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- 13 January – Geoff Bradford, guitarist (died 2013)
- 29 January – Noel Harrison, singer and actor (died 2013)[10]
- 4 March – John Churchill Dunn, DJ (died 2004)
- 8 March – John McLeod, composer (died 2022)
- 29 March – Delme Bryn-Jones, operatic baritone (died 2001)[11]
- 7 April – Victor Feldman, jazz musician (died 1987)
- 5 May – Jim Reid, folk musician (died 2009)
- 9 May – Roy Massey, organist and conductor[12]
- 24 May – Barry Rose, choir-trainer and organist
- 3 June – Bob Wallis, jazz musician (died 1991)
- 2 July – Tom Springfield, singer-songwriter and producer (The Springfields)
- 15 July – Harrison Birtwistle, composer
- 26 July – Anthony Gilbert, composer
- 8 September – Peter Maxwell Davies, composer (died 2016)[13]
- 19 September – Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles (died 1967)
- 26 September – Geoffrey Grey, composer
- 30 September – Sheila Tracy, trombonist and radio presenter (died 2014)[14]
- 1 November – William Mathias, composer (died 1992)[15]
- 15 November – Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
- 20 November – Colin Smith, jazz trumpeter (died 2004)[16]
- 4 December – Chas McDevitt, skiffle musician[17]
- 9 December – Alan Ridout, composer (died 1996)
- 16 December – Jim Parker, composer (died 2023)
- 23 February – Sir Edward Elgar, composer, 76[18]
- 25 February – Daniel Protheroe, composer and conductor, 67[19]
- 3 March – George Ratcliffe Woodward, poet and composer, 85[20]
- 7 May – Edward Naylor, organist and composer, 67[21]
- 25 May – Gustav Holst, composer, 59 (complications following surgery)[22]
- 10 June
- 11 August – Kalitha Dorothy Fox, composer, 40[25]
- 10 September – George Henschel, German-born baritone singer, pianist, conductor and composer, 84[26]
- 24 September – Edwin Lemare, organist and composer, 69[27]
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Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986. Page 77
The Organists and Organs of Hereford Cathedral: Watkins Shaw and Roy Massey. Hereford: Hereford Cathedral Organ Committee, 2005. First published in 1976.
Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 338. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Young, Percy M. (1973). Elgar O.M.: a study of a musician. London: Collins. p. 246. OCLC 869820.
Waterlow, David Barry. "Between Two Worlds: Bernard Naylor, English Composer in Canada," M.Mus. thesis, Western Washington University, 1999
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers: Volume 1.