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- Amy Grant, American Grammy Award-winning Contemporary Christian music artist, turns 47.
- Tunde Baiyewu, Nigerian vocalist with Lighthouse Family, turns 39.
- Guilherme Franco, Brazilian percussionist, turns 61.
- Bill Morrissey, American folk musician, turns 56.
- Tim Armstrong, American record label owner; guitarist for The Transplants, Rancid, turns 41.
- Alan Cohen, British arranger and composer, turns 73.
- Jocelyn Brown, American singer, turns 57.
- Erick Sermon, American record producer and member of EPMD, Def Squad, turns 39.
- Rusty Bryant, American tenor saxophonist, turns 78.
- Shiina Ringo, (born Yumiko Shiina) Japanese j-pop artist, turns 29.
- Rodney Sheppard, American guitarist of Sugar Ray fame, turns 40.
- Terrell Stafford, American trumpeter, turns 41.
- Thea Gilmore, British songwriter, turns 28.
- Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter, turns 63.
- Palle Bolvig, Danish trumpeter and flugelhorn player, turns 75.
- Steve Rothery, Brit guitarist with Marillion, turns 48.
- Mark Lanegan, American musician of Screaming Trees fame, turns 45.
- Eric Grossman, Belgian bassist with K's Choice, turns 45.
- Stacy Lattisaw, American dance music singer, turns 41.
- Percy Sledge, American soul music singer; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, turns 67.
- Charles Crosby, American session musician (drummer), turns 76.
- Jimmy Johnson, American multi-instrumentalist, turns 79.
- Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1897 – September 30, 1989), American composer and music critic, would have turned 110 this year.
- Sergei Taneyev (November 25, 1856 – June 19, 1915), Russian composer and musical composition teacher, would have turned 151 this year.
- Wilmoth Houdini (November 25, 1895 – August 06, 1973), Caribbean calypsonian, would have turned 112 this year.
- Toni Ortelli (November 25, 1904 – March 03, 2000), Italian composer and conductor, would have turned 103 this year.
- Joe Carroll (November 25, 1919 – February 01, 1981), American vocalist, would have turned 88 this year.
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt (November 25, 1752 – June 27, 1814), German composer, would have turned 255 this year.
- Wilhelm Kempff (November 25, 1895 – May 23, 1991), German pianist, would have turned 112 this year.
- Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 03, 1984), American songwriter for Broadway theatre and Hollywood, would have turned 107 this year.
- Derroll Adams (November 25, 1925 – February 06, 2000), American banjoist, would have turned 82 this year.
- Dick Wellstood (November 25, 1927 – July 24, 1987), American stride pianist, would have turned 80 this year.
- Willie Smith (November 25, 1910 – March 07, 1967), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
- Willie "The Lion" Smith (November 25, 1897 – April 18, 1973), American composer and stride pianist, would have turned 110 this year.
- Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001), American jazz singer, would have turned 79 this year.
- June Christy (November 25, 1925 – June 21, 1990), American vocalist, would have turned 82 this year.
- Matthew Gee (November 25, 1925 – July 18, 1979), American bop-style trombonist, would have turned 82 this year.
- Nat Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 02, 2000), American cornetist in the soul jazz genre, would have turned 76 this year.
- O'Neill Spencer (November 25, 1909 – July 24, 1944), American drummer with Mills Blue Rhythm Band, would have turned 98 this year.
- Paul Desmond (November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977), American alto saxophonist and The Dave Brubeck Quartet alum, would have turned 83 this year.
- Gus Bivona (November 25, 1915 – January 05, 1996), American reedist, would have turned 92 this year.
- Winthrop Ames (November 25, 1870 – November 03, 1937), American theatrical director and operetta producer, would have turned 137 this year.
- Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (November 25, 1862 – February 17, 1901), American pianist and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, would have turned 145 this year.
