Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/August 2

• Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboardist with The Band, turns 87.
• Kathy Lennon, American singer; one-fourth of The Lennon Sisters, turns 81.
• Carl Saunders, American trumpet player, turns 81.
• Massiel, Spanish singer, turns 77.
• Chris Bennett, American grammy-nominated singer and dancer, turns 76.
• Hank DeVito, American steel guitarist with The Notorious Cherry Bombs, turns 76.
• Andy Fairweather-Low, Welsh songwriter and guitarist, turns 74.
• Steve Hillage, British guitarist and vocalist with Gong and System 7, turns 73.
• Mojo Nixon, American psychobilly singer, turns 67.
• Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress, turns 65.
• Neal Morse, American musician with Spock's Beard and Transatlantic, turns 64.
• Graham Dye, British singer/songwriter & guitarist for Scarlet Party, also vocalist for The Alan Parsons Project, turns 63.
• Lee Mavers, British guitarist for The La's, turns 62.
• John Stanier, American drummer with Helmet, turns 56.
• Richard Hallebeek, Dutch guitarist, turns 55.
• Zelma Davis, Liberian vocalist, member of C+C Music Factory, turns 54.
• Justyna Steczkowska, Polish singer, turns 52.
• Ben Nichols, American singer of Lucero (band) fame, turns 50.
• Devon Glenn, American drummer with Buckcherry, turns 44.
• Brittany Hargest, American singer of Jump5 fame, turns 36.
• Charli XCX, (born Charlotte Emma Aitchison), English singer, turns 32.

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• Andrew Gold (August 2, 1951 –June 3, 2011), American singer-songwriter, would have turned 73 this year.
• Jim Capaldi (August 2, 1944 –January 28, 2005), British drummer & vocalist for Traffic, would have turned 80 this year.
• Naná Vasconcelos (August 2, 1944 –March 09, 2016), Brazilian percussionist and vocalist, would have turned 80 this year.
• Doris Coley (August 2, 1941 –February 04, 2000), American singer Shirelles, would have turned 83 this year.
• Edward Patten (August 2, 1939 –February 25, 2005), worked with Gladys Knight & The Pips, would have turned 85 this year.
• Hank Cochran (August 2, 1935 –July 15, 2010), American country music singer, would have turned 89 this year.
• Roy Crimmins (August 2, 1929 –August 27, 2014), Scottish trombonist, would have turned 95 this year.

• Joe Harnell (August 2, 1924 –July 14, 2005), American arranger composer and pianist, would have turned 100 this year.
• Werner Müller (August 2, 1920 –December 28, 1998), German arranger and trombonist, would have turned 104 this year.
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann (August 2, 1905 –December 05, 1963), German composer, would have turned 119 this year.
• Lorenzo Herrera (1896 – 1960), Venezuelan singer and composer, would have turned 128.