VocalMusician Birthdays
January 1 - XAVIER CUGAT (bandleader, 1900)
January 2 - ROGER MILLER (1936)
January 3 - NELL RANKIN (1924/STEPHEN STILLS (1945)
January 4 - GRACE BUMBRY (1927)/MICHAEL STIPE (1960)
January 6 - BONNIE FRANKLIN (1944)
January 7 - KENNY LOGGINS (1948)
January 8 - ELVIE PRESLEY (1935)/SHIRLEY BASSEY (1937)/DAVID BOWIE (1947)
January 9 - JOAN BAEZ (1941)/CRYSTAL GAYLE (1951)/DAVE MATTHEWS (1967)
January 10 - JOHN RAITT (1917)/JOHNNIE RAY (1927)/FRANK SINATRA, Jr. (1944)/ROD STEWART (1945)/PAT BENATAR (1953)/SHAWN COLVIN (1956)
January 12 - THEODOR UPPMAN (1920)/RAY PRICE (1927)/RUTH BROWN (1928)
January 14 - JACK JONES (1938)
January 15 - CHARO (1951)
January 16 - ETHEL MERMAN (1909)/RONNIE MILSAP (1944)/MARILYN HORNE (1934)/SADE (1959)/AALIYAH (1979)
January 17 - EARTHA KITT (1927)
January 18 - JOHNNY BRAGG (The Prisonaires, 1926)/DAVID RUFFIN (1941)
January 19 - PHIL EVERLY (1939)/JANIS JOPLIN (1943)/DOLLY PARTON (1946)/ROBERT PALMER (1949)
January 20 - EVA JESSYE (1895)/GWEN OUTEN (1971)
January 21 - PLÁDICO DOMINGO (1941)/RICHI HAVENS (1941)/MAC DAVIS (1942)
January 22 - WILLIAM WARFIELD (1920)/SAM COOKE (1935)/STEVE PERRY (1949)
January 23 - CHITA RIVERA (1933)/ANITA POINTER (1948)
January 24 - NEIL DIAMOND (1941)/AARON NEVILLE (1941)
January 25 - FLORENCE MILLS (1896)
January 27 - WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (composer, 1756)/WILL COOK (composer, 1869)/JEROME KERN (composer, 1885)
January 29 - HUDDIE "LEADBELLY" LEDBETTER (1885)/JONNY LANG (1981)
January 30 - DOROTHY MALONE (1925)/PHIL COLLINS (1951)/JEANNE HOLLOWAY-CARTER
January 31 - MARIO LANZA (1921)/CAROL CHANNING (1921)
February 1 - DON EVERLY (1937)/RICK JAMES (1948)/LISA MARIE PRESLEY (1968)
February 2 - GRAHAM NASH (1942)
February 3 - MABEL MERCER (1900)
February 4 - ELLA SHAPIRO (original Fisk Jubilee singer, 1851)/NATALIE IMBRUGLIA (1975)
February 6 - BOB MARLEY (1945)/NATALIE COLE (1950)
February 7 - EUBIE BLAKE (composer, 1883)
February 8 - BRANITA GRIFFIN-HENSON (1959)
February 9 - CARMEN MIRANDA (1909)/KATHRYN GRAYSON (1922)/CAROLE KING (songwriter, 1942)/BARBARA LEWIS (1943)
February 10 - JIMMY DURANTE (1893)/CHICK WEBB (bandleader, 1909)/LEONTYNE PRICE (1927)/ROBERTA FLACK (1939)
February 11 - SHERYL CROW (1963)/BRANDY (1979)
February 12 - ROBERT TODD DUNCAN (1903)/ROBERTA MARTIN (1907)
February 13 - TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD (1919)/PETER GABRIEL (1950)
February 14 - AIDA OVERTON WALKER (1880)/MARY DAWSON (founder of National Negro Opera Co., 1894)/FLORENCE HENDERSON (1934)/GREGORY HINES (1946)
February 15 - MELISSA MANCHESTER (1951)/LARRY THOMAS/JANE CHILD (1967)
February 16 - PATTY ANDREWS (1920)/SONNY BONO (songwriter, 1935)
February 17 - JOHN STODDART (1971)
February 18 - JOHN TRAVOLTA (1954)
February 19 - WILLIAM "SMOKEY" ROBINSON (1940)/SEAL (1963)
February 20 - BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON (1902)/RUBY ELZY (1908)/BETTYE MILLER (1928)/NANCY WILSON (1937)/SANDY DUNCAN (1946)
February 21 - NINA SIMONE (1933)
February 23 - GEORG FREDERIC HANDEL (1685)
February 24 - ENRICO CARUSO (1873)/MICHEL LEGRAND (songwriter, 1932)/BILLY ZANE (1966)
February 25 - IDA COX (1896)/GEORGE HARRISON (1943)
February 26 - SISSIERETTA JONES (1869)/TONY RANDALL (1920)/FATS DOMINO (1928)/JOHNNY CASH (1932)/ERYKAH BADU (1972)
February 27 - MARIAN ANDERSON (1897)/ELISABETH WELCH (1904)/CARL ANDERSON (1945)/ROZONDA "CHILI" THOMAS (1972)
February 28 - BERNADETTE PETERS (1948)
February 29 - DINAH SHORE (1916)
March 1 - GLEN MILLER (bandleader, 1904)/HARRY BELAFONTE (1927)/ROGER DALTREY (1944)
March 2 - DESI ARNAZ (1917)/KAREN CARPENTER (1950)/JON BON JOVI (1962)
March 4 - ANTONIO VIVALDI (composer, 1678)/MIRIAM MAKEBA (1932)
March 5 - ANDY GIBB (1958)
March 6 - KIRI TE KANAWA (1944)/KIKI DEE (1947)
March 7 - DENYCE GRAVES (1964)
March 8 - MICKEY DOLENZ (1945)
March 9 - KEELY SMITH (1932)/RAUL JULIA (1940)/JEFFREY OSBORNE (1948)
March 10 - DEAN TORRENCE (1940)/JASMINE GUY (1964)
March 11 - BOBBY McFERRIN (1950)
March 12 - GORDON MacRAE (1921)/AL JARREAU (1940)/LIZA MINNELLI (1946)/JAMES TAYLOR (1948)
March 13 - NEIL SEDAKA (1939)
March 15 - HARRY JAMES (bandleader, 1916)/JEAN CARNE (1947)/SLY STONE (1944)
March 17 - NAT "KING" COLE (1919)
March 18 - GEORGE SCOTT (1929)/CHARLIE PRIDE (1938)/WILSON PICKETT (1941)/IRENE CARA (1959)/DANA OWENS (Queen Latifah, 1970)
March 19 - ROBERT McFERRIN (opera, 1921)
March 20 - ROSETTA THARPE (1915)
March 21 - JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (composer, 1685)/MODEST MUSSORGSKY (composer, 1839)/SON HOUSE (1902)/ROSEMARY STONE (1945)
March 22 - STEPHEN SONDHEIM (composer, 1685)/GEORGE BENSON (1943)/ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER (composer, 1948)
March 23 - CHAKA KHAN (1943)
March 25 - BÉLA BARTÓK (1881)/ARETHA FRANKLIN (1942)/ELTON JOHN (1947)
March 26 - JAMES CAAN (1939)/STEVEN TYLER (1948)/VICKI LAWRENCE (1949)
March 27 - SARAH VAUGHAN (1924)/MARIAH CAREY (1970)
March 28 - LEDISI
March 29 - PEARL BAILEY (1918)
March 30 - FRANKIE LAINE (1913)/ERIC CLAPTON (1945)/NORAH JONES (1979)
March 31 - JOSEPH HAYDN (composer, 1732)/SHIRLEY JONES (1934)
April 1 - ALBERTA HUNTER (1895)/GIL SCOTT-HERON (1949)
April 2 - MARVIN GAYE (1939)/EMMYLOU HARRIS (1947)
April 3 - DORIS DAY (1924)/WAYNE NEWTON (1942)/TONY ORLANDO (1944)
April 4 - MUDDY WATERS (1915)/ROBERT DOWNEY, Jr. (1965)
April 6 - FRANCES LANGFORD (1913)
April 7 - BILLIE HOLIDAY (Eleanora Fagen, 1915)/JANIS IAN (1951)
April 8 - CARMEN McRAE/JULIAN LENNON (1963)
April 9 - PAUL ROBESON (1898)
April 11 - NOAH RYDER (choral conductor, 1914)/JOEL GREY (1932)/JOSS STONE (1987)
April 12 - DAVID CASSIDY (1950)/VINCE GILL (1957)
April 13 - HOWARD KEEL (1919)/AL GREEN (1946)
April 14 - LORETTA LYNN (1935)
April 15 - BESSIE SMITH (1894)/ROY CLARK (1933)
April 16 - FLORA BATSON (1864)/CAROL BRICE (1918)/ED TOWNSEND (lyricist, 1929)/BOBBY VINTON (1935)/DUSTY SPRINGFIELD (1939)/SELENA (1971)
April 18 - GEORGE SHIRLEY (1934)
April 19 - TIM CURRY (1946)
April 20 - LIONEL HAMPTON (bandleader, 1908)/LUTHER VANDROSS (1951)
April 21 - CLARA WARD (1924)
April 22 - GEORGIA GORDON TAYLOR (original Fisk Jubilee singer, 1855)/GLEN CAMPBELL (1936)/PETER FRAMPTON (1950)
April 23 - ROY ORBISON (1936)
April 24 - BARBRA STREISAND (1942)
April 25 - ELLA FITZGERALD (1918)/DONNA REDD (1959)
April 26 - MA RAINEY (1886)/CAROL BURNETT (1933)
April 27 - CORETTA SCOTT KING (1927)/SHEENA EASTON (1959)
April 28 - ANN-MARGRET (1941)
April 29 - EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON composer/bandleader, 1899)/TAMMI TERRELL (1945)
May 1 - KATE SMITH (1909)/BIG MAYBELLE (Mabel Louise Smith, 1924)/SHIRLEY HORN (1934)/RITA COOLIDGE (1945)
May 2 - ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK (1936)/LESLEY GORE (1946)
May 3 - SHELTON BROOKS (composer, 1886)/BING CROSBY (1903)/PETE SEEGER (1919)/JAMES BROWN (1933)/FRANKIE VALLI (1937)/CHRISTOPHER CROSS (songwriter, 1951)
May 5 - JOHNNIE TAYLOR (1938)/TAMMY WYNETTE (1942)
May 7 - JOHANNES BRAHMS (composer, 1833)/TERESA BREWER (1931)
May 8 - ROBERT JOHNSON (1911)/TONI TENNILLE (1943)
May 9 - BILLY JOEL (1949)
May 10 - PAUL "BONO" HEWSON (1960)
May 11 - IRVING BERLIN (composer, 1888)/LOUIS FARRAKHAN (1933)
May 12 - BURT BACHARACH (songwriter, 1929)/STEVE WINWOOD (1948)
May 13 - RITCHIE VALENS (1941)/MARY WELLS (1943)/STEVIE WONDER (1950)
May 14 - BOBBY DARIN (1936)
May 16 - BETTY CARTER (1930)
May 18 - BIG JOE TURNER (1911)/PERRY COMO (1912)
May 21 - THOMAS "FATS" WALLER (1904)/DORIS AKERS (1923)/RACHELLE FERRELL (1964)
May 23 - BENJAMIN "SCATMAN" CROTHERS (1910)/ROSEMARY CLOONEY (1928)
May 24 - BOB DYLAN (songwriter, 1941)/PATTI LaBELLE (1944)
May 25 - BEVERLY SILLS (1929)/LESLIE UGGAMS (1943)/LAURYN HILL (1975)
May 26 - MAMIE SMITH (1883)/AL JOLSON (1886)/PEGGY LEE (1920)/LENNY KRAVITZ (1964)
May 27 - JUNIOR PARKER (1932)/ANDRE BENJAMIN (1975)
May 28 - GLADYS KNIGHT (1944)
May 29 - MELISSA ETHERIDGE (1961)
May 30 - WYNONNA JUDD (1964)
May 31 - SHIRLEY VERRETT (1931)
June 1 - PAT BOONE (1934)/ALANIS MORISSETTE (1974)
June 2 - MARVIN HAMLISCH (composer, 1944)
June 3 - MEMPHIS MINNIE (1897)/JOSEPHINE BAKER (1906)/CURTIS MAYFIELD (1942)/DENIECE WILLIAMS (1951)
June 4 - ROBERT MERRILL (1919)/SAM HARRIS (1961)
June 5 - BRIAN McKNIGHT (1969)
June 6 - LEVI STUBBS (Four Tops lead, 1936)
June 7 - DEAN MARTIN (Dino Crocetti, 1917)/TOM JONES (Thomas Jones Woodward, 1940)/PRINCE (Prince Rogers Nelson, 1958)
June 8 - BOZ SCAGGS (1944)
June 9 - COLE PORTER (composer, 1892)/JOHNNY ACE (1929)/JACKIE WILSON (1934)
June 10 - JUDY GARLAND (1922)
June 11 - THORNTON JAMES "POOKIE" HUDSON (1934)
June 12 - VIC DAMONE (1928)/JIM NABORS (1932)
June 14 - THOMAS A. DORSEY ("Father of gospel music, 1899)/BURL IVES (1909)/JUNIOR WALKER (1931)
June 15 - ERROL GARNER (composer, 1923)
June 17 - JAMES WELDON JOHNSON (composer, 1871)/BARRY MANILOW (1946)
June 18 - JEANETTE MacDONALD (1903)/PAUL McCARTNEY (1942)
June 19 - ANN WILSON (Heart, 1953)
June 20 - BENJAMIN MATTHEWS (1933)/DANNY AIELLO (1933)/ANNE MURRAY (1945)/LIONEL RICHIE (1949)
June 21 - HENRY CREAMER (lyricist, 1879)/O.C. SMITH (1936)
June 22 - EVA TAYLOR (1895)/CYNDI LAUPER (1953)
June 23 - WILLIE MAE SMITH (1904)/HELEN HUMES (1913)/JUNE CARTER CASH (1929)
June 25 - GEORGE MICHAEL (1963)
June 26 - CHRIS ISAAK (1956)
June 28 - RICHARD RODGERS (composer, 1902)
June 29 - EMMA HACKLEY (1867)/LITTLE EVA (1943)
June 30 - LENA HORNE (1917)/TED ROSS (1934)/THOMAS DIXON TYLER (1952)
July 1 - WILLIE DIXON (1915)/DEBORAH HARRY (1945)
July 3 - JOHNNY HARTMAN (1923)
July 4 - MITCH MILLER (bandleader, 1911)/JEFF WATSON
July 5 - SMILEY LEWIS (1913)/HUEY LEWIS (1951)
July 6 - BILL HALEY (1925)/MERV GRIFFIN (1925)/DELLA REESE (1932)/BESSIE GRIFFIN/PHYLLIS HYMAN (1949)
July 7 - GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (composer, 1911)
July 8 - LOUIS JORDAN (1908)/BILLY ECKSTINE (1914)/STEVE LAWRENCE (1935)
July 9 - JESTER HAIRSTON (choral composer)
July 10 - NOBLE SISSLE (lyricist)/ARLO GUTHRIE (1947)
July 11 - SUZANNE VEGA (1959)
July 12 - OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (composer, 1895)/CHRISTINE McVIE (1943)
July 13 - ELIZABETH T. GREENFIELD (1817)/GERALD LEVERT (1966)
July 14 - WOODY GUTHRIE (1912)
July 17 - JIMMY SCOTT (1925)/DIAHANN CARROLL (1935)/PHOEBE SNOW (1952)
July 18 - MARTHA REEVES (1941)
July 19 - VIKKI CARR (1941)
July 21 - KAY STARR (1922)/CAT STEVENS (1948)
July 22 - BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON (1897)/BOBBY SHERMAN (1943)/DON HENLEY (1947)
July 26 - VIVIAN VANCE (1912)
July 27 - BOBBIE GENTRY (1944)/MAUREEN McGOVERN (1949)
July 28 - RUDY VALLEE (1901)
July 30 - PAUL ANKA (1941)
July 31 -
August 3 - ABBIE MITCHELL (1884)/EDDIE JEFFERSON/TONY BENNETT (1926)
August 4 - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901)/WINGS OVER JORDAN CHOIR (founded 1937)
August 5 - ERNESTINE "TINY" DAVIS (1907)
August 6 - ABBEY LINCOLN (1930)
August 8 - MEL TILLIS (1932)
August 9 - WHITNEY HOUSTON (1963)
August 10 - EDDIE FISHER (1926)/ROBBIE SPECTOR (1947)/PATI AUSTIN (1948)
August 12 - LILLIAN EVANS EVANTI (1890)/GLADYS BENTLEY (1907)
August 13 - FRANCESCO ALBANESE (1912)/DON HO (1938)/KATHLEEN BATTLE (1948)
August 14 - DAVID CROSBY (1941)
August 16 - AL HIBBLER/EYDIE GORME (1932)
August 17 - JOHN LEE HOOKER (1917)/MAYSA LEAK (1966)
August 19 - TRACY HAMLIN
August 20 - ISAAC HAYES (1942)
August 21 - COUNT BASIE (bandleader, 1904)/KENNY ROGERS (1938)
August 22 - CLAUDE DEBUSSY (composer, 1904)/JOHN LEE HOOKER (1917)
August 23 - UNDINE MOORE (composer/choral director, 1904)/WYNONA CARR (1924)/RICK SPRINGFIELD (1949)
August 25 - RUBY KEELER (1909)/VAN JOHNSON (1916)/LEONARD BERNSTEIN (composer, 1918)
August 26 - JIMMY RUSHING (1902)
August 27 - DARYL DRAGON (songwriter, 1942)
August 28 - SHANIA TWAIN (1965)/LeANN RIMES (1982)
August 29 - DINAH WASHINGTON (1924)
August 31 - VAN MORRISON (1945)
September 1 - CONWAY TWITTY (1933)/WEBSTER LEWIS (songwriter-arranger-producer, 1943)/BARRY GIBB (1946)
September 2 - EDITH WILSON (1896)
September 3 - DOROTHY LEIGH MAYNOR (1910)/KITTY CARLISLE HART (1910)
September 4 - BEYONCÉ KNOWLES (1981)
September 5 - CAROL LAWRENCE (1934)/FREDDIE MERCURY (1945)
September 7 - BUDDY HOLLY (songwriter, 1936)/GLORIA GAYNOR (1949)
September 8 - ROLAND HAYES (1887)/PATSY CLINE (1932)/PINK (Alecia Beth Moore, 1979)
September 9 - OTIS REDDING (1941)/BILLY PRESTON (1946)
September 10 - JOSÉ FELICIANO (1945)
September 11 - HARRY CONNICK, Jr. (1967)
September 12 - MAURICE CHEVALIER (1888)/BARRY WHITE (1944)
September 13 - CHARLES BROWN (1922)/MEL TORME (1925)/NELL CARTER (1948)/PETER CETERA (1944)
September 15 - BOBBY SHORT (1924)
September 16 - B.B. KING (1925)/JON HENDRICKS (1921)
September 18 - FRANKIE AVALON (1939)
September 19 - PAUL WILLIAMS (songwriter, 1940)/BILL MEDLEY (Righteous Brother, 1940)/"MAMA" CASS ELLIOTT (1943)/TRISHA YEARWOOD (1964)
September 20 - FISK JUBILEE SINGERS (formed today in 1866)
September 22 - VIRGINIA CAPERS (1925)
September 23 - RAY CHARLES (1930)/JULIO IGLESIAS (1943)
September 24 - ANTHONY NEWLEY (1931)
September 26 - GEORGE GERSHWIN (composer, 1898)/OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1948)
September 29 - GENE AUTRY (1907)/JERRY LEE LEWIS (1935)/MADELINE KAHN (1942)
September 30 - JOHNNY MATHIS (1935)/MARILYN McCOO (1943/JOHNNY BUTLER III (1966)
October 1 - JULIE ANDREWS (1935)/DONNY HATHAWAY (1946)
October 2 - STING (1951)
October 3 - GWEN STEFANI (1969)/INDIA ARIE (1975)
October 7 - TONI BRAXTON (1968)
October 9 - JOHN LENNON (1940)/The CARAVANS (founded 1952)
October 10 - IVORY JOE HUNTER (1914)/GIUSEPPI VERDI (composer, 1813)/THELONIOUS MONK (composer, 1917)
October 11 - ROBERT DETT (composer/NANM founder, 1882)/DARYL HALL (1949)
October 12 - LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (1935)/SAM MOORE (1935)
October 13 - NIPSEY RUSSELL (1924)/PAUL SIMON (1941)/ROBERT LAMM (1944)/LEONA MITCHELL (1949)/MARIE OSMOND (1959)
October 16 - HENRY LEWIS (opera/symphony conductor, 1932)
October 17 - RITA HAYWORTH (1918)/ZIGGY MARLEY (1970)
October 18 - ANITA O'DAY (1919)/GEORGE MaCRAE (1944)/LAURA NYRO (1947)
October 20 - ADELAIDE HALL (1901)
October 24 - MONICA (1980)
October 25 - GEORGES BIZET (composer, 1838)/HELEN REDDY (1941)
October 26 - MAHALIA JACKSON (1911)
October 28 - BENJAMIN WILKES (1917)/CLEO LAINE (1927)
October 29 - GEORGE W. JOHNSON (singer/recording pioneer, 1846)/FANNIE BRICE (1891)
October 31 - ETHEL WATERS (1896)
November 1 - SIPPIE WALLACE (1898)/VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES (1923)/LYLE LOVETT (1957)
November 3 - LULU (1948)
November 5 - ETTA MOTEN BARNETT (1901)/ART GARFUNKEL (1941)/BRYAN ADAMS (1959)
November 6 - JUANITA HALL (1901)/BEVERLY WOLFF (1928)/GLENN FRYE (1948)
November 7 - Dame JOAN SUTHERLAND (1926)/JONI MITCHELL (1943)
November 8 - EARTHA WHITE (1876)/PATTI PAGE (1927)/MINNIE RIPERTON (1947)/BONNIE RAITT (1949)/RICKIE LEE JONES (1954)
November 9 - DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (1922)
November 11 - LaVERN BAKER (1929)
November 12 - NATIONAL NEGRO OPERA COMPANY (founded 1941)
November 13 - DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS (founded 1928)
November 14 - DICK POWELL (1904)/VALERIE WELLINGTON (1959)
November 15 - PETULA CLARK
November 16 - W.C. HANDY (composer, 1873)/JESSE STONE (bandleader/songwriter, 1901)/DIANA KRALL (1963)
November 19 - TOMMY DORSEY (bandleader, 1905)
November 20 - KAYE BALLARD (1926)
November 21 - GOLDIE HAWN (1945)
November 22 - CAMILLE NICKERSON (composer, 1888)/HOAGIE CARMICHAEL (1899)/BENJAMIN BRITTEN (composer, 1913)/THOMASINA PETRUS (1955)
November 23 - BETTY EVERETT (1939)/BRUCE HORNSBY (1954)
November 25 - ETTA JONES (1928)/AMY GRANT (1960)
November 26 - ROBERT GOULET (1933)/TINA TURNER (1939)
November 27 - EDDIE RABBIT (1941)/JIMI HENDRIX (1942)
November 28 - VANESSA RENEE WILLIAMS
November 29 - LUCILLE HEGAMINE (1897)
November 30 - BROWNIE McGHEE (1913)/ROBERT GUILLAUME (1927)/RICHARD SMALLWOOD (1948)/MANDY PATINKIN (1952)/SHUGGIE OTIS (1953)/JUNE POINTER (1953)
December 1 - MARY MARTIN (1913)/LOU RAWLS (1936)/BETTE MIDLER (1945)
December 2 - HENRY T. BURLEIGH (1866)/MARIA CALLAS (1923)/MICHAEL McDONALD (1952)
December 3 - ANDY WILLIAMS (1930)
December 4 - CASSANDRA WILSON (1955)
December 5 - LITTLE RICHARD (Penniman, 1932)/JAMES CLEVELAND (1932)/JIM MESSINA (1947)/DAWN ELLIOTT ROBINSON (1964)
December 6 - ANNE WIGGINS BROWN (1915)
December 7 - LOUIS PRIMA - (1910)
December 8 - JEAN SIBELIUS (1865)/SAMMY DAVIS Jr. (1925)/JIM MORRISON (1943)/GREGG ALLMAN (1947)
December 9 - DONNY OSMOND (1957)/JAKOB DYLAN (1969)
December 11 - WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON (1926)/RITA MORENO (1931)/BRENDA LEE (1944)/JERMAINE JACKSON (1954)
December 12 - FRANK SINATRA (1915)/JOE WILLIAMS (1918)/CONNIE FRANCIS (1938)/DIONNE WARWICK (1941)/SHEILA ESCOVEDO (1957)
December 15 - ANDY RAZAF (lyrIcist, 1895)
December 16 - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (composer, 1770)/EVERETT P. WILLIAMS Jr.
December 17 - EDDIE KENDRICKS (1939)
December 18 - CHRISTINA AGUILERA (1980)
December 19 - MARIA FREEMAN
December 20 - IVIE ANDERSON (1905)
December 22 - MAURICE & ROBIN GIBB (1949)
December 23 - ESTHER PHILLIPS (1935)
December 24 - RICKY MARTIN (1971)
December 25 - CAB CALLOWAY (1907)/JIMMY BUFFETT (1946)/BARBARA MANDRELL (1948)/DIDO (1970)
December 26 - UNA MAE CARLISLE (1915)
December 28 - EARL "FATHA" HINES (composer, 1905)/ROEBUCK "POPS" STAPLES (1914)
December 30 - DAVY JONES (1945)
December 31 - ODETTA (1930)/JOHN DENVER (1943)/DONNA SUMMER (1948)