1952 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1952.

Specific locations[]

Specific genres[]

Events[]

  • February 26 – Popular American singer Jo Stafford marries bandleader/arranger Paul Weston.[1]
  • March 1Sun Records records its first release in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]
  • March 21 – First reported rock and roll riot breaks out at Alan Freed's Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. Teenage excitement is blamed for the frenzy.
  • August 29David Tudor gives the premiere of John Cage's 4′33″, during which the performer does not play, in Woodstock, New York.
  • September – Bill Haley and His Saddlemen change their image to become Bill Haley & His Comets.
  • October 7 – First edition of Bob Horn's Bandstand is broadcast as a local show from station WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is later renamed American Bandstand and syndicated.
  • November 14 – First UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express, with Al Martino's "Here in My Heart" as number one.
  • date unknown
    • Jazz singer Ernesto Bonino moves from Italy to the United States.
    • Accordionist John Serry, Sr. first performs in Broadway theatre with Shirley Booth in The Time of the Cuckoo.
    • Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto wins the Olympic hymn competition.[3]

Publications[]

  • Pierre SchaefferA la recherche d'une musique concrète (The Search for a Concrete Music), an explanation of his experimental approach to composing.
  • John Serry Sr.The Syncopated Accordionist.[4]

Musical groups formed[]

Albums released[]

  • Anthology of American Folk Music – Various Artists
  • As You Desire MeJo Stafford
  • Billie Holiday SingsBillie Holiday
  • Bird and DizCharlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
  • Christmas Day in the MorningBurl Ives
  • Christmas with Eddie FisherEddie Fisher
  • Eddie Fisher Sings – Eddie Fisher
  • Favorite SpiritualsThe Ames Brothers
  • Harmony EncoresThe Chordettes
  • Home on the Range – The Ames Brothers
  • Johnnie RayJohnnie Ray
  • I'm in the Mood for Love – Eddie Fisher
  • Mr. Rhythm SingsFrankie Laine
  • Oscar Peterson Plays Duke EllingtonOscar Peterson
  • Penthouse SerenadeNat King Cole
  • Song Favorites By Frankie Laine – Frankie Laine
  • Tennessee WaltzPatti Page

US No. 1 hit singles[]

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1952.

First week Number of weeks Title Artist
March 15, 1952 9 "Wheel of Fortune" Kay Starr
May 17, 1952 5 "Blue Tango" Leroy Anderson
June 21, 1952 2 "Here in My Heart" Al Martino
July 5, 1952 1 "Delicado" Percy Faith & his Orchestra
July 12, 1952 9 "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" Vera Lynn
September 13, 1952 5 "You Belong to Me" Jo Stafford
October 18, 1952 5 "I Went to Your Wedding" Patti Page
November 22, 1952 1 "It's in the Book" Johnny Standley
November 29, 1952 4 "Why Don't You Believe Me?" Joni James
December 27, 1952 2 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Jimmy Boyd

Biggest hit singles[]

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1952.[6]

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Percy Faith Delicado 1952 Canada US 1940s 1 – Apr 1952, US 1 for 1 weeks Jul 1952, Peel list 1 of 1951, US BB 18 of 1952, POP 18 of 1952, Italy 26 of 1952, RYM 127 of 1952
2 Jo Stafford You Belong to Me 1952 US UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – Aug 1952, US 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1952, US BB 4 of 1952, POP 4 of 1952, RYM 145 of 1952
3 Al Martino Here in My Heart 1952 US UK 1 – Nov 1952, US 1940s 1 – May 1952, US 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1952, US BB 20 of 1952, POP 20 of 1952, RYM 22 of 1952
4 Kay Starr Wheel of Fortune 1952 US US 1940s 1 – Feb 1952, US 1 for 9 weeks Mar 1952, Peel list 3 of 1952, US BB 8 of 1952, POP 8 of 1952, DDD 35 of 1952, Acclaimed 2343
5 Frankie Laine High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 1952 US Oscar in 1952, US BB 3 of 1952, POP 3 of 1952, US 1940s 5 – Jul 1952, UK 7 – Nov 1952, RYM 34 of 1952, Italy 48 of 1952

Top hits on record[]

  • "All of Me" – Johnnie Ray
  • "Anytime" – Eddie Fisher
  • "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" – Vera Lynn
  • "Be My Life's Companion" – The Mills Brothers
  • "Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" – Rosemary Clooney
  • "" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
  • "Comes A-Long A-Love" – Kay Starr
  • "" – Guy Mitchell
  • "Delicado" – Percy Faith & his Orchestra
  • "Faith Can Move Mountains" – Nat King Cole
  • "The Glow-Worm" – The Mills Brothers
  • "A Guy Is a Guy" – Doris Day
  • "Half As Much" – Rosemary Clooney
  • "Heart and Soul" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
  • "Here in My Heart" – Al Martino
  • "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" – Frankie Laine
  • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Karen Chandler
  • "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" – Jimmy Boyd
  • "I Went To Your Wedding" – Patti Page
  • "I'll Walk Alone" – Don Cornell
  • "I'm Confessin'" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
  • "" – Frankie Laine
  • "I'm Yours" – Eddie Fisher
  • "Kiss Of Fire" – Georgia Gibbs
  • "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" – Louis Armstrong
  • "Lady of Spain" – Eddie Fisher
  • "Lover" – Peggy Lee
  • "Maybe" – Perry Como & Eddie Fisher
  • "Meet Mister Callaghan", recorded by
    • Les Paul
    • Mitch Miller
    • Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra
  • "" – Georgia Gibbs
  • "My Song" – Johnny Ace
  • "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" – Guy Mitchell
  • "Please, Mr. Sun", recorded by:
    • Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
    • Perry Como
    • Tommy Edwards
  • "Ramblin' Man" – Frankie Laine
  • "Rock of Gibraltar" – Frankie Laine
  • "Settin' the Woods on Fire" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
  • "" – Johnnie Ray
  • "Slow Poke" – Arthur Godfrey
  • "" – Georgia Gibbs
  • "Somewhere Along The Way" – Nat King Cole
  • "Sugarbush" – Doris Day & Frankie Laine
  • "Tell Me Why" – Eddie Fisher
  • "Temptation" – Mario Lanza
  • "Tenderly" – Rosemary Clooney
  • "Tiger Rag" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
  • "Till I Waltz Again With You" – Teresa Brewer
  • "Tonight You Belong to Me" – Frankie Laine
  • "Trying" – The Hilltoppers
  • "Unforgettable" – Nat King Cole
  • "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" – Johnnie Ray
  • "Wheel of Fortune" – Kay Starr
  • "When I Fall in Love" – Doris Day
  • "" – Frankie Laine
  • "Why Don't You Believe Me" – Joni James
  • "Winter Wonderland" – Perry Como
  • "Wish You Were Here" – Eddie Fisher
  • "You Belong to Me" – Jo Stafford
  • "" – Guy Mitchell

Published popular music[]

  • "Blue Tango"   w. Mitchell Parish m. Leroy Anderson
  • "Comes A-Long A-Love"   w.m. Al Sherman
  • "Delicado"   w. Jack Lawrence m. Waldyr Azevedo
  • "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"   w.m. Bob Merrill
  • ""   w.m. Norman Wisdom & June Tremayne
  • "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes"   w.m. , Cactus Pryor & Slim Whitman
  • "Faith Can Move Mountains"   w. Ben Raleigh m. Guy Wood
  • "Feet Up"   w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "A Fool Such As I"   w.m. Bill Trader
  • "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now"   w.m. Milton Kellem
  • "A Guy Is A Guy"   w.m. Oscar Brand
  • ""   w.m. Leon Washington & Red Saunders
  • "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"   w.m. Charles Singleton & J. H. Wallace
  • "Here in My Heart"   w.m. , &
  • "High Noon"   w. Ned Washington m. Dimitri Tiomkin
  • "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo"   w. Helen Deutsch m. Bronislau Kaper
  • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"   w.m.
  • "Hound Dog"   w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
  • "I Know a Place" w. Sammy Cahn m. Vernon Duke Introduced by Doris Day & Ray Bolger in the film April in Paris
  • "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"   w.m. Tommie Connor
  • "I Went To Your Wedding"   w.m. Jessie Mae Robinson
  • "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive"   w.m. Hank Williams & Fred Rose
  • "I'm Hans Christian Andersen"   w.m. Frank Loesser
  • "Inchworm"   w.m. Frank Loesser
  • "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"   w.m. J. D. Miller
  • "It's In The Book"   w.m. Johnny Standley & Art Thorsen
  • "Jambalaya"   w.m. Hank Williams
  • "Kaw-Liga"   w.m. Hank Williams & Fred Rose
  • "Keep It A Secret"   w.m. Jessie Mae Robinson
  • "The King's New Clothes"   w.m. Frank Loesser
  • "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"   w.m. Lloyd Price
  • ""   w. Roy Alfred m. Billy May
  • "Lullaby of Birdland"   w. B. Y. Forster (pseudonym for George David Weiss) m. George Shearing
  • "Luna Rossa"   w. (Eng) Kermit Goell (Ital) V. de Crescenzo m. A. Vian
  • ""   w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Richard Dehr & Frank Miller
  • "Never Smile at a Crocodile"   F. Churchill, J. Lawrence
  • "Oh Happy Day"   w.m. Donald Howard Koplow & Nancy Binns Reed
  • "" w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren from the film Just For You
  • "One Mint Julep"   w.m. Rudy Toombs
  • "Outside of Heaven" w. Sammy Gallop m. Chester Conn
  • "Petite Fleur"   m. Sidney Bechet
  • "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"   w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "Pretend"   w.m. Lew Douglas, &
  • ""   Kay Twomey, Fred Wise & Ben Weisman
  • " (The New Orleans Chimney Sweep)" w.m. J. Lawrence, Sammy Fain
  • "She Wears Red Feathers"   w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "Sugar Bush"   w.m. Josef Marais
  • "Take These Chains from My Heart"   w.m. Fred Rose & Hy Heath
  • "Takes Two to Tango"   w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning
  • "That's All"   w. Alan Brandt m. Bob Haymes
  • "That's Entertainment!"   w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "Till I Waltz Again With You"   w.m. Sidney Prosen
  • ""   w.m. Frank Loesser
  • "To Know You (Is to Love You)"   w. Allan Roberts m. Robert Allen
  • "Walkin' To Missouri"   w.m. Bob Merrill
  • "Wheel Of Fortune"   w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
  • "When I Fall in Love"   w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
  • "Why Don't You Believe Me?"   w.m. Lew Douglas, &
  • "Wish You Were Here"   w.m. Harold Rome
  • "You Belong to Me"   w.m. Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart & Chilton Price
  • "Your Cheatin' Heart"   w.m. Hank Williams
  • "Zing A Little Zong"   w. Leo Robin m. Harry Warren

Top R&B and country hits on record[]

  • "5-10-15 Hours" – Ruth Brown
  • "Daddy Daddy" – Ruth Brown
  • "Hound Dog" – Big Mama Thornton
  • "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)" – Hank Williams
  • "Juke" – Little Walter
  • "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" – Lloyd Price
  • "Midnight Special" – The Weavers
  • "Night Train" – Jimmy Forrest
  • "Wimoweh" – The Weavers
  • "Worry, Worry, Worry" – Joe Houston
  • "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" – Kitty Wells

Classical music[]

Premieres[]

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Arnold, Malcolm English Dances, set 2, Op. 33 1952-08-05 United Kingdom London (Proms) BBC SymphonySargent[7]
Beck, Conrad 1952-10-11 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) SWF SymphonyRosbaud[8]
Berio, Luciano Due pezzi for violin and piano 1952–?-? United States Lenox, MA (Tanglewood MF) Lorin Maazel (violin), Seymour Lipkin (piano)[9]
Cage, John 4′33″ 1952-08-29 United States Woodstock, NY Tudor[10]
Chávez, Carlos Violin Concerto 1952-02-29 Mexico Mexico City Viviane Bertolami (violin), OSN – Chávez[11]
 [fr] [chamber-music work] 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][12]
Cowell, Henry , for chamber orchestra 1952-11-25 United States Baltimore Stewart[13]
Dallapiccola, Luigi 1952-03-04 Switzerland Bern[14]
(5) for orchestra 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheaterorchester DarmstadtMaderna[12]
Engelmann, Hans Ulrich 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheaterorchester DarmstadtMaderna[12]
Wolfgang Fortner , oratory scene 1952-10-12 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) , Krebs, Rehfuss / – Rosbaud[15][16]
Fricker, Peter Racine 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) / Landestheaterorchester DarmstadtMaderna[12]
Ginastera, Alberto 1952-11-29 United States Pittsburgh () Harris[17]
Goeyvaerts, Karel 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Gertler / Landestheaterorchester DarmstadtMaderna[12]
Hindemith, Paul Die Harmonie der Welt Symphony 1952-01-25 Switzerland Basel Basel Chamber OrchestraSacher[18]
Hummel, Bertold 1952-10-12 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) [16]
Husa, Karel [chamber-music work] 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) [faculty and students of the Ferienkurse][12]
Jolivet, André 1952-10-12 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Laskine / SWF SymphonyRosbaud[16][19]
Klebe, Giselher (2) for orchestra 1952-07-20 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Landestheaterorchester DarmstadtMaderna[12]
Kubik, Gail Symphony Concertante [1952 Pulitzer][20] 1952-01-07 United States New York City The Little OrchestraScherman[21]
Lokshin, Aleksandr for violin and orchestra 1952–?-? Soviet Union Moscow Sitkovetsky / USSR Radio SymphonySanderling[22]
Maderna, Bruno for flute, cymbals and tape 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) Gazzelloni, [12][23][24]
Malipiero, G. Francesco 1952-01-23 Switzerland Lausanne Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeSanzogno[25]
Martin, Frank 1952-01-24 Switzerland Basel Schneeberger / Basel Chamber OrchestraSacher[26]
Martinů, Bohuslav 1952-02-25 United States New York City [27]
Martinů, Bohuslav 1952-01-04 United States New York City McGinnis, , J. Fuchs, L. Fuchs, Greenhouse[27]
Martinů, Bohuslav 1952-05-07 Switzerland Basel [27]
Mennin, Peter 1952-02-24 United States New York City Juilliard Quartet[28]
Messiaen, Olivier Le merle noir 1952-06-? France Paris Contestants of the Conservatory's flute competition + Lee[29]
Montsalvatge, Xavier 1952-05-04 Spain Madrid
Nono, Luigi 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) , / Ferienkurse, Landestheater OrchestraMaderna1[12][30]
Panufnik, Andrzej (2nd version) 1952-05-16 Poland Warsaw Warsaw PhilharmonicRowicki[31]
Pettersson, Allan 1952-04-06 Sweden Stockholm Swedish Radio SymphonyMann[32]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony-Concerto for cello and orchestra 1952-02-18 Soviet Union Moscow Rostropovich / Moscow Youth OrchestraRichter[33]
Prokofiev, Sergei Symphony No. 7 1952-10-11 Soviet Union Moscow USSR Radio SymphonySamosud[citation needed]
Rubbra, Edmund in E-flat, Op. 73 1952-05-11[34] United Kingdom London (Victoria and Albert Museum) Griller Quartet[35]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Preludes and Fugues (24) for piano 1952-12-23 Soviet Union Leningrad Nikolayeva[36]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Kreuzspiel 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) , Wildgans, , , Maderna, , – Stockhausen[37]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz Spiel 1952-10-11 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage)2 SWF Radio SymphonyRosbaud[38]
Stravinsky, Igor Cantata 1952-11-11 United States Los Angeles Igor Stravinsky[39]
Togni, Camillo for two pianos 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) , Togni[40]
Jacques Wildberger for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello 1952-07-21 West Germany Darmstadt (Ferienkurse) , , , Huth[12][40]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois 1952-10-11 West Germany Donaueschingen (Musiktage) Schneider / – Rosbaud[41]
  • 1 The ensemble Bruno Maderna conducted comprised both faculty and students of the Ferienkurse and members of the .
  • 2 Only the first half of Spiel was performed at Donaueschingen in 1952. The complete score was only first performed in a radio recording made in July 1973 with the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, conducted by the composer. The first public performance of the complete composition was given by the Berlin Philharmonic on 14 September 1975, also under the composer's baton.[42]

Compositions[]

Opera[]

  • Franco AlfanoSakùntala (revision of his 1921 opera La leggenda di Sakùntala)
  • Leonard BernsteinTrouble in Tahiti
  • Atta Troll
  • Mozart Camargo GuarnieriPedro Malazarte (comic opera in one act, libretto by Mario de Andrade, premiered in May at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro)

Jazz[]

Musical theatre[]

  • London production opened at the Hippodrome on February 18 and ran for 362 performances
  • Broadway production
  • London revue opened on July 10 at the Globe Theatre
  • Love From Judy London production opened at the Saville Theatre on September 25 and ran for 594 performances
  • New Faces of 1952 Broadway production
  • Pal Joey (Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart) – Broadway revival of original 1940 production
  • London revue opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre on November 12
  • Three Wishes for Jamie Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre on March 21 and moved to the Plymouth Theatre on May 27 for a total run of 92 performances
  • Two's Company Broadway production
  • Wish You Were Here Broadway production

Musical films[]

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby On the Road to Bali

Births[]

  • January 2Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
  • January 10Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter
  • January 15Melvyn Gale, cellist (Electric Light Orchestra)
  • January 17Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician and composer
  • January 20Paul Stanley, rock guitarist and singer (Kiss)
  • January 21Cyril and Libbye Hellier, American operatic sopranos
  • January 22 – Teddy Gentry (Alabama)
  • January 25Timothy White, American rock journalist (died 2002)
  • January 29Tommy Ramone (The Ramones)
  • January 30Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo)
  • February 1Jenő Jandó (Hungarian pianist)
  • February 4Jerry Shirley (Humble Pie)
  • February 12Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers)
  • February 16James Ingram, American R&B singer, songwriter and producer (d. 2019)
  • February 13 – Edward John Gagliardi (Foreigner)
  • February 18Juice Newton, pop and country singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • February 20
    • Halvor Haug, Norwegian composer
    • Matti Rantanen, Finnish accordionist
  • February 21Jean-Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers)
  • February 23Brad Whitford (Aerosmith)
  • March 11Vince Giordano, bass saxophonist and band leader for the Nighthawks Orchestra
  • March 13Wolfgang Rihm, composer
  • March 15Howard Devoto, punk rock singer-songwriter (Buzzcocks, Magazine, Luxuria, ShelleyDevoto)
  • March 22Jay Dee Daugherty (Patti Smith Group)
  • April 2Leon Wilkeson (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • April 4Gary Moore, blues guitarist and singer (died 2011)
  • April 13Rosa Passos, Brazilian Bossa Nova singer
  • April 17Jerry Knight, vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer (d. 1996)
  • May 11Renaud, composer
  • May 14David Byrne, singer-songwriter (Talking Heads)
  • May 18George Strait, country singer, actor and music producer
  • May 19 – (B. T. Express)
  • May 23Dillie Keane, cabaret performer
  • May 30Zoltan Kocsis, composer and pianist (died 2016)
  • June 5Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden, Trust, etc.)
  • June 7Royce Campbell, American guitarist, composer and producer
  • June 11Donnie Van Zant rock guitarist and vocalist (38 Special)
  • June 12
    • Junior Brown, country guitarist and singer
    • Oliver Knussen, composer (d. 2018)
  • June 16Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and composer
  • June 25Tim Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter
  • July 1
    • Dan Aykroyd, actor (The Blues Brothers)
    • Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
  • July 2Johnny Colla (Huey Lewis & The News)
  • July 3Laura Branigan American singer (Gloria) and actress (d. 2004)
  • July 12Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (Iron Butterfly) (d. 1995)
  • July 14Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player and producer (Devo) (d. 2014)
  • July 15David Pack, frontman, vocalist and guitarist with rock group Ambrosia
  • July 16Stewart Copeland, drummer (The Police)
  • July 17
    • Nicolette Larson, singer (died 1997)
    • Phoebe Snow, singer-songwriter (died 2011)
  • July 19Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington-Collins Band and Allen Collins Band) (d. 1990)
  • July 22
    • John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush) (d. 2008)
    • Janis Siegel, American singer (The Manhattan Transfer)
  • July 28Glenn A. Baker, Australian music journalist
  • July 31Reinhard Goebel, German early music conductor and violinist
  • August 4Moya Brennan, Irish folk harpist and singer (Clannad)
  • August 6Pat MacDonald, American new wave musician (Timbuk 3)
  • August 16Gianna Rolandi, American soprano (died 2021)
  • August 20John Hiatt, guitarist, pianist and singer
  • August 21Joe Strummer, singer and songwriter (The Clash) (d. 2002)
  • August 26Billy Rush, Asbury Jukes
  • August 27Laurie Wisefield, guitarist for Wishbone Ash
  • September 4Martin Chambers, The Pretenders
  • September 9Dave Stewart, English musician, songwriter and record producer, Eurythmics
  • September 12
    • Gerry Beckley, rock singer-songwriter (America)
    • Neil Peart, rock drummer & songwriter (Rush) (d. 2020)
  • September 13Randy Jones, singer (Village People)
  • September 18Dee Dee Ramone, bassist (The Ramones) (d. 2002)
  • September 19Nile Rodgers, American record producer, songwriter, musician, composer, arranger and guitarist (The Honeydrippers, Chic)
  • September 22Oliver Mtukudzi ("Tuku"), Zimbabwean Afro jazz singer-guitarist (d. 2019)
  • September 30John Lombardo, American musician (10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary)
  • October 21Miroslav Žbirka, Slovak singer-songwriter
  • November 2
    • Maxine Nightingale, singer
    • Alan Winstanley, producer
  • November 11 – (The Cowsills)
  • November 14Johnny A., guitarist and songwriter
  • November 20Semyon Bychkov, conductor
  • November 27Bappi Lahiri, Indian film composer
  • December 3Don Barnes (38 Special)
  • December 23Hans Abrahamsen, Danish composer
  • December 27David Knopfler (Dire Straits)

Deaths[]

  • January 9Midge Williams, singer
  • January 14Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
  • January 16René Voisin, trumpeter
  • January 20Arthur Farwell, composer and conductor
  • February 13Alfred Einstein, musicologist
  • March 17Percy Wenrich, ragtime composer
  • March 22Uncle Dave Macon, musician
  • April 23Elisabeth Schumann, operatic soprano
  • May 23Georg Schumann, German composer (b. 1866)
  • May 15Italo Montemezzi, composer
  • June 9Adolf Busch, violinist and composer
  • June 13Emma Eames, operatic soprano
  • June 14John Kirby, jazz musician
  • June 25Luke Jordan, blues musician
  • July 2Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans, Dutch composer and pianist (b. 1895)
  • July 10Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (b. 1893)
  • September 6Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, dancer
  • September 16Vesta Tilley, music hall entertainer
  • September 18Frances Alda, operatic soprano
  • September 19Nat Ayer, composer
  • October 25Sergei Bortkiewicz, pianist and composer
  • October 26Hattie McDaniel
  • November 1Dixie Lee, singer, dancer and actress, wife of Bing Crosby
  • November 4Max Adler, violinist
  • November 17Charles Penrose, music hall performer
  • December 25Bernardino Molinari, arranger and conductor (born 1880)
  • December 26Paul Breisach, conductor
  • December 28Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician
  • December 30
    • Willie Brown, blues musician
    • Nakayama Shimpei, songwriter
  • date unknown

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