Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 6

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Jay Leonhart, American bass player, turns 86.

Robb Royer, American songwriter and founding member of Bread, turns 86.

Keith West, Brit vocalist for Tomorrow, turns 83.

Jonathan King, Brit pop music producer, turns 82.

Uli Beckerhoff, German trumpeter, turns 79.

Miroslav Vitouš, Czech bass player with Weather Report, turns 79.

Harvie Swartz, American double bassist, turns 78.

Joe Hisaishi, Japanese film score composer, turns 76.

Edward Tudor-Pole, Brit actor and vocalist of Tenpole Tudor fame, turns 71.

Peter Buck, American guitarist for R.E.M., turns 70.

David Lovering, American drummer for The Pixies, turns 65.

Ben Watt, Brit record producer with Everything But The Girl, turns 64.

Hacken Lee, Hong Kong cantopop singer, turns 59.

Mark Gardener, Brit guitarist with Ride, turns 57.

Ulf Ekberg, Swedish keyboardist with Ace of Base, turns 56.

Dulce María, (born Dulce María Espinoza Saviñón) Mexican latin pop singer of RBD fame, turns 41.

Randy Rhoads (December 6, 1956 –March 19, 1982), American guitarist, would have turned 70 this year.

Rick Buckler (December 6, 1955 –February 17, 2025), Brit drummer for The Jam, would have turned 71 this year.

Fritz Fryer (December 6, 1947–September 02, 2007), (born David Roderick Carney Fryer) Brit guitarist for The Four Pennies, would have turned 79 this year.

Willie Hutch (December 6, 1944 –September 19, 2005), American Motown singer and songwriter, would have turned 82 this year.

Mike Smith (December 6, 1943–February 28, 2008), Brit lead vocalist and keyboardist for The Dave Clark Five, would have turned 83 this year.

Eddie Gladden (December 6, 1937 –September 30, 2003), American drummer, would have turned 89 this year.

Bill Ashton (December 6, 1936 –March 08, 2025), Brit bandleader and saxophonist, would have turned 90 this year.

Norio Maeda (December 6, 1934–November 05, 2018), Japanese composer and pianist, would have turned 92 this year.

Henryk Górecki (December 6, 1933–November 12, 2010), Polish classical music composer, would have turned 93 this year.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (December 6, 1929–March 05, 2016), German conductor, would have turned 97 this year.

Bobby Van (December 6, 1928 –July 31, 1980), American Broadway theatre singer, would have turned 98 this year.

Frankie Dunlop (December 6, 1928 –July 07, 2014), American drummer, would have turned 98 this year.

Akira Miyazawa (December 6, 1927–July 06, 2000), Japanese tenor saxophonist, would have turned 99 this year.

Bob Cooper (December 6, 1925 –August 05, 1993), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 101 this year.

Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 –December 05, 2012), American jazz pianist and composer, would have turned 106 this year.

Hugo Peretti (December 6, 1916 –May 01, 1986), Italian songwriter and record producer, would have turned 110 this year.

Armand Hug (December 6, 1910 –March 19, 1977), American pianist, would have turned 116 this year.

Fulton McGrath (December 6, 1907 –January 01, 1958), American pianist, would have turned 119 this year.

Slats Long (December 6, 1906 –March 12, 1964), (born Don Long) American clarinetist, would have turned 120 this year.

Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 –August 17, 1985), American composer and lyricist, would have turned 130 this year.

Joseph Lamb (December 6, 1877 –September 03, 1960), American pianist, would have turned 149 this year.

Adolf Reubke (December 6, 1805 –March 03, 1875), German organ builder, would have turned 221 this year.

Johann Christoph Bach (December 6, 1642 –March 31, 1703), German Baroque composer, would have turned 384 this year.

Orazio Vecchi (December 6, 1550 –February 19, 1605), Italian composer, would have turned 476 this year.