1953 in music

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Births

• January 6 - Malcolm Young, AC/DC
• January 10 - Pat Benatar
• January 15 - Boris Blank, Yello
• January 23 - Robin Zander, Cheap Trick
• January 26 - Lucinda Williams
• January 29 - Luis Perez, Los Lobos
• February 3 - Joëlle (+ 1982)
• February 4 - Alice Cooper
• February 18 - Robin Bachman, drummer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• March 3 - Robyn Hitchcock
• March 23 - Chaka Khan
• March 28 - Steven Tyler , Aerosmith
• March 31 - Sean Hopper, Huey Lewis & the News
• May 8 - Billy Burnette, Fleetwood Mac
• May 14 - David Byrne
• May 15 - Mike Oldfield
• May 16 - Richard Page, Mr. Mister
• May 17 - George Johnson, The Brothers Johnson
• May 19 - Pete Townshend, The Who
• June 8 - Bonnie Tyler
• June 12 - Rocky Burnette
• June 19 - Larry Dunn, Earth Wind & Fire
• June 20 - Cyndi Lauper
• June 20 - Alan Longmuir, The Bay City Rollers
• June 26 - Mick Jones, The Clash
• June 29 - Colin Hay, Men At Work
• July 6 - Nanci Griffith
• July 22 - Don Henley, The Eagles
• July 29 - Geddy Lee, Rush
• July 31 - Hugh MacDowell, Electric Light Orchestra
• August 1 - Robert Cray
• August 8 - Mona Shinn
• August 16 - J.T. Taylor, Kool & the Gang
• August 17 - Kevin Rowland, Dexy's Midnight Runners
• August 27 - Alex Lifeson, Rush
• August 29 - Rick Downey, Blue Öyster Cult
• September 7 - Benmont Tench, keyboardist for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and others
• September 11 - Tommy Shaw, Styx
• October 10 - Midge Ure
• October 14 - Kazumi Watanabe, jazz performer
• October 15 - Tito Jackson, The Jackson 5
• October 16 - Tony Carey, Rainbow
• October 20 - Tom Petty
• October 21 - Charlotte Caffey, The Go-Go's
• October 26 - Keith Strickland, The B-52's
• October 31 - Johnny Clegg
• November 11 - Andy Partridge, XTC
• November 13 - Andrew Rankin, The Pogues
• November 25 - Bev Bevan, Electric Light Orchestra
• Keith Green