1971 in music

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Births

• January 8 - Karen Poole,Alisha's Attic
• January 11 - Mary J. Blige
• January 11 - Tom Rowlands, Chemical Brothers
• January 11 - Stuart Davis, lyricist
• January 17 - Kid Rock, rapper
• January 18 - Jonathan Davis, Ko?n
• January 25 - China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner)
• February 1 - Ron Welty of The Offspring
• February 2 - Michelle Gayle, singer
• February 2 - Ben Mize, Counting Crows
• February 16 - Amanda Holden, actress and singer
• February 19 - Gil Shaham, violinist
• February 23 - Jeff Beres, Sister Hazel
• February 26 - Erykah Badu
• March 4 - Feargal Lawler, The Cranberries
• March 5 - John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers
• March 31 - Ewan McGregor, actor and singer
• April 17 - Selena Quintanilla
• April 20 - Mikey Welsh, Weezer
• May 3 - Damon Dash, record label executive
• May 4 - Mike Dirnt, Green Day
• May 27 - Lisa Lopes, TLC (d. 2002)
• May 30 - Patrick Dahlheimer, Live
• June 9 - Paul McGuigan, Oasis
• June 16- Tupac Shakur, rapper
• June 17 - Bif Naked, singer
• June 18 - Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men
• June 21 - Betty Boo
• June 27 - DJ Screw, rapper (d. 2000)
• July 1 - Missy Elliott
• July 17 - DJ Minutemix, P.M. Dawn
• July 17 - Ed Kowalczyk, Live
• July 23 - Alison Krauss
• July 30 - Calogero, singer
• July 30 - Elvis Crespo, singer
• August 4 - Yo-Yo (rapper)
• September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries
• September 19 - D-Flame, hip-hop and reggae performer
• September 24 - Marty Cintron, No Mercy
• September 28 - A. J. Croce, singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce
• October 2 - Tiffany
• October 10 - Evgeny Kissin, pianist
• October 20 - Snoop Dogg
• October 25 - Midori, violinist
• November 6 - Joey Beltram, DJ and record producer
• November 8 - Tech N9ne, rapper
• December 24 - Ricky Martin
• December 25 - Noel Hogan, The Cranberries
• John Dolmayan, System of a Down
• Derrick Plourde, The Ataris