Musicians Born in 1934

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Feb 11 Francesco Pennisi, Italian contemporary classical composer, born in Acireale, Sicily (d. 2000)
Feb 13 George Segal, American actor (Carbon Copy; Fun With Dick & Jane; Just Shoot Me!), and banjo player, born in Great Neck, New York (d. 2021)
Feb 14 Florence Henderson, American actress (The Brady Bunch - "Carol"), and singer, born in Dale, Indiana (d. 2016)
Feb 14 Merl Saunders, American Hammond B-3 organ player and pianist (Jerry Garcia Band; Saunders/Garcia), and composer, born in San Mateo, California (d. 2008)
Feb 14 Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor (founded L’Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, 1961), born in Marsens, Switzerland (d. 2021)
Feb 16 Harold "Hal" Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins), born in Port Jervis, New York (d. 2005)
Feb 16 Ted Taylor, American gospel and R&B-singer ("Be Ever Wonderful"), born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, (d. 1987)
Feb 18 Aldo Ceccato, Italian conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1973-77), born in Milan, Italy
Feb 18 Bobby Taylor, American singer and producer who discovered "The Jackson 5" (Motown Records), born in Washington, D.C. (birth year contested-1939) (d. 2017)
Feb 18 Skip Battin, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
Feb 22 Paavo Pohjola, Finnish concert violinist and conductor, born in Seinäjoki, Finland
Feb 22 Thomas Paul, American bass (NYC Opera 1963-70), born in Chicago, Illinois
Feb 24 Renata Scotto, Italian soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1965-87; La Traviata - "Violetta") and opera director, born in Savona, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2023) [1]
Feb 24 Shuko Mizuno, Japanese composer (Symphonic Metamorphoses), born in Tokushima, Japan
Feb 28 Willie Bobo [Correa], American jazz percussionist (Evil Ways), born in New York City (d. 1983)

Mar 2 Bernard Rands, British-American composer (Wildtrack), born in Sheffield, England
Mar 2 Dottie Rambo [Joyce Luttrell], American gospel singer and songwriter, born in Madisonville, Kentucky (d. 2008)
Mar 4 Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 2007)
Mar 4 John Duffey, American bluegrass guitarist, dobro, and mandolin player (Country Gentlemen), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1996)
Mar 4 Mario Davidovsky, Argentine-American electro-acoustic composer (Synchronisms), born in Médanos, Argentina (d. 2019)
Mar 7 Giorgos Katsaros, Greek musician and composer, born in Corfu, Greece
Mar 8 Christian Wolff, German-American experimental classical music composer, born in Nice, France
Mar 10 Fou Ts'ong, Chinese-British concert pianist, born in Shanghai, Republic of China (d. 2020)
Mar 11 Joep Straesser, Dutch composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (d. 2004)
Mar 14 Shirley Scott, American swing and blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Mar 15 Danny Apolinar, cabaret performer and theatrical composer-songwriter (Do Your Own Thing), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
Mar 15 Wolfgang Hufschmidt, German church musician, academic, and composer, born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (d. 2018)
Mar 17 Erhard Grosskopf, German avant-garde composer, born in Berlin, Germany
Mar 17 Q. T. Macon, American blues singer and guitarist ("Blow Wind"), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1994)
Mar 18 Pavle Despalj, Croatian composer and conductor (Zagreb; Miami; Tokyo), born in Blato, Korčula (d. 2021)

Mar 20 David Malouf, Australian author, poet, playwright, and librettist, born in Brisbane, Australia
Mar 23 Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor, born in Montréal, Québec (d. 2006)
Mar 23 Teresa Procaccini, Italian organist and composer (Clown Music), born in Cerignola, Italy
Mar 25 Johnny Burnette, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Train Kept A-Rollin'"; "You're Sixteen"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1964)
Mar 27 Arthur Mitchell, African-American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet, 1955-66), choreographer, and founder of Dance Theater of Harlem (1968), born in Harlem, New York City (d. 2018)
Mar 28 Siegfried Thiele, German composer, and pedagogue, born in Chemnitz, Germany
Mar 29 Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany
Mar 29 Mei Baojiu, Chinese opera performer and director (Mei Lanfang Peking Opera), born in Shanghai, China (d. 2016)
Mar 30 Lanny Morgan, American West coast jazz and studio alto saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Mar 31 John D. Loudermilk, American country singer and songwriter ("Tobacco Road"; "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 2016)

Shirley Jones (90 years old)

Mar 31 American Academy Award-winning actress (Elmer Gantry; Oklahoma!), and singer (Partridge Family), born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania

Apr 1 Jim Ed Brown, American country music singer-songwriter ("Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"; "Pop a Top"), and radio and television host (Nashville on the Road), born in Sparkman, Arkansas (d. 2015)
Apr 5 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
Apr 6 Guy Peellaert, Belgian graphic artist, photographer (Rock Dreams), movie poster and album cover designer (David Bowie - "Diamond Dogs'; Rolling Stones - "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll"), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
Apr 6 Horace Tapscott, American jazz pianist and composer (Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, 1961-98), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1999)
Apr 6 Reijo Jyrkiainen, Finnish composer, born in Suistamo, Finland
Apr 7 Victor Feldman, British jazz pianist and drummer, born in London, England (d. 1987)
Apr 10 Zsolt Durko, Hungarian composer, born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 1997)
Apr 13 Horace Kay, American soul singer (Tams - "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me"; "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1995)
Apr 13 Siegfried Matthus, German composer, and opera director (Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, 1991-2018), born in Mallenuppen, Free State of Prussia (d. 2021)
Apr 16 Robert Stigwood, Australian-British music entrepreneur (RSO Records), stage (Jesus Christ Superstar) and film (Saturday Night Fever; Grease; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) producer, born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2016)
Apr 17 Don Kirshner, American rock & roll producer known as "The Man With the Golden Ear" (invented bubblegum music), born in Bronx, New York (d. 2011)
Apr 18 George Shirley, American Grammy Award-winning tenor (first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City), and educator, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Apr 18 Jan Klusák [Porges], Czech contemporary classical and film score composer, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
Apr 19 Dickie Goodman, American parody singer and producer ("The Flying Saucer"; "Energy Crisis '74"; "Mr. Jaws"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
Apr 19 Jan Bark, Swedish jazz, classical, and avant agrde trombonist and composer, born in Härnösand, Sweden (d. 2012)
Apr 26 Esteban Sánchez, Spanish classical pianist and pedagogue (Badajoz Conservatoire, 1978-97), born in Orellana la Vieja, Spain (d. 1997)
Apr 30 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer ("Wonderful Land"), born in Paddington, London (d. 1995)
May 1 Shirley Horn, American jazz pianist and vocalist (Embers and Ashes), born in Washington D.C. (d. 2005)
May 3 Frankie Valli [Francesco Stephen Castelluccio], American singer (Four Seasons - "Sherry"; "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"), born in Newark, New Jersey
May 3 Georg Kröll, German composer, born in Linz
May 4 Frederik von Pallandt, Danish-Dutch pop singer and guitarist (Nina & Frederik), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1994)
May 5 John "Ace" Cannon, American pop, rock and country music saxophonist (Tuff Sax), born in Grenada, Mississippi (d. 2018)
May 7 Heinz Marti, Swiss composer, born in Bern, Switzerland
May 14 Grady Gaines, American jazz, blues, and R&B tenor saxophonist (Little Richard; Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jackie Wilson), born in Waskom, Texas (d. 2021)
May 19 Jan Wijn, Dutch classical pianist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2022)
May 21 (Elbert) "Sonny" Forriest, American guitarist (The Coasters; Ray Charles; Hank Crawford), born in Pendleton, North Carolina (d. 1999)
May 22 Peter Nero [Bernard Nierow], American conductor (Philadelphia POPS, 1979-2013), pianist and composer (Sunday in New York), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2023) [1]
May 23 Robert Moog, American engineer (Moog synthesizer, Moog Music), born in New York City (d. 2005)
May 24 Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist, born in Chingford, England
May 28 Rob du Bois, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 2013)
May 31 Karl-Erik Welin, Swedish composer, born in Genarp, Sweden (d. 1992)
Jun 1 (Charles) "Pat" Boone, American singer ("Tutti Frutti"), actor (April Love; The Cross and The Switchblade; No More Mr. Nice Guy) and TV personality (The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Jun 2 Johnny Carter, American singer (The Flamingos, The Dells), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
Jun 4 William Elliott, American actor (Bridget Loves Bernie - "Otis"; Adam-12- "Officer Grant"), and jazz drummer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1983)
Jun 7 Philippe Entremont, French pianist and conductor (Vienna Chamber Orchestra, 1976-91), born in Reims, France
Jun 7 Samuel Lipman, American pianist and music critic, born in Los Gatos, California (d. 1994)

Jackie Wilson (1934-1984)

Jun 9 American soul singer-songwriter and performer ("Lonely Teardrops"; "Higher And Higher": "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"), born in Detroit, Michigan

Jun 9 Paul Karolyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 2015)
Jun 9 Wild Jimmy Spruill, American blues guitarist, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina (d. 1996)
Jun 10 Nicolas Roussakis, American composer, born in Athens, Greece (d. 1994)
Jun 11 Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson, American vocalist (The Spaniels - "Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite"), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2007)
Jun 13 Uriel Jones, American jazz and session drummer (Motown's Funk Brothers), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2009)
Jun 15 Ruby Nash Curtis [Garnett], American pop and R&B singer (Ruby and the Romantics - "Our Day Will Come"; "Hey There Lonely Boy"), born in Akron, Ohio
Jun 16 Little Caesar [Carl Burnett], American pop and R&B vocalist (Little Caesar & the Romans - "Those Oldies but Goodies (Remind Me of You)"), born in the USA
Jun 16 Lucia Dlugoszewski, Polish-American composer (Fire Fragile Flight), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2000)
Jun 18 Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson, Jamaican ska and reggae session keyboard player, and bandleader ("The Liquidator"), born in Jones Town, Jamaica (d. 2015)
Jun 20 Alain Bancquart, French contemporary classical composer, born in Dieppe, France
Jun 20 Cornel Țăranu, Romanian composer (Garlands), born in Cluj. Romania
Jun 24 Carl Hall [Caldwell], American soul singer ("You Don't Know Nothing About Love"; "What About You"), and session vocalist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
Jun 26 Dave Grusin, American jazz pianist and Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer specializing in film scores (The Milagro Beanfield War; Ishtar), born in Littleton, Colorado
Jun 26 Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2015)
Jun 29 Henning Kronstam, Danish dancer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1995)
Jul 3 Roger Christian, American radio personality and lyricist ("Don’t Worry Baby"; "Little Deuce Coupe"; "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena"), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1991)
Jul 5 Diane Andersen, Danish-Belgian concert pianist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
Jul 7 Vinko Globokar, French-Slovenian trombone player and avant-garde composer (Eppure si muove), born in Anderny, France
Jul 12 Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2013)
Jul 13 Roger Reynolds, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Whispers Out of Time), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 14 Lee Friedlander, American portrait, and 'social landscape' photographer, and album cover artist (John Coltrane, Peggy Lee, Miles Davis, Mose Allison), born in Aberdeen, Washington
Jul 15 Harrison Birtwistle, British contemporary classical composer (The Minotaur; The Mask of Orpheus), born in Accrington, Lancashire, England (d. 2022) [1]
Jul 16 Denise LaSalle [Ora Denise Allen], American blues and R&B singer recognized as the "Queen of the Blues" (Trapped by a Thing Called Love), born in Leflore County, Mississippi (d. 2018)
Jul 17 Philippe Capdenat, French classical composer, born in Bordeaux, France
Jul 19 Bobby Bradford, American jazz trumpeter (John Carter; Ornette Coleman; The Mo'tet), bandleader, composer, and educator (Pomona College, 1977-2021), born in Cleveland, Mississippi
Jul 23 Cleve Duncan, American rocker (The Penguins - "Earth Angel"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
Jul 23 Steve Lacy [Lackritz], American jazz soprano saxophonist (Thelonious Monk), born in New York City (d. 2004)
Jul 24 Jimmy Holiday, American soul singer ("How Can I Forget"; Baby I Love You"), and songwriter ("Put A Little Love In Your Heart"), born in Sallis, Mississippi (d. 1987)
Jul 25 Don Ellis, American avant garde jazz trumpeter, and Grammy Award-winning film score composer (The French Connection), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
Jul 26 Anthony Gilbert, British composer (Treatment of Silence; Moonfaring), and academic, born in London, England
Jul 28 Jacques d'Amboise, American ballet dancer, and choreographer (NYC Ballet Company, 1949-84), actor (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), and educator (founded National Dance Institute, 1976), born in Dedham Massachusetts (d. 2021) [1]
Jul 30 André Prévost, Canadian composer, born in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada (d. 2001)
Aug 1 Hermann Baumann, German classical horn player, composer and teacher, born in Hamburg, Germany
Aug 5 Vern Gosdin, American country singer ("Set 'Em Up Joe"), born in Woodland, Alabama (d. 2009)
Aug 10 James Carl Tenney, American composer, born in Silver City, New Mexico (d. 2006)
Aug 13 Leifur Thórarinsson, Icelandic composer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 1998)
Aug 15 Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2010)
Aug 15 Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (Mirza, Cornichons), born in Genoa, Italy (d. 1998)
Aug 16 Ketty Lester [Revoyda Frierson], American singer/actress (Love Letters), born in Hope, Arkansas
Aug 18 Ronnie Carroll, British singer (Walk Hand in Hand), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland (d. 2015)
Aug 19 Michael Naura, German jazz pianist, radio broadcaster, editor and anti-nuclear proliferation activist, born in Memel, Lithuania (d. 2017)
Aug 20 "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, American country-rock musician (Flying Burrito Brothers), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2007)
Aug 21 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 2015)
Aug 22 John Chowning, American composer (Turenas), born in Salem, New Jersey
Aug 23 Lojze Lebič, Slovenian composer (Myths and Apocrypha), peadagogue, and musicologist, born in Prevalje, Slovenia
Aug 24 Roger Donald Dickerson, American pianist and composer (New Orleans Concerto), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 29 Gene Allison, American R&B-singer ("You Can Make It If You Try"), born in Pegram, Tennessee (d. 2004)
Aug 29 Jean-Pierre Guézec, French composer (Colorful Architectures), born in Dijon (d. 1971)
Sep 2 Michael Sahl, American contemporary classical composer (Civilization and its Discontents; Jungles), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
Sep 3 Freddie King, American blues singer ("Hideaway"; "Have You Ever Loved A Woman"), born in Gilmer, Texas (d. 1976)
Sep 3 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1992)
Sep 5 Carol Lawrence, American actress (West Side Story), born in Melrose Park, Illinois
Sep 7 Little Milton [James Milton Campbell], American blues singer and guitarist ("We're Gonna Make It"; "Grits Ain't Groceries"), born in Inverness, Mississippi (d. 2005)
Sep 8 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), born in Manchester, England (d. 2016)
Sep 10 Larry Sitsky, Australian composer, born in Tianjin. China
Sep 10 Vassil Kazandjiev, Bulgarian composer, born in Rousse
Sep 11 Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, born in Little Burgundy, Montreal, Quebec
Sep 12 Edward Wistenberg, Dutch concert harpist and pedagogue, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 16 George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio
Sep 16 Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners), born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2008)

Brian Epstein (1934-1967)

Sep 19 English music entrepreneur and manager (Beatles), born in Liverpool, England

Leonard Cohen (1934-2016)

Sep 21 Canadian writer and singer-songwriter ("Hallelujah"; "Death of Ladies Man"; "Suzanne"), born in Montreal, Quebec

Sep 23 Joe Tarsia, American audio engineer and studio owner (Sigma Sound Studio), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
Sep 26 Dick Heckstall-Smith, British jazz-blues saxophonist, born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England (d. 2004)
Sep 30 Udo Jürgens [Bockelmann], Austrian-Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Eurovision Song Contest, 1966), born in Klagenfurt, Federal State of Austria (now Austria) (d. 2014)
Oct 1 Geoff Stephens, English songwriter and record producer (The New Vaudeville Band - "Winchester Cathedral", "There's a Kind of Hush), born in New Southgate, England (d. 2020)
Oct 3 Benjamin Boretz, American composer, and musicologist, born in Brooklyn, New York
Oct 7 Amiri Baraka [Everett Leroy Jones], American poet (Somebody Blew Up America), writer (Black Music), and music critic, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2014)
Oct 7 Feliksas Bajoras, Lithuanian composer (Mourning Music; Exodus I), born in Alytus, Lithuania
Oct 13 Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer (Try to Remember), born in Chania, Crete, Greece
Oct 15 Alan Elsdon, British jazz trumpeter, flugel horn player (Midnite Follies Orchestra), and bandleader, born in London, England (d. 2016)
Oct 15 N. Ramani, Indian flutist, born in Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2015)
Oct 17 Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), born in Kingston (d. 2015)
Oct 19 Dave Guard, American folk singer, songwriter and arranger (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1991)
Oct 20 Eddie Harris, American jazz saxophonist and composer ("Freedom Jazz Dance"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
Oct 22 Donald McIntyre, New Zealand operatic bass-baritone (Das Rheingold - "Wotan"), born in Auckland, New Zealand
Oct 23 Lewis Merenstein, American record producer (Miriam Makeba; Van Morrison's Astral Weeks; Glass Harp), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2016)
Oct 26 Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster; Harmonia), born in Berlin
Oct 26 Jacques Loussier, French pianist and composer who created jazz arrangements of Bach and other classical music, born in Angers, France (d. 2019)
Oct 27 Barre Phillips, American jazz double bassist, based in France, born in San Francisco, California
Oct 27 Ivan Jullien, French jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, born in Vincennes, France (d. 2015)
Oct 29 Pim Jacobs, Dutch jazz pianist, TV host and actor (Gilas), born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1996)
Oct 29 Ramon Sender, Spanish composer and visual artist (San Francisco Tape Music Center), born in Madrid, Spain
Oct 29 Robert E Hughes, American conductor and composer (Rich Little Show), born in Buffalo, New York
Oct 30 Frans Brüggen, Dutch flautist, recorder player, and conductor (Orchestra of the 18th Century), born in Amsterdam (d. 2014)
Oct 31 Walter Steffens, German composer, born in Burtscheid, Aachen, Germany
Nov 1 William Mathias, Welsh composer, born in Whitland, Wales (d. 1992)
Nov 3 Ruma Guha Thakurta, Indian singer, actress, and founder of Calcutta Youth Choir, born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 2019)
Nov 8 Doc Green, American pop baritone vocalist (The Drifters - "Under the Boardwalk"; "Up on the Roof"), born in New York City (d. 1989)
Nov 10 Houston Person, American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer, born in Florence, South Carolina
Nov 10 Sherlie Matthews, American songwriter, session singer and producer (Motown Records), born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 14 Ellis Marsalis Jr., American jazz pianist and educator, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2020) [1] [2]
Nov 15 (Charles) Felton Jarvis, American record producer (Elvis Presley, 1966-77; Charley Pride; Willie Nelson), and singer, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1981)
Nov 15 Peter Dickinson, English composer, born in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Nov 17 Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, musicologist and conductor, born in Mason, Michigan (d. 2015)
Nov 17 Marion Montgomery [Marian Runnells], American-British jazz singer ("Maybe the Morning"), born in Natchez, Mississippi, (d. 2002)
Nov 19 Dave Guard, singer-songwriter (The Kingston Trio), born in San Francisco, California (1991)
Nov 24 Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (St Florian; Life With An Idiot), born in Engels, Volga-German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1998)
Nov 24 Claudio Prieto, Spanish composer (Solo a Solo; Cantata manriqueña), born in Muñeca de la Peña, Spain (d. 2015)
Nov 24 Martin Charnin, American Broadway stage singer, dancer (West Side Story), director, and lyricist (Annie), born in New York City (d. 2019)
Nov 28 Carlos Fariñas, Cuban avant-garde composer, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 2002)
Dec 1 Billy Paul [Paul Williams], American singer ("Me & Mrs. Jones"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
Dec 5 Art Davis, American bassist ("A Time Remembered"), born in Hamburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Dec 7 Armando Manzanero, Mexican composer and singer ("It’s Impossible"; "Adoro"), born in Merida, Mexico (d. 2020) date disputed [1]
Dec 9 Alan Ridout, British composer, born in West Wickham, England (d. 1996)
Dec 9 Junior Wells, American blues singer ("In My Younger Days"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1998)