Births
- January 2 - Roger Miller, singer-songwriter best known for honky-tonk novelty songs, and the non-novelty "King of the Road" (died 1992).
- March 9 — Mickey Gilley, pianist and nightclub owner who enjoyed success throughout the 1970s and 1980s; cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart.
- April 22 — Glen Campbell, pop-country singer and guitarist, host of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
- May 25 - Tom T. Hall, singer-songwriter who became known as "The Storyteller."
- June 22 - Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor who grew to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- November 5 — Billy Sherrill, record producer for numerous acts in the 1960s through 1980s, most famously Tammy Wynette.
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