Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/October 11

• Tom Zé, Brazilian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, turns 90.
• Gene Watson, American country music singer, turns 83.
• Gary Mallaber, American drummer for Steve Miller Band, turns 80.
• Mwata Bowden, American aerophone virtuoso, turns 79.
• Daryl Hall, American blue-eyed soul vocalist of Hall and Oates, turns 77.

• Al Anderson, Jamaican songwriter and guitarist with Bob Marley and The Wailers, turns 76.
• Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter, turns 75.
• Claude Morrison, Canadian vocalist with The Nylons, turns 74.
• Paulette Carlson, American country music singer, turns 73.
• Linda Boone, American singer, turns 71.
• Blair Cunningham, American drummer for Brit pop music outfit, Haircut 100, turns 69.
• Andy McCoy, Finnish lead guitarist with Hanoi Rocks, turns 64.
• Todd Snider, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 60.
• Mike Smith, American guitarist with theSTART and Snot, turns 55.
• Petra Haden, American violinist with The Rentals and that dog., turns 55.
• MC Lyte, American rapper, turns 55.
• Brendan Brown, American guitarist and vocalist for Wheatus, turns 53.
• Cardi B, (born Belcalis Almanzar), American rapper, turns 34.

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• Andrew Woolfolk (October 11, 1950–April 24, 2022), American multi-instrumentalist of Earth Wind and Fire, would have turned 76 this year.
• Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 –November 08, 1999), American trumpeter, would have turned 85 this year.
• Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 –May 03, 2001), American free jazz and hard bop drummer, would have turned 90 this year.
• Dottie West (October 11, 1932 –September 04, 1991), (nee Dorothy Marsh) American country music singer, would have turned 94 this year.
• Luděk Hulan (October 11, 1929 –February 22, 1979), Czech jazz bass player, would have turned 97 this year.
• Tony Kinsey (October 11, 1927 –February 09, 2025), renowned Brit jazz drummer, would have turned 99 this year.
• Loys Choquart (October 11, 1920 –December 10, 1989), (or Loïs Choquart) Swiss bandleader and clarinettist, would have turned 106 this year.
• Curtis Amy (October 11, 1919 –June 05, 2002), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 107 this year.
• Art Blakey (October 11, 1919 –October 16, 1990), American bebop drummer, would have turned 107 this year.
• Bob Dukoff (October 11, 1918 –May 3, 2012), American jazz vocalist, would have turned 108 this year.
• Teddy Weatherford (October 11, 1903 –April 25, 1945), American jazz pianist, would have turned 123 this year.
• Jakov Gotovac (October 11, 1895 –October 16, 1982), Croatian composer, would have turned 131 this year.
• Simon Sechter (October 11, 1788 –September 10, 1867), Austrian organist, conductor, and composer, would have turned 238 this year.