1948 in music

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Births

• January 7 - Kenny Loggins
• January 8 - Paul King, Blue Oyster Cult
• January 10 - Donald Fagen, Steely Dan
• January 14 - T-Bone Burnett, record producer, artist
• January 15 - Ronnie Van Zandt, Lynyrd Skynyrd
• January 16 - John Carpenter
• January 17 - Mick Taylor, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones
• January 23 - Anita Pointer, The Pointer Sisters
• January 26 - Corky Laing, Mountain
• February 1 - Rick James
• February 2 - Alan McKay, Earth Wind and Fire
• February 4 - Alice Cooper, artist
• February 5 - David Denny, Steve Miller Band
• February 5 - Christopher Guest, actor, musician, Spinal Tap
• February 8 - Ron Tyson, The Temptations
• February 19 - Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath
• March 4 - Chris Squire, Yes
• March 5 - Eddy Grant
• March 8 - Little Peggy March
• March 9 - Jeffrey Osborne
• March 9 - Jimmie Fadden, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• March 12 - James Taylor
• March 17 - Fran Byrne, Ace
• March 22 - Andrew Lloyd Webber
• March 22 - Randy Hobbs, The McCoys
• March 24 - Lee Oskar , War
• March 25 - Michael Stanley
• March 26 - Steven Tyler, Aerosmith
• March 26 - Richard Tandy, Electric Light Orchestra
• March 28 - John Evans, Jethro Tull
• March 28 - Milan Williams, The Commodores
• March 30 - Jim Dandy, Black Oak Arkansas
• March 31 - Mick Ralphs, Mott The Hoople, Bad Company
• April 1 - Jimmy Cliff
• April 1 - Simon Crowe ,Boomtown Rats
• April 4 - Pick Withers, Dire Straits
• April 4 - Berry Oakley, The Allman Brothers
• April 7 - John Oates, Hall and Oates
• April 9 - Chico Ryan, Sha Na Na
• April 9 - Phil Wright, Paper Lace
• April 17 - Jan Hammer
• April 20 - Craig Frost, Grand Funk Railroad
• April 21 - Paul Davis
• April 27 - Kate Pierson, The B-52's
• April 30 - Wayne Kramer, MC5
• May 2 - Larry Gatlin
• May 5 - Bill Ward, Black Sabbath
• May 6 - Mary MacGregor
• May 12 - Steve Winwood
• May 15 - Brian Eno
• May 17 - Bill Bruford, Yes, King Crimson
• May 19 - Tom Scott
• May 21 - Leo Sayer
• May 24 - Ernst Jansz, Doe Marr
• May 25 - Klaus Meine, The Scorpions
• May 26 - Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac
• May 27 - Pete Sears, Jefferson Starship
• May 31 - John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
• June 21 - Joey Molland, Badfinger
• June 21 - Leo Sayers
• June 22 - Todd Rundgren, singer and producer
• June 24 - Patrick Moraz, Yes, The Moody Blues
• June 29 - Ian Paice, Deep Purple
• July 3 - Paul Barrerre, Little Feat
• July 4 - Jeremy Spencer, Fleetwood Mac
• July 7 - Larry Rheinhardt, Iron Butterfly
• July 12 - Walter Egan
• July 18 - Philip Harris, Ace
• July 19 - Keith Godchaux, Grateful Dead
• July 21 - Cat Stevens
• July 25 - Steve Goodman
• August 8 - Andy Fairweather-Low, Amen Corner
• August 10 - Patti Austin
• August 12 - Tony Santini, Sha Na Na
• August 13 - Kathleen Battle
• August 16 - Barry Hay, Golden Earring
• August 19 – Susan Jacks, pop singer
• August 19 - Elliot Lurie, Looking Glass
• August 20 - Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin
• August 24 - Jean Michel Jarre
• August 28 - Daniel Seraphine, Chicago
• September 3 - Don Brewer, Grand Funk Railroad
• September 6 - Claydes Smith, Kool and the Gang
• September 11 - John Martyn
• September 13 - Nell Carter, US singer and actress
• September 16 - Kenny Jones, The Faces, The Who
• September 26 - Olivia Newton-John
• September 29 - Mark Farner, The Pack, Grand Funk Railroad
• October 1 - Cub Koda, Brownsville Station
• October 10 - Cyril Neville, Neville Brothers
• October 15 - Chris de Burgh
• October 28 - Rick Reynolds, Black Oak Arkansas
• October 28 - Telma Hopkins, Tony Orlando & Dawn
• November 3 - Lulu
• November 6 - Glenn Frey, The Eagles
• November 6 - George Young, The Easybeats
• November 21 - Lonnie Jordan, War
• November 22 - Dennis Larden, Every Mother's Son
• December 1 - Eric Bloom, Blue Oyster Cult
• December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath
• December 4 - John Lyon (Southside Johnny)
• December 10 - Jessica Cleave, Friends Of Distinction
• December 13 - Jeff Skunk Baxter, The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan
• December 13 - Ted Nugent
• December 17 - Jim Bonfanti, The Raspberries
• December 20 - Stevie Wright, The Easybeats
• December 25 - Barbara Mandrell
• December 28 - Larry Byrom, Steppenwolf
• December 31 - Donna Summer
• date unknown - Rushton Moreve, Steppenwolf