1970 in Music - Births

Births

• January 2 – Eric Whitacre, composer
• January 9
  • Lara Fabian, Belgian singer
  • Mia X, rapper
• January 12
  • Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)
  • Raekwon, rapper
• January 18 – DJ Quik, rapper and record producer
• January 26 – Kirk Franklin, gospel singer
• January 27 – Mark Trojanowski (Sister Hazel)
• January 31 – Minnie Driver, actress and singer
• February 18 – Raine Maida, Canadian musician and beat poet
• February 26 – Linda Brava, Finnish violinist
• March 5 – John Frusciante, guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• March 7 – Vladislav Adelkhanov, Russian classical violinist and writer
• March 9
  • La India, salsa singer
  • Shannon Leto, American drummer (30 Seconds to Mars)
• March 17 – Gene Ween, guitarist and vocalist (Ween)
• March 18 – Queen Latifah, American rapper, singer and actress
• March 24 – Sharon Corr, Irish musician
• March 25 – Teri Moïse, American singer
• March 27
  • Brendan Hill, drummer (Blues Traveler)
  • Mariah Carey, American singer
• April 4 – Sean Kelly, Canadian musician
• April 5 – Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto)
• April 6 – Joe Gittleman, guitarist (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
• April 10 – Mike Mushok, guitarist (Staind)
• April 11 – Delroy Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
• April 12 – Nick Hexum, American singer and guitarist
• April 13 – Eduardo Capetillo, Mexican actor and singer
• April 17 – Redman, rapper
• April 18 – Greg Eklund, American rock drummer (Everclear)
• April 19 – Luis Miguel, Mexican singer
• April 20 – Phife Dawg, rapper
• April 22 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer, actress, model and record producer
• April 26 – Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, singer and songwriter TLC
• May 4 – Gregg Alexander, singer-songwriter (New Radicals)
• May 9 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper
• May 17 – Jordan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
• May 19
  • Billy Howerdel, guitarist, songwriter and producer (A Perfect Circle)
  • Attrell Cordes (P.M. Dawn)
• June 2 – B-Real, rapper (Cypress Hill)
• June 3 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy)
• June 10 – Mike Doughty, American singer
• June 13 – Rivers Cuomo, singer, guitarist and songwriter (Weezer)
• June 15 – Claus Norreen, Danish musician and record producer (Aqua)
• June 17 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer
• June 19
  • MJ Hibbett, English singer-songwriter
  • Brian Welch, American guitarist
• June 22 – Steven Page, Canadian singer and songwriter (Barenaked Ladies)
• June 24 – Glenn Medeiros, American singer
• July 6 - Morten Ryelund Sørensen, Danish violinist and conductor
• July 8 – Beck, singer-songwriter
• July 10
  • Gary LeVox, American singer
  • Jason Orange, British singer (Take That)
• July 15 – Chi Cheng (musician), American rock bassist
• August 3 – Itamar Golan, Israeli pianist
• August 11 – Andy Bell, bassist
• August 19 – Joseph Cartagena (Fat Joe), American rapper
• August 23 – River Phoenix, actor and singer of Aleka's Attic (d. 1993)
• August 24 – Kristyn Robyn Osborn, American country singer (SHeDAISY)
• August 28 – Sherrié Austin, actress and singer
• August 30 – Guang Liang, Malaysian singer
• August 31 – Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter
• September 4 – Daisy Dee, singer
• September 5 – Liam Lynch, songwriter and music video director
• September 7 – Chad Sexton, drummer (311)
• September 8 – Benny Ibarra, Mexican singer
• September 9 – Macy Gray, singer
• September 10
  • Jeff Marx, American Broadway composer
  • Ménélik, French rapper
• September 14 – Craig Montoya, bassist (Everclear)
• September 15 – Jukka Jokikokko, Finnish musician and studio engineer
• September 19 – Takanori Nishikawa, singer and actor (T.M. Revolution)
• September 23 – Ani DiFranco, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• October 6 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer
• October 15 – Eric Benét, American singer
• October 21 – Tony Mortimer, British singer (East 17)
• October 24 – Jarkko Martikainen, Finnish rock musician
• October 27 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer
• October 31 – Linn Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
• November 2 – Ely Buendia, Filipino rock lead singer and rhythm guitarist (The Eraserheads)
• November 7 – Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy)
• November 9
  • Susan Tedeschi, American musician and singer
  • Scarface, American rapper
• November 20 – Q-Tip, rapper
• December - Sergei Krylov, violinist
• December 2
  • Treach, American rapper (Naughty by Nature)
  • Ralph Farris, American violist, violinist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor (ETHEL)
• December 6 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
• December 9 – Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter
• December 14 – Beth Orton, British singer-songwriter
• December 16 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician
• December 18
  • DMX, American rapper
  • Cowboy Troy, American singer and rapper
• December 24 – Will Oldham, American musician
• December 29 – Aled Jones, Welsh boy soprano, later baritone
• date unknown
  • Seagram Miller, American rapper (d. 1996)
  • Frank Mullen, American rock singer (Suffocation)