Births
- January 12 - Glenn Yarbrough (The Limelighters)
- January 13 - Bobby Lester (The Moonglows)
- January 27 - Bobby Blue Bland, blues and soul singer
- February 22 - Marni Nixon, soprano, best known for film voice-overs
- February 26 - Chic Hetti (The Playmates)
- March 6 - Lorin Maazel, conductor
- March 13 - Jan Howard, country singer
- March 17 - Paul Horn (musician), jazz and new age flautist
- March 22 - Stephen Sondheim, composer and songwriter
- March 28 - Robert Ashley, composer
- March 29 - Donny Conn (The Playmates)
- April 8 - Jean Guillou, French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue
- April 16 - Herbie Mann, jazz musician (d. 2003)
- May 1 - Little Walter, blues musician (d. 1968)
- May 16 - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
- May 28 - Julian Slade, musical theatre writer (d. 2006)
- June 3 - Dakota Staton, jazz vocalist (d. 2007)
- June 9 - Monique Serf, singer ("Barbara") (d. 1997)
- July 10 - Josephine Veasey, operatic mezzo-soprano
- July 16 - Guy Béart, singer and songwriter
- July 20 - Sally Ann Howes, English actress and singer
- August 1
- Lionel Bart, English composer and lyricist (d. 1999)
- Walter Jagiello, polka musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
- August 7 - Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer
- September 7 - Sonny Rollins, jazz saxophonist
- September 23 - Ray Charles, soul musician (d. 2004)
- October 5 - John Carmichael, pianist, composer and music therapist
- October 8 - Tōru Takemitsu, composer (d. 1996)
- October 24 - The Big Bopper, DJ and singer (d. 1957)
- October 30 - Clifford Brown, jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)
- December 31 - Odetta, singer, songwriter and civil rights activist (d. 2008)
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