Birthdays 1 - 200 of 201
- Jan 1 Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist (British Lions)
- Jan 2 David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
- Jan 3 Beth Anderson, American composer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Jan 5 Chris Stein, American rock guitarist and co-founder of Blondie (Heart of Glass, Call Me) born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jan 7 Juan Gabriel, [Alberto Aguilera Valadez], Mexican singer, born in Michoacan state (d. 2016)
- Jan 9 David Johansen, [Buster Poindexter], NY, singer (Hot! Hot! Hot!)
- Jan 9 Rio Reiser, German rock singer (Ton Steine Scherben), (d. 1996)
- Jan 15 David Lynn Jones, Bexar Ark, country singer (Bonnie Jean)
- Jan 16 Debbie Allen, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame), born in Houston, Texas
- Jan 16 Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
- Jan 18 Claudia de Colombia, Bogato Columbia, spanish singer (Yo Creo En Ti)
- Jan 20 Henk Batenburgh, cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht)
- Jan 21 Billy Ocean, [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Caribbean Queen)
- Jan 21 Richie Ranno, American rocker (Starz), born in The Bronz, New York
- Jan 23 Bill Cunningham, American original bass guitarist/keyboardist (Box Tops), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jan 23 Daniel "Danny" Federici, American rocker and musician (E Street Band), born in Flemington, New Jersey (d. 2008)
- Jan 23 John Greaves, English musician (Henry Cow, National Health)
- Jan 23 Luis Alberto Spinetta, rock musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2012)
- Jan 25 Michael Cotten, American rock synthesizer (Tubes) and art designer, born in Kansas City, Missouri
- Jan 28 Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician
- Feb 1 Mike Campbell, American guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown), born in Panama City, Florida
- Feb 4 James Dunn, American vocalist (Stylistics), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Feb 4 Philip Ehart, rock drummer (Kansas)
- Feb 4 Robert-John Stips, rock keyboardist/singer (The Nits)
- Feb 5 Ann Sexton, US vocalist (You're Gone too Long)
Natalie Cole
Feb 6 Natalie Cole, American vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)

Natalie Cole
- Feb 6 Punky Meadows, rock guitarist (Angel), born in Washington, D.C.
- Feb 8 Michael Goodroe, rock bassist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
- Feb 11 Rochelle Fleming, US soul vocalist (First Choice, Smarty Pants)
- Feb 12 Steve Hackett, English rock guitarist (Genesis-GTR), born in Pimilco, London
- Feb 13 Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes)
- Feb 14 Raymond van het Groenewoud, Belgian vocalist/actor (Brussels by Night)
- Feb 14 Roger Fisher, American musician (Heart)
- Feb 16 Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese acid-folk singer
- Feb 16 Roman Tam, Hong Kong famous singer (d. 2002)
- Feb 17 Rick Medlocke, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blackfoot)
- Feb 19 Andy Powell, rocker (Wishbone Ash)
Walter Becker
Feb 20 Walter Becker, American rock bassist and record producer (Steely Dan-Peg), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)

Walter Becker
George Thorogood
Feb 24 George Thorogood, American singer and guitarist (The Delaware Destroyers-Bad to the Bone), born in Wilmington, Delaware

George Thorogood
- Feb 25 Emitt Rhodes, musician (Merry-go-Round)
- Feb 26 Jonathan Cain, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Babys), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Feb 28 Stephen Chatman, composer
- Mar 2 Karen Carpenter, vocalist/drummer (We Only Just Begun), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Mar 3 Re Styles, rock vocalist (Tubes)
- Mar 4 Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American musician and producer (Miami Sound Machine), born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Mar 5 Eugene Fodor, American classical violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2011)
- Mar 7 Iris Chacon, Puerto Rican singer and dancer
- Mar 10 Ted McKenna, rocker (Alex Harvey Band)
- Mar 11 Bobby McFerrin, American vocalist and conductor (Don't Worry Be Happy-Grammy 1989), born in New York, New York
- Mar 13 Steve Hill, country vocalist (A Winning Hand)
- Mar 15 Jørgen Olsen, Danish singer
- Mar 18 James Conlon, American conductor (Cincinnati May Festival-1979), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 18 John Hartman, Falls Church Va, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers)
- Mar 21 Roger Hodgson, rock vocalist (Supertramp-It's Raining Again)
- Mar 25 Ronald "Ronnie" McDowell, American country singer (The King is Gone), born in Portland, Tennessee
- Mar 25 Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax) (d. 1995)
- Mar 26 Teddy Pendergrass, singer (Turn Off the Lights), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Mar 26 Alan Silvestri, American film score composer (Back To The Future, Forrest Gump), born in NYC, New York
- Mar 27 Maria Ewing, American opera singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Mar 27 Tony Banks, English musician and rock keyboardist (Genesis), born in East Hoathly, Sussex
- Mar 29 Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and kora harp player (Yé ké yé ké), born in Albadaria, Guinea
- Mar 30 Dave Ball, English guitarist (Procul Harum), born in Birmingham (d. 2015)
- Mar 30 Eugene Bowen, composer (Wonder's Edge)
- Mar 30 Rupert Greenall, rock keyboardist (Fixx)
- Mar 31 Richard Hughes, rocker (Johnny Winter Band)
- Apr 1 Billy Currie, English rock keyboardist and violinist (Ultravox), born in Huddersfield
- Apr 3 Curtis Stone, American singer (Highway 101-Cry Cry Cry), born in Hollywood, California
Agnetha Fältskog
Apr 5 Agnetha Fältskog [Anna Ulvaeus], Swedish singer (ABBA), born in Jönköping, Sweden

Agnetha Fältskog
- Apr 5 Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
- Apr 5 Paul Oscher, American blues musician (Muddy Waters Blues Band), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Apr 10 Eddie Hazel, American pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Uncle Jam Wants You), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
- Apr 12 David Cassidy, American singer and actor (Keith-Partridge Family), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- Apr 13 Riff West, rock bassist (Molly Hatchet)
- Apr 22 Peter Frampton, guitarist/vocalist (Frampton Comes Alive), born in Kent, England
- Apr 25 Steve Ferrone, Sussex, rock drummer (Average White Band)
- Apr 26 Howard "Leon" Reeder, rock guitarist (Champaign)
- Apr 26 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet (Deutsche Opera Berlin)
- May 2 Lou Gramm, rocker (Foreigner-Want to Know What Love Is), born in Rochester, New York
- May 3 Mary Hopkin, South Wales, singer (Those Were the Days)
- May 4 Darryl Hunt, English pop bassist (Pogues-Pair of Brown Eyes)
- May 5 Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal, I See a Star)
- May 5 Googoosh, Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین), Iranian, Persian Singer & actress
- May 6 Robbie McIntosh, drummer (Avg White Band-Show your Hand)
- May 7 Prairie Prince, rocker (Tubes)
- May 9 Tom Petersson, rock bassist (Cheap Trick), born in Rockford, Illinois
- May 12 Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)
- May 12 Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)
- May 13 Danny Kirwan, rocker (Fleetwood Mac), born in London, England
- May 13 John "Jocko" Marcellino, rocker/actor (Tagget, Hot to Trot, Rain Man)
Stevie Wonder
May 13 Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Love), born in Saginaw, Michigan

Stevie Wonder
- May 16 Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall)
- May 16 Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician
- May 17 Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
- May 22 Bernie Taupin, British singer and lyricist (writes with Elton John), born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- May 29 Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, singer (R U Tuff Enuff), born in Gary, Indiana
- Jun 1 Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
- Jun 3 Suzi Quatro[cchio], singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Jun 4 Dagmar Krause, German singer (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears), born in Hamburg, Germany
- Jun 5 Ronnie Dyson, American singer (Hair, All over your face)
- Jun 8 Elmar Oliveira, violinist (Naumburg 1978), born in Waterbury, Connecticut
- Jun 11 Graham Russell, Australian rock vocalist (Air Supply), born in Melbourne, Victoria
- Jun 11 Lindsey de Paul, singer
- Jun 16 James Smith, American singer (Stylistics), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 19 Ann Wilson, American musician (Heart-What About Love), born in San Diego, California
- Jun 21 Joey Kramer, American hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic), born in NYC, New York
- Jun 24 Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, rocker (Black Uhuru), born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 3 Damon Harris, musician (The Temptations-My Girl), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2013)
- Jul 4 David Jensen, rock British DJ
- Jul 5 Huey Lewis [Hugh Anthony Cregg III], American musician (Huey Lewis and the News), born in New York City
- Jul 5 Michael Monarch, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 6 Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
- Jul 9 Gwen Guthrie, American singer (d. 1999)
- Jul 10 Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
- Jul 11 Bonnie Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited)
- Jul 12 Eric Carr [Paul Charles Caravello], rock drummer (Kiss), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
- Jul 16 Tom Terrell, musicologist, deejay
Richard Branson
Jul 18 Richard Branson, British music entrepreneur (Virgin Group), born in London, England

Richard Branson
- Jul 18 Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People), born in NYC, New York (d. 2001)
- Jul 19 Freddy Moore, American songwriter
- Jul 21 Larry Tolbert, rock drummer (Raydio)
- Jul 23 Blair Thornton, rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive)
- Jul 23 Ian Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter (Painted Ladies), born in Hamilton, Ontario
- Jul 25 Mark Clarke, rocker (Uriah Heep)
- Jul 27 Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace)
- Jul 30 Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer
- Aug 2 Ted Turner, English rock guitarist and vocalist (Wishbone Ash), born in Birmingham, England
- Aug 7 Rodney Crowell, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin'), born in Houston, Texas
- Aug 8 Willie Hall, American drummer (Blues Brothers Band), born in Memphis, Tennessee
- Aug 11 Erik Brann, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Aug 12 Kid Creole, [August Darnell], musician and actor (Obsession A Taste of Fear), born in The Bronx, New York
- Aug 15 Thomas "Tommy" Aldrich, American rock-metal drummer (Black Oak Arkansas), born in Pearl, Mississippi
- Aug 15 Billy Griffin [William], US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
- Aug 18 Dennis Elliott, rock drummer (Foreigner), born in London, England
- Aug 21 Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer, born in Montreux, Switzerland
- Aug 25 Willy Deville [William Paul Borsey Jr.], American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mink Deville), born Stamford, Connecticut (d. 2009)
- Aug 25 Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sep 2 Michael Rother, German musician (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
- Sep 3 Aaron Smith, rocker (Romeo Void)
- Sep 3 Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X)
- Sep 8 Daniel Victor Starr, composer
- Sep 8 Will Lee, bassist (Late Show with David Letterman)
- Sep 9 John McFee, Santa Cruz California, rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers)
- Sep 10 Don Powell, England, rock drummer (Slade)
- Sep 10 Joe Perry, Lawrence, Massachusetts, American rock guitarist (Aerosmith-Walk this Way)
- Sep 14 Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free), born in London, England (d. 1976)
- Sep 16 David Bellamy, singer (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow), born in Darby, Florida
- Sep 17 Fee Waybill, Ohaha Neb, rocker (Tubes)
- Sep 18 Mike Hossack, rock drummer (Doobie Brothers), born in Patterson, New Jersey (d. 2012)
- Sep 20 Loredana Berte, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg, born in Milan, Italy
- Sep 22 Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
- Sep 28 Paul Burgess, British drummer (10cc-Not Alone)
- Sep 28 Laurie Lewis, American musician
- Sep 30 Renato Zero, Italian musician
- Oct 1 Jeane Manson, American singer and actress
- Oct 2 Michael Rutherford, English pop bassist and rocker (Genesis, Mike & the Mechanics), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
- Oct 3 Ronnie Laws, US saxophonist/guitarist (Earth, Wind & Fire)
- Oct 5 "Fast" Eddie Clarke, British guitarist (Fastway, Motörhead), born in Twickenham, London (d. 2018)
- Oct 6 Thomas McClary, American soul guitarist and singer (The Commodores), born in Eustis, Florida
- Oct 8 Robert "Kool" Bell, rocker (Kool & the Gang-Joanna), born in Youngstown, Ohio
- Oct 11 Andrew Woolfolk, US pop musician (Earth, Wind & Fire-Shining Star)
- Oct 15 Chris De Burgh, [Davidson], British-Irish rock vocalist (The Lady in Red), born in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
- Oct 17 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer (As Love Goes)
- Oct 20 Tom Petty, American classic rock singer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), born in Gainesville, Florida (d. 2017)
- Oct 23 Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist (Around the Corner)
- Oct 24 Terry Buffin, rock drummer (British Lions)
- Oct 24 Steven Greenberg, American composer
- Nov 1 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), born in Panama City, Florida (d. 2011)
- Nov 11 Jim Peterik, rocker (Survivor)
- Nov 18 Graham Parker, musician (Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning)
- Nov 18 Rudy Sarzo, Cuban bass guitarist
- Nov 20 Gary Green, rocker (Gentle Giant)
- Nov 21 Livingston Taylor, rocker (I Will be in Love With You), born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Nov 21 Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter
- Nov 22 Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
- Nov 22 [Ma]Tina Weymouth, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was), born in Coronado, California
- Nov 22 Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
- Nov 23 Cecil Hooker, rocker (Snuff)
- Nov 30 Greg Gordon, rock vocalist (Boys Band)
- Dec 1 Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
- Dec 2 Merrill Ashley, ballerina (NYC Ballet), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Dec 5 Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992)
- Dec 5 Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer
- Dec 6 Daniel Sahuleka, Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist (Viva la Libertad)
- Dec 6 Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
- Dec 8 Jimmy Farrar, American rock vocalist (Molly Hatchet), born in LaGrange, Georgia
- Dec 8 Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Dec 9 Joan Armatrading, St Kitts, singer (Back to the Night)
- Dec 13 Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)
- Dec 17 Carlton Barrett, Jamaicans reggae drummer (Bob Marley & Wailers)
- Dec 18 Martha Johnson, rocker (M+M), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Dec 18 Randy Castillo, American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne) (d. 2002)
- Dec 21 Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
- Dec 24 Libbi Larsen, composer
- Dec 24 Peter te Bos, Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw)
- Dec 26 Michael Jones, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
- Dec 27 Terry Bozzio, American drummer (Missing Persons, Frank Zappa), born in San Francisco, California
- Dec 28 Alex Chilton, US rock guitarist and vocalist (Box Tops), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2010)