1955 in music

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Births

• January 3 - Helen O'Hara, British musician
• January 8 - Mike Reno, Loverboy
• January 13 - Fred White, Earth Wind and Fire
• January 13 - Trevor Rabin, Yes
• January 17 - Steve Earle
• January 19 - Simon Rattle, conductor
• January 27 - Richard Young, Kentucky Headhunters
• February 18 - Riff Regan, real name Miles Tredinnick, London
• February 23 - Howard Jones
• March 2 - Jay Osmond, The Osmonds
• March 10 - Bunny DeBarge, DeBarge
• March 15 - Dee Snider, Twisted Sister
• April 13 - Louis Johnson, The Brothers Johnson
• April 17 - Pete Shelley Buzzcocks
• May 9 - Anne Sofie von Otter
• May 20 - Steve George, Mr. Mister
• May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner, composer
• May 21 - Stan Lynch, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• May 28 - John McGeoch, Magazine, PiL, and Siouxsie & the Banshees, (d. 2004)
• May 30 - Nicky Headon, The Clash
• June 7 - Joey Scarbury
• June 20 - Michael Anthony, Van Halen
• July 4 - John Waite
• July 18 - Terry Chambers, XTC
• July 21 - Howie Epstein, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• August 9 - Benjamin Orr, The Cars
• August 17 - Colin Moulding, XTC
• August 29 - Diamanda Galás
• September 3 - Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols
• September 28 - George Lynch, Dokken
• October 2 - Philip Oakey, Human League
• October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
• October 10 - David Lee Roth, Van Halen
• October 21 - Rich Mullins (+ 1997)
• October 29 - Kevin Dubrow, Quiet Riot
• November 30 - Billy Idol
• December 6 - Bright Sheng, composer
• December 15 - Paul Simonon, The Clash