1957 in music

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Births

• January - Grandmaster Flash
• January 4 - Patty Loveless
• January 18 - Tom Bailey, Thompson Twins
• January 19 - Mickey Virtue, UB40
• January 23 - Earl Falconer, bassist
• January 26 - Eddie Van Halen, Van Halen
• January 26 - Norman Hassan, UB40
• January 27 - Janick Gers, musician, Iron Maiden
• February 2 - Tony Butler, Big Country
• February 27 - Adrian Smith, musician, Iron Maiden
• February 28 - Cindy Wilson, The B-52's
• March 12 - Steve Harris, musician, Iron Maiden
• March 12 - Marlon Jackson, The Jackson 5
• March 26 - Paul Morley, music journalist
• May 10 - Sid Vicious
• May 27 - Siouxsie Sioux, Siouxsie & the Banshees
• April 12 - Vince Gill
• June 11 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma
• June 18 - Tom Bailey, Thompson Twins
• June 22 - Gary Beers, INXS
• June 26 - Patty Smyth
• July 3 - Laura Branigan
• July 30 - Christopher Miller, known as Rat Scabies
• August 18 - Ron Strykert, Men at Work
• August 21 - Budgie, Siouxsie & the Banshees
• August 31 - Glenn Tilbrook, Squeeze
• August 31 - Gina Schock, The Go-Go's
• September 1 - Gloria Estefan, singer
• September 1 - Jon Moss, London, Culture Club
• September 22 - Johnette Napolitano, Concrete Blond
• September 22 - Nick Cave
• October 7 - Michael W. Smith
• October 19 - Karl Wallinger, World Party
• October 21 - Steve Lukather, Toto
• October 21 - Julian Cope
• October 28 - Stephen Morris, New Order
• November 1 - Lyle Lovett
• November 8 - Porl Thompson, The Cure
• November 24 - Chris Hayes, Huey Lewis & The News
• December 9 - Donny Osmond, singer
• December 9 - Steve Taylor, singer, record producer
• December 10 - Paul Hardcastle
• December 12 - Sheila E.
• December 20 - Billy Bragg, singer, song-writer
• December 20 - Anita Baker
• December 23 - Victoria Williams, singer
• December 25 - Shane MacGowan, The Pogues