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- Benjamin Darvill, Brit multi-instrumentalist for Crash Test Dummies, turns 40.
- Boris Rose, American music producer, turns 89.
- Cait O'Riordan, Irish bassist with The Pogues, turns 42.
- Roger Bell, Australian trumpeter, turns 88.
- Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter, turns 41.
- Nigel Hitchcock, Brit alto saxophonist, turns 36.
- Beth Gibbons, Brit vocalist with Portishead, turns 42.
- Al Dreares, American drummer, turns 78.
- Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist with Cocteau Twins, turns 45.
- Ted Nettelbeck, Australian pianist, turns 71.
- Michael Stipe, American vocalist of R.E.M. fame, turns 47.
- Marcel King, Brit R&B vocalist with Sweet Sensation, turns 49.
- Bernard Sumner, Brit guitarist with New Order, turns 51.
- Clive Gregson, Brit singer and songwriter for Any Trouble, turns 52.
- John Gorman, Brit vocalist with The Scaffold, turns 70.
- David Glasper, Welsh vocalist with Breathe, turns 42.
- John McLaughlin, Brit jazz guitarist with Mahavishnu Orchestra, turns 65.
- Nels Cline, American guitarist, turns 51.
- Alex Cline, American drummer, turns 51.
- Patty Loveless, American singer, turns 51.
- David Lee, American drummer, turns 66.
- Eugene Chadbourne, American avant-garde guitarist, turns 53.
- Ken James, Australian reedist, turns 63.
- Chris Cutler, Brit ethnomusicologist and drummer for Pere Ubu and The Residents, turns 60.
- Pavel Smetacek, Czech bandleader, turns 67.
- Tim Wheeler, Irish guitarist and vocalist with Ash, turns 30.
- Ron Webber, Australian drummer, turns 79.
- Frank Wess, American flautist and saxophonist, turns 85.
- Ray Starling, Brit trumpeter, turns 74.
- Robert Dick, American flautist, turns 57.
- Noro Morales (January 4, 1911 – January 16, 1964), Puerto Rican pianist, would have turned 96 this year.
- Slim Gaillard (January 4, 1916 – February 26, 1991), Cuban multi-instrumentalist, would have turned 91 this year.
- Alan Littlejohn (January 4, 1929 – November 12, 1995), Brit trumpeter, would have turned 78 this year.
- Joe Marsala (January 4, 1907 – March 03, 1978), American composer, clarinetist, and saxophonist, would have turned 100 this year.
- Sydney Lipton (January 4, 1904 – July 19, 1995), Brit violinist, would have turned 103 this year.
- Tito Rodriguez (January 4, 1923 – February 28, 1973), Puerto Rican bandleader and vocalist, would have turned 84 this year.
- Frankie Newton (January 4, 1906 – March 11, 1954), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 101 this year.
- Arthur Conley, American vocalist and protégé to Otis Redding, turns 61.
