•
January 22 –
Sid Bass, songwriter (d. 1993) •
January 24 –
Norman Dello Joio, American composer (d. 2008) •
January 25 –
Witold Lutosławski, composer (d. 1994) •
January 26 –
Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (d. 1990) •
January 27 •
Milton Adolphus, pianist and composer (d. 1988) •
Jack Brymer, English clarinettist (d. 2003) •
January 31 – Pedro Jústiz "
Peruchín", Cuban pianist (d. 1977) •
February 4 –
Yam Kim-fai, Cantonese opera singer (d. 1989) •
March 2 –
Celedonio Romero, guitarist, composer and poet (d. 1996) •
March 4 –
Willie Johnson, guitarist (d. 1995) •
March 5 –
Gangubai Hangal, Indian classical singer (d. 2009) •
March 13 •
Smoky Dawson, Australian singer (d. 2008) •
Libero de Luca, operatic tenor (d. 1997) •
Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian lyricist (d. 2009) •
March 29 –
Pappukutty Bhagavathar, Indian actor and singer (d. 2020) •
March 30 –
Frankie Laine, singer (d. 2007) •
March 31 –
Etta Baker, blues guitarist and singer (d. 2006) •
April 4 –
Gene Ramey, jazz musician (d. 1984) •
April 14 –
Jean Fournet, French conductor (d. 2008) •
May 1 –
Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (d. 1980) •
May 6 •
Carmen Cavallaro, pianist (d. 1989) •
Gyula Dávid, composer (d. 1977) •
May 12 –
Jamelão, samba singer (d. 2008) •
May 16 –
Woody Herman, US jazz musician and bandleader (d. 1987) •
May 21 –
Gina Bachauer, pianist (d. 1976) •
May 18 –
Charles Trenet, French singer, actor and songwriter (d. 2001) •
June 10 –
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (d. 2007) •
June 11 –
Risë Stevens, American mezzo-soprano (d. 2013) •
June 12 –
Nina Mae McKinney, dancer and actress (d. 1967) •
June 13 –
Joy Boughton, English oboist (died 1963) •
June 18 –
Sammy Cahn, songwriter (d. 1993) •
June 23 –
Helen Humes, US singer (d. 1981) •
June 28 –
George Lloyd, composer (d. 1998) •
July 12 –
Reino Helismaa, singer-songwriter (d. 1965) •
July 15 –
Cowboy Copas, country singer (d. 1963) •
July 22 –
Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader (d. 1995) •
August 2 •
Hal Block, songwriter (d. 1981) •
Edric Connor, calypso singer (d. 1968) •
August 8 –
Axel Stordahl, arranger, best known for his collaborations with
Frank Sinatra (d.
1963) •
August 28 –
Robert Irving, conductor (d. 1991) •
August 29 –
Sylvia Fine, songwriter (d. 1991) •
September 6 –
Julie Gibson, American actress and singer (d.
2019) •
September 17 –
Jørgen Jersild, Danish composer and music educator (d. 2004) •
September 20 –
John Collins, jazz guitarist (d. 2001) •
September 23 -Alexi Matchavariani, Georgian,(Soviet) Composer,(d.31/12/1995) •
September 26 –
Dorothy Sloop, jazz musician (d. 1998) •
October 15 –
David Carroll, songwriter and conductor (d. 2008) •
October 16 –
Gino Bechi, operatic bass-baritone (d. 1993) •
October 19 •
John Blackburn, lyricist (d. 2006) •
Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian lyricist (d. 1980) •
October 24 –
Tito Gobbi, operatic baritone (d. 1984) •
October 26 –
Charlie Barnet, US bandleader (d. 1991) •
November 2 –
Harry Babbitt, US singer with
Kay Kyser & his orchestra (d. 2004) •
November 3 –
Marika Rökk, singer, dancer and actress (d. 2004) •
November 8 –
June Havoc, vaudeville performer and film star (d. 2010) •
November 11 –
Ivy Benson, bandleader (d. 1993) •
November 15 –
Gus Johnson, jazz drummer (d. 2000) •
November 19 –
Blue Barron, orchestra leader (d. 2005) •
November 22 –
Benjamin Britten, composer (d. 1976) •
November 23 –
Raymond Hanson, composer and teacher (d. 1976) •
December 1 –
Mary Martin, US singer and actress (d. 1990) •
December 6 –
Karl Haas, editor and musicologist (died 2005) •
December 10 –
Morton Gould, composer, conductor and arranger (d. 1996) •
December 14 –
Rosalyn Tureck, pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003) •
December 30 –
Lucio Agostini, conductor and composer (d. 1996) ==Deaths==