1956 in Music - Births

Births

• January 3 – Julie Miller, singer
• January 9 – Waltraud Meier, operatic soprano
• January 17 – Paul Young, singer
• January 18
  • Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
  • Christoph Prégardien, operatic tenor
• January 25 – Andy Cox (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals)
• January 31 – Johnny Rotten, singer (Sex Pistols)
• February 3 – Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
• February 13 – Peter Hook (Joy Division, New Order)
• March 2 – John Cowsill (The Cowsills)
• March 9 – Sergej Larin, operatic tenor (d. 2008)
• March 12 – Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
• March 16 – Vladimír Godár, composer
• April 14 – Barbara Bonney, operatic and concert soprano
• May 7 – Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks and Flag of Convenience)
• May 25 – Sugar Minott, singer
• June 3 - Lynne Dawson, soprano
• June 5 – Kenny G, saxophonist
• July 15 – Ian Curtis, vocalist (Joy Division) (d. 1980))
• July 20 – Paul Cook (Sex Pistols)
• August 3 – Graeme Koehne, composer and music teacher
• August 8 – Chris Foreman (Madness)
• August 26 – Sally Beamish, composer
• August 27 – Glen Matlock, guitarist (Sex Pistols)
• September 22 – Debby Boone, singer
• October 2 – Freddie Jackson, soul singer
• October 23 – Dwight Yoakam, singer-songwriter
• November 4 – Igor Talkov, Russian singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
• November 17 – Philip Grange, composer
• November 20 – DJ Red Alert, djer
• November 24 – Jouni Kaipainen, composer
• December 6 – Peter Buck, R.E.M.
• December 8 – Warren Cuccurullo (Missing Persons, Duran Duran)
• December 13 – Majida El Roumi, singer
• December 19 – William Orbit, composer
• December 23 – Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
• December 28 – Nigel Kennedy, violinist