Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/February 22

• Nigel Planer, British actor and singer, turns 71.
• John B. Sparks, British bassist with Dr. Feelgood, turns 71.
• Graham Lewis, British bassist with Wire, turns 71.
• Scott Phillips, American drummer of Creed and Alter Bridge fame, turns 51.
• James Blunt, British Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter, turns 47.

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• Bradley Nowell (February 22, 1968 –May 25, 1996), American guitarist, lead singer and founder of the band Sublime, would have turned 56 this year.
• Oliver (February 22, 1945 –February 12, 2000), (born William Oliver Swofford) American pop music singer, would have turned 79 this year.
• Mick Green (February 22, 1943 –January 11, 2010), British guitarist with Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, would have turned 81 this year.
• Bobby Hendricks (February 22, 1938 –March 25, 2022), American doo-wop vocalist with The Drifters and The Swallows, would have turned 86 this year.
• Ernie K-Doe (February 22, 1936 –July 05, 2001), (born Ernest Kador, Jr.) American R&B singer, would have turned 88 this year.
• Louise Lopez (February 22, 1933 –January 28, 2015), American singer-songwriter with Odyssey, a dance music act, would have turned 91 this year.
• Nacio Herb Brown (February 22, 1896 –September 28, 1964), American composer of film scores and Broadway theatre music, would have turned 128 this year.
• James Reese Europe (February 22, 1881 –May 10, 1919), American arranger, bandleader, and composer, would have turned 143 this year.