugent
John Anderson
Tom DeLonge
The Knack
Steve Forbert
Skip Prokop
Taylor Swift
Randy Owen
Tom Verlaine
Evanescence
The Whites
Musical Birthday Notes – December 13th
- Joe Messina – funk-R&B guitarist – best known with the Motown in-house studio band – The Funk Brothers – (12/13/1928 – 4/4/2022)
- Buck White – multi-award winning country-bluegrass singer/musician – performs with daughters – Shannon and Cheryl as – The Whites – 1984 Grand Ole Opry – 2008 Texas Country Music Hall of Fame – group hits include – You Put The Blue In Me – Hangin’ Around – 1930
- Tony Gomez – keyboards – best known with – The Foundations – group hits include – Build Me Up Buttercup – (12/13/1938 – 12/19/2015)
- Ronald Harry “Skip” Prokop – drummer/singer/songwriter/band-leader/session player/radio personality – associated acts include – The Paupers – Lighthouse – songs include – One Fine Morning – Pretty Lady – (12/13/1943 – 8/30/2017)
- Charles B. “Chuck” Findley – trumpet/flugelhorn/trombone /session musician – associated acts include – Doc Severinsen – B.B. King – Steely Dan – and multiple others – 1947
- Davy O’List – guitar/vocals/trumpet – associated acts include – Roxy Music – Jethro Tull – Pink Floyd – 1948
- Jeff “Skunk” Baxter – guitar/songwriter/producer – associated acts include – Steely Dan – The Doobie Brothers – solo artist – 1948
- Ted Nugent – rock guitarist/singer/songwriter/political activist – songs include – Cat Scratch Fever – Stranglehold – Hey Baby – Wango Tango – Little Miss Dangerous – associated acts include – The Amboy Dukes – Damn Yankees – 1948
- Tom Verlaine – singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – best known with punk-new wave band – Television – (12/13/1949 – 1/28/2023)
- Randy Owen – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/guitar – lead vocalist for country super group – Alabama – more than 40 number 1 hit singles – 2005 Country Music Hall of Fame – 1949
- Berton Averre – guitar/keyboards – best known as a founding member of – The Knack – group hits include – My Sharona – Good Girls Don’t – 1953
- Pat Torpey – drummer/singer/multi-instrumentalist – best known with – Mr. Big – group hits include – To Be With You – Wild World – (12/3/1953 – 2/7/2018)
- John Anderson – country singer/songwriter/guitar – hits include – Swingin’ – Straight Tequila Night – Wild And Blue – Seminole Wind – 1954
- Steve Forbert – pop-rock-folk-Americana singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica – the Meridian, MS native is best known for the 1980 hit – Romeo’s Tune – 1954
- Morris Day – R&B-pop singer/musician – best know as lead vocalist for – Morris Day & The Time – 1957
- Dana Stum – metal bassist/singer/songwriter – Slaughter – 1958
- Tom DeLonge – singer/songwriter/producer/filmmaker/TV personality – associated acts include – Blink-182 – Box Car Racer – Angels & Airwaves – 1975
- Amy Lee – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer – Evanescence – group hits include – Bring Me To Life – My Immortal – 1981
- Matt Deis – bass/songwriter/backing vocals – best known with metal group – All That Remains – 1983
- Taylor Swift – multiple award winning country-pop /singer/songwriter/musician/actress – hits include – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – You Belong With Me – Shake It Off – Look What You Made Me Do – 1989