| January 1 | Country Joe McDonald - 1942 Grandmaster Flash - 1958 |
| January 2 | Roger Miller - 1936 Chick Churchill of Ten Years After - 1946 |
| January 3 | Beatles producer George Martin - 1926 Stephen Stills - 1945 Dallas, TX John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin - 1946 |
| January 4 | John McLaughlin - 1942 Michael Stipe of REM - 1960 |
| January 5 | Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records - 1923 George Brown of Kool and the Gang - 1950 Marilyn Manson - 1969 Canton, OH Chris Stein of Blondie - 1950 |
| January 6 | Wilbert Harrison of "Kansas City" fame - 1929 Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd - 1946 Cambridge, England Malcolm Young of AC/DC - 1953 |
| January 7 | Paul Revere of Paul Revere and the Raiders - 1942 Harvard, NE Kenny Loggins - 1948 |
| January 8 | Elvis Presley - 1935 Tupelo, MS Shirley Bassey 'Goldfinger' - 1937 Terry Sylvester of the Hollies - 1947 Robbie Krieger of The Doors - 1946 David Bowie - 1947 Mike Reno of Loverboy - 1955 |
| January 9 | Joan Baez - 1941 Jimmy Page - 1944 Heston, England Donald Fagen of Steely Dan - 1948 Gloria Estefan - 1957 Dave Matthews - 1967 |
| January 10 | Johnny Ray - 1927 Jim Croce - 1943 Rod Stewart - 1945 London, England Pat Benatar - 1953 Brooklyn, NY |
| January 11 | Vicki Peterson of the Bangles - 1958 |
| January 12 | 'Long' John Baldry - 1941 Maggie Bell of Stone The Crows - 1945 Cynthia Robinson of Sly & The Family Stone - 1946 Michael Hutchence of INXS - 1960 Rob Zombie - 1966 |
| January 13 | Earth Wind and Fire's Freddie White - 1955 Suggs AKA Graham McPherson of Madness - 1961 Trevor Rabin - 1954 |
| January 14 | New Orleans pianist/ bandleader Allen Toussaint - 1938 Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters 1969 Geoff Tate of Queensryche - 1959 Stuttgart, Germany Zakk Wylde - 1966 New Jersey |
| January 15 | Earl Hooker - 1930 Captain Beefheart AKA Don Van Vliet - 1941 Ronnie Van Zandt of Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1949 The Motels' Martha Davis - 1951 |
| January 16 | Bob Bogle of The Ventures - 1937 Sade AKA Folosade Adu - 1959 William Francis AKA Dr. Hook - 1942 |
| January 17 | Bobby 'Blue' Bland AKA Robert Calvin Bland - 1930 The Delfonics' William Hart - 1945 Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones - 1948 Kid Rock - 1971 Steve Earle - 1955 |
| January 18 | Bobby Goldsboro - 1941 The Temptations' David Ruffin - 1941 'Legs' Larry Smith of the Bonzo Dog Dooh-Dah Band - 1944 Paul Young - 1956 |
| January 19 | Phil Everly - 1939 Janis Joplin - 1943 Dolly Parton - 1946 Robert Palmer - 1949 Dewey Bunnell of America - 1952 Rod Evans of Deep Purple and Captain Beyond - 1945 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| January 20 | Paul Stanley of Kiss - 1951 Queens, NY Ian Hill of Judas Priest - 1958 |
| January 21 | Richie Havens - 1941 Billy Ocean - 1950 |
| January 22 | Sam Cooke - 1935 Steve Perry of Journey - 1949 Hanford, CA |
| January 23 | Anita Pointer - 1948 Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers - 1950 Robin Zander of Cheap Trick - 1953 Loves Park, IL |
| January 24 | Doug Kershaw - 1936 Ray Stevens - 1939 Neal Diamond - 1941 Warren Zevon - 1947 |
| January 25 | Richard Finch of KC and the Sunshine Band - 1954 Terry Chimes of the Clash - 1955 Andy Cox of Fine Young Cannibals - 1960 'China', daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner - 1971 |
| January 26 | Huey "Piano" Smith - 1934 Norman Hassan of UB40 - 1958 Eddie Van Halen - 1955 Nijmegen, NL |
| January 27 | Elmore James - 1918 Nick Mason of Pink Floyd - 1945 Nedra Talley of the Ronettes - 1946 Seth Justman of J. Geils Band - 1945 |
| January 28 | Mr. Acker Bilk - 1929 Brian Keenan of the Chambers Brothers - 1944 Corky Laing of Mountain - 1948 Montréal, Canada |
| January 29 | Leadbelly - 1889 Tommy Ramone of The Ramones - 1952 |
| January 30 | Joe Terranova of Danny and the Juniors - 1941 Steve Marriott of Small Faces and Humble Pie - 1947 Phil Collins - 1951 Jody Whatley - 1961 |
| January 31 | Terry Kath of Chicago - 1946 Harry Wayne Casey of KC And the Sunshine Band - 1951 Johnny Rotten - 1956 |
| February 1 | Don Everly - 1937 Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook - 1937 Jimmy Carl Black of the Mothers of Invention - 1938 Rick James - 1952 |
| February 2 | Skip Battin of the Byrds - 1934 Graham Nash - 1942 Ross Valory of Journey - 1949 San Francisco, CA Peter Lucia of Tommy James and The Shondells - 1947 |
| February 3 | Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - 1935 Angelo D'Aleo of Dion & The Belmonts - 1940 The Temptations' Dennis Edwards - 1943 The Kinks' Dave Davies - 1947 |
| February 4 | John Steel of The Animals - 1941 Alice Cooper AKA Vincent Furnier - 1948 Jerry Shirley of Humble Pie - 1952 Phil Ehart of Kansas - 1951 |
| February 5 | Alex Harvey of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - 1935 Cory Wells of Three Dog Night - 1942 Al Kooper - 1944 The Steve Miller Band's David Denny - 1948 Bobby Brown - 1969 |
| February 6 | Teen heart-throb Fabian AKA Fabiano Forte - 1943 Bob Marley - 1945 Natalie Cole - 1950 The Steve Miller Band's David Denny - 1948 Bobby Brown - 1969 Rick Astley - 1966 Richie Hayward of LittleFeat - 1946 Axl Rose - 1962 |
| February 7 | R&B sax phenom King Curtis AKA Curtis Ousley - 1934 N'awlins blues guitarist Earl King - 1934 Jimmy Greenspoon of Three Dog Night - 1948 UB40's Brian Travers - 1959 David Bryan of Bon Jovi - 1962 |
| February 8 | Tom Rush - 1941 The Grass Roots' Creed Bratton - 1943 Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash - 1950 Motley Crue's Vince Neil - 1961 Hollywood, CA |
| February 9 | Barry Mann - 1939 Carole King born Carole Klein - 1942 Dennis Thomas of Kool and the Gang - 1951 |
| February 10 | Don Wilson of the Ventures - 1937 Roberta Flack - 1939 |
| February 11 | Josh White - 1915 Gene Vincent of 'Be-Bop-a-Lula' fame - 1935 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - 1940 Sheryl Crow - 1963 Kennett, MO |
| February 12 | Gene McDaniels - 1935 Ray Manzarek of the Doors - 1935 Stan Knight of Black Oak Arkansas - 1949 Steve Hackett of Genesis - 1950 |
| February 13 | Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1919 Gene Ames of the Ames Brothers - 1925 Peter Gabriel - 1950 |
| February 14 | Eric Anderson - 1937 Magic Sam born Sam Maghett - 1937 Vic Briggs of the Animals - 1945 Tim Buckley - 1947 |
| February 15 | Brian Holland - 1941 Mick Avery of the Kinks - 1944 Melissa Manchester - 1951 Mikey Craig of Culture Club - 1960 Ali Campbell of UB40 - 1969 |
| February 16 | Andy Taylor of Duran Duran - 1961 Sonny Bono - 1935 Detroit, MI Bill Doggett - 1916 |
| February 17 | Gene Pitney - 1941 Hartford, CT |
| February 18 | Robbie Bachman of Bachman Turner Overdrive - 1953 Mark Andes of Spirit - 1948 Dennis DeYoung of Styx - 1947 Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - 1941 Yoko Ono - 1933 |
| February 19 | Smokey Robinson - 1940 Lou Christie born Lugee Geno Saco - 1943 Tony Iommi - 1948 Birmingham, England |
| February 20 | Kurt Cobain - 1967 Randy California of Spirit - 1951 Randy Woolfe - 1951 Walter Becker of Steely Dan - 1950 Jerome Geils - 1946 Buffy Sainte-Marie - 1941 Barbara Ellis of the Fleetwoods - 1939 |
| February 21 | Mary Chapin Carpenter - 1958 Jerry Harrison of the Talking Heads - 1949 producer David Geffen - 1943 Nina Simone - 1933 Jerome Geils - 1946 |
| February 22 | Ernie K-Doe - 1936 |
| February 23 | Johnny Winter - 1944 Rusty Young of Poco - 1946 Steve Priest of The Sweet - 1950 |
| February 24 | Paul Jones of Manfred Mann - 1942 session pianist Nicky Hopkins - 1944 |
| February 25 | Faron Young - 1932 George Harrison - 1943 Stewart "Woody" Wood of The Bay City Rollers - 1957 Mike Peters of The Alarm - 1959 Kenny Gradney of Little Feat - 1951 |
| February 26 | Antoine "Fats" Domino - 1928 Johnny Cash - 1932 Poco's Paul Cotton - 1943 Canned Heat's Bob "The Bear" Hite - 1943 Mitch Ryder AKA William Levise Jr. - 1945 Journey's Jonathan Cain - 1950 |
| February 27 | Eddie Gray of Tommy James and The Shondells - 1948 Journey's Neil Schon - 1954 Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith - 1957 |
| February 28 | John Fahey - 1939 Joe South - 1940 Brian Jones - 1942 Ronald Roseman of Tommy James and The Shondells - 1945 Cindy Wilson of The B-52s - 1957 |
| February 29 | Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey - 1904 |
| March 1 | Harry Belafonte - 1927 Mike D'Abo of Manfred Mann - 1944 Roger Daltrey - 1945 |
| March 2 | Lou Reed - 1942 Eddie Money - 1949 Jon Bon Jovi - 1962 Perth Amboy, NJ |
| March 3 | Little Junior Parker - 1927 |
| March 4 | Miriam Makeba - 1932 Bobby Womack - 1944 Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top - 1948 Chris Squire of Yes - 1948 Emilio Estefan of Miami Sound Machine - 1950 |
| March 5 | J.B. Lenoir - 1929 Alan Clark of Dire Straits - 1952 Andy Gibb - 1958 |
| March 6 | Mary Wilson of the Supremes - 1944 Kiki Dee - 1947 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd - 1947 |
| March 7 | Sax man King Curtis - 1934 Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band - 1946 |
| March 8 | Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees - 1945 Randy Meisner of theEagles - 1947 Mel Galley of Whitesnake - 1948 Gary Numan - 1958 |
| March 9 | Lloyd Price - 1933 John Cale - 1942 Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and The Raiders - 1942 Cambridge, ID Robin Trower - 1945 Jeffrey Osborne - 1948 Jimmie Fadden of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 1948 |
| March 10 | Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke - 1903 TexMex giant Huey Meaux - 1929 Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean - 1940 Tom Scholtz of Boston - 1947 Toledo, OH |
| March 11 | Mark Hugg of Manfred Mann - 1940 Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge - 1947 |
| March 12 | Mike Stoller - 1933 Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane - 1942 James Taylor - 1948 Bill Payne of Little Feat - 1949 Steve Harris of Iron Maiden - 1957 Marlon Jackson of Jackson 5 - 1957 |
| March 13 | Neil Sedaka - 1939 Adam Clayton of U2 - 1960 James Taylor - 1948 |
| March 14 | Quincy Jones - 1933 Walter Parazaider of the band Chicago - 1945 |
| March 15 | Lightnin' Hopkins - 1912 Phil Philips who sang '59 hit "Sea of Love" - 1931 Phil Lesh - 1940 Mike Love of the Beach Boys - 1941 Sly Stone - 1944 Howard Scott of War - 1946 Ry Cooder - 1947 Hernandez Lugo of ? & The Mysterians - 1947 Dee Snider of Twisted Sister - 1955 Massapequa, NY Terence Trent D'Arby - 1962 |
| March 16 | Heart's Nancy Wilson - 1954 Jerry Jeff Walker born Paul Crosby - 1942 |
| March 17 | John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful - 1944 Jerry Jeff Walker born Paul Crosby - 1942 Clarence Collins of Little Anthony And The Imperials - 1939 War's Harold Brown - 1946 Ian Gomm of Brinsley Schwarz - 1947 Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham - 1951 Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins - 1967 |
| March 18 | Irene Cara - 1959 John Hartman - 1950 B.J. Wilson of Procol Harum - 1947 Wilson Pickett - 1941 |
| March 19 | Chitlin' Circuit comedienne Moms Mabley - 1894 Clarence "Frogman" Henry - 1937 Paul Atkinson of The Zombies - 1946 Ricky Wilson of The B-52s - 1953 Billy Sheehan - 1953 Buffalo, NY |
| March 20 | Jerry Reed - 1937 Carl Palmer of E.L.P. - 1951 Jimmy Vaughan of The Fabulous Thunderbirds - 1951 Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats - 1960 |
| March 21 | Rosemary Stone of Sly & The Family Stone - 1945 Mungo Jerry AKA Ray Dorset - 1946 Supertramp's Roger Hodgson - 1950 |
| March 22 | The Yardbirds' Keith Relf - 1943 George Benson - 1943 Pittsburgh,PA |
| March 23 | Ric Ocasek of The Cars - 1949 Chaka Khan born Yvette Marie Stevens - 1953 Phil Keaggy - 1951 Hubbard, OH |
| March 24 | Lee Oskar of War - 1946 Mike Kellie of Spooky Tooth - 1947 Dougie Thompson of Supertramp - 1951 |
| March 25 | Hoyt Axton - 1932 Elton John born Reginald Kenneth Dwight - 1947 Aretha Franklin - 1942 Nick Lowe - 1949 |
| March 26 | Al Jolson born Asa Yoelson - 1886 Diana Ross - 1944 Steve Tyler of Aerosmith - 1948 New York, NY Fran Sheehan of Boston - 1949 Teddy Pendergrass - 1950 |
| March 27 | Tony Banks ofGenesis - 1950 Mariah Carey - 1970 |
| March 28 | Johnny Burnette - 1934 John Evan of Jethro Tull - 1948 |
| March 29 | Bobby Kimball - 1947 |
| March 30 | John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson - 1914 Willie Nelson - 1933 Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues - 1942 Eric Clapton - 1945 Surrey, England Jim Dandy Mangrum of Black Oak Arkansas - 1948 rapper M.C. Hammer - 1963 Celine Dion - 1968 |
| March 31 | Lightning Hopkins - 1912 Herb Alpert - 1937 Al Nichol of the Turtles - 1946 Dave Ball of Procol Harum - 1950 Angus Young - 1959 Glasgow, Scotland |
| April 1 | bluesman Amos Milburn - 1926 singer/actress Debbie Reynolds - 1932 Rudolph Isley - 1939 Arthur Conley - 1946 Stan Ridgway of Wall of Voodoo - 1955 |
| April 2 | Marvin Gaye - 1939 Leon Russell - 1941 Lawton, OK |
| April 3 | Songwriter Jeff Barry - 1939 Jan Berry of Jan & Dean - 1941 Tony Orlando - 1944 Richard Manuel of The Band - 1945 |
| April 4 | Muddy Waters - 1915 trumpeter/singer Hugh Masekela - 1939 Major Lance - 1941 Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers - 1948 Pick Withers of Dire Straits - 1948 |
| April 5 | Tony Williams - 1928 David LaFlamme of It's a Beautiful Day - 1941 Eric Burdon - 1941 Allan Clarke of the Hollies - 1942 Crispin St. Peters - 1944 Agnetha Faltskog of ABBA - 1948 |
| April 6 | Michelle Phillips of The Mamas & The Papas - 1944 Merle Haggard -1927 |
| April 7 | Janis Ian - 1951 John Oates of Hall & Oates - 1949 |
| April 8 | Julian Lennon - 1963 Steve Howe of Yes - 1947 Izzy Stradlin of Guns N' Roses - 1962 |
| April 9 | Kevin Martin of Candlebox - 1969 |
| April 10 | Brian Setzer of Stray Cats - 1959 Steve Gustafson of 10,000 Maniacs - 1957 |
| April 11 | Lisa Stansfield - 1966 Nigel Pulsford of Bush - 1965 |
| April 12 | David Cassidy - 1950 John Kay of Steppenwolf - 1944 Herbie Hancock - 1940 Pat Travers - 1954 Toronto, Canada |
| April 13 | Marc Ford of Black Crowes - 1966 Jimmy Destri of Blondie - 1954 Max Weinberg - 1951 Al Green - 1946 |
| April 14 | Loretta Lynn - 1935 |
| April 15 | Dave Edmunds - 1944 Roy Clark - 1932 |
| April 16 | Gerry Rafferty - 1947 Bobby Vinton - 1935 |
| April 17 | Jan Hammer - 1948 |
| April 18 | Greg Eklund of Everclear - 1970 |
| April 19 | Rod Morgenstein of Winger - 1956 |
| April 20 | Luther Vandross - 1951 Craig Frost of Grand Funk Railroad - 1948 |
| April 21 | Robert Smith of The Cure - 1959 Iggy Pop - 1947 |
| April 22 | Paul Carrack - 1951 Peter Frampton - 1950 Redruth, England Glen Campbell - 1936 |
| April 23 | Steve Clark of Def Leppard - 1960 Roy Orbison - 1936 Vernon, TX |
| April 24 | Aaron Comess of Spin Doctors - 1968 Glen Cornick of Jethro Tull - 1947 Barbra Streisand - 1942 |
| April 25 | Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1945 |
| April 26 | Duane Eddy - 1938 Claudine Clark - 1941 Bobby Rydell - 1942 Gary Wright - 1943 Creskill, NJ Duran Duran's Roger Taylor - 1960 |
| April 27 | Badfinger's Pete Ham - 1947 Ace Frehley - 1951 Bronx, NY Sheena Easton - 1959 Banshee Marco Pirroni - 1959 |
| April 28 | Dr. Hook's John Wolters - 1945 |
| April 29 | Duke Ellington - 1899 Coaster's Carl Gardner - 1927 Lonnie 'Rock Island Line' Donegan - 1931 April Stevens - 1936 Oak Ridge Boys' Duane Allen - 1943 Tommy James of Shondell fame - 1947 Status Quo's Francis Rossi - 1949 Carnie Wilson - 1968 Chynna Phillips - 1968 |
| April 30 | Modern Jazz Quartet founder Percy Heath - 1923 Bobby Vee - 1943 Snap's Turbo B - 1967 |
| May 1 | Kate Smith - 1909 Judy Collins - 1939 Rita Coolidge - 1945 Buckingham's Nick Fortune - 1946 Ray Parker Jr. - 1954 Mr. Mister's Steve Farris - 1957 Black Crowe's Johnny Bolt - 1966 |
| May 2 | Bing Crosby - 1904 Link 'Rawhide' Wray - 1935 Steppenwolf's Goldy McJohn - 1945 Leslie Gore - 1946 Larry Gatlin - 1948 Lou Gramm of Foreigner - 1950 Rochester NY Jon Bon Jovi - 1962 |
| May 3 | Pete Seeger - 1919 James Brown - 1928 Frankie Valli - 1937 Troggs' Pete Staples - 1944 Christopher Cross - 1951 REO Speedwagon's Bruce Hall - 1953 Soft Cell's David Ball - 1959 Wynonna Judd - 1964 |
| May 4 | Maynard Ferguson - 1928 Troggs' Ronnie Bond - 1943 Jackie Jackson - 1951 Danny Brubeck - 1955 Randy Travis - 1959 |
| May 5 | Tammy Wynette - 1941 Black Sabbath's Bill Ward - 1948 Adam Ant's Kevin Mooney - 1954 |
| May 6 | Bob Seger - 1945 Elton John's Davey Johnstone - 1951 |
| May 7 | Brahms - 1833 Tchaikovsky - 1840 Jimmy Ruffin - 1939 Janis Ian - 1951 |
| May 8 | Thomas Pynchon - 1937 Toni Tenille - 1943 Gary Glitter - 1944 Talking Head Chris Frantz - 1951 Alex Van Halen - 1953 Amsterdam, NL |
| May 9 | Billy Joel - 1949 |
| May 10 | Fats Domino - 1929 New Orleans, LA Danny 'At the Hop' Rapp - 1941 10cc's Graham Gouldman - 1945 Donovan - 1946 Dave Mason - 1946 Spirit's Jay Ferguson - 1947 Burbank, CA Bono - 1960 |
| May 11 | Salvadore Dali - 1904 Eric Burden - 1941 Pacemaker Les Chadwick - 1941 |
| May 12 | Burt Bacharach - 1929 Ian Drury - 1942 Faces' Ian McLagan - 1946 Steve Winwood - 1948 Billy Squier - 1950 Wellesley Hills, MA Cult's BillyDuffy - 1961 |
| May 13 | Red Garland - 1923 Richie Valens - 1941 Pacoima, CA Mary Wells - 1943 JGeil's Magic Dick - 1945 JGeil's Danny Klein - 1946 Mott the Hoople's Overend Watts - 1947 Stevie Wonder - 1950 Roxy Music's Paul Thompson - 1951 Deacon Blue's Lorraine McIntosh - 1964 |
| May 14 | Bobby Darin - 1936 Jack Bruce - 1943 Lanarkshire, Scotland Herman's Hermits' Derek Lekenby - 1943 Young Rascals' Gene Cornish - 1945 David Byrne - 1952 Cult's Ian Astbury - 1962 Milli Vanilli's Fabrice Morvan - 1966 New Kid's Danny Wood - 1971 |
| May 15 | Trini Lopez - 1937 Little River Band's Graham Goble - 1947 Brian Eno - 1948 |
| May 16 | Woody Herman - 1913 Liberace - 1919 jazz diva Betty Carter - 1930 Chiffons' Barbara Lee - 1947 Janet Jackson - 1966 |
| May 17 | Spinners' Pervis Jackson - 1938 Enya - 1961 Donegal, Ireland Taj Mahal - 1942 Yes/King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford - 1949 London, England NIN's Trent Reznor - 1965 |
| May 18 | Composer Meredith Wilson - 1902 Oak Ridge Boys' Joe Bonsall - 1948 Rick Wakeman - 1949 |
| May 19 | Pete Townshend - 1945 ZZ Top's Dusty Hill - 1949 Joey Ramone - 1954 AC/DC's Phil Rudd - 1954 Heaven 17's Martyn Ware - 1956 |
| May 20 | Joe Cocker - 1944 Cher - 1946 El Centro, CA Ultravox Warren Cann - 1952 Go-Go's Jane Wielden - 1958 Haircut 100's Nick Heyward - 1961 |
| May 21 | Fats Waller - 1904 Isley Brother Ronald - 1941 Animal's Hilton Valentine - 1943 Heartbreaker's Stan Lynch - 1955 |
| May 22 | Sun Ra - 1914 Elton's lyricist Bernie Taupin - 1950 Smith's Morrissey - 1959 |
| May 23 | Artie Shaw - 1910 Moog Synth inventor Dr. Robert Moog - 1934 |
| May 24 | Rosanne Cash - 1955 Patti LaBelle - 1944 Bob Dylan - 1941 |
| May 25 | Lauryn Hill - 1975 |
| May 26 | Lenny Kravitz - 1964 Hank Williams, Jr. - 1949 Stevie Nicks - 1948 |
| May 27 | Bruce Cockburn - 1945 |
| May 28 | John Fogerty - 1945 Gladys Knight - 1944 |
| May 29 | Melissa Etheridge - 1961 LaToya Jackson - 1956 |
| May 30 | Wynonna Judd - 1964 |
| May 31 | Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary - 1938 |
| June 1 | Alanis Morissette - 1974 Ottawa, Canada Ron Wood - Rolling Stones - 1947 |
| June 2 | Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones - 1941 |
| June 3 | Suzi Quatro - 1950 Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople - 1946 Shrewsbury, England |
| June 4 | Freddy Fender - 1937 |
| June 5 | Kenny G - 1956 |
| June 6 | Gary "U.S." Bonds - 1939 |
| June 7 | Tom Jones - 1940 Prince - 1958 |
| June 8 | Robert Schumann - 1810 Nancy Sinatra - 1940 3 Dog Night's Chuck Negron - 1942 Bozz Scaggs - 1944 Uriah Heap's Mick Box - 1948 Russell Christian - 1956 Simply Red's Red Hucknal - 1960 Duran Duran's Nick Rhoades - 1962 Milli Vanilli's Robert Pilatus - 1965 |
| June 9 | Cole Porter - 1891 Les Paul - 1916 Jackie Wilson - 1934 Deep Purple's Jon Lord - 1941 Spider from Mars Trevor Bolder - 1950 |
| June 10 | Howlin' Wolf - 1910 The Move's Rick Price - 1944 Human Beat Box - 1967 |
| June 11 | Joey 'Peppermint Twist' Dee - 1940 ZZ Top's Frank Beard - 1949 Bonnie Pointer - 1951 .38 Special's Donnie Van Zandt - 1952 |
| June 12 | Chick Corea - 1941 Trogg's Reg Presley - 1944 Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos - 1951 Boston's Brad Delp - 1951 |
| June 13 | Dennis 'Dr. Hook' Locorriere - 1948 Heart's Howard Leese - 1951 Twisted Sister's Mark Mendoza - 1954 |
| June 14 | Spencer Davis Group's Muff Winwood - 1943 Rod Argent - 1945 St. Albans England Yes's Alan White - 1949 Slade's Jimme Lea - 1952 Boy George - 1961 |
| June 15 | Steve Walsh - Kansas - 1952 Edvard Grieg - 1843 David Rose - 1910 Waylon Jennings - 1937 Harry Nilson III - 1941 Air Supply's Russ Hitchcock - 1949 Slade's Noddy Holder - 1950 |
| June 16 | Stan Laurel - 1890 O'Jay's Eddie Levert - 1942 Fairport Convention's Lan Matthews - 1945 Gino Vanelli - 1952 |
| June 17 | Igor Stravinsky - 1882 Barry Manilow - 1946 |
| June 18 | Sammy Cahn - 1945 Paul McCartney - 1942 KC & the Sunshine Band's Jerome Smith - 1953 |
| June 19 | Guy Lombardo - 1902 4 Season's Tommy DeVito - 1936 Spanky McFarlane - 1942 Heart's Ann Wilson - 1951 Earth Wind & Fire's Larry Dunn - 1953 Mark DeBarge - 1959 Paula Abdul - 1962 |
| June 20 | Coaster's Billy Guy - 1936 Brian Wilson - 1942 Lionel Richie - 1949 Cyndi Lauper - 1953 Bay City Roller Alan Longmuir - 1953 Van Halen's Michael Anthony - 1954 Chicago, IL Duran Duran's John Taylor - 1960 |
| June 21 | Jean-Paul Sartre - 1905 Kinks' Ray Davies - 1944 Trogg's Chris Britton - 1945 Badfinger's Joey Molland - 1948 Aerosmith's Joey Cramer - 1950 E Street's Nils Lofgren - 1951 |
| June 22 | Kris Kristofferson - 1936 Turtles' Howard Kaylan - 1947 Todd Rundgren - 1948 INXS's Gary Beers - 1957 The Committee's Jimi Sommerville - 1961 Wet Wet Wet's Tom Cunningham - 1965 |
| June 23 | June Carter - 1929 Orlon's Rosetta Hightower - 1944 |
| June 24 | Mick Fleetwood - 1942 Redruth, England Jeff Beck - 1944 Wallington, England Arthur 'Crazy World' Brown - 1944 Zombies' Neil MacArthur - 1945 Dire Straits'John Illsley - 1949 Tears for Fears' Curt Smith - 1961 Black Crowes' Jeff Cease - 1967 |
| June 25 | Moody Blues' Clint Warwick - 1940 Carly Simon - 1945 Blue Oyster Cult's Allen Lanier - 1946 Foreigner's Ian McDonald - 1946 Toto's David Paich - 1954 George Michael - 1963 Split Enz Tim Finn - 1952 |
| June 26 | Colonel Tom Parker - 1909 5th Dimension's Billy Davis Jr. - 1940 Canned Heat's Larry Taylor - 1942 Clash's Mick Jones - 1955 Chris Isaak - 1956 |
| June 27 | Bob 'Captain Kangaroo' Keeshan - 1927 Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston - 1944 |
| June 28 | Composer Richard Rogers - 1902 Lester Flatt - 1914 Procol Harum's David Knight - 1945 |
| June 29 | Little Eva 'Loco-motion' Boyd - 1945 Deep Purple's Ian Paice - 1948 Men At Work's Colin Hay - 1953 |
| June 30 | Supreme's Florence Ballard - 1943 Little River Band's Glenn Shorrock - 1944 Dire Strait's Hal Lindes -- 1953 Yngwie Malmsteen - 1963 Stockholm, Sweden |
| July 1 | Willie Dixon - 1915 Delaney Bramlett - 1939 Deborah Harry - 1945 B52's Fred Schneider - 1951 Dan Akroyd - 1952 |
| July 2 | Ahmad Jamal - 1930 Temptation's Paul Williams - 1939 Huey Lewis & the News's Johnny Colla - 1952 Boomtown Rat Pete Briquette - 1954 |
| July 3 | Pete Fountain - 1930 Little Feat's Paul Barrere - 1948 Laura Branigan - 1957 Depeche Mode's Vince Clark - 1961 |
| July 4 | Stephen Foster - 1826 Louis Armstrong - 1900 Mitch Miller - 1911 Neil Simon - 1927 Bill Withers - 1938 Canned Heat's Al Wilson - 1943 Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer - 1948 John Waite - 1952 INXS's Kirk Pengilly - 1958 |
| July 5 | Robbie Robertson - 1944 Huey Lewis - 1950 New York, NY Steppenwolf's Michael Monarch - 1950 |
| July 6 | Della Reese - 1931 Gene Chandler - 1937 Dr. Hook's Rik Elswit - 1945 Bill Haley - 1955 Highland Park, MI Spandau Ballet's Jim Keeble - 1959 |
| July 7 | Gustav Mahler - 1860 Ringo Starr - 1940 Doc Severinson - 1927 Village People's David Hodo - 1950 |
| July 8 | Billy Eckstine - 1914 Allman Brother Johnny Jai Johnson - 1944 Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher - 1961 Haircut 100's Graham Jones - 1961 Beck - 1970 |
| July 9 | AC/DC's Bon Scott - 1946 Kirriemuir, Scotland Debbie 'Sister' Sledge - 1954 Simple Mind's Jim Kerr - 1959 Anthrax's Frank Bello - 1965 Courtney Love - 1969 San Francisco, CA |
| July 10 | Moby Grape's Jerry Miller - 1943 Arlo Guthrie - 1947 Ronnie James Dio - 1949 Greg Kihn - 1950 Baltimore, MD |
| July 11 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna - 1947 Bonnie Pointer - 1951 Bauhaus' Peter Murphy - 1957 Richie Sambora - 1960 Suzanne Vega - - 1960 |
| July 12 | Henry David Thoreau - 1817 Oscar Hammerstein - 1895 Three Stooges' Curly Joe DeRita - 1909 Van Cliburn - 1934 Christine McVie - 1943 Uriah Heap/Asia's John Wetton - 1949 Boney M's Liz Mitchell - 1952 |
| July 13 | J. Geil's Stephen Jo Bladd - 1942 Roger McGuinn - 1942 Cheech Marin - 1946 Louise Mandrell - 1955 |
| July 14 | Woody Guthrie - 1912 Christopher Cross - 1952 |
| July 15 | Rembrandt - 1606 Moby Grape's Peter Lewis - 1945 Linda Ronstadt - 1946 .38 Special's Jeff Carlisi - 1952 Ambrosia's David Pack - 1953 Joe Satriani - 1956 |
| July 16 | Cal Tjader - 1925 Searcher's Tony Jackson - 1940 Desmond Dekker - 1942 Ruben Blades - 1948 Police's Stewart Copeland - 1952 |
| July 17 | Spencer Davis - 1939 Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler - 1949 Sweet's Mick Turner - 1949 Shondells' Mike Vale - 1949 Phoebe Snow - 1952 |
| July 18 | War's Papa Dee Allen - 1931 Dion DiMucci - 1939 Brian Auger - 1939 Martha Reeves - 1941 Ricky Skaggs - 1954 XTC's Terry Chambers - 1955 Alarm's Nigel Twist - 1958 |
| July 19 | Brian May of Queen - 1947 |
| July 20 | Carlos Santana - Santana - 1947 Kim Carnes - 1946 John Lodge of the Moody Blues - 1943 |
| July 21 | Cat Stevens AKA Yusuf Islam - 1948 |
| July 22 | Don Henley of The Eagles - 1947 |
| July 23 | Alison Krauss - 1971 Slash of Guns N' Roses - 1965 |
| July 24 | Jennifer Lopez - 1970 |
| July 25 | Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth - 1958 |
| July 26 | Aldous Huxley - 1894 Mick Jagger - 1943 Queen's Roger Taylor - 1949 |
| July 27 | Kingston Trio's Nick Reynolds - 1933 Bobbie Gentry - 1944 Maureen McGovern - 1949 |
| July 28 | Pink Floyd's Rick Wright - 1945 Jonathan Edwards - 1946 Free/Bad Company's Simon Kirk - 1949 Steve Morse - 1954 Hamilton, OH |
| July 29 | REO Speedwagon's Neal Doughty - 1946 Rush's Geddy Lee - 1953 E-Street's Patty Scialfa - 1956 |
| July 30 | Buddy Guy - 1939 Paul Anka - 1941 David Sanborn - 1945 Tommy 'T-Rex' Bolan - 1947 Kate Bush - 1958 |
| July 31 | Playboys' Gary Lewis - 1942 Newark, NJ Fleetwood Mac's Bob Welch - 1946 Herman's Hermits' Karl Green - 1947 REM's Bill Berry - 1958 Bauhaus's Daniel Ash - 1957 |
| August 1 | Jerry Garcia - 1942 Tubes' Rick Andersonr - 1947 Tommy Bolin - 1951 Sioux City, IA Robert Cray - 1953 Def Leppard's Joe Elliot - 1959 |
| August 2 | The Band's Garth Hudson - 1937 Pip's Ed Patten - 1939 Shirelle's Doris Kenner - 1941 |
| August 3 | Tony Bennett - 1926 War's B.B. Dickerson - 1949 Earth Wind & Fire's Johnny Graham - 1951 Metallica's James Hetfield - 1963 Los Angeles, CA |
| August 4 | Louie Armstrong - 1901 Herb Ellis - 1921 Fortune's David Carr - 1943 |
| August 5 | Rick Derringer - 1947 Foo Fighter's Pat Smear - 1959 Beastie Boys' MCA - 1964 |
| August 6 | Andy Warhol - 1928 Randy DeBarge - 1958 |
| August 7 | Mata Hari - 1876 B.J. Thomas - 1942 Free's Andy Fraser - 1952 Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickenson - 1958 Worksop, England |
| August 8 | Benny Carter - 1907 Mel Tillis - 1932 Statler Brother's Philip Balsley - 1939 Madness's Chris Foreman - 1958 U2's The Edge - 1961 |
| August 9 | Spinner's Billy Henderson - 1939 Cars' Benjamin Orr - 1955 rapper Kurtis Blow - 1959 Whitney Houston - 1963 |
| August 10 | Leo Fender - 1909 Righteous Brothers' Bobby Hatfield - 1940 Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson - 1947 Edinburgh, Scotland Ronnie Spector - 1947 INXS John Farriss - 1961 |
| August 11 | Raspberries' Eric Carmen - 1949 Joe Jackson - 1955 Guess Who's Jim Kale - 1943 Iron Butterfly's Erik Braunn - 1950 |
| August 12 | Mark Knopfler - 1949 Suzanne Vega - 1959 Pat Metheny - 1954 |
| August 13 | Dan Fogelberg - 1951 Undertone's Feargal Sharkey - 1958 |
| August 14 | David Crosby - 1941 Dash Crofts - 1940 Sly's Larry Graham - 1946 |
| August 15 | Napoleon Bonaparte - 1769 Oscar Peterson - 1925 Spencer Davis Group's Peter York - 1942 |
| August 16 | INXS's Tim Farriss - 1957 Madonna - 1958 Rochester, MI |
| August 17 | Box Top's Gary Talley - 1947 Boston's Sib Hashian - 1949 XTC's Kevin Moulding - 1955 Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle - 1958 Black Crowes' Steve Gorman - 1965 |
| August 18 | Foreigner's Dennis Elliot - 1950 |
| August 19 | Orville Wright - 1871 Gene Rodenberry - 1921 Ginger Baker - 1939 Lewisham, London Johnny Nash - 1940 Deep Purple's Ian Gillian - 1945 Hounslow, England Queen's John Deacon - 1951 |
| August 20 | Isaac Hayes - 1942 Chicago's Jimmie Pankow - 1947 Robert Plant - 1948 West Bromwich, England Thin Lizzy's Phyl Lynott - 1951 Knack's Doug Fieger - 1952 Gatlin Brother Rudy Gatlin - 1952 John Hiatt - 1952 |
| August 21 | Count Basie - 1904 Art Farmer - 1928 Kenny Rogers - 1938 Jackie DeShannon - 1944 Clash's Joe Strummer - 1952 Sister Kim Sledge - 1957 |
| August 22 | Claude Debussy - 1862 John Lee Hooker - 1920 Chambers' Brother Joe Chambers - 1942 Bangles' Debbi Peterson - 1960 Tori Amos - 1963 |
| August 23 | The Who's Keith Moon - 1947 Rick Springfield - 1949 The Hudson Brothers' Mark Hudson - 1951 |
| August 24 | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - 1905 Wynonie Harris - 1915 Traffic's Jim Capaldi - 1944 Jean-Michel Jarre - 1948 |
| August 25 | Kiss's Gene Simmons - 1949 Elvis Costello - 1954 |
| August 26 | Ernie Fields - 1905 Vic Dana - 1942 Ashford and Simpson's Valerie Ashford - 1946 |
| August 27 | Captain and Tenille's Daryl Dragon - 1942 Free/Bad Company's Simon Kirke - 1949 Rush's Alex Lifeson - 1953 Surnie, Canada |
| August 28 | Chicago's Danny Seraphine - 1948 Shania Twain - 1965 LeAnn Rimes - 1982 |
| August 29 | Charlie Parker - 1920 Dinah Washington - 1924 Micheal Jackson - 1958 Gary, IN |
| August 30 | The Mamas and The Papas' John Phillips - 1935 |
| August 31 | Van Morrison - 1945 |
| September 1 | Conway Twitty - 1933 The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb - 1946 Gloria Estefan - 1957 |
| September 2 | '50s teen idol Jimmy Clanton - 1940 Toto's Steve Pocaro - 1957 |
| September 3 | Beachboy Al Jardine - 1942 Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad - 1948 |
| September 4 | Danny Gatton - 1945 |
| September 5 | John Stewart - 1939 Al Stewart - 1945 Queen's Freddie Mercury - 1946 Buddy Miles - 1946 |
| September 6 | Roger Waters of Pink Floyd - 1944 |
| September 7 | Buddy Holly - 1936 Lubbock, TX disco diva Gloria Gaynor - 1949 |
| September 8 | Patsy Cline - 1932 The Fine Young Cannibals' David Steele - 1960 Jimmie Rodgers - 1897 Meridian, MS |
| September 9 | Otis Redding - 1941 Doug Ingle of Iron Butterfly - 1946 Billy Preston - 1946 |
| September 10 | Jose Feliciano - 1945 Danny Hutton of Three Dog Night - 1946 Aerosmith's Joe Perry - 1950 Lawrence, MA |
| September 11 | Harry Connick Jr. - 1967 Tommy Shaw of Styx and Damn Yankees - 1953 Montgomery, AL |
| September 12 | Maria Muldaur - 1943 Barry White - 1944 |
| September 15 | Roy Acuff - 1903 Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly - 1942 St. Louis, MO |
| September 16 | The Fleshtones' Peter Zaremba - 1954 B.B. King - 1925 |
| September 17 | Hank Williams - 1923 |
| September 18 | Frankie Avalon - 1939 |
| September 19 | Brook Benton - 1939 Righteous Brother Bill Medley - 1940 Mama Cass Elliot - 1941 producer Daniel Lanois - 1951 |
| September 20 | Styx drummer John Panozzo - 1947 Soundgarden's Ben Shepherd - 1968 |
| September 21 | Leonard Cohen - 1934 The Eagles' Don Felder - 1947 Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul - 1968 |
| September 22 | David Coverdale of Whitesnake - 1951 Joan Jett - 1960 |
| September 23 | Ray Charles - 1930 Ben E. King 'Stand By Me' - 1938 Bruce Springsteen 'The Boss' - 1958 Freehold NJ Ani DiFranco - 1970 |
| September 24 | Gerry Marsden of Gerry and The Pacemakers - 1942 |
| September 26 | Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry - 1945 |
| September 27 | Randy Bachman of BTO - 1943 Winnipeg, Manitoba Avril Lavigne - 1984 Meat Loaf - 1947 Shaun Cassidy - 1958 Gwenyth Paltrow - 1973 Sam Adams - 1722 Me - 1953 Quincy, IL |
| September 28 | George Lynch - 1954 |
| September 29 | Mark Farner of Grand Funk - 1948 Flint, MI Jerry Lee Lewis - 1935 Ferriday, LA |
| October 1 | Kevin Griffin of Better Than Ezra - 1968 |
| October 2 | Sting - 1951 Mike Rutherford of Genesis - 1950 Don McLean - 1945 |
| October 3 | Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe - 1962 Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac - 1951 Chubby Checker - 1941 |
| October 4 | Jon Secada - 1961 |
| October 5 | Steve Miller of Steve Miller Band - 1943 |
| October 6 | Millie Small - 1948 Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon - 1951 |
| October 7 | The Main Ingredient's Tony Sylvester - 1941 David Hope of Kansas - 1949 John Mellencamp - 1951 Seymour, IN |
| October 8 | Doc Green of The Drifters - 1934 Johnny Ramone - 1948 Average White Band's Hamish Stewart - 1949 Robert 'Kool' Bell - 1950 |
| October 9 | John Lennon - 1940 John Entwhistle of The Who - 1944 Jackson Brown - 1948 Heidelberg, West Germany Sean Ono Lennon - 1975 |
| October 10 | Ivory Joe 'Since I Met You Baby' Hunter - 1914 Procol Harum's lyricist Keith Reid - 1946 David Lee Roth - 1955 Bloomington, IN Tanya Tucker - 1958 Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp - 1961 |
| October 11 | Little Willie Littlefield - 1931 Lester Bowie - 1941 Hall and Oates' Daryl Hall - 1948 |
| October 12 | Sam Moore of Sam and Dave - 1935 |
| October 13 | Paul Simon - 1941 Sammy Hagar - 1947 Monterey, CA Marie Osmond - 1959 |
| October 14 | Songwriter Bill Justis - 1926 Cliff Richard - 1940 Whitesnake's Colin Hodgkinson - 1945 The Moody Blues' Justin Hayward - 1946 Thomas Dolby - 1958 |
| October 15 | Blues-belter Victoria Spivey - 1906 Mickey "Guitar" Baker of Mickey and Sylvia - "Love is Strange" - 1925 The Carpenters' Richard Carpenter - 1946 Chris DeBurgh - 1947 Tito Jackson - 1953 |
| October 16 | Dave Hynes of The Spencer Davis Group - 1945 Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp - 1960 |
| October 17 | Drummer Cozy Cole - 1928 Ska trombonist Rico Rodriquez of The Specials - 1934 James Seals of Seals and Croft - 1941 Gary Puckett - 1942 Hibbing, MN |
| October 18 | Chuck Berry - 1926 St. Louis, MO Laura Nyro - 1947 The Doobie Brothers' Keith Knudson - 1952 Wynton Marsalis - 1961 |
| October - 19 | Dave Guard of The Kingston Trio - 1935 Peter Tosh - 1944 Wilbert Hart of The Delfonics - 1947 Dan "Woody" Woodgate of Madness - 1960 |
| October 20 | Hootie and the Blowfish's drummer James George "Soni" Sonefeld - 1964 Tom Petty - 1953 Gainesville, FL Tiffany - 1970 |
| October 21 | Steve Cropper of Booker T & the MGs - 1941 Manfred Mann AKA Michael Lubowitz - 1940 Dizzy Gillespie - 1917 The Go-Gos' Charlotte Caffey - 1953 |
| October 22 | Queen of the Beach Annette Funicello - 1942 Eddie Brigati of The Rascals - 1942 Leslie West of Mountain - 1945 Queens, NY |
| October 23 | Charlie Foxx - 1939 Songwriter Ellie "Be My Baby" Greenwich - - 1939 Pauline Black of The Selector - 1953 |
| October 24 | Country blues harp player extraordinaire Sonny Terry - 1911 J.P. Richardson AKA The Big Bopper - 1930 Sabine Pass, TX The Stones' Bill Wyman - 1935 Jerry Edmonton of Steppenwolf - 1946 Mott the Hoople's Dale Griffin - 1950 |
| October 25 | Ed Robinson of Barenaked Ladies - 1970 Matthias Jabs of The Scorpions - 1956 Jon Anderson of Yes - 1944 Accrington, England Helen Reddy - 1941 Minnie Pearl - 1912 |
| October 26 | Mahalia Jackson - 1911 Dave Hynes of The Spencer Davis Group - 1945 Natalie Merchant - 1963 |
| October 27 | Honkytonk tinkler Floyd Cramer - 1933 Simon LeBon of Duran Duran - 1958 |
| October 28 | Jazz songstress Cleo Laine - 1927 Wayne Fontana - 1945 Joy Division's Stephen Morris - 1957 Neville Henry of the Blow Monkeys - 1959 |
| October 29 | Denny Laine of Wings - 1944 Peter Green, founding member of Fleetwood Mac - 1946 Peter Timmins of The Cowboy Junkies - 1965 |
| October 30 | Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick - 1943 Timothy B. Schmidt of Poco/The Eagles - 1947 |
| October 31 | Folky Tom Paxton - 1937 Kinky Friedman - 1944 Lawrence "Larry" Mullen Jnr. of U2 - 1961 King Ad-Rock AKA Adam Horowitz of the Beastie Boys - 1966 Bernard Edwards of Chic - 1952 |
| November 1 | Blind Faith's Rik Grech - 1946 Ronald Bell of Kool and The Gang - 1951 Lyle Lovett - 1957 Eddie MacDonald of The Alarm - 1959 Magne Foruholmen of A-Ha - 1962 Rick Allen of Def Leppard - 1963 Alex James of Blur - 1968 |
| November 3 | Lulu AKA Marie McDonald Lawrie "To Sir With Love" - 1948 Brian Poole of The Tremeloes - 1941 Bert Jansch - 1943 Adam Ant AKA Stuart Goddard - 1954 |
| November 4 | The Squeeze's Chris Difford - 1954 James Honeyman-Scottof The Pretenders - 1956 Yanni - 1954 |
| November 5 | Ike Turner of Ike and Tina - 1931 Art Garfunkel - 1941 The Byrds' Gram Parsons, born Cecil Connor - 1946 Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits - 1947 Bryan Adams - 1959 Kingston, Ontario |
| November 6 | P.J. Proby - 1938 Doug Sahm of The Sir Douglas Quintet - 1941 Glen Frey of The Eagles - 1948 Corey Glover of Living Colour - 1964 |
| November 7 | Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary - 1937 Johnny Rivers - 1942 Joni Mitchell, born Roberta Joan Anderson - 1943 Big Easy trumpeter Al Hirt - 1922 |
| November 8 | Bonnie Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie - 1944 Roy Wood - 1946 Bonnie Raitt - 1950 Rickie Lee Jones - 1954 Terry Lee Miall of Adam and The Ants - 1958 |
| November 9 | Tom Fogerty of CCR - 1941 Phil May of The Pretty Things - 1944 Alan Gratzer of REO Speedwagon - 1948 |
| November 10 | Screaming Lord Sutch - 1940 Lyricist Tim Rice - 1944 ELP's Greg Lake - 1948 Mario Cipollina of Huey Lewis And The News - 1954 |
| November 11 | Jazz pianist Mose Allison - 1927 Lavern Baker - 1929 Jesse Colin Young of The Youngbloods - 1944 Vince Martell of Vanilla Fudge - 1945 Chris Dreja of The Yardbirds - 1946 Heaven 17's Ian Craig Marsh - 1956 |
| November 12 | Bluesman Bukka White born Booker T. Washington White - 1906 Brian "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Bikini" Hyland - 1943 Neil Young - 1945 Hot Chocolate's Errol Brown - 1948 Leslie McKeown of The Bay City Rollers - 1955 |
| November 13 | Bill Gibson of Huey Lewis And The News - 1951 |
| November 14 | Cornell Gunter of The Coasters - 1938 James Young of Styx - 1948 Alec John Such of Bon Jovi - 1956 |
| November 15 | Clyde McPhatter - 1932 Petula Clark - 1933 Little Willie John AKA William J. Woods - 1937 |
| November 16 | Joy of Cooking's Toni Brown - 1928 |
| November 17 | Gordon Lightfoot - 1938 Gene Clark of The Byrds - 1941 Martin Barre of Jethro Tull - 1946 Lindisfarne's Rod Clements - 1947 |
| November 18 | Kim Wilde - 1960 Hank Ballard - 1936 |
| November 19 | Ray Collins of The Mothers of Invention - 1937 |
| November 20 | Duane Allman - 1946 Nashville, Tennessee George Grantham of Poco - 1947 Joe Walsh - 1947 Gentle Giant's Gary Green - 1950 Mike "D" Diamond of The Beastie Boys - 1965 |
| November 21 | Doctor John born Malcolm John Rebennack - 1941 Lonnie Jordan of War - 1948 |
| November 22 | Hoagy Carmichael 1899 Aston "Family Man" Barrett Bob Marley's former bassist - 1946 Tina Weymouth of The Talking Heads - 1950 |
| November 23 | Bruce Hornsby - 1954 |
| November 24 | Scott Joplin - 1868 Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bassist for Booker T. and The MGs - 1941 The Incredible String Band's Robin Williamson - 1943 Lee Michaels - 1945 Chris Hayes of Huey Lewis & The News - 1957 |
| November 26 | Tina Turner, born Annie Bullock - 1938 Alan Henderson of Them - 1944 John McVie - 1945 |
| November 27 | Al Jackson Jr., drummer for Booker T. and the MGs - 1934 Jimi Hendrix, born James Marshall Hendrix - 1942 Seattle, WA Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds - 1959 |
| November 28 | Motown founder Berry Gordy - 1929 Randy Newman - 1943 Matt Cameron of Soundgarden - 1962 |
| November 29 | Chuck Mangione - 1940 Dennis "Denny" Doherty of The Mamas And The Papas - 1941 Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals - 1943 John Mayall - 1943 Barry Goudreau of Boston - 1951 Bleach's Steve Scott - 1963 Bernard Edwards of Chic - 1952 Ronnie Montrose - 1947 |
| November 30 | Bluesman Brownie McGhee - 1915 Dick "America's Oldest Teenager" Clark - 1929 Johnny Horton - 1929 Leo Lyons of Ten Years After - 1943 Deep Purple's Roger Glover - 1945 Shuggie Otis - 1953 George McArdale of The Little River Band - 1954 Billy Idol, born William Michael Albert Broad - 1955 |
| December 1 | Singer Billy Paul - 1934 Lou Rawls - 1937 The Doors' John Densmore - 1945 Bette Midler - 1945 Steve Jansen of Japan - 1959 |
| December 2 | Tom McGuinness of Manfred Mann - 1941 Def Leppard's Rick Savage - 1960 Michael McDonald - 1952 St. Louis, MO |
| December 3 | The Velvet Underground's John Cale - 1940 Ralph McTell - 1944 John Wilson of Them - 1947 "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow of Commander Cody And The Lost Planet Airmen - 1948 Ozzy Osbourne - 1948 Birmingham, England Duane Roland of Molly Hatchet - 1952 |
| December 4 | Freddy Cannon - 1939 Chris Hillman of The Byrds - 1942 Bob Mosely of Moby Grape - 1942 Jeff Bridges - 1949 |
| December 5 | Little Richard AKA Richard Wayne Penniman - 1935 Macon, GA J.J. Cale - 1938 Jim Messina - 1947 |
| December 6 | Dave Brubeck - 1920 Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five - 1943 Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown - 1947 Rick Butler of The Jam - 1955 Peter Buck of R.E.M. - 1956 |
| December 7 | Harry Chapin - 1942 Tom Waits - 1949 |
| December 6 | Randy Rhoads - 1956 Santa Monica, CA |
| December 8 | Sammy Davis Jr. - 1925 B3 master Jimmy Smith - 1925 Jerry Butler of The Impressions - 1939 Bobby Elliot of The Hollies - 1943 Jim Morrison - 1943 Marmalade's Graham Knight - 1946 Greg Allman - 1947 Nashville, Tennessee Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant - 1949 Def Leppard's Phil Collen - 1957 |
| December 9 | Chicago bluesman Junior Wells - 1934 Neil Innes of The Bonzo Dog Band - 1944 Joan Armatrading - 1950 Donnie Osmond - 1957 |
| December 10 | Eddie Jones AKA Guitar Slim - 1926 Chad Stuart of Chad and Jemeremy - 1943 Chris Kefford of The Move - 1944 |
| December 11 | Big Mama Thornton AKA Willie Mae Thornton - 1926 Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and The MGs - 1944 Brenda Lee - 1944 XTC's Andy Partridge - 1953 Jermaine Jackson - 1954 Nikki Sixx - 1958 San Jose, CA |
| December 12 | Frank Sinatra - 1915 Hoboken, NJ jazz guitarist Jim Hall - 1930 Connie Francis - 1938 Dionne Warwick - 1941 The Incredible String Band's Mike Heron - 1942 Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues - 1942 Richard Betts of Allman Brothers - 1943 West Palm Beach, FL Jethro Tull's Clive Bunker - 1946 Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne - 1948 Free's Paul Rogers - 1949 Don Baird of The Georgia Satellites - 1953 Steve Forbert - 1954 Marlon Jackson - 1957 Sheila E. Escovedo - 1959 Propaganda's Claudia Bruken - 1963 Sinead O'Connor - 1966 |
| December 13 | Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Steely Danetc. - 1948 Ted Nugent - 1948 Detroit, MI Television's Tom Verlaine - 1949 Berton Averre of The Knack - 1954 |
| December 14 | Charlie Rich - 1934 AC/DC's Cliff Williams - 1949 Mike Scott of The Waterboys - 1958 Peter "Spider" Stacy of The Pogues - 1958 |
| December 15 | Guitarist Oscar Moore - 1912 DJ Alan Freed - 1922 Cindy Birdsong of The Supremes - 1939 Dave Clark of The Dave Clark Five - 1942 Vanilla Fudge's Carmen Appice - 1946 The Clash's Paul Simonon - 1955 |
| December 16 | Benny Andersson of Abba - 1946 ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons - 1949 Robben Ford - 1951 |
| December 17 | The Neville Brothers' Art Neville - 1938 Eddie Kendricks of The Temptations - 1939 Paul Butterfield - 1942 Jim Bonfanti of The Raspberries - 1948 Carlton Barrett of The Wailers - 1950 R.E.M.'s Mike Mills - 1958 The Replacements' Bob Stinson - 1959 |
| December 18 | Saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vincent - 1917 Lonnie Brooks - 1933 Chas Chandler, manager of Hendrix, The Animals, etc. - 1938 Sam Andrew of Big Brother and The Holding Company - 1941 Keith Richards - 1943 Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe - 1948 The Cars' Elliot Easton - 1953 The Primitives' Steve Dullahan - 1966 |
| December 19 | Edith Piaf - 1915 Professor Longhair - 1918 Phil Ochs - 1940 Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire - 1941 Alvin Lee of Ten Years After - 1944 Zal Yanofsky of The Lovin' Spoonful - 1944 John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 1945 |
| December 20 | Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat And Tears - 1944 Peter Kriss of Kiss - 1947 Stevie Wright of The Easybeats - 1948 Billy Bragg - 1957 Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes - 1966 |
| December 21 | Frank Zappa - 1940 Albert Lee - 1943 Beach Boy Carl Wilson - 1946 The Rumour's Martin Belmont - 1948 Betty "Clean Up Woman" Wright - 1953 |
| December 22 | Barry Jenkins of The Animals - 1944 Maurice and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees - 1949 Cheap Trick's Rick Neilsen - 1954 Rockford, IL |
| December 23 | Esther Phillips - 1935 Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen - 1940 Tim Hardin - 1941 Luther Grosvenor of Spooky Tooth - 1949 Iron Maiden's Dave Murray - 1958 |
| December 24 | New Orleans sideman Dave Bartholomew - 1920 R&B vocalist Lee Dorsey - 1924 Lemmy AKA Ian Kilminster of Hawkwind/Motorhead - 1945 Jan Akkerman of Focus - 1946 Human League's Ian Burden - 1955 |
| December 25 | O'Kelly Isley of The Isley Brothers - 1937 Trevor Lucas of Fairport Convention - 1943 Henry Vestine of Canned Heat - 1944 Noel Redding of The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1945 Jimmy Buffett - 1946 Barbara Mandrell - 1948 Robin Campbell of UB40 - 1954 Annie Lennox - 1954 The Pogues' Shane MacGowan - 1957 Jesus - 0 |
| December 26 | Abdul "Duke" Fakir of The Four Tops - 1938 Phil Spector - 1940 Gordon Edwards of The Pretty Things - 1946 |
| December 27 | Elvis guitarist Scotty Moore - 1931 Dave Rowberry of The Animals - 1943 Foreigner's Mick Jones - 1944 Tracy Nelson - 1944 Peter Criss of Kiss - 1947 Steppenwolf's Larry Byrom - 1948 |
| December 28 | Earl "Fatha" Hines - 1903 Roebuck "Pop" Staples - 1915 Johnny Otis - 1921 Dorsey Burnett - 1932 Edgar Winter - 1946 Dick Diamonde of The Easybeats - 1947 Alex Chilton of The Box Tops/Big Star - 1950 |
| December 29 | Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues - 1942 Marianne Faithfull - 1946 |
| December 30 | Bo Diddley - 1928 Skeeter Davis - 1931 Michael Nesmith - 1942 Davy Jones of the Monkees - 1945 Patti Smith - 1946 Felix Pappalardi of Mountain - 1939 Bronx, NY |
| December 31 | Country singer Rex Allen - 192 Odetta - 1930 Andy Summers of the Police - 1942 John Denver - 1943 Burton Cummings of the Guess Who - 1947 Donna Summer - 1948 George Thorogood - 1952 Joe McIntyre of New Kids on the Block - 1972 |