Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/November 8

• Bonnie Raitt, American Grammy Award-winning slide guitarist, turns 75.
• Bonnie Bramlett, American singer with Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, turns 80.
• Gerald Alston, American R&B vocalist with The Manhattans, turns 73.
• Georg Riedel (Swedish jazz musician), Czech bass player, turns 90.
• Chris Connor, American jazz vocalist, turns 97.
• Jah Jerry, (born Jerome Haynes/Hinds) Jamaican jazz guitarist with The Skatalites, turns 103.
• Don Byron, American clarinetist, turns 66.
• Rodney Slater, Brit saxophonist with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, turns 80.
• Charles Sullivan (musician), American bandleader, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player, turns 80.
• Ken Dodd, Brit singer and comedian, turns 97.
• Patti Page, American traditional pop music singer, turns 97.
• Terry Lee Miall, Brit drummer for Adam & the Ants, turns 66.
• Jeanette McGruder, American vocalist with P-Funk and The Brides of Funkenstein, turns 70.
• Jack Osbourne, son to Ozzy Osbourne, turns 39.
• The Big Figure, (born John Martin) Brit drummer for Dr. Feelgood, turns 78.
• Rickie Lee Jones, American Grammy Award-winning songwriter and vocalist, turns 70.
• Porl Thompson, (born Paul Stephen Thompson) Brit guitarist and saxophonist with The Cure, turns 67.
• Allan Berger, American bassist for Southside Johnny, turns 75.
• Diana King, Jamaican pop music singer, turns 54.
• Leif Garrett, American actor and singer, turns 63.
• Dale Bruning, American post-bop guitarist with Charles Eakin; based in Denver, Colorado, turns 90.
• Roy Wood, Brit multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with ELO, The Move, turns 78.
• Rat, Brit guitarist with Ned's Atomic Dustbin, turns 54.
• John Blair, American guitarist and violinist, turns 81.
• Tech N9ne, (born Aaron Dontez Yates) American rapper, turns 53.
• Gretchen Mol, American actress and singer, turns 52.
• Edward Saldanha (Music/DateOfBirth/November 8, 1934 –July 25, 1998), (a.k.a. Dizzy Sal) Indian pianist, would have turned 90 this year.
• Don Murray (Music/DateOfBirth/November 8, 1945 –March 22, 1996), American drummer with The Turtles, would have turned 79 this year.
• Jerome Hines (Music/DateOfBirth/November 8, 1921 –February 04, 2003), American basso, would have turned 103 this year.
• Peter Beilmann (Music/DateOfBirth/November 8, 1905 –August 18, 1988), American trombonist with Ted Weems, Bing Crosby, among others, would have turned 119 this year.
• Minnie Riperton (Music/DateOfBirth/November 8, 1947 –July 12, 1979), American whistle register, would have turned 77 this year.
• Arnold Bax (Music/DateOfBirth/November 8, 1883 –October 03, 1953), English composer and poet, would have turned 141 this year.