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Births

• January 17 – Dalida, singer (d. 1987)
• January 18 – Ray Dolby, inventor of the Dolby System
• January 23 – Chita Rivera, Broadway star
• January 29 – Sacha Distel, singer (d. 2004)
• February 7 – Stuart Burrows, operatic tenor
• February 17 – Bobby Lewis, R&B singer
• February 18 – Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon and mother of Sean Lennon
• February 21 – Nina Simone, soul singer (d. 2003)
• February 22 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent, patron of music
• March 9 – Lloyd Price, rock & roll musician
• March 13 – Mike Stoller, songwriter
• March 14 – Quincy Jones, arranger
• March 15 – Roy Clark, country musician
• March 28 – Tete Montoliu, jazz pianist (d. 1997)
• April 8 – Fred Ebb, lyricist (d. 2004)
• April 12 – Montserrat Caballé, operatic soprano
• April 14 – Buddy Knox, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
• April 24 – Freddie Scott, songwriter and singer (d. 2007)
• April 25 – Jerry Leiber, songwriter
• April 29 – Rod McKuen, songwriter
• April 30 – Willie Nelson, country singer and songwriter
• May 3 – James Brown, soul singer (d. 2006)
• May 21 – Maurice André, trumpeter (d. 2012)
• May 22 – Don Estelle, actor and singer (d. 2003)
• June 17 – Christian Ferras, violinist (d. 1982)
• June 26 – Claudio Abbado, conductor
• July 10 – Eileen Rodgers, US singer (d. 2003)
• July 23 – Bert Convy, entertainer (d. 1991)
• July 27 – Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio)
• July 29 – Anne Rogers, English actress, singer and dancer
• August 8 – Joe Tex, soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
• August 15
  • Bill Pinkney (The Drifters)
  • Bobby Helms, singer (d. 1997)
  • Rita Hunter, operatic soprano (d. 2001)
• August 17 – Mark Dinning, singer (d. 1986)
• August 21 – Dame Janet Baker, operatic mezzo-soprano
• September 1 – Conway Twitty, country singer (d. 1993)
• September 8 – Asha Bhosle, Bollywood singer
• September 14 – Harve Presnell, actor and singer (d. 2009)
• September 15 – Pat Barrett (The Crewcuts)
• September 17 – Dorothy Loudon, US singer (d. 2003)
• September 18 – Jimmie Rodgers, US pop singer
• September 25 – Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia)
• October 10 – Daniel Massey, star of musical theatre (d. 1998)
• October 17 – The Singing Nun (d. 1985)
• October 21 – Georgia Brown, English actress and singer
• October 27 – Floyd Cramer, pianist (d. 1997)
• November 3 – John Barry, film score composer (d. 2011)
• November 6 – Joseph Pope (The Tams)
• November 16 – Garnett Mimms, soul singer
• November 23 – Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
• November 26 – Robert Goulet, singer and actor (d. 2007)
• November 29 – John Mayall, blues musician
• December 6 – Henryk Górecki, composer (d. 2010)
• December 13 – Wayne Bennett, blues guitarist (d. 1992)