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Births

• January 6 – Sandy Denny, folk singer (Fairport Convention) (d. 1978)
• January 8
  • David Bowie, singer-songwriter
  • Terry Sylvester (The Hollies)
• January 18 – John O'Conor, Irish pianist
• January 19 – Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
• January 20 – George Grantham (Poco)
• January 21 – Pye Hastings (Caravan)
• January 24 – Warren Zevon, singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
• January 28 – David Byron (Uriah Heep)
• January 30 – Steve Marriott, vocalist (Small Faces, Humble Pie) (d. 1991)
• February 3
  • Dave Davies, singer-guitarist (The Kinks)
  • Melanie Safka, singer-songwriter
• February 9 – Joe Ely, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• February 14 – Tim Buckley, singer and musician (d. 1975)
• February 15
  • David Brown, bass guitarist (Santana) (d. 2000)
  • John Coolidge Adams, composer
• February 18 – Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
• February 24 – Rupert Holmes, singer-songwriter
• February 26 – Sandie Shaw, singer
• March 3 – Jennifer Warnes, singer
• March 5 – Clodagh Rodgers, singer
• March 6 – Kiki Dee, singer
• March 8 – Michael Allsup (Three Dog Night)
• March 9 - Chris Thompson
• March 10 – Tom Scholz (Boston)
• March 11 – Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge)
• March 15 – Ry Cooder, guitarist, singer and composer
• March 18 – B. J. Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum) (d. 1990)
• March 24 – Mike Kellie, drummer (Spooky Tooth)
• March 25
  • Elton John, pianist, singer and songwriter
  • John Rowles, New Zealand singer
• March 29 – Bobby Kimball, singer (Toto)
• April 2 – Emmylou Harris, country singer-songwriter
• April 7 – Patricia Bennett (The Chiffons)
• April 8
  • Steve Howe, guitarist (Yes)
  • Larry Norman, singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2008)
• April 10 – Bunny Wailer, reggae musician
• April 16
  • Ján Lehotský, Slovak composer
  • Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter
• April 17 – Linda Martin, singer
• April 21
  • Iggy Pop, rock singer-songwriter
  • John Weider (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers)
• April 23 – Glenn Cornick, bass guitarist (Jethro Tull)
• April 27 – Pete Ham, singer-songwriter (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
• April 29 – Tommy James, singer, songwriter and producer
• May 8 – Phil Sawyer, guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group, Jefferson Starship)
• May 10 – Jay Ferguson (Spirit)
• May 11 – Butch Trucks, drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
• May 14 – Al Ciner, guitarist (Three Dog Night)
• May 15 – Graeham Goble (Little River Band)
• May 16
  • Barbara Lee (The Chiffons)
  • Darrell Sweet (Nazareth) (d. 1999)
• May 19 – Paul Brady, singer-songwriter
• May 20 – Steve Currie (T. Rex) (d. 1981)
• May 21 – Bill Champlin (Chicago)
• May 31 – Junior Campbell, singer and songwriter
• June 1 – Ronnie Wood, guitarist (The Faces, The Rolling Stones)
• June 3 – Mickey Finn (T. Rex) (d. 2003)
• June 5
  • Tommie Evans (Badfinger) (died 1983)
  • Laurie Anderson, singer-songwriter
• June 8
  • Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
  • Julie Driscoll, singer (Brian Auger and the Trinity)
• June 14 – Barry Melton (Country Joe and the Fish)
• June 17
  • Gregg Rolie (Santana, Journey)
  • Paul Young (Sad Café), singer and percussionist (died 2000)
• June 20 – Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, singer (The Crystals)
• June 22 – Howard Kaylan (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, Flo & Eddie)
• June 24 – Mick Fleetwood, drummer
• July 7 – Rob Townsend, drummer (Family)
• July 9 – Mitch Mitchell, drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008)
• July 10 – Arlo Guthrie, folk singer
• July 11 – John Holt, singer (The Paragons)
• July 15 – Peter Banks, guitarist (Yes), (The Syn)
• July 19
  • Bernie Leadon (The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eagles)
  • Brian May, guitarist (Queen)
• July 20 – Carlos Santana, guitarist
• July 22 – Don Henley (Eagles)
• July 23 – David Essex, singer and actor
• July 24 – Chris Townson, drummer (John's Children, The Who)
• August 5
  • Rick Derringer (The McCoys)
  • Gregory Leskiw (The Guess Who)
• August 6 – Dennis Alcapone, reggae deejay and producer
• August 9 – Barbara Mason, singer
• August 10
  • Ian Anderson, singer and flautist (Jethro Tull)
  • Dimitri Alexeev, pianist
• August 14 – Maddy Prior, folk singer
• August 17 – Gary Talley, guitarist (The Box Tops)
• August 20 – James Pankow, brass player (Chicago)
• September 3 – Eric Bell, guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
• September 12 – Darryl DeLoach, vocalist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2002)
• September 17
  • Lol Creme, singer (10cc)
  • Gordon Edwards (The Kinks)
• September 21 – Don Felder (Eagles)
• September 23 – Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf)
• September 27 – Meat Loaf, singer
• September 30 – Marc Bolan, singer and songwriter (died 1977)
• October 4 – Jim Fielder, bass guitarist (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Buffalo Springfield)
• October 5 – Brian Johnson, singer (AC/DC)
• October 10 – Norman Carl Odam, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, novelty artist
• October 13 – Sammy Hagar (Montrose, Van Halen)
• October 16 – Bob Weir (Grateful Dead)
• October 17 – Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap)
• October 18 – Laura Nyro, singer, pianist and composer (d. 1997)
• October 21 – Tetsu Yamauchi, bass guitarist (Free, The Faces)
• October 23 – Greg Ridley, bass guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Humple Pie) (d. 2003)
• October 30 – Timothy B. Schmit (Poco, Eagles)
• November 2 – Dave Pegg, instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
• November 5
  • Peter Noone, singer, "Herman" of Herman's Hermits
  • Steve Hodson, British actor
• November 8 – Minnie Riperton, singer (d. 1979)
• November 10
  • Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
  • Dave Loggins, singer-songwriter
• November 12 – Buck Dharma (Blue Öyster Cult)
• November 20 – Joe Walsh (James Gang, Eagles)
• December 4 – Terry Woods (The Pogues)
• December 5
  • Jim Messina (Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina)
  • Rick Wills, bass guitarist (Foreigner)
• December 8 – Gregg Allman, singer, guitarist and songwriter
• December 12 – Vin Scelsa, radio DJ
• December 27 – Tracy Nelson, singer (Mother Earth)
• December 28 – Dick Diamonde, bassist (The Easybeats)
• December 29 – Cozy Powell, drummer (d. 1998)
• December 30 – Jeff Lynne, singer, songwriter and producer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
• December 31 – Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
• date unknown – Jonathan Kelly, singer-songwriter