Births
- January 16 - Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano
- January 26 - Huey Piano Smith, R&B pianist
- January 30 - Tammy Grimes, actress and singer
- February 1 - Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio)
- February 2 - Skip Battin (The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 2003)
- February 7 - King Curtis, saxophonist (d. 1971)
- February 14 - Florence Henderson, actress and singer
- February 24 - Renata Scotto, operatic soprano
- March 4 - John Dunn, DJ (d. 2004)
- March 8 - Christian Wolff, composer
- March 25 - Johnny Burnette, rockabilly pioneer (d. 1964)
- March 31
- Shirley Jones, singer and actress
- John D. Loudermilk, singer-songwriter
- Richard Chamberlain, actor and singer
- March 29 - Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (d. 2001)
- April 1 - Jim Ed Brown (The Browns)
- April 19 - Dickie Goodman, pioneer of music sampling (d. 1989)
- April 24 - Shirley MacLaine, US actress and singer
- April 29 - Otis Rush, blues musician
- May 1 - Shirley Horn, US singer (d. 2005)
- May 3 - Frankie Valli, singer (The Four Seasons)
- May 9 - Soo Bee Lee, operatic soprano (d. 2005)
- May 24 - Dr Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
- June 1 - Pat Boone, singer
- June 9 - Jackie Wilson, singer (d. 1984)
- June 11 - James "Pookie" Hudson (The Spaniels) (d. 2007)
- July 15 - Harrison Birtwistle, composer
- July 28 - Jacques d'Amboise, dancer and choreographer
- July 30 - André Prévost, composer (d. 2001)
- August 9 - Merle Kilgore, country singer/songwriter (d. 2005)
- August 10 - James Tenney, composer and music theorist (d. 2006)
- September 3 - Freddie King, blues guitarist and singer (d. 1976)
- September 7 - Little Milton, blues singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
- September 8 - Peter Maxwell Davies, composer
- September 16 - Ronnie Drew, Irish folk musician (d. 2008)
- September 19 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles (d. 1967)
- September 21 - Leonard Cohen, poet and musician
- October 17 - Rico Rodriguez, ska trombonist
- October 20 - Eddie Harris, saxophonist
- October 26 - Jacques Loussier, classical/jazz musician
- November 1 - William Mathias, composer (d. 1992)
- November 15 - Peter Dickinson (musician), composer
- November 19 - Dave Guard (The Kingston Trio) (d. 1991)
- November 24 - Alfred Schnittke, composer (d. 1998)
- December 1 - Billy Paul, soul singer
- December 9 - Alan Ridout, composer and music teacher (d. 1996
- December 30
- Del Shannon, singer (d. 1990)
- Russ Tamblyn, dancer, singer and actor
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