Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/December 10

• Franco Ambrosetti, Swiss trumpeter, turns 84.

• Ace Kefford, Brit bassist with The Move, turns 79.

• Gloria Loring, American actress and singer, turns 79.

• Walter Orange, American drummer and vocalist for The Commodores, turns 78.

• Ralph Tavares, American musician with Tavares, turns 77.

• Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer, turns 74.

• Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer, turns 74.

• Eugenio Columbo, Italian flautist and saxophonist, turns 72.

• Geoff Deane, Brit vocalist with Modern Romance, turns 71.
• Jack Hues , Brit singer of Wang Chung fame, turns 71.
• Paul Hardcastle, Brit record producer and keyboardist, turns 68.

• John Goldsby, American bass player, turns 67.

• J Mascis, (born Joseph Mascis) American songwriter with Dinosaur Jr., turns 60.

• Timothy Christian Riley, American R&B vocalist with Tony! Toni! Toné!, turns 60.

• Scot Alexander, American bassist with Dishwalla, turns 54.

• Brian Molko, Belgian singer and songwriter with Placebo, turns 53.

• Meg White, American drummer with The White Stripes, turns 51.

• Kuniva, American rapper with D12, turns 49.

• Sarah Chang, American violinist, turns 45.

• Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer and winner of Singapore Idol, turns 44.

• Tim Deegan, Canadian VJ with MuchMusic, turns 43.

• Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer, turns 40.

• Rachel Trachtenburg, American musician and singer for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and Supercute!, turns 32.

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• Kevin Sharp (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1970 –April 19, 2014), American country music singer, would have turned 55 this year.

• Ralph Tavares (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1948–December 08, 2021), American musician with Tavares, would have turned 77 this year.

• Jessica Cleaves (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1948 –May 02, 2014), American vocalist with Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire, would have turned 77 this year.

• Mike Lang (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1941 –August 05, 2022), American pianist, would have turned 84 this year.

• Chad Stuart (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1941–December 20, 2020), (born David Stuart Chadwick) Brit vocalist Chad and Jeremy, would have turned 84 this year.

• Don Sebesky (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1937 –April 29, 2023), American composer and trombonist, would have turned 88 this year.

• John Boudreaux (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1936 –January 14, 2017), American drummer, would have turned 89 this year.

• Bob Cranshaw (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1932 –November 02, 2016), American bass player, would have turned 93 this year.

• George Tucker (1927 – 1965), American bass player, would have turned 98.

• Guitar Slim (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1926 –February 07, 1959), (born Eddie Jones) American blues guitarist, would have turned 99 this year.

• Alexander Courage (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1919 –May 15, 2008), American composer, would have turned 106 this year.

• Morton Gould (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1913 –February 21, 1996), American composer, would have turned 112 this year.

• Ray Nance (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1913 –January 28, 1976), American trumpeter, would have turned 112 this year.

• Irving Fazola (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1912 –March 20, 1949), American clarinetist, would have turned 113 this year.

• Olivier Messiaen (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1908 –April 27, 1992), French composer and ornithologist, would have turned 117 this year.

• Matty Malneck (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1903 –February 25, 1981), American violinist, would have turned 122 this year.

• César Franck (Music/DateOfBirth/December 10, 1822 –November 08, 1890), (born César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck) Belgian organist, would have turned 203 this year.