HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A WHOLE LOTTA FOLK

BORN OF THIS DATE (FEB 3) .........who knew????

1525 - Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer
1648 - Louis Bouteiller, composer
1736 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer
1740 - Guillaume Lasceux, composer
1755 - Florido Tomeoni, composer
1784 - John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English (opera)composer/diplomat
1809 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos)
1817 - Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer
1868 - Damaso Ledesma, composer
1886 - Erwin Kroll, composer
1887 - Carlo Jachino, composer
1900 - Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon)
1903 - Priaulx Rainier, composer
1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Pisino Istria, Italian composer
1906 - Ludvig Nielsen, composer
1910 - Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel M‚xico, composer (A la Patria)
1911 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer
1911 - Jehan [Ariste] Alain, French organist/composer
1915 - Richard Bales, composer
1929 - Russell Arms, Berkeley Calif, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1929 - Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer
1935 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist
1941 - Angelo D'Aleo, Bronx, tenor (Dion and Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1941 - Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs)
1943 - Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother)
1943 - Dennis Edwards, rocker (Temptations-Aint Too Proud To Beg, My Girl)
1945 - Johnny Cymbal, rocker (Mr Bass Man)
1947 - Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years)
1947 - Dave Davies, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
1947 - Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come)
1949 - Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij)
1958 - Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett and Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
1959 - Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1960 - Richard Kotzen, rocker