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Births

January 3 - Gene Summers, singer-songwriter
January 9 - Jimmy Boyd, singer and actor
January 10 - Scott McKenzie, singer
January 12 - William Lee Golden (The Oakridge Boys)
January 19 - Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
January 21 - Wolfman Jack, DJ
February 11 - Gerry Goffin, songwriter
February 12 - Ray Manzarek, keyboard player
February 28
- John Fahey, guitarist and composer (died 2001)
- Tommy Tune, actor, singer and dancer
March 1 - Warren Davis (The Monotones)
March 8 - Robert Tear, tenor
March 13 - Neil Sedaka, pianist and singer-songwriter
April 1 - Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers)
April 2 - Marvin Gaye, soul singer (died 1984)
April 5 - Ronnie White (The Miracles)
April 16 - Dusty Springfield, singer (died 1999)
April 18 - Glen Hardin (The Crickets)
April 20 - Johnny Tillotson, singer and songwriter
April 21
- Ernie Maresca, singer, songwriter and record industry executive
- John McCabe - composer and pianist
April 23 - Wizz Jones, guitarist, singer and songwriter
May 1 - Judy Collins, singer
May 7
- Johnny Maestro), vocalist
- Jimmy Ruffin, singer
May 9 - Nokie Edwards (The Ventures)
May 19
- Nancy Kwan, dancer, singer and actress
- Sonny Fortune, jazz musician
- John Sheahan (The Dubliners)
May 23 - Michel Colombier, composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
June 6
- Gary U.S. Bonds, singer and songwriter
- Louis Andriessen, composer
June 9 - Ileana Cotrubaş, operatic soprano
June 16 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, country singer
June 30 - Tony Hatch, composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and record producer
July 1 - Delaney Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie)
July 2 - Paul Williams (The Temptations)
July 3 - Brigitte Fassbaender, operatic mezzo-soprano
July 14 - Vince Taylor, rock and roll singer (d. 1991)
July 18
- Dion DiMucci, singer-songwriter
- Brian Auger, Trinity
August 4 - Frankie Ford, singer
August 9 - Billy Henderson (The Spinners) (d. 2007)
August 17
- Luther Allison, blues guitarist (d. 1997)
- Ed Sanders (The Fugs)
August 18 - Johnny Preston, singer
August 19 - Ginger Baker, drummer
August 24 - Ernie Wright (Little Anthony & the Imperials)
August 25 – Robert Jager, American composer and theorist
August 28 - Robert Aitken, composer
August 30 - John Peel, influential disc jockey (d. 2004)
August 31
- Jerry Allison (The Crickets)
- Cleveland Eaton, American jazz musician
September 2
- Sam Gooden (The Impressions)
- Bobby Lee Dickey, singer
September 5 - John Stewart, folk singer and songwriter (died 2008)
September 6 - David Allan Coe, American musician
September 8 – Guitar Shorty, American blues guitarist
September 13 - Gene Page, arranger, producer and conductor
September 17 – Shelby Flint, American singer
September 18 - Frankie Avalon, singer and actor
September 23 - Roy Buchanan, guitarist (died 1988)
September 28 - Elbridge Bryant (The Temptations)
September 30 - Len Cariou, Canadian actor and singer
October 18 - Paddy Reilly, folk musician
October 30
- Eddie Holland, songwriter (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
- Grace Slick, vocalist (Jefferson Airplane)
October 31 - Gordon Bok, singer-songwriter
November 12 - Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby & the Romantics)
November 17 - Yuya Uchida, singer
November 18 - Tom Johnson, minimalist composer
November 19 - Pete Moore (The Miracles)
November 22 - Stefan Dimitrov, Bulgarian operatic bass
November 23 - Jan Rooney, American singer and wife of Mickey Rooney
November 26 - Tina Turner, singer
November 28 - Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods)
December 1 – Dianne Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
December 4 – Freddy Cannon, American rock musician
December 8 - Sir James Galway, flautist
December 13 - Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (d. 2002)
December 15 - Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes)
December 16 - Barney McKenna (The Dubliners)
December 17
- Eddie Kendricks, vocalist (The Temptations)
- James Booker, pianist and singer
December 25 - Bob James, jazz keyboardist
December 30 - Felix Pappalardi, rock producer and bassist (Mountain)