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- Grandmaster Flash, (born Joseph Saddler) American rapper, turns 49.
- Jean Grae, (born Tsidi Ibrahim) South African rapper affiliated with The Roots, turns 31.
- Video Game Pianist, (born Martin Leung) Canadian pianist, turns 15.
- Andy Gonzalez, American bass player, turns 56.
- Diane Warren, American songwriter, turns 51.
- Virgilio Savona, Italian singer with Quartetto Cetra, turns 87.
- Neville Dickey, Brit pianist, turns 70.
- Country Joe McDonald, American vocalist with Country Joe and the Fish, turns 65.
- Greg Carmichael, Brit guitarist with Acoustic Alchemy, turns 54.
- Eiichi Hayashi, American alto saxophonist, turns 47.
- Saukrates, (born Amani Wailoo) Canadian hip hop musician, turns 30.
- Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer, turns 54.
- Leonid Chizhik, (born Leonid Arkadyevich Chizhik) Moldavian avant-garde jazz and post-bop pianist, turns 60.
- Brody Dalle, Australian guitarist with The Distillers, turns 28.
- Robert Westerholt, Dutch guitarist, Within Temptation, turns 32.
- Yoshio Ikeda, Japanese bass player, turns 65.
- Sonny Greenwich, Canadian guitarist, turns 71.
- Urs Leimgruber, Swiss tenor saxophonist, turns 55.
- Steve Ripley, American country musician with The Tractors, turns 57.
- Morgan Fisher, Brit keyboardist with Mott the Hoople, turns 57.
- Paula Tsui, Hong Kong cantopop singer, turns 59.
- Manny Oquendo, American percussionist, turns 76.
- Amelia Fletcher, Brit vocalist with Talulah Gosh, turns 41.
- Tom Barman, Belgian guitarist and vocalist with dEUS, turns 35.
- Ack Van Rooyen, Dutch flugelhorn player, turns 77.
- Chris Potter, American alto saxophonist, turns 37.
- T.C. Pfeilier, (born Ewald Pfeiler) Austrian organist, turns 49.
- John Digweed, Brit disc jockey and record producer, turns 40.
- Lee Sung Min, Korean boy band vocalist with Super Junior, turns 21.
- Paul Luscher, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, turns 36.
- Al McKibbon (January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005), American bass player, would have turned 88 this year.
- Giovanni D'Anzi (January 1, 1906 – April 15, 1974), Italian songwriter, would have turned 101 this year.
- Artur Rodzinski (January 1, 1892 – November 27, 1958), Polish conductor, would have turned 115 this year.
- Jasper Taylor (January 1, 1894 – November 07, 1964), American drummer, would have turned 113 this year.
- Erich Schmid (January 1, 1907 – December 17, 2000), Swiss composer, would have turned 100 this year.
- Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001), American vocalist, would have turned 61 this year.
- Xavier Cugat (January 1, 1900 – October 27, 1990), Spaniard bandleader, would have turned 107 this year.
- Helmut Brandt (January 1, 1931 – July 26, 2001), German baritone saxophonist, would have turned 76 this year.
- Milt Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 09, 1999), American vibraphonist, would have turned 84 this year.
- Papa Celestin (January 1, 1884 – December 15, 1954), American trumpeter, would have turned 123 this year.
