Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/September 7

• Sonny Rollins, American jazz tenor saxophonist, turns 94.
• Alfa Anderson, member of Chic, turns 78.
• Gloria Gaynor, American singer who scored a hit single with I Will Survive, turns 81.
• Chrissie Hynde, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist with The Pretenders, turns 73.
• Dave King, American bassist, turns 71.
• Benmont Tench, American saxophonist with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, turns 71.
• Michael Feinstein, American archivist, pianist and singer, turns 68.
• Margot Chapman, American music producer and member of the Starland Vocal Band, turns 67.
• Hamilton Lee, Brit drummer with Furniture, turns 66.
• LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist with Dave Matthews Band, turns 63.
• Paul Tobey, Canadian jazz pianist, turns 62.
• Ron Blake, American tenor saxophonist, turns 59.
• Chad Sexton, American drummer for rapcore/punk rock/reggae act, 311, turns 54.

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• Christopher Acland (September 7, 1966 –October 17, 1996), Brit drummer for Lush, would have turned 58 this year.
• Eazy-E (September 7, 1964 –March 26, 1995), (born Eric L. Wright) American rapper with N.W.A. , would have turned 60 this year.
• Jermaine Stewart (September 7, 1957 –March 17, 1997), American pop music singer, would have turned 67 this year.
• Buddy Holly (September 7, 1936 –February 3, 1959), American singer-songwriter and member of The Crickets, would have turned 88 this year.
• Francis Coppieters (1930 –1990), Belgian pianist, would have turned 94.
• Arthur Ferrante (September 7, 1922 –September 19, 2009), American pianist of Ferrante and Teicher fame, would have turned 102 this year.
• Joe Newman (September 7, 1922 –July 04, 1992), American composer and trumpeter, would have turned 102 this year.
• Graeme Bell (September 7, 1914 –June 13, 2012), Australian bandleader and pianist, would have turned 110 this year.
• Al Sherman (September 7, 1897 –September 16, 1973), Russian-American Tin Pan Alley songwriter, would have turned 127 this year.