- Dec 1 Lisa Fischer, American vocalist and songwriter ("How Can I Ease the Pain"), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Dec 5 Patrick Hawkes, English composer, organist, pianist, and conductor, born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England
- Dec 8 Bird McIntyre [Albert Thongchai McIntyre], Thai pop singer, luk thung musician, and actor, born in Bangkok, Thailand
- Dec 9 Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents), born in Newport Beach, California
Nikki Sixx (65 years old)
Dec 11 Jr.], American rock bassist and songwriter (Mötley Crüe - "Girls, Girls, Girls"), born in San Jose, California
- Dec 13 Dana Strum [Strumwasser], American rock bassist (Slaughter - "Up All Night"; "Days Gone By"), born in Washington, D.C.
- Dec 14 Jan Dijksma, Dutch rock bassist (Weekend at Waikiki), born in the Netherlands
- Dec 14 Mike Scott, Scottish rocker (Blues Inc; Waterboys - "Rainbow Warrior"), born in Edinburgh, Scotland
- Dec 14 Peter "Spider" Tracy, English rock tin whistle player and vocalist (The Pogues - "Fairy Tale Of New York"), born in Eastbourne, England
- Dec 17 Mike Mills, American rock bassist (R.E.M. - "The One I Love"), born in Berkeley, California
- Dec 18 Julia Wolfe, American composer ("Anthracite Fields" Pulitzer Prize for Music 2015), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Dec 19 Limahl [Christopher Hamill], English pop singer (Kajagoogoo - "Too Shy"), born in Pemberton, Lancashire, England
- Dec 19 Steven Isserlis, British cellist, born in London
- Dec 22 David Heavener, American actor and country musician, born in Louisville, Kentucky
- Dec 22 Frank Gambale, Australian jazz fusion guitarist, born in Canberra, Australia
- Dec 23 Victoria Williams, American folk-rock-country singer (Loose), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Dec 24 Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer, born in Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Dec 25 Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (Rockinghorse, Black Velvet), born in Toronto, Ontario
- Dec 28 Joe Diffie, American country singer and guitarist (Home), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2020)
- Dec 28 Mike McGuire, American country music songwriter and drummer (Shenandoah - "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)"), born in Hamilton, Alabama
About December 1958
How Old? 65 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Signs: Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)