1941 in Music - Births

Births

• January 3 – Van Dyke Parks, singer, arranger and composer
• January 9 – Joan Baez, folk singer
• January 12 – Long John Baldry, R&B singer (died 2005)
• January 15 – Captain Beefheart, musician and artist
• January 18 – David Ruffin (The Temptations) (died 1991)
• January 20 – Ron Townson, The 5th Dimension
• January 21
  • Richie Havens, folk singer
  • Plácido Domingo, operatic tenor
• January 24
  • Aaron Neville, The Neville Brothers
  • Neil Diamond, singer-songwriter
• February 4 – John Steel, The Animals
• February 5 – Barrett Strong, singer and songwriter
• February 6 – Dave Berry, singer
• February 11
  • Earl Lewis (The Channels)
  • Sergio Mendes, Latin American musician
  • Tom Rush, folk & blues singer
• February 15 – Brian Holland, songwriter
• February 17 – Gene Pitney, singer and songwriter (died 2006)
• February 18
  • Herman Santiago (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
  • Irma Thomas, soul singer
• February 20 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer and composer
• February 24 – Joanie Sommers, singer and actress
• March 6 – Palle Mikkelborg, jazz trumpeter and composer
• March 8 – Ivana Loudová, composer
• March 12 – Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), (KBC Band)
• March 15 – Mike Love (The Beach Boys)
• March 17 – Clarence Clemons (E Street Band)
• March 18 – Wilson Pickett, soul singer (died 2006)
• March 28 – Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons)
• April 3 – Jan Berry (Jan and Dean)
• April 5 – David LaFlamme (It's a Beautiful Day)
• April 8 – J.J. Jackson, VJ
• April 9 - Kay Adams, country singer
• April 19 – Roberto Carlos, singer
• April 28
  • Peter Anders, The Tradewinds
  • Ann-Margret, actress and singer
• April 30 – Johnny Farina (Santo & Johnny)
• May 4 – Richard Burns (The Hondells)
• May 8 – John Fred, vocalist (John Fred & His Playboy Band) (died 2005)
• May 9
  • Peter Birrell (Freddie & The Dreamers)
  • Danny Rapp (Danny and the Juniors)
• May 11 – Eric Burdon, R&B singer (The Animals)
• May 13
  • Ritchie Valens, singer (died 1959)
  • Joe Brown, singer and guitarist
• May 21 – Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers)
• May 24 – Bob Dylan, folk singer and songwriter; Konrad Boehmer, composer
• June 1 – Edo de Waart, conductor
• June 2
  • William Guest (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
  • Charlie Watts, drummer (The Rolling Stones)
• June 5 – Martha Argerich, pianist
• June 9 – Jon Lord, keyboard player and composer
• June 10 – Shirley Owens (The Shirelles)
• June 12
  • Chick Corea, jazz musician
  • Roy Harper, singer-songwriter
  • Reg Presley, singer and songwriter (The Troggs)
• June 13 – Esther Ofarim, singer
• June 15 – Harry Nilsson, singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
• June 16 – Lamont Dozier, songwriter
• July 5 – Terry Cashman, record producer and singer-songwriter
• July 7 – Jim Rodford (Argent)
• July 9 – Donald McPherson (Main Ingredient)
• July 16 – Desmond Dekker, reggae musician (died 2006)
• July 17
  • Spencer Davis, instrumentalist (The Spencer Davis Group)
  • Gribouille, singer (died 1968)
• July 18
  • Martha Reeves, vocalist
  • Lonnie Mack, rock and blues guitarist
• July 19 – Vicki Carr, singer
• July 22 – George Clinton, American musician
• July 25 – Manny Charlton (Nazareth)
• July 26 – Brenton Wood, singer-songwriter
• July 28 – Riccardo Muti, conductor
• July 30 – Paul Anka, singer and songwriter
• August 2 – Doris Coley (The Shirelles)
• August 3 – Beverly Lee (The Shirelles)
• August 4 – Timi Yuro, soul singer (died 2004)
• August 14 – David Crosby (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash)
• August 19 – Alain Boublil, librettist
• August 20 – Dave Brock (Hawkwind)
• August 21 – Tom Coster (Santana)
• August 24 – Kenny Rogers, country musician
• August 26 – Chris Curtis (The Searchers)
• August 30 – John McNally (The Searchers)
• September 8 – Donald Drowty (Dante & the Evergreens)
• September 9 – Otis Redding, soul singer (died 1967)
• September 10 – Christopher Hogwood, conductor and harpsichordist
• September 13 – David Clayton-Thomas, vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• September 14 – Alberto Naranjo, arranger and composer
• September 19 – Cass Elliot, singer (died 1974)
• September 21 – Dickey Lee, country singer-songwriter
• September 24 – Linda McCartney (Wings) (died 1998)
• September 26 - Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor
• October 2 – Ron Meagher (The Beau Brummels)
• October 3 – Chubby Checker, singer
• October 13 – Paul Simon, singer-songwriter
• October 17
  • James Seals (Seals and Crofts)
  • Alan Howard (The Tremeloes)
• October 21
  • Manfred Lubowitz (Manfred Mann)
  • Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• October 24 – Helen Reddy, singer
• October 28
  • Hank Marvin, guitarist (The Shadows)
  • Curtis Lee, singer
• October 30 – Otis Williams, vocalist (The Temptations)
• November 2
  • Brian Poole, singer (The Tremeloes)
  • Bruce Welch, guitarist and singer (The Shadows)
• November 5 – Art Garfunkel, singer
• November 6 – Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet)
• November 8 – Simon Standage, baroque violinist
• November 9 – Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• November 21 – David Porter, soul musician
• November 24
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Blues Brothers)
  • Pete Best, Beatles' original drummer
• November 27 – Eddie Rabbitt (Amos Garrett)
• November 29 – Denny Doherty, folk singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (died 2007)
• December 2 – Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann)
• December 18 – Sam Andrew, Big Brother & The Holding Company
• December 19 – Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire)
• December 27
  • Leslie Maguire, Gerry & the Pacemakers
  • Mike Pinder, The Moody Blues
• December 29 – Ray Thomas (The Moody Blues)