1945 in Music - Births

Births

• January 3 - Stephen Stills, singer, songwriter and guitarist
• January 9 - Jimmy Page, guitarist (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin)
• January 10 - Rod Stewart, rock singer
• January 15 - Joan Johnson (The Dixie Cups)
• January 17
  • William Hart (The Delfonics)
  • Ivan Karabyts, Ukrainian conductor and composer
• January 19 - Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
• January 20 - Eric Stewart, singer and songwriter (The Mindbenders, 10cc)
• January 26
  • Jacqueline du Pré, cellist (died 1987)
  • Ashley Hutchings, Fairport Convention
• January 27 - Nick Mason, Pink Floyd
• February 6 - Bob Marley, reggae superstar (died 1981)
• February 14 - Vic Briggs, guitarist
• February 20 - Alan Hull, singer-songwriter (Lindisfarne) (died 1995)
• February 26
  • Bob Hite, Canned Heat
  • Mitch Ryder
• February 27 - Carl Anderson, actor and singer
• March 6 - Hugh Grundy (The Zombies)
• March 7 - Arthur Lee (Love)
• March 8 - Micky Dolenz, singer, songwriter and actor (The Monkees)
• March 9 - Robin Trower (Procol Harum)
• March 10 - Ramón Ayala, accordion player and norteño
• March 14 singer
  • Walter Parazaider, Chicago
  • Jasper Carrott, comedian and singer
• March 17 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
• March 19 - Cem Karaca, Turkish rock musician
• March 28 - Charles Portz (The Turtles)
• March 30 - Eric Clapton, blues guitarist and singer
• April 1 - John Barbata (Jefferson Starship), The Turtles
• April 9 - Steve Gadd, American session drummer
• April 13 - Lowell George (Little Feat)
• April 14 - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
• April 20 - Frank DiLeo, American actor and music industry executive
• April 24 - Robert Knight, singer
• April 25
  • Björn Ulvaeus, singer and songwriter (ABBA)
  • Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• April 28 - John Wolters, Dr. Hook
• April 29 - Tammi Terrell, Soul singer (d. 1970)
• May 1 - Rita Coolidge, singer
• May 2
  • Goldy McJohn, Steppenwolf
  • Judge Dread, English reggae singer/rapper (d. 1998)
• May 4 - George Wadenius (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• May 6
  • Bob Seger, singer-songwriter
  • Jimmie Dale Gilmore, country musician
• May 7 - Christy Moore, folk musician
• May 8 - Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer
• May 9 - Steve Katz, Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears
• May 12 - Ian McLagan, The Faces
• May 13 - Magic Dick, The J. Geils Band
• May 19 - Pete Townshend, The Who
• May 24 - Priscilla Presley, wife of Elvis
• May 27 - Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer/songwriter
• May 28
  • John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  • Gary Stewart, American singer (d. 2003)
  • Chayito Valdez, folk singer
• May 29 - Gary Brooker, singer and keyboardist (Procol Harum)
• June 1
  • Linda Scott, singer
  • Frederica von Stade, operatic mezzo-soprano
• June 2 - Lord David Dundas, singer and composer
• June 4
  • Gordon Waller, singer (Peter and Gordon)
  • Anthony Braxton, avant-garde jazz composer
• June 14 - Rod Argent, The Zombies, Argent
• June 20 - Anne Murray, singer
• June 24 - Colin Blunstone, singer
• June 25
  • Carly Simon, singer-songwriter
  • Labi Siffre, singer-songwriter
• July 26 - Betty Davis, singer
• June 28 - Dave Knights, Procol Harum
• July 1 - Debbie Harry, singer (Blondie)
• July 6 - R. K. Elswit (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
• July 15 - Peter Lewis (Moby Grape)
• July 18 - Danny McCulloch (The Animals)
• July 20
  • Kim Carnes, singer
  • John Lodge (The Moody Blues)
• July 23 - Dino Danelli, The Rascals
• July 30 - David Sanborn, saxophonist
• August 16 - Gary Liozzo, American Breed
• August 18 - Barbara Harris (The Toys)
• August 19 - Ian Gillan, rock singer (Deep Purple)
• August 24
  • Randy Silverman (Vito & The Salutations)
  • Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep (band))
  • Malcolm Duncan (musician) (Average White Band)
  • Ronee Blakley, composer
• August 31
  • Van Morrison, musician
  • Itzhak Perlman, violinist
• September 4 - Bill Kenwright, producer of West End musicals
• September 5 - Al Stewart, singer-songwriter
• September 8
  • Jose Feliciano, singer, guitarist and songwriter
  • Ron McKernan (Grateful Dead)
  • Kelly Groucutt (Electric Light Orchestra)
• September 9 - Dee Dee Sharp, R&B singer
• September 15 - Jessye Norman, opera singer
• September 17 - Danny Rivera, singer
• September 19 - David Bromberg, guitarist
• September 23 - Paul Petersen, singer and actor
• September 24 - John Rutter, composer
• September 25 - Onnie McIntire (Average White Band)
• September 26
  • Bryan Ferry, singer and songwriter
  • Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
• October 1 - Donny Hathaway, singer (d. 1978)
• October 2 - Don McLean, singer-songwriter
• October 7 - Kevin Godley, singer and songwriter
• October 9 - Chucho Valdés, jazz musician
• October 10 - Alan Cartwright (Procol Harum)
• October 19 - Jeannie C. Riley, country singer
• October 26 - Leslie West (Mountain)
• October 28 - Wayne Fontana, singer
• October 29 - Melba Moore, singer
• October 31 - Russ Ballard, Argent, singer-songwriter
• November 8
  • Donald Murray (The Turtles)
  • Arnold Rosner, composer
• November 10 - Donna Fargo, country musician
• November 11
  • Chris Dreja, British rock musician (The Yardbirds)
  • Vincent Martell, Vanilla Fudge
• November 12 - Neil Young, singer-songwriter
• November 15 - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, singer (ABBA)
• November 20 - Dan McBride (Sha Na Na)
• November 24 - Lee Michaels, keyboardist and singer
• November 26 - John McVie, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
• December 1 - Bette Midler, singer and actress
• December 10 - Toots Hibbert, Toots & the Maytals
• December 12 - Alan Ward, The Honeycombs
• December 14 - Stanley Crouch, music critic
• December 20 - Peter Criss, KISS
• December 23 - Ronald Busby, Iron Butterfly
• December 24 - Lemmy, Motörhead
• December 25 - Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2003)
• December 27 - Clarence Barlow, composer
• December 30 - Davy Jones, singer and actor (d. 2012)
• date unknown - Abed Azrie, singer