Eric Weissberg

Eric Weissberg was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. ^{Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2020)}

16 August 1939

Born on the same birth date (16 August 1939): Billy Joe Shaver • Seán Brady (cardinal) • Trevor McDonald

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Cedric Alexander • Hongxi Emperor • Konstantin Vassiljev • Mae Clarke • Stuart Roosa • Ted Drake

Born in the same month (August 1939): Bill White (ice hockey) • Ginger Baker • Jimmie Nicol • Pam Kilborn • Pinchas Goldstein • Seán Brady (cardinal) • Sushil Koirala • The Mighty Hannibal