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The list Bongo players includes Jennifer Lopez, Sheila E., John Bonham, Mickey Finn and Larry Mullen Jr.. The list consists of 53 members.
  • 1.

    Jennifer Lopez
    American, Actress
    Jennifer Lopez
    Overview: Jennifer Lynn Affleck (née Lopez; born July 24, 1969), known by her maiden name and also shortened to J.Lo, is an American singer and actress. Often considered a Latin pop culture icon, Lopez is one of ...
    Date of birth: 24 July 1969
    Age: 55
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actress
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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    American HIV/AIDS activists 265T
    American dance-pop musicians 68T
    People from Castle Hill, Bronx 10T
  • 2.

    Sheila E.
    American singer and percussionist (born 1957)
    Sheila E.
    Overview: Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist and singer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer ...
    Date of birth: 12 December 1957
    Age: 67
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Percussionist
    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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    21st-century African-American women singers 611T
    20th-century African-American women singers 859T
    Singer-songwriters from California 1,002T
  • 3.

    John Bonham
    English drummer (1948–1980)
    John Bonham
    Overview: John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer for the English rock band Led Zeppelin. Esteemed for his speed, power, fast bass d ...
    Date of birth: 31 May 1948
    Date of death: 25 September 1980
    Age: 32 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Drummer
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)
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    Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends members 7T
    Band of Joy members 7T
    English men 29T
  • 4.

    Mickey Finn
    British musician
    Mickey Finn
    Overview: Michael Norman Finn (3 June 1947 – 11 January 2003) was the percussionist and sideman to Marc Bolan in his band Tyrannosaurus Rex (on one album, A Beard of Stars), and later, the 1970s glam rock group ...
    Date of birth: 3 June 1947
    Date of death: 11 January 2003
    Age: 55 (age at death)
    Nationality: English
    Occupation: Percussionist
    Gender: Male
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    T. Rex (band) members 12T
    Glam rock musicians 83T
    Conga players 71T
  • 5.

    Larry Mullen Jr.
    Drummer for rock band U2
    Larry Mullen Jr.
    Overview: Lawrence Joseph Mullen Jr. (born 31 October 1961) is an Irish musician and actor, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band U2. Mullen's distinctive, almost military drumming style developed ...
    Date of birth: 31 October 1961
    Age: 63
    Nationality: Irish
    Occupation: Drummer
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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    People from Artane, Dublin 17T
    People educated at Mount Temple Comprehensive School 32T
    Musicians from Dublin (city) 168T
  • 6.

    Russ Kunkel
    American musician
    Russ Kunkel
    Overview: Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Dan ...
    Date of birth: 1 September 1948
    Age: 76
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Drummer
    Gender: Male
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    Coral Reefer Band members 15T
    20th-century American drummers 1,414T
    Carly Simon 11T
  • 7.

    Don Alias
    American jazz percussionist
    Don Alias
    Overview: Charles "Don" Alias (December 25, 1939 in New York City – March 28, 2006 in New York City) was an American jazz percussionist.
    Date of birth: 15 December 1939
    Date of death: 29 March 2006
    Age: 66 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    The Tony Williams Lifetime members 19T
    20th-century American drummers 1,414T
  • 8.

    Ray Cooper
    British musician
    Ray Cooper
    Overview: Raymond Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English musician. He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including ...
    Date of birth: 19 August 1942
    Age: 82
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Percussionist
    Gender: Male
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    Elton John Band members 26T
    British male drummers 309T
    Snare drummers 15T
  • 9.

    Richard Feynman
    American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
    Richard Feynman
    Overview: Richard Phillips Feynman ForMemRS (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum ...
    Date of birth: 11 May 1918
    Date of death: 15 February 1988
    Age: 69 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Physicist
    Gender: Male
    Height: 6' (183 cm)
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    American relativity theorists 53T
    MIT Department of Physics alumni 211T
    American nanotechnologists 45T
  • 10.

    Cindy Wilson
    American singer
    Cindy Wilson
    Overview: Cynthia Leigh Wilson (born February 28, 1957) is an American singer, and is one of the vocalists, songwriters and founding members of new wave rock band the B-52s. She is noted for her distinctive contralto ...
    Date of birth: 28 February 1957
    Age: 68
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Singer
    Gender: Female
    Partner: Keith Bennet (Married)
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    20th-century American women musicians 816T
    20th-century women musicians 2,480T
    Guitarists from Georgia (U.S. state) 142T
  • 11.

    Steve Peregrin Took
    English musician
    Steve Peregrin Took
    Overview: Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter; 28 July 1949 – 27 October 1980) was an English musician and songwriter. He is best known for his membership of the duo Tyrannosaurus Rex with Marc Bolan ...
    Date of birth: 28 July 1949
    Date of death: 27 October 1980
    Age: 31 (age at death)
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century English bass guitarists 39T
    20th-century British male musicians 895T
    20th-century male musicians 12,801T
  • 12.

    Carl Palmer
    English drummer and percussionist
    Carl Palmer
    Overview: Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer (born 20 March 1950) is an English drummer and percussionist, credited as one of the most respected rock drummers to emerge from the 1960s. He is a veteran of a number of ...
    Date of birth: 20 March 1950
    Age: 75
    Nationality: British
    Occupation: Drummer
    Gender: Male
    Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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    Qango (band) members 4T
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer members 3T
    3 (1980s band) members 3T
  • 13.

    Roberto Roena
    Puerto Rican musicain
    Roberto Roena
    Overview: Roberto Roena (January 30, 1940 Mayagüez, Puerto Rico - September 23, 2021) was a Puerto Rican salsa music percussionist, orchestra leader, and dancer. Roena was one of the original members of El Gran ...
    Date of birth: 16 January 1938
    Date of death: 23 September 2021
    Age: 83 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Puerto Rican people of African descent 87T
    American percussionists 198T
    Percussionists 105T
  • 14.

    Hal Blaine
    drummer
    Hal Blaine
    Overview: Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, estimated to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the music ...
    Date of birth: 5 February 1929
    Date of death: 11 March 2019
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    21st-century American male musicians 4,997T
    2019 deaths 9,204T
  • 15.

    Paulinho Da Costa
    Brazilian musician
    Paulinho Da Costa
    Overview: Paulinho da Costa (Portuguese pronunciation: born Paulo Roberto da Costa on May 31, 1948) is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times ...
    Date of birth: 31 May 1948
    Age: 76
    Nationality: Brazilian
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Brazilian jazz percussionists 7T
    Snare drummers 15T
    21st-century Brazilian musicians 57T
  • 16.

    Poncie Ponce
    Musical artist
    Poncie Ponce
    Overview: Poncie Ponce (born Ponciano Hernandez; April 10, 1933 – July 19, 2013) was an American actor, musician and stand-up comedian. Born in Maui, Hawaii, he moved to Los Angeles, where from 1959–1963 he played ...
    Date of birth: 10 April 1933
    Date of death: 19 July 2013
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Actor
    Gender: Male
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    Male trombonists 428T
    American male actors of Filipino descent 65T
    Male actors from Hawaii 78T
  • 17.

    Steve Gadd
    American musician
    Steve Gadd
    Overview: Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the most well-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry ...
    Date of birth: 4 September 1945
    Age: 79
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
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    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    White Elephant Orchestra members 14T
  • 18.

    Ralph MacDonald
    American musician (1944–2011)
    Ralph MacDonald
    Overview: Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.
    Date of birth: 15 March 1944
    Date of death: 18 December 2011
    Age: 67 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    Musicians from Harlem 113T
    Coral Reefer Band members 17T
    21st-century African-American people 11,031T
  • 19.

    Willie Bobo
    American musician
    Willie Bobo
    Overview: William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Willie Bobo, was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent.
    Date of birth: 28 February 1934
    Date of death: 15 September 1983
    Age: 49 (age at death)
    Nationality: American
    Occupation: Jazz Musician
    Gender: Male
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    American male jazz musicians 3,118T
    20th-century American male musicians 6,873T
    People from East Harlem 156T
  • 20.

    Airto Moreira
    Brazilian drummer and percussionist
    Airto Moreira
    Overview: Airto Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. He currently resides in Los ...
    Date of birth: 5 August 1941
    Age: 83
    Nationality: Brazilian
    Occupation: Musician
    Gender: Male
    Partner: Flora Purim (Married)
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    CTI Records artists 69T
    Ilk Records artists 16T
    Sambrasa Trio members 3T
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