1957 in Music - Births

Births

• January 4 – Patty Loveless, country singer
• January 23 – Earl Falconer (UB40)
• January 27 – Janick Gers (Iron Maiden)
• February 2 – Tony Butler (Big Country)
• February 19 – Falco, classical and rock musician (d. 1998)
• February 27 – Adrian Smith, musician (Iron Maiden)
• February 28
  • Phil Gould, drummer (Level 42)
  • Cindy Wilson, The B-52's
• March 12 – Marlon Jackson, vocalist (The Jackson 5)
• March 21 – John Whitfield, conductor
• March 26 – Paul Morley, music journalist
• April 12 – Vince Gill
• May 2 – Markus Stockhausen, trumpeter and composer
• May 10 – Sid Vicious, punk musician (d. 1979)
• May 18 – Michael Cretu, musician
• May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
• June 11 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
• June 17 – Phil Chevron (The Pogues)
• June 22 – Gary Beers (INXS)
• June 26 – Patty Smyth
• July 3
  • Laura Branigan, singer (d. 2004)
  • Peter Breiner, composer
• July 30 – Christopher Miller, known as Rat Scabies, drummer
• August 18 – Ron Strykert, Men at Work
• August 21 – Budgie, drummer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
• August 31
  • Glenn Tilbrook, vocalist (Squeeze)
  • Gina Schock, The Go-Go's
• September 1
  • Gloria Estefan, singer
  • Jon Moss, drummer (Culture Club)
• September 22
  • Johnette Napolitano, Concrete Blonde
  • Nick Cave, singer-songwriter
• October 3 – Tim Westwood, DJ
• October 5 – Lee Jay Thompson (Madness)
• October 7 – Michael W. Smith
• October 19 – Karl Wallinger (World Party)
• October 20 - Anouar Brahem, oud player and composer
• October 21
  • Steve Lukather, Toto
  • Julian Cope, singer
• October 16 – Kelly Marie, disco singer
• October 28 – Stephen Morris (New Order)
• November 1 – Lyle Lovett, country musician
• November 5 – Mike Score (A Flock of Seagulls)
• November 8 – Porl Thompson (The Cure)
• November 24 – Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis and the News
• December 6 - Adrian Borland, The Sound (d. 1999)
• December 6 – Bob Drake, avant-garde musician
• December 9
  • Donny Osmond, singer
  • Steve Taylor, singer, record producer
• December 10 – Paul Hardcastle, composer and musician
• December 12 – Sheila E., singer
• December 20
  • Billy Bragg, singer-songwriter
  • Anita Baker, singer
  • Anna Vissi, singer
• December 22 – Tsai Chin, singer
• December 25 – Shane MacGowan, singer (The Pogues)
• date unknown
  • Charles Roland Berry, composer
  • Kartik Seshadri, sitarist and composer
  • Poly Styrene, punk musician