Musicians Born in 1938

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Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)

Jan 14 American pianist, songwriter and producer ("Mother-In-Law"; "Working In A Coal Mine"; "Southern Nights"), born in Gert Town, Louisiana

Jan 14 Jack Jones, American singer (Love Boat Theme), born in Los Angeles, California
Jan 16 Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, late night television talk show host, author (O Xangô de Baker Street - A Samba for Sherlock), and jazz musician, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2022)
Jan 18 Hargus “Pig” Robbins, American Nashville session piano player (Patsy Cline; Charlie Rich; Roger Miller; Bob Dylan; Ween), born in Spring City, Tennessee (d. 2022) [1]
Jan 19 Eskil Hemberg, Swedish composer, conductor (Stockholm University Chorus, 1959-84), and artistic director (Royal Swedish Opera, 1987-96), born in Stockholm (d. 2004)
Jan 24 Julius Hemphill, American jazz saxophonist, and composer, born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1995)

Etta James (1938-2012)

Jan 25 American singer ("Roll With Me"; "At Last"), born in Los Angeles, California

Jan 26 Bill Wurtzel, American jazz and classical guitarist (Count Basie), born in Forestburgh, New York
Feb 1 Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish], American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention, 1965-69; Muffin Men, 1993-2008), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
Feb 4 Joe Beard, American blues guitarist (No More Cherry Rose), born in Ashland, Mississippi
Feb 5 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), born in the Netherlands (d. 2000)
Feb 6 Ellsworth Milburn, American composer and educator (Menil Antiphons), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Feb 7 Robert Frank Baksa, American contemporary classical composer, born in New York City
Feb 8 Ray Sharpe, American rockabilly singer-songwriter ("Linda Lu"), born in Forth Worth, Texas
Feb 9 Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee, American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue, born in Waltham, Massachusetts
Feb 11 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
Feb 11 Willy Corrêa de Oliveira, Brazilian modernist composer, and music promoter (Festival Música Nova), born in Recife, Brazil
Feb 16 John Corigliano, American composer (Fern Hill, Ghosts of Versailles), born in New York City
Feb 17 Charles "Buck" Trent, American country and bluegrass banjoist, dobro player, and singer (Hee Haw), born in Spartanburg, South Carolina (d. 2023)
Feb 22 Bobby Hendricks, American R&B singer (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), born in Columbus, Ohio
Feb 24 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, born in New York City (d. 1993)
Feb 25 Ed Cobb, American pop vocalist (The Four Preps, 1956-66 - "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"), songwriter ("Tainted Love"), sound engineer and producer, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 1999)
Mar 2 Simon Estes, American bass-baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos), born in Centerville, Iowa
Mar 3 Douglas Leedy, American composer, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2015)
Mar 3 Willie Chambers, American rock guitarist, and songwriter (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), born in Flora, Mississippi
Mar 4 Angus MacLise, American percussionist, mystic, shaman, and composer (Velvet Underground), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1979)
Mar 5 Paul Evans, American rock and pop singer-songwriter ("Happy-Go-Lucky Me"; "Hello, This Is Joanie" ; "Roses Are Red (My Love)"), born in Queens, New York City
Mar 6 Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as "The Black Sinatra" (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1995)
Mar 9 Lill-Babs [Barbro Margareta Svensson], Swedish pop singer, (Eurovision, 1961) actress, and television presenter, born in Järvsö, Sweden (d. 2018)
Mar 10 Norman Blake, American guitarist, mandolin, banjo, and fiddle player and songwriter, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Mar 12 Dimitri Terzakis, Greek composer (Die Farben des Ozeans), born in Athens, Greece
Mar 12 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1990)
Mar 12 Ron Tutt, American session and touring drummer (Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris; Jerry Garcia; Neil Diamond), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
Mar 12 Tona Scherchen-Hsiao, German-Chinese composer (Yi; Lo; Shen), born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Mar 13 Erma Franklin, American gospel and R&B singer ("Piece Of My Heart"), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2002)
Mar 13 Hans-Joachim Hespos, German avant-garde composer, born in Emden, Germany (d. 2022)
Mar 13 Jean-Claude Risset, French composer, born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France (d. 2016)
Mar 13 Julian Bahula, South African-British jazz and world music drummer, composer, bandleader (Jabula), and anti-apartheid activist, born in Eersterust, Pretoria, Union of South Africa (d. 2023)
Mar 14 Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2018)
Mar 15 Charles Lloyd, American jazz and pop saxophonist, arranger, composer (Chico Hamilton, Cannonball Adderley, The Beach Boys), bandleader, and world music pioneer, born in Memphis, Tennessee
Mar 15 Dick Higgins, American composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1998)
Mar 17 Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1958-61; Royal Ballet, 1964-70; Paris Opera Ballet. 1983-89), born on a train near Irkutsk, Soviet Union (d. 1993)
Mar 17 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Only You"; "Twilight Time"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2007)
Mar 18 Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 2020) [1]
Mar 23 Dave Pike, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
Mar 24 Holger Czukay [Schüring], German musician (Can), born in Danzig, Poland (d. 2017)
Mar 25 Hoyt Axton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
Mar 31 Arthur B. Rubinstein, American Emmy Award-winning television and film score composer (Lost In America; Blue Thunder), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2018)
Apr 3 Jeff Barry [Joel Adelberg], American pop songwriter ("Do Wah Diddy Diddy"; "Da Doo Ron Ron"; "Chapel Of Love"; "Leader Of The Pack'), born in Brooklyn, New York
Apr 7 Alexander von Schlippenbach, German jazz pianist and composer (Globe Unity Orchestra), born in Berlin, Germany
Apr 7 Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2008)
Apr 7 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"; New Riders of the Purple Sage), born in New York City (d. 2005)
Apr 8 Barton McLean, American electro-acoustic composer (Dimensions), teacher, and performer, born in Poughkeepsie, New York
Apr 9 Rockin' Sidney [Simien], American zydeco and R&B singer-songwriter, accordionist, guitarist, organist, and harmonica player ("My Toot-Toot"; "You Ain't Nothing But Fine"), born in Lebeau, Louisiana (d. 1998)
Apr 11 Kurt Moll, German bass opera singer, born near Cologne, Germany (d. 2017)
Apr 11 Lamberto Puggelli, Italian stage and opera director (Spoleto Festival), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2013)
Apr 13 Frederic Rzewski, American concert pianist and composer (Spacecraft), born in Westfield, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
Apr 19 Jonathan Tunick, American orchestrato, musical director, and composer (Soundheim musicals), one of 19 'EGOT' winners - having won all four major American show business awards: Emmy; Grammy, Oscar; and Tony, born in New York City
Apr 20 Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter ("It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'"; "Poetry In Motion"), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Apr 23 Roland White [LeBlanc], American bluegrass mandolin player and vocalist (Kentucky Colonels; Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass), born in Madawaska, Maine (d. 2022)
Apr 26 Duane Eddy, American twangy guitarist ("Rebel Rouser"; Peter Gunn"; "Cannonball"), born in Corning, New York
Apr 26 Maurice Williams, American doo-wop singer, and songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs - "Stay"), born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Apr 29 Klaus Voormann, German rock bassist (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn"; John Lennon; George Harrison; Harry Nilsson; Carly Simon), and album cover artist (Beatles - Revolver; Ringo Starr - Ringo), born in Berlin, Germany
May 4 Tyrone Davis, American R&B singer ("Can I Change My Mind"; "Turn Back The Hands Of Time"), born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 2005)
May 5 (Veronica) "Roni" Stoneman, American banjo player, singer, and comedienne (The Stoneman Family; Hee Haw), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2024)
May 5 Johnnie Taylor, American R&B and multi-genre singer ("Disco Lady"; "I Believe In You"), born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas (d. 2000)
May 10 Henry Fambrough, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2023 - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"; "The Rubberband Man"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2024) [1] [2]
May 10 Maxim Shostakovich, Russian-American pianist and conductor, born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
May 10 Philip Gordon Winsor, American composer, born in Morris, Illinois (d. 2012)
May 11 Bruce Langhorne, American session and touring folk guitarist and tambourine man, born in Tallahassee, Florida (d. 2017)
May 11 Harvey Sollberger, flutist/composer (2 Oboes Troping), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
May 15 Lenny Welch, American singer (Since I Fell for You), born in New York
May 17 Pervis Jackson, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2008 - "Games People Play"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2008)
May 19 [Brian Keith] Herbie Flowers, English bassist and session musician (Lou Reed, Harry Nilsson, T-Rex), born in Isleworth, England
May 20 Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer, helped establish The Beatles image, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 2020)
May 20 Marinella [Kyriaki Papadopoulou], Greek pop, folk, and rebetiko singer, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
May 21 (Henry) Lee "Shot" Williams, American blues singer ("I Like Your Style"), born in Mississippi (d. 2011)
May 22 Alain Gagnon, Canadian composer (Chansons d'Orient), and music educator (Université Laval, 1967-2008), born in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec (d. 2017)
May 24 Prince Buster [Cecil Bustamente Campbell], Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer ("Al Capone"; "Madness", "Whine and Grine"), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2016)
May 26 Jaki Liebesit, German drummer (Can), born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2017)
May 26 Teresa Stratas [Anastasia Stratakis], Canadian operatic soprano (Salome), born in Toronto, Ontario
May 26 William Bolcom, American pianist and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Oracles), born in Seattle, Washington
May 28 Prince Buster [Cecil Bustamente Campbell], Jamaican-born reggae musician and producer (Madness), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2016)
May 30 Lone Koppel, Danish operatic soprano (Danish Royal Theatre, 1962-93) and avant garde rock singer (Savage Garden), born in Copenhagen, Denmark
May 31 Johnny Paycheck [Donald Lytle], American country singer ("Take This Job and Shove It"), born in Greenfield, Ohio (d. 2003)
May 31 Peter Yarrow, American folk singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul & Mary - "Puff (The Magic Dragon)"), born in New York City
Jun 4 Simeon Coxe, American songwriter, singer and psychedelic synthesizer player (Silver Apples), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2020)
Jun 7 Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer, noted for his film scores, born in Jakarta, Indonesia (d. 2014)
Jun 9 Charles Wuorinen, American contemporary classical pianist, conductor, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Time's Encomium; Marimba Variations; Brokeback Mountain), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Jun 13 Gwynne Howell, Welsh operatic bass, born in Gorseinon, Wales
Jun 14 Julie Felix, American-born British-based folk-rock singer-songwriter, and BBC presenter (The Frost Report; Once More With Felix), born in Santa Barbara, California (d. 2020)
Jun 15 Aron Burton, American electric and Chicago blues bass guitarist, singer, and songwriter, born in Senatobia, Mississippi (d. 2016)
Jun 15 Tony Oxley, British free-jazz and avant-garde drummer, born in Sheffield, England
Jun 16 Mickie Finn [Barbara Soetje], American banjo player, and TV hostess (Mickie Finn's), born in Hugo, Oklahoma
Jun 16 Robert Gutter, American conductor and teacher (founded International Institute for Conductors, 1996), born in New York City (d. 2017)
Jun 17 Grethe Ingmann (née Clemmensen), Danish pop singer (Eurovision, 1963), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1990)
Jun 18 Don "Sugarcane" Harris, American rock guitarist and electric violin pioneer (Don & Dewey; Frank Zappa), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1999)
Jun 20 Mickie Most [Michael Hayes], British record producer (Herman's Hermits, The Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu), born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England (d. 2003)
Jun 20 Nikolay Martynov, Soviet Russian composer and musicologist, born in Leningrad, USSR (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Jun 23 Alan Vega [Bermowitz] American punk rock vocalist (Suicide - "Ghost Rider"; "Dream Baby Dream"; Cubist Blues), and visual artist, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
Jun 24 Lowell Cross, American electronic music composer, instrument maker and laser light show inventor, born in Kingsville, Texas
Jun 26 Billy Davis Jr, American pop singer (5th Dimension - "Up, Up And Away"), born in St Louis, Missouri
Jun 27 Tommy Cannon [Derbyshire], English comedian and singer ("Cannon and Ball"), born in Oldham, Lancashire, England
Jun 29 Billy Storm [Spicer], American singer (Valiants - "This Is The Night"), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2000)
Jun 30 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek folk singer (first Greek artist to record or re-record the authentic, "prohibited" rebetika songs in the early 1970s with their original lyrics), born in Drama, Greece (d. 1999)
Jun 30 Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi), born in Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
Jul 3 Rhoda Scott, American soul and jazz Hammond organist, born in Dorothy, New Jersey

Bill Withers (1938-2020)

Jul 4 American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Lean On Me"), born in Slab Fork, West Virginia

Jul 4 Mike Mainieri, American jazz and session vibraphonist (Steps Ahead; Buddy Rich; Dire Straits; Carly Simon), born in The Bronx, NYC
Jul 5 Stanley Silverman, American composer, arranger, and guitarist, born in New York City
Jul 6 Franco Luambo [Makiadi], Congolese jazz and rumba guitarist, composer, and bandleader (TPOK Jazz), born in Sona Bata, Belgian Congo (d. 1989) [1]
Jul 8 Alan Aldridge, British artist, graphic designer and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for The Beatles and The Who, born in London, England (d. 2017)
Jul 9 Paul Seiko Chihara, American-Japanese composer, born in Seattle, Washington
Jul 10 (Edward) Lee Morgan, American hard-bop jazz trumpeter ("The Sidewinder"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1972) [1]
Jul 10 Jan DeGaetani, American contemporary classical concert mezzo-soprano, born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 1989)
Jul 11 Terry Garthwaite, American guitarist, and singer (Joy of Cooking), born in Berkeley, California
Jul 13 Myroslav Skoryk, Ukrainian contemporary classical composer (Carpathian Rhapsody), and pedagogue, born in Lwów, Polish Republic (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 2020)
Jul 14 Bob Scholl, American doo-wop vocalist (Mello-Kings - "Tonite, Tonite"), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1975)
Jul 14 Tommy Vig, Hungarian jazz, session, and classical percussionist, drummer, and marimba player, arranger, and composer, born in Budapest, Hungary
Jul 16 Thorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic composer, born in Reykjavik (d. 2013)
Jul 16 Tony Jackson, British bass player (The Searchers, 1962-64 - "Sugar And Spice"), born in Dingle, Liverpool, England (d. 2003)
Jul 17 Stan Bronstein, American rock saxophonist (Elephant's Memory), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Jul 18 Dudu Pukwana [Mtutuzel], South African saxophonist and composer, born in Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1990)
Jul 18 Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist, road manager, and co-founder of the Rolling Stones, born in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland (d. 1985)
Jul 20 Jo Ann Campbell, American pop singer ("I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain"; "Mother, Please!"), born in Jacksonville, Florida

Natalie Wood (1938-1981)

Jul 20 American actress (Miracle on 34th Street; Gypsy; Rebel Without A Cause; West Side Story), born in San Francisco, California

Jul 21 Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian Juno Award-winning classical pianist, peace activist, composer, and educator, born in Vienna, Austria
Jul 24 Colin Southgate, English businessman (Thorn EMI, Chairman of the Royal Opera House), born in New Malden, Surry (d. 2021)
Jul 26 Bobby Hebb, American country singer and songwriter ("Sunny"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2010)
Jul 26 Joanne Brackeen (née Grogan), American jazz pianist (Joe Henderson; Stan Getz), and music educator (Berklee), born in Ventura, California
Jul 27 Isabelle Aubret [Thérèse Coquerelle], French singer ("Un premier amour"), born in Lille, France
Jul 28 Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet, born in Šibenik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2015)
Jul 28 George Cummings, American rocker (Dr Hook & Medicine Show), born in Meridian, Mississippi
Aug 1 Paddy Moloney, Irish uilleann pipe and tin whistle player, composer, and producer (The Chieftains), born in Donnycarney, County Dublin, Ireland (d. 2021)
Aug 4 Kenny Malone, American Nashville-based session drummer (Dolly Parton; Dobie Gray: Waylon Jennings), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2021)
Aug 6 Igor Mikhailovich Luchenok, Belarusian composer and teacher, born in Minsk, Belarus (d. 2018)
Aug 8 Connie Stevens [Concetta Ingoglia], American actress (Hawaiian Eye - "Cricket"; Back to the Beach), and singer ("Sixteen Reasons"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 8 Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer, born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec (d. 2010)
Aug 11 Rainer Boesch, Swiss pianist, composer, improviser, and teacher, born in Männedorf, Switzerland (d. 2014)
Aug 13 Dave "Baby" Cortez [Clowney], American pop keyboardist ("The Happy Organ"; "Rinky Dink"), born in Detroit, Michigan
Aug 15 Nesbert "Stix" Hooper, American jazz drummer (The Crusaders), born in Houston, Texas

Kenny Rogers (1938-2020)

Aug 21 American pop and country singer-songwriter ("The Gambler"; "Through the Years") and entrepreneur (Kenny Rogers Roasters), born in Houston, Texas

Aug 22 Dale Hawkins, American rock singer and songwriter (Susie Q), born in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (d. 2010)
Aug 23 Roger Greenaway, British pop composer and record producer ("I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"), born in Fishponds, England
Aug 24 Charles Calello, American composer, conductor, arranger (The Four Seasons; Frank Sinatra; Barbra Streisand; Bruce Springsteen), born in Newark, New Jersey
Aug 24 David Freiberg, American rock bassist (Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Fresh Air"; Jefferson Airplane/Starship - "Jane"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 24 Mason Williams, American musician, songwriter ("Classical Gas", Smother Brothers Comedy Hour), author, and photographer, born in Abilene, Texas
Aug 24 Roland Bader, German choral and orchestral conductor, born in Wangen im Allgäu, Germany
Aug 26 Jet Black [Brain Duffy], British punk rock drummer (The Stranglers), born in Ilford, Essex, England
Aug 28 Beatrice "Beebe" Freitas [nee Botty], American pianist, organist, and voice teacher (Hawaii Opera Theatre), born in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 2018)
Sep 6 Henry Diltz, American music photographer (Woodstock; Monterey Pop Festival; album covers), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Sep 6 Joan Tower, American composer (Breakfast Rhythms), born in New Rochelle, New York
Sep 11 Charles Patrick, American do-wop singer and songwriter (The Monotones - "The Book of Love"), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2020)
Sep 12 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
Sep 12 Tatiana Troyanos, American mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier), born in New York City (d. 1993)
Sep 15 Sylvia Moy, American songwriter ("My Cherie Amour"; "This Old Heart Of Mine"; "It Takes Two"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2017)
Sep 19 Zygmunt Krauze, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland
Sep 20 Eric Gale, American jazz, R&B, session and touring guitarist (Negril; Stuff; Paul Simon's One-Trick Pony; Bob James; Grover Washington, Jr.), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
Sep 20 Jane Manning, British concert and operatic soprano, eductor, and promoter of contemporary classical music, born in Norwich, England (d. 2021)
Sep 21 Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Icelandic composer (Time and Water), born in Reykjavik, Iceland (d. 2019)
Sep 21 Yūji Takahashi, Japanese pianist and composer, born in Japan
Sep 22 Sol Amarfio, Ghanaian drummer and musician (Osibisa), born in Accra, Gold Coast (d. 2022)
Sep 24 Steve Douglas [Kreisman], American session and touring saxophonist and flautist (Phil Spector; Duane Eddy; Beach Boys), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
Sep 28 Ben E. King [Nelson], American soul singer-songwriter ("Stand by Me"), born in Henderson, North Carolina (d. 2015)
Oct 3 Eddie Cochran, American rock vocalist and guitarist ("Summertime Blues"; "C'Mon Everybody"), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1960)
Oct 3 Tereza Kesovija, Croatian popular music singer, born in Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Oct 5 Carlo Mastrangelo, Italian-American rock vocalist (Dion & The Belmonts; Pulse), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2016)
Oct 10 Gloria Coates, American post-minimalist composer ("Music on Open Strings"), born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
Oct 13 Enzo Dara, Italian operatic basso buffo (The Barber of Seville - "Don Bartolo"), and author, born in Mantua, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2017)
Oct 15 Betty Farmer, American jazz and cabaret singer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2001)

Fela Kuti (1938-1997)

Oct 15 Nigerian Afrobeat musician and composer, born in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Oct 15 Marv Johnson, American R&B pianist, songwriter, and singer ("You Got What It Takes"; "(You've Got To) Move Two Mountains"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1993)
Oct 15 Rafael Aponte-Ledeé, Puerto Rican composer, born in Guayama, Puerto Rico
Oct 16 Nico [Christa Päffgen], German singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground), fashion model, and actress, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1988)
Oct 18 Ronnie Bright, American doo-wop bass vocalist (Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man"; The Coasters, 1968-2009), born in New York City (d. 2015)
Oct 24 Fred E. Finn, American pianist (Mickie Finn's), born in San Francisco, California
Oct 27 Elliot del Borgo, American music educator (SUNY/Crane School of Music, 1966-95) and composer (1980 Winter Olympics), born in Port Chester, New York (d. 2013)
Oct 29 Peter Stampfel, American musician and songwriter (The Holy Modal Rounders), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 2 Jay Black [David Blatt], American pop singer (Jay and the Americans - “Come A Little Bit Closer”; “This Magic Moment”), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
Nov 4 Harry Elston, American R&B singer (Friends of Distinction), born in Dallas, Texas
Nov 5 Joe Dassin, French-American singer (Les Champs-Élysées), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
Nov 6 Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen), born in Missouri (d. 2019)
Nov 6 P. J. Proby [James Marcus Smith], American singer, songwriter and actor (Hold Me, Three Week Hero), born in Houston, Texas
Nov 7 Dee Clark, American singer ("Raindrops"), born in Blytheville, Arkansas (d. 1990)
Nov 8 Richard Stoker, British composer, born in Castleford, Yorkshire
Nov 10 Hein van Royen, Dutch director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1974-91), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1991)
Nov 11 Narvel Felts, American country singer (Reconsider Me), born in Keiser, Arkansas
Nov 11 Roger Lavern [Jackson], English rock keyboardist (Tornados - "Telstar"), born in Kidderminster, England (d. 2013)
Nov 12 Mort Shuman, American singer, and songwriter, with Doc Pomus ("Viva Las Vegas"; "Save The Last Dance For Me"), born in New York City (d. 1991)
Nov 13 Adrian Barber, British musician and producer, born in Ilkley, United Kingdom
Nov 13 Warren Bernhardt, American pianist in jazz, pop and classical pianist (L'Image; Steps Ahead; Steely Dan, 1993-94) and composer, born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2022)