Birthdays in Music
- Dec 1 Lou Rawls, American vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
- Dec 1 Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, born in Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany (d. 2016)
- Dec 5 Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator
- Dec 6 Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, composer
- Dec 12 Manu Dibango, Cameroonian musician (Soul Makossa), born in Douala, French Cameroon
- Dec 13 Lou Adler, American music executive, director, producer, and co-owner of the famous Roxy Theatre, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)
- Dec 14 Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I left my heart in San Francisco)
- Dec 15 Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy)
- Dec 21 Miklos Kocsar, composer
- Dec 29 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist