Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/January 9

• Joan Baez, American folk rock singer and songwriter, turns 83.
• Dick Yount, American bassist and vocalist with Harpers Bizarre, turns 81.
• Jimmy Page, Brit guitarist and record producer, turns 80.
• David Johansen, American vocalist with New York Dolls, turns 74.
• Crystal Gayle, American singer and songwriter, turns 73.
• Cristi Minculescu, Romanian lead vocalist with IRIS, turns 65.
• Eric Erlandson, American guitarist with Hole, turns 61.
• Phil Hartnoll, Brit disc jockey with Orbital, turns 60.
• Haddaway, (born Alexander Nestor Haddaway) German eurodance musician, turns 59.
• Dave Matthews, South African guitarist and vocalist with Dave Matthews Band, turns 57.
• Carl Bell, American guitarist and songwriter for Fuel, turns 57.
• Al Schnier, American guitarist, turns 56.
• Lara Fabian, Belgian singer, turns 54.
• Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist, turns 54.
• Hayes Carll, Singer Song Writer Singer Songwriter, turns 48.
• AJ McLean, (born Alexander James McLean) American boy band vocalist with Backstreet Boys, turns 46.
• Tomiko Van, Japanese j-pop singer, turns 45.
• Paolo Nutini, Brit singer-songwriter, turns 37.
• Paris Monroe, American singer and member of Clique Girlz, turns 28.

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• Steven Harwell (January 9, 1967 –September 4, 2023), American vocalist with Smash Mouth, would have turned 57 this year.
• Daniel Dumile (January 9, 1971 –October 31, 2020), (a.k.a. MF DOOM) American hip hop musician, would have turned 53 this year.
• Rio Reiser (January 9, 1950 –August 20, 1996), German vocalist of Ton Steine Scherben fame, would have turned 74 this year.
• Bill Cowsill (January 9, 1948 –February 17, 2006), American lead vocalist with The Cowsills, would have turned 76 this year.
• Tim Hart (January 9, 1948 –December 24, 2009), Brit guitarist and vocalist with Steeleye Span, would have turned 76 this year.
• Scott Walker (b. Scott Engel) (January 9, 1943–March 22,  2019 ), British-American vocalist for The Walker Brothers, would have turned 81 this year.
• Kenneth Kelley (January 9, 1943 –February 17, 2015), American vocalist with The Manhattans, would have turned 81 this year.
• Freddie Starr (January 9, 1943 –May 9, 2019), English comedian and singer, would have turned 81 this year.
• Barbara Buczek (January 9, 1940 –January 17, 1993), Polish composer, would have turned 84 this year.
• Jimmy Boyd (January 9, 1940–March 07,  2009), American actor and singer, would have turned 84 this year.
• Malcolm Cecil (January 9, 1937 –March 28, 2021), Brit jazz bassist and founder of TONTO's Expanding Head Band , would have turned 87 this year.
• Carson Smith (January 9, 1931 –November 02, 1997), American bass player, would have turned 93 this year.
• Domenico Modugno (January 9, 1928 –August 06, 1994), Italian singer and songwriter, would have turned 96 this year.
• Bucky Pizzarelli (January 9, 1926 –April 01, 2020), American jazz guitarist, would have turned 98 this year.
• Roger Guerin (January 9, 1926 –February 06, 2010), French trumpeter, would have turned 98 this year.
• Vic Mizzy (January 9, 1922 –October 17, 2009), American composer of television and film scores, would have turned 102 this year.
• Clive Dunn (January 9, 1920 –November 06, 2012), Brit actor and singer, would have turned 104 this year.
• Betty Roche (January 9, 1920 –February 16, 1999), American vocalist, would have turned 104 this year.
• Jimmy Maxwell (January 9, 1917 –July 20, 2002), American trumpeter, would have turned 107 this year.
• Charlie Harris (January 9, 1916 –September 13, 2003), American bass player, would have turned 108 this year.
• Kenny Clarke (January 9, 1914 –January 26, 1985), (born Kenneth Clarke Spearman) American bebop drummer, would have turned 110 this year.
• Billy O'Connor (January 9, 1914 –November 18, 2001), Canadian pianist, songwriter, and vocalist, would have turned 110 this year.
• Dick Jurgens (January 9, 1910 –October 05, 1995), American bandleader, would have turned 114 this year.
• Mel Stitzel (January 9, 1902 –December 31, 1952), German pianist, would have turned 122 this year.
• Rudolf Bing (January 9, 1902 –September 02, 1997), Austrian-born opera stage manager, would have turned 122 this year.
• Alexander Tcherepnin (January 9, 1899 –September 29, 1977), Russian composer, would have turned 125 this year.
• Gracie Fields (January 9, 1898 –September 27, 1979), English vaudeville performer, would have turned 126 this year.
• Ed Garland (January 9, 1885 –January 22, 1980), American bass player, would have turned 139 this year.