1935 in Music - Births

Births

• January 8 - Elvis Presley (died 1977) and his identical twin, Jesse Garon Presley (died at birth)
• January 11
  • Ronnie Hawkins (The Hawks)
  • Sherrill Milnes, operatic baritone
• February 5 - Alex Harvey, rock singer (died 1982)
• February 11
  • Gene Vincent, rock & roll singer (died 1971)
  • Bent Lorentzen, composer
• February 12 - Gene McDaniels, singer and songwriter
• February 16 - Sonny Bono, singer, actor and record producer (died 1998)
• February 18 - Ciaran Bourke, folk musician (died 1988)
• February 27 - Mirella Freni, operatic soprano
• March 29 - Ruby Murray, singer (died 1996)
• March 31 - Herb Alpert, trumpeter and bandleader
• April 5 - Peter Grant, manager and record executive (died 1995)
• April 7 – Bobby Bare, American singer/songwriter
• April 9 - Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer
• April 16 - Bobby Vinton, singer
• April 19 - Dudley Moore, English composer, jazz pianist, actor (died 2002)
• April 22 - Paul Chambers, jazz bassist (died 1969)
• April 23 - Ray Peterson, singer (died 2005)
• May 10 - Larry Williams, singer, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
• May 27 - Ramsey Lewis, jazz musician and composer
• June 25 - Eddie Floyd, soul singer and songwriter
• July 8 - Steve Lawrence
• July 15 - Diahann Carroll, US actress and singer
• July 17 - Peter Schickele, composer
• July 24 - Les Reed, songwriter, musician
• July 29
  • Jacques Levy, songwriter (died 2004)
  • Morella Muñoz, singer (died 1995)
• August 2 - Hank Cochran, country music singer/songwriter
• August 15 - Jim Dale, singer, songwriter and actor
• August 16 - Bobby Mitchell, New Orleans do-wop and R&B singer (died 1986)
• August 18 - Sir Howard Morrison, singer
• August 30 - John Phillips, singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (died 2001)
• September 1 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
• September 9 - Chaim Topol, Fiddler on the Roof star
• September 11 - Arvo Pärt, composer
• September 19 - Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) (died 2000)
• September 29 - Jerry Lee Lewis, singer, songwriter and pianist
• September 30
  • Johnny Mathis, singer
  • Z. Z. Hill, blues singer
• October 1 - Julie Andrews, singer and actress
• October 12
  • Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor (died 2007)
  • Sam Moore (Sam and Dave)
• October 14 - La Monte Young, composer
• October 15 - Barry McGuire, singer and songwriter
• October 20 - Jerry Orbach, musical theatre actor (died 2004)
• October 21 - Derek Bell, harpist and composer (died 2002)
• November 27 - Al Jackson, Jr (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
• December 1 - Lou Rawls, singer (died 2006)
• December 23 - Little Esther Phillips, singer (died 1984)
• December 26 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir (Four Tops)