Births
- January 4 – Till Lindemann, German rock musician (Rammstein)
- January 13 – Tim Kelly, American rock musician (Slaughter) (d. 1998)
- January 26
- Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
- Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!)
- January 28 – Dan Spitz (Anthrax)
- February 2 – Eva Cassidy, singer (d. 1996)
- February 9 – Travis Tritt, American country singer
- February 10 – Tony Reno, Swedish rock drummer (Europe)
- February 19 – Seal, singer
- March 1 – Dan Michaels, producer, saxophonist, member of the rock band The Choir and The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music.
- March 4
- Janey Lee Grace, British singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
- Jason Newsted, American rock bassist
- March 10 – Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
- March 15 – Bret Michaels, vocalist (Poison)
- March 17
- Nick Peros, Canadian composer
- Michael Ivins, American rock bassist (The Flaming Lips)
- March 18 – Vanessa Williams, singer and actress
- March 21 – Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
- March 27 – Dave Koz, saxophonist
- March 30 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer, conductor and music theorist
- April 6 – Andrew Weatherall, English disc jockey
- April 8 – Julian Lennon, singer-songwriter, son of John Lennon
- April 10 – Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
- April 12 – Michael English, American Christian singer
- April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer
- May 5 – Prince Ital Joe, reggae singer (d. 2001)
- May 8 – Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
- May 9 – Barry Douglas Lamb, English musician, author, and preacher
- May 19 – Yazz, English singer
- May 21 – Gilles Apap, violinist
- June 4 - Sandeep Bhagwati, Indian classical musician and composer
- June 5 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
- June 7 – Roberto Alagna, operatic tenor
- June 20 – Amir Derakh orgy, Julien-K
- June 25 – George Michael, singer and songwriter
- June 29 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
- June 30 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitar performer
- July 7 – Vonda Shepard, singer and musician
- July 16 – Norman Cook English Big Beat musician (Fatboy Slim)
- July 22 – Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
- July 26 – Andy Timmons, American guitarist
- August 1 – Coolio, American rapper
- August 3
- Tasmin Archer, English singer
- James Hetfield, American rock singer (Metallica)
- August 4 – Gary King, British disc jockey
- August 9 – Whitney Houston, singer and actress
- August 12 – Sir Mix-A-Lot, MC and producer
- August 19 – Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer (Europe)
- August 22
- Tori Amos, singer-songwriter
- James DeBarge (DeBarge)
- August 26 – Liu Huan, Chinese singer
- August 30 – Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
- August 31
- Reb Beach, American rock guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
- Beverly Crawford, American gospel singer
- September 1 – Carola Smit, Dutch musician
- September 6 – Mark Chesnutt, American country musician
- September 7 – Eazy-E, American West Coast rapper and record producer (d. 1995)
- September 28 – Dan Forden, video game music composer (Mortal Kombat)
- September 29
- Les Claypool, American rock bassist and singer (Primus)
- O'Landa Draper (O'Landa Draper and the Associates gospel choir) (d. 1998)
- October 13 – Kemi Olusanya (Kemistry & Storm)
- October 14 – Alessandro Safina, operatic tenor
- October 26 – Natalie Merchant, singer-songwriter
- October 30 – Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones)
- November 1 – Rick Allen, drummer (Def Leppard)
- December 24 – Mary Ramsey, American musician, singer/songwriter (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
- December 26 – Lars Ulrich, (Metallica)
- December 31 – Scott Ian (Anthrax)
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