1934 in Music - Births

Births

• January 16 - Marilyn Horne, mezzo soprano
• January 26 - Huey Piano Smith, R&B pianist
• January 30 - Tammy Grimes, actress and singer
• February 1 - Bob Shane (The Kingston Trio)
• February 2 - Skip Battin (The Byrds, New Riders of the Purple Sage) (d. 2003)
• February 7 - King Curtis, saxophonist (d. 1971)
• February 14 - Florence Henderson, actress and singer
• February 24 - Renata Scotto, operatic soprano
• March 4 - John Dunn, DJ (d. 2004)
• March 8 - Christian Wolff, composer
• March 25 - Johnny Burnette, rockabilly pioneer (d. 1964)
• March 31
  • Shirley Jones, singer and actress
  • John D. Loudermilk, singer-songwriter
  • Richard Chamberlain, actor and singer
• March 29 - Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (d. 2001)
• April 1 - Jim Ed Brown (The Browns)
• April 19 - Dickie Goodman, pioneer of music sampling (d. 1989)
• April 24 - Shirley MacLaine, US actress and singer
• April 29 - Otis Rush, blues musician
• May 1 - Shirley Horn, US singer (d. 2005)
• May 3 - Frankie Valli, singer (The Four Seasons)
• May 9 - Soo Bee Lee, operatic soprano (d. 2005)
• May 24 - Dr Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
• June 1 - Pat Boone, singer
• June 9 - Jackie Wilson, singer (d. 1984)
• June 11 - James "Pookie" Hudson (The Spaniels) (d. 2007)
• July 15 - Harrison Birtwistle, composer
• July 28 - Jacques d'Amboise, dancer and choreographer
• July 30 - André Prévost, composer (d. 2001)
• August 9 - Merle Kilgore, country singer/songwriter (d. 2005)
• August 10 - James Tenney, composer and music theorist (d. 2006)
• September 3 - Freddie King, blues guitarist and singer (d. 1976)
• September 7 - Little Milton, blues singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
• September 8 - Peter Maxwell Davies, composer
• September 16 - Ronnie Drew, Irish folk musician (d. 2008)
• September 19 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles (d. 1967)
• September 21 - Leonard Cohen, poet and musician
• October 17 - Rico Rodriguez, ska trombonist
• October 20 - Eddie Harris, saxophonist
• October 26 - Jacques Loussier, classical/jazz musician
• November 1 - William Mathias, composer (d. 1992)
• November 15 - Peter Dickinson (musician), composer
• November 19 - Dave Guard (The Kingston Trio) (d. 1991)
• November 24 - Alfred Schnittke, composer (d. 1998)
• December 1 - Billy Paul, soul singer
• December 9 - Alan Ridout, composer and music teacher (d. 1996
• December 30
  • Del Shannon, singer (d. 1990)
  • Russ Tamblyn, dancer, singer and actor