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- Anita Baker, American R&B songstress, turns 49.
- Corky Laing, Canadian drummer with West, Bruce and Laing, Mountain, turns 59.
- Lucinda Williams, American folk music singer and three-time Grammy Award winner, turns 54.
- Lucía Méndez, Mexican actress and singer known for her 1990 album release, Lucia es Luna Morena, turns 52.
- Marshall Lieb, American guitarist with The Teddy Bears and record producer for Timi Yuro, turns 68.
- Andrew Ridgeley, Brit pop music singer of Wham! fame, turns 44.
- Peter Kenton Winkler, American composer, turns 64.
- Tom Keifer, American guitarist and vocalist for Cinderella, turns 45.
- Bert Heerink, Dutch hard rock vocalist of Vandenberg fame, turns 54.
- Eddie Van Halen, American guitarist of Van Halen fame, turns 50.
- Lothar Jensch, German composer, turns 91.
- David Briggs, Australian guitarist with Little River Band, turns 56.
- Andy Hummell, American bassist of Big Star fame, turns 56.
- Ashley Hutchings, Brit bassist with Fairport Convention, turns 62.
- Page Cavanaugh, (born Walter Cavanaugh) American pianist and vocalist, turns 85.
- Ya Kid K, (born Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi) Congo-Belgian hip-hop music artist, turns 35.
- Derek Holt, Brit bassist with Climax Blues Band, turns 58.
- Jazzie B, (born Beresford Romeo) Brit record producer and vocalist of Soul II Soul fame, turns 44.
- Ulrich Gumpert, German pianist and harmonium player, turns 62.
- Huey "Piano" Smith, American R&B pianist, turns 73.
- Talib Dawud, (born Al Barrymore?) British West Indies (Antigua) trumpeter, turns 84.
- Gary Crosby, Brit bass player of Jamaican descent, turns 52.
- Deon Jackson, American soul music singer, turns 61.
- Jean Knight, American funk singer, turns 64.
- B. James Lowry, American session musician (guitar) for diverse country music acts, turns 49.
- Alice Babs, (born Hildur Alice Nilsson) Swedish vocalist, turns 83.
- Norman Hassan, Brit percussionist with UB40, turns 49.
- Kirk Franklin, American gospel music singer and composer, turns 37.
- Arthur Wethington, American reedist, turns 99.
- Aki Takase, Japanese jazz pianist and composer, turns 59.
- Hector Rivera, American arranger and bandleader, turns 74.
- Dick Nash, American swing/big band-era trombonist and Berklee College of Music alum, turns 79.
- Zbigniew Penherski, Polish composer, turns 72.
- Noel Harrison, Brit singer and actor, turns 71.
- Peter Ronnefeld (January 26, 1935 – August 06, 1965), German composer, would have turned 72 this year.
- William Hayes (January 26, 1708 – July 27, 1777), Brit organist and composer, would have turned 299 this year.
- Warren Frank Benson (January 26, 1924 – October 06, 2005), American composer of chamber music, would have turned 83 this year.
- Paul Pena (January 26, 1950 – October 01, 2005), American delta blues guitarist and songwriter, would have turned 57 this year.
- Marijan Lipovsek (January 26, 1910 – December 25, 1995), Slovenian composer; mother to Marjana Lipovšek, would have turned 97 this year.
- Karl Ristenpart (January 26, 1900 – December 24, 1967), German conductor, would have turned 107 this year.
- Ervin Major (January 26, 1902 – October 10, 1967), Hungarian music composer, would have turned 105 this year.
- Ronnie Hilton (January 26, 1926 – February 20, 2001), Brit singer, would have turned 81 this year.
- Eddie Ballantine (January 26, 1907 – November 14, 1995), American orchestra bandleader for Don McNeil's Breakfast Club, would have turned 100 this year.
- Frederick Corder (January 26, 1852 – August 21, 1932), Brit composer, would have turned 155 this year.
- Arthur Hervey (January 26, 1855 – March 10, 1922), American composer, would have turned 152 this year.
- Norbert Schultze (January 26, 1911 – October 14, 2002), German composer and conductor, would have turned 96 this year.
- Frantisek Chaun (January 26, 1921 – December 31, 1980), Czech composer, would have turned 86 this year.
- Coxsone Dodd (January 26, 1932 – May 05, 2004), (born Clement Seymour Dodd) Jamaican record producer, would have turned 75 this year.
- Johannes Driessler (January 26, 1921 – May 04, 1998), German composer, would have turned 86 this year.
- Jacqueline du Pré (January 26, 1945 – October 19, 1987), Brit cellist, would have turned 62 this year.
- Stan Puls (January 26, 1916 – April 20, 1998), American pianist and organist, would have turned 91 this year.
- Maria von Trapp (January 26, 1905 – March 28, 1987), Austrian-born singer and Trapp Family Singers' matriarch, would have turned 102 this year.
- Emmanuel Aloys Förster (January 26, 1748 – November 12, 1823), German composer and organist, would have turned 259 this year.
- James Van Heusen (January 26, 1913 – February 07, 1990), American songwriter, would have turned 94 this year.
- Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers (January 26, 1742 – June 28, 1806), German organist and composer, would have turned 265 this year.
- Stephane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 – December 01, 1997), French violinist, would have turned 99 this year.
- Johann Jakob Wolleb (January 26, 1613 – October 30, 1667), German composer, would have turned 394 this year.
- Eddie Barclay (January 26, 1921 – May 13, 2005), French record producer and founder of Barclay Records, would have turned 86 this year.
