Bob James (musician)
Robert McElhiney James is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. According to VICE, music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and believed to have contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras".
25 December 1939
Born on the same birth date (25 December 1939): Akong Rinpoche • Ghulam Ahmad Bilour
Born on the same birth day (25 December): Adolf Windaus • Ahmed Ben Bella • Clarrie Grimmett • Desireless • Dick Miller • Emmanuel Agassi • Emmanuel Amunike • Gary McAllister • Gerhard Herzberg • Ian Bostridge • James Fletcher Jnr • Jessica Origliasso • Justin Trudeau • Laurent Bonnart • Leo Kubiak • Mansoor Akhtar • Naushad • Orlando Gibbons • Peter Boardman • Ram Narayan • Theodor Innitzer
Born in the same month (December 1939): Akong Rinpoche • Ann Cryer • Dave Clark (musician) • Dick Bavetta • Ernie Davis • Glenda Adams • Gordon Miller (athlete) • Harry Reid • John Amos • John Paul Sr. (racing driver) • Kim Weston • Lee Trevino • Lloyd Axworthy • Philip Langridge • Red Berenson • Stephen W. Bosworth • Thomas McGuane • Tom Hayden • Willye White • Yael Dayan