1939 in Music - Births

Births

• January 3 - Gene Summers, singer-songwriter
• January 9 - Jimmy Boyd, singer and actor
• January 10 - Scott McKenzie, singer
• January 12 - William Lee Golden (The Oakridge Boys)
• January 19 - Phil Everly (The Everly Brothers)
• January 21 - Wolfman Jack, DJ
• February 11 - Gerry Goffin, songwriter
• February 12 - Ray Manzarek, keyboard player
• February 28
  • John Fahey, guitarist and composer (died 2001)
  • Tommy Tune, actor, singer and dancer
• March 1 - Warren Davis (The Monotones)
• March 8 - Robert Tear, tenor
• March 13 - Neil Sedaka, pianist and singer-songwriter
• April 1 - Rudolph Isley (The Isley Brothers)
• April 2 - Marvin Gaye, soul singer (died 1984)
• April 5 - Ronnie White (The Miracles)
• April 16 - Dusty Springfield, singer (died 1999)
• April 18 - Glen Hardin (The Crickets)
• April 20 - Johnny Tillotson, singer and songwriter
• April 21
  • Ernie Maresca, singer, songwriter and record industry executive
  • John McCabe - composer and pianist
• April 23 - Wizz Jones, guitarist, singer and songwriter
• May 1 - Judy Collins, singer
• May 7
  • Johnny Maestro), vocalist
  • Jimmy Ruffin, singer
• May 9 - Nokie Edwards (The Ventures)
• May 19
  • Nancy Kwan, dancer, singer and actress
  • Sonny Fortune, jazz musician
  • John Sheahan (The Dubliners)
• May 23 - Michel Colombier, composer and songwriter (d. 2004)
• June 6
  • Gary U.S. Bonds, singer and songwriter
  • Louis Andriessen, composer
• June 9 - Ileana Cotrubaş, operatic soprano
• June 16 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, country singer
• June 30 - Tony Hatch, composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and record producer
• July 1 - Delaney Bramlett (Delaney & Bonnie)
• July 2 - Paul Williams (The Temptations)
• July 3 - Brigitte Fassbaender, operatic mezzo-soprano
• July 14 - Vince Taylor, rock and roll singer (d. 1991)
• July 18
  • Dion DiMucci, singer-songwriter
  • Brian Auger, Trinity
• August 4 - Frankie Ford, singer
• August 9 - Billy Henderson (The Spinners) (d. 2007)
• August 17
  • Luther Allison, blues guitarist (d. 1997)
  • Ed Sanders (The Fugs)
• August 18 - Johnny Preston, singer
• August 19 - Ginger Baker, drummer
• August 24 - Ernie Wright (Little Anthony & the Imperials)
• August 25 – Robert Jager, American composer and theorist
• August 28 - Robert Aitken, composer
• August 30 - John Peel, influential disc jockey (d. 2004)
• August 31
  • Jerry Allison (The Crickets)
  • Cleveland Eaton, American jazz musician
• September 2
  • Sam Gooden (The Impressions)
  • Bobby Lee Dickey, singer
• September 5 - John Stewart, folk singer and songwriter (died 2008)
• September 6 - David Allan Coe, American musician
• September 8 – Guitar Shorty, American blues guitarist
• September 13 - Gene Page, arranger, producer and conductor
• September 17 – Shelby Flint, American singer
• September 18 - Frankie Avalon, singer and actor
• September 23 - Roy Buchanan, guitarist (died 1988)
• September 28 - Elbridge Bryant (The Temptations)
• September 30 - Len Cariou, Canadian actor and singer
• October 18 - Paddy Reilly, folk musician
• October 30
  • Eddie Holland, songwriter (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
  • Grace Slick, vocalist (Jefferson Airplane)
• October 31 - Gordon Bok, singer-songwriter
• November 12 - Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby & the Romantics)
• November 17 - Yuya Uchida, singer
• November 18 - Tom Johnson, minimalist composer
• November 19 - Pete Moore (The Miracles)
• November 22 - Stefan Dimitrov, Bulgarian operatic bass
• November 23 - Jan Rooney, American singer and wife of Mickey Rooney
• November 26 - Tina Turner, singer
• November 28 - Gary Troxel (The Fleetwoods)
• December 1 – Dianne Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
• December 4 – Freddy Cannon, American rock musician
• December 8 - Sir James Galway, flautist
• December 13 - Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (d. 2002)
• December 15 - Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes)
• December 16 - Barney McKenna (The Dubliners)
• December 17
  • Eddie Kendricks, vocalist (The Temptations)
  • James Booker, pianist and singer
• December 25 - Bob James, jazz keyboardist
• December 30 - Felix Pappalardi, rock producer and bassist (Mountain)