1946 in music

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Births

• January 3 - John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin
• January 4 - Arthur Conley
• January 6 - Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd
• January 7 - Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine
• January 7 - Andy Brown, The Fortunes, Pink Floyd
• January 8 - Robby Krieger, The Doors
• January 10 - Aynsley Dunbar, John Mayall, Jefferson Starship, Journey
• January 11 - Tony Kaye, Yes
• January 11 - Naomi Judd
• January 12 - Cynthia Robinson, Sly & the Family Stone
• January 16 - Ronnie Milsap
• January 19 - Dolly Parton
• January 22 - Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols
• January 25 - Ronnie Brandon , The McCoys
• January 26 - Deon Jackson
• January 27 - Nedra Talley, The Ronettes
• January 27 - Kim Gardner, The Byrds, Ashton,Gardner and Dyke
• January 31 - Terry Kath, Chicago
• February 6 - Kate McGarrigle
• February 7 - Sammy Johns
• February 8 - Adolfo De La Parra, Canned Heat
• February 17 - Dodie Stevens
• February 20 - Jerome Geils, J.Geils Band
• February 23 - Rusty Young, Poco
• March 6 - David Gilmour, Pink Floyd
• March 6 - Tony Klatka, Blood, Sweat & Tears
• March 7 - Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band
• March 7 - Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum
• March 8 - Randy Meisner, Poco, The Eagles
• March 15 - Howard Scott, War
• March 17 - Harold Brown, War
• March 19 - Paul Atkinson, The Zombies
• March 19 - Ruth Pointer, The Pointer Sisters
• March 21 - Ray Dorset, Mungo Jerry
• March 22 - Harry Vanda, The Easybeats
• March 24 - Colin Petersen, The Bee Gees
• March 31 - G. Allan Nichol, The Turtles
• April 1 - Ronnie Lane, The Faces
• April 12 - Bob Harris, DJ
• April 13 - Al Green
• April 13 - Roy Loney, Flaming Groovies
• April 18 - Lenny Baker, Sha Na Na
• April 18 - Skip Spence, Jefferson Airplane
• April 26 - John Bucky Wilkin, Ronny & the Daytonas
• April 26 - Vito Balsamo, Vito & The Salutations
• May 1 - Jerry Weiss, Blood, Sweat & Tears
• May 2 - Lesley Gore
• May 2 - Randy Cain, The Delfonics
• May 2 - Robert Henrit, Argent
• May 7 - Ray Monette, Rare Earth
• May 7 - Arcelio Garcia, Malo
• May 10 - Cher
• May 10 - Dave Mason, Traffic
• May 10 - Donovan
• May 10 - Graham Gouldman, 10cc
• May 13 - Danny Klein, J. Geils Band
• May 16 - Robert Fripp, King Crimson
• May 24 - Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash
• June 5 - Freddy Stone, Sly & the Family Stone
• June 7 - Paul Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead
• June 10 - Millie Small
• June 11 - John Lawton, Uriah Heep (band)
• June 15 - Noddy Holder, Slade
• June 25 - Ian McDonald, record producer, (Foreigner)
• June 25 - Allen Lanier, Blue Oyster Cult
• June 30 - Ian Matthews, Fairport Convention
• July 1 - June Monteiro, Toys
• July 9 - Bon Scott, AC/DC
• July 15 - Linda Ronstadt
• July 19 - Alan Gorrie, Average White Band
• July 21 - Barry Whitwam, Herman's Hermits
• July 22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
• July 23 - Andy Mackay, Roxy Music
• July 28 - Jonathan Edwards
• July 30 - Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Jethro Tull
• July 31 - Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac
• July 31 - Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis & The Playboys
• August 1 - Bozz Burrell, Bad Company
• August 5 - Jimmy Webb
• August 10 - Peter Karrie, star of West End musical productions
• August 14 - Larry Graham, Sly & The Family Stone
• August 16 - Gordon Fleet, The Easybeats
• August 19 - Beat Raaflaub, conductor
• August 23 - Keith Moon, The Who
• September 1 - Barry Gibb, The Bee Gees
• September 4 - Gary Duncan, Quicksilver Messenger Service
• September 4 - Greg Elmore, Quicksilver Messenger Service
• September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Queen
• September 5 - Buddy Miles
• September 5 - Loudon Wainwright III
• September 5 - Dean Ford, Marmalade
• September 7 - Alfa Anderson, Chic
• September 9 - Billy Preston
• September 9 - Bruce Palmer, Buffalo Springfield
• September 9 - Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly
• September 11 - Dennis Tufano, The Buckinghams
• September 18 - Alan King, Ace
• September 19 - John Coghlan, Status Quo
• September 28 - Helen Shapiro
• September 30 - Sylvia Peterson, The Chiffons
• October 10 - John Prine
• October 10 - Willard White
• October 11 - Gary Mallaber , Steve Miller Band
• October 13 - Dorothy Moore, singer
• October 14 - Justin Hayward, The Moody Blues
• October 15 - Richard Carpenter, Carpenters
• October 15 - Marsha Hunt, singer and novelist
• October 17 - Jim Tucker, The Turtles
• October 18 - Howard Shore, film composer
• October 19 - Keith Reid, Procul Harum
• October 21 - Lee Loughnane, Chicago
• October 22 - Eddie Brigati, Young Rascals
• October 24 - Jerry Edmonton, Steppenwolf
• October 26 - Keith Hopwood, Herman's Hermits
• October 29 - Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall
• October 30 - René Jacobs, conductor
• October 30 - Chris Slade, AC/DC, Manfred Mann
• November 1 - Rick Grech, Family, Traffic , Blind Faith
• November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist
• November 5 - Gram Parsons, The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers
• November 8 - Roy Wood, The Move, Electric Light Orchestra
• November 17 - Martin Barre, Jethro Tull
• November 19 - Joe Correro Jr., Paul Revere and The Raiders
• November 20 - Duane Allman, The Allman Brothers
• November 22 - Aston Barret, The Upsetters, The Wailers
• November 24 - Bev Bevan, Electric Light Orchestra, Black Sabbath
• December 1 - Gilbert O'Sullivan
• December 5 - José Carreras
• December 5 - Andy Kim
• December 10 - Walter Orange, The Commodores
• December 12 - Clive Bunker, Jethro Tull
• December 14 - Jane Birkin, UK actress and singer
• December 15 - Carmine Appice, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus
• December 16 - Benny Andersson, ABBA
• December 16 - Trevor Pinnock, conductor and harpsichordist
• December 21 - Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys
• December 22 - Rick Nielsen, Cheap Trick
• December 23 - Edita Gruberova, opera singer
• December 25 - Jimmy Buffett
• December 28 - Edgar Winter
• December 29 - Marianne Faithfull
• December 30 - Patti Smith