Editing 1931 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 5]] – [[Alfred Brendel]], pianist
*[[January 8]] – [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]], [[Rock and roll|rock music]] entrepreneur (died 1991)
*[[January 12]] – [[Roland Alphonso]], saxophonist (died 1998)
*[[January 14]] – [[Caterina Valente]], multilingual singer
*[[January 21]] – Rudi Maugeri, pop singer ([[The Crew-Cuts]]) (died 2004)
*[[January 22]] – [[Sam Cooke]], singer (died 1964)
*[[January 26]] – [[Kaare Ørnung]], Norwegian pianist, music teacher (died [[2013 in music|2013]])<ref>[http://snl.no/Kaare_%C3%98rnung Kaare Ørnung] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125061247/https://snl.no/Kaare_%C3%98rnung |date=2022-01-25 }} [[Store norske leksikon]]. Retrieved 4 October 2013 {{in lang|no}}</ref>
*[[January 29]] – [[Leslie Bricusse]], film and stage composer and lyricist (died [[2021 in music|2021]])
*[[February 12]] – [[Walt Groller]], accordionist and polka musician
*[[February 14]] – [[Phyllis McGuire]], vocalist ([[The McGuire Sisters]]) (died [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[March 5]] – [[Barry Tuckwell]], horn player (died 2020)
*[[March 15]] – [[D. J. Fontana]], drummer (died 2018)
*[[March 25]]
**[[Vytautas Barkauskas]], composer (died 2020)
**[[Humphrey Burton]], television music and arts presenter
**[[Paul Motian]], jazz drummer (died 2011)
*[[April 29]] – [[Lonnie Donegan]], skiffle musician (died 2002)
*[[May 4]] – [[Ed Cassidy]], drummer ([[Spirit (band)|Spirit]]) (died 2012)
*[[May 7]] – [[Teresa Brewer]], singer (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[May 14]] 
**<!--May 14-->[[Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky|Aloys Kontarsky]], pianist (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
**<!--May 14-->[[Alvin Lucier]], composer (died 2021)
*[[May 19]] – [[Éric Tappy]], Swiss tenor<ref>Laura Williams Macy The Grove Book of Opera Singers - 2008 p485 "Tappy,. Eric. (b Lausanne, 19 May 1931). Swiss tenor. He studied at the Geneva Conservatoire with Fernando Carpi"</ref>
*[[June 10]] – [[João Gilberto]], bossa nova musician (died 2019)
*[[June 11]]
**[[Margarita Pracatan]], Cuban-born novelty singer (died 2020)
**[[Audrey Schuh]], American soprano
*[[June 17]] – [[Dominic Frontiere]], accordionist and composer (died 2017)
*[[July 6]] – [[Della Reese]], actress and singer (died 2017)
*[[July 10]] – [[Jerry Herman]], American musical theater composer and lyricist (died 2019)
*[[July 11]] – [[Tab Hunter]], actor and singer (died 2018)
*[[July 18]] – [[Papa Dee Allen]], funk musician ([[War (American band)|War]]) (died 1988)
*[[July 21]] – [[Plas Johnson]], American saxophonist ([[B. Bumble and the Stingers]] and [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|The Wrecking Crew]])
*[[July 31]]
**[[Kenny Burrell]], jazz guitarist
**Morey Carr ([[The Playmates]]) (died 1987)
*[[August 1]] – [[Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko]], Russian composer and conductor (died 2002)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2001 |title=Boyko, Rostislav Grigor′yevich|encyclopedia=[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Music Online]] |series=Oxford Music Online |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|author=Yury Ivanovich Paisov|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.44429}}</ref> 
*[[August 28]]
**<!--August 28-->John Perkins ([[The Crew-Cuts]])
**<!--August 28-->[[John Shirley-Quirk]], operatic bass-baritone (died 2014)
* [[September 1]]
** [[Richard Hundley]], American pianist, composer (died 2018)
** [[Javier Solís]], Mexican ranchera & bolero singer (died 1966)
* [[September 4]] – [[Mitzi Gaynor]], actress and singer
*[[September 12]] – [[George Jones]], country singer (died 2013)
*[[September 19]] – [[Brook Benton]], singer and songwriter (died 1988)
*[[September 22]] – George Chambers ([[The Chambers Brothers]]) (died 2019)
*[[September 24]] – [[Anthony Newley]], English songwriter, actor and singer (died 1999)
*[[October 1]] – [[Alan Wagner]], American opera critic (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[October 15]] – [[Freddy Cole]],  jazz singer and pianist (died [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Sofia Gubaidulina]], composer
*[[November 2]] – [[Phil Woods]], jazz saxophonist (died 2015)
*[[November 5]] – [[Ike Turner]], musician and record producer (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[November 16]] 
**[[Bob Gibson (musician)|Bob Gibson]], folk musician (died 1996)
**[[Hubert Sumlin]], blues guitarist (died 2011)
*[[December 21]] – [[David Baker (composer)|David Baker]], American composer and educator (died 2016)
*[[December 24]]
**<!--December 24-->[[Ray Bryant]], jazz pianist (died 2011)
**<!--December 24-->[[Mauricio Kagel]], composer (died 2008)
*[[December 27]] – [[Scotty Moore]], guitarist (died 2016)
*[[December 30]] – [[Skeeter Davis]], country singer (died 2004)