Drummer
Steve Gadd
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, and the most copied drum part in pop.
Stephen Kendall Gadd is an American drummer and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and most highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd's performances on Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" (1976) and "Late in the Evening" (1980), Herbie Mann's "Hi-jack" (1975) and Steely Dan's "Aja" (1977) are examples of his style. He has worked with other popular musicians from many genres including Van McCoy, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Chick Corea, Chuck Mangione, Randy Crawford, Eric Clapton, Michel Petrucciani, Paul McCartney, and David Gilmour.
- Born
- 1945-04-09, Rochester, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1945-04-09, Rochester, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 19°25′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 9°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 25°57′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 28°59′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Pisces | 12°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 19°20′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 4°55′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 10°16′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 4°40′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 7°56′ | Retrograde |
Steve Gadd is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Steve Gadd was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.