September 20th

Lifehouse
Extreme
Grant Landis
Nelson
Phillip Phillips
Soundgarden
The Robins
Thompson Twins
Joel Kosche

Musical Birthday Notes – September 20th

  • Bobby Nunn – R&B singer – The Coasters – The Robins – (9/20/1925 – 11/5/1986)
  • Eric Gale – jazz –funk – session guitarist – (9/20/1938 – 5/25/1994)
  • John Panozzo – drummer – Styx – group hits include – Come Sail Away – Blue Collar Man – (9/20/1948 – 7/16/1996)
  • Chuck Panozzo – bassist/vocals – Styx – Group Hits include – Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) – Renegade – Babe – 1948
  • Jeff Jones – bassist/songwriter/vocals – associated acts include – Red Rider – Ocean – 1953
  • Harvey James – guitarist – Mississippi – Ariel – Sherbet – The Party Boys – (9/20/1952 – 1/15/2011)
  • Peter White – jazz guitarist/accordion/piano – 1954
  • Alannah Currie – New Zealand pop-rock singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist – best known with – The Thompson Twins – group hits include – Doctor! Doctor! – Hold Me Now – 1957
  • Keith “Keef Cowboy” Wiggins – hip-hop/rap artist – associated acts include – Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – (9/20/1960 – 9/8/1989)
  • Randy Bradbury – bassist – best known with punk rock group – Pennywise – 1964
  • Nuno Bettencourt – guitar/keyboards/piano/lead and backing vocals for – Extreme – More Than Words – Hole Hearted – solo artist – 1966
  • Matthew and Gunnar Nelson – twin sons of country-rock singer/songwriter/musician Rick Nelson – singers/songwriters/ musicians – rock group – Nelson – 1967
  • Ben Shepherd – bass/drums/mandolin/vocals – Soundgarden – group hits include – Black Hole Sun – Spoonman – Rusty Cage – Burden In My Hand – By Crooked Steps – solo artist – 1968
  • Tim Rogers – singer/songwriter/musician – You Am I – solo artist – 1968
  • Joel Kosche – guitarist/vocals – associated acts include – Collective Soul – solo artist – 1969
  • Patrick Pentland – guitar/bass/keyboards/drums/vocals – best known with  Canadian group – Sloan – 1969
  • Rick Woolstenhulme Jr. – drummer – alt-rock band – Lifehouse – group hits include – Hanging By A Moment – You and Me – Whatever It Takes – 1979
  • Jack Lawless – drummer – The Jonas Brothers – Ocean Grove – 1987
  • Joshua Moore – guitarist – We Came As Romans – 1989
  • Phillip Phillips – singer/songwriter/guitarist/actor – winner of American Idol season 11 – hits include – Home – Gone, Gone, Gone – Raging Fire – 1990
  • Grant Landis – alt-pop singer/songwriter/guitarist – 1999