1961 in Music - Births

Births

• January 13 – Suggs, singer (Madness)
• January 14 – Mike Tramp (White Lion)
• January 27 – Gillian Gilbert (New Order)
• January 29 – Eddie Jackson (Queensrÿche)
• January 31 – Lloyd Cole, singer and songwriter
• February 8 – Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe)
• February 13
  • Henry Rollins, punk/rock vocalist and spoken word performer
  • cEvin Key, musician
• February 16 – Andy Taylor, guitarist (Duran Duran)
• February 27 – Hideaki Tokunaga, Japanese singer
• March 2
  • Sara Mingardo, Italian operatic contralto
  • Simone Young, Australian conductor
• March 15 - Fabio Biondi, Italian violinist and conductor
• March 20 – Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats)
• March 27 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist
• April 1
  • Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
  • Mark White (ABC)
• April 2 – Keren Woodward, singer (Bananarama)
• April 6 – Gene Eugene, actor, lead singer of Adam Again
• April 12 – Christophe Rousset, harpsichordist
• April 28 – Roland Gift, singer (Fine Young Cannibals)
• May 7 – Robert Spano, American conductor and pianist
• May 10 – Danny Carey, American rock drummer
• May 17 – Enya, Irish singer-songwriter
• May 20 – Nick Heyward, singer-songwriter
• May 29 – Melissa Etheridge, singer-songwriter
• May 30 – Gina Sanders, opera singer and vocal pedagogue
• June 1 – Peter Machajdík, Slovak composer
• June 4 – El DeBarge, singer
• June 6 – Tom Araya (Slayer)
• June 9 - Debasis Chakroborty, Indian classical slide guitar player
• June 14 – Boy George, singer
• June 15 – Kai Eckhardt, German bass guitarist
• June 18 – Alison Moyet, British singer
• June 22 – Jimmy Somerville, British singer
• June 24 – Curt Smith, singer (Tears for Fears)
• June 25 – Ricky Gervais, English comedian and singer
• June 26 – Terri Nunn, Berlin
• June 27 – Margo Timmons, Cowboy Junkies
• June 29 – Greg Hetson, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion
• July 2 – Paul Geary, Extreme
• July 6 – Rick Price, Australian singer/songwriter
• July 10 – Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor
• July 12 – Ray Gillen, American singer (d. 1993)
• July 22 – Keith Sweat, R&B/soul singer
• July 23 – Martin Gore, English rock musician and songwriter
• July 24
  • Gary Cherone (Extreme)
  • Maxim Fedotov, violinist and conductor
• July 26 – Keiko Matsui, Japanese pianist and composer
• August 2 – Pete de Freitas, drummer of Echo & The Bunnymen (d. 1989)
• August 8
  • Rikki Rockett (Poison)
  • The Edge, guitarist for the rock band U2
• August 10 – Jon Farriss, INXS
• August 15 – Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter
• August 19 – Cor Bakker, Dutch pianist
• August 22
  • Andres Calamaro, Argentine musician
  • Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears)
• August 23
  • Dean DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
  • Mark Bedford (Madness)
• August 25 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer and actor
• August 26 – Daniel Lévi, French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
• August 28 – Kim Appleby, singer (Mel and Kim)
• September 5 - Marc-André Hamelin, pianist and composer
• September 6
  • Scott Travis, American metal drummer (Judas Priest)
  • Pål Waaktaar-Savoy, guitarist and songwriter (a-ha)
• September 7 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
• September 12 – Mylène Farmer, singer, songwriter, actress and author
• September 13 – Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
• September 22 – Michael Torke, composer
• September 27 – Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
• September 30 – Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
• October 8 – Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist
• October 9 – Kurt Neumann (The BoDeans)
• October 10 – Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
• October 11 – Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
• October 18 – Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter and composer
• October 29 – Randy Jackson, singer (The Jacksons)
• October 31 – Larry Mullen, drummer for the rock band U2
• November 2 – k.d. lang, singer-songwriter
• November 4
  • Daron Hagen, classical and opera composer
  • Edward Knight, American composer
• November 5 – David Bryson, Counting Crows
• November 8 – Leif Garrett, singer
• November 11 – Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist (Vixen)
• November 12 - Michaela Paetsch, violinist
• November 13 – Klayton, American rock musician
• November 18 – Anthony Warlow, Australian singer
• November 20 – Jim Brickman, songwriter and pianist
• November 22 - Stephen Hough, pianist
• November 25 - Nuccia Focile, operatic soprano
• December 11 – Dave King, Irish-American singer
• December 12 – Daniel O'Donnell, Irish singer
• December 17 – Sarah Dallin, singer (Bananarama)
• December 20 – Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor
• December 29 – Jim Reid, Scottish musician