1941 in music

none August 2011 1941 1941 music radio television film thumb | right | alt=Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941. | Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1941. Specific locations 1941 in British music 1941 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1941 in country music 1941 in jazz Events January 5 – Ernesto Bonino makes his début on Italian radio. January 15 – Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps is premiered by the composer and fellow prisoners-of-war in Stalag VIII-A in Silesia. January 20 – Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 6 is premièred in New York City. May Front National des Musiciens established in Nazi-occupied France by Elsa Barraine and others as part of the French Resistance.Simeone Nigel Making Music in Occupied Paris The Musical Times UK 147 1894 Spring 2006 23-50 https://www.jstor.org/stable/25434357 10.2307/25434357 0027-4666 2023-11-09 subscription Woody Guthrie writes and records "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" and "Grand Coulee Dam" among other folk songs in Portland, Oregon on a commission from the Bonneville Power Administration; these are released as Columbia River Collection. May 10 – London's Queen's Hall, venue for The Proms, is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The concert series relocates to the Royal Albert Hall. August 18 – In a brutal police operation in Nazi Germany, over 300 Swingjugend ("Swing kids") are arrested, marking the end of tolerance to swing music. date unknown Alan Lomax (working for the Library of Congress) discovers Muddy Waters and Son House, among others Les Paul almost electrocutes himself while attempting to build the first solid-body electric guitar. Enrico Gentile leaves Quartetto Ritmo. Felice Chiusano replaces him and the group is renamed Quartetto Cetra.Oggi: settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura https://books.google.com/books?id=GRgnAQAAIAAJ 1987 Dutch Leschan sisters of Trio Lescano become Italian citizens. The National Negro Opera Company is launched in Pittsburgh, USA.Ralph P. Locke Cyrilla Barr Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists Since 1860 https://books.google.com/books?id=L4UylL6JGZcC&pg=PA225 1 January 1997 University of California Press 978-0-520-08395-0 225 Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts is presented at Town Hall in New York City. Albums released Songs for John Doe – The Almanac Singers Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger – Burl Ives Small Fry – Bing Crosby Hawaii Calls – Bing Crosby, Frances Langford, Harry Owens Crosbyana – Bing Crosby Four Star Favorites – Artie Shaw Top Popular Recordings 1941 The following songs appeared in The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart during 1941. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Regional charts determined the 11–25 rankings each week, and records that failed to score on the main chart were ranked by highest position. Additional information was obtained 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' chart during 1941. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra "Chattanooga Choo Choo"Victor matrix PBS-061245. Chattanooga choo choo / Tex Beneke; The Four Modernaires; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049105/PBS-061245-Chattanooga_choo_choo 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 11230 1941 5 7 1941 7 25 US BB 1941 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 253 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, ASCAP song of 1941, Oscar Nomination 1941 (film 'Sun Valley Serenade') 2 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra "Piano Concerto In B Flat"Victor matrix PBS-061301. Piano concerto in B flat / Freddy Martin Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049134/PBS-061301-Piano_concerto_in_B_flat 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 11211 1941 6 16 1941 7 3 US BB 1941 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 230 points 3 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)"Decca matrix 68652. Amapola (voBE, HOC) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296765/68652-Amapola_voBE_HOC 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3629 1941 2 3 1941 2 US BB 1941 #3, US #1 for 10 weeks, 18 total weeks, 171 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 4 Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye "Daddy"Victor matrix BS-063320. Daddy / Kaye Choir; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049822/BS-063320-Daddy 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 27391 1941 3 31 1941 4 25 US BB 1941 #4, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 170 points 5 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Green Eyes"Decca matrix 68840. Green eyes / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296953/68840-Green_eyes 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3698 1941 3 19 1941 4 US BB 1941 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales 6 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Maria Elena"Decca matrix 68834. Maria Elena / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296947/68834-Maria_Elena 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3698 1941 3 19 1941 4 US BB 1941 #6, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 142 points, 1,000,000 sales 7 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Elmer's Tune"Victor matrix BS-067630. Elmer's tune / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200051973/BS-067630-Elmers_tune 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 11274 1941 8 11 1941 8 29 US BB 1941 #7, US #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 126 points 8 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) "This Love of Mine"Victor matrix BS-065917. This love of mine / Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200050914/BS-065917-This_love_of_mine 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 27508 1941 5 28 1941 7 11 US BB 1941 #8, US #3 for 4 weeks, 27 total weeks, 111 points 9 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Blue Champagne"Decca matrix 69091. Blue Champagne / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000297204/69091-Blue_Champagne 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3775 1941 4 29 1941 6 US BB 1941 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 84 points 10 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & Connie Haines & Pied Pipers) "Oh Look At Me Now"Victor matrix BS-058760. Oh! Look at me now / Connie Haines; The Pied Pipers; Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048008/BS-058760-Oh_Look_at_me_now 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 27274 1941 1 16 1941 2 US BB 1941 #10, US #2 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 81 points 11 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "My Sister and I"Decca matrix 68833. My sister and I / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296946/68833-My_sister_and_I 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3710 1941 3 19 1941 4 US 1941 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 79 points 12 Horace Heidt And His Musical Knights "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire"Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36000–36499 https://www.78discography.com/COL36000.htm 2022-04-21 www.78discography.com Columbia 36295 1941 7 24 1941 8 US BB 1941 #12, US #2 for 2 week, 17 total weeks, 77 points 13 Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra "I Hear a Rhapsody"Victor matrix BS-056483. I hear a rhapsody / Bob Carroll; Charlie Barnet Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046957/BS-056483-I_hear_a_rhapsody 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 10934 1940 10 14 1940 11 US BB 1941 #13, US #2 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 76 points 14 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Yes, Indeed!"Victor matrix BS-060908. Yes indeed! / Sy Oliver; Jo Stafford; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048859/BS-060908-Yes_indeed 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 27421 1941 2 17 1941 5 23 US BB 1941 #14, US #4 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 73 points 15 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "Yours"Decca matrix 68653. Yours (Quiereme mucho) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296766/68653-Yours_Quiereme_mucho 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3657 1941 2 3 1941 3 US BB 1941 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 73 points 16 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra "Perfidia (Tonight)"Victor matrix BS-037626. Perfidia / Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037835/BS-037626-Perfidia 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 26334 1940 12 19 1941 1 7 US BB 1941 #16, US #3 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 70 points 17 Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra "I Hear A Rhapsody"Decca matrix 68461. I hear a rhapsody / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296574/68461-I_hear_a_rhapsody 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3570 1940 10 14 1940 11 US BB 1941 #17, US #3 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 55 points 18 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra "Song Of The Volga Boatmen"Victor matrix BS-058885. Song of the Volga boatman / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048087/BS-058885-Song_of_the_Volga_boatman 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 11029 1941 4 24 1941 2 US BB 1941 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 53 points 19 Freddy Martin and his Orchestra "The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)"Victor matrix PBS-061198. The hut-sut song (A Swedish serenade) / Freddy Martin Orchestra; Eddie Stone – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049080/PBS-061198-The_hut-sut_song_A_Swedish_serenade 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 11147 1941 4 24 1941 5 16 US BB 1941 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 53 points 20 Bing Crosby "Dolores"Decca matrix DLA 2290. Dolores / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268713/DLA_2290-Dolores 2022-04-12 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3644 1940 12 23 1941 2 US BB 1941 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 52 points Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B): Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 23 Andrews Sisters "(I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time"Decca matrix 68351. I'll be with you in apple blossom time / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296464/68351-Ill_be_with_you_in_apple_blossom_time 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3622 1940 11 14 1941 2 US BB 1941 #23, US #5 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 48 points 25 Harry James and His Orchestra "You Made Me Love You" Columbia 36296 1941 5 20 1941 8 US BB 1941 #25, US #5 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 41 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2010 46 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra "Star Dust"Victor matrix PBS-055097. Star dust / Artie Shaw Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046197/PBS-055097-Star_dust 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 27230 1940 10 7 1940 12 6 US 1941 #46, US #6 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 12 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1988 56 Bing Crosby "San Antonio Rose"Decca matrix DLA 2274. San Antonio Rose / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268697/DLA_2274-San_Antonio_Rose 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3590 1940 12 16 1941 2 US BB 1941 #56, US #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 9 points, 1,000,000 sales 87 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "New San Antonio Rose"OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600–5999 https://www.78discography.com/OK5600.htm 2022-06-09 www.78discography.com OKeh 05694 1940 4 16 1940 8 US BB 1941 #87, US #11 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1940 #9, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Library of Congress artifact added 2003 86 Dinah Shore "Yes, My Darling Daughter"Victor matrix BS-056438. Yes, my darling daughter / Dinah Shore – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046917/BS-056438-Yes_my_darling_daughter 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 10920 1940 10 4 1940 11 8 US BB 1941 #86, US #11 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks 88 Andrews Sisters "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"Decca matrix DLA 2326. Boogie woogie bugle boy / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268749/DLA_2326-Boogie_woogie_bugle_boy 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3598 1941 1 2 1941 1 20 US BB 1941 #88, US #11 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 91 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra "Take the "A" Train"Victor matrix PBS-055283. Take the "A" train / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046306/PBS-055283-Take_the_A_train 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Victor 27380 1941 2 15 1941 4 11 US BB 1941 #91, US #12 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1976 95 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra "Because of You"Victor matrix BS-053733. Because of you / Bluebird Orchestra; Larry Clinton; Peggy Mann – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045507/BS-053733-Because_of_you 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 11094 1940 12 12 1941 3 28 US 1941 #95, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks 99 Louise Massey and the Westerners "My Adobe Hacienda" Okeh 6077 1941 1 27 1941 3 US BB 1941 #99, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #10, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks 131 Gene Autry "You Are My Sunshine"OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000–6500 https://www.78discography.com/OK6000.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Okeh 6274 1941 6 18 1941 7 10 US BB 1941 #131, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, USHB #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 142 Sons of the Pioneers "Cool Water"Decca matrix 93632. Cool water / Sons of the Pioneers – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000284983/93632-Cool_water 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5939 1941 3 27 1941 4 US BB 1941 #142, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #12, USHB #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks 167 Bing Crosby "You Are My Sunshine"Decca matrix DLA 2515. You are my sunshine / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268938/DLA_2515-You_are_my_sunshine 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3952 1941 7 8 1941 8 US BB 1941 #167, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks 147 Gene Autry "Be Honest with Me" Okeh 5980 1940 8 20 1941 1 17 US BB 1941 #147, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 58 total weeks 154 Ernest Tubb "Walking the Floor Over You"Decca matrix 93673. Walking the floor over you / Ernest Tubb – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000285024/93673-Walking_the_floor_over_you 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5958 1941 4 26 1941 5 28 US BB 1941 #154, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, USHB #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks 251 Bing Crosby "It Makes No Difference Now"Decca matrix DLA 2275. It makes no difference now / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268698/DLA_2275-It_makes_no_difference_now 2022-06-09 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3590 1940 12 16 1941 2 US BB 1941 #251, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks Published popular music "All That Meat and No Potatoes" words and music: Fats Waller & Ed Kirkeby "The Anniversary Waltz" w. Al Dubin m. Dave Franklin "Apollo Jump" m. Ernest Puree, Prince Robinson & Lucius "Lucky" Millinder "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" w. Johnny Mercer m. Victor Schertzinger "Baby Mine" w. Ned Washington m. Frank Churchill nominated for Oscar, from the animated feature Dumbo "Be Honest With Me" w.m. Fred Rose & Gene Autry "Blue Champagne" w.m. Jimmy Eaton, Grady Watts & Frank Ryerson "Blues in the Night" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "Boa Noite" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" w.m. Don Raye & Hughie Prince "Botch-A-Me" w. (Eng) Eddie Stanley (Ital) R. Morbelli & L. Astore m. R. Morbelli & L. Astore "Casey Junior" w. Ned Washington m. Frank Churchill from the animated feature Dumbo "Chattanooga Choo Choo" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "Cherry" w.m. Charles N. Daniels "Chica Chica Boom Chic" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?" w.m. Noël Coward "Daddy" w.m. Bobby Troup "Deep in the Heart of Texas" w. June Hershey m. Don Swander "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" w.m. Horatio Nicholls, Charlie Chester & Reg Morgan "Elmer's Tune" w.m. Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop & Dick Jurgens "Five Guys Named Moe" w. Larry Wynn m. Jerry Bresler "God Bless The Child" w.m. Arthur Herzog Jr & Billie Holiday "Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama" w.m. J. Fred Coots "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings" w. Eric Maschwitz m. Michael Carr "Hey Little Hen" w.m. Ralph Butler & Noel Gay "How About You?" w. Ralph Freed m. Burton Lane "Humpty Dumpty Heart" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "The Hut-Sut Song" w.m. Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael & Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner "I Could Write a Book" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Gene Kelly and Leila Ernst in the musical Pal Joey. Performed in the 1953 film version by Frank Sinatra. "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, Bennie Benjamin & Eddie Durham "I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem" w. Buddy Feyne m. Jerry Gray, Leonard Ware & Ben Smith "I Don't Want To Walk Without You" w. Frank Loesser m. Jule Styne "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Duke Ellington "I Know Why (And So Do You)" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "I Remember You" w. Johnny Mercer m. Victor Schertzinger "I Said No!" w. Frank Loesser m. Jule Styne "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "I'll Remember April" w. Don Raye & Patricia Johnston m. Gene De Paul "I'm Glad There Is You" w.m. Jimmy Dorsey & Paul Madeira Mertz "Introduction to a Waltz" m. Glenn Miller, Jerry Gray & Hal Dickinson "It Happened In Sun Valley" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "It's So Peaceful In The Country" w.m. Alec Wilder "I Understand" w. Kim Gannon m. Mabel Wayne "I've Got Sixpence" w.m. Elton Box & Desmond Cox "Jenny" (aka "The Saga of Jenny") w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill. Introduced by Gertrude Lawrence in the musical Lady in the Dark. Performed in the 1944 film version by Ginger Rogers "Jim" w. Nelson Shawn m. Caesar Petrillo & Edward Ross "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" w. Frank Loesser m. Victor Schertzinger "Let's All Meet At My House" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Let's Get Away from It All" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis "Let's Not Talk About Love" w.m. Cole Porter "London Pride" w.m. Noël Coward "Ma! I Miss Your Apple Pie" w.m. Carmen Lombardo & John Jacob Loeb "Misirlou" w. (Eng) Milton Leeds, S. K. Russell & Fred Wise m. N. Roubanis "Moonlight Cocktail" w. Kim Gannon m. C. Luckeyth "Lucky" Roberts "My Adobe Hacienda" w.m. Louise Massey & Lee Penny "My Ship" w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill "My Sister and I" w.m. Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer "Oh! Look at Me Now" w. John DeVries m. Joe Bushkin "Racing With The Moon" w. Vaughn Monroe & Pauline Pope m. Johnny Watson "Rancho Pillow" Charles Newman & Allie Wrubel "Remember Pearl Harbor" w.m. Don Reid & Sammy Kaye "Road To Zanzibar" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen from the film Road To Zanzibar "Rose O'Day" w.m. Charles Tobias & Al Lewis "Sand In My Shoes" w. Frank Loesser m. Victor Schertzinger "The Shrine Of Saint Cecilia" w. Carroll Loveday m. Nils Perne (Jokern) "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" w. Mack David m. Larry Shayne "Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat" w.m. Leon René, Otis René & Emerson Scott "So Near and Yet So Far" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film You'll Never Get Rich. "Starlight Serenade" w.m. Sonny Miller, Frederick Tysh & Hans May "The Story Of A Starry Night" w.m. Jerry Livingston, Al Hoffman & Mann Curtis "A String Of Pearls" w. Eddie De Lange m. Jerry Gray "Sun Valley Jump" m. Jerry Gray from the film Sun Valley Serenade "Take The "A" Train" w.m. Billy Strayhorn "Tangerine" w. Johnny Mercer m. Victor Schertzinger "That Lovely Weekend" w.m. Ted Heath & Moira Heath "There Goes That Song Again" Allie Wrubel "There, I've Said It Again" w.m. Redd Evans & Dave Mann "This Is New" w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill "This Time the Dream's on Me" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Priscilla Lane in the film Blues in the Night. "Tonight We Love" w. Bobby Worth m. Freddy Martin & Ray Austin "Tschaikovsky (And Other Russians)" w. Ira Gershwin m. Kurt Weill. Introduced by Danny Kaye in the musical Lady in the Dark "Two In Love" w.m. Meredith Willson "The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid" w.m Johnny Mercer "Walking the Floor Over You" w.m. Ernest Tubb "We're The Couple In The Castle" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael "When I Love I Love" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "When I See an Elephant Fly" w. Ned Washington m. Oliver Wallace "When They Sound The Last All Clear" w.m. Hughie Charles, Louis Elton "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" w. Nat Burton m. Walter Kent "Why Don't We Do This More Often?" w. Charles Newman m. Allie Wrubel "Winter Weather" w.m. Ted Shapiro "You And I" w.m. Meredith Willson "You Don't Know What Love Is" w. Don Raye m. Gene De Paul Other publications Robert van Gulik – The Lore of the Chinese Lute: An Essay in Ch'in Ideology Classical music Premieres Composer Composition Date Location Performers Alwyn, William Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra 1941-11-03 Bedford, UK Forbes / BBC Symphony – BoultNaxos RecordsThe Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn Barber, Samuel Violin Concerto 1941-02-07 Philadelphia Spalding / Philadelphia Orchestra – OrmandyNew York Philharmonic Bartók, Béla String Quartet No. 6 1941-02-07 New York City Kolisch QuartetChamber Music: A Listener's Guide Britten, Benjamin Matinées musicales 1941-06-27 Rio de Janeiro American Ballet Company Orchestra – BalabanMUSIClassical Notes Britten, Benjamin Sinfonia da Requiem 1941-03-30 New York City New York Philharmonic – BarbirolliOrchestra Virtuale del Flaminio Britten, Benjamin String Quartet No. 1 1941-09-21 Los Angeles Coolidge QuartetGood Morning Britten Copland, Aaron Piano Sonata 1941-10-21 Buenos Aires CoplandNaxos Records Dallapiccola, Luigi Canti di prigionia 1941-12-11 Rome [unknown ensemble] – Previtali7564 Luigi Dallapiccola: Canti di prigionia Dallapiccola, Luigi Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux 1941-05-01 Rome [unknown ensemble] – Previtali24971 Luigi Dallapiccola: Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux Ginastera, Alberto Concierto argentino 1941-07-18 Montevideo, Uruguay Balzo / SODRE Symphony – Baldi31583 Alberto Ginastera: Concierto argentino Herrmann, Bernard Symphony 1941-07-27 New York City CBS Symphony – HerrmannHeart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann Hindemith, Paul Cello Concerto 1941-02-07 Boston Piatigorsky / Boston Symphony – KoussevitzkySchott Music Messiaen, Olivier Quatuor pour la fin du temps 1941-01-15 Görlitz, Germany Le Boulaire, Akoka, Pasquier, Messiaen10612 Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps Novák, Vítězslav De Profundis 1941-11-20 Brno, Czechoslovakia Reinberger / Prague Radio Symphony – BakalaWright Music Rachmaninoff, Sergei Symphonic Dances 1941-01-03 Philadelphia Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandyhttp://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra July 19, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075713/http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 September 18, 2010 dead mdy-all Schuman, William Symphony No. 3 1941-10-17 Boston Boston Symphony – KoussevitzkyMusicsales Classical Compositions Joseph Achron – Concerto for Piano Solo Richard Addinsell – Warsaw Concerto Hanns Eisler – Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Beschreiben (Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain) Roberto Gerhard – Sinfonía homenaje a Pedrell Reinhold Glière – Pochodnyj marš (Field march) for wind orchestra, op. 76 Paul Hindemith – English Horn Sonata (premiered November 23 in New York City) Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia rustica Symphony No. 4, Sinfonia sacra Wilhelm Kienzl – String Quartet No.3, Op.113 Olivier Messiaen – Quatour pour la fin du temps Harry Partch – Barstow Sergei Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92 Sergei Rachmaninoff – Lullaby (Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky's "Cradle Song" Op. 16 No. 1) Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 7 C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad" Lukas Foss – Concerto No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra Opera Benjamin Britten – Paul Bunyan Miguel Bernal Jiménez – Tata Vasco William Grant Still – A Bayou Legend, with libretto by Verna Arvey Film Bernard Herrmann – Citizen Kane Bernard Herrmann – The Devil and Daniel Webster Erich Korngold – The Sea Wolf Franz Waxman - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Ralph Vaughan Williams – 49th Parallel Jazz 1941 in jazz Musical theatre Apple Sauce London revue opened at the Palladium on March 5 Banjo Eyes Broadway production opened on December 25 at the Hollywood Theatre and ran for 126 performances. Best Foot Forward Broadway production opened on October 1 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 326 performances. Get a Load of This London production opened on November 19 at the Hippodrome Theatre and ran for 698 performances. High Kickers Broadway production opened on October 31 at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 171 performances. It Happens on Ice Broadway Revue opened on July 15 at the Center Theatre and ran for 386 performances. Lady Behave London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 24 and ran for 401 performances Lady in the Dark Broadway production opened on January 23 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 467 performances. Let's Face It! Broadway production opened on October 29 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 547 performances. Sons O' Fun Broadway Revue opened on December 1 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 742 performances. Musical films Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig, starring Lilian Ellishttps://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=51 Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig Danish danskefilm.dk 16 March 2017 Apavadu Babes on Broadway Birth of the Blues Blues in the Night The Chocolate Soldier Dumbo Háry János, starring Antal Páger and Margit Dajka He Found a Star starring Vic Oliver, Sarah Churchill and Evelyn Dall Hold That Ghost starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and featuring The Andrews Sisters and Ted Lewis and his Band In the Navy starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell and The Andrews Sisters Kiss the Boys Goodbye starring Don Ameche and Mary Martin Lady Be Good Moon Over Miami Navy Blues starring Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye and Jack Haley Playmates Rise and Shine starring Jack Oakie, Linda Darnell, George Murphy and Milton Berle Road to Zanzibar San Antonio Rose starring Robert Paige, Jane Frazee, Eve Arden and The Merry Macs Sis Hopkins starring Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Jerry Colonna and Susan Hayward Smilin' Through Sun Valley Serenade Sunny Sweetheart of the Campus That Certain Something That Night in Rio They Met in Argentina Time Out for Rhythm Too Many Blondes starring Rudy Vallee and Helen Parrish Week-End in Havana You'll Never Get Rich starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and Robert Benchley. 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You're the One starring Bonnie Baker, Orrin Tucker & his Orchestra, Edward Everett Horton and Jerry Colonna Ziegfeld Girl Zis Boom Bah starring Grace Hayes, Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Skeets Gallagher and Benny Rubin, and directed by William Nigh Births January 9 Joan Baez, folk singer Roy Head, singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020) January 11 – Dave Edwards, American musician (died 2000) January 12 – Long John Baldry, R&B singer (Blues Incorporated) (died 2005) January 15 – Captain Beefheart, musician and artist (died 2010) January 18 – David Ruffin, soul singer (The Temptations) (died 1991) January 20 – Ron Townson, pop singer (The 5th Dimension) (died 2001) January 21 Plácido Domingo, operatic tenor Richie Havens, folk singer (died 2013) January 24 Michael Chapman, folk guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2021) Neil Diamond, singer-songwriter Aaron Neville, R&B and soul vocalist and musician (The Neville Brothers) January 27 – Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz musician (died 2016) January 28 – Cash McCall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)https://www.bluesmagazine.nl/in-memoriam-cash-mccall-january-28-1941-april-20-2019/ In Memoriam Cash McCall 30 April 2019 Blues Magazine 5 December 2023 February 4 – John Steel, rock drummer The Animals February 5 Henson Cargill, country singer (died 2007) Barrett Strong, Motown singer-songwriter (died 2023) Cory Wells, rock singer (Three Dog Night) (died 2015) February 11 Earl Lewis, doo-wop singer-songwriter (The Channels) Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian keyboard player and Latin American musicianThe Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington - Morphine MUZE 2006 705 (died 2024) Tom Rush, folk & blues singer February 12 – Dominguinhos, Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer (died 2013) February 15 – Brian Holland, songwriter February 17 – Gene Pitney, pop singer-songwriter (died 2006)https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=gene-pitney&pid=17314701&fhid=3196 Gene Pitney Obituary – Rockville, CT Hartford Courant 15 April 2020 February 18 Herman Santiago, rock & roll singer-songwriter (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers) Irma Thomas, soul singer February 20 – Buffy Sainte-Marie, singer and composer February 24 – Joanie Sommers, singer and actress March 5 – Alain Boublil, librettist March 6 – Palle Mikkelborg, jazz trumpeter and composer March 8 – Ivana Loudová, composer (died 2017) March 12 – Paul Kantner, psychedelic rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, KBC Band) (died 2016) March 15 – Mike Love, rock singer (The Beach Boys) March 18 – Wilson Pickett, soul singer (died 2006) March 22 – Jeremy Clyde, singer (Chad and Jeremy) March 24 – Michael Masser, songwriter, composer and producer of popular music (died 2015) March 28 – Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons) March 30 – Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues) (died 2021) April 3 Jan Berry, American singer (Jan & Dean) (died 2004) Jorma Hynninen, Finnish baritone Philippé Wynne, American musician (died 1984) April 5 David LaFlamme, born Gary Posie, American classical and rock violinist (It's a Beautiful Day) Dave Swarbrick, English folk rock fiddle player (Fairport Convention) (died 2016) April 9 – Kay Adams, American country singer April 17 – Adolphus Hailstork, American composer and educatorWoodwind Music of Black Composers https://books.google.com/books?id=xub8o3ozLuEC&pg=PA24 1990 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-27265-3 24 April 19 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian singer April 21 – Jim Owen, American country singer-songwriter (died 2020) April 22 – Dieter Kaufmann, Austrian composer (died 2025) April 28 Peter Anders, American songwriter (The Tradewinds) Ann-Margret, Swedish-born American actress and singerPaul Michael Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnAQAAIAAJ 1969 Garland Books 1950 April 30 – Johnny Farina, American rock and roll musician (Santo & Johnny) May 4 – Richard Burns (The Hondells) May 8 – John Fred, vocalist (John Fred & His Playboy Band) (died 2005)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html May 1, 2022 subscription live London The Independent John Fred 18 April 2005 15 April 2020 May 9 Peter Birrell (Freddie & The Dreamers) Danny Rapp, American singer (Danny and the Juniors) (died 1983) May 11 – Eric Burdon, R&B singer (The Animals) May 13 Joe Brown, singer and guitarist Ritchie Valens, singer (died 1959) May 18 – Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries and Rose Tattoo) (died 2007) May 21 – Ronald Isley (The Isley Brothers) May 24 Konrad Boehmer, composer Bob Dylan, folk singer-songwriter May 27 – Teppo Hauta-aho, Finnish double bassist and composer June 1 – Edo de Waart, conductor June 2 William Guest, R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (died 2015)Associated Press 2015-12-27 William Guest, Longtime Member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, Dies at 74 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/arts/music/william-guest-longtime-member-of-gladys-knight-and-the-pips-dies-at-74.html 2023-03-31 0362-4331 Charlie Watts, rock drummer (The Rolling Stones) (died 2021)Cleveland Amory Celebrity Register https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ 1986 Harper & Row 978-0-9615476-0-8 251 June 5 – Martha Argerich, pianist June 7 – Jaime Laredo, Bolivian-American violinist and conductorNiels A. Miller Encyclopedia of Music Philately https://books.google.com/books?id=HkE7AAAAMAAJ 1963 American Topical Association 9 June 8 – Fuzzy Haskins, musician (died 2023)Genzlinger Neil 2023-03-23 Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/music/fuzzy-haskins-dead.html 2023-03-31 0362-4331 June 9 – Jon Lord, rock keyboard player and composer (Deep Purple) (died 2012) June 10 Mickey Jones, rock drummer and character actor (died 2018) Shirley Owens, soul singer (The Shirelles) Aida Vedishcheva, Soviet and Russian singer June 12 Chick Corea, jazz musician (died 2021)Shteamer Hank February 11, 2021 Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79 Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/ February 11, 2021 Roy Harper, folk rock singer-songwriter Reg Presley, rock singer-songwriter (The Troggs) (died 2013) June 13 – Esther Ofarim, singerOlaf Glöckner Haim Fireberg Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany https://books.google.com/books?id=c561CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT179 25 September 2015 De Gruyter 978-3-11-039574-7 179 June 15 – Harry Nilsson, singer-songwriter (died 1994)Alyn Shipton Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter https://books.google.com/books?id=QZceAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 8 August 2013 OUP USA 978-0-19-975657-5 1 June 16 – Lamont Dozier, songwriter (died 2022) June 23 – Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Grateful Dead) (died 2019) June 24 – Erkin Koray, Turkish musician July 5 – Terry Cashman, record producer and singer-songwriter July 7 – Jim Rodford, bass guitarist (Argent) (died 2018) July 16 – Desmond Dekker, reggae musician (died 2006) July 17 Spencer Davis, instrumentalist (The Spencer Davis Group) (died 2020) Gribouille, chanteuse (died 1968) July 18 Lonnie Mack, rock and blues guitarist (died 2016) Martha Reeves, vocalist July 19 – Vicki Carr, singer July 22 Estelle Bennett (The Ronettes) (died 2009)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/estelle-bennett-singer-with-the-ronettes-1609210.html Estelle Bennett: Singer with the Ronettes Leigh Spencer February 14, 2009 The Independent December 9, 2019 George Clinton, American musician July 25 – Manny Charlton, hard rock lead guitarist and record producer (Nazareth) (died 2022) July 26 – Brenton Wood, singer-songwriter July 27 – Johannes Fritsch, composer and violist (died 2010) July 28 – Riccardo Muti, conductor July 30 – Paul Anka, singer-songwriter August 2 – Doris Coley (The Shirelles) (died 2000) August 3 – Beverly Lee (The Shirelles) August 14 David Crosby, rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash) (died 2023) Connie Smith, country singer-songwriter August 20 – Dave Brock (Hawkwind) August 21 Tom Coster (Santana) Jackie DeShannon, singer-songwriter August 22 – Marvell Thomas, African-American Memphis blues keyboardist (died 2017) August 24 – Kenny Rogers, country musician (died 2020) August 26 – Chris Curtis (The Searchers) (died 2005) August 27 – Cesária Évora, morna vocalist (died 2011) August 28 – Joseph Shabalala, choral director (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (died 2020) August 30 – John McNally (The Searchers) September 9 – Otis Redding, soul singer (died 1967) September 10 – Christopher Hogwood, conductor and harpsichordist (died 2014) September 13 – David Clayton-Thomas, vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears) (died 2026) September 14 Alberto Naranjo, arranger and composer (died 2020) James Anthony Carmichael, American musician September 19 – Cass Elliot, singer (died 1974) September 24 – Linda McCartney (Wings) (died 1998) September 26 – Salvatore Accardo, Italian violinist and conductor October 2 – Ron Meagher (The Beau Brummels) October 3 – Chubby Checker, singer October 4 – Mighty Shadow, Trinidadian calypsonian (died 2018) October 13 – Paul Simon, singer-songwriter October 17 Alan Howard (The Tremeloes) James Seals (Seals and Crofts) (died 2022) October 21 – Steve Cropper, R&B guitarist and songwriter (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (died 2025) October 24 – Helen Reddy, singer (died 2020) October 28 Curtis Lee, singer (died 2015) Hank Marvin, guitarist (The Shadows) October 30 – Otis Williams, vocalist (The Temptations) November 2 Brian Poole, singer (The Tremeloes) Bruce Welch, guitarist and singer (The Shadows) November 5 – Art Garfunkel, singer (Simon and Garfunkel) November 6 James Bowman, countertenor (died 2023) Guy Clark, folk singer-songwriter (died 2016) Doug Sahm, Tex-Mex musician (Sir Douglas Quintet) (died 1999) November 8 – Simon Standage, baroque violinist November 9 – Tom Fogerty, rock rhythm guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival) (died 1990) November 13 – Odia Coates, singer (died 1991) November 16 – Dan Penn, American singer-songwriter and producer November 20 – Dr. John, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019) November 21 – David Porter, American soul musician November 24 Pete Best, rock drummer (The Beatles, original lineup) Donald "Duck" Dunn, rock bass guitarist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Blues Brothers) (died 2012) November 27 – Eddie Rabbitt, country singer-songwriter (Amos Garrett) (died 1998) November 29 – Denny Doherty, folk singer (The Mamas & the Papas) (died 2007) December 2 – Tom McGuinness, English pop guitarist (Manfred Mann) December 8 - Bobby Elliott, drummer (The Hollies) December 10 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (died 1985) Peter Sarstedt, Indian-born British singer-songwriter (died 2017) Chad Stuart, English folk rock singer (Chad & Jeremy) (died 2020) December 12 – Tim Hauser, American singer (The Manhattan Transfer) (died 2014) December 18 – Sam Andrew, American rock musician (Big Brother & The Holding Company) (died 2015) December 19 – Maurice White, American R&B musician (Earth, Wind and Fire) (died 2016) December 27 Les Maguire, English pop pianist (Gerry & the Pacemakers) Mike Pinder, English rock keyboard player (The Moody Blues) December 29 – Ray Thomas, English rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018) Deaths January 7 – Louis Bousquet, composer and lyricist (born 1871) January 10 – Frank Bridge, composer, 61 January 23 – Dobri Hristov, composer, 65 February 5 – Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor, 76Tiit Kändler Küllike Lengi-Cooper A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century Tallinn Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers 2002 52 978-9-98570-103-4 February 13 – Blind Boy Fuller, blues musician, 36 (sepsis)https://blueskc.org/blind-boy-fuller/ Kansas City Blues Society 5 December 2023 February 15 – Guido Adler, musicologist, 85Randel Don Michael The Harvard biographical dictionary of music 1996 Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 0-674-37299-9 5 Adler, Guido registration https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5 February 19 – Sir Hamilton Harty, conductor and composer, 61 February 21 – La Bolduc, Québécois singer, 46 (cancer) March 11 – Sir Henry Walford Davies, composer, 71 March 12 – Ernst Décsey, music critic, 70 March 17 – Wassily Sapellnikoff, pianist, 73 March 20 – Oskar Baum, music teacher and writer, 58 Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren K. G. Saur 1992 3-598-22680-2 Archiv Bibliographia Judaica I (A - Benc) Berlin 398–404 de Baum, Oskar 10.1515/9783110975864 979630446 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110975864.398 March 27 – Primo Riccitelli, Italian composer, 65 April 6 – Henry Burr, Canadian popular singer, 59 (throat cancer)http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000490 https://web.archive.org/web/20050520085326/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000490 dead 2005-05-20 Burr, Henry Edward B. Moogk Encyclopedia of Music in Canada April 17 – Al Bowlly, popular singer, 43 (explosion)https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/B29B64CC82627D3A80257C2F0033417A?OpenDocument Blue Plaque For Singer Al Bowlly 25 November 2013 19 September 2014 English Heritage April 19 – Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer and teacher April 21 Agustín Bardi, tango composer, pianist and violinist, 56 (heart attack) Emma Heckle, soprano, 91https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-singer-of-yester/194738355/ Singer of Yesteryear Dead. Miss Emma Heckle Only Cincinnati Guest Soprano During First May Festival in 1873. The Cincinnati Enquirer April 25, 1941 10 May 1 Julia Claussen, operatic mezzo-soprano, 62May 3, 1941 Julia Claussen, 62; Ex-Opera Singer 15 The New York Times Howard Johnson, lyricist May 18 – Milka Ternina, Croatian dramatic soprano May 23 – Slavko Osterc, Slovenian composer, 45 May 30 – Edmund L. Gruber, composer (born 1879) June 17 – Johan Wagenaar, organist and composer, 78 June 29 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, pianist and composer, former Prime Minister of Poland, 80 July 5 – Oskar Fried, conductor and composer July 8 – Philippe Gaubert, composer and conductor, 62 July 10 – Jelly Roll Morton, jazz pianist, 55 (asthma) July 30 – Hugo Becker, cellist, 78 August 16 John Coates, operatic tenor Pauline Schöller, operatic soprano August 30 – Hong Nan-pa, composer, violinist, conductor, music critic and educator, 44 September 18 – Louis Feuillard, French cellist and professor (born 1872) September 19 – Enrique Saborido, tango pianist and composer, 64 October 2 – Jef Denyn, carillon player, 79 October 3 – Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer and conductor (born 1857) October 8 Helen Morgan, US singer and actress, 41 (cirrhosis of the liver) Gus Kahn, US lyric writer, 54 October 9 – Clara E. Thoms, pianist, soprano, and music educator, 82https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-mrs-clara-e-th/192700526/ Mrs. Clara E. Thoms Dies St. Louis Post-Dispatch October 11, 1941 5 October 26 – Victor Schertzinger, violinist and composer, 53 (heart attack) October 29 – Edmée Favart, operatic soprano, 62 October 30 – Leon "Chu" Berry, jazz saxophonist, 33 (car accident) November 1 – Félix Mayol, singer, 68 November 16 – Miina Härma, organist and composer, 77 November 17 – Edmond Haraucourt, lyricist (born 1856) November 25 – Henri Christiné, composer, November 29 – Gennaro Papi, Italian opera conductor, 54 December 3 – Christian Sinding, composer, 85 December 21 – Peetie Wheatstraw, blues singer, 39 (car accident) December 22 – Jurgis Karnavičius, composer, 57 December 24 – Siegfried Alkan, composer, 83 date unknown – William H. Potstock, music teacher and composer References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year