December 1
1933 – Lou Rawls
1934 – Billy Paul
1938 – Sandy Nelson
1944 – Eric Bloom (Blue Öyster Cult)
1944 – John Densmore (The Doors)
1945 – Bette Midler
1946 – Gilbert O'Sullivan
December 2
1941 – Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann)
1960 – Rick Savage (Def Leppard)
1968 – Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters)
December 3
1925 – Ferlin Husky
1927 – Andy Williams
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne
1949 – Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship, Starship)
1952 – Don Barnes (38 Special)
December 4
1936 – Freddy Cannon
1944 – Chris Hillman (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers)
1944 – Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys)
1948 – Southside Johnny (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes)
1951 – Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
December 5
1932 – Little Richard
1938 – J. J. Cale
1947 – Jim Messina (Buffalo Springfield, Poco, Loggins and Messina)
1947 – Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown)
December 6
1943 – Mike Smith (The Dave Clark Five)
1956 – Peter Buck (R.E.M.)
1956 – Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot)
1961 – David Lovering (Pixies)
December 7
1910 – Louis Prima
1942 – Harry Chapin
1949 – Tom Waits
1960 – Craig Scanlon (The Fall)
1967 – Louise Post (Veruca Salt)
December 8
1925 – Sammy Davis Jr.
1939 – Jerry Butler (The Impressions)
1941 – Bobby Elliott (The Hollies)
1943 – Jim Morrison (The Doors)
1944 – Mike Botts (Bread)
1947 – Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
1957 – Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
1962 – Marty Friedman (Megadeth)
1966 – Sinéad O'Connor
December 9
1957 – Donny Osmond
1968 – Brian Bell (Weezer)
1969 – Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers)
December 11
1931 – Rita Moreno
1940 – David Gates (Bread)
1944 – Brenda Lee
1958 – Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
December 12
1915 – Frank Sinatra
1937 – Connie Francis
1940 – Dionne Warwick
1943 – Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band)
1944 – Rob Tyner (MC5)
1953 – Dave Meniketti (Y&T)
1957 – Cy Curnin (The Fixx)
1957 – Sheila E.
1968 – Danny Boy (House of Pain)
December 13
1948 – Jeff Baxter (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
1948 – Ted Nugent (The Amboy Dukes, Damn Yankees)
1949 – Randy Owen (Alabama)
1953 – Berton Averre (The Knack)
1954 – Steve Forbert
1956 – Morris Day (The Time)
December 14
1911 – Spike Jones
1932 – Charlie Rich
1964 – C. J. Snare (FireHouse)
December 15
1932 – Jesse Belvin
1939 – Dave Clark (The Dave Clark Five)
1946 – Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)
December 16
1945 – Tony Hicks (The Hollies)
1946 – Benny Andersson (ABBA)
1949 – Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
December 17
1938 – Carlo Little (The Rolling Stones)
1939 – Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations)
1949 – Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, Queen + Paul Rodgers)
1958 – Mike Mills (R.E.M.)
1961 – Sara Dallin (Bananarama)
December 18
1938 – Chas Chandler (The Animals)
1941 – Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1943 – Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)
1950 – Randy Castillo (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe)
1953 – Elliot Easton (The Cars)
1954 – Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions)
December 19
1915 – Edith Piaf
1941 – Maurice White (Earth, Wind & Fire)
1952 – Walter Murphy
1958 – Limahl (Kajagoogoo)
December 20
1945 – Peter Criss (Kiss)
1948 – Alan Parsons (The Alan Parsons Project)
1956 – Anita Ward
1959 – Jackie Fox (The Runaways)
1966 – Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes)
December 21
1940 – Frank Zappa (The Mothers of Invention)
1942 – Carla Thomas
1946 – Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)
1951 – Nick Gilder (Sweeney Todd)
December 22
1939 – James Gurley (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1945 – Billie Davis
1948 – Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
1949 – Maurice Gibb (The Bee Gees, The Rattlesnakes)
1949 – Robin Gibb (The Bee Gees, The Rattlesnakes)
December 23
1940 – Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane)
1941 – Ron Bushy (Iron Butterfly)
1941 – Tim Hardin
1943 – Harry Shearer/Derek Smalls (Spinal Tap)
1946 – Luther Grosvenor (Spooky Tooth, Mott the Hoople)
1949 – Adrian Belew (King Crimson)
1951 – Anthony Phillips (Genesis)
1956 – Dave Murray (Iron Maiden)
1964 – Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
December 24
1945 – Lemmy (Motörhead, Hawkwind)
December 25
1907 – Cab Calloway
1937 – O'Kelly Isley Jr. (The Isley Brothers)
1945 – Noel Redding (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Fat Mattress)
1946 – Jimmy Buffett
1948 – Barbara Mandrell
1948 – Merry Clayton
1954 – Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
1958 – Alannah Myles
December 26
1935 – Duke Fakir (Four Tops)
1939 – Phil Spector
1963 – Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
December 27
1931 – Scotty Moore
1941 – Mike Pinder (The Moody Blues)
1944 – Mick Jones (Foreigner)
1946 – Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith)
1950 – Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons, Frank Zappa)
1952 – David Knopfler (Dire Straits)
December 28
1914 – Pops Staples (The Staple Singers)
1946 – Edgar Winter (The Edgar Winter Group)
1948 – Mary Weiss (The Shangri-Las)
1950 – Alex Chilton (The Box Tops, Big Star)
1953 – Martha Wash (Sylvester, The Weather Girls)
December 29
1929 – Matt "Guitar" Murphy (The Blues Brothers)
1939 – Ed Bruce
1943 – Rick Danko (The Hawks, The Band)
1946 – Marianne Faithfull
1950 – Rob Parissi (Wild Cherry)
1951 – Yvonne Elliman
1961 – Jim Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
1965 – Dexter Holland (The Offspring)
December 30
1928 – Bo Diddley
1931 – Skeeter Davis
1934 – Del Shannon
1937 – Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1942 – Michael Nesmith (The Monkees)
1945 – Davy Jones (The Monkees)
1946 – Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)
1946 – Patti Smith
1947 – Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys)
December 31
1942 – Andy Summers (The Police)
1943 – John Denver
1943 – Pete Quaife (The Kinks)
1947 – Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
1948 – Donna Summer
1951 – Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith)
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