December 1: Singers Billy Paul (1934), and Lou Rawls (1937), The Doors' John Densmore (1945),
Bette Midler (1945), Steve Jansen of Japan (1959)

December 2: Tom McGuinness of Manfred Mann (1941), Iron Maiden's Rick Savage (1960)

December 3: The Velvet Underground's John Cale (1940), Ralph McTell (1944), John Wilson of Them (1947), "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow of Commander Cody And The Lost Planet Airmen (1948), Ozzy Osbourne (1948),
Duane Roland of Molly Hatchet (1952)

December 4: Freddy Cannon (1939), Chris Hillman of The Byrds (1942), Bob Mosely of Moby Grape (1942),
Jeff Bridges (1949)

December 5: Little Richard AKA Richard Wayne Penniman (1935), J.J. Cale (1938), Jim Messina (1947)

December 6: Dave Brubeck (1920), Mike Smith of The Dave Clark Five (1943),
Kim Simmonds of Savoy Brown (1947), Rick Butler of The Jam (1955), Peter Buck of R.E.M. (1956)
Randy Rhoads (1956)

December 7: Harry Chapin (1942), Tom Waits (1949)

December 8: Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), B3 master Jimmy Smith (1925),
Jerry Butler of The Impressions (1939), Bobby Elliot of The Hollies (1943), Jim Morrison (1943),
Marmalade's Graham Knight (1946), Greg Allman (1947), Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant (1949),
Def Leppard's Phil Collen (1957)

December 9: Chicago bluesman Junior Wells (1934), Neil Innes of The Bonzo Dog Band (1944),
Joan Armatrading (1950), Donnie Osmond (1957)

December 10: Eddie Jones AKA Guitar Slim (1926), Chad Stuart of Chad and Jemeremy (1943),
Chris Kefford of The Move (1944)

December 11: Big Mama Thornton AKA Willie Mae Thornton (1926),
Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and The MGs (1944), Brenda Lee (1944), XTC's Andy Partridge (1953), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Nikki Sixx (1958)

December 12: Frank Sinatra (1915), jazz guitarist Jim Hall (1930) Connie Francis (1938),
Dionne Warwick (1941), The Incredible String Band's Mike Heron (1942),
Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues (1942), Richard Betts of The Allman Brothers (1943),
Jethro Tull's Clive Bunker (1946), Ray Jackson of Lindisfarne (1948), Free's Paul Rogers (1949),
Don Baird of The Georgia Satellites (1953), Steve Forbert (1954), Marlon Jackson (1957),
Sheila E. (Escovedo) (1959), Propaganda's Claudia Bruken (1963), Sinead O'Connor (1966)

December 13: Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of Steely Dan, etc. (1948), Ted Nugent (1948),
Television's Tom Verlaine (1949), Berton Averre of The Knack (1954)

December 14: Charlie Rich (1934), AC/DC's Cliff Williams (1949),
Mike Scott of The Waterboys (1958), Peter "Spider" Stacy of The Pogues (1958)
 
December 15: Guitarist Oscar Moore (1912), DJ Alan Freed (1922),
Cindy Birdsong ofThe Supremes (1939), Dave Clark of The Dave Clark Five (1942),
Vanilla Fudge's Carmen Appice(1946), The Clash's Paul Simonon (1955)

December 16: Benny Andersson of Abba (1946), ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons (1949),
RobbenFord (1951)

December 17: The Neville Brothers' Art Neville (1938),
Eddie Kendricks ofTheTemptations (1939), Paul Butterfield (1942),
Jim Bonfanti of The Raspberries (1948), Carlton Barrett of The Wailers (1950),
R.E.M.'s Mike Mills (1958), The Replacements' Bob Stinson (1959)

December 18: Saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vincent (1917), Lonnie Brooks (1933),
Chas Chandler, manager of Hendrix, The Animals, etc. (1938),
Sam Andrew of Big Brother and The Holding Company (1941), Keith Richards (1943),
Bill Nelson of Be Bop Deluxe (1948), The Cars' Elliot Easton (1953),
The Primitives' Steve Dullahan (1966)

December 19: Edith Piaf (1915), Professor Longhair (1918), Phil Ochs (1940),
Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire (1941), Alvin Lee of Ten Years After (1944),
Zal Yanofsky of The Lovin' Spoonful (1944), John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1945)

December 20: Bobby Colomby of Blood, Sweat And Tears (1944),
Peter Kriss of Kiss (1947), Stevie Wright of The Easybeats (1948), Billy Bragg (1957),
Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes (1966)

December 21: Frank Zappa (1940), Albert Lee (1943), Beach Boy Carl Wilson (1946),
The Rumour's Martin Belmont (1948), Betty "Clean Up Woman" Wright (1953)

December 22: Barry Jenkins of The Animals (1944),
Maurice and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees (1949), Cheap Trick's Rick Neilsen (1954)

December 23: Esther Phillips (1935),
Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (1940), Tim Hardin (1941),
Luther Grosvenor of Spooky Tooth (1949), Iron Maiden's Dave Murray (1958)

December 24: New Orleans sideman Dave Bartholomew (1920),
R&B vocalist Lee Dorsey (1924), Lemmy AKA Ian Kilminster of Hawkwind/Motorhead (1945),
Jan Akkerman of Focus (1946), Human League's Ian Burden (1955)

December 25: Little Richard AKA Richard Penniman (1932),
O'Kelly Isley of The Isley Brothers (1937), Trevor Lucas of Fairport Convention (1943),
Henry Vestine of Canned Heat (1944), Noel Redding of The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1945),
Jimmy Buffett (1946), Barbara Mandrell (1948), Robin Campbell of UB40 (1954),
Annie Lennox (1954), The Pogues' Shane MacGowan (1957)

December 26: Abdul "Duke" Fakir of The Four Tops (1938), Phil Spector (1940),
Gordon Edwards of The Pretty Things (1946)

December 27: Elvis guitarist Scotty Moore (1931), Dave Rowberry of The Animals (1943),
Foreigner's Mick Jones (1944), Tracy Nelson (1944), Peter Criss of Kiss (1947),
Steppenwolf's Larry Byrom (1948)

December 28: Earl "Fatha" Hines (1903), Roebuck "Pop" Staples (1915),
Johnny Otis (1921), Dorsey Burnett (1932), Edgar Winter (1946),
Dick Diamonde of The Easybeats (1947), Alex Chilton of The Box Tops/Big Star (1950)

December 29: Ray Thomas of the Moody Blues (1942), Marianne Faithfull (1946)

December 30: Bo Diddley (1928), Skeeter Davis (1931), Michael Nesmith(1942),
Davy Jones of the Monkees (1945), Patti Smith (1946)

December 31: Country singer Rex Allen (1922), Odetta (1930),
Andy Summers of the Police (1942), John Denver (1943),
Burton Cummings of the Guess Who (1947), Donna Summer (1948), George Thorogood (1952),
Joe McIntyre of New Kids on the Block (1972)

December 1: Jazz violinist extraordinaire Stephane Grapelli (1997), bluegrass guitarist Carter Stanley (1966),
blues guitarist Magic Sam AKA Samuel Maghett (1969)

December 2: Folksinger David Blue (1982), Aaron Copland (1990)

December 4: Tommy Bolin (1976), Frank Zappa (1993)

December 5: The Gin Blossoms' Douglas Hopkins (1993)

December 6: Roy Orbison (1988)

December 7: Razzle of Hanoi Rocks (1984)

December 8: Gary Thain of Uriah Heep (1975), John Lennon (1980), Marty Robbins (1982),
trumpeter Buck Clayton (1991)

December 10: Otis Redding (1967), Bill Harris of The Clovers (1988),
Darren Robinson of The Fat Boys (1995), Faron Young (1996), Rick Danko of The Band (1999)

December 11: Sam Cooke (1964)

December 12: Rolling Stones founding member Ian Stewart (1985)

December 14: Dinah Washington (1963)
 
December 15: Jazz piano pioneer Fats Waller (1943)

December 17: Theodore "Hound Dog" Taylor (1975), Grover Washington (1999)

December 18: Funk guitarist Jimmy Nolen (1983), The Gin Blossoms' Douglas Hopkins (1993),
reggae singer Joe Higgs (1999)

December 19: Michael Clark of The Byrds (1993), Masaru Ibuka, founder of Sony Corp.(1997),
Jimmy Rogers, backup guitarist to Muddy Waters (1997)

December 20: Bobby Darin (1973), Hank Snow (1999)

December 21: Blues guitar master Albert King (1992), jazz trumpeter Johnny Coles (1997)

December 22: The Minutemen's guitarist D. Boon (1985)

December 23: Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel (1992)

December 24: Johnny Ace (1954)

December 25: Bryan MacLean of Love (1998), blues guitarist Eddie Taylor (1981)

December 26: Curtis Mayfield (1999)

December 27: Hoagy Carmichael (1981)

December 28: Freddie King (1976)

December 29: Tim Hardin (1980)

December 30: Broadway composer Richard Rodgers (1979)

December 31: Floyd Kramer (1997), Ricky Nelson (1985),
Bluesman Robert Pete Williams (1980), R&B writer/producer Bert Berns (1967)