Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 23

• Muhammad Ali, American free jazz drummer, turns 88.
• Jorma Kaukonen, guitarist of Jefferson Airplane fame, turns 84.
• Harry Shearer, American actor and bassist, turns 81.
• Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, author, educator, and music journalist, turns 76.
• Luther Grosvenor, (a.k.a. Ariel Bender) Brit guitarist with Spooky Tooth and Mott the Hoople, turns 75.
• Adrian Belew, (born Robert Steven Belew) American guitarist and vocalist for King Crimson, turns 75.
• Anthony Phillips, British guitarist with Genesis, turns 73.
• Dave Murray, Brit guitarist with Iron Maiden, turns 66.
• Victoria Williams, American singer-songwriter, turns 65.
• Laurence Hobgood, American Grammy Award-nominated pianist, turns 65.
• Ralph Bowen, Canadian tenor saxophonist, turns 63.
• Eddie Vedder, American vocalist of Pearl Jam fame, turns 58.
• John Gordon, American alto saxophonist, turns 58.
• Carla Bruni, Italian-French model, songwriter and singer, turns 56.
• Montsho Eshe, American vocalist with Arrested Development, turns 50.
• Esthero, (born Jen-Bea Englishman) Canadian singer-songwriter, turns 46.
• Harry Judd, American drummer for McFly, turns 39.
• Yuka Kashino, Japanese singer with electropop group Perfume, turns 36.
• Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and Pop singer, turns 34.

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• Duster Bennett (December 23, 1946–March 26,  1966), Brit blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, would have turned 78 this year.
• Ron Bushy (December 23, 1941–August 29, 2021), American drummer with Iron Butterfly, would have turned 83 this year.
• Eugene Booker Record (December 23, 1940 –July 22, 2005), American lead vocalist with The Chi-Lites, would have turned 84 this year.
• Frederick Heath (December 23, 1939–October 07, 1966), Brit singer; Johnny Kidd of Johnny Kidd and the Pirates fame, would have turned 85 this year.
• Esther Phillips (December 23, 1935 –August 07, 1984), American singer, would have turned 89 this year.
• Frank Morgan (December 23, 1933–December 14, 2007), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 91 this year.
• Henry Cuesta (December 23, 1931 –December 17, 2003), American clarinetist for The Lawrence Welk Show, would have turned 93 this year.
• Herman Schoonderwalt (December 23, 1931–June 15, 1997), Dutch reedist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Chet Baker (December 23, 1929 –May 13, 1988), American trumpeter and vocalist, would have turned 95 this year.
• Buddy Harman (December 23, 1928–August 21, 2008), American country music drummer, would have turned 96 this year.
• Joe Harris (December 23, 1926–January 16, 2016), American session musician (drummer) with Benny Goodman, would have turned 98 this year.
• Günther Schifter (December 23, 1923–August 11, 2008), Austrian music journalist, would have turned 101 this year.
• Micheline Ostermeyer (December 23, 1922–October 17, 2001), French athlete and musician, would have turned 102 this year.
• Joe Thomas (1908 –-), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 116.
• Mike Jackson (December 23, 1888 –June 21, 1945), American acid jazz/jazz-funk composer and pianist, would have turned 136 this year.
• Severo Bonini (December 23, 1582 –December 05, 1663), Italian composer, would have turned 442 this year.
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (December 23, 1689 –October 28, 1755), French composer, would have turned 335 this year.