1963 in Music - Births

Births

• January 4 – Till Lindemann, German rock musician (Rammstein)
• January 13 – Tim Kelly, American rock musician (Slaughter) (d. 1998)
• January 26
  • Jazzie B (Soul II Soul)
  • Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!)
• January 28 – Dan Spitz (Anthrax)
• February 2 – Eva Cassidy, singer (d. 1996)
• February 9 – Travis Tritt, American country singer
• February 10 – Tony Reno, Swedish rock drummer (Europe)
• February 19 – Seal, singer
• March 1 – Dan Michaels, producer, saxophonist, member of the rock band The Choir and The Swirling Eddies, owner of Galaxy21 Music.
• March 4
  • Janey Lee Grace, British singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
  • Jason Newsted, American rock bassist
• March 10 – Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
• March 15 – Bret Michaels, vocalist (Poison)
• March 17
  • Nick Peros, Canadian composer
  • Michael Ivins, American rock bassist (The Flaming Lips)
• March 18 – Vanessa Williams, singer and actress
• March 21 – Shawn Lane, American guitar virtuoso (d. 2003)
• March 27 – Dave Koz, saxophonist
• March 30 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer, conductor and music theorist
• April 6 – Andrew Weatherall, English disc jockey
• April 8 – Julian Lennon, singer-songwriter, son of John Lennon
• April 10 – Warren DeMartini, American rock guitarist (Ratt)
• April 12 – Michael English, American Christian singer
• April 16 – Jimmy Osmond, American singer
• May 5 – Prince Ital Joe, reggae singer (d. 2001)
• May 8 – Anthony Field, Australian musician and actor
• May 9 – Barry Douglas Lamb, English musician, author, and preacher
• May 19 – Yazz, English singer
• May 21 – Gilles Apap, violinist
• June 4 - Sandeep Bhagwati, Indian classical musician and composer
• June 5 – Joe Rudán, Hungarian heavy metal singer
• June 7 – Roberto Alagna, operatic tenor
• June 20 – Amir Derakh orgy, Julien-K
• June 25 – George Michael, singer and songwriter
• June 29 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
• June 30 – Yngwie J. Malmsteen, guitar performer
• July 7 – Vonda Shepard, singer and musician
• July 16 – Norman Cook English Big Beat musician (Fatboy Slim)
• July 22 – Emily Saliers (Indigo Girls)
• July 26 – Andy Timmons, American guitarist
• August 1 – Coolio, American rapper
• August 3
  • Tasmin Archer, English singer
  • James Hetfield, American rock singer (Metallica)
• August 4 – Gary King, British disc jockey
• August 9 – Whitney Houston, singer and actress
• August 12 – Sir Mix-A-Lot, MC and producer
• August 19 – Joey Tempest, Swedish rock singer (Europe)
• August 22
  • Tori Amos, singer-songwriter
  • James DeBarge (DeBarge)
• August 26 – Liu Huan, Chinese singer
• August 30 – Paul Oakenfold, British disc jockey
• August 31
  • Reb Beach, American rock guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
  • Beverly Crawford, American gospel singer
• September 1 – Carola Smit, Dutch musician
• September 6 – Mark Chesnutt, American country musician
• September 7 – Eazy-E, American West Coast rapper and record producer (d. 1995)
• September 28 – Dan Forden, video game music composer (Mortal Kombat)
• September 29
  • Les Claypool, American rock bassist and singer (Primus)
  • O'Landa Draper (O'Landa Draper and the Associates gospel choir) (d. 1998)
• October 13 – Kemi Olusanya (Kemistry & Storm)
• October 14 – Alessandro Safina, operatic tenor
• October 26 – Natalie Merchant, singer-songwriter
• October 30 – Jerry DeBorg (Jesus Jones)
• November 1 – Rick Allen, drummer (Def Leppard)
• December 24 – Mary Ramsey, American musician, singer/songwriter (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
• December 26 – Lars Ulrich, (Metallica)
• December 31 – Scott Ian (Anthrax)