•
January 16 –
Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano •
January 21 –
Eva Olmerová, Czech pop and jazz musician (died
1993) •
January 24 –
Ann Cole, American singer (died 1986) •
January 26 –
Huey "Piano" Smith, American R&B pianist (died 2023) •
January 30 –
Tammy Grimes, actress and singer (died 2016) •
February 1 –
Bob Shane, American folk singer (
The Kingston Trio) (died
2020) •
February 2 –
Skip Battin, American rock singer-songwriter (
The Byrds,
New Riders of the Purple Sage) (died 2003) •
February 7 •
King Curtis, American saxophonist (died 1971) •
Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (died 2003) •
February 8 –
Jan Kirsznik, Polish rock saxophonist (died
2018) •
February 14 –
Florence Henderson, American actress and singer (died 2016) •
February 23 •
Yevgeny Krylatov, Soviet and Russian composer (died
2019) •
Augusto Algueró, Spanish composer (died
2011) •
February 24 –
Renata Scotto, Italian operatic soprano (died
2023) •
March 2 –
Bernard Rands, British-born American composer (died
2026) •
March 4 –
John Dunn, British DJ (died 2004) •
March 8 –
Christian Wolff, American composer •
March 16 –
Roger Norrington, English conductor (died 2025) •
March 18 –
Charley Pride, American country singer and baseball player (died 2020) •
March 25 –
Johnny Burnette, American
rockabilly pioneer (died 1964) •
March 29 –
Delme Bryn-Jones, Welsh operatic baritone (died 2001) •
March 31 •
Richard Chamberlain, American actor and singer (died 2025) •
Shirley Jones, American singer and actress •
John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter (died 2016) •
April 1 –
Jim Ed Brown, country singer-songwriter (
The Browns) (died 2015) •
April 16 •
Vince Hill, singer (died 2023) •
Robert Stigwood, music promoter (died 2015) •
April 19 –
Dickie Goodman, pioneer of music sampling (died 1989) •
April 24 –
Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLean Beaty, American actress and singer •
April 29 –
Otis Rush, blues musician (died 2018) •
May 1 –
Shirley Horn, American singer (died 2005) •
May 3 –
Frankie Valli, singer (
The Four Seasons) •
May 5 •
Ace Cannon, saxophonist (died 2018) •
Johnnie Taylor, singer-songwriter (died 2000) •
May 6 –
Oskar Gottlieb Blarr, composer •
May 9 –
Soo Bee Lee, operatic soprano (died 2005) •
May 24 – Dr
Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist •
June 1 –
Pat Boone, American singer •
June 9 –
Jackie Wilson, American singer (died 1984) •
June 11 –
James "Pookie" Hudson, American R&B frontman (
The Spaniels) (died 2007) •
June 21 –
Cornel Țăranu, Romanian composer (died 2023) •
June 21 –
Luigi Albertelli, Italian lyricist •
June 24 –
Gloria Christian, Italian
canzone Napoletana singer •
June 26 –
Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer •
July 8 –
Alice Gerrard, American singer and banjo player •
July 12 –
Van Cliburn, American concert pianist (died 2013) •
July 15 –
Harrison Birtwistle, composer (died 2022) •
July 21 –
Jonathan Miller, opera director and polymath (died 2019) •
July 28 –
Jacques d'Amboise, dancer and choreographer (died 2021) •
July 30 –
André Prévost, composer (died 2001) •
August 5 –
Vern Gosdin, country music singer (died
2009) •
August 9 –
Merle Kilgore, country singer/songwriter (died 2005) •
August 10 –
James Tenney, composer and music theorist (died 2006) •
August 18 –
Ronnie Carroll, Northern Irish popular singer (died 2015) •
September 3 –
Freddie King, American blues guitarist and singer (died 1976) •
September 4 –
Otto Brandenburg, Danish singer and actor (died
2007) •
September 5 –
Bira, Brazilian musician and guitarist (died
2019) •
September 7 –
Little Milton, American blues singer and guitarist (died 2005) •
September 8 –
Peter Maxwell Davies, composer (died 2016) •
September 16 –
Ronnie Drew, Irish folk musician (died 2008) •
September 19 –
Brian Epstein, English manager of
The Beatles (died 1967) •
September 21 –
Leonard Cohen, Canadian poet and singer (died 2016) •
September 23 –
Gino Paoli, Italian singer/songwriter •
September 30 –
Ronald Turini, pianist •
October 1 –
Geoff Stephens, English songwriter and record producer (died 2020) •
October 17 –
Rico Rodriguez, Cuban-born Jamaican ska trombonist (died 2015) •
October 20 –
Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (died 1996) •
October 22 –
Donald McIntyre, New Zealand operatic bass-baritone (died 2025) •
October 26 •
Jacques Loussier, French classical/jazz pianist (died 2019) •
Ferenc Rados, Hungarian pianist (died 2024) •
October 30 –
Frans Brüggen, Dutch flutist, recorder player and conductor (died
2014) •
November 1 –
William Mathias, composer (died 1992) •
November 7 –
Sunanda Patnaik, Indian classical singer (died
2020) •
November 11 –
Willi Tokarev, Russian-American singer-songwriter (died 2019) •
November 15 –
Peter Dickinson, composer and musicologist (died 2023) •
November 18 –
Tulsidas Borkar, Indian composer (died
2018) •
November 19 –
Dave Guard, folk singer (
The Kingston Trio) (died 1991) •
November 24 –
Alfred Schnittke, composer (died 1998) •
December 1 –
Billy Paul, soul singer (died 2016) •
December 9 –
Alan Ridout, composer and music teacher (died 1996) •
December 12 –
Habib Hassan Touma, composer and ethnomusicologist (died 1998) •
December 16 –
Jim Parker, tv composer (died 2023) •
December 19 –
Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer, entertainer (died 2006) •
December 30 •
Del Shannon, singer (died 1990) •
Russ Tamblyn, dancer, singer and actor ==Deaths==