Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 6

• Bill Ashton, Brit bandleader and saxophonist, turns 88.

• Jay Leonhart, American bass player, turns 84.

• Robb Royer, American songwriter and founding member of Bread, turns 84.

• Keith West, Brit vocalist for Tomorrow, turns 81.

• Jonathan King, Brit pop music producer, turns 80.

• Uli Beckerhoff, German trumpeter, turns 77.

• Miroslav Vitouš, Czech bass player with Weather Report, turns 77.

• Harvie Swartz, American double bassist, turns 76.

• Joe Hisaishi, Japanese film score composer, turns 74.

• Edward Tudor-Pole, Brit actor and vocalist of Tenpole Tudor fame, turns 69.

• Rick Buckler, Brit drummer for The Jam, turns 69.

• Peter Buck, American guitarist for R.E.M., turns 68.

• David Lovering, American drummer for The Pixies, turns 63.

• Ben Watt, Brit record producer with Everything But The Girl, turns 62.

• Hacken Lee, Hong Kong cantopop singer, turns 57.

• Mark Gardener, Brit guitarist with Ride, turns 55.

• Ulf Ekberg, Swedish keyboardist with Ace of Base, turns 54.

• Dulce María, (born Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón) Mexican latin pop singer of RBD fame, turns 39.

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• Randy Rhoads (December 6, 1956 –March 19, 1982), American guitarist, would have turned 68 this year.

• Fritz Fryer (December 6, 1947–September 02, 2007), (born David Roderick Carney Fryer) Brit guitarist for The Four Pennies, would have turned 77 this year.

• Willie Hutch (December 6, 1944 –September 19, 2005), American Motown singer and songwriter, would have turned 80 this year.

• Mike Smith (December 6, 1943–February 28, 2008), Brit lead vocalist and keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five, would have turned 81 this year.

• Eddie Gladden (December 6, 1937 –September 30, 2003), American drummer, would have turned 87 this year.

• Norio Maeda (December 6, 1934–November 05, 2018), Japanese composer and pianist, would have turned 90 this year.

• Henryk Górecki (December 6, 1933–November 12, 2010), Polish classical music composer, would have turned 91 this year.

• Nikolaus Harnoncourt (December 6, 1929–March 05, 2016), German conductor, would have turned 95 this year.

• Bobby Van (December 6, 1928 –July 31, 1980), American Broadway theatre singer, would have turned 96 this year.

• Frankie Dunlop (December 6, 1928 –July 07, 2014), American drummer, would have turned 96 this year.

• Akira Miyazawa (December 6, 1927–July 06, 2000), Japanese tenor saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.

• Bob Cooper (December 6, 1925 –August 05, 1993), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 99 this year.

• Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 –December 05, 2012), American jazz pianist and composer, would have turned 104 this year.

• Hugo Peretti (December 6, 1916 –May 01, 1986), Italian songwriter and record producer, would have turned 108 this year.

• Armand Hug (December 6, 1910 –March 19, 1977), American pianist, would have turned 114 this year.

• Fulton McGrath (December 6, 1907 –January 01, 1958), American pianist, would have turned 117 this year.

• Slats Long (December 6, 1906 –March 12, 1964), (born Don Long) American clarinetist, would have turned 118 this year.

• Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 –August 17, 1985), American composer and lyricist, would have turned 128 this year.

• Joseph Lamb (December 6, 1877 –September 03, 1960), American pianist, would have turned 147 this year.

• Adolf Reubke (December 6, 1805 –March 03, 1875), German organ builder, would have turned 219 this year.

• Johann Christoph Bach (December 6, 1642 –March 31, 1703), German Baroque composer, would have turned 382 this year.

• Orazio Vecchi (December 6, 1550 –February 19, 1605), Italian composer, would have turned 474 this year.