Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/November 8

• Rodney Slater, Brit saxophonist with Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, turns 82.
• Charles Sullivan (musician), American bandleader, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player, turns 82.
• Bonnie Bramlett, American singer with Delaney, Bonnie & Friends, turns 82.
• Roy Wood, Brit multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with ELO, The Move, turns 80.
• Bonnie Raitt, American Grammy Award-winning slide guitarist, turns 77.
• Gerald Alston, American R&B vocalist with The Manhattans, turns 75.
• Rickie Lee Jones, American Grammy Award-winning songwriter and vocalist, turns 72.
• Jeanette McGruder, American vocalist with P-Funk and The Brides of Funkenstein, turns 72.
• Porl Thompson, (born Paul Stephen Thompson) Brit guitarist and saxophonist with The Cure, turns 69.
• Don Byron, American clarinetist, turns 68.
• Leif Garrett, American actor and singer, turns 65.
• Diana King, Jamaican pop music singer, turns 56.
• Rat, Brit guitarist with Ned's Atomic Dustbin, turns 56.
• Tech N9ne, (born Aaron Dontez Yates) American rapper, turns 55.
• Gretchen Mol, American actress and singer, turns 54.
• Jack Osbourne, son to Ozzy Osbourne, turns 41.
• Lauren Alaina, American country singer songwriter, turns 32.

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• Minnie Riperton (November 8, 1947 –July 12, 1979), American whistle register, would have turned 79 this year.
• Don Murray (November 8, 1945 –March 22, 1996), American drummer with The Turtles, would have turned 81 this year.
• Donnie Fritts (November 8, 1942–August 27, 2019), American songwriter and keyboardist, would have turned 84 this year.
• Georg Riedel (Swedish jazz musician) (November 8, 1934 –February 25, 2024), Czech bass player, would have turned 92 this year.
• Edward Saldanha (November 8, 1934 –July 25, 1998), (better known as Dizzy Sal) Indian pianist, would have turned 92 this year.
• Patti Page (November 8, 1927–January 01, 2013), American traditional pop singer, would have turned 99 this year.
• Chris Connor (November 8, 1927–August 29, 2009), American jazz vocalist, would have turned 99 this year.
• Ken Dodd (November 8, 1927 –March 11, 2018), Brit singer and comedian, would have turned 99 this year.
• Jerome Hines (November 8, 1921 –February 04, 2003), American basso, would have turned 105 this year.
• Arnold Bax (November 8, 1883 –October 03, 1953), English composer and poet, would have turned 143 this year.