1966 in Music - Births

Births

• January 1 – Crazy Legs, Puerto Rican breakdancer (Rock Steady Crew)
• January 3 – Martin Galway, Northern Irish composer
• January 4 – Deana Carter, singer
• January 5 – Kate Schellenbach (Luscious Jackson)
• January 6 – A. R. Rahman, film score composer
• January 7 – Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer
• January 8 – Andrew Wood, singer (Mother Love Bone) (d. 1990)
• January 14 – Marco Hietala, Finnish rock bassist (Nightwish)
• January 16 – Maxine Jones (En Vogue)
• January 17
  • Stephin Merritt from The Magnetic Fields
  • Shabba Ranks, dancehall artist
• January 20
  • Tracii Guns, American guitarist
  • Wes King, guitarist, singer
• January 21 – Wendy James, British rock singer (Transvision Vamp)
• January 25 - Samvel Yervinyan, Armenian violinist and composer
• January 30 – Hans Tutschku, German composer
• February 2 – Robert DeLeo (Stone Temple Pilots)
• February 6 – Rick Astley, singer
• February 9 – Rachel Bolan (Skid Row)
• February 11 – Tenor Saw, dancehall artist (d. 1988)
• February 26 – Najwa Karam, Lebanese singer
• March 2 – Howard Bernstein, producer
• March 3 – Tone-Loc, rapper
• March 4
  • Grand Puba, American rapper (Brand Nubian)
  • Patrick Hannan, English musician
• March 7 – Atsushi Sakurai, Japanese singer (Buck-Tick)
• March 10 – Edie Brickell, singer-songwriter
• March 12 – David Daniels, countertenor
• March 18 – Jerry Cantrell, Alice in Chains
• March 19 – Anja Rupel, singer
• March 21 – DJ Premier, record producer
• March 25 – Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (died 2008)
• April 2 – Garnett Silk, reggae singer (died 1994)
• April 11 – Lisa Stansfield, singer
• April 13 – Marc Ford (The Black Crowes)
• April 15 – Samantha Fox, British model and singer
• April 18 – Ana Voog, singer-songwriter
• April 28 – Too Short, rapper
• May 1 – Anne Fletcher, American film director and choreographer
• May 8
  • Blag Dahlia, American musician, producer, and author
  • Marta Sánchez, vocalist and entertainer
• May 10 – Wade Domínguez, American actor, model, singer and dancer (d. 1998)
• May 11
  • Alison Goldfrapp, singer (Goldfrapp)
  • Christoph Schneider, German rock musician (Rammstein)
• May 12 – Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian popular singer
• May 13
  • Darius Rucker (Hootie & the Blowfish)
  • Jeffrey Scott Holland, American artist and musician
• May 14 – Raphael Saadiq, singer-songwriter and record producer
• May 16 – Janet Jackson, singer-songwriter and dancer
• May 19 – Neil Campbell, British musician
• May 22 – Johnny Gill (New Edition)
• May 24 – Ella Guru, American painter and musician
• May 26 – Tommy Stewart (Godsmack)
• May 27 – Titi DJ, Indonesian pop singer
• May 28 – Theo Bleckmann, German vocalist and composer
• May 30 – Stephen Malkmus, American rock singer (Pavement)
• June 4 – Cecilia Bartoli, operatic mezzo-soprano
• June 6 - Aadesh Shrivastava, composer and singer
• June 8
  • Jens Kidman, Swedish musician
  • Doris Pearson, R&B singer (Five Star)
• June 14 – Matt Freeman, bassist (Rancid)
• June 15 – Roberto Carnevale, Italian musician
• June 22 – Schooly D, American rapper
• June 28 – Bobby Bare, Jr., American musician
• July 7 – Gundula Krause, German violinist
• July 11 – Melanie Appleby, Mel and Kim (d. 1990)
• July 13 – Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
• July 14 – Tanya Donelly, American musician
• July 15 – Jason Bonham, drummer
• July 17 – Keith Elam, rapper & producer
• July 20 – Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam)
• July 29 – Martina McBride, American country singer
• August 11 – Juan Maria Solare, composer
• August 19
  • Lilian Garcia, American singer and wrestling ring announcer
  • Lee Ann Womack, singer
• August 20 – Dimebag Darrell, American rock guitarist (Pantera) (d. 2004)
• August 22 – GZA/Genius, rapper
• August 25
  • Derek Sherinian, American keyboardist
  • Terminator X, DJ
• August 26 – Shirley Manson, Scottish rock musician (Garbage)
• September 4 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer
• September 5 – Terry Ellis (En Vogue)
• September 8 – Carola Häggkvist, Swedish pop singer
• September 10 – Robin Goodridge (Bush)
• September 12 – Ben Folds, singer-songwriter
• September 17 – Doug E. Fresh, American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer
• September 20 – Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
• September 22 – Moustafa Amar, Egyptian pop star
• October 2 – Mousse T., DJ
• October 8 – Teddy Riley, R&B musician
• October 12 – Brian Kennedy, Irish musician and author
• October 15 – Eric Benét, gospel singer
• October 18 – Tim Cross, Sponge
• October 19 – Sinitta, singer and actress
• October 23 - Skúli Sverrisson, Icelandic composer and bassist
• October 31
  • Annabella Lwin, vocalist (Bow Wow Wow)
  • King Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys
• November 6
  • Paul Gilbert, American musician
  • Christian Lorenz, keyboard player
• November 11 – Peaches, Canadian musician
• November 17 – Jeff Buckley, singer-songwriter (died 1997)
• November 20 – Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer, and instrumentalist
• November 23 – Charlie Grover (Sponge)
• November 24 – Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons, Run D.M.C.
• November 25 – Stacy Lattisaw, singer
• December 4 – Masta Ace, rapper
• December 8 – Sinéad O'Connor, singer
• December 9 – Michael Foster, drummer for rock band FireHouse
• December 12 – Greg Long, contemporary Christian musician
• December 20 – Chris Robinson, vocalist (The Black Crowes)
• December 29 – Dexter Holland of The Offspring