Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/November 21

• Fairuz, (born Nouhad Haddad) Lebanese singer, turns 90.
• Peter Warren, American bass player, turns 89.
• David Porter, American songwriter, turns 83.
• İdil Biret, Turkish pianist, turns 83.
• Lonnie Jordan, (born Leroy Jordan) American multi-instrumentalist for War, turns 76.
• Rainer Bruninghaus, German pianist, turns 75.
• Livingston Taylor, American singer and songwriter, turns 74.
• Michel Doneda, French soprano saxophonist, turns 70.
• Peter Koppes, Australian guitarist for The Church, turns 69.
• Terry Lewis, American record producer (see also Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis), turns 68.
• Francesca Tanksley, Italian-American pianist, turns 67.
• Brian Ritchie, American vocalist for Violent Femmes, turns 64.
• Steven Curtis Chapman, American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, turns 62.
• Björk, (born Björk Guðmundsdóttir) Icelandic singer with The Sugarcubes, turns 59.
• Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, Icelandic keyboardist with The Sugarcubes, turns 57.
• Alex James, Brit bassist with Blur, turns 56.
• Chauncey Black, (aka Chauncey Hannibal) American R&B singer of BLACKstreet, turns 56.
• Eli Yamin, American pianist, broadcaster, and composer, turns 56.
• Francis Macdonald, Scottish drummer for BMX Bandits, Teenage Fanclub, turns 54.
• Pretty Lou, American rapper with The Lost Boyz, turns 53.
• Kelsi Osborn, American country music singer with SHeDAISY , turns 50.
• Tobias Sammet, German singer with power metal act, Edguy, turns 47.
• Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer with Shinhwa, turns 45.
• Ryan Starr, American singer of American Idol fame, turns 42.
• Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter, turns 39.

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• Alphonse Mouzon (November 21, 1948–December 25,  2016), American drummer, would have turned 76 this year.
• James DePreist (November 21, 1936–February 08, 2013), (born James Anderson DePreist) American composer, would have turned 88 this year.
• Émile Normand (November 21, 1936–November 07, 2008), (or Cisco Normand) Canadian percussionist and pianist, would have turned 88 this year.
• Jean Shepard (November 21, 1933–September 25,  2016), (born Ollie Imogene Shepard) American country music singer, would have turned 91 this year.
• Malcolm Williamson (November 21, 1931 –March 02, 2003), Australian composer and Master of the Queen's Music, would have turned 93 this year.
• Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 –September 22,  1999), American bop guitarist, would have turned 99 this year.
• Joonas Kokkonen (November 21, 1921 –October 02, 1996), Finnish composer, would have turned 103 this year.
• Claire Austin (November 21, 1918–June 17, 1994), American dixieland vocalist, would have turned 106 this year.
• Alvin Burroughs (November 21, 1911 –August 01, 1950), American drummer, would have turned 113 this year.
• Lloyd Glenn (November 21, 1909 –May 23, 1985), American arranger and pianist, would have turned 115 this year.
• Buck Ram (November 21, 1907 –January 01, 1991), (born Samuel Ram) American songwriter with The Platters, would have turned 117 this year.
• Coleman Hawkins (November 21, 1904 –May 19, 1969), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 120 this year.
• Arthur Schutt (November 21, 1902 –January 28, 1965), American arranger and pianist, would have turned 122 this year.
• Charlie Johnson (November 21, 1891 –December 13, 1959), American bandleader and pianist, would have turned 133 this year.