June – The London production of Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) opens at the Coliseum and runs for 1304 performances. 3 October – Cicely Courtneidge reprises her starring role from the London production of Under the Counter in a Broadway production at the Shubert Theatre, but the show closes after only 27 performances. 21 October – The London production of Finian's Rainbow (Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg) opens at the Palace Theatre and runs for 55 performances. Musical films None Births 6 January – Sandy Denny, folk singer (Fairport Convention) (died 1978) 8 January David Bowie, singer-songwriter (died 2016) Terry Sylvester (The Hollies) 19 January – Rod Evans, English singer-songwriter (Deep Purple and Captain Beyond) 21 January – Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Caravan) 29 January – David Byron, singer-songwriter (died 1985) 30 January – Steve Marriott, vocalist (Small Faces, Humble Pie) (died 1991) 2 February – Frank Hennessy, folk singer and radio presenter 3 February – Dave Davies, singer-guitarist (The Kinks) 26 February – Sandie Shaw, singer 5 March – Clodagh Rodgers, singer 6 March – Kiki Dee, singer 14 March Roy Budd, jazz pianist and composer (died 1993) Peter Skellern, singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2017) 24 March – Mike Kellie, musician (died 2017) 25 March – Elton John, pianist, singer and songwriter 1 April – Robin Scott, singer-songwriter and guitarist 3 April – Artie Trezise, Scottish folk guitarist and singer (The Singing Kettle) 16 April – Gerry Rafferty, singer-songwriter (died 2011) 18 April – Polly Brown, singer 23 April – Glenn Cornick, bass guitarist (Jethro Tull) 27 April – Pete Ham, singer-songwriter (Badfinger) (died 1975) 8 May – Felicity Lott, operatic soprano 31 May – Junior Campbell, singer and songwriter 1 June – Ronnie Wood, guitarist (The Faces, The Rolling Stones) 2 June – Sir Mark Elder, conductor 3 June – Mickey Finn (T. Rex) (died 2003) 5 June – Tommie Evans (Badfinger) (died 1983) 8 June – Julie Driscoll, singer (Brian Auger and the Trinity) 17 June – Paul Young, singer-songwriter (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) (died 2000) 3 July – Top Topham, guitarist (The Yardbirds) 7 July – Rob Townsend, drummer (Family, The Blues Band, The Manfreds, and Axis Point) 12 July – Wilko Johnson, pub rock guitarist, singer-songwriter (Dr. Feelgood) and actor (d. 2022) 15 July – Peter Banks, guitarist and songwriter (Yes, The Syn and Flash) (d. 2013) 19 July