1937 in Music - Births

Births

• January 4 – Grace Bumbry, operatic mezzo-soprano
• January 6 – Doris Troy, R&B singer (died 2004)
• January 8 – Shirley Bassey, singer
• January 19 – Clarence "Frogman" Henry, R&B singer
• January 22 – Ryan Davies, singer, songwriter and comedian (died 1977)
• January 27 – John Ogdon, pianist (died 1989)
• January 31 – Philip Glass, composer
• February 1
  • Don Everly (Everly Brothers)
  • Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
• February 2 – Martina Arroyo, operatic soprano
• February 8 – Joe Raposo, composer and lyricist
• February 9 – Hildegard Behrens, operatic soprano (d. 2009)
• February 10 – Don Wilson (The Ventures)
• February 20 – Nancy Wilson, singer
• February 27 – David Ackles, singer-songwriter (died 1999)
• March 17 – Adam Wade, singer, drummer and actor
• March 20 – Jerry Reed, country musician
• March 24 – Billy Stewart, scat singer (died 1970)
• April 5 – Marisa Robles, harpist
• May 1 – Bo Nilsson, composer and lyricist
• May 4 – Dick Dale, surf rock guitarist
• May 5 – Johnnie Taylor, singer (died 2000)
• May 9
  • Sonny Curtis (The Crickets)
  • Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) (died 1988)
• May 15 – Trini Lopez, singer
• May 22 – Kenny Ball, jazz trumpeter
• June 2 – Jimmy Jones, singer-songwriter
• June 4 – Freddy Fender, country musician (died 2006)
• June 7 – Neeme Järvi, conductor
• June 14 – Renaldo "Obie" Benson (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
• June 15 – Waylon Jennings, country singer (died 2002)
• July 6
  • Gene Chandler, singer-songwriter
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist and conductor
• July 22 – Chuck Jackson, R&B singer
• July 26 – Al Banks (The Turbans)
• July 31 – Bonnie Brown (The Browns)
• August 2 – Garth Hudson (The Band)
• August 6 – Baden Powell de Aquino, bossa nova guitarist (died 2000)
• August 27 – J. D. Crowe, banjoist
• September 17 – Phil Cracolici (The Mystics)
• September 30 – Valentin Silvestrov, composer
• October 9 – Joan Carden, operatic soprano
• October 13 – Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor and composer
• October 21 – Norman Wright (Del Vikings)
• October 24 – Santo Farina (Santo & Johnny)
• October 31 – Tom Paxton, folk singer-songwriter
• November 1 – Bill Anderson, country singer-songwriter
• November 2 – Earl Speedo Carroll (The Cadillacs, The Coasters)
• November 6 – Eugene Pitt (The Jive Five)
• November 15 – Little Willie John, singer (died 1968)
• November 19 – Ray Collins (The Mothers of Invention)
• November 30
  • Frank Ifield, singer
  • Luther Ingram, soul singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
  • Noel Stookey, singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul & Mary)
• December 1 – Gordon Crosse, composer
• December 14 – Warren Ryanes (The Monotones)
• December 17 – Art Neville (The Neville Brothers)
• December 25 – O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (The Isley Brothers) (died 1986)
• December 28 - Rita Orlandi-Malaspina, operatic soprano
• December 30 – John Hartford, folk and country musician and composer (died 2001)
• date unknown – Farhad Fakhreddini, conductor and composer, founder of Iran's National Orchestra