1960 in Music - Births

Births

• January 3 - Mikuláš Škuta, pianist and composer
• January 4 – Michael Stipe, lead singer for the rock band R.E.M.
• January 8 – Dave Weckl, jazz fusion drummer
• January 20 – Scott Thunes, bass player
• January 22 – Michael Hutchence, vocalist for INXS (d. 1997)
• January 26 – Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows)
• January 31 – George Benjamin, composer
• February 3 – Tim Chandler (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies)
• February 4 – Tim Booth, British rock singer (James)
• February 18 – Gazebo, singer
• February 19 – William Holly Johnson, singer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
• February 20 – Kee Marcello, Swedish rock guitarist (Easy Action, Europe)
• February 27 – Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
• March 4 – Thierry Pastor, French singer
• March 12 – Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five)
• March 13 – Adam Clayton, bassist of rock band U2
• April 4 – Jane Eaglen, Wagnerian soprano
• April 21 – John Maher, drummer for Buzzcocks, Flag of Convenience, The Invisible Girls
• April 23 – Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991)
• April 26 – Roger Taylor, English rock musician (Duran Duran)
• May 6 – John Flansburgh, American rock musician (They Might Be Giants)
• May 10 – Bono, lead singer of U2
• June 1 – Simon Gallup, bassist of The Cure
• June 2 – Tony Hadley, vocalist of Spandau Ballet
• June 6 – Steve Vai, American guitarist
• June 8 – Mick Hucknall, vocalist of Simply Red
• June 10 – Mark-Anthony Turnage, composer
• June 12 – Meredith Brooks, American singer
• June 14 – Gary Husband, drummer, pianist and composer
• June 20 – John Taylor, bassist of Duran Duran
• June 22 – Alexander Shchetynsky, composer
• July 3 – Vince Clarke, English rock songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure)
• July 22
  • John Prior, Australian composer-producer-drummer (Matt Finish)
  • Jon Oliva, American vocalist and pianist (Savatage)
• July 23 - Billy Rutherford, Scottish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer (Riders of the Dark)
• July 28 – Chris Reece, drummer (Social Distortion)
• August 1 – Chuck D, Public Enemy
• August 7 – Jacquie O'Sullivan, Bananarama
• August 26 – Branford Marsalis, jazz musician
• August 31 – Chris Whitley, singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• September 1 – Joseph Williams, singer and film composer
• September 4 – Kim Thayil, Soundgarden
• September 8 – David Steele, Fine Young Cannibals
• September 22 – Joan Jett, The Runaways
• October 7 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer (Boøwy)
• October 19 – Daniel Woodgate, Madness
• October 22 – Cris Kirkwood, Meat Puppets
• October 30
  • Joey Belladonna (Anthrax)
  • Alfred Hill, composer
• November 14 - Tom Judson, American musical theatre actor
• November 15 - Keith Washington, American singer
• November 18 – Kim Wilde, singer and gardender (daughter of Marty Wilde)
• November 19 – Matt Sorum, American drummer of Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver and The Cult
• November 25 – Amy Grant, singer-songwriter and actress
• December 2 – Rick Savage (Def Leppard)
• December 5 – Osvaldo Golijov, composer
• date unknown
  • Greg Flesch (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies)
  • Priti Paintal, East Indian composer, performer, music producer and promoter