Skeeter Davis
Bo Diddley
Peter, Paul & Mary
Del Shannon
Jeff Lynne
Ellie Goulding
Davy Jones
The Lumineers
Tracey Ullman
Tyler Carter
Michael Nesmith
Patti Smith
Suzy Bogguss
Musical Birthday Notes – December 30th
- Bo Diddley – multi-award winning R&B-blues singer/songwriter/guitar/producer/actor – nicknamed “The Originator” – 1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – (12/30/1928 – 6/2/2008)
- Perry Ford – singer/songwriter/piano – best known with – The Ivy League – group songs include – Tossing And Turning – Funny How Love Can Be – 1930
- Skeeter Davis – country-pop singer/songwriter – best known for 1962 hit – The End Of The World – (12/30/1931 – 9/19/2004)
- Del Shannon – rock-country singer/songwriter/musician – best known for the 1961 hit – Runaway – (12/30/1934 – 2/8/1990)
- Paul Stookey – singer/songwriter/guitar – Peter Paul & Mary – hits include – Leaving On A Jet Plane – I Dig Rock & Roll Music – Blowin’ In The Wind – Puff (The Magic Dragon) – 1999 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – solo artist – hits include – The Wedding Song (There Is Love) – 1937
- John Hartford – country-folk-bluegrass singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – (12/30/1937 – 6/4/2001)
- Felix Pappalardi – singer/songwriter/bassist/producer – associated acts include – Mountain – Cream – Leslie West – (12/30/1939 – 4/17/1983)
- Kenny Penifallo – drums/vocals – best known with – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes – 1940
- Michael Nesmith – guitarist/songwriter/composer/producer/director/author/actor – associated acts include – The Monkees – First National Band – solo artist – (12/30/1942 – 12/10/2021)
- Robert Quine – guitarist – associated acts include – Brian Eno – Lou Reed – Richard Hell and the Voidoids – Matthew Sweet – (12/30/1942 – 5/31/2004)
- Davy Jones – English pop-rock singer/musician/actor/teen idol – The Monkees – solo artist – (12/30/1945 – 2/29/2012)
- Clive Bunker – drummer – best known with – Jethro Tull – 1946
- Patti Smith – multi-award winning punk-rock singer/songwriter/poet/visual artist – 1978 hit – Because The Night – 1946
- Jeff Lynne – English singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer – ELO – The Traveling Wilburys – 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1947
- Suzy Bogguss – country singer/songwriter/musician – 90’s hits include – Outbound Plane – Aces – Letting Go – Drive South – 1956
- Tracey Ullman – British-American singer/actress/screenwriter/producer/director/comedian/author – hits include 1983’s – They Don’t Know – 1959
- Jay Kay – singer/frontman – Jamiroquai – 1969
- Jon Theodore – drummer – associated acts include – The Mars Volta – Queens of the Stoneage – 1973
- Tyrese – singer/actor – movie Baby Boy – hits include – Sweet Lady – 1978
- Wesley Schultz – lead vocalist/songwriter/guitar – The Lumineers – group hits include – Ho Hey – 1982
- Ellie Goulding – singer/songwriter/guitar – hits include – Lights – Burn – Love Me Like You Do – 1986
- Sandy Beales – bassist – pop group – One Direction – 1991
- Tyler Carter – singer/songwriter/producer/guitar/drums – associated acts include – Issues – Woe, Is Me – Emerald Royce – 1991