Events in Music
- Dec 28 "Jennie" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 82 performances
Event of Interest
Dec 28 Merle Haggard's 1st appearance on country music chart with "Sing a Sad Song"
Merle Haggard
Event of Interest
Dec 31 Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir play music together for the 1st time
Jerry Garcia
Birthdays in Music
- Jul 7 Perry Richardson, American bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime), born in Conway, South Carolina
- Jul 7 Vonda Shepard, American singer, born in New York
- Jul 13 Bobby Rock [Brock], rock drummer (Nelson-Love & Affection), born in Houston, Texas
- Jul 22 Emily Saliers, American singer (Indigo Girls - "Closer to Fine"), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jul 26 Andy Timmons, American guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It), born in Scottsdale, Arizona
- Jul 27 Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train"), born in Minneapolis (d. 2005)
- Jul 27 Karrin Allyson, American jazz singer (Wild for You), born in Great Bend, Kansas
- Jul 31 Norman Cook [Fatboy Slim], English musician and record producer (Housemartins, Fatboy Slim), born in Bromley, England
James Hetfield
Aug 3 James Hetfield, American heavy metal rocker (Metallica), born in Downey, California
James Hetfield
Whitney Houston
Aug 9 Whitney Houston, American singer (I Will Always Love You; I Wanna Dance With Somebody), and actress (The Bodyguard), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2012)
Whitney Houston
- Aug 11 Thornetta Davis, American blues singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 12 Sir Mix A Lot [Anthony Ray], American rapper (Baby Got Back), born in Auburn, Washington
- Aug 13 Tigg Ketler, American drummer (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals), born in Chula Vista, California
- Aug 19 Joey Tempest [Rolf Larsson], Swedish rocker (Europe - "The Final Countdown'), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- Aug 22 Tori Amos [Myra Ellen Amos], American pianist and vocalist (Under The Pink), born in Newton, North Carolina
- Aug 24 John Bush, American heavy metal singer (Armored Saint, Anthrax), born in Los Angeles, California
- Aug 29 Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins), born in Grangemouth, Scotland
- Aug 30 Paul Oakenfold, British record producer and DJ, born in Mile End, London
- Aug 31 Richard "Reb" Beach, American heavy metal guitarist (Winger; Whitesnake), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Sep 1 Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN-Bad bad woman)
- Sep 4 Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls), born in Espoo, Finland
- Sep 6 Mark Chesnutt, American country singer (Too Cold at Home), born in Beaumont, Texas
- Sep 7 Eazy-E [Eric Lynn Wright], American rapper, born in Compton, California (d. 1995)
- Sep 7 W. Earl Brown, American actor, writer, and musician (Deadwood, Scream, Stovall-Operation Petticoat), born in Golden Pond, Kentucky
- Sep 10 Bill Stevenson, American music producer and drummer (The Descendants), born in Torrance, California
- Sep 16 Richard Marx, American rock musician (Hold on to the Night), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 17 Steven Dye, English singer-songwriter and bassist (Scarlet Party - 101-Dam-Nations), born in Barking, Essex, England
- Sep 18 John Powell, British film score composer, based in America (Happy Feet; Bourne films), born in London
- Sep 19 Alessandra Martines, Italian-French dancer and actress (Chance or Coincidence), born in Rome, Italy
- Sep 19 Jarvis Cocker, English musician (Pulp), born in Sheffield, England
- Sep 29 Les Claypool, US funk metal singer-songwriter and bassist (Primus; The Claypool Lennon Delirium), born in Richmond, California
- Oct 10 Anita Mui, Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress, "Madonna of the East", born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
- Oct 14 Yim Jae-beom, South Korean rock singer, born in Seoul
- Oct 17 Petri Alanko, Finnish classical flute player (Finnish RSO, 1988-2012) and educator (Sibelius Academy, since 2012), born in Joensuu, Finland
- Oct 26 Natalie Merchant, American singer and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs), born in Jamestown, New York
- Oct 28 Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician and songwriter (Adesso Te), born in Cinecittà Est, Rome, Italy
- Oct 30 Jerry de Borg, English pop guitarist (Jesus Jones-Real, Real, Real), born in Kentish Town, London
- Oct 31 Johnny Marr, British guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths - "This Charming Man"; "Ask"), born in Ardwick, Manchester, England
- Oct 31 Mikkey Dee [Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou], Swedish rock musician and drummer [Motörhead, Scorpions], born in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Nov 1 Rick Allen, English one-armed rock drummer (Def Leppard - "Hysteria"; "Pour Some Sugar On Me"), born in Dronfield, Derbyshire, England
- Nov 1 "Big" Kenny [Alphin], American country singer (Big & Rich - Between Raising Hell And Amazing Grace), born in Culpeper, Virginia
- Nov 2 Bobby Dall, American rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn), born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Nov 4 Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon), born in Mascouche, Quebec
- Nov 4 Rosario Flores, Spanish singer (Muchas Flores) and actress, born in Madrid
- Nov 6 Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death), born in Pomona, California (d. 1998)
- Nov 6 Paul Brindley, British rock bassist (The Sundays), born in Bristol, England
- Nov 7 Elizabeth "Liz" Mikel, American actress and jazz singer (Friday Night Lights), born in Dallas, Texas
- Nov 16 Mani [Gary Mournfield], English rock bassist (Stone Roses; Primal Scream), born in Crumpsall, Manchester, England
- Nov 25 Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer (Temptation), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Nov 26 Adam Gaynor, American musician (Matchbox Twenty), born in NYC, New York
- Dec 3 Joe Lally, American rock bassist (Fugazi), born in Silver Spring, Maryland
- Dec 7 Barbara Weathers, American vocalist (Atlantic Starr - "Secret Lovers"), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
- Dec 11 Jon Brion, American musician and record producer, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey
- Dec 12 Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Tokyo
- Dec 12 Eric Schenkman, American-Canadian rock and blues guitarist (Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite), born in Massachusetts
- Dec 16 Jeff Carson, American country singer, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Dec 18 Pauline Ester, French singer
- Dec 24 Mary Ramsey, American singer & violinist (10,000 Maniacs), born in Washington, D.C.
- Dec 26 Lars Ulrich, Danish heavy metal drummer (Metallica - ....And Justice for All), born in Gentoffe, Denmark
- Dec 31 Scott Ian, American heavy metal guitarist (Anthrax-I'm the Man), born in Queens, New York