Births
- February 16 - Jo Walker-Meador, music executive.
- August 7 - Felice Bryant, songwriter (with husband Boudleaux) of many 1950s and 1960s hits (died 2003).
- August 15 - Rose Maddox, fiddle player, leader of the Maddox Brothers and Rose, and early innovator of rockabilly (died 1998).
- August 28 - Billy Grammer, Grand Ole Opry member best known for his hit "Gotta Travel On." (died 2011)
- September 3 - Hank Thompson, singer who fused western swing and honky tonk for a series of successful records from the 1940s through 1970s (died 2007).
- September 26 - Marty Robbins, multi-genre singer-songwriter and television host (died 1982).
- December 3 - Ferlin Husky, honky-tonk styled singer of the 1950s through early 1970s, best known for "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove," and hits under his comic alias "Simon Crum" ("Country Music is Here to Stay")(died 2011).
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