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Births

• January 2 – Chick Churchill (Ten Years After)
• January 5 – George Brown (Kool and the Gang)
• January 11 – Frederick Dennis Greene (Sha Na Na)
• January 12 – Andrzej Zaucha, singer
• January 19 – Robert Palmer, singer (d. 2003)
• January 22
  • Joseph Hill, reggae singer (d. 2006)
  • Steve Perry (Journey)
• January 24 – John Belushi, comedian, actor and singer (d. 1983)
• February 5 – Nigel Olsson, drummer
• February 12
  • Stanley Knight (Black Oak Arkansas)
  • Joaquín Sabina, singer, songwriter and poet
• February 21 – Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads)
• February 22 – Joseph Hill (Culture) (d. 2006)
• February 23 – Terry Comer (Ace)
• February 29 – Leroy Sibbles (The Heptones)
• March 6 – Mariko Takahashi, pop singer
• March 8 – Antonello Venditti, singer-songwriter
• March 13
  • Donald York (Sha Na Na)
  • Julia Migenes, operatic soprano
• March 17 – Daniel Lavoie, singer-songwriter
• March 19 – Valery Leontiev, singer
• March 20 – Carl Palmer, drummer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• March 21
  • Åge Aleksandersen, singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • Eddie Money, guitarist, Saxophonist and singer-songwriter
• March 24 – Nick Lowe, singer-songwriter
• March 26
  • Vicki Lawrence
  • Fran Sheehan (Boston)
• March 29 – Dave Greenfield, The Stranglers
• March 30 – Lene Lovich, singer
• April 1 – Gil Scott-Heron, poet, musician and author
• April 3 – Richard Thompson, folk musician
• April 21 – Patti LuPone, singer
• May 9 – Billy Joel, pianist and singer-songwriter
• May 13 – Overend Pete Watts (Mott the Hoople)
• May 17 – Bill Bruford, drummer (Yes and King Crimson)
• May 18 – Rick Wakeman, multi-instrumentalist and composer
• May 19 – Dusty Hill, guitarist and singer (ZZ Top)
• May 26 – Hank Williams, Jr., country musician
• May 29 – Francis Rossi, guitarist and singer (Status Quo)
• June 11 – Frank Beard, drummer (ZZ Top)
• June 13
  • Dennis Locorriere (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
• June 14 – Alan White, drummer (Plastic Ono Band, Yes
• June 15
  • Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply), singer
  • Michael Sam Lutz (Brownsville Station)
• June 20 – Lionel Richie, singer
• June 22
  • Jaroslav Filip, polymath (d. 2000)
  • Larry Junstrom (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special)
  • Alan Osmond (The Osmonds)
• June 26
  • Larry Taylor (Canned Heat)
  • John Illsley (Dire Straits)
• June 30 – Andrew Scott (Sweet)
• July 3
  • Fontella Bass, singer
  • John Verity, Argent
• July 6
  • Phyllis Hyman, soul singer (d. 1995)
  • Michael Shrieve, Santana
• July 10 – Dave Smalley (The Raspberries)
• July 12 – John Wetton, bass guitarist (King Crimson, Roxy Music)
• July 16 – Ray Major, Mott the Hoople
• July 17 – Geezer Butler, Black Sabbath
• July 18 – Wally Bryson, The Raspberries
• July 26 – Roger Taylor (Queen)
• July 27
  • David Weck (Brownsville Station)
  • Maureen McGovern, singer and actress
• July 28
  • Simon Kirke (Free, Bad Company)
  • Steven Took (T. Rex)
• August 3 – B. B. Dickerson (War)
• August 11 – Eric Carmen, singer and songwriter
• August 12 – Mark Knopfler, guitarist and singer (Dire Straits)
• August 16 – Bill Spooner (The Tubes)
• August 17 – Sib Hashian (Boston)
• August 20 – Phil Lynott, singer (Thin Lizzy, Grand Slam (d. 1986)
• August 23
  • Rick Springfield, singer-songwriter and actor
  • Vicky Leandros, Greek singer
• August 25
  • Fariborz Lachini, film score composer
  • Gene Simmons (Kiss)
• August 26 – Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills)
• August 27 – Jeff Cook (Alabama)
• August 28 – Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)
• September 1 – Greg Errico (Sly & the Family Stone)
• September 5 – Clem Clempson (Humble Pie)
• September 7 – Gloria Gaynor, singer
• September 10 – Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull)
• September 14
  • Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
  • Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
• September 18 – Kerry Livgren (Kansas)
• September 20
  • Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (Styx)
• September 23 – Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
• September 27 – Jahn Teigen, singer
• September 30 – Eleanor Alberga, Jamaican-British composer
• October 1 – André Rieu, violinist, conductor, and composer
• October 3 – Lindsey Buckingham, guitarist, singer, composer and producer
• October 5 – B. W. Stevenson, progressive country musician (d. 1988)
• October 6 – Thomas McClary (The Commodores)
• October 8 – Michael Rosen (Average White Band)
• October 13 – Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon)
• October 17 – Bill Hudson, singer (Hudson Brothers)
• October 23 – Würzel (Motörhead) (d. 2011)
• October 27 – Garry Tallent (E Street Band)
• November 6 – Arturo Sandoval, jazz performer
• November 8 – Bonnie Raitt, blues singer-songwriter
• November 12 – Cândida Branca Flor, Portuguese traditional singer and entertainer (d. 2001)
• November 13 – Terry Reid, singer, guitarist
• November 14 – James Young (Styx)
• November 23 – Marcia Griffiths, reggae singer
• November 28 – Paul Shaffer, bandleader, composer and actor (Late Show with David Letterman)
• December 7 – Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor
• December 13 – Tom Verlaine (Television)
• December 14
  • Ronnie McNeir, singer
  • Randy Owen (Alabama)
  • Cliff Williams (Home, AC/DC)
• December 16 – Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
• December 17 – Paul Rodgers, vocalist (Free, Bad Company, Queen)
• December 22 – Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb (d. 2003) (Bee Gees)
• December 23
  • Adrian Belew, guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
  • Luther Grosvenor (Spooky Tooth, Mott the Hoople)
• date unknown
  • Esmeray, singer (d. 2002)
  • Jang Sa-ik, singer
  • Eduardo Gatti, singer-songwriter
  • Anup Ghoshal, playback singer