Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/August 12
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- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Craig Douglas|(born Terrence Perkins) British vocalist|1941}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Mark Knopfler|Brit guitarist for Dire Straits|1949}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Ron Mael|American keyboardist with Sparks|1950}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Kid Creole|(born Nate Glover) American rapper with Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five|1950}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|August Darnell|Canadian vocalist with Kid Creole and the Coconuts|1951}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Jerry Speiser|Australian drummer for Men at Work|1953}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Pat Metheny|veteran jazz guitarist and leader of the Pat Metheny Group|1954}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Danny Shirley|American country music singer|1956}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Jurgen Dehmel|German bassist of Nena fame ("99 Luftballons")|1958}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Roy Hay (musician)|Brit guitarist and keyboardist of Culture Club fame|1962}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Sir Mix-a-Lot|(born Anthony Ray) American Grammy Award-winning rapper and music producer|1963}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Bon Harris|British percussionist with Nitzer Ebb|1965}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Paul Tucker (musician)|British keyboardist for Lighthouse Family|1968}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Tanita Tikaram|West German singer-songwriter|1969}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Sharam Tayebi|Iranian DJ, music producer, and one-half of Deep Dish|1970}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Del tha Funkee Homosapien|(born Teren Delvon Jones) American alternative hip hop artist with Deltron 3030|1972}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Bill Uechi|American bassist for Starpool, Save Ferris|1975}}
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- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Tony Allen|Nigerian drummer instrumental in creation of the Afrobeat genre|1940 |2020| April|30}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Porter Wagoner|American country music singer and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee|1927 |2007| October|28}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Ruth Lowe|Canadian songwriter and pianist|1914 |1981| January|04}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Billy Douglas (musician)|American trumpeter and vocalist|1912|1978}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Rex Griffin|American country musician, songwriter and vocalist|1912 |1959| October|12}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Joseph Spence (musician)|Bahamian fisherman-turned-guitarist|1910 |1984| March|18}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Gladys Bentley|American blues singer|1907 |1960| January|18}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Valfrido Silva|Brazilian composer and drummer|1904 |1972| January|06}}
- {{Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/Template|Elton Island Spivey|(a.k.a. Za Zu Girl) American blues singer|1900 |1971| June|25}}