•
January 3 –
Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer and conductor •
January 6 –
Wilbert Harrison, American singer (died 1994) •
January 15 •
Lord Woodbine (Harold Adolphus Phillips), Trinidadian calypsonian (died 2000) •
Queen Ida, Louisiana Creole accordionist •
January 22 –
Petr Eben, Czech composer (died 2007) •
January 25 –
Violeta Hemsy de Gainza, Argentine pianist and music teacher (died
2023) •
January 28 – Mr
Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist (died 2014) •
February 4 –
Stanley Drucker, American clarinetist (died 2022) •
February 10 –
Jerry Goldsmith, composer for film and television (died 2004) •
March 4 –
Bernard Haitink, violinist and conductor (died 2021) •
March 8 –
Ardis Krainik, operatic mezzo-soprano and general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (died 1997) •
March 25 –
Cecil Taylor, free jazz pianist (died 2018) •
March 26 –
Charles Dumont, singer-songwriter (died 2024) •
April 1 –
Jane Powell, singer and actress (died 2021) •
April 5 –
Joe Meek, UK record producer (died 1967) •
April 6 –
André Previn, pianist and conductor (died
2019) •
April 8 –
Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter (died 1978) •
April 16 –
Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969) •
April 17 –
James Last, German bandleader (died
2015) •
April 29 •
Halina Łukomska, soprano (died 2016) •
Peter Sculthorpe, composer (died 2014) •
April Stevens, singer (died 2023) •
May 1 –
Sonny James, country singer-songwriter (died 2016) •
May 2 –
Link Wray, American guitarist (died 2005) •
May 3 –
Denise Lor, singer (died 2015) •
May 11 –
Fernand Lindsay, Canadian organist and educator (died 2009) •
May 16 –
Betty Carter, jazz singer (died 1998) •
May 25 –
Beverly Sills, operatic soprano (died 2007) •
June 2 –
Jimmy Bryant, singer, arranger and composer (died 2022) •
June 6 –
Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (died 2013) •
June 9 –
Johnny Ace, R&B singer (died 1954) •
June 23 –
June Carter Cash, singer-songwriter, wife of
Johnny Cash (died 2003) •
June 26 •
June Bronhill, operatic soprano (died 2005) •
Josima Feldschuh, Polish pianist and composer of Jewish origin (died
1943) •
June 27 –
Jarmila Šuláková, folk singer (died 2017) •
June 30 –
Othmar Mága, German conductor (died 2020) •
July 3 –
Pedro Iturralde, composer (died 2020) •
July 9 •
Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2007) •
Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolin player (
Jim & Jesse) •
July 15 •
Charles Anthony, American tenor (died 2012) •
Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (died 2001) •
July 18 –
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, singer (died 2000) •
August 4 –
Vellore G. Ramabhadran, Mridangam performer from Tamil Nadu, India (died
2012) •
August 12 –
Buck Owens, singer and guitarist (died 2006) •
August 16 –
Bill Evans, jazz pianist (died 1980) •
August 21 –
William Bradley Strickland, composer and music educator (died 1990) •
August 24 – William Winfield, doo-wop singer (
The Harptones) •
September 8 –
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor (died 2025) •
September 13 –
Nicolai Ghiaurov, operatic bass (died 2004) •
September 28 –
Lata Mangeshkar, playback singer (died 2022) •
October 2 –
Kenneth Leighton, composer (died 1998) •
October 12 –
Nappy Brown, blues singer (died 2008) •
October 24 –
George Crumb, composer (died 2022) •
October 26 –
Neal Matthews Jr., (
The Jordanaires) (died 2000) •
November 7 –
Benny Andersen, Danish author, poet and pianist (died
2018) •
November 8 –
Bert Berns, songwriter record producer (died 1967) •
November 10 –
Marilyn Bergman, songwriter (died 2022) •
November 11 –
LaVern Baker, R&B singer (died 1997) •
November 12 –
Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist •
November 15 –
Joe Hinton, American soul singer (died 1968) •
November 18 –
Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (died 2013) •
November 24 –
Eileen Barton, singer (died 2006) •
November 26 –
Slavko Avsenik, composer, musician and accordionist (died 2015) •
November 28 –
Berry Gordy Jr., record producer, founder of the
Tamla Motown label •
November 30 –
Dick Clark, host of
American Bandstand (died 2012) •
December 4 –
Wilhelm Georg Berger, composer (died 1993) •
December 6 –
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor (died 2016) •
December 23 –
Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter and singer (died 1988) •
December 25 • Bill Horton, doo-wop singer (
The Silhouettes) (died 1995) •
Chris Kenner, R&B singer-songwriter (died 1976) •
December 26 –
Régine Zylberberg, discothèque pioneer (died 2022) •
December 27 –
Gyula Kovács, Hungarian drummer (died 1992) ==Deaths==