1940 in Music - Births

Births

• January 8 – Anthony Gourdine (Little Anthony & the Imperials)
• January 22 – Addie "Micki" Harris (The Shirelles)
• January 31 – Sandy Yaguda (Jay and the Americans)
• February 2 – Alan Caddy (The Tornados) (d. 2000)
• February 3 – Angelo D'Aleo (Dion and the Belmonts)
• February 10
  • Roberta Flack, singer
  • Jimmy Merchant (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
• February 11 – Bobby 'Boris' Pickett, singer (died 2007)
• February 19 – Smokey Robinson, soul singer
• February 20 – Barbara Ellis (The Fleetwoods)
• February 28
  • Joe South, singer songwriter
  • Marty Sanders (Jay and the Americans)
• February 29 – Gretchen Christopher (The Fleetwoods)
• March 2 – Juraj Beneš, composer
• March 10 – Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean)
• March 12 – Al Jarreau, singer
• March 13 – Daniel Bennie (The Reflections)
• March 15 – Phil Lesh, (Grateful Dead)
• March 17 – Vito Picone (The Elegants)
• March 27 – Derrick Morgan, ska musician
• March 29
  • Ray Davis, Parliament, Funkadelic
  • Astrud Gilberto, singer
• April 12 – Herbie Hancock, jazz pianist and composer
• April 13 – Lester Chambers (The Chambers Brothers)
• April 17 – Billy Fury, singer (died 1983)
• April 24 - George Tomsco (The Fireballs)
• April 26 – Giorgio Moroder, record producer
• May 8 – Ricky Nelson, singer and actor (died 1985)
• May 15 – Lainie Kazan, US actress and singer
• May 19 – Mickey Newbury, songwriter (died 2002)
• May 21 - Tony Sheridan, singer-songwriter
• June 7 – Tom Jones, singer
• June 8
  • Nancy Sinatra, singer
  • Sherman Garnes (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
• June 11 – Joey Dee, leader of Joey Dee and the Starliters
• June 13 – Bobby Freeman, soul singer
• June 23
  • Adam Faith, singer and actor (died 2003)
  • Diana Trask, Australian singer
• June 26 – Billy Davis Jr. (The 5th Dimension)
• July 7 – Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles
• July 16 – Tony Jackson, singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
• August 10 – Bobby Hatfield, singer (The Righteous Brothers) (died 2003)
• August 12 – Tony Allen, drummer
• August 14 – Dash Crofts, Seals and Crofts
• August 19
  • Johnny Nash, reggae singer
  • Roger Cook, songwriter
• August 20 – John Lantree (The Honeycombs)
• September 2 – Jimmy Clanton, singer
• September 9 – Joe Negroni (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
• September 10 – Dickie Rock, singer
• September 11 – Bernie Dwyer (Freddie & The Dreamers)
• September 17 – Lamonte McLemore (The 5th Dimension)
• September 19 – Bill Medley, singer (The Righteous Brothers)
• October 8 – Fred Cash (The Impressions)
• October 9 – John Lennon, singer and songwriter (died 1980)
• October 14 – Cliff Richard, singer
• October 17 – Stephen Kovacevich, pianist
• October 19 – Larry Chance (The Earls)
• October 21 – Jimmy Beaumont (The Skyliners)
• October 23
  • Fred Marsden (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
  • Ellie Greenwich, songwriter
• November 4 – Delbert McClinton, singer-songwriter
• November 16 – John Ryanes (The Monotones)
• November 17 – Luke Kelly, folk musician (The Dubliners) (d. 1984)
• November 21 – Dr. John, pianist, singer and songwriter
• November 25 – Percy Sledge, singer
• November 28 – Bruce Channel, singer
• November 29
  • Seán Cannon, Irish folk musician
  • Chuck Mangione, flugelhorn player and composer
• December 3 – Jim Freeman (The Five Satins)
• December 9 – Clancy Eccles, ska/reggae singer (died 2005)
• December 11 – David Gates, singer-songwriter (Bread)
• December 12 – Dionne Warwick, singer
• December 19 - Phil Ochs, protest singer (died 1976)
• December 21
  • Frank Zappa, guitarist (died 1993)
  • Ray Hildebrand (Paul & Paula)
• December 23
  • Tim Hardin, folk singer (d. 1980)
  • Eugene Record (The Chi-Lites)
  • Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)