1952 in music

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Births

• January 15 - Melvyn Gale, Electric Light Orchestra
• January 20 - Paul Stanley, Kiss
• January 20 - Ian Hill, Judas Priest
• January 22 - Teddy Gentry, Alabama
• January 23 - Robin Zander, Cheap Trick
• January 29 - Tommy Ramone, The Ramones
• January 30 - Steve Bartek, Oingo Boingo
• February 4 - Jerry Shirley, Humble Pie
• February 12 - Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers
• February 13 - Edward John Gagliardi, Foreigner
• February 17 - James Ingram
• February 18 - Juice Newton
• February 23 - Brad Whitford, Aerosmith
• March 19 - Derek Longmuir, Bay City Rollers
• April 2 - Leon Wilkerson, Lynyrd Skynyrd
• April 4 - Dave Hill, Slade
• April 4 - Gary Moore, Skid Row, Thin Lizzy
• May 11 - Renaud Séchan, composer
• May 13 - Mary Cleere Haran, US singer
• May 14 - David Byrne, Talking Heads
• May 19 - Barbara Joyce Lomas, B.T. Express
• May 19 - Joey Ramone, The Ramones
• June 12 - Junior Brown
• June 14 - Jim Lea, Slade
• June 16 - Gino Vannelli
• June 25 - Tim Finn, Split Enz, Crowded House
• July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers
• July 2 - Johnny Colla, Huey Lewis & The News
• July 16 - Stewart Copeland, The Police
• July 17 - Phoebe Snow
• July 17 - Nicolette Larson
• August 6 - Pat McDonald, Timbuk 3
• August 20 - John Hiatt
• August 26 - Billy Rush, Asbury Jukes
• August 27 - Laurie Wisefield, guitarist for Wishbone Ash
• September 4 - Martin Chambers, The Pretenders
• September 9 - Dave Stewart, Eurythmics
• September 12 - Neil Peart, Rush
• September 12 - Gerry Beckley, America
• September 13 - Randy Jones, The Village People
• September 18 - Dee Dee Ramone, The Ramones
• September 19 - Nile Rogers, The Honeydrippers
• September 30 - John Lombardo, 10,000 Maniacs
• October 17 - Jim Strecker, Good Ol'e Boys
• October 18 - Keith Knudsen, The Doobie Brothers, Southern Pacific
• November 2 - Maxine Nightingale
• November 11 - Paul Cowsill, The Cowsills
• December 27 - David Knopfler, Dire Straits
• Burleigh Drummond - Ambrosia, The Lost Dogs