Births
- January 3 – Curt Bisquera, drummer
- January 6 – Kathy Sledge, vocalist (Sister Sledge)
- January 7 – Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's)
- January 8 – Paul Hester, drummer (Crowded House) (died 2005)
- January 10 – Curt Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
- January 12
- Per Gessle (Roxette)
- Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten)
- January 14
- Chas Smash (Madness)
- Geoff Tate (Queensrÿche)
- January 16 – Sade, singer
- January 17 – Susanna Hoffs, singer (The Bangles)
- January 28 – Dave Sharp (The Alarm)
- January 30 – Jody Watley, singer
- February 3 – Lol Tolhurst, The Cure
- February 14 – Renée Fleming, operatic soprano
- February 15 – Ali Campbell, ska musician (UB40)
- February 25 – Mike Peters, singer and songwriter (The Alarm)
- March 7 – Andy Diagram, trumpet player
- March 16 – Flavor Flav (Public Enemy)
- March 17 – Mike Lindup, keyboard player and vocalist (Level 42)
- March 27 – Andrew Farriss (INXS)
- March 29 – Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction)
- April 10
- Babyface, musician and record producer
- Brian Setzer, guitarist and singer (The Stray Cats)
- April 21
- Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
- Robert Smith, singer (The Cure)
- April 27
- Marco Pirroni, guitarist (Adam and the Ants, Siouxsie and the Banshees (founder member), The Models, The Wolfmen)
- Sheena Easton, singer
- May 3 – David Ball, Soft Cell
- May 4 – Randy Travis, country singer
- May 5 – Ian McCulloch, singer (Echo & the Bunnymen)
- May 20 – Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills, Continental Drifters)
- May 22 – Morrissey, singer-songwriter
- June 1 – Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode)
- June 11 – Kathinka Pasveer, flautist
- June 12 – John Linnell (They Might Be Giants)
- June 18 – Sean Terrington Wright, English singer-songwriter
- June 19 – Mark DeBarge (DeBarge)
- June 22 – Alan Anton (Cowboy Junkies)
- June 24 – Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
- July 3 – Stephen Pearcy (Ratt)
- July 5 – Marc Cohn, singer-songwriter
- July 9
- Jim Kerr, singer (Simple Minds)
- Marc Almond, singer
- July 11
- Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
- Suzanne Vega, singer-songwriter
- July 16 – James MacMillan, composer and conductor
- August 1 – Joe Elliott (Def Leppard)
- August 9 – Kurtis Blow, rapper
- August 31 – Tony DeFranco, singer (The DeFranco Family)
- September 8 – Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer, singer, and actor
- September 14 – Morten Harket, singer (a-ha)
- October 1 – Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
- October 4 – Chris Lowe, keyboardist (Pet Shop Boys)
- October 10 – Kirsty MacColl, English singer (d. 2000)
- October 13 – Marie Osmond, singer
- October 16 –
- Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
- Erkki-Sven Tüür, composer
- October 23 – "Weird Al" Yankovic, parodist
- October 25 – Christina Amphlett, Australian rock singer
- November 1 – Eddie MacDonald (The Alarm)
- November 5 – Bryan Adams, singer/guitarist
- November 27 – Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds)
- November 29 – Steve Hindalong, record producer
- December 4 – Bob Griffin (The BoDeans)
- December 30 – Tracey Ullman, comedienne and singer
- December 31
- Baron Waqa, Nauruan politician and composer
- Paul Westerberg, singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Replacements)
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