Blind Lemon JeffersonTexas Music Pioneer Birthdays
| Birthday | Artist | Instrument | Birthplace | Death Date |
| 1/1/1894 | Jasper Taylor | drums, washboard, xylophone, vocals | Texarkana | 11/7/1964 |
| 1/1/1912 | Mike Ornelas | piano | Camargo, Mexico | 9/9/1983 |
| 1/1/1947 | Gary B.B. Coleman | guitar, piano, vocals | Paris | 1994 |
| 1/2/1936 | Roger Dean Miller | guitar, vocals, composer | Fort Worth | 10/25/1992 |
| 1/3/1917 | Leon McAuliffe | steel guitar | Houston | 9/20/1988 |
| 1/4/1882 | Samuel Peters Ziegler | cello | Lancaster, PA | 4/7/1967 |
| 1/8/1935 | John Ardoin | music critic | Alexandria, LA | 2001 |
| 1/9/1908 | Dalies Erhardt Frantz | educator, piano | Lafayette, CO | 12/1/1965 |
| 1/9/1913 | Lavada "Dr. Hepcat" Durst | vocals, piano, disc jockey | Austin | 10/31/1995 |
| 1/9/1934 | Jimmy Day | pedal steel | Tuscaloosa, AL | 1/22/1999 |
| 1/9/1938 | Buck Ramsey | vocals, poet, guitar | Lubbock County | 1/3/1998 |
| 1/10/1898 | John T. Samples | harmonica, guitar | Kilgore | 1/13/1998 |
| 1/11/1880 | Washington Phillips | vocals, dolceola | NA | 9/20/1954 |
| 1/11/1911 | Thomas Elmer "Tommy" Duncan | vocals, songwriter | Whitney | 7/25/1967 |
| 1/12/1905 | Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter | guitar, vocals | Murvaul, Panola County | 1/2/1974 |
| 1/15/1915 | Alan Lomax | folklorist, guitar | Austin | 7/19/2002 |
| 1/17/1937 | Theodore "Ted" Dunbar | guitar | Port Arthur | 5/29/1998 |
| 1/18/1933 | Vernon Garrett | vocals | Omaha, NE | Unavailable |
| 1/19/1943 | Janis Lyn Joplin | vocals | Port Arthur | 10/4/1970 |
| 1/21/1888 | Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter | vocals, guitar | Dedar Plantation, LA | 12/6/1949 |
| 1/21/1902 | Sykes "Smith" Ballew | vocals | Palestine | 5/2/1984 |
| 1/22/1897 | Blind Willie Johnson | guitar, vocals | Independence, Washington County | 9/18/1945 |
| 1/24/1938 | Julius Hemphill | saxophone | Fort Worth | 4/2/1995 |
| 1/27/1908 | Oran Thaddeus "Hot Lips" Page | trumpet, vocals | Dallas | 11/5/1954 |
| 1/27/1914 | Andrew "Smokey" Hogg | guitar, vocals | Westconnie | Unavailable |
| 1/28/1913 | Omega Burden | guitar, fiddle | Gordonville | 11/25/1973 |
| 1/29/1908 | Alton Meeks "Brother Al" Stricklin | piano | Antioch | 10/15/1986 |
| 1/30/1933 | Richard Dufallo | conductor, clarinet | Whiting, IN | 6/16/2000 |
| 1/30/1953 | Clifford De'Shun Boyd | piano | Jacksonville | 4/13/1990 |
| 2/1/1922 | Nash Hernandez | trumpet | New Braunfels | 6/25/1994 |
| 2/2/NA | C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield | restaurant owner | Navasota | 5/27/1995 |
| 2/2/1885 | Lota May Spell | piano | Big Spring | 4/3/1972 |
| 2/3/1842 | Sidney Lanier | flute | Macon, GA | 9/7/1881 |
| 2/3/1935 | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | vocals, guitar | Houston | 5/18/1996 |
| 2/5/1908 | Robert Lee "Bob" Dunn | steel guitar | Fort Gibson, OK | 5/27/1971 |
| 2/7/1909 | James Battle "Texas Jim" Robertson | Unavailable | Batesville | 11/11/1966 |
| 2/7/1934 | Curtis "King Curtis" Ousley | saxophone | Fort Worth | 8/14/1971 |
| 2/8/1902 | Harold W. "Pappy" Daily | businessman | Yoakum | 12/5/1987 |
| 2/9/1914 | Ernest Dale Tubb | guitar, vocals | Crisp | 9/6/1984 |
| 2/12/1914 | Gordon "Tex" Beneke | tenor sax, vocals | Fort Worth | 5/30/2000 |
| 2/14/1924 | Valerio Longoria | accordion, vocals | Clarksdale, Mississippi | 12/19/2000 |
| 2/16/1860 | Carl Venth | violinist, composer | Cologne, Germany | 1/30/1938 |
| 2/16/1874 | Maud Cuney-Hare | piano | Galveston | 2/13/1936 |
| 2/18/1929 | Harold Land | saxophone | Houston | 7/21/2001 |
| 2/19/1859 | Arthur Claassen | conductor | Stargard, Prussia | 3/16/1920 |
| 2/22/1915 | George Holmes "Buddy" Tate | saxophone | Sherman | 2/10/2001 |
| 2/22/1915 | Jesse Ashlock | fiddle | Walker County | 8/9/1976 |
| 2/22/1945 | Ruben Naranjo | accordion | Alice | 10/12/1998 |
| 2/23/1918 | Harold "Money" Johnson | trumpet | Tyler | 3/28/1978 |
| 2/25/1886 | Joseph Eugene Pillot | piano, vocals, songwriter | Houston | 6/4/1966 |
| 2/26/1907 | William Archibald Barclay | organ | Temple | 1/28/1969 |
| 2/27/1924 | Jesse Powell | saxophone | NA | 10/19/1982 |
| 3/3/1922 | James Arthur "Jimmy" Heap | guitar | Taylor | 12/4/1977 |
| 3/4/1907 | Camilo Cantu | accordion | Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon | 3/3/1998 |
| 3/6/1905 | James Robert "Bob" Wills | fiddle | Kosse | 5/13/1975 |
| 3/6/1956 | Terry Morris | fiddle | Fort Worth | 9/7/1988 |
| 3/7/1944 | John Townes Van Zandt | guitar, vocals | Fort Worth | 1/1/1997 |
| 3/7/1945 | Roxy Gordon | guitar, vocals, music critic | Ballinger | 2/7/2000 |
| 3/9/1821 | Heinrich Guenther | educator | Zeitz, Saxony | 4/8/1870 |
| 3/10/1911 | Elmer Akins | vocals | Pilot Knob | 12/9/1998 |
| 3/11/1817 | Isabella Offenbach Maas | opera singer | Cologne, Germany | 2/19/1891 |
| 3/11/1890 | Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O’Daniel | vocals | Malta, OH | 5/2/1969 |
| 3/11/1937 | Eloy Bernal | vocals, bajo sexto | Kingsville | 4/22/1998 |
| 3/12/1911 | Nolan "Cowboy Slim" Rinehart | vocals, guitar | Comanche County | 10/28/1948 |
| 3/15/1912 | Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins | guitar, vocals | Centerville | 1/30/1982 |
| 3/15/1916 | Harry Hagg James | trumpet | Albany, GA | 7/5/1983 |
| 3/15/1929 | Clarence "Candy" Green | piano | Galveston | 4/3/1988 |
| 3/17/1890 | Harold Morris | composer | San Antonio | 5/6/1964 |
| 3/171903 | Raidie Britain | piano | Silverton | 5/23/1994 |
| 3/19/1921 | Harry "The Bear" Babasin | bass | Dallas | 5/21/1988 |
| 3/22/1918 | Hoyle Nix | fiddle | Unavailable | 1985 |
| 3/22/1932 | Weldon Philip H. "Juke Boy" Bonner | guitar, vocals, harmonica | Bellville | 6/29/1978 |
| 3/23/1916 | Rebert H. Harris | vocals | Trinity | 9/3/2000 |
| 3/24/1870 | Birdie Alexander | piano, vocals | Lincoln County, TN | 8/2/1960 |
| 3/26/1923 | James Clifton Williams | piano, mellophone, French horn | Traskwood, AR | 2/12/1976 |
| 3/27/1909 | Aubrey Wilson "Moon" Mullican | piano | Corrigan or Moscow in Polk County | 1/27/1967 |
| 3/27/1912 | Homer "Bill" Callahan | guitar, string bass, mandolin, vocals, yodel | Laurel, NC | 9/5/2002 |
| 3/27/1937 | Johnny Clyde Copeland | guitar, vocals | Haynesville, LA | 7/3/1997 |
| 3/29/1835 | Julius Schuetze | vocals, German-language publisher | Dessau, Anhalt, Germany | 4/23/1904 |
| 3/31/1928 | William Orville R. C. "Lefty" Frizzell | guitar, vocals | Corsicana | 7/19/1975 |
| 4/1/1927 | Amos Milburn | piano, vocals | Houston | 1/3/1980 |
| 4/3/1894 | Arthur "Dooley" Wilson | vocals, piano | Tyler | 5/30/1953 |
| 4/4/1894 | "Blind Arizona" Juanita Dranes | piano | Unavailable | 7/27/1963 |
| 4/4/1913 | Gene Ramey | bass | Austin | 12/8/1984 |
| 4/5/1900 | John Rosenfield, Jr. | critic | Dallas | 11/26/1966 |
| 4/6/1883 | Marion Try "Vernon Dalhart" Slaughter, II | guitar, vocals | Jefferson | 9/14/1948 |
| 4/6/1934 | Horace Tapscott | piano | Houston | 2/27/1999 |
| 4/8/1908 | Federico Arturo "Tito" Guizar Tolentino | vocals, guitar | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | 12/24/1999 |
| 4/8/1923 | Paul Francis Buskirk | mandolin | Parkersburg, WV | 3/16/2002 |
| 4/9/1895 | Mance Lipscomb | guitar, vocals, songwriter | Navasota | 1/30/1976 |
| 4/25/1915 | Clifton Lafayette "Cliff" Bruner | fiddle | Texas City | 8/25/2000 |
| 4/15/1937 | Robert Glynn "Bob" Luman | guitar, vocals | Nacogdoches | 12/27/1978 |
| 4/16/1971 | Selena Quintanilla Perez | vocals | Lake Jackson | 3/31/1995 |
| 4/17/1898 | Dewey Otto Wiley | violin | Alexander | 12/30/1980 |
| 4/7/1914 | Leon "Pappy" Selph | band leader, fiddle | Houston (First Ward, Texas) | 1/8/1999 |
| 4/18/1896 | Irl Allison, Sr. | piano | Warren | 9/6/1979 |
| 4/18/1913 | Kent Wheeler Kennan | composer | Milwaukee, WI | 11/1/2003 |
| 4/20/1933 | Buddy Wayne Knox | vocals | Happy | 2/14/1999 |
| 4/22/1909 | Benny Thomasson | fiddle | born in Winters, raised in Gatesville | 1983 |
| 4/23/1936 | Roy Kelton Orbison | vocals, guitar, songwriting | Vernon | 12/6/1988 |
| 4/25/1909 | Karl Farr | vocal, guitar | Rochelle, ten miles northeast of Brady | 9/20/1961 |
| 4/25/1913 | Don Santiago Jimenez | accordion | San Antonio | 6/22/1984 |
| 4/26/1850 | Carl Beck | conductor | Ilmenau, Thuringia | 10/2/1920 |
| 4/27/1921 | Harding "Hop" Wilson | lap steel guitar, vocals, harmonica | Grapeland | 8/27/1975 |
| 4/27/1929 | Tommy Hill | vocals, guitar | Coy City | 3/21/2001 |
| 4/29/1930 | Armond A. "Eddie" Noack | vocals | Houston | 2/5/1978 |
| 4/30/1917 | Frankie Lee Sims | guitar, vocals | New Orleans, LA | 5/10/1970 |
| 4/30/1925 | Johnny Horton | guitar, vocals | Los Angeles, CA | 11/5/1960 |
| 5/4/1902 | Clarence Albert "Al Dexter" Poindexter | vocals | Jacksonville | 1/28/1984 |
| 5/4/1931 | Richard Gene "Notes" Williams | trumpet | Galveston | 11/5/1985 |
| 5/5/1918 | Erbie Bowser | piano | Davilla | 8/15/1995 |
| 5/5/1938 | Johnnie Harrison Taylor | guitar, vocals | Crawfordsville, AR | 5/31/2000 |
| 5/10/1941 | Arnold Joseph "Groovey Joe" Poovey | guitar, vocals, radio deejay, songwriter | Dallas | 10/6/1998 |
| 5/11/1891 | Frederick Charles Chabot | piano, organ | San Antonio | 1/18/1943 |
| 5/12/1920 | Billie "Tiny" Moore | mandolin | Energy | 12/15/1987 |
| 5/13/1923 | William M. "Red" Garland | piano | Dallas | 4/23/1984 |
| 5/15/1899 | Sonny Clay | piano | Chapel Hill | 1972 |
| 5/16/1883 | Rafaelo Diaz | operatic tenor | San Antonio | 12/12/1943 |
| 5/16/1893 | Paul Amadeus Pisk | piano | Vienna, Austria | 1/12/1990 |
| 5/17/1917 | Pearl Amster | piano | New York City | 9/22/2000 |
| 5/19/1940 | Mickey Newbury | guitar, vocals, keyboards, songwriter | Houston | 9/28/2002 |
| 5/21/1885 | Julien Paul Blitz | Ghent, Belgium | 7/17/1951 | |
| 5/21/1912 | Bruno Villareal | accordion | La Grulla | 11/3/1976 |
| 5/22/1918 | Manuel Gonzales Davila, Sr, | radio pioneer | San Antonio | 7/12/1997 |
| 5/24/1947 | Alan Glenn Myers | vocals, guitar | Fort Worth | 6/4/2000 |
| 5/27/1907 | Felix Hessbrook Morales | radio station owner, radio personality, guitar | New Braunfels | 6/8/1988 |
| 5/27/1915 | J.R. Chatwell | fiddle, piano | San Antonio | 6/18/1983 |
| 5/28/1910 | Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker | guitar, vocals | Linden | 3/16/1975 |
| 5/30/1928 | Balde González | vocals, piano, composer | Beeville | 1974 |
| 5/30/1928 | Lawrence Vincent Kelly | founder, Dallas Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | 9/16/1974 |
| 6/3/1916 | Edwin "Buster" Pickens | piano | Hempstead | 11/24/1964 |
| 6/4/1910 | Ruby Agnes Owens | vocals | Wise County | 3/29/1963 |
| 6/6/1807 | Johann Nicholaus Simon Menger | piano teacher, choral conductor | Stadtilm, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt | 1892 |
| 6/6/1883 | Portia Marshall Washington Pittman | vocals | Tuskegee, AL | 2/26/1978 |
| 6/8/1916 | Adolph Hofner | vocals, bass, guitar, bandleader | Moulton | 6/2/2000 |
| 6/8/1921 | Gordon Barton McLendon | radio programming, sportscaster | Paris, TX | 9/14/1986 |
| 6/13/1908 | Clarence Hutchenrider | clarinet, saxophone | Waco | 1991 |
| 6/15/1892 | Doie Hensley "Tex" Owens | vocals, songwriter | Killeen | 9/9/1962 |
| 6/15/1917 | Leon Roger Payne | vocals | Alba | 9/11/1969 |
| 6/15/1937 | Waylon Arnold Jennings | guitar, vocals | Littlefield | 2/13/2002 |
| 6/17/1912 | Donald Eugene Gillis | composer, conductor, piano, trombone | Cameron, MO | 1/10/1978 |
| 6/17/1937 | Manuel Guerrero | vocals | Unavailable | 1/22/1991 |
| 6/18/1910 | Raymond "Ray" Frederick McKinley | bandleader, drums | Fort Worth | 5/7/1995 |
| 6/20/1907 | Lammar Wright | trumpet | Texarkana | 4/13/1973 |
| 6/20/1924 | Audie Leon Murphy | vocals, guitar | Kingston | 5/28/1971 |
| 6/21/1928 | Clifford Scott | saxophone, vocals | San Antonio | 4/19/1993 |
| 6/24/1880 | William John Marsh | composer, educator, organ, piano | Woolton, Liverpool, England | 2/1/1971 |
| 6/24/1900 | Gene Austin | vocals, composer | Gainesville | 1/24/1972 |
| 6/25/1925 | Clifton Chenier | vocals, accordion, harmonica, organ, piano | Opelousas, LA | 12/12/1987 |
| 7/1/1930 | Robert James Byrd, Sr. | vocals | San Antonio | 7/15/1990 |
| 7/1/1932 | Bobby Day | vocals | Fort Worth | 7/15/1990 |
| 7/6/1894 | Shelly Lee Alley | vocals, fiddle | Alleyton | 1964 |
| 7/8/1914 | Link Davis, Sr. | fiddle | Wills Point, Van Zandt County | 2/5/1972 |
| 7/8/1934 | Henry Qualls | guitar, vocals | Elmo | 12/7/2003 |
| 7/9/1822 | Joseph Charles Miszner | composer, professor | Prussia | 8/11/1918 |
| 7/9/1907 | Edgar Dean "Eddie Dean" Glosup | vocals, guitar | Posey | 3/4/1999 |
| 7/10/1814 | Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape | vocals, musician, mayor of San Antonio | Wabern, Hesse, Germany | 8/7/1904 |
| 7/10/1882 | Ima Hogg | philanthropist, piano | Mineola | 8/19/1975 |
| 7/10/1904 | Hociel Thomas | piano, vocals | Houston | 8/22/1952 |
| 7/10/1905 | William T. Lewis | clarinet, bandleader | Cleburne | 1/13/1971 |
| 7/10/1938 | Dave Kirby | vocals, guitar | Brady | 4/17/2004 |
| 7/14/1912 | Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie | guitar, vocals | Okemah, OK | 10/3/1967 |
| 7/16/1909 | John Edward "Teddy" Buckner | trumpet, flugel horn, vocals | Sherman | 9/22/1994 |
| 7/17/1925 | Harrison "Peppermint Harris" Nelson, Jr. | guitar | Texarkana | 3/19/1999 |
| 7/18/1868 | Johannes Mgebroff | Lutheran pastor, writer, historian | Mikolajeff in South Russia | 5/24/1920 |
| 7/19/1913 | Charles "Charlie" Teagarden | trumpet | Vernon | 12/10/1984 |
| 7/19/1935 | Arley "Buster" Benton | guitar, vocals | Texarkana | 1/20/1996 |
| 7/19/1944 | Isaac "Ikey" Payton Sweat | guitar, bass, vocals | Port Arthur | 6/23/1990 |
| 7/20/1936 | Billy Guy | vocals | Itasca | 11/5/2002 |
| 7/20/1971 | Robert Earl "DJ Screw" Davis | vocals, turntables | Smithville | 11/16/2000 |
| 7/22/1886 | Baylus Benjamin McKinney | songwriter, teacher, music editor | Heflin, LA | 9/7/1952 |
| 7/22/1911 | Margaret Pease Harper | founder of the musical drama "Texas" | St. Paul, MN | 11/16/1991 |
| 7/22/1931 | Julius Tupa | guitar | Moravia | 10/5/2002 |
| 7/24/1901 | Josephine Lucchese | vocals | San Antonio | 9/10/1974 |
| 7/29/1916 | Charles "Charlie" Christian | guitar | Dallas | 3/2/1942 |
| 8/1/1809 | Gottfried Joseph Petmecky | composer | Hradisch, Bohemia, Austria | 5/1871 |
| 8/2/1933 | Lee Roy Matocha | vocals, accordion | La Grange | 7/12/2003 |
| 8/3/1915 | Mercy Dee Walton | piano | Waco | 12/1962 |
| 8/3/1937 | James Harold "Big Sambo" Young | saxophone | Beaumont | 6/10/1983 |
| 8/4/1888 | Claire Raphael Reis | educator, promoter | Brownsville | 4/11/1978 |
| 8/5/1930 | Damita Jo DuBlanc | vocals | Austin | 12/26/1998 |
| 8/5/1945 | John Vandiver | guitar, vocals | Dallas | 2/22/1985 |
| 8/16/1915 | Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson | vocals, guitar | Barry | 5/30/1976 |
| 8/6/1969 | Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith | guitar, vocals | Omaha, NE | 10/21/2003 |
| 8/8/1882 | Lucie "Olga Samaroff" Hickenlooper | piano | San Antonio | 5/17/1948 |
| 8/8/1918 | John W. "Knocky" Parker | piano | Palmer | 1986 |
| 8/8/1935 | Joseph "Joe Tex" Arrington, Jr. | vocals | Rogers | 8/12/1982 |
| 8/9/1908 | Robert Shaw | paino, vocals | Stafford | 5/16/1985 |
| 8/10/1909 | Dan "Slamfoot" Minor | trombone | Dallas | 8/11/1982 |
| 8/10/1913 | Alfred "Snuff" Johnson | guitar, vocals | Cedar Creek | 1/18/2000 |
| 8/10/1918 | Arnett Cleophus Cobb | saxophone | Houston | 3/24/1989 |
| 8/11/1832 | William Evander Penn | Baptist evangelist | Rutherford County, TN | 4/29/1895 |
| 8/11/1939 | Ronnie Dawson | vocals, guitar | Dallas | 9/30/2003 |
| 8/12/1940 | Thurman Alexander Green | trombone | Longview | 6/19/1997 |
| 8/17/1934 | Newell Oler | piano | Tyler | 10/21/2001 |
| 8/19/1892 | Chase Baromeo | operatic bass-baritone | Augusta, GA | 8/7/1973 |
| 8/19/1906 | Eddie Durham | guitar, trombone | San Marcos | 3/6/1987 |
| 8/20/1923 | James Travis "Jim" Reeves | vocals | Galloway | 7/31/1964 |
| 8/20/1935 | Justin Wayne Tubb | vocals, guitar | San Antonio | 1/24/1998 |
| 8/22/1901 | Esther C. Jonsson Garlinghouse | piano | Ishpeming, MI | 4/25/1982 |
| 8/24/1904 | Henry Buster Smith | saxophone, clarinet | Alsdorf | 8/10/1991 |
| 8/24/1905 | Alphonse Trent | director, piano | Fort Smith, AR | 10/14/1959 |
| 8/25/1922 | Consuelo "Chelo" Silva | vocals | Brownsville | 4/2/1988 |
| 8/26/1904 | Sonny Lee | trombone | Huntsville | 1975 |
| 8/26/1905 | Ernie Fields | trombone | Nacogdoches | 5/11/1997 |
| 8/29/1894 | Ruth Bingaman | piano | Columbus, OH | 5/15/1996 |
| 8/29/1905 | Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden | trombone, vocals, bandleader | Vernon | 1/15/1964 |
| 8/30/1924 | McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham | trumpet | Fairfield | 12/5/1972 |
| 8/31/1928 | Leroy Cooper | saxophone | Dallas | Unavailable |
| 8/31/1940 | Wilton Lewis Felder | sax, bass | Houston | Unavailable |
| 9/1/1931 | Lecil Travis "Boxcar Willie" Martin | guitar, vocal | Sterrett | 4/12/1999 |
| 9/1/1939 | Kathryn Thorne "Katie" Webster | vocals, piano | Houston | 9/9/1999 |
| 9/2/1929 | Charline Arthur | vocals, guitar | Henrietta | 11/27/1987 |
| 9/2/1934 | Grady Lee Nutt | Baptist minister, television personality | Amarillo | 11/23/1982 |
| 9/3/1915 | Americo Paredes | guitar, vocals | Brownsville | 5/5/1999 |
| 9/3/1934 | Freddie King | guitar, vocals | Gilmer | 12/28/1976 |
| 9/5/1853 | Louella Styles Vincent | composer | Georgia | 4/25/1924 |
| 9/5/1922 | A.D. "Zu Zu" Bollin | guitar, vocals | Frisco | 10/19/1990 |
| 9/5/1951 | Dan Del Santo | guitar, vocals | NY | 10/17/2001 |
| 9/7/1908 | Clifford "Boots" Douglas | drums | Temple | Unavailable |
| 9/7/1936 | Charles Hardin "Buddy Holly" Holley | vocals, guitar | Lubbock | 2/3/1959 |
| 9/8/1897 | James Charles "Jimmie" Rodgers | guitar, vocals | Meridian, MS | 5/26/1933 |
| 9/8/1903 | William Milton Brown | vocals | Stephenville | 4/18/1936 |
| 9/8/1935 | James Earl Clay | saxophone | Dallas | 1/6/1995 |
| 9/10/1929 | William "Prince" Lasha | clarinet, alto saxophone, flute | Fort Worth | Unavailable |
| 9/11/1879 | Lucil Manning Lyons | organizer of musical activities and clubs | Raymond | 9/25/1958 |
| 9/11/1929 | Charles Moffett | drums | Fort Worth | 2/14/1997 |
| 9/12/1900 | Alger "Texas" Alexander | vocals | Jewett | 4/16/1954 |
| 9/12/1909 | John Kenneth Threadgill | guitar, vocals | Peniel, just north of Greenville | 3/20/1987 |
| 9/12/1912 | Armando Marroquín | Tejano record label founder | Alice | 7/4/1990 |
| 9/12/1924 | Ella Mae Morse | vocals | Mansfield | 10/16/1999 |
| 9/12/1933 | Guadalupe L. "Wally" Armendarez | saxophone | Premont | 9/15/1996 |
| 9/12/1944 | Barry White | vocals | Galveston | 7/4/2003 |
| 9/13/1922 | Tony Russell "Charles" Brown | vocals, piano | Texas City | 1/21/1999 |
| 9/14/1907 | Joseph "Joe" Patek | accordion | Shiner | 10/24/1987 |
| 9/14/1923 | Juan Mario "Juan Colorado" Garcia | piano, saxophone | San Diego | 2/10/1957 |
| 9/15/1921 | Gene Roland | composer, arranger | Dallas | 8/11/1982 |
| 9/16/1940 | Cornelio Reyna | vocals | Natillas, Coahuila, México | 1997 |
| 9/18/1892 | Virgil Oliver Stamps | gospel singer and promoter | Upshur County | 8/19/1940 |
| 9/19/1805 | Adolph Fuchs | educator, vocals, piano | Gustrow, Mecklenburg, Germany | 12/1885 |
| 9/19/1916 | Bill Neely | guitar, vocals | McKinney | 3/22/1990 |
| 9/21/1912 | Theron Eugene "Ted" Daffan | vocals, songwriter, steel guitar | Merryville, LA | 10/6/1996 |
| 9/21/1938 | Roy Montelongo | saxophone | Hays County | Unavailable |
| 9/23/1867 | John Avery Lomax | folklorist | Goodman, MI | 1/26/1948 |
| 9/23/1934 | Joseph "Little Joe Blue" Valery, Jr. | vocals | Dallas | 4/22/1990 |
| 9/24/1893 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | guitar, vocal | Coutchman | 12/1929 |
| 9/24/1897 | Emilio Caceres | violin | Corpus Christi | 2/10/1980 |
| 9/24/1929 | John Carter | clarinet | Fort Worth | 3/31/1991 |
| 9/24/1935 | Arzell "Z.Z." Hill | guitar, vocals | Naples | 4/27/1984 |
| 9/26/1872 | Samuel Erson Asbury | composer | Charlotte, NC | 1/10/1962 |
| 9/27/1879 | Isham Emmanuel Reynolds | composer | Birmingham, AL | 5/10/1949 |
| 9/28/1914 | Jim Boyd | Radio and Television performer, bass | Unavailable | 3/11/1993 |
| 9/28/1941 | Willie "Jitterbug" Webb | guitar, vocals | San Antonio | 11/1997 |
| 9/29/1907 | Orvon Gene Autry | guitar, vocal | Tioga | 10/3/1998 |
| 9/29/1910 | William "Bill" Boyd | vocals, guitar | Fannin County | 12/7/1977 |
| 9/29/1937 | Joe "Guitar" Hughes | guitar, vocals | Houston, in the Fourth Ward | 5/21/2003 |
| 10/3/1924 | Joe Marion Allison | songwriter, producer | McKinney | 8/2/2002 |
| 10/3/1932 | Albert Collins | guitar, vocals | Leona | 11/24/1993 |
| 10/3/1954 | Stevie Ray Vaughan | guitar, vocals | Dallas | 8/27/1990 |
| 10/5/1949 | Louis Charles "Buckwheat" Stevenson | guitar, vocals, songwriter | Dallas | 4/28/1988 |
| 10/6/1826 | Franz Xavier Heilig | teacher, violin, voice | Maskirchen Grandduchy | 4/26/1892 |
| 10/6/1908 | Sammy Price | piano, vocals | Honey Grove | 4/14/1992 |
| 10/7/1891 | James Earl "Pop" Sellers | Sound Engineer | Frost | 10/4/1980 |
| 10/08/1909 | Mack Harrell | violin, vocals | Celeste | 1/29/1960 |
| 10/10/1910 | Milton "Milt" Larkin | trumpet, trombone, bandleader | Houston | 8/31/1996 |
| 10/10/1914 | Ivory Joe Hunter | piano | Kirbyville | 11/8/1974 |
| 10/11/1879 | Oscar Julius Fox | guitar, vocals | Burnet County | 7/29/1961 |
| 10/14/1896 | Rildia Bee O’Bryan Cliburn | educator | McGregor | 8/3/1994 |
| 10/14/1900 | Lenore "Leonora Corona" Cohron | operatic soprano | Dallas | Unavailable |
| 10/15/1858 | Frank Valentine Van Der Stucken | violin, composer, conductor | Fredericksburg | 8/16/1929 |
| 10/15/1906 | Victoria Regina Spivey | vocals | Houston | 10/3/1976 |
| 10/15/1916 | Calvin Boze | trumpet | Wheatley | Unavailable |
| 10/16/1896 | Mody Coggin Boatright | folklorist, educator | Mitchell County | 8/20/1970 |
| 10/18/1864 | John Mathias Steinfeldt | piano, organ | near Hanover, Germany | 2/28/1946 |
| 10/18/1904 | Iola Bowden Chambers | educator | Holder | 12/14/1978 |
| 10/19/1884 | Lena Triplett Milam | music teacher | Sweet Springs, MO | 11/8/1984 |
| 10/19/1940 | James Sudduth | conductor | Crosbyton | 12/3/1997 |
| 10/20/1905 | Max Reiter | conductor | Trieste, Italy | 12/13/1950 |
| 10/20/1906 | Johnny Moore | guitar, vocals | Austin | 1/5/1969 |
| 10/20/1908 | Carl Stuart Hamblen | guitar, vocals | Kellyville, near Jefferson | 3/8/1989 |
| 10/20/1926 | Glen Payne | vocals | Royse City | 10/15/1999 |
| 10/20/1939 | Juan Antonio Sifuentes Sr. | vocals, guitar, bass | Alice | 4/4/1986 |
| 10/21/1876 | Vicory Barker Tunstall | fiddle | Born west of Crockett | 2/8/1953 |
| 10/22/1898 | John Dickerson "Peck" Kelly | piano | Houston | 12/26/1980 |
| 10/22/1942 | Robert Gaston "Bobby" Fuller | guitar, vocals, songwriter | Goose Creek | 7/18/1966 |
| 10/23/1937 | John Lewis "Johnny" Carroll | guitar, vocals | Cleburne | 2/8/1995 |
| 10/24/1930 | Jiles Perry "The Big Bopper" Richardson | vocals | Sabine Pass | 2/3/1959 |
| 10/24/1937 | Milton Howard "Clarence" Hollimon | guitar | Houston | 4/23/2000 |
| 10/25/1949 | Walter Hyatt | guitar, vocals | Spartanburg, SC | 5/11/1996 |
| 10/26/1903 | Charlotte Estelle Dubois | educator, piano | Liberty, IN | 1/1/1982 |
| 10/26/1915 | Beto Villa | vocals, saxophone | Falfurrias | 11/1/1986 |
| 10/27/1895 | John Boles | vocals | Greenville | 2/27/1969 |
| 10/29/1911 | Narciso Martinez | vocals, accordion | Mexico | 6/5/1992 |
| 10/31/1912 | Francis Octavia "Dale Evans" Smith | guitar, vocals, songwriter | Uvalde | 2/7/2001 |
| 10/31/1930 | Booker Ervin | saxophone | Denison | 8/31/1970 |
| 11/1/1898 | Beulah Thomas "Sippie" Wallace | vocals | Houston | 11/1/1986 |
| 11/1/1903 | Don Deadric Robey | record label and nightclub executive | Houston | 6/16/1975 |
| 11/2/1844 | Mollie Arline Kirkland Bailey | vocals | near Mobile, AL | 10/2/1918 |
| 11/2/1905 | William A. Owens | folklorist, author, educator | Pin Hook | Unavailable |
| 11/2/1909 | Fred Lowery | whistle | Palestine | 12/11/1984 |
| 11/4/1895 | Fritz Oberdoerffer | piano | Hamburg, Germany | 12/8/1979 |
| 11/6/1941 | Douglas Wayne Sahm | guitar, steel guitar, piano, vocals | San Antonio | 11/18/1999 |
| 11/6/1942 | Tary Kelly Owens | producer | grew up in Port Arthur | 9/21/2003 |
| 11/7/1923 | Big Al Dupree | piano, saxophone, vocals | Dallas | 8/4/2003 |
| 11/9/1861 | Christian Klaerner | educator, conductor | Bayreuth, Bavaria | 9/16/1949 |
| 11/9/1887 | Euday Louis Bowman | piano | Fort Worth | 1949 |
| 11/9/1905 | Roger Edens | composer, piano | Hillsboro | 7/13/1970 |
| 11/12/1899 | Roy Newman | Piano, Guitar, Accordion | Dallas | 2/23/1981 |
| 11/15/1913 | Gus Johnson | drums | Tyler | 2/6/2000 |
| 11/18/1908 | Jess Walters | vocals | Brooklyn, NY | 10/8/2000 |
| 11/19/1908 | Frederic H. "Keg" Johnson | trombone | Dallas | 11/8/1967 |
| 11/20/1887 | Alexander Campbell "Eck" Robertson | fiddle | Delaney, AR | 2/15/1975 |
| 11/20/1932 | John Barnes "Barney" Chance | composer, arranger, percussion | Beaumont | 8/16/1972 |
| 11/21/1909 | Lloyd Glenn | piano | San Antonio | 5/23/1985 |
| 11/22/1899 | Alexander Herman "Whistlin' Alex" Moore | piano, vocals | Dallas | 1/20/1989 |
| 11/22/1911 | Ernesto "Ernie" Caceres | saxophone, clarinet | Rockport | 1/10/1971 |
| 11/23/1912 | Evans "Tyree" Glenn | trombone | Corsicana | 5/18/1974 |
| 11/24/1868 | Scott Joplin | piano | Caves Springs near Linden | 4/11/1917 |
| 11/24/1912 | Theodore Shaw "Teddy" Wilson | piano | Austin | 7/31/1986 |
| 11/25/1893 | Miriam Gordon Landrum | piano | Waco | 1/2/1967 |
| 11/26/1879 | John Lang Sinclair | lyrics | Bexar County | 1/4/1947 |
| 11/26/1919 | Ernest Alvin "Texas Tom" Archia, Jr. | tenor sax | Groveton | 1/16/1977 |
| 11/27/1914 | Cecil Brower | fiddle, violin | Bowie | 3/1/1964 |
| 11/27/1915 | Victor Nicholas Alessandro | conductor | Waco | 11/27/1976 |
| 11/28/1923 | George "Bongo Joe" Coleman | percussion, drums, bongos | Haines City, FL | 12/19/1999 |
| 11/29/1932 | John Gary | vocals | Watertown, NY | 1/1998 |
| 11/30/1934 | Lucha Villa | vocals | Chihuahua, Mexico | Unavailable |
| 11/30/1943 | Jerry Hunt | piano, composer | Waco | 11/27/1993 |
| 1/12/1884 | Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan | vocals | near Waco | 11/5/1933 |
| 12/1/1926 | Eligio Roque Escobar | guitar, vocals | Ben Bolt | 10/4/1994 |
| 12/3/1923 | Hubert Long | promoter, talent agent | Poteet | 9/7/1972 |
| 12/3/1939 | Randy Garibay | guitar, vocals | San Antonio | 5/23/2002 |
| 12/4/1917 | Russell Jacquet | trumpet | St. Martinville, LA | 3/4/1990 |
| 12/6/1903 | Thomas Hubert "Hugh" Farr | vocal, fiddle | Llano | 4/17/1980 |
| 12/6/1909 | Hans Heinz Draeger | musicologist | Stralsund, Germany | 11/9/1968 |
| 12/6/1925 | Robert Ealey | vocals, drums | Texarkana | 3/7/2001 |
| 12/7/1903 | Roosevelt Thomas "Grey Ghost" Williams | piano, vocals | Bastrop | 7/17/1996 |
| 12/8/1903 | Zelma Watson George | musicologist, opera singer | Hearne | 7/3/1994 |
| 12/8/1906 | Sidney Abraham Wolf | authority on synagogue music | Cleveland, OH | 2/18/1983 |
| 12/8/1914 | Floyd Tillman | guitar, vocals | Ryan, OK | 8/22/2003 |
| 12/9/1916 | Merrill Ellis | composer, performer, researcher | Cleburne | 7/21/1981 |
| 12/1/1913 | Mary Virginia Martin | vocals | Weatherford | 11/3/1990 |
| 12/11/1926 | Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton | vocals | Montgomery, AL | 7/25/1984 |
| 12/11/1941 | J. Frank Wilson | vocals | Lufkin | 10/4/1991 |
| 12/14/1910 | Albert J. "Budd" Johnson | saxophone | Dallas | 10/20/1984 |
| 12/14/1933 | Leo Nash Wright | alto saxophone, flute, clarinet | Wichita Falls | 1/4/1991 |
| 12/15/1892 | David Wendel Guion | composer, piano | Ballinger | 10/17/1981 |
| 12/15/1914 | Red River Dave McEnery | guitar, vocals | San Antonio | 1/15/2002 |
| 12/15/1932 | Jesse Belvin | vocals | San Antonio | 2/6/1960 |
| 12/16/1961 | William Melvin "Bill" Hicks | vocals, guitar | Valdosta, GA | 2/26/1996 |
| 12/17/1852 | Iola Barns Beers | educator | New Orleans, LA | 11/13/1925 |
| 12/17/1932 | Joseph Earl "Joey Long" Longoria | guitar, vocals | Zwolle, LA | 3/24/1995 |
| 12/17/1933 | Nathan Wright Stuckey II | vocals | Cass County | 8/24/1988 |
| 12/18/1892 | Robert Wright Armstrong | band leader | Brownwood | 9/15/1966 |
| 12/18/1914 | Connie "Pee Wee" Crayton | guitar, vocals | Rockdale | 6/25/1985 |
| 12/18/1917 | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | saxophone, vocals | Houston | 7/2/1988 |
| 12/18/1949 | Michael David "Blaze Foley" Fuller | guitar, vocals | Marfa | 2/1/1989 |
| 12/19/1940 | Phil Ochs | guitar, vocal | El Paso | 4/8/1976 |
| 12/20/1918 | John Hardee | piano, tenor saxophone | Corsicana | 5/18/1984 |
| 12/21/1907 | Babe Kyro Lemon "Black Ace" Turner | vocals, guitar | Hughes Springs | Unavailable |
| 12/23/1885 | Wesley Hope Tilley | musician, early filmmaker | Springfield, IL | 6/24/1972 |
| 12/23/1935 | Esther Mae "Little Esther" Phillips | vocals | Galveston | 8/7/1984 |
| 12/24/1919 | Henry L. Coker | trombone | Dallas | 11/23/1979 |
| 12/25/1912 | Oscar Frederic Moore | guitar | Austin | 10/8/1981 |
| 12/25/1925 | Howard Crockett | vocal, guitar | Minden, LA | 12/27/1994 |
| 12/26/1922 | Tyler Dee "T.D." Bell | guitar, vocal | Lee County outside Dimebox, Texas | 1/9/1999 |
| 12/26/1922 | Harry H. Choates | fiddle, vocals | Rayne, LA | 7/17/1951 |
| 12/27/1926 | Baldemar "Don Balde" Elizondo | accordion | Pharr | 7/4/2002 |
| 12/28/1904 | Joe "Country" Washburn | vocals, bass | Houston | 1/21/1974 |
| 12/29/1897 | Julius Lorenzo Cobb Bledsoe | baritone, composer | Waco | 7/14/1943 |
| 12/29/1924 | Billy Gray | vocals, guitar | Paris, TX | 3/27/1975 |
| 12/30/1904 | Ventura Alonzo | accordion, vocals | Matamoros, Mexico | 12/14/2000 |
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