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- Barry Altschul, American drummer, turns 83.
- Don Sickler, American arranger and trumpeter, turns 82.
- Shirley Brown, American southern soul singer, turns 79.
- Joey Miskulin, American accordion player, turns 77.
- Kim Wilson, American bassist for The Fabulous Thunderbirds, turns 75.
- Jett Williams, American country music artist, turns 74.
- Kathy Sledge, American R&B singer of Sister Sledge , turns 67.
- Muzz Skillings, American bassist with Living Colour, turns 66.
- Mark O'Toole, Brit bassist with Frankie Goes to Hollywood, turns 62.
- A. R. Rahman, (born A.S. Dileep Kumar) Indian composer, songwriter and producer , turns 60.
- Nek, (born Filippo Neviani) Italian vocalist, turns 57.
- Nikki Einfeld, Canadian opera singer, turns 48.
- Chris Laurence, Brit bass player, turns 77.
- Mike Jones, American rapper, turns 45.
- Alex Turner, British singer and songwriter of Arctic Monkeys, turns 40.
- Nicky Romero, Dutch EDM producer and DJ, turns 37.
- Andrew Wood (January 6, 1966 –March 19, 1990), American singer of Mother Love Bone , would have turned 60 this year.
- Michael Houser (January 6, 1962 –August 10, 2002), American guitarist with Widespread Panic, would have turned 64 this year.
- Malcolm Young (January 6, 1953 –November 18, 2017), Scottish rhythm guitarist with AC/DC, would have turned 73 this year.
- Sandy Denny (January 6, 1947 –April 21, 1978), Brit vocalist of Fairport Convention , would have turned 79 this year.
- Syd Barrett (January 6, 1946 –July 07, 2006), Brit guitarist and vocalist of Pink Floyd , would have turned 80 this year.
- Van McCoy (January 6, 1940 –July 06, 1979), American orchestra conductor, would have turned 86 this year.
- Laudir de Oliveira (January 6, 1940 –September 17, 2017), Brazilian percussionist with Chicago (band) , would have turned 86 this year.
- Doris Troy (January 6, 1937 –February 16, 2004), American singer, would have turned 89 this year.
- John Burch (January 6, 1932 –April 18, 2006), (born John Burchell) Brit jazz pianist, would have turned 94 this year.
- Keith Christie (January 6, 1931 –December 13, 1980), Brit session musician (trombonist), would have turned 95 this year.
- Wilbert Harrison (January 6, 1929 –October 26, 1994), American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player, would have turned 97 this year.
- Lee Abrams (1925 – 1992), (born Leon Abramson) American bebop drummer with The Birdlanders, would have turned 101.
- Earl Scruggs (January 6, 1924 –March 28, 2012), American banjoist, would have turned 102 this year.
- Vernon Brown (January 6, 1907 –May 18, 1979), American trombonist with Benny Goodman, would have turned 119 this year.
- Bobby Stark (January 6, 1906 –December 29, 1945), American trumpeter, would have turned 120 this year.
- Louis DeVries (January 6, 1905 –September 05, 1935), Dutch trumpeter, would have turned 121 this year.
- Maurice Abravanel (January 6, 1903 –September 22, 1993), Greek conductor, would have turned 123 this year.
- Alexander Scriabin (January 6, 1872 –April 27, 1915), (born Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin) Russian composer, would have turned 154 this year.
- Max Bruch (January 6, 1838 –October 20, 1920), German romantic music composer, would have turned 188 this year.
- Martin Agricola (January 6, 1486 –June 10, 1556), German composer, would have turned 540 this year.