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Births

• January 3 – John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
• January 4 – Arthur Conley, soul singer
• January 6 – Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) (died 2006)
• January 7
  • Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine
  • Andy Brown (The Fortunes, Pink Floyd)
• January 8 – Robby Krieger (The Doors)
• January 10 – Aynsley Dunbar, drummer (Jefferson Starship, Journey)
• January 11
  • Tony Kaye (Yes)
  • Naomi Judd, country singer and songwriter
• January 12 – Cynthia Robinson (Sly & the Family Stone)
• January 16
  • Ronnie Milsap, country musician
  • Katia Ricciarelli, operatic soprano
• January 19 – Dolly Parton, country singer and songwriter
• January 22 – Malcolm McLaren, impresario and founder of the Sex Pistols (died 2010)
• January 26 – Deon Jackson, soul singer
• January 27
  • Nedra Talley, The Ronettes
  • Kim Gardner (The Byrds, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke)
• January 28 – Rick Allen (Box Tops)
• January 31 – Terry Kath (Chicago)
• February 1 – Carol Neblett operatic soprano
• February 6 – Kate McGarrigle, folk singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• February 7 – Sammy Johns, country singer-songwriter
• February 13
  • Peter Tork (The Monkees)
  • Colin Matthews, composer
• February 17 – Dodie Stevens, pop singer
• February 20 – Jerome Geils of The J. Geils Band
• February 23 – Rusty Young (Poco)
• February 24 – Jiří Bělohlávek, BBC Symphony Orchestra
• March 1 – Tony Ashton (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke)
• March 6
  • David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
  • Tony Klatka (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• March 7
  • Peter Wolf (The J. Geils Band)
  • Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum)
• March 8 – Randy Meisner (Poco, The Eagles)
• March 12 – Liza Minnelli, singer and actress
• March 15 – Howard E. Scott (War)
• March 17 – Harold Brown (War)
• March 19
  • Paul Atkinson, The Zombies
  • Ruth Pointer, The Pointer Sisters
• March 21 – Ray Dorset, Mungo Jerry
• March 22 – Harry Vanda, The Easybeats
• March 24 – Colin Petersen, drummer (Bee Gees)
• March 27 – Andy Bown (The Herd)
• March 30 – Dave Ball (The Turtles)
• April 1 – Ronnie Lane, singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Faces) (d. 1997)
• April 3 – Dee Murray (Elton John Band)
• April 4 – Dave Hill (Slade)
• April 11 – Bob Harris, DJ
• April 13
  • Al Green, soul singer
  • Jim Pons (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention)
• April 16 – Pēteris Vasks, Latvian composer
• April 17 – Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead)
• April 18
  • Lenny Baker (Sha Na Na)
  • Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape)
• May 1 – Jerry Weiss (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• May 2 – Lesley Gore, singer
• May 10
  • Cher, singer and actress
  • Dave Mason (Traffic)
  • Donovan, folk singer
  • Graham Gouldman, singer and songwriter (10cc)
• May 16 – Robert Fripp, guitarist, composer and recode producer
• May 24 – Steve Upton (Wishbone Ash)
• June 5 – Freddy Stone, Sly & the Family Stone
• June 10 – Millie Small, singer
• June 11 – John Lawton (Uriah Heep)
• June 15 – Noddy Holder, vocalist (Slade)
• June 18 – Maria Bethania, Brazilian singer (sister of Caetano Veloso)
• June 20 – Anne Murray, country singer
• June 25
  • Ian McDonald, record producer, (Foreigner)
  • Allen Lanier, Blue Öyster Cult
• June 30
  • Billy Brown (The Moments)
  • Iain Matthews, singer and songwriter
• July 9 – Bon Scott (AC/DC) (died 1980)
• July 15 – Linda Ronstadt, singer
• July 18 – Tim Lynch (The Flamin' Groovies)
• July 19 – Alan Gorrie (Average White Band)
• July 21 – Barry Whitwam (Herman's Hermits)
• July 22
  • Estelle Bennett, The Ronettes
  • Mireille Mathieu, singer
• July 23 – Andy Mackay, saxophonist, oboist, and composer
• July 24 – Alan Whitehead (Marmalade)
• July 28
  • Jonathan Edwards, folk musician and songwriter
  • Suzanne Stephens, clarinetist and basset-hornist
• July 30 – Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (Jethro Tull)
• July 31
  • Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac)
  • Gary Lewis (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
• August 1 – Boz Burrell (Bad Company)
• August 5 – Jimmy Webb, songwriter
• August 10 – Peter Karrie, star of West End musical productions
• August 14 – Larry Graham (Sly & The Family Stone)
• August 19 – Beat Raaflaub, conductor
• August 23 – Keith Moon, drummer (The Who) (died 1978)
• September 1
  • Gregg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone)
  • Barry Gibb, singer and songwriter (Bee Gees)
• September 4
  • Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
  • Greg Elmore (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
• September 5
  • Freddie Mercury, singer (Queen) (d. 1991)
  • Buddy Miles, drummer (d. 2008)
  • Loudon Wainwright III
  • Dean Ford, singer (Marmalade)
• September 9
  • Billy Preston, singer and musician (d. 2006)
  • Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield)
  • Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly)
• September 14 – Pete Agnew (Nazareth)
• September 18 – Alan King, Ace
• September 19 – John Coghlan, drummer (Status Quo)
• September 24 – Jerry Donahue (Fairport Convention)
• September 28 – Helen Shapiro, singer
• September 30 – Sylvia Peterson, singer (The Chiffons)
• October 10
  • John Prine, singer-songwriter
  • Keith Reid (Procol Harum)
  • Willard White, opera singer
• October 11 – Gary Mallaber, Steve Miller Band
• October 13 – Dorothy Moore, singer
• October 14
  • Justin Hayward, guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Moody Blues)
  • Dan McCafferty (Nazareth)
• October 15
  • Richard Carpenter, The Carpenters
  • Marsha Hunt, singer and novelist
• October 18 – Howard Shore, film composer
• October 19 – Keith Reid (Procol Harum)
• October 21 – Lee Loughnane (Chicago)
• October 22 – Eddie Brigati (Young Rascals)
• October 24 – Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf)
• October 26 – Keith Hopwood (Herman's Hermits)
• October 29 – Peter Green, guitarist and singer
• October 30
  • René Jacobs, conductor
  • Chris Slade, AC/DC, Manfred Mann
• November 1 – Ric Grech (Family, Traffic, Blind Faith)
• November 5
  • Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist
  • Gram Parsons, country musician (d. 1973)
• November 8 – Roy Wood, singer and songwriter (The Move, Wizzard)
• November 11 – Chip Hawkes, vocalist and guitarist (The Tremeloes)
• November 17 – Martin Barre, Jethro Tull
• November 19 – Joe Correro Jr., Paul Revere and The Raiders
• November 20 – Duane Allman, The Allman Brothers (d. 1971)
• November 22 – Aston Barrett, reggae musician
• November 24 – Bev Bevan, drummer (Electric Light Orchestra, Black Sabbath)
• November 29 – Eamonn Campbell, The Dubliners
• December 1 – Gilbert O'Sullivan, singer-songwriter
• December 5
  • José Carreras, opera singer
  • Andy Kim, singer
• December 10 – Walter Orange (The Commodores)
• December 12 – Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)
• December 14 – Jane Birkin, UK actress and singer
• December 15 – Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus)
• December 16
  • Benny Andersson, singer-songwriter (ABBA)
  • Trevor Pinnock, conductor and harpsichordist
• December 17 – Jim Bonfanti, vocalist (Raspberries)
• December 21 – Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys) (died 1998)
• December 22 – Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
• December 23 – Edita Gruberova, opera singer
• December 24 – Jan Akkerman, guitarist (Focus)
• December 25 – Jimmy Buffett, singer, songwriter, author, businessman, and film producer
• December 27 – Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group)
• December 28 – Edgar Winter, multi-instrumentalist and singer
• December 29 – Marianne Faithfull, singer and actress
• December 30 – Patti Smith, poet, singer and songwriter