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- Terry Bozzio, American drummer for Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, and Missing Persons, turns 57.
- Carson Kievman, American composer, turns 58.
- Tracy Nelson, American blues singer, turns 60.
- Mike Barone, American trombonist, turns 71.
- Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish singer-songwriter, turns 64.
- Peter Sinfield, Brit lyricist and producer, turns 64.
- Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist, turns 91.
- Larry Byrom, American guitarist and songwriter with Steppenwolf, The Hard Times, turns 59.
- James Mead, American guitarist with Kutless, turns 25.
- Martin Glover , (aka Youth) Brit bassist with Killing Joke, turns 46.
- David Knopfler, Scottish guitarist with Dire Straits, turns 56.
- Les Maguire, Brit pianist with Gerry & the Pacemakers, turns 66.
- Karla Bonoff, American singer-songwriter, turns 55.
- Matt Slocum, American guitarist, cellist, and composer with Sixpence None the Richer, turns 35.
- Mike Pinder, (born Michael Thomas Pinder) Brit musician with Moody Blues, turns 66.
- George Berens, Canadian alto saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, turns 98.
- Mick Jones, (born Michael Leslie Jones) Brit guitarist with Foreigner, turns 63.
- Mike Altschul, American tenor saxophonist, turns 62.
- Scotty Moore, American session musician with Elvis Presley, turns 76.
- Bill Crow, American bass player, turns 80.
- Walter Norris, American jazz pianist, turns 76.
- Pic, (born David Conley) American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and songwriter with Surface, turns 50.
- Ivan Sutton (December 27, 1914 – May 27, 1996), Brit concert promoter, would have turned 93 this year.
- "Booty" Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987), (born Mitchell W. Bootie) American session musician (trombonist) with Duke Ellington, would have turned 88 this year.
- Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972), American pianist, composer, and actor, would have turned 101 this year.
- Eddie Wilcox (December 27, 1907 – September 29, 1968), American arranger and pianist, would have turned 100 this year.
- Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 06, 1992), German actress and vocalist, would have turned 106 this year.
- Dardanelle (December 27, 1917 – August 08, 1997), (born Marcia Marie Mullen Hadley) American vocalist, would have turned 90 this year.
- Bunk Johnson (December 27, 1889 – July 07, 1949), (born Willie Gary Johnson) American trumpeter, would have turned 118 this year.
