1962 in Music - Births

Births

• January 4
  • Robin Guthrie (The Cocteau Twins)
  • Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
• January 8 – Chris Marion, American musician (Little River Band)
• January 13
  • Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
  • Tony Rebel, reggae/dancehall artist
• January 16 – Paul Webb (Talk Talk)
• January 28 – Leslie Phillips/Sam Phillips, singer
• January 31 – Sophie Muller, British music video director
• February 1 – Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist (Boøwy)
• February 6 – Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
• February 7
  • David Bryan, keyboardist for the band Bon Jovi
  • Garth Brooks, country singer
• February 10 - Cliff Burton, bassist for Metallica d. 1986
• February 11 – Sheryl Crow, American singer
• February 19 – Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez, singer
• February 21 - Mark Arm (Mudhoney)
• February 22 – Michael Wilton, Queensrÿche
• February 24 – Michelle Shocked, American musician
• March 2 – Jon Bon Jovi, lead singer for the band Bon Jovi
• March 5
  • Craig Reid and Charlie Reid, The Proclaimers
• March 7 – Taylor Dayne, American singer
• March 15 – Terence Trent D'Arby, American-born English singer
• March 17 – Clare Grogan, Scottish actress and singer
• March 24
  • Angèle Dubeau, Canadian violinist
  • Renee Rosnes, Canadian jazz pianist/composer
• March 30 – M.C. Hammer, rapper
• March 31 – Phil Leadbetter, American musician
• April 3 – Mike Ness, Social Distortion
• April 8 – Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses
• April 12 – Art Alexakis, American singer and musician (Everclear)
• April 13 – Hillel Slovak, American rock musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (d. 1988)
• April 16 – Ian MacKaye, lead singer of Minor Threat and Fugazi
• May 9 – David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)
• May 12
  • Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion)
  • Erwin Gutawa, Indonesian composer
• May 14
  • Ian Astbury, British rock singer (The Cult)
  • C.C. Deville, American rock guitarist (Poison)
• May 28 – Brandon Cruz, American child actor and musician
• May 31 – Corey Hart
• June 8 – Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
• June 15 – Andrea Rost, Hungarian lyric soprano
• June 16 - Femi Kuti, Nigerian saxophonist
• June 19 – Paula Abdul, pop vocalist
• June 20 – Mark De Gli Antoni, Soul Coughing
• June 21 – Victor Tsoi, Soviet underground singer and songwriter (d. 1990)
• June 22 – Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician (Primal Scream)
• June 23 – Steve Shelley, American musician (Sonic Youth and Crucifucks)
• June 26 – Andrej Šeban, guitarist
• June 27 – Michael Ball British stage actor and singer
• July 7 – Mark White, Spin Doctors
• July 8 – Joan Osborne, American singer
• July 21 – Lee Aaron, Canadian rock and jazz singer
• July 22 – Steve Albini, guitarist
• July 26 - Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish musician
• July 27 – Karl Mueller, Soul Asylum
• August 4 – Paul Reynolds, A Flock of Seagulls
• August 7 – Andrew Glover, omposer
• August 17 – Gilby Clarke, American rock musician (Guns N' Roses)
• August 25 – Vivian Campbell, Def Leppard
• October 3 – Tommy Lee, drummer (Mötley Crüe)
• October 12 – Chris Botti, trumpeter
• October 15 – Mark Reznicek (Toadies)
• October 16
  • Flea, Australian actor and rock bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
• October 25 – Chad Smith, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• November 1
  • Magne Furuholmen, Norwegian rock keyboardist (a-ha)
  • Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers
• November 2 – Ron McGovney, American rock bassist (Metallica)
• November 3 – Marilyn, pop vocalist
• November 9 – Steve "Silk" Hurley, house-music producer and club DJ
• November 11
  • Mic Michaeli, Swedish rock keyboardist (Europe)
  • James Morrison, Australian musician
• November 18 – Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist of Metallica
• November 21 – Steven Curtis Chapman
• November 27
  • Charlie Benante, Anthrax
  • Mike Bordin, Faith No More
• November 28 – Matt Cameron, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam
• December 4 – Vinnie Dombroski, Sponge
• December 5 – José Cura, Argentine tenor
• December 8 – Marty Friedman, Megadeth
• December 28 – Michel Petrucciani, French musician (d. 1999)