Benjamin Orr

Benjamin Orr was an American musician best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the new wave band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best-known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", "Moving in Stereo", and "Drive". He also had a moderate solo hit with "Stay the Night".

8 September 1947

Born on the same birth date (8 September 1947): Ann Beattie • Halldór Ásgrímsson • Marianne Wiggins • Valery Afanassiev

Born on the same birth day (8 September): Andrei Kirilenko (politician) • Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg • Chris Latham (rugby union) • Chris Powell • Danielle Frenkel • Frédéric Mistral • Gaten Matarazzo • Gerald Drummond • Jack Prelutsky • Jacqueline Ceballos • John Samuel Bourque • Kenichi Horie • Marco Sturm • Margaret Hodge • Mark Lindsay Chapman • Nick Hundley • Pink (singer) • Rasul Gamzatov • Siegfried Sassoon • Vinko Puljić • Will Lee (bassist) • Wong Kan Seng

Born in the same month (September 1947): Bob Carr • Bob Jenkins • Buddy Miles • Dusty Hughes (playwright) • Ed Nimmervoll • Jane Curtin • John Agrue • Jon Bauman • Jon Snow (journalist) • Lucius Allen • Mario Draghi • Marsha Norman • Mel Collins • Mia Martini • Richard J. Evans • Robert Morace • Sergio Della Pergola • Stephen Mueller