Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 22

• Clare Fischer, American pianist, turns 96.
• Eddie Brigati, American singer with The Rascals, turns 79.
• Giorgio Gaslini, Italian jazz pianist, turns 95.
• Tyrone Hill, American trombonist, turns 76.
• Zachary Hanson, American drummer for Hanson, turns 39.
• Ursula Dudziak, Polish vocalist (and wife to Michal Urbaniak), turns 81.
• Shaggy, (nee Orville Richard Burrell) Jamaican reggae deejay, turns 56.
• Shelby Lynne, American country music singer and songwriter, turns 56.
• Greg Hawkes, American keyboardist and saxophonist with The Cars, turns 72.
• Boris Midney, Russian euro disco pioneer, music producer, and saxophonist, turns 87.
• Leslie West, American guitarist for Mountain, turns 79.
• Annette Funicello, American actress and mouseketeer, turns 82.
• Ray Jones (Music/DateOfBirth/October 22, 1939 –January 20, 2000), Brit bassist for The Dakotas, would have turned 85 this year.
• Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter and poet, turns 94.
• Jane Bunnett, Canadian soprano saxophonist, turns 69.
• John Wesley Harding, (born Wesley Stace) Brit singer-songwriter, turns 59.
• Bobby Fuller (Music/DateOfBirth/October 22, 1942 –July 18, 1966), American singer and guitarist, would have turned 82 this year.
• Cyril "Midnight" Blake (Music/DateOfBirth/October 22, 1900 –December 03, 1951), Trinidad trumpeter, would have turned 124 this year.
• Jesse Drakes, American trumpeter and Juilliard School alum, turns 98.
• John Neves (Music/DateOfBirth/October 22, 1930 –July 18, 1988), American bass player for Stan Getz, would have turned 94 this year.