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- Barbara Dickson, Scottish actress and singer, turns 60.
- Lee Brennan, Brit lead vocalist of 911 fame, turns 32.
- Mark Calderon, American R&B vocalist of Color Me Badd fame, turns 37.
- Stephan Jenkins, American lead vocalist for Third Eye Blind, turns 41.
- Guido Basso, Canadian trumpeter and flugelhorn player, turns 70.
- Shaun Cassidy, American singer-songwriter, turns 49.
- Greg Ham, Australian aerophone player of Men at Work fame, turns 54.
- Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaican bassist with Sly and Robbie, turns 54.
- Nicolas Payton, American trumpeter, turns 34.
- Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter and Juno Award winner, turns 23.
- Erhard Bauschke, German reed player, turns 95.
- Lars Erstrand, Swedish vibraphonist, turns 71.
- Ib Glindemann, Danish bandleader and trumpeter with Stan Kenton and Stan Getz, turns 73.
- Meat Loaf, (nee Marvin Lee Aday) American singer, turns 60.
- Patrick Bourque, American Emerson Drive, turns 30.
- Don Cornelius, American music producer and host of Soul Train, turns 71.
- Peter Ecklund, American trumpeter and cornetist, turns 62.
- Jack Duffy, Canadian vocalist and actor, turns 81.
- Lil' Wayne, American rapper, turns 25.
- Alvin Stardust, (nee Bernard William Jewry) Brit singer and thespian, turns 65.
- Mike Nock, New Zealand jazz keyboardist, turns 67.
- Brad Arnold, American vocalist, 3 Doors Down, turns 29.
- Randy Bachman, Canadian guitarist with The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive, turns 64.
- Bud Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966), American jazz pianist, would have turned 83 this year.
- Teddy Brannon (September 27, 1916 – February 24, 1989), American blues pianist, would have turned 91 this year.
- Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 – April 05, 1946), American composer, would have turned 109 this year.
- Sammy Benskin (September 27, 1922 – August 26, 1992), American jazz pianist, would have turned 85 this year.
- Joseph McCarthy (September 27, 1885 – December 18, 1943), American lyricist and composer, would have turned 122 this year.
- Skip Hall (1909 – 1980), American arranger and pianist, would have turned 98.
- Hank Levy (September 27, 1927 – September 18, 2001), American baritone saxophonist, would have turned 80 this year.
- Nat Shapiro (September 27, 1922 – December 18, 1983), American writer and record producer, would have turned 85 this year.
- Red Rodney (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), American jazz trumpeter, would have turned 80 this year.
