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- Wanda Jackson, American rockabilly singer, turns 87.
- Jay Siegel, American doo wop vocalist with The Tokens, turns 85.
- Ric Lee, Brit drummer with Ten Years After , turns 79.
- Al Greenwood, American keyboardist for Foreigner, turns 73.
- Steve Orich, acclaimed composer and orchestrator, turns 70.
- Martin Taylor, Brit jazz guitarist and vocalist, turns 68.
- Mark King, Brit bassist and vocalist for Level 42, turns 66.
- Ivo Pogorelić, Croatian pianist, turns 66.
- Jon Lloyd, Brit soprano saxophonist, turns 66.
- David Ryan, American drummer with The Lemonheads, turns 60.
- Jim Sonefeld, American musician; Hootie & the Blowfish founding member, turns 60.
- Norman Blake, Scottish singer-songwriter for Teenage Fanclub, turns 59.
- Dann Gillen, American fourth-generation drummer; session musician with Annie Lennox, Nia Peeples, turns 57.
- Dannii Minogue, Australian pop music singer, turns 53.
- Snoop Dogg, (nee Calvin Broadus) American rapper, turns 53.
- Russell Gunn, American trumpeter, turns 53.
- Tom Wisniewski, American guitarist with MxPx, turns 48.
- Michael Johns, Australian-born American singer and former American Idol contestant, turns 46.
- Risa Niigaki, Japanese singer with Morning Musume , turns 36.
- Chuu, South Korean singer with Loona, turns 25.
- Tom Petty (October 20, 1950 –October 02, 2017), American guitarist and vocalist for Traveling Wilburys, would have turned 74 this year.
- David Mancuso (October 20, 1944 –November 14, 2016), American disc jockey, would have turned 80 this year.
- Kathy Kirby (October 20, 1940 –May 19, 2011), British singer and runner-up at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, would have turned 84 this year.
- Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 –November 05, 1996), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 90 this year.
- Willie Jones (October 20, 1929 –April , 1991), American drummer, would have turned 95 this year.
- Ray Linn (October 20, 1920 –November , 1996), American trumpeter, would have turned 104 this year.
- Johnny Best (October 20, 1913 –September 20, 2003), American trumpeter, would have turned 111 this year.
- Grandpa Jones (October 20, 1913 –February 19, 1998), (nee Louis Marshall Jones) American country music singer, would have turned 111 this year.
- Carl Kress (October 20, 1907 –June 10, 1965), American guitarist, would have turned 117 this year.
- Adelaide Hall (October 20, 1901 –November 07, 1993), American vocalist, would have turned 123 this year.
- Jelly Roll Morton (October 20, 1890 –July 10, 1941), American arranger, bandleader, composer, and pianist, would have turned 134 this year.
- Charles Ives (October 20, 1874 –May 19, 1954), American composer, would have turned 150 this year.
- Carl Mikuli (October 20, 1819 –May 21, 1897), Polish pianist, would have turned 205 this year.
