1946 in music

none February 2012 1946 1946 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1946. Specific locations 1946 in British music 1946 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1946 in country music 1946 in jazz Events January 6 – A somewhat revised and streamlined revival of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Show Boat opens on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre, the same theatre at which the original production played in 1927. This production features newly designed sets and costumes, new, more extended choreography, and a new song, Nobody Else But Me, by Kern and Hammerstein. February – Kathleen Ferrier's recording contract with Columbia Records expires, and she transfers to Decca. May 24 – John Serry Sr. collaborates with the vocalist Sidor Belarsky and the Mischa Borr Orchestra in recordings of Ukrainian folk songs and "Dark Night"."Discography of American Historical Recordings" - John Serry on adp.library.ucsb.edu August 22 - John Serry Sr performs as the "outstanding accordionist of the year" with the conductor Archie Bleyer on Gordon Macrae's Skyline Roof broadcast with the CBS network.https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music – University of Rochester – Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Item 8 audio disc p. 18 in The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music January 28, 2025 August – American singer Doris Day leaves Les Brown's band and begins her solo career. September 11 – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra holds its first rehearsal.Jenkins Lyndon 2005 While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the music of Frederick Delius Aldershot Ashgate 0754607216 99–100 Formation of Bamberg Symphony; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra; and RIAS Symphonie-Orchester. Al Jolson rerecords his old hits for the soundtrack of his Columbia biopic The Jolson Story (released October 10 in the United States), and becomes a superstar to the post-war generation too. B. B. King begins working as a professional musician in Memphis, Tennessee. Chet Atkins makes his first appearance at the Grand Ole Opry. Georgia Gibbs signs with the Majestic label. Bill Haley's professional musical career begins as a member of The Down Homers. His earliest known recordings are made during a Down Homers radio performance, but will not be released until 2006. John Serry Sr. appears as the guest accordion soloist on the Danny O'Neil Show on the CBS network.Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Item 8 audio disc p. 18 in The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music right|thumb|Singer Billie Holiday backstage in 1946 Albums released Accordion Capers – Joe Biviano Accordion Rhythm Sextette with Tony Mottola and John Serry.Record Reviews Billboard https://books.google.com/books?id=9BkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA124 April 27, 1946 124 0006-2510 Accordion Capers by Joe Biviano, his Accordion and Rhythm Sextette 1947 http://archive.org/details/mbid-47ec1899-c909-4d5f-b38c-4920df8f57d9 2024-02-14Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History - "Accordion Capers" (Sonora MS-476, 1946) with accordionists Joe Biviano & John Serry on americanhistory.si Annie Get Your Gun – Original Broadway cast Show Boat – Original Broadway cast Frank Sinatra Conducts the Music of Alec Wilder – Frank Sinatra Lombardoland – Guy Lombardo Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – Louis Jordan Manhattan Tower – Gordon Jenkins The Voice of Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra Merry Christmas Music – Perry Como What We So Proudly Hail – Bing Crosby Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One – Bing Crosby Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two – Bing Crosby Blue Skies – Bing Crosby Don't Fence Me In – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters Top popular records of 1946 For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page. The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys. Before the Hot 100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. The 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals. Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like 'Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 Record Research 1986 and other sources as specified. The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records' charts, starting November 1945 and before December 1946. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Eddy Howard and His Orchestra "To Each His Own"MAJESTIC 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/Majestic.htm 2022-06-04 www.78discography.com Majestic 7188 1946 4 16 1946 6 US Billboard 1946 #1, US #1 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, 576 points, CashBox #3, 1,000,000 sales 2 The Ink Spots "The Gypsy"Decca matrix 73387. The gypsy / Ink Spots – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301604/73387-The_gypsy 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18817 1946 2 19 1946 3 US Billboard 1946 #2, US #1 for 13 weeks, 23 total weeks, CashBox #1, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #3, Race Records #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 548 points, 1,000,000 sales 3 Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (vocal by Marjorie Hughes) "Rumors Are Flying"Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37000–37500 https://www.78discography.com/COL37000.htm 2022-05-03 www.78discography.com Columbia 37069 1946 6 20 1946 8 19 US Billboard 1946 #3, US #1 for 11 weeks, 28 total weeks, 477 points, CashBox #6, 1,000,000 sales 4 Frank Sinatra "Five Minutes More" Columbia 37048 1946 5 28 1946 7 8 US Billboard 1946 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 19 total weeks, 453 points 5 Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye "The Old Lamp-Lighter"RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500–20-2000 https://www.78discography.com/RCA201500.htm 2022-05-03 www.78discography.com RCA Victor 20-1963 1946 8 21 1946 9 US Billboard 1946 #5, US #1 for 8 weeks (Juke Box), 21 total weeks, 452 points, CashBox #8 6 Frankie Carle and his Orchestra (vocal by Marjorie Hughes "Oh! What It Seemed to Be"Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500–37000 https://www.78discography.com/COL36500.htm 2022-05-03 www.78discography.com Columbia 36892 1945 10 15 1945 12 17 US Billboard 1946 #6, US #1 for 11 weeks (Juke Box), 20 total weeks, 436 points, CashBox #5 7 Perry Como "Prisoner of Love" RCA Victor 20-1814 1945 12 18 1946 3 US Billboard 1946 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 429 points, 1,000,000 sales 8 Dinah Shore "The Gypsy" Columbia 36964 1946 2 12 1946 3 25 US Billboard 1946 #8, US #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 358 points, CashBox #2, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales 9 Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Victor 20-1759 1945 10 31 1945 11 US Billboard 1946 #9, US #1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks, 349 points 10 King Cole Trio "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" Capitol 304 1946 8 22 1946 9 30 US Billboard 1946 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, CashBox #1, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #20, Race Records #3 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, 293 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018, 1,000,000 sales 11 Betty Hutton "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief"Capitol 100–499, 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/Capitol100.htm 2022-04-14 www.78discography.com Capitol 220 1945 6 29 1945 11 US Billboard 1946 #10, US #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks, 299 points 12 Frank Sinatra "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" Columbia 36905 1945 11 19 1946 1 14 US Billboard 1946 #11, US #1 for 8 weeks, 28 total weeks, 295 points, CashBox #7 13 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra "Symphony" Victor 20-1747 1945 10 2 1945 11 US BB 1945 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks 14 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers "Personality" Capitol 230 1945 10 1 1945 12 US Billboard 1946 #13, US #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 289 points, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 15 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra "To Each His Own" RCA Victor 20-1921 1946 1946 7 US Billboard 1946 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 255 points, CashBox #4 16 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra "Ole Buttermilk Sky" Columbia 37073 1946 6 15 1946 8 26 US Billboard 1946 #15, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, 253 points 17 Perry Como "Surrender" RCA Victor 20-1877 1946 4 2 1946 6 US Billboard 1946 #16, US #1 for 9 weeks, 17 total weeks, 250 points 18 Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters "South America, Take It Away"Decca matrix L 4178. South America, take it away / The Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270601/L_4178-South_America_take_it_away 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23569 1946 5 11 1946 6 US Billboard 1946 #18, US #2 for 13 weeks, 17 total weeks, 213 points, 1,000,000 salesAugust 28, 1954 Decca Records 20th Anniversary https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 The Billboard 46 19 Hoagy Carmichael and Orchestra "Ole Buttermilk Sky"ARA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 series https://www.78discography.com/ARA100.htm 2022-06-04 www.78discography.com ARA 155 1946 4 2 1946 6 US Billboard 1946 #19, US #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 182 points, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 20 Dinah Shore "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" Columbia 36976 1946 3 16 1946 4 29 US Billboard 1946 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 159 points, CashBox #3 21 Dinah Shore "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" Columbia 36964 1946 2 12 1946 3 25 US Billboard 1946 #21, US #3 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 158 points, CashBox #3 22 Kay Kyser and His Orchestra "The Old Lamp-Lighter" Columbia 37095 1946 7 18 1946 10 14 US Billboard 1946 #22, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, 143 points, CashBox #9 23 Swing and Sway With Sammy Kaye "I'm A Big Girl Now" RCA Victor 20-1812 1945 12 22 1946 2 US Billboard 1946 #23, US #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 141 points, CashBox #6, 1,000,000 sales Top race records Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1946 is a year-end list compiled by Billboard magazine, printed in the January 4, 1947, issue. It includes rankings for the calendar year only, handicapping records at the beginning and end of the year such as "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie", which finished second as a result. For all year-end charts on these pages, records that enter the chart in December of the previous year, or remain on the chart after December of the current year, receive points for their full chart runs. Each week, a score of 15 points is assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates obtained from the Discography of American Historical Recordings website, chart performance from Billboards 'Best Selling Retail Records, Records Most-Played On the Air and Most Played Juke Box Records charts, Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records, Cashbox, and other sources as noted. Additional information can also be found at List of Most Played Juke Box Race Records number ones of 1946. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"Decca matrix 73305. Choo choo ch' boogie / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301522/73305-Choo_choo_ch_boogie 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23610 1946 1 23 1946 8 US Billboard 1946 #54, US #7 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #1, Race Records #1 for 18 weeks, 26 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 2 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop"Decca matrix L 4009. Hey-ba-ba-re-bop / Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270432/L_4009-Hey-ba-ba-re-bop 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18754 1945 12 1 1946 1 US Billboard 1946 #114, US #9 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #2, Race Records #1 for 16 weeks, 25 total weeks 3 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Buzz Me"Decca matrix 72709. Buzz me / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300926/72709-Buzz_me 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18734 1945 1 19 1945 12 US BB 1946 #90, US #9 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #3, Race Records #1 for 9 weeks, 13 total weeks 4 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)"Decca matrix 73073. Stone cold dead in de market / Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301290/73073-Stone_cold_dead_in_de_market 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23546 1945 10 8 1946 1 29 US Billboard 1946 #76, US #7 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #4, Race Records #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, 95 points 5 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)"Decca matrix 73306. Ain't that just like a woman / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301523/73306-Aint_that_just_like_a_woman 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23669 1946 1 23 1946 10 US Billboard 1946 #229, US #17 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #6, Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 74 points 6 The Ink Spots "The Gypsy" Decca 18817 1946 2 19 1946 3 US Billboard 1946 #2, US #1 for 13 weeks, 23 total weeks, 55 points, CashBox #1, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #5, Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 7 Roy Milton and His Solid Senders "R. M. Blues"Juke Box 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/JukeBox.htm 2022-08-13 www.78discography.com Juke Box 504 1946 7 1946 3 US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #7, Race Records #2 for 2 weeks, 25 total weeks, 54 points 8 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (vocal Charles Brown) "Driftin' Blues"neonadmin Drifting Blues – Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown, vocal) (Philo, 1945) https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/drifting-blues-johnny-moores-three-blazers-charles-brown-vocal-philo-1945/ 2022-08-13 Blues Foundation en-US Philo 112 1945 9 14 1945 12 US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1946 #8, US #2 for 1 week, 23 total weeks, 48 points 9 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Salt Pork, West Virginia"Decca matrix 72979. Salt Pork, West Virginia / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301196/72979-Salt_Pork_West_Virginia 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18762 1945 7 16 1946 2 US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #9, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 44 points 10 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule"Decca matrix 72982. Don't worry 'bout that mule / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301199/72982-Dont_worry_bout_that_mule 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18734 1946 1 10 1946 3 US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #10, Race Records #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 43 points 11 Andy Kirk and His Orchestra and The Jubalaires "I Know"Decca matrix 73162. I know / The Jubalaires; Andy Kirk – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301379/73162-I_know 2022-06-04 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 18782 1945 11 27 1946 4 US Billboard 1946 #277, US #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #11, Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 34 points 12 King Cole Trio "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" Capitol 256 1946 3 15 1946 4 22 US Billboard 1946 #137, US #11 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #12, Race Records #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 30 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018, 1,000,000 sales 13 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five "That Chick's Too Young To Fry"Decca matrix 73307. That chick's too young to fry / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301524/73307-That_chicks_too_young_to_fry 2022-08-13 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 23610 1946 1 23 1946 8 US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #13, Race Records #3 for 8 weeks, 11 total weeks, 30 points 20 King Cole Trio "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" Capitol 304 1946 8 22 1946 9 30 US Billboard 1946 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, CashBox #1, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #20, Race Records #3 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, 17 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018, 1,000,000 sales Published popular music "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" words and music: Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney "Ain't That Just Like A Woman?" w.m. Fleecie Moore & Claude Demetrius "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" w.m. Don Gardner "All The Cats Join In" A. Wilder, Ray Gilbert, E. Sauter "Along With Me" w.m. Harold Rome Introduced by Danny Scholl and Paula Bane in the musical Call Me Mister "The 'Ampstead Way" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "The Anniversary Song" w.m. Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "Anything You Can Do" w.m. Irving Berlin "Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Dick Haymes and Betty Grable in the 1947 film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim "Blue Moon of Kentucky" w.m. Bill Monroe "Bumble Boogie" m. Jack Fina "Changing My Tune" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Betty Grable in the film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim. "The Christmas Song" w. Robert Wells m. Mel Tormé "Coax Me A Little Bit" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon "The Coffee Song" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles "Come Rain Or Come Shine" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "Country Style" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "A Couple of Song and Dance Men" w.m. Irving Berlin "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?" w.m. Eddie DeLange & Louis Alter. Introduced by Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong in the 1947 film New Orleans. "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" w.m. Irving Berlin "The Face on the Dime" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Lawrence Winters in the musical revue Call Me Mister. "Feudin' And Fightin' " w. Al Dubin & Burton Lane m. Burton Lane "Five Minutes More" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "For You, For Me, For Evermore" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Dick Haymes in the 1947 film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim "A Gal In Calico" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by Jack Carson, Sally Sweetland dubbing for Martha Vickers, and Dennis Morgan in the film The Time, the Place and the Girl. "The Girl That I Marry" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ray Middleton in the musical Annie Get Your Gun and performed by Howard Keel in the 1950 film version. "Golden Earrings" w. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans m. Victor Young "The House Of Blue Lights" w.m. Don Raye & Freddie Slack "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane "I Got Lost in His Arms" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Annie Get Your Gun. "I Got The Sun In The Morning" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Annie Get Your Gun and performed by Betty Hutton in the 1950 film version. "If This Isn't Love" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane "If You Smile at Me" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Victoria Cordova in the musical Around the World "I'm An Indian Too" w.m. Irving Berlin "It's A Good Day" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour "It's A Pity To Say Goodnight" w.m. Billy Reid "Laughing On The Outside" w. Ben Raleigh m. Bernie Wayne "Legalise My Name" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "Let The Good Times Roll" w.m. Fleecie Moore & Sam Theard "Linda" w.m. Jack Lawrence "Lost In The Stars" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill "Managua, Nicaragua" w. Albert Gamse m. Irving Fields "Military Life" aka "The Jerk Song" w.m. Harold Rome from the musical revue Call Me Mister "Moonshine Lullaby" w.m. Irving Berlin "Mr. Jackson from Jacksonville" m.w. Louis Armstrong, Claude Demetrius, Fritz Pollard "My Defenses Are Down" w.m. Irving Berlin "My Heart Is A Hobo" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Old Devil Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane "The Old Lamp-Lighter" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon "The Old Soft Shoe" w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis. Introduced by Ray Bolger in the revue Three to Make Ready. "Ole Buttermilk Sky" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael "One-zy Two-zy" w.m. Dave Franklin & Irving Taylor "Open The Door, Richard" w. "Dusty" Fletcher & John Mason m. Jack McVea & Dan Howell "Put The Blame On Mame" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher. Introduced by Anita Ellis dubbing for Rita Hayworth in the film Gilda. "A Rainy Night In Rio" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige and Sally Sweetland dubbing for Martha Vickers in the film The Time, the Place and the Girl "The Red Ball Express" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Lawrence Winters in the musical revue Call Me Mister. "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" w.m. Bobby Troup "Rumors Are Flying" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss "Sooner Or Later" w. Ray Gilbert m. Charles Wolcott "South America, Take It Away" w.m. Harold Rome Introduced by Betty Garrett in the musical revue Call Me Mister. "Stella by Starlight" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young "Stone Cold Dead in de Market" w.m. Wilmoth Houdini "A Sunday Kind of Love" w.m. Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes & Louis Prima "Tenderly" w. Jack Lawrence m. Walter Gross "That's All Right" w.m. Arthur Crudup "There's Good Blues Tonight" Edna Osser, Glenn Osser "There's No Business Like Show Business" w.m. Irving Berlin "They Say It's Wonderful" w.m. Irving Berlin "The Things We Did Last Summer" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "Time After Time" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "To Each His Own" w. Ray Evans m. Jay Livingston "Valse" m. Tchaikovsky arr. John Serry, Sr. "La vie en rose" w. (Eng) Mack David (Fr) Édith Piaf m. Louiguy "When I Walk with You" w. John Latouche m. Duke Ellington. Introduced by Alfred Drake and Jet MacDonald in the musical Beggar's Holiday "Who Do You Love, I Hope" w.m. Irving Berlin "A Woman's Prerogative" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "You Call Everybody Darling" w.m. Sam Martin, Ben Trace & Clem Watts "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" w.m. Irving Berlin "You Make Me Feel So Young" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" w. Ray Gilbert m. Allie Wrubel Classical music Premieres Composer Composition Date Location Performers Barber, Samuel Cello Concerto 1946-04-05 Boston Garbousova / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzkyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=BvKChvs3_7gC&q=barber+cello+concerto+garbousova+koussevitzky+1946&pg=PA61 Samuel Barber: A Research and Information Guide Wayne Wentzel December 6, 2012 Routledge Google Books 9781135271824 Bartók, Béla Piano Concerto No. 3 1946-02-08 Philadelphia Sándor / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandyhttps://cso.org/uploadedFiles/1_Tickets_and_Events/Program_Notes/ProgramNotes_Bartok_Piano_Concerto3.pdf Chicago Symphony Orchestra July 8, 2015 November 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151106074659/http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/1_Tickets_and_Events/Program_Notes/ProgramNotes_Bartok_Piano_Concerto3.pdf dead Bernstein, Leonard Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" 1946-02-03 San Francisco San Francisco Symphony – Bernstein35871 Three Dance Episodes from 'On the Town, Leonard Bernstein Bernstein, Leonard Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free 1946-01-21 New York City New York City Symphony – Bernstein35870 Three Dance Variations from Fancy Free, Leonard BernsteinBernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War Boulez, Pierre Douze notations for piano 1946-02-12 Paris Grimaud6967 Douze notations, Pierre Boulez Britten, Benjamin Occasional Overture 1946-09-29 London BBC Symphony – Boult22923 Occasional Overture in C, Benjamin Britten Britten, Benjamin The Holy Sonnets of John Donne 1946-11-22 London Pears, Britten22751 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Benjamin Britten Britten, Benjamin The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 1946-10-15 Liverpool Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent22768 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Cage, John Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos 1946-12-11 New York City Ajemian, Masselos7143 Three Dances, John Cage Carter, Elliott Elegy for String Quartet 1946-08-21 Eliot, Maine Lanier Quartet13059 Elegy, Elliott Carter Carter, Elliott Musicians Wrestle Everywhere 1946-02-12 New York City Randolph Singers – Randolph7205 Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, Elliott Carter Carter, Elliott Voyage for voice and piano 1946-03-16 New York City Boatwright, Baerwald21157 Voyage, Elliott Carter Carter, Elliott Warble for Lilac Time 1946-09-14 Saratoga Springs, New York (Spa Festival) Boatwright / Yaddo Orchestra – Fennell21156 Warble for Lilac Time, Elliott Carter Copland, Aaron Danzón cubano 1946-02-17 Baltimore Baltimore Symphony – Stewart33948 Danzón cubano, Aaron Copland Copland, Aaron Symphony No. 3 1946-10-18 Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzkyhttp://www.cantonsymphony.org/670 Canton Symphony Orchestra July 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150707073915/http://www.cantonsymphony.org/670 July 7, 2015 dead Dallapiccola, Luigi Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio for cello 1946-02-26 Milan Cassadó24973 Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio, Luigi Dallapiccola Dallapiccola, Luigi Liriche Greche II – Due liriche di Anacreonte 1946-06-24 Brussels Martin-Metten / Brussels Philharmonic – Souris7576 Due liriche di Anacreonte – Liriche Greche II, Luigi Dallapiccola Dallapiccola, Luigi Rencesvals 1946-12-19 Brussels Bernac, Poulenc24949 Rencesvals, Luigi Dallapiccola Dallapiccola, Luigi Sonatina canonica su Capricci di Paganini 1946-03-03 Perugia, Italy Scarpini24952 Sonatina canonica, Luigi Dallapiccola Ginastera, Alberto Sinfonía elegíaca (Symphony No. 2) 1946-05-31 Buenos Aires [unknown orchestra] – Castro31602 Symphonie No. 2 'Elégiaque', Alberto Evaristo Ginastera Guridi, Jesús Sinfonía Pirenaica 1946-06-08 Bilbao Bilbao Municipal Orchestra – Arámbarrihttp://www.euskonews.com/0580zbk/gaia58001es.html Euskonews Henze, Hans Werner Chamber Concerto for piano, flute and strings 1946-09-27 Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Germany Redel, Seemann / Darmstadt Landestheater Orchestra – Straub24198 Kammerkonzert, Hans Werner Henze Ives, Charles Central Park in the Dark (1906) 1946-05-11 New York City Students of the Juilliard School – Bloomfield32384 Central Park in the Dark, Charles Ives Ives, Charles In Summer Fields (1898) 1946-11-12 Los Angeles Dice, Wenger32578 Feldeinsamkeit / In Summer Fields, Charles Ives Ives, Charles String Quartet No. 2 (1913) 1946-05-11 New York City Students of the Juilliard School9428 String Quartet No. 2, Charles Ives Ives, Charles The Camp Meeting (Symphony No. 3) (1904) 1946-04-05 New York City New York Little Symphony – Harrison32256 Symphony No. 3: The Camp Meeting, Charles Ives Ives, Charles The Unanswered Question (1906) 1946-05-11 New York City Students of the Juilliard School – Bloomfield9439 The Unanswered Question, Charles Ives Jolivet, André Divertissement à la roumaine 1946-12-19 Paris [unknown performers]34893 Divertissement à la roumaine, André Jolivet Jongen, Joseph Mass, Op. 130 1946-06-23 Liège Cathedral, Belgium Jongen Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Cello Concerto 1946-12-29 Los Angeles Aller / Los Angeles Philharmonic – SvedrofskySchott Music Krenek, Ernst Symphony No. 3 1946-11-22 Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos33714 Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 3, Ernst Krenek Krenek, Ernst Symphonic Elegy in memoriam Anton Webern 1946-09-03 Saratoga Springs, New York (Spa Festival) New York Philharmonic – Adler33742 Élégie symphonique, Ernst Krenek Krenek, Ernst Tricks and Trifles 1946-03-22 Minneapolis Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos33741 Tricks and Trifles, Ernst Krenek Martin, Frank Petite symphonie concertante 1946-05-17 Zürich Collegium Musicum Zurich – Sacherhttp://www.universaledition.com/Frank-Martin/composers-and-works/composer/456/work/4134 Martin – Petite symphonie concertante for harp, harpsichord, piano and 2 string orchestras – Universal Edition Universal Edition Martinů, Bohuslav Etudes and Polkas for Piano 1946-01-18 Cambridge, Massachusetts Firkusnyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=-beuAwAAQBAJ&q=martinu+symphony+5+czech+philharmonic+kubelik&pg=PT41 Bohuslav Martinů: A Research and Information Guide Robert Simon May 30, 2014 Routledge Google Books 9781317806097 Messiaen, Olivier Harawi, chant d'amour et de mort 1946-06-27 Brussels Bunlet, Messiaen10592 Harawi, Olivier Messiaen Milhaud, Darius Symphony No. 2 1946-12-20 Boston Boston Symphony – Pistonhttp://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx World Premieres: The 1900s Boston Symphony Orchestra www.bso.org July 10, 2015 January 18, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx dead Prokofiev, Sergei Violin Sonata No. 1 1946-10-23 Moscow Oistrakh, Oborinhttps://books.google.com/books?id=v0l9zLpsOmoC&q=prokofiev+violin+sonata+1+oborin+oistrakh+1946+moscow&pg=PA277 The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years Simon Morrison November 25, 2008 Oxford University Press Google Books 9780199720514 Schoenberg, Arnold Theme and Variations for Band 1946-06-27 Boston Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky23788 Thème et variations pour orchestre d'harmonie op. 43a, Arnold Schoenberg Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 3 1946-12-16 Moscow Beethoven Quartet7372 Quatuor à cordes No. 3, Dimitri Chostakovitch Shostakovich, Dmitri Victorious Spring 1946-05-08 Moscow NKVD Choreographic and Vocal Ensemble – Silantsev7320 La Victoire du printemps, Dimitri Chostakovitch Strauss, Richard Metamorphosen, study for 23 strings 1946-01-25 Zürich Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacherhttps://academic.oup.com/ml/article/87/3/462/2848188 Eine 3000 Jährige Kulturentwicklung abgeschlossen: Biographie und Geschichte in den Metamorphosen von Richard Strauss Kenneth Birkin August 1, 2006 Music and Letters 87 3 462–463 ml.oxfordjournals.org 10.1093/ml/gci218 191486240 subscription Strauss, Richard Oboe Concerto 1946-02-26 Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra – Andreaehttp://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Richard-Strauss-Oboe-Concerto/993 Richard Strauss – Oboe Concerto www.boosey.com Stravinsky, Igor Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band 1946-03-25 New York City Herman / Herman's Band – Hendel12202 Ebony Concerto, Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky, Igor Scherzo à la russe 1946-03-22 San Francisco San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky24780 Scherzo à la russe, Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky, Igor Symphony in Three Movements 1946-01-24 New York City New York Philharmonic – Stravinsky24779 Symphonie en trois mouvements, Igor Stravinsky Tippett, Michael Little Music for Strings 1946-11-09 London Jacques String Orchestra – Jacques12403 Little Music, Sir Michael Tippett Tippett, Michael String Quartet No. 3 1946-10-19 London Zorian Quartet12427 Quatuor à cordes No. 3, Sir Michael Tippett Villa-Lobos, Heitor Piano Concerto No. 1 1946-10-11 Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro) Ballon / Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal – Villa-LobosVilla-Lobos, sua obra https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf October 16, 2016 , Version 1.0. (MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009, based on the third edition, 1989): 56. Webern, Anton Cantata No. 1 1946-07-12 London Hooke / BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Rankl12617/ I. Kantate, Op. 29, Anton Webern Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Capriccio for Piano, improvisations on folk themes 1946-07-12 Horrem, Germanu Wirtz12954 Capriccio, Bernd Alois Zimmermann Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Drei Geistliche Lieder, improvisations on folk themes 1946-06-18 Cologne Klaembt, Hecker12968 Drei geistliche Lieder, Bernd Alois Zimmermann Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Extemporale, five pieces for piano 1946-04-12 Cologne Wirtz12961 Extemporale: Fünf Stücke, für Klavier, Bernd Alois Zimmermann Zimmermann, Bernd Alois Scherzo sinfonico 1946-05-06 Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra – Wand23250 Sinfonia prosodica, Bernd Alois Zimmermann Compositions Malcolm Arnold – Symphony for Strings, Op. 13 Arno Babajanian – Polyphonic Piano Sonata Benjamin Britten – Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3 George Crumb – Poem; Seven Songs for voice and piano Gottfried von Einem – Dantons Tod Don Gillis – Symphony No. 5½, A Symphony for Fun Ruth Gipps – Symphony No. 2 Jesús Guridi – Sinfonía Pirenaica Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Symphony No. 2 "Adagio" Herbert Howells – Gloucester Service Wojciech Kilar – Mazurka in E minor Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Cello Concerto Bohuslav Martinů – Symphony No. 5, H.310; Toccata e Due Canzoni; String Quartet No. 6, H.312 Peter Mennin – Symphony No. 3 Vincent Persichetti – Symphony No. 3 Edmund Rubbra – Cello Sonata, Op. 60 John Serry Sr. – Fantasy in F for accordion. Valse – music by Tchaikovsky arranged for accordion by Serry Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 2, Piano Sonata No. 2 Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in D for Strings Michael Tippett – Little Music for string orchestra Heitor Villa-Lobos – String Quartet No. 10 William Walton – String Quartet in A minor Opera Benjamin Britten – The Rape of Lucretia – chamber opera opened at Glyndebourne on July 12 with Kathleen Ferrier in the title rôle Gian Carlo Menotti – The Medium Film Georges Auric – The Beauty and the Beast Hugo Friedhofer – The Best Years of Our Lives Bernard Herrmann – Anna and the King of Siam Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Deception Erich Wofgang Korngold – Devotion Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Of Human Bondage Miklós Rózsa – The Killers Max Steiner – The Big Sleep Dimitri Tiomkin – It's a Wonderful Life Jazz 1946 in jazz Musical theater Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 16 and ran for 1147 performances Around the World ( Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Orson Welles) Broadway production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on May 31 and ran for 75 performances Beggar's Holiday opened at the Broadway Theatre on December 26 and ran for 111 performances Burlesque Broadway revival opened at the Belasco Theatre on December 25 and ran for 439 performances Call Me Mister Broadway revue opened at the National Theatre on April 18 and ran for 734 performances Lute Song ( music: Raymond Scott lyrics Bernie Hanighen) Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre on February 6 and ran for 146 performances Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway revival opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on January 5 and ran for 418 performances Song of Norway London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 7 and ran for 526 performances St. Louis Woman Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on March 30 and ran for 113 performances Sweetest And Lowest London revue opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on May 9 and ran for 791 performances Three to Make Ready Broadway revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on March 7 and ran for 327 performances. Yours Is My Heart Broadway production opened on September 5 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 36 performances Musical films The Bamboo Blonde starring Frances Langford Breakfast in Hollywood starring Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke and Zasu Pitts and featuring Andy Russell, The King Cole Trio and Spike Jones and his City Slickers. Directed by Harold D. Schuster. Cinderella Jones starring Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, S. Z. Sakall and Edward Everett Horton. Directed by Busby Berkeley. Do You Love Me released May 17, starring Maureen O'Hara, Dick Haymes and featuring Harry James and his Music Makers. Doll Face starring Vivian Blaine and Dennis O'Keefe and featuring Perry Como and Carmen Miranda. Directed by Lewis Seiler. Earl Carroll Sketchbook starring Constance Moore, William Marshall and Edward Everett Horton Easy to Wed starring Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Lucille Ball and Keenan Wynn. Directed by Eddie Buzzell. Gaiety George released July 22 starring Richard Greene and Ann Todd. The Harvey Girls Holiday in Mexico starring Jane Powell, José Iturbi, Walter Pidgeon, Roddy McDowall, Ilona Massey and Xavier Cugat. Directed by George Sidney. The Jolson Story London Town released September 30 starring Sid Fields, Greta Gynt, Petula Clark, Kay Kendall and Sonny Hale and featuring Tessie O'Shea and Beryl Davis. No Leave, No Love starring Van Johnson, Pat Kirkwood, Keenan Wynn and Marie Wilson, and featuring Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra and Guy Lombardo and his Orchestra. Directed by Charles Martin. Song of the South St. Louis Woman Susie Steps Out starring David Bruce, Cleatus Caldwell and Margaret Dumont. Directed by Reginald LeBorg. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi starring Phil Regan, Elyse Knox and Phil Brito and featuring Frankie Carle & his Orchestra Swing Parade of 1946 starring Gale Storm, Phil Regan and The Three Stooges and featuring Connee Boswell and Louis Jordan. Directed by Phil Karlson. Tars and Spars starring Janet Blair, Alfred Drake and Sid Caesar. Three Little Girls in Blue starring June Haver, George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine, Celeste Holm and Vera Ellen. Directed by Bruce Humberstone. Till the Clouds Roll By The Time, the Place and the Girl released on December 28 starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige and Martha Vickers. Ziegfeld Follies starring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly and Red Skelton. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Births January 1 – Susannah McCorkle, American singer (died 2001) January 3 – John Paul Jones, born John Baldwin, rock musician (Led Zeppelin) January 4 – Arthur Conley, soul singer (died 2003) January 6 – Syd Barrett, born Roger Barrett, rock singer-songwriter (Pink Floyd) (died 2006) January 7 Andy Brown, drummer (The Fortunes) Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine January 8 Robby Krieger, rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Doors) Elijah Moshinsky, opera director (died 2021) January 9 – Nihal Nelson, Sri Lankan singer-songwriter (died 2022) January 10 – Aynsley Dunbar, drummer (Jefferson Starship, Journey) January 11 Naomi Judd, country singer-songwriter (died 2022) Tony Kaye, English keyboardist (Yes) January 16 – Katia Ricciarelli, operatic soprano January 19 – Dolly Parton, country singer-songwriter (died 2026) January 22 – Malcolm McLaren, impresario, founder of the Sex Pistols (died 2010) January 26 – Deon Jackson, soul singer (died 2014) January 27 – Nedra Talley, pop singer (The Ronettes) (died 2026) January 28 – Rick Allen, rock musician (Box Tops) January 31 – Terry Kath, rock guitarist and singer (Chicago) (died 1978) February 1 – Carol Neblett, operatic soprano February 6 – Kate McGarrigle, folk singer-aristsongwriter (died 2010) February 7 – Sammy Johns, country singer-songwriter (died 2013) February 13 – Colin Matthews, composer February 17 – Dodie Stevens, pop singer February 20 – J. Geils, rock guitarist (The J. Geils Band) (died 2017) February 23 – Rusty Young, country rock musician (Poco) (died 2021) February 24 – Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra) (died 2017) March 1 – Tony Ashton, rock musician (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke) (died 2001) March 6 David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Tony Klatka (Blood, Sweat & Tears) March 7 Peter Wolf (The J. Geils Band) Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum) March 8 – Randy Meisner, rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Poco, Eagles) (died 2023) March 12 – Liza Minnelli, singer and actress March 15 – Howard E. Scott (War) March 17 Harold Ray Brown (War) Michael Finnissy, composer and pianist March 19 Paul Atkinson (The Zombies) (died 2004) Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) March 21 – Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) March 22 – Harry Vanda (The Easybeats) March 24 – Colin Petersen, drummer (Bee Gees) March 26 – William Onyeabor, electronic funk musician March 27 – Andy Bown, (The Herd, Status Quo, Pink Floyd) April 1 – Ronnie Lane, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Faces) (died 1997) April 3 – Dee Murray (Elton John Band) April 4 – Dave Hill (Slade) April 11 – Bob Harris, disc jockey April 13 Al Green, soul singer Jim Pons (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention) April 15 – Marsha Hunt, actress, singer and novelist April 16 – Pēteris Vasks, Latvian composer April 17 – Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) April 18 Lenny Baker (Sha Na Na) Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape) April 19 – Tim Curry, English-American actor and singer (died 2026) May 1 – Jerry Weiss, jazz fusion trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears) May 2 – Lesley Gore, singer (died 2015) May 9 – Clint Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and game show host May 10 Donovan, folk singer Graham Gouldman, art rock singer-songwriter (10cc) Dave Mason, rock singer-songwriter (Traffic) (died 2026) May 11 – Plume Latraverse, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist May 16 – Robert Fripp, guitarist, composer and record producer May 20 – Cher, singer and actress May 24 – Steve Upton, drummer (Wishbone Ash) May 25 – Siegfried Fietz, song composer May 26 – Mick Ronson, guitarist (David Bowie), singer, songwriter, record producer (died 1993) June 1 – Jody Stecher, American singer June 3 – Eddie Holman, American singer and minister June 10 – Millie Small, singer (died 2020) June 11 – John Lawton (Uriah Heep) (died 2021) June 15 Noddy Holder, English vocalist (Slade) Demis Roussos, Greek singer (died 2015) June 18 – Maria Bethânia, Brazilian singer (sister of Caetano Veloso) June 25 Ian McDonald, musician and record producer (King Crimson, Foreigner) (died in 2022) Allen Lanier (Blue Öyster Cult) (died 2013) June 30 Billy Brown (The Moments) Iain Matthews, singer-songwriter July 8 – Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean mbira player (died 2023) July 9 – Bon Scott, rock singer-songwriter (AC/DC) (died 1980) July 12 – Seán Keane, Irish traditional fiddler (The Chieftains) (died 2023) July 15 – Linda Ronstadt, singer July 19 – Alan Gorrie, R&B guitarist (Average White Band) July 21 – Barry Whitwam (Herman's Hermits) July 22 Mireille Mathieu, singer Stephen M. Wolownik, American musicologist (died 2000) July 23 – Andy Mackay, saxophonist, oboist and composer July 24 – Alan Whitehead (Marmalade) July 28 Jonathan Edwards, folk musician and songwriter Suzanne Stephens, clarinetist and basset-hornist July 30 – Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (Jethro Tull) July 31 Gary Lewis (Gary Lewis & The Playboys) Bob Welch (Fleetwood Mac) (died 2012) August 1 Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson, Bad Company) (died 2006) Rick Coonce, American drummer (The Grass Roots) (died 2011) August 10 – Peter Karrie, Welsh star of West End musical productions August 14 – Larry Graham, American bassist and singer (Sly and the Family Stone) August 15 – Jimmy Webb, American songwriter August 19 – Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor August 23 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (died 1978) August 28 – Elena Mauti Nunziata, Italian soprano (died 2024) September 1 – Barry Gibb, singer-songwriter (Bee Gees) September 4 Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (died 2019) Greg Elmore (Quicksilver Messenger Service) September 5 Dean Ford, singer (Marmalade) (died 2018) Freddie Mercury, lead singer (Queen) (died 1991)Freddie Mercury Biography, Parents, Songs, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Freddie-Mercury www.britannica.com 9 January 2022 en Loudon Wainwright III, singer-songwriter, humorist and actor September 7 – Alfa Anderson, disco singer (Chic) (died 2024) September 9 Doug Ingle, rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (founder of Iron Butterfly) Bruce Palmer, folk rock bassist (Buffalo Springfield) (died 2004) Billy Preston, singer and musician (died 2006) September 14 – Pete Agnew, rock bassist and backing vocalist (Nazareth) September 17 – Rhys Clark, New Zealand drummer September 18 – Alan "Bam" King, pop rock guitarist and singer (Ace) September 19 – John Coghlan, drummer (Status Quo) September 20 – Finbarr Dwyer, accordionist and fiddler (died 2014) September 22 – Law Kar-ying, Cantonese opera singer and actor September 24 – Jerry Donahue, folk rock guitarist (Fairport Convention) September 28 – Helen Shapiro, pop singer September 30 – Sylvia Peterson, pop singer (The Chiffons) October 10 John Prine, country folk singer-songwriter (died 2020)Grimes William John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/arts/music/john-prine-dead.html 8 April 2020 The New York Times 7 April 2020 Willard White, operatic bass-baritone October 11 – Gary Mallaber, drummer (Steve Miller Band) October 13 – Dorothy Moore, R&B singer October 14 Justin Hayward, guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) Dan McCafferty, rock singer-songwriter (Nazareth) (died 2022) October 15 – Richard Carpenter, pop singer-songwriter (The Carpenters) October 18 – Howard Shore, film composer October 19 – Keith Reid, lyricist (Procol Harum) (died 2023) October 21 – Lee Loughnane, rock trumpeter (Chicago) October 26 – Keith Hopwood, pop singer-songwriter (Herman's Hermits) October 29 – Peter Green, blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac) (died 2020) October 30 René Jacobs, conductor and countertenor singer Chris Slade, rock drummer (AC/DC) November 1 – Ric Grech, vocalist & multi-instrumentalist (Blind Faith) (Family), bassist (Traffic) (died 1990) November 5 Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist (died 2001) Gram Parsons, country musician (died 1973) November 8 – Roy Wood, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, Wizzard) November 11 – Chip Hawkes, vocalist and guitarist (The Tremeloes) November 17 – Martin Barre, guitarist (Jethro Tull) November 20 – Duane Allman, lead & slide guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) (died 1971) November 22 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, reggae musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (died 2024) November 29 – Eamonn Campbell, guitarist & mandolin player (The Dubliners) December 1 – Gilbert O'Sullivan, singer-songwriter December 5 José Carreras, operatic tenor Andy Kim, pop rock singer-songwriter December 6 Frankie Beverly, soul singer-songwriter and producer (Maze) (died 2024) Emílio Santiago, singer (died 2013) Dean Parks, American session guitarist December 10 Gloria Loring, American singer and actress Walter Orange, American funk-soul vocalist-drummer (Commodores) December 12 – Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull) December 14 – Jane Birkin, actress and singer (died 2023) December 15 – Carmine Appice, rock drummer (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus) December 16 Benny Andersson, singer-songwriter (ABBA) Trevor Pinnock, conductor and harpsichordist December 21 Christopher Keene, conductor (died 1995) Kevin Peek, guitarist and songwriter (died 2013) Carl Wilson, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys) (died 1998) December 23 – Edita Gruberová, opera singer December 24 – Jan Akkerman, guitarist (Focus) December 25 – Jimmy Buffett, singer-songwriter, author, businessman and film producer (died 2023) December 27 – Lenny Kaye, rock guitarist, composer and writer (Patti Smith Group) December 28 – Edgar Winter, multi-instrumentalist and singer December 29 – Marianne Faithfull, singer and actress (died 2025) December 30 – Patti Smith, poet and singer-songwriter Deaths January 7 – Adamo Didur, operatic bass, 77 January 10 – Harry Von Tilzer, songwriter, 73 January 18 – Lew Pollack, US composer, 50 February 2 – Eduard Bass, singer and cabaret director, 58 February 15 – Putney Dandridge, jazz musician, 44 February 20 – Hugh Allen, organist and choral conductor, 76 April 5 – Vincent Youmans, US composer, 47 May 25 – Patty Hill, co-writer of "Happy Birthday to You", 78 June 1 – Leo Slezak, operatic tenor, 72 July 14 – Riley Puckett, country musician, 52 (blood poisoning) July 20 – Tricky Sam Nanton, trombonist, 42 August 8 – Maria Barrientos, coloratura soprano, 63 August 24 – Antonio Paoli, operatic tenor, 75 August 31 – Paul von Klenau, Danish composer and conductor, 63The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Harvard University Press Cambridge, MA Randel Don Michael 452 https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand registration 16 March 2009 1996 0-674-37299-9 September 3 – Moriz Rosenthal, pianist, 83 September 4 – Paul Lincke, composer, 79 September 15 – Cornel Simanjuntak id classical composer, 25 September 16 – Mamie Smith, vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, 63 October 9 – Enrica Clay Dillon, American opera singer, opera director, and voice teacher, 65 October 12 – Giuseppe Adami, opera librettist, 67 October 16 – Sir Granville Bantock, composer, 78 November 5 – Zygmunt Stojowski, composer and pianist, 76 November 14 – Manuel de Falla, composer, 69 November 30 – Albert Gumble, ragtime composer, 63 December 6 – Maximilian Steinberg, composer and teacher, 63 December 28 – Carrie Jacobs-Bond, US songwriter, 84 December 30 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer, 65 Date unknown Teddy Brown, xylophone player (born 1900) Armanda Degli Abbati, Italian opera singer (born 1879) George De Cairos Rego, Australian composer and music professor (born 1858) Albert Bokhare Saunders, Australian composer (born 1880) References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year