Births
- January 4 – Patty Loveless, country singer
- January 23 – Earl Falconer (UB40)
- January 27 – Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)
- February 2 – Tony Butler (Big Country)
- February 19 – Falco, classical and rock musician (d. 1998)
- February 27 – Adrian Smith, musician (Iron Maiden)
- February 28
- Phil Gould, drummer (Level 42)
- Cindy Wilson, The B-52's
- March 12 – Marlon Jackson, vocalist (The Jackson 5)
- March 21 – John Whitfield, conductor
- March 26 – Paul Morley, music journalist
- April 12 – Vince Gill
- May 2 – Markus Stockhausen, trumpeter and composer
- May 10 – Sid Vicious, punk musician (d. 1979)
- May 18 – Michael Cretu, musician
- May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
- June 11 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
- June 17 – Phil Chevron (The Pogues)
- June 22 – Gary Beers (INXS)
- June 26 – Patty Smyth
- July 3
- Laura Branigan, singer (d. 2004)
- Peter Breiner, composer
- July 30 – Christopher Miller, known as Rat Scabies, drummer
- August 18 – Ron Strykert, Men at Work
- August 21 – Budgie, drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
- August 31
- Glenn Tilbrook, vocalist (Squeeze)
- Gina Schock, The Go-Go's
- September 1
- Gloria Estefan, singer
- Jon Moss, drummer (Culture Club)
- September 22
- Johnette Napolitano, Concrete Blonde
- Nick Cave, singer-songwriter
- October 3 – Tim Westwood, DJ
- October 5 – Lee Jay Thompson (Madness)
- October 7 – Michael W. Smith
- October 19 – Karl Wallinger (World Party)
- October 20 - Anouar Brahem, oud player and composer
- October 21
- Steve Lukather, Toto
- Julian Cope, singer
- October 16 – Kelly Marie, disco singer
- October 28 – Stephen Morris (New Order)
- November 1 – Lyle Lovett, country musician
- November 5 – Mike Score (A Flock of Seagulls)
- November 8 – Porl Thompson (The Cure)
- November 24 – Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis and the News
- December 6 - Adrian Borland, The Sound (d. 1999)
- December 6 – Bob Drake, avant-garde musician
- December 9
- Donny Osmond, singer
- Steve Taylor, singer, record producer
- December 10 – Paul Hardcastle, composer and musician
- December 12 – Sheila E., singer
- December 20
- Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter
- Anita Baker, singer
- Anna Vissi, singer
- December 22 – Tsai Chin, singer
- December 25 – Shane MacGowan, singer (The Pogues)
- date unknown
- Charles Roland Berry, composer
- Kartik Seshadri, sitarist and composer
- Poly Styrene, punk musician
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