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- Jack Greene, American country music singer, turns 77.
- John Colianni, American jazz pianist, turns 44.
- Mike McCartney, (born Peter Michael McCartney) Brit vocalist with The Scaffold, turns 63.
- Horry King, Australian reedist, turns 82.
- Kenny Loggins, (born Kenneth Clark Loggins) American singer and songwriter, turns 59.
- Kathy Valentine, American bassist with The Go-Go's, turns 48.
- Jann Wenner, American publisher of Rolling Stone magazine, turns 61.
- Eldee Young, American bass player, turns 71.
- Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter, turns 58.
- Donald Payne, American bass player, turns 74.
- Jimmy West, American guitarist, turns 66.
- Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter, turns 57.
- Dave Cousins, Brit frontman for The Strawbs, turns 62.
- Leona Williams, (born Leona Belle Helton) American bassist for Loretta Lynn (see also Helton Family Band), turns 64.
- Danny Williams, South African singer, turns 65.
- Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish pop music singer, turns 34.
- Andy Brown, Brit drummer with The Fortunes, turns 61.
- David Lee Murphy, American country music singer, turns 48.
- John Rich, American bassist and vocalist of Lonestar, Big & Rich fame, turns 33.
- Paul Revere, (born Paul Revere Dick) American keyboardist of Paul Revere & the Raiders fame, turns 70.
- Rory Storm (January 7, 1938 – February 02, 1972), (born Alan Caldwell) British singer, would have turned 69 this year.
- Iona Brown (January 7, 1941 – June 05, 2004), Brit conductor and violinist, would have turned 66 this year.
- Jean-Pierre Rampal (January 7, 1922 – May 20, 2000), French flautist, would have turned 85 this year.
- Keg Purnell (January 7, 1915 – June 25, 1965), American sideman (drummer), would have turned 92 this year.
- Chano Pozo (January 7, 1915 – February 12, 1948), (born Luciano Gonzales) Cuban percussionist, would have turned 92 this year.
- Herb Magidson (January 7, 1906 – January 02, 1986), American lyricist, would have turned 101 this year.
- Emanuil Manolov (January 7, 1860 – February 02, 1902), Bulgarian composer, would have turned 147 this year.
- Dave Schildkraut (January 7, 1925 – January 01, 1998), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 82 this year.
- Red Allen (January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967), (born Henry Allen) American trumpeter, would have turned 99 this year.
- Kenny Davern (January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006), American clarinetist, would have turned 72 this year.
- Francis Poulenc (January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963), French composer with Les Six, would have turned 108 this year.
- Sam Woodyard (January 7, 1925 – September 20, 1988), American drummer, would have turned 82 this year.
- Al Bowlly (January 7, 1898 – April 17, 1941), Mozambique-born vocalist, would have turned 109 this year.
- Tommy Johnson (January 7, 1935 – October 16, 2006), American session musician (tuba), would have turned 72 this year.