Editing 1966 in music (section)

==Births==
* [[January 1]] – [[Crazy Legs (dancer)|Crazy Legs]], [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] breakdancer (''[[Rock Steady Crew]]'')
* [[January 3]] – [[Martin Galway]], Northern Irish composer
* [[January 4]] – [[Deana Carter]], American country singer-songwriter, musician
* [[January 5]] – [[Kate Schellenbach]], American punk rock drummer ([[Luscious Jackson]]) and television producer
* [[January 6]]
** [[Sharon Cuneta]], Filipina singer and TV personality
** [[A. R. Rahman]], Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist
* [[January 7]] – [[Ehab Tawfik]], Egyptian singer
* [[January 8]] – [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]], singer ([[Mother Love Bone]]) (died 1990)
* [[January 14]] – [[Marko Hietala]], Finnish rock bassist (''[[Nightwish]]'')
* [[January 16]] – [[Maxine Jones]], American singer-songwriter and actress ([[En Vogue]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Shabba Ranks]], dancehall artist
* [[January 20]]
** [[Tracii Guns]], American guitarist
** [[Wes King]], guitarist, singer
* [[January 21]] – [[Wendy James]], British rock singer (''[[Transvision Vamp]]'')
* [[January 25]] – [[Samvel Yervinyan]], Armenian violinist and composer
* [[January 30]] – [[Hans Tutschku]], German composer
* [[February 2]] – [[Robert DeLeo]] ([[Stone Temple Pilots]] and Army of Anyone
* [[February 6]] – [[Rick Astley]], English singer-songwriter and radio personality
* [[February 9]] – [[Rachel Bolan]] ([[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Tenor Saw]], dancehall artist (died 1988)
* [[February 12]] – [[Paul Crook]], American guitarist ([[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]])
* [[February 20]] - [[DJ Taucher]], German trance DJ
* [[February 26]] – [[Najwa Karam]], Lebanese singer
* [[March 2]] – [[Howard Bernstein]], producer
* [[March 3]]
** [[Tone-Loc]], rapper
** [[Mikal Blue]], English music producer, songwriter, engineer and mixer, collabotor with [[Colbie Caillat]]
* [[March 4]] – [[Grand Puba]], American rapper (''Brand Nubian'')
* [[March 7]] – [[Atsushi Sakurai]], Japanese singer (''[[Buck-Tick]]'')
* [[March 10]] – [[Edie Brickell]], singer-songwriter
* [[March 12]] – [[David Daniels (countertenor)|David Daniels]], countertenor
* [[March 18]] – [[Jerry Cantrell]], [[Alice in Chains]]
* [[March 19]] – [[Anja Rupel]], singer
* [[March 21]] – [[DJ Premier]], record producer
* [[March 22]] - [[Park Joong-hoon]], South Korean actor
* [[March 25]] – [[Jeff Healey]], Canadian guitarist (died 2008)
* [[April 2]] – [[Garnett Silk]], reggae singer (died 1994)
* [[April 11]] – [[Lisa Stansfield]], singer
* [[April 13]] – [[Marc Ford]] ([[The Black Crowes]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Samantha Fox]], British model and singer
* [[April 18]] – [[Ana Voog]], singer-songwriter
* [[April 21]] – [[Michael Franti]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Beatnigs]] and [[The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy]])
* [[April 28]] – [[Too Short]], rapper
* [[May 1]] – [[Anne Fletcher]], American film director and choreographer
* [[May 8]]
** [[Blag Dahlia]], American musician, producer and author
** [[Marta Sánchez]], vocalist and entertainer
* [[May 10]] – [[Wade Domínguez]], American actor, model, singer and dancer (died 1998)
* [[May 11]] – [[Christoph Schneider]], German rock musician ([[Rammstein]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Bebel Gilberto]], Brazilian popular singer
* [[May 13]]
** [[Alison Goldfrapp]], English musician and record producer ([[Goldfrapp]])
** [[Darius Rucker]] ([[Hootie & the Blowfish]])
** [[Jeffrey Scott Holland]], American artist and musician
* [[May 14]] – [[Raphael Saadiq]], singer-songwriter and record producer
* [[May 16]] – [[Janet Jackson]], African American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
* [[May 19]] – [[Neil Campbell (musician)|Neil Campbell]], Scottish-born experimental musician
* [[May 22]] – [[Johnny Gill]], African American R&B singer-songwriter ([[New Edition]])
* [[May 24]] – [[Ella Guru]], American painter and musician
* [[May 26]] – [[Tommy Stewart]] ([[Godsmack]])
* [[May 27]] – [[Titi DJ]], Indonesian pop singer
* [[May 28]] – [[Theo Bleckmann]], German vocalist and composer
* [[May 30]] – [[Stephen Malkmus]], American rock singer ([[Pavement (band)|Pavement]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Cecilia Bartoli]], operatic mezzo-soprano
* [[June 6]]
**[[Aadesh Shrivastava]], composer and singer
**[[Sean Yseult]], American bass player ([[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] and [[The Cramps]])
* [[June 8]]
** [[Jens Kidman]], Swedish musician
** [[Doris Pearson]], R&B singer ([[Five Star]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Matt Freeman]], bassist ([[Rancid (band)|Rancid]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Roberto Carnevale]], Italian musician
* [[June 22]] – [[Schooly D]], American rapper
* [[June 24]] – [[Hope Sandoval]], American singer-songwriter ([[Mazzy Star]] and [[Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions]])
* [[June 26]] – [[Jürgen Reil]], German drummer ([[Kreator]])
* [[June 28]] – [[Bobby Bare, Jr.]], American musician
* [[July 7]] – [[Gundula Krause]], German violinist
* [[July 9]] – [[Gayle and Gillian Blakeney]], Australian actresses and singers
* [[July 11]] – [[Melanie Appleby]], [[Mel and Kim]] (died 1990)
* [[July 12]]
**[[Taiji (musician)|Taiji]], Japanese bass player and songwriter ([[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] and [[X Japan]]) (died 2011)
**[[Misato Watanabe]], Japanese singer
* [[July 13]] – [[Gerald Levert]], American singer (died 2006)
* [[July 14]] – [[Tanya Donelly]], American musician
* [[July 15]] – [[Jason Bonham]], drummer
* [[July 17]]
**[[Lou Barlow]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Deep Wound]], [[Dinosaur Jr.]], [[Sebadoh]] and [[The Folk Implosion]])
**[[Keith Elam]], rapper & producer
* [[July 20]] – [[Stone Gossard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Pearl Jam]], [[Mother Love Bone]], [[Brad (band)|Brad]], [[Temple of the Dog]] and [[Green River (band)|Green River]])
* [[July 29]] – [[Martina McBride]], American country singer
* [[August 11]] – [[Juan Maria Solare]], composer
*[[August 16]] – [[Emanuel Kiriakou]], American songwriter, producer, record executive, music publisher and multi-instrumentalist,
* [[August 19]]
** [[Lilian Garcia]], American singer and wrestling ring announcer
** [[Lee Ann Womack]], singer
* [[August 20]] – [[Dimebag Darrell]], American rock guitarist (Pantera) (died 2004)
* [[August 22]] – [[GZA/Genius]], rapper
* [[August 25]]
** [[Derek Sherinian]], American keyboardist
** [[Terminator X]], DJ
* [[August 26]] – [[Shirley Manson]], Scottish rock musician ([[Garbage (band)|Garbage]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Marvin McQuitty]],  American gospel drummer (died 2012)
* [[September 1]] - [[Douglas McCarthy]], English vocalist ([[Nitzer Ebb]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Yu Hayami]], Japanese pop idol singer
* [[September 4]] – [[Yanka Dyagileva]], Russian singer
* [[September 5]] – [[Terry Ellis]] ([[En Vogue]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Carola Häggkvist]], Swedish pop singer
* [[September 10]] – [[Robin Goodridge]] ([[Bush (British band)|Bush]])
* [[September 12]] – [[Ben Folds]], singer-songwriter
* [[September 17]] – [[Doug E. Fresh]], American rapper, record producer and beatboxer
* [[September 20]] – [[Nuno Bettencourt]] ([[Extreme (band)|Extreme]])
* [[September 22]] – [[Moustafa Amar]], Egyptian pop star
* [[October 2]] – [[Mousse T.]], DJ
* [[October 12]] – [[Brian Kennedy (singer)|Brian Kennedy]], Irish musician and author
* [[October 15]] – [[Eric Benét]], gospel singer
* [[October 18]]
** Tim Cross, [[Sponge (band)|Sponge]]
** [[Bill Stewart (musician)|Bill Stewart]], American jazz drummer
* [[October 19]] – [[Sinitta]], singer and actress
* [[October 23]] – [[Skúli Sverrisson]], Icelandic composer and bassist
* [[October 31]]
** [[Annabella Lwin]], vocalist ([[Bow Wow Wow]])
** [[Ad-Rock]], [[Beastie Boys]]
* [[November 6]] – [[Paul Gilbert]], American musician
* [[November 11]] – [[Peaches (musician)|Peaches]], born Merrill Nisker, Canadian electronic musician and performance artist
* [[November 14]] – [[Charles Hazlewood]], English orchestral conductor
* [[November 16]] – [[Christian Lorenz]], keyboard player
* [[November 17]]
** [[Jeff Buckley]], singer-songwriter (died 1997)
** [[Soup the Chemist]], born Christopher Jose Cooper, pioneering American [[Christian hip hop]] rapper
** [[Kate Ceberano]], Australian singer and actress
* [[November 20]] – [[Kevin Gilbert (musician)]], American singer, composer and instrumentalist
* [[November 23]] – [[Charlie Grover]] ([[Sponge (band)|Sponge]])
* [[November 24]] – [[Joseph Simmons|Joseph "DJ Run" Simmons]], [[Run D.M.C.]]
* [[November 25]] – [[Stacy Lattisaw]], singer
* [[December 4]] – [[Masta Ace]], rapper
* [[December 8]] – [[Sinéad O'Connor]], Irish pop singer-songwriter, priest, activist (died 2023)
* [[December 9]] – [[Michael Foster (musician)|Michael Foster]], drummer for rock band FireHouse
* [[December 11]] – [[Leon Lai]], Hong Kong singer and actor
* [[December 12]]
** [[Pops Fernandez]], Filipina singer and TV personality
** [[Greg Long (singer)|Greg Long]], contemporary Christian musician
* [[December 20]] – [[Chris Robinson (singer)|Chris Robinson]], vocalist ([[The Black Crowes]])
* [[December 29]] – [[Dexter Holland]] of [[The Offspring]]