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- 1930 Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist (Blue Room), born in NYC, New York
- 1934 Little Milton [James Milton Campbell], American blues singer and guitarist (Grits Ain't Groceries), born in Inverness, Mississippi (d. 2005)
1936 Buddy Holly [Charles Holley], American musician (Peggy Sue, That'll Be the Day), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1959)
- 1939 Guitar Shorty [David William Kearney], American blues musician, born in Houston, Texas
- 1945 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American rocker (Grateful Dead), born in San Bruno, California (d. 1973)
- 1946 Doug Ingle, American rock vocalist and keyboard player (Iron Butterfly - "In A Gadda Da Vida"), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- 1946 Bruce Palmer, Canadian bassist (Buffalo Springfield - "For What It's Worth"), born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia (d. 2004)
- 1925 Roy James Brown, American soul singer (Good Rockin' Tonight), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1981)
- 1942 Danny Hutton, Irish-American rock vocalist (Three Dog Night - "One"; "Joy To The World"; "Black And White"), born in Buncrana, Donegal, Ireland
- 1949 Barriemore Barlow, English drummer (Jethro Tull, 1971-80 - "Skating Away"; "Bungle In the Jungle"), born in Birmingham, England
- 1943 Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead; Planet Drum), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1953 Tommy Shaw, American rock guitarist, and singer (Styx - "Come Sail Away"; Damn Yankees), born in Montgomery, Alabama
- 1911 Bill Monroe, American singer known as the "Father of Bluegrass" ("Blue Moon of Kentucky"), born in Rosine, Kentucky (d. 1996)
- 1944 Peter Cetera, American lead singer (Chicago - "25 or 6 to 4","If You Leave Me Now"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- 1952 Don Was [Don Edward Fagenson], American singer (Was (Not Was)), born in Detroit, Michigan
- 1957 Vinny Appice, American rock drummer (Black Sabbath), born in Brooklyn, New York
- 1967 Stephen Perkins, American drummer and percussionist (Jane's Addiction), born in Los Angeles, California