Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 26

• Dick Nash, American swing/big band-era trombonist and Berklee College of Music alum, turns 96.
• Huey "Piano" Smith, American R&B pianist, turns 90.
• Ashley Hutchings, Brit bassist with Fairport Convention, turns 79.
• Deon Jackson, American soul music singer, turns 78.
• Corky Laing, Canadian drummer with West, Bruce and Laing, Mountain, turns 76.
• Aki Takase, Japanese jazz pianist and composer, turns 76.
• Derek Holt, Brit bassist with Climax Blues Band, turns 75.
• Andy Hummell, American bassist of Big Star fame, turns 73.
• David Briggs, Australian guitarist with Little River Band, turns 73.
• Lucinda Williams, American folk music singer and three-time Grammy Award winner, turns 71.
• Bert Heerink, Dutch hard rock vocalist of Vandenberg fame, turns 71.
• Lucía Méndez, Mexican actress and singer known for her 1990 album release, Lucia es Luna Morena, turns 69.
• Gary Crosby, Brit bass player of Jamaican descent, turns 69.
• Anita Baker, American R&B songstress, turns 66.
• B. James Lowry, American session musician (guitar) for diverse country music acts, turns 66.
• Norman Hassan, Brit percussionist with UB40, turns 66.
• Tom Keifer, American guitarist and vocalist for Cinderella, turns 62.
• Andrew Ridgeley, Brit pop music singer of Wham! fame, turns 61.
• Jazzie B, (born Beresford Romeo) Brit record producer and vocalist of Soul II Soul fame, turns 61.
• Kirk Franklin, American gospel music singer and composer, turns 54.
• Ya Kid K, (born Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi) Congo-Belgian hip-hop music artist, turns 52.

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• Jean Knight (January 26, 1943–November 22, 2023), American funk singer, would have turned 81 this year.
• Eddie Van Halen (January 26, 1957–October 6, 2020), American guitarist of Van Halen fame, would have turned 67 this year.
• Paul Pena (January 26, 1950 –October 01, 2005), American delta blues guitarist and songwriter, would have turned 74 this year.
• Jacqueline du Pré (January 26, 1945 –October 19, 1987), Brit cellist, would have turned 79 this year.
• Marshall Leib (January 26, 1939 –March 15, 2002), American guitarist with The Teddy Bears and record producer for Timi Yuro, would have turned 85 this year.
• Noel Harrison (January 26, 1936 –October 19, 2013), Brit singer and actor, would have turned 88 this year.
• Coxsone Dodd (January 26, 1932 –May 05, 2004), (born Clement Seymour Dodd) Jamaican record producer, would have turned 92 this year.
• Ronnie Hilton (January 26, 1926 –February 20, 2001), Brit singer, would have turned 98 this year.
• Alice Babs (January 26, 1924 –February 11, 2014), (born Hildur Alice Nilsson) Swedish vocalist, would have turned 100 this year.
• Talib Dawud (January 26, 1923 –July 09, 1999), (born Al Barrymore?) British West Indies (Antigua) trumpeter, would have turned 101 this year.
• Page Cavanaugh (January 26, 1922 –December 19, 2008), (born Walter Cavanaugh) American pianist and vocalist, would have turned 102 this year.
• Eddie Barclay (January 26, 1921 –May 13, 2005), French record producer and founder of Barclay Records, would have turned 103 this year.
• Frantisek Chaun (January 26, 1921 –December 31, 1980), Czech composer, would have turned 103 this year.
• Johannes Driessler (January 26, 1921 –May 04, 1998), German composer, would have turned 103 this year.
• Lothar Jensch (1916 –2004), German composer, would have turned 108.
• Stan Puls (January 26, 1916 –April 20, 1998), American bassist, would have turned 108 this year.
• Jimmy Van Heusen (January 26, 1913 –February 07, 1990), American songwriter, would have turned 111 this year.
• Norbert Schultze (January 26, 1911 –October 14, 2002), German composer and conductor, would have turned 113 this year.
• Marijan Lipovsek (January 26, 1910 –December 25, 1995), Slovenian composer; father to Marjana Lipovšek, would have turned 114 this year.
• Stephane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 –December 01, 1997), French violinist, would have turned 116 this year.
• Eddie Ballantine (January 26, 1907 –November 14, 1995), American orchestra bandleader for Don McNeil's Breakfast Club, would have turned 117 this year.
• Maria von Trapp (January 26, 1905 –March 28, 1987), Austrian-born singer and Trapp Family Singers' matriarch, would have turned 119 this year.
• Ervin Major (January 26, 1902 –October 10, 1967), Hungarian music composer, would have turned 122 this year.
• Karl Ristenpart (January 26, 1900 –December 24, 1967), German conductor, would have turned 124 this year.
• Arthur Hervey (January 26, 1855 –March 10, 1922), American composer, would have turned 169 this year.
• Frederick Corder (January 26, 1852 –August 21, 1932), Brit composer, would have turned 172 this year.
• Emmanuel Aloys Förster (January 26, 1748 –November 12, 1823), German composer and organist, would have turned 276 this year.
• Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers (January 26, 1742 –June 28, 1806), German organist and composer, would have turned 282 this year.
• William Hayes (January 26, 1708 –July 27, 1777), Brit organist and composer, would have turned 316 this year.
• Johann Jakob Wolleb (January 26, 1613 –October 30, 1667), German composer, would have turned 411 this year.