Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/August 18

• Barbara Harris, singer with The Toys, turns 80.
• Vince Melouney, Australian guitarist for the Bee Gees, turns 80.
• Nigel Griggs, English bassist for Split Enz, turns 76.
• Dennis Elliot, American drummer for Foreigner, turns 75.
• David Benoit (musician), American arranger, keyboardist, and pianist, turns 72.
• Ron Strykert, Australian guitarist for Men at Work, turns 68.
• Dan Peters, American drummer for Mudhoney, turns 58.
• Tracy Tracy, Australian vocalist for The Primitives, turns 58.
• Everlast, (nee Erik Schrody) of House of Pain fame, turns 56.
• Richard D James (electronic musician), best known as Aphex Twin, turns 54.
• Frances Bean Cobain, American singer and daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, turns 33.

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• Patrick Swayze (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1952–September 14, 2009), American actor and singer, would have turned 73 this year.
• Carl Wayne (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1944 –August 31, 2004), singer for The Move, would have turned 81 this year.
• Molly Bee (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1939–February 07, 2009), American country music vocalist, would have turned 86 this year.
• Johnny Preston (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1930 –March 04, 2011), American pop singer ("Running Bear"), would have turned 95 this year.
• Zinky Cohn (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1908 –April 26, 1952), American pianist, would have turned 117 this year.
• Curtis Jones (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1906 –September 11, 1971), American blues pianist, would have turned 119 this year.
• Enoch Light (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1905 –July 31, 1978), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and pianist, would have turned 120 this year.
• Lucienne Boyer (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1901 –December 06, 1983), French vocalist, would have turned 124 this year.
• Gus Edwards (Music/DateOfBirth/August 18, 1879 –November 07, 1945), German composer, songwriter, and Vaudevillian, would have turned 146 this year.