Overview of the events of 1946 in music
Overview of the events of 1946 in music
List of years in music
(table )
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1946.
Specific locations [ ]
Specific genres [ ]
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 back 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.
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.[1]
Formation of Bamberg Symphony and Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestras .
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 . 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 featured accordion soloist on the Gordon MacRae radio hit Star of Stars .
Singer
Billie Holiday backstage in 1946
Albums released [ ]
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
Biggest hit songs [ ]
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
in the limited set of charts available for 1946.
#
Artist
Title
Year
Country
Chart Entries
1
Perry Como
"Prisoner of Love "
1946
US 1940s 1 – March 1946, US BB 1 of 1946, US 1 for 3 weeks May 1946, POP 17 of 1946, Europe 73 Of The 1940s
2
Frank Sinatra
"Five Minutes More "
1946
US 1940s 1 – August 1946, US 1 for 2 weeks September 1946, POP 10 of 1946, Europe 11 of the 1940s, US BB 15 of 1946, RYM 43 of 1946
3
Vaughn Monroe
"Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! "
1946
US 1940s 1 – December 1945, US 1 for 5 weeks January 1946, US BB 4 of 1946, POP 4 of 1946, Europe 48 of the 1940s
4
Nat King Cole
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons "
1946
US 1940s 1 – November 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks February 1947, US BB 3 of 1946, POP 13 of 1946, RYM 15 of 1946
5
The Ink Spots
"To Each His Own "
1946
US 1940s 1 – Sep 1946, US 1 for 1 weeks September 1946, US BB 8 of 1946, POP 24 of 1946, Europe 92 of the 1940s
Top hit records [ ]
"A Fine Romance" by Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
"Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
"Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
"The Christmas Song " by the King Cole Trio
"The Coffee Song " by Frank Sinatra
"Coming Home" by Dorothy Squires
"Day By Day " by Frank Sinatra
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" by Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
"Five Minutes More ", recorded by
Frank Sinatra
Tex Beneke -Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
"Fools Rush In" by Jo Stafford
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio
"The Gypsy ", recorded by
The Ink Spots
Dinah Shore
"Hawaiian War Chant" by Spike Jones & his City Slickers
"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop", recorded by
Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
"Huggin' And Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael
"I Don't Know Enough About You" by Peggy Lee
"I Dream Of You " by Archie Lewis and The Geraldo Strings
"I Get A Kick Out Of You " by Margaret Whiting
"I Got The Sun In The Morning by Les Brown & His Orchestra featuring Doris Day
"I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" by Jo Stafford
"I'm a Big Girl Now " by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Perry Como
"Laughing On The Outside ", recorded by
Dinah Shore
Andy Russell
Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow ", recorded by
Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)
Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman
"Oh What It Seemed To Be", recorded by
Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
Frank Sinatra
Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
"The Old Lamplighter ", recorded by
Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Mike Douglas
Hal Derwin & his Orchestra
Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
"Ole Buttermilk Sky", recorded by
"One-Zy Two-Zy", recorded by
Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men
Phil Harris
"Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
"Petit Papa Noël " by Tino Rossi
"Pretending" by Andy Russell
"Prisoner of Love ", recorded by
"Rumors Are Flying ", recorded by
Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
Betty Rhodes
Tony Martin
"Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", recorded by
Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy
Dinah Shore
"Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
"South America, Take It Away", recorded by
Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
"Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
"Surrender" by Perry Como
"Symphony", recorded by
Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by (first charted December 1945)
Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow
Bing Crosby
Jo Stafford
"Take the A Train " by Duke Ellington
"The Things We Did Last Summer ", recorded by
Jo Stafford
Frank Sinatra
Oscar Peterson
Vaughn Monroe
"They Say It's Wonderful", recorded by
"To Each His Own ", recorded by
Eddy Howard
Tony Martin
The Modernaires with Paula Kelly
The Ink Spots
Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by
"We'll Gather Lilacs " by Geraldo and his Orchestra
"Winter Wonderland " by Perry Como
"You Won't Be Satisfied " by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal by Doris Day
"You're The Top" by Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
Other recorded popular music [ ]
"Ain't That Just Like a Woman" – Frankie Laine
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" – Bing Crosby
"Black and Blue" – Frankie Laine
"Blue Skies " – Bing Crosby
"Blue Turning Grey Over You" – Frankie Laine
"By the River Sainte Marie" – Frankie Laine
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" – Dinah Shore
"Come Rain or Come Shine " – Dinah Shore
"Crying Won't Help You" – Tampa Red
"The Darktown Poker Club" – Phil Harris
"Frim Fram Sauce" – Louis Armstrong
"A Gal In Calico" – Bing Crosby
"Gee, It's Good to Hold You" – Woody Herman (Frances Wayne , vocal)
"Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn" – Guy Lombardo & The Lombardo Trio
"I Cover the Waterfront " – The Ink Spots
"I Guess I'll Get the Papers and Go Home" – The Mills Brothers
"La Mer " – Charles Trenet
"Ol' Man Mose" – Georgia Gibbs
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" – Frankie Laine
"Passe" – Tex Beneke
"Put the Blame on Mame" – Dinah Shore
"September in the Rain" – Frankie Laine
"September Song" – Frank Sinatra
"Seems Like Old Times", recorded by
Guy Lombardo
Vaughn Monroe with
"Shoo Shoo Ya Mama" – Thelma White and Her All-Girl Orchestra
"Some Little Bug" – Phil Harris
"That Old Black Magic " – Frank Sinatra
That's What I Like About the South" – Phil Harris
Time After Time" – Frank Sinatra
"Les trois cloches " ("The Three Bells ") – Édith Piaf
"La Vie En Rose " – Édith Piaf
"West End Blues" – Frankie Laine
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" – Bing Crosby
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song", recorded by
Bing Crosby
Georgia Gibbs
Jo Stafford
"Your Father's Moustache" – Woody Herman
"You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart " – Freddy Martin
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah " – Johnny Mercer
Published popular music [ ]
"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens " w.m. 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 and 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
"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
"Everybody's Got A Laughing Place" Allie Wrubel
"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
"Huggin' And Chalkin' " w.m. Clancy Hayes & Kermit Goell
"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.
"I Guess I'll Get The Papers" w.m. Hughie Prince & Hal Kanner
"If This Isn't Love " w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"If You Smile at Me" w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by in the musical Around the World
"I'm A Lonely Little Petunia" w.m. John N. Kamano, William E. Faber & Maurice Merl
"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
"My Sugar Is So Refined" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
"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 .
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"On The Boardwalk In Atlantic City" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"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
"Uncle Remus Said" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Eliot Daniel
"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 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 [ ]
Sortable table
Barber, Samuel
Cello Concerto
1946-04-05
Boston
Garbousova / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [2]
Bartók, Béla
Piano Concerto No. 3
1946-02-08
Philadelphia
Sándor / Philadelphia Orchestra – Ormandy [3]
Bernstein, Leonard
1946-02-03
San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony – Bernstein[4]
Bernstein, Leonard
1946-01-21
New York City
– Bernstein[5] [6]
Boulez, Pierre
for piano
1946-02-12 1
Paris
[7]
Britten, Benjamin
1946-09-29
London
BBC Symphony – Boult [8]
Britten, Benjamin
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
1946-11-22
London
Pears , Britten[9]
Britten, Benjamin
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
1946-10-15
Liverpool
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic – Sargent [10]
Cage, John
1946-12-11
New York City
Ajemian , Masselos [11]
Carter, Elliott
1946-08-21
Eliot, ME
[12]
Carter, Elliott
1946-02-12
New York City
– Randolph [13]
Carter, Elliott
for voice and piano
1946-03-16
New York City
Boatwright , [14]
Carter, Elliott
1946-09-14
Saratoga Springs, NY ()
Boatwright / – Fennell [15]
Copland, Aaron
Danzón cubano
1946-02-17
Baltimore
Baltimore Symphony – Stewart [16]
Copland, Aaron
Symphony No. 3
1946-10-18
Boston
Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [17]
Dallapiccola, Luigi
for cello
1946-02-26
Milan
Cassadó [18]
Dallapiccola, Luigi
1946-06-24
Brussels
/ Brussels Philharmonic – Souris [19]
Dallapiccola, Luigi
Rencesvals
1946-12-19
Brussels
Bernac , Poulenc [20]
Dallapiccola, Luigi
1946-03-03
Perugia
[21]
Ginastera, Alberto
1946-05-31
Buenos Aires
[unknown orchestra] – Castro [22]
Guridi, Jesús
Sinfonía Pirenaica
1946-06-08
Bilbao
Bilbao Municipal Orchestra – Arámbarri [23]
Henze, Hans Werner
for piano, flute and strings
1946-09-27
Darmstadt (Ferienkurse )
Redel , Seemann / – [24]
Ives, Charles
Central Park in the Dark (1906)
1946-05-11
New York City
Students of the Juilliard School – Bloomfield [25]
Ives, Charles
(1898)
1946-11-12
Los Angeles
, [26]
Ives, Charles
String Quartet No. 2 (1913)
1946-05-11
New York City
Students of the Juilliard School [27]
Ives, Charles
The Camp Meeting (Symphony No. 3) (1904)
1946-04-05
New York City
– Harrison [28]
Ives, Charles
The Unanswered Question (1906)
1946-05-11
New York City
Students of the Juilliard School – Bloomfield [29]
Jolivet, André
1946-12-19
Paris
[unknown performers][30]
Jongen, Joseph
Mass, Op. 130
1946-06-23
Liège (Cathedral )
Jongen
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
1946-12-29
Los Angeles
Aller / Los Angeles Philharmonic – [31]
Krenek, Ernst
1946-11-22
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [32]
Krenek, Ernst
1946-09-03
Saratoga Springs, NY ()
New York Philharmonic – Adler [33]
Krenek, Ernst
1946-03-22
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Symphony – Mitropoulos [34]
Martin, Frank
Petite symphonie concertante
1946-05-17
Zurich
– Sacher [35]
Martinu, Bohuslav
1946-01-18
Cambridge, MA
Firkusny [36]
Messiaen, Olivier
Harawi , chant d'amour et de mort
1946-06-27
Brussels
, Messiaen[37]
Milhaud, Darius
Symphony No. 2
1946-12-20
Boston
Boston Symphony – Piston [38]
Prokofiev, Sergei
Violin Sonata No. 1
1946-10-23
Moscow
Oistrakh , Oborin [39]
Schoenberg, Arnold
1946-06-27
Boston
Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky [40]
Shostakovich, Dmitri
String Quartet No. 3
1946-12-16
Moscow
Beethoven Quartet [41]
Shostakovich, Dmitri
1946-05-08
Moscow
– [42]
Strauss, Richard
Metamorphosen , study for 23 strings
1946-01-25
Zurich
– Sacher [43]
Strauss, Richard
Oboe Concerto
1946-02-26
Zurich
Tonhalle Orchestra – Andreae [44]
Stravinsky, Igor
Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band
1946-03-25
New York City
Herman / – [45]
Stravinsky, Igor
Scherzo à la russe
1946-03-22
San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony – Stravinsky[46]
Stravinsky, Igor
Symphony in Three Movements
1946-01-24
New York City
New York Philharmonic – Stravinsky[47]
Tippett, Michael
1946-11-09
London
– Jacques [48]
Tippett, Michael
1946-10-19
London
Zorian Quartet [49]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Piano Concerto No. 1
1946-10-11
Theatro Municipal , Rio de Janeiro
Ballon / Orquestra Sinfônica do Theatro Municipal – Villa-Lobos [50]
Webern, Anton
1946-07-12
London
Hooke / BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Rankl [51]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
, improvisations on folk themes
1946-07-12
Horrem
[52]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
, improvisations on folk themes
1946-06-18
Cologne
, [53]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
, five pieces for piano
1946-04-12
Cologne
[54]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
1946-05-06
Cologne
Gürzenich Orchestra – Wand [55]
1 Radio premiere. The Overture was subsequently withdrawn from Britten's catalogue, and it didn't receive its concert premiere until 1983, by the Chicago Symphony conducted by Raymond Leppard .[8]
Compositions [ ]
Malcolm Arnold – Symphony for Strings, Op. 13
Arno Babadzhanian – 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 –
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
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
London revue opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on May 9 and ran for 791 performances
Broadway revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre (New York) on March 7 and ran for 327 performances.
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 .
Song Of The South
St. Louis Woman
Susie Steps Out starring David Bruce , and Margaret Dumont . Directed by Reginald Le Borg .
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi starring Phil Regan , Elyse Knox and 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 (d. 2001 )
January 3 – John Paul Jones , born John Baldwin, rock musician (Led Zeppelin )
January 4 – Arthur Conley , soul singer
January 6 – Syd Barrett , born Roger Barrett, rock singer-songwriter (Pink Floyd ) (d. 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 (d. 2021 )
January 10 – Aynsley Dunbar , drummer (Jefferson Starship ) (Journey )
January 11
Naomi Judd , country singer-songwriter
Tony Kaye (Yes )
January 16 – Katia Ricciarelli , operatic soprano
January 19 – Dolly Parton , country singer-songwriter
January 22 – Malcolm McLaren , impresario, founder of the Sex Pistols (d. 2010 )
January 26 – Deon Jackson , soul singer
January 27 – Nedra Talley (The Ronettes )
January 28 – Rick Allen (Box Tops )
January 31 – Terry Kath (Chicago )
February 1 – Carol Neblett operatic soprano
February 6 – Kate McGarrigle , folk singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
February 7 – Sammy Johns , country singer-songwriter
February 13 – Colin Matthews , composer
February 17 – Dodie Stevens , pop singer
February 20 – J. Geils , rock guitarist (The J. Geils Band )
February 23 – Rusty Young , country rock musician (Poco )
February 24 – Jiří Bělohlávek , conductor (BBC Symphony Orchestra ) (d. 2017 )
March 1 – Tony Ashton , rock musician (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke ) (d. 2001 )
March 6
March 7
Peter Wolf (The J. Geils Band )
Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum )
March 8 – Randy Meisner (Poco ) (Eagles )
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 ) (d. 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 )
March 30 – Dave Ball (The Turtles )
April 1 – Ronnie Lane , singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Faces ) (d. 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)
May 1 – Jerry Weiss (Blood, Sweat & Tears )
May 2 – Lesley Gore , singer (d. 2015 )
May 9 – Clint Holmes , English-American singer-songwriter and game show host
May 10
Donovan , folk singer
Graham Gouldman , singer-songwriter (10cc )
Dave Mason (Traffic )
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
June 1 – Jody Stecher , American singer
June 3 – Eddie Holman , American singer and minister
June 5 – Freddie Stone (Sly and the Family Stone )
June 10 – Millie Small , singer (d. 2020 )
June 11 – John Lawton (Uriah Heep )
June 15
Noddy Holder , English vocalist (Slade )
Demis Roussos , Greek singer (d. 2015)
June 18 – Maria Bethânia , Brazilian singer (sister of Caetano Veloso )
June 25
Ian McDonald , musician and record producer (King Crimson , Foreigner )
Allen Lanier (Blue Öyster Cult ) (d. 2013 )
June 30
Billy Brown (The Moments )
Iain Matthews , singer-songwriter
July 9 – Bon Scott (AC/DC ) (d. 1980 )
July 15 – Linda Ronstadt , singer
July 18 – Tim Lynch (The Flamin' Groovies )
July 19 – Alan Gorrie (Average White Band )
July 21 – Barry Whitwam (Herman's Hermits )
July 22
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
August 1
Boz Burrell , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson ) (Bad Company ) (d. 2006)
Rick Coonce , American drummer (The Grass Roots ) (d. 2011 )
August 10 – Peter Karrie , star of West End musical productions
August 14 – Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone )
August 15 – Jimmy Webb , songwriter
August 19 – Beat Raaflaub , conductor
August 23 – Keith Moon , drummer (The Who ) (d. 1978 )
September 1
Gregg Errico (Sly and the Family Stone )
Barry Gibb , singer-songwriter (Bee Gees)
September 4
Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service )
Greg Elmore (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
September 5
Dean Ford , singer (Marmalade )
Freddie Mercury , lead singer (Queen ) (d. 1991 )
Loudon Wainwright III , singer-songwriter, humorist and actor
September 9
Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly )
Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield ) (d. 2004)
Billy Preston , singer and musician (d. 2006)
September 14 – Pete Agnew (Nazareth )
September 18 – Alan "Bam" King (Ace )
September 19 – John Coghlan , drummer (Status Quo)
September 20 – Finbarr Dwyer , accordionist and fiddler (d. 2014)
September 24 – Jerry Donahue (Fairport Convention )
September 28 – Helen Shapiro , pop singer
September 30 – Sylvia Peterson , pop singer (The Chiffons )
October 10
John Prine , country folk singer-songwriter (d. 2020)[56]
Willard White , opera singer
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 (Nazareth )
October 15 – Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters )
October 18 – Howard Shore , film composer
October 19 – Keith Reid (Procol Harum )
October 21 – Lee Loughnane (Chicago )
October 22 – Eddie Brigati (Young Rascals )
October 24 – Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf )
October 26 – Keith Hopwood (Herman's Hermits )
October 29 – Peter Green , blues rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Fleetwood Mac ) (d. 2020 )
October 30
René Jacobs , conductor and countertenor singer
Chris Slade (AC/DC )
November 1 – Ric Grech , vocalist & multi-instrumentalist (Blind Faith ) (Family ), bassist (Traffic ) (d. 1990 )
November 5
Herman Brood , Dutch rock 'n' roll artist (d. 2001 )
Gram Parsons , country musician (d. 1973 )
November 8 – Roy Wood , singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Move , Electric Light Orchestra , Wizzard )
November 11 – , vocalist and guitarist (The Tremeloes )
November 17 – Martin Barre , guitarist (Jethro Tull )
November 19 – , drummer (Paul Revere and The Raiders )
November 20 – Duane Allman , lead & slide guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band ) (d. 1971 )
November 22 – Aston Barrett , reggae musician
November 29 – Eamonn Campbell , guitarist & mandolin player (The Dubliners )
December 1 – Gilbert O'Sullivan , singer-songwriter
December 5
December 6 – Emílio Santiago (d. 2013)
December 10
Gloria Loring , American singer and actress
Walter Orange (The Commodores )
December 12 – Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull )
December 14 – Jane Birkin , UK actress and singer
December 15 – Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge , Cactus )
December 16
Benny Andersson , singer-songwriter (ABBA )
Trevor Pinnock , conductor and harpsichordist
December 21
Christopher Keene , American conductor (d. 1995)
Kevin Peek , Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013)
Carl Wilson (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
December 27 – Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group)
December 28 – Edgar Winter , multi-instrumentalist and singer
December 29 – Marianne Faithfull , singer and actress
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, 63
September 3 – Moriz Rosenthal , pianist, 83
September 4 – Paul Lincke , composer, 79
September 15 - Cornel Simanjuntak 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 (died mid June) Music Professor and Composer
Albert Bokhare Saunders
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