Editing 1959 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Cristina (singer)|Cristina]], no-wave singer (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[January 3]] – [[Curt Bisquera]], drummer
*[[January 4]] – [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[January 6]] – [[Kathy Sledge]], vocalist ([[Sister Sledge]])
*[[January 7]] – [[Kathy Valentine]] new wave musician ([[The Go-Go's]])
*[[January 8]] – [[Paul Hester]], drummer ([[Crowded House]]) (d. [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[January 10]] – [[Curt Kirkwood]], alternative rock singer-songwriter ([[Meat Puppets]])
*[[January 12]]
** <!--January 12-->[[Blixa Bargeld]] ([[Einstürzende Neubauten]])
** <!--January 12-->[[Per Gessle]] ([[Roxette]])
*[[January 14]]
** <!--January 14-->[[Chas Smash]] ([[Madness (band)|Madness]])
** <!--January 14-->[[Geoff Tate]] ([[Queensrÿche]])
*[[January 16]] – [[Sade (band)|Sade]], singer
*[[January 17]]
** [[Susanna Hoffs]], singer ([[The Bangles]])
** [[Fabio Luisi]], conductor
** [[Momoe Yamaguchi]], singer and actress
*[[January 21]] – [[Duane Denison]], guitarist ([[The Jesus Lizard]] and [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]])
*[[January 28]]
**[[Dave Sharp]], English guitarist ([[The Alarm]] and The Hard Travelers)
**[[Bill Ware]], American vibraphone player 
*[[January 30]] – [[Jody Watley]], singer
*[[February 3]] – [[Lol Tolhurst]], [[The Cure]]
*[[February 14]] – [[Renée Fleming]], operatic soprano
*[[February 15]] – [[Ali Campbell]], ska musician ([[UB40]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Mike Peters (musician)|Mike Peters]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Alarm]]) (d. [[2025 in music|2025]])
*[[March 7]] – [[Andy Diagram]], British trumpet player
*[[March 15]] – [[Peter Ablinger]], Austrian composer and academic (d. [[2025 in music|2025]])
*[[March 16]] – [[Flavor Flav]], American rapper ([[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]])
*[[March 17]] – [[Mike Lindup]], English keyboard player and vocalist ([[Level 42]])
*[[March 18]] – [[Irene Cara]], American singer-songwriter and film actress (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]], British ska singer ([[The Specials]]) (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[March 21]] – [[Nobuo Uematsu]], Japanese video game composer
*[[March 27]] – [[Andrew Farriss]], Australian rock musician (INXS)
*[[March 29]] – [[Perry Farrell]], American alternative rock singer ([[Jane's Addiction]])
*[[April 1]] – [[Margita Stefanović|Margita "Magi" Stefanović]], Serbian keyboardist (d. [[2002 in music|2002]])
*[[April 10]]
** <!--April 10-->[[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]], R&B musician and record producer
** <!--April 10-->[[Brian Setzer]], guitarist and singer ([[The Stray Cats]])
*[[April 21]]
** <!--April 21-->[[Jerry Only]], American singer-songwriter and bass player ([[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]], [[Osaka Popstar]] and [[Kryst the Conqueror]])
** <!--April 21-->[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], singer ([[The Cure]])
** <!--April 21-->[[Michael Timmins]] alternative country/folk rock songwriter and guitarist ([[Cowboy Junkies]])
*[[April 27]]
** <!--April 27-->[[Marco Pirroni]], guitarist ([[Adam and the Ants]], [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] (founder member), [[The Models]], [[The Wolfmen]])
** <!--April 27-->[[Sheena Easton]], singer
*[[April 29]] – [[Yasuhiro Kobayashi]], Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger
*[[May 3]] – [[David Ball (electronic musician)|David Ball]], [[Soft Cell]]
*[[May 4]] – [[Randy Travis]], country singer
*[[May 5]] – [[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]], singer ([[Echo & the Bunnymen]])
*[[May 20]]
**<!--May 20-->[[Susan Cowsill]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Cowsills]], [[Continental Drifters]])
**<!--May 20-->[[Gregory Gray]], singer-songwriter (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[May 22]] – [[Morrissey]], singer-songwriter ([[The Smiths]], solo)
*[[May 28]] – [[Steve Strange]], singer ([[Visage (band)|Visage]]) (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[June 1]] – [[Alan Wilder]] ([[Depeche Mode]])
*[[June 11]] – [[Kathinka Pasveer]], flautist
*[[June 12]] – [[John Linnell]] ([[They Might Be Giants]])
*[[June 19]]
**<!--June 19-->[[Mark DeBarge]] ([[DeBarge]])
**<!--June 19-->Dennis Fuller, Jamaican born English singer ([[London Boys]]) (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
*[[June 21]]
**[[Marcella Detroit]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Shakespear's Sister]])
**[[Kathy Mattea]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[June 22]] – [[Alan Anton (musician)|Alan Anton]] ([[Cowboy Junkies]])
*[[June 22]] – [[Nicola Sirkis]], French musician ([[Indochine_(band)]])
*[[June 24]] – [[Andy McCluskey]] ([[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]])
*[[June 29]] – [[Buren Fowler]], American guitarist ([[Drivin N Cryin]]) (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[July 1]] – Edem Ephraim, English singer ([[London Boys]]) (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Stephen Pearcy]], American heavy metal singer-songwriter ([[Ratt]])
*[[July 5]] – [[Marc Cohn]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 9]]
** <!--July 9-->[[Marc Almond]], synthpop singer ([[Soft Cell]])
** <!--July 9-->[[Jim Kerr]], singer ([[Simple Minds]])
*[[July 11]]
** <!--July 11-->[[Richie Sambora]] ([[Bon Jovi]])
** <!--July 11-->[[Suzanne Vega]], American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
*[[July 16]] – [[James MacMillan (composer)|James MacMillan]], composer and conductor
*[[July 18]] – [[Jonathan Dove]], English operatic composer
*[[July 20]] – [[Radney Foster]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer ([[Foster & Lloyd]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Joe Elliott]], English hard rock singer ([[Def Leppard]])
*[[August 6]] – [[Joyce Sims]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[August 9]] – [[Kurtis Blow]], rapper
*[[August 11]] – [[Gustavo Cerati]], Argentinian singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist ([[Soda Stereo]])
*[[August 13]] – [[Martyn Brabbins]], English conductor
*[[August 23]] - [[Edwyn Collins]], Scottish musician
*[[August 29]] – [[Eddi Reader]], Scottish singer
*[[August 30]] – [[Andreas Delfs]], German conductor
*[[August 31]] – [[The DeFranco Family|Tony DeFranco]], singer ([[The DeFranco Family]])
*[[September 8]] – [[Daler Nazarov]], Tajik composer, singer and actor
*[[September 14]] – [[Morten Harket]], singer ([[a-ha]])
*[[October 1]] – [[Youssou N'Dour]], Senegalese singer
*[[October 4]] – [[Chris Lowe]], keyboardist ([[Pet Shop Boys]])
*[[October 7]] – [[Simon Cowell]], British record executive and judge on ''[[The X Factor]]'' and ''[[American Idol]]''
*[[October 10]] – [[Kirsty MacColl]], English singer (d. [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Marie Osmond]], singer
*[[October 16]]
** <!--October 16-->[[Gary Kemp]] ([[Spandau Ballet]])
** <!--October 16-->[[Erkki-Sven Tüür]], composer
*[[October 21]] – [[Cleveland Watkiss]], jazz vocalist
*[[October 23]] – [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], parodist, musician and singer
*[[October 25]] – [[Christina Amphlett]], Australian rock singer
*[[November 1]] – [[Eddie MacDonald]] ([[The Alarm]])
*[[November 5]] – [[Bryan Adams]], singer/guitarist
*[[November 27]] – [[Charlie Burchill]] ([[Simple Minds]])
*[[November 29]] – [[Steve Hindalong]], record producer
*[[December 4]] – Bob Griffin ([[The BoDeans]])
*[[December 24]] - [[Sunwoo Eun-sook]], South Korean actress
*[[December 26]] – [[Chuck Mosley]], singer ([[Faith No More]]) (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[December 30]] – [[Tracey Ullman]], comedian and singer
*[[December 31]]
** [[Baron Waqa]], Nauruan politician and composer
** [[Paul Westerberg]], singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Replacements)