Births
- January 2
- Iván Erőd, Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist
- Roger Miller, country singer (d. 1992)
- January 12 – Raimonds Pauls, composer and piano player
- January 14 – Clarence Carter, soul singer
- January 23 – Cécile Ousset, pianist
- January 24
- Doug Kershaw, fiddle player
- Jack Scott, singer and songwriter
- February 6 – Donnie Brooks, singer (died 2007)
- February 9 – Stompin' Tom Connors, folk musician
- February 19 – Bob Engermann (The Lettermen)
- February 22 – Ernie K-Doe, R&B singer (died 2001)
- March 4 – Aribert Reimann, pianist and composer
- March 9 – Ladislav Kupkovič, composer
- March 17 – Ladislav Kupkovič, composer
- March 20 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, reggae artist
- March 26 – Fred Parris (The Five Satins)
- March 29 – Richard Rodney Bennett, composer and pianist
- April 10 – Bobby Smith (R&B singer) (The Spinners)
- April 17 – Pete Graves (The Moonglows)
- April 22 – Glen Campbell, folk singer (The Beach Boys)
- April 23 – Roy Orbison, singer-songwriter (died 1988)
- April 29
- April Stevens, singer
- Zubin Mehta, conductor
- May 2 – Engelbert Humperdinck, singer
- May 6 – Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson (Mickey & Sylvia)
- May 14 – Bobby Darin, singer (died 1973)
- May 25 – Tom T. Hall, country singer
- June 6 – Levi Stubbs, vocalist (The Four Tops) (d. 2008)
- June 19
- Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons)
- Shirley Goodman (Shirley & Lee, Shirley & Company)
- June 20 – Billy Guy (The Coasters)
- June 22 – Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor
- June 30 – Dave Van Ronk, folk singer (died 2002)
- July 10 – David Zinman, violinist and conductor
- July 13 – Vaza Azarasvili, Georgian composer
- July 30 – Buddy Guy, blues guitarist
- August 4 – Elsberry Hobbs (The Drifters)
- August 7 – Charles Pope (The Tams)
- August 23 – Rudy Lewis (The Drifters)
- September 7 – Buddy Holly, singer and songwriter (died 1959)
- October 3
- James Darren, actor and singer
- Steve Reich, composer
- October 5 – George Jones Jr. (The Edsels)
- October 7 – Charles Dutoit, conductor
- October 24 – Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones)
- November 11 – Jack Keller, songwriter
- November 14 – Antonio Gades, flamenco dancer
- November 18 – Don Cherry, jazz musician
- December 14 – Arve Tellefsen, violinist
- December 17 – Tommy Steele, singer
- date unknown – Dieter Klöcker, clarinetist
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