Editing 1939 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 3]]
**[[Gene Summers]], singer-songwriter (died 2021)
**[[Arik Einstein]], Israeli singer (died 2013)
*[[January 9]] – [[Jimmy Boyd]], singer and actor (died 2009)
*[[January 10]] – [[Scott McKenzie]], singer (died 2012)
*[[January 12]] – [[William Lee Golden]], country singer ([[The Oakridge Boys]])
*[[January 19]] – Phil Everly ([[The Everly Brothers]]) (died 2014)
*[[January 21]] – [[Wolfman Jack]], DJ (died 1995)
*[[February 1]]
**[[Del McCoury]], American singer and guitarist ([[Del McCoury Band]])
**[[Joe Sample]], American pianist and composer ([[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]]) (died 2014)
*[[February 9]] – [[Barry Mann]], songwriter
*[[February 11]] – [[Gerry Goffin]], songwriter (died 2014)
*[[February 12]] – [[Ray Manzarek]], keyboard player ([[The Doors]]) (died 2013)
*[[February 16]] – [[Czesław Niemen]], Polish singer-songwriter, rock balladeer (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
*[[February 28]]
**<!--February 28-->[[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]], guitarist and composer (died 2001)
**<!--February 28-->[[Tommy Tune]], actor, singer and dancer
*[[March 1]] – [[Leo Brouwer]], Cuban composer and guitarist
*[[March 8]] – [[Robert Tear]], tenor
*[[March 9]] – [[Rohan de Saram]], British-born Sri Lankan cellist (died 2024)
*[[March 11]] – [[Flaco Jiménez]], accordionist and singer
*[[March 13]] – [[Neil Sedaka]], pianist and singer-songwriter
*[[March 18]] – [[Peter Kraus]], German singer
*[[March 27]] – [[Beba Selimović]], sevdalinka folk singer (died 2020)
*[[April 1]] – [[Rudolph Isley]], R&B singer ([[The Isley Brothers]]) (died 2023)
*[[April 2]] – [[Marvin Gaye]], soul singer (died 1984)
*[[April 4]] – [[Hugh Masekela]], jazz trumpeter (died 2018)
*[[April 5]] – [[Ronnie White]], R&B musician and songwriter ([[The Miracles]]) (died 1995)
*[[April 6]] – [[Beverly Watkins]], blues guitarist (died 2019)
*[[April 16]] – [[Dusty Springfield]], singer (died 1999)
*[[April 18]] – [[Glen Hardin]], rock pianist and arranger ([[The Crickets]])
*[[April 20]] – [[Johnny Tillotson]], singer-songwriter
*[[April 21]]
**<!--April 21-->[[Ernie Maresca]], singer-songwriter and record industry executive (died 2015)
**<!--April 21-->[[John McCabe (composer)|John McCabe]], composer and pianist (died 2015)
*[[April 23]] – [[Wizz Jones]], guitarist and singer-songwriter
*[[May 1]] – [[Judy Collins]], singer
*[[May 3]] – [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]], English composer (died 2012)
*[[May 7]]
**<!--May 7-->[[José Antonio Abreu]], orchestral conductor and music educator (died 2018)
**<!--May 7-->[[The Brooklyn Bridge (band)|Johnny Maestro]], vocalist (died 2010)
**<!--May 7-->[[Jimmy Ruffin]], singer (died 2014)
*[[May 9]] – [[Nokie Edwards]], rock musician ([[The Ventures]]) (died 2018)
*[[May 10]] – [[Wayne Cochran]], American singer (died [[2017]])
*[[May 14]] – [[Troy Shondell]], American singer (died [[2016]])
*[[May 19]]
**<!--May 19-->[[Nancy Kwan]], dancer, singer and actress
**<!--May 19-->[[Sonny Fortune]], jazz musician (died 2018)
**<!--May 19-->[[John Sheahan]], folk musician ([[The Dubliners]])
*[[May 23]] – [[Michel Colombier]], composer and songwriter (died 2004)
*[[June 3]] – [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]], British rock singer-songwriter ([[Mott The Hoople]])
*[[June 6]]
**<!--June 6-->[[Louis Andriessen]], composer (died 2021)
**<!--June 6-->[[Gary U.S. Bonds]], singer-songwriter
*[[June 9]] – [[Ileana Cotrubaş]], operatic soprano
*[[June 11]] – [[Wilma Burgess]], American country music singer (died [[2003]])
*[[June 16]] – [[Billy "Crash" Craddock]], country singer
*[[June 19]] – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], American soul singer (died 2008)
*[[June 25]] – [[Garech Browne]], promoter of Irish traditional music (died 2018)
*[[June 30]] – [[Tony Hatch]], composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and record producer
*[[July 1]] – [[Delaney Bramlett]], blues singer-songwriter ([[Delaney & Bonnie]]) (died 2008)
*[[July 2]] – [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], soul singer ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1973)
*[[July 3]] – [[Brigitte Fassbaender]], operatic mezzo-soprano
*[[July 5]] – [[Owen Gray]], Jamaican singer
*[[July 6]] – [[Jet Harris]], British bassist and singer-songwriter ([[The Shadows]]) (died 2011)
*[[July 14]]
**[[Karel Gott]], singer (died 2019)
**[[Vince Taylor]], rock and roll singer (died 1991)
*[[July 16]] – [[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]], born William Yarbrough, soul singer-songwriter
*[[July 17]] – [[Spencer Davis]], beat musician, multi-instrumentalist ([[The Spencer Davis Group]]) (died 2020)
*[[July 18]]
**<!--July 18-->[[Brian Auger]], jazz fusion keyboard player ([[Brian Auger Trinity]])
**<!--July 18-->[[Dion DiMucci]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 22]] – [[Warda Al-Jazairia]], born Warda Mohammed Ftouki, singer (died 2012)
*[[July 25]] – [[Denis King]], pop singer and screen composer
*[[July 31]] – [[Steuart Bedford]], conductor and pianist (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=The conductor and pianist Steuart Bedford has died|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/the-conductor-and-pianist-steuart-bedford-has-died|work=The Gramophone|date=2021-02-16|accessdate=2021-02-16}}</ref>
*[[August 4]] – [[Frankie Ford]], singer (died 2015)
*[[August 9]]
**[[Billy Henderson (American singer)|Billy Henderson]] R&B soul singer ([[The Spinners (American R&B group)|The Spinners]]) (died 2007)
**[[The Mighty Hannibal]], American singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2014)
*[[August 13]] – [[Howard Tate]], American soul singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*[[August 15]] – [[Norma Waterson]], English traditional folk singer (died 2022)
*[[August 16]]
**[[Billy Joe Shaver]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
**[[Eric Weissberg]], American folk musician (died 2020)
*[[August 17]]
**[[Luther Allison]], blues guitarist (died 1997)
**[[Ed Sanders]], poet and folk singer ([[The Fugs]])
*[[August 18]]
** [[Molly Bee]], American country music singer (died [[2009]])
** [[Johnny Preston]], American singer (died [[2011]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Ginger Baker]], rock drummer ([[Cream (band)|Cream]]) (died [[2019]])
*[[August 24]] – Ernest Wright, R&B singer ([[Little Anthony and the Imperials]])
*[[August 25]] – [[Robert Jager]], American composer and theorist
*[[August 28]] – [[Robert Aitken (composer)|Robert Aitken]], composer
*[[August 30]] – [[John Peel]] (John Ravenscroft), influential disc jockey (died 2004)
*[[August 31]]
**[[Jerry Allison]], American rock drummer ([[The Crickets]]) (died 2022)
**[[Cleveland Eaton]], American jazz musician (died 2020)
*[[September 2]]
**<!--September 2-->[[Sam Gooden]], soul singer ([[The Impressions]]) (died 2022)
**<!--September 2-->[[James & Bobby Purify|Bobby Lee Dickey]], singer
*[[September 5]] – [[John Stewart (folk musician)|John Stewart]], folk singer-songwriter (died 2008)
*[[September 6]] – [[David Allan Coe]], American musician<ref>Tucker, Stephen R. (1998). "David Allan Coe." In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p.&nbsp;102.</ref>
*[[September 7]] – [[Riccardo Del Turco]], Italian singer
*[[September 8]] – [[Guitar Shorty]], American blues guitarist (died 2022)
*[[September 13]] – [[Gene Page]], arranger, producer and conductor (died 1998)
*[[September 17]] – [[Shelby Flint]], American singer
*[[September 18]] – [[Frankie Avalon]], singer and actor
*[[September 23]] – [[Roy Buchanan]], guitarist (died 1988)
*[[September 28]] – Elbridge Bryant ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1975)
*[[September 30]] – [[Len Cariou]], Canadian actor and singer
*[[October 16]] – [[Joe Dolan]], Irish entertainer, recording artist and pop singer (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[October 18]] – [[Paddy Reilly]], folk musician
*[[October 30]]
**<!--October 30-->[[Eddie Holland]], songwriter ([[Holland-Dozier-Holland]])
**<!--October 30-->[[Grace Slick]], vocalist ([[Jefferson Airplane]])
*[[October 31]] – [[Gordon Bok]], singer-songwriter
*[[November 12]] – [[Ruby Nash Curtis]], R&B singer ([[Ruby & the Romantics]])
*[[November 15]] – [[Dinorah Varsi]], Uruguayan classical pianist (died [[2013]])
*[[November 17]] – [[Yuya Uchida (singer)|Yuya Uchida]], singer and film actor (died [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Tom Johnson (composer)|Tom Johnson]], minimalist composer
*[[November 19]] – [[Warren "Pete" Moore]], R&B singer-songwriter ([[The Miracles]]) (died 2017)
*[[November 22]] – [[Stefan Dimitrov (bass)|Stefan Dimitrov]], [[Bulgaria]]n operatic [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] (died 2004)
*[[November 23]]
**[[Betty Everett]], African-American soul singer, pianist (died [[2001]])
**Jan Rooney, American singer and wife of [[Mickey Rooney]]
*[[November 25]] – [[Rais Khan]], Pakistani sitarist (died [[2017 in music|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wc6AQAAIAAJ|date=October 1974|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=83}}</ref>
*[[November 26]] – [[Tina Turner]], pop singer (died [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[November 28]] – [[Gary Troxel]], pop singer ([[The Fleetwoods]])
*[[December 1]] – [[Dianne Lennon]], American singer ([[The Lennon Sisters]])
*[[December 4]] – [[Freddy Cannon]], American rock musician
*[[December 8]]
** [[Jerry Butler]], African-American singer-songwriter and politician
**Sir [[James Galway]], flautist
*[[December 13]] – [[Eric Flynn]], British actor and singer (died 2002)
*[[December 15]] – [[Cindy Birdsong]], soul singer ([[The Supremes]])
**[[Dave Clark (musician)|Dave Clark]] ([[The Dave Clark Five]])
*[[December 16]] – [[Barney McKenna]], folk musician ([[The Dubliners]]) (died 2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/arts/music/barney-mckenna-banjo-player-in-the-dubliners-dies-at-72.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries|title=Barney McKenna, Banjo Player in the Dubliners, Dies at 72|author=Dennis Hevesi|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 April 2012}}</ref>
*[[December 17]]
**<!--December 17-->[[James Booker]], pianist and singer (died 1983)
**<!--December 17-->[[Eddie Kendricks]], vocalist ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1992)
*[[December 25]] – [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]], jazz keyboardist
*[[December 26]] – [[Phil Spector]], record producer and murderer (died 2021)
*[[December 28]] – [[Yehoram Gaon]], Israeli actor and singer
*[[December 30]] – [[Felix Pappalardi]], rock producer and bassist ([[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]) (died 1983)