1951 in Music - Births

Births

• January 6 – Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• January 9 – Crystal Gayle, country singer
• January 19
  • Dewey Bunnell (America)
  • Martha Davis (The Motels)
• January 20 – Ian Hill
• January 27
  • Brian Downey, drummer (Thin Lizzy)
  • Seth Justman (The J. Geils Band)
• January 30 – Phil Collins, drummer, singer and actor
• January 31
  • K.C. (Harry Wayne Casey), singer (K.C. and the Sunshine Band)
  • Phil Manzanera, guitarist (Roxy Music)
• February 9 – Dennis Thomas (Kool and the Gang)
• February 12 – Gil Moore (Triumph)
• February 15 – Melissa Manchester, singer
• February 22 – Ellen Greene, singer and actress
• February 27 – Steve Harley, singer (Cockney Rebel)
• March 4 – Chris Rea, singer-songwriter
• March 9 – Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player, music producer, film actor and soundtrack composer
• March 17 – Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
• March 20 – Jimmie Vaughan (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• March 21
  • Russell Thompkins, Jr., vocalist (The Stylistics)
  • Conrad Lozano (Los Lobos)
• March 23 – Phil Keaggy, guitarist, singer
• April 3 – Mel Schacher (Question Mark & the Mysterians, Grand Funk Railroad)
• April 6 – Pascal Rogé, pianist
• April 7 – Janis Ian, singer-songwriter
• April 12 – Alex Briley (The Village People)
• April 13
  • Peabo Bryson, singer
  • Max Weinberg, drummer and bandleader (Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
• April 14 – Julian Lloyd Webber, cellist
• April 20 – Luther Vandross, soul singer (d. 2005)
• April 22 – Paul Carrack, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
• April 27 – Ace Frehley (Kiss)
• May 3 – Christopher Cross, singer-songwriter
• May 4
  • Jackie Jackson, vocalist (The Jackson Five)
  • Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe)
• May 8 – Philip Bailey, vocalist (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• May 10 – Ronald Banks (The Dramatics)
• May 16 – Jonathan Richman
• May 19 – Joey Ramone, singer (Ramones) (d. 2001)
• June 3 – Deniece Williams, singer
• June 8 – Bonnie Tyler, singer
• June 10 – Ed McTaggart (Daniel Amos, The Road Home)
• June 12
  • Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)
  • Brad Delp (Boston) (d. 2007)
• June 15 – Steve Walsh, (Kansas)
• June 30 - Steve Waller, guitarist (d. 2000)
• July 1 – Fred Schneider (The B-52s)
• July 7 – Blondie Chaplin, guitarist and singer
• July 11 – Bonnie Pointer (The Pointer Sisters)
• July 12 – Sylvia Sass, operatic soprano
• July 15 – Gregory Isaacs, reggae musician (d. 2010)
• August 2 – Andrew Gold, singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• August 3 – Johnny Graham (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• August 4 – Lois V Vierk, composer
• August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007)
• August 19 – John Deacon, bass guitarist (Queen)
• August 23
  • Jimi Jamison (Survivor)
  • Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers)
• August 25 – Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
• August 28 – Wayne Osmond, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (The Osmonds)
• September 2 – Mik Kaminski (Electric Light Orchestra)
• September 7 – Chrissie Hynde, singer (The Pretenders)
• September 12 – Olga Breeskin, violinist, dancer and actress
• September 19 – Daniel Lanois, record producer, guitarist and singer-songwriter
• September 22 – David Coverdale, vocalist (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)
• September 25 – Peter Dvorský, operatic tenor
• October 2 – Sting, singer
• October 5 – Bob Geldof, singer (The Boomtown Rats), social campaigner & organizer of LiveAid
• October 6 – Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)
• October 7 – John Mellencamp, singer-songwriter, artist and actor
• October 13 – John Ford Coley, singer, pianist, guitarist, actor, and author
• October 20 – Alan Greenwood (Foreigner)
• October 23 – Charly García, singer-songwriter and pianist
• October 26 – Maggie Roche (The Roches)
• October 27 – K. K. Downing (Judas Priest)
• November 1 – Ronald Bell (Kool & the Gang)
• November 13 – Bill Gibson (Huey Lewis and the News)
• November 27 – Kevin Kavanaugh (Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes)
• November 29 – Barry Goudreau (Boston)
• December 4 – Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington-Collins Band)
• December 10 – Johnny Rodriguez, country singer
• December 16
  • Robben Ford, guitarist
  • Mark Heard, singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• December 21 – Nick Gilder, singer and songwriter
• December 23 – Johnny Contardo (Sha Na Na)
• December 25 – Barbara Dever, operatic soprano
• December 26
  • Paul Anthony Quinn (Saxon)
  • John Scofield, jazz guitarist and composer
• December 29 – Yvonne Elliman, singer
• December 31
  • Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)
  • George Thorogood, blues musician
• date unknown – Lorenzo Ferrero, composer