Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 21

• Carla Thomas, American singer, turns 82.
• Reinhard Mey, German singer-songwriter, turns 82.
• Albert Lee, Brit guitarist with Heads Hands And Feet, turns 81.
• Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor, turns 80.
• Cameron Brown (musician), American bass player, turns 79.
• Willi Resetarits, Austrian singer and cabaret performer, turns 76.
• James Emery (musician), American guitarist, turns 73.
• Alex Blake, Panamanian bassist, turns 73.
• Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese bassist with Southern All Stars, turns 69.
• Lee Roy Parnell, American country music singer, turns 68.
• Louis Demetrius Alvanis, Brit classical music pianist, turns 64.
• Louis Moutin, French drummer with Moutin Reunion Quartet, turns 63.
• François Moutin, French bassist with Moutin Reunion Quartet, turns 63.
• Russell Moore (bluegrass music), American bluegrass music guitarist with IIIrd Tyme Out, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, turns 61.
• Murph, (born Emmett Murphy) American drummer with The Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr, turns 60.
• Gabrielle Glaser, American singer of Luscious Jackson fame, turns 59.
• Brad Warren, American guitarist with The Warren Brothers, turns 56.
• Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter, turns 53.
• Brett Scallions, American vocalist for Fuel, turns 53.
• Karmen Stavec, German-born Slovenian singer, turns 51.
• Jon DeRosa, American multi-instrumentalist with the musical collective known as Aarktica, turns 46.
• Andy Lee, Korean rapper and boy band vocalist of Shinhwa fame, turns 43.
• Dima Bilan, Russian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2006 contestant, turns 43.
• Luke Stricklin, American country music singer, turns 42.
• Emily Elbert, American jazz singer and guitarist, turns 36.

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• Betty Wright (December 21, 1953–May 10, 2020), American R&B singer, would have turned 71 this year.
• Paco de Lucía (December 21, 1947 –February 26, 2014), Spanish guitarist, would have turned 77 this year.
• Carl Wilson (December 21, 1946 –February 06, 1998), American guitarist with The Beach Boys, would have turned 78 this year.
• Frank Zappa (December 21, 1940 –December 04, 1993), American composer/guitarist for The Mothers of Invention, would have turned 84 this year.
• Hank Crawford (December 21, 1934 –January 29, 2009), American soul jazz-oriented alto saxophonist, would have turned 90 this year.
• David Baker (composer) (December 21, 1931–March 26, 2016), American trombonist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Freddie Hart (December 21, 1926–October 27, 2018), American country music singer, would have turned 98 this year.
• Rita Reys (December 21, 1924–July 28, 2013), Dutch singer, would have turned 100 this year.
• Louis Freichel (December 21, 1921–November 22, 1997), German arranger, pianist, and vibraphonist, would have turned 103 this year.
• Jack Dieval (December 21, 1920–October 30, 2012), French jazz pianist, would have turned 104 this year.
• Marshall Brown (December 21, 1920 –December 13, 1983), American trombonist and bass trumpeter, would have turned 104 this year.
• George Treadwell (December 21, 1919 –May 14, 1967), American trumpeter, would have turned 105 this year.
• David "Panama" Francis (December 21, 1918 –November 13, 2001), American jazz drummer, would have turned 106 this year.
• Jerome Darr (December 21, 1910 –October 29, 1986), American guitarist, would have turned 114 this year.
• Peetie Wheatstraw (December 21, 1902 –December 21, 1941), American blues pianist, would have turned 122 this year.
• Leroy Robertson (December 21, 1896 –July 25, 1971), American composer, would have turned 128 this year.
• Don Lorenzo Perosi (December 21, 1872 –October 12, 1956), Italian composer of religious music, would have turned 152 this year.