Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 8

• James Galway, Irish flautist, turns 85.

• Jerry Butler, American soul music singer with The Impressions, turns 85.

• Bobby Elliot, Brit drummer with The Hollies, turns 82.

• Graham Knight, Scottish bassist for Marmalade, turns 78.

• Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter, turns 73.

• Mathias Ruegg, Swiss pianist and composer, turns 72.

• Nathan East, American bassist, turns 69.

• Warren Cuccurullo, American guitarist, turns 68.

• Phil Collen, Brit guitarist with Def Leppard, turns 67.

• Paul Rutherford, Brit backing vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood fame, turns 65.

• Marty Friedman, American guitarist of Megadeth , turns 62.

• Ryan Newell, American guitarist for Sister Hazel, turns 52.

• Corey Taylor, American singer for Slipknot and Stone Sour, turns 51.

• Judith Pronk, Dutch disc jockey of Alice DeeJay , turns 51.

• Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter, turns 48.
• Nicki Minaj (born Onika Tanya Maraj), Trinidadian-American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actress, turns 42.

• Serena Ryder, Canadian singer-songwriter, turns 41.

• Katie Stevens, (born Katherine Stevens) American singer and former American Idol contestant, turns 32.

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• Sinéad O'Connor (December 8, 1966 –July 26, 2023), British pop music singer, would have turned 58 this year.

• Bushwick Bill (December 8, 1966 –June 09, 2019), American rapper with the Geto Boys, would have turned 58 this year.

• Colin Gibb (born Colin Routh) (December 8, 1953 –June 2, 2024), Brit musician for Black Lace, would have turned 71 this year.

• Dan Hartman (December 8, 1950 –March 22, 1994), American record producer and multi-instrumentalist, would have turned 74 this year.

• Ray Shulman (December 8, 1949 –March 30, 2023), Brit multi-instrumentalist with Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, would have turned 75 this year.

• Gregg Allman (December 8, 1947 –May 27, 2017), American keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist with The Allman Brothers Band, would have turned 77 this year.

• Mike Botts (December 8, 1944 –December 05, 2005), American drummer for Bread, would have turned 80 this year.

• Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 –July 03, 1971), American vocalist with The Doors, would have turned 81 this year.

• Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1928 –February 08, 2005), American organist, would have turned 96 this year.

• Sammy Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 –May 16, 1990), American singer and performer with The Rat Pack, would have turned 99 this year.

• Sol Yaged (December 8, 1922 –May 11, 2019), American clarinetist and film score composer, would have turned 102 this year.

• Gérard Souzay (December 8, 1918 –August 17, 2004), French baritone singer, would have turned 106 this year.

• Cleo Brown (December 8, 1909 –April 15, 1995), American jazz singer, would have turned 115 this year.

• Bohuslav Martinu (December 8, 1890 –August 28, 1959), Czech composer, would have turned 134 this year.

• Jean Sibelius (December 8, 1865 –September 20, 1957), Finnish classical music composer, would have turned 159 this year.