1952 in Music - Births

Births

• January 15 - Melvyn Gale, Electric Light Orchestra
• January 17 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician & composer
• January 20
  • Paul Stanley, Kiss
  • Ian Hill, Judas Priest
• January 22 - Teddy Gentry, Alabama
• January 29 - Tommy Ramone, The Ramones
• January 30 - Steve Bartek, Oingo Boingo
• February 4 - Jerry Shirley, Humble Pie
• February 12 - Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers
• February 13 - Edward John Gagliardi, Foreigner
• February 18 - Juice Newton
• February 20 - Halvor Haug, Norwegian composer
• February 21 - Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Stranglers
• February 23 - Brad Whitford, Aerosmith
• March 11 - Vince Giordano, bass saxophonist and band leader for the Nighthawks Orchestra
• March 15 - Howard Devoto, Buzzcocks, Magazine, Luxuria, ShelleyDevoto
• March 22 - Jay Dee Daugherty, Patti Smith Group
• April 2 - Leon Wilkeson, Lynyrd Skynyrd
• April 4 - Gary Moore, Skid Row, Thin Lizzy
• April 13 - Rosa Passos, Brazilian Bossa Nova singer
• May 11 - Renaud, composer
• May 14 - David Byrne, Talking Heads
• May 18 - George Strait
• May 19 - Barbara Joyce Lomas, B.T. Express
• June 5 - Nicko McBrain, Iron Maiden
• June 11 - Donnie Van Zant, 38 Special
• June 12 - Junior Brown
• June 16 - Gino Vannelli
• June 25 - Tim Finn, Split Enz, Crowded House
• July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers
• July 2 - Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis & The News
• July 16 - Stewart Copeland, The Police
• July 17
  • Phoebe Snow
  • Nicolette Larson
• August 4 - Moya Brennan, Clannad
• August 6 - Pat MacDonald, Timbuk 3
• August 20 - John Hiatt
• August 21 - Joe Strummer, singer and songwriter (The Clash) (d. 2002)
• August 26 - Billy Rush, Asbury Jukes
• August 27 - Laurie Wisefield, guitarist for Wishbone Ash
• September 4 - Martin Chambers, The Pretenders
• September 9 - Dave Stewart, Eurythmics
• September 12
  • Neil Peart, Rush
  • Gerry Beckley, America
• September 13 - Randy Jones, The Village People
• September 18 - Dee Dee Ramone, bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
• September 19 - Nile Rodgers, The Honeydrippers
• September 30 - John Lombardo, American musician (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
• October 21 - Miroslav Žbirka
• November 2
  • Maxine Nightingale
  • Alan Winstanley, producer
• November 11 - Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills
• November 20 - Semyon Bychkov, conductor
• December 3 - Don Barnes, 38 Special
• December 27 - David Knopfler, Dire Straits