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1947 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1947.

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June 1115 – First Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held in Wales. • August 7Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania. • October – Enrico De Angelis leaves Quartetto Cetra to join the army. Lucia Mannucci replaces him. • Jack Brymer becomes principal clarinettist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. • Patti Page signs with Mercury. • Frankie Laine earns the first of his 21 gold records. • Kay Starr signs with Capitol. • George Jones begins performing. • Ernesto Bonino embarks on his Latin American tour. • The Amadeus Quartet is founded, as the Brainin Quartet. • Bernard Greenhouse and John Serry Sr. appear in Studio One on the CBS network. ==Albums released==
Albums released
Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Vol. 2Glenn MillerMusic Out of the MoonLes BaxterThe Jolson Album Vol. 1Al Jolson • ''St. Patrick's Day'' – Bing CrosbyAccordion Capers – The Biviano Rhythm Sexteete with John Serry Sr. & Tony Mottola ==Top popular records of 1947==
Top popular records of 1947
Before the Hot100 was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance in the United States with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. The following rankings are supplemented with reliable data from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and other sources as specified. Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records The following songs appeared in The Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart, starting November 1946 through November 1947. Each week ten points were awarded to the number one record, then four points for number two, three points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Also see Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947. ==Published popular music==
Published popular music
• "Afraid to Fall in Love" w. Ralph Blane m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven in the 1948 film Summer Holiday • "Almost Like Being in Love" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe. Introduced by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the musical Brigadoon. Performed in the 1954 film version by Gene Kelly. • "An Apple Blossom Wedding" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon • "And Mimi" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon • "Apalachicola F.L.A." w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the film Road to Rio • "An Apple Blossom Wedding" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon • "April in Portugal" w. Jose Galhardo (Port) Jimmy Kennedy (Eng) m. Raul Ferrão • "Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes") w.(Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Jacques Prévert m. Joseph Kosma • "Ballerina" w.m. Bob Russell and Carl Sigman • "Big Brass Band from Brazil" w.m. Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman • "Bloop Bleep" w.m. Frank Loesser • "Bouquet of Roses" w.m. Steve Nelson and Bob Hilliard • "Busy Doing Nothing" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen • "But Beautiful" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen • "Buttons and Bows" w.m. Jay Livingston and Ray Evans • "C'est si bon" w.(Eng) Jerry Seelen (Fr) André Hornez m. Henri Betti • "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" w.m. Mack David, Jerry Livingston and Al Hoffman • "Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" w.m. Tim Spencer • "Civilization" w.m. Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman. Introduced by Elaine Stritch in the revue Angel in the Wings • "Clancy Lowered the Boom" w.m. Hy Heath and Johnny Lange • "Come to Me, Bend to Me" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe • "Come to the Mardi Gras" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake and Jimmy Shirl (Port) Max Bulhoes and Milton De Oliviera m. Max Bulhoes and Milton De Oliviera • "Confess" w.m. Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss • "Cuanto Le Gusta" w. Ray Gilbert m. Gabriel Ruiz • "Don't Smoke in Bed" w.m. Willard Robison • "Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell a Woman" w.m. Al Stewart and Tex Williams • "Down by the Station" adapted from a children's song by Lee Ricks and Slim Gaillard • "Down the Old Spanish Trail" Kenneth Leslie-Smith and Jimmy Kennedy • "The Dream of Olwen" w. Winifred May m. Charles Williams • "The Egg and I", w. Bert Kalmar, Al Jolson, and Harry Akst m. Harry Ruby • "Everybody Loves Somebody" w. Irving Taylor m. Ken Lane • "Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There" Lee Roy Abernathy • "Ev'ry Day I Love You" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne • "A Fella with an Umbrella" w.m. Irving Berlin • "For Every Man There's a Woman" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film Casbah • "Four Brothers" by Jimmy Giuffre • "Fun And Fancy Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss • "Galway Bay" w.m. Dr Arthur Colahan • "The Gentleman Is A Dope" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers • "Good Rockin' Tonight" w.m. Roy Brown • "The Heather On The Hill" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe • "Here Comes Santa Claus" w.m. Gene Autry and Oakley Haldeman • "Here I'll Stay" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Kurt Weill • "Hooray For Love" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin and Yvonne DeCarlo in the 1948 film Casbah • "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" w.m. David Kapp • "Hurry On Down" w.m. Nellie Lutcher • "I Like'em Fat Like That" w.m. Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan, J. Mayo Williams • "I Still Get Jealous" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne • "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" w.m. Larry Marks and Dick Charles • "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" w.m. Frank Loesser • "Ichabod" Don Raye and Gene De Paul • "If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen • "I'll Dance At Your Wedding" w. Herb Magidson m. Ben Oakland • "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe • "I'm My Own Grandpa" w.m. Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe • "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" w.m. Irving Berlin • "It Takes a Long, Long Train With a Red Caboose" w.m. Larry Marks and Dick Charles • "It Was Written in the Stars" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen • "It's a Most Unusual Day" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh • "It's Magic" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne • "Ivy" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael • "Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It" w.m. Carson Robison • "A Little Bird Told Me" w.m. Harvey O. Brooks • "Look To The Rainbow" w. E.Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane • "Love Is Where You Find It" w. Earl K. Brent m. Nacio Herb Brown • "Love Somebody" w.m. Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer • "The Maharajah Of Magador" w.m. Lewis Harris and John Jacob Loeb • "Mam'selle" w. Mack Gordon m. Edmund Goulding • "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" w.m. Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour • "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" w.m. Hubert Gregg • "Maybe You'll Be There" w. Sammy Gallop m. Rube Bloom • "Nature Boy" w.m. eden ahbez • "Near You" w. Kermit Goell m. Francis Craig • "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" w. Buddy Bernier m. Jerome (Jerry) Brainin • "Now Is The Hour" w.m. Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott and Dorothy Stewart • "(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" w.m. Frank Loesser • "Once And For Always" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen • "Papa Won't You Dance With Me?" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne • "Pass That Peace Pipe" w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin • "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) Osvaldo Farrés m. Osvaldo Farrés Quizás, Quizás, Quizás • "Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys" Claude Demetrius and Fleecie Moore • "Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne • "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz • "Serenade Of The Bells" w.m. Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart and Al Urbano • "Sixteen Tons" w.m. Merle Travis • "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" w.m. Merle Travis and Tex Williams • "Steppin' Out With My Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin • "Tallahassee" w.m. Frank Loesser • "Tell Me Marianne" w.m. Edgardo Donato and Bob Musel • "There But For You Go I" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe • "Toolie Oolie Doolie" w.(Eng) Vaughn Horton (Ger) Arthur Beul m. Arthur Beul • "The Turntable Song" w. Leo Robin m. John Green • "Waitin' For My Dearie" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe • "What Good Would the Moon Be?" w. Langston Hughes m. Kurt Weill. Introduced by Anne Jeffreys in the musical Street Scene • "What's Good About Goodbye?" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film Casbah • "When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane Introduced by David Wayne in the Broadway production of ''Finian's Rainbow'' • "Woody Woodpecker" w.m. George Tibbles and Ramez Idriss • "You Do" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow • "You Don't Have To Know The Language" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen • "You Were Only Fooling" w. William E. Faber and Fred Meadows m. Larry Fotine ==Classical music==
Classical music
Premieres CompositionsMilton Babbitt – Three Compositions for Piano • Samuel BarberKnoxville: Summer of 1915Lennox Berkeley – Piano Concerto in B-flat • Doreen Carwithen (Mary Alwyn) – ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)Paul Creston – Fantasy for Trombone • George CrumbGethsemane for small orchestra • Three Early Songs for Voice and Piano • David Diamond – String Quartet No. 3 • Maurice DurufléRequiemHenri Dutilleux – Oboe Sonata • Vittorio GianniniVariations on a Cantus FirmusMorton GouldAmerican SaluteVagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 6 • Charles IvesPiano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 (Concord Sonata, revised version) • André Jolivet – Concerto for ondes Martenot and orchestra • Miloslav Kabeláč – Overture No. 2 for large orchestra • Aram KhachaturianSymphony No. 3 (Symphony-Poem)Wojciech KilarTwo Miniatures for Children for piano • Witold Lutosławski – Symphony No. 1 • Gian Francesco Malipiero • Symphony No. 5 (Concertante in Eco) • Symphony No. 6 (degli Archi) • Nikolai MyaskovskyPathetic Overture in C Minor, Op.76 • String Quartet No. 12 in G, Op.77 • Sergei ProkofievSymphony No. 6 in E-flat MinorSymphony No. 4 in C Major (extensively revised version) • Edmund Rubbra – Symphony No. 5 • Mátyás SeiberUlysses (cantata) • Harold Shapero – Symphony for Classical Orchestra • Othmar Schoeck – Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 61 • Arnold SchoenbergA Survivor from WarsawIgor StravinskyOrpheus (ballet) • Petrushka (ballet) (2nd version) • Edgard VarèseTuning UpHeitor Villa-LobosString Quartet No. 11William Walton – String Quartet in A minor (1945–47) ==Opera==
Musical theater
Allegro Broadway production • Angel in the Wings Broadway production • Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) – London production opened at the Coliseum on June 7 and ran for 1304 performances • Barefoot Boy with Cheek Broadway production • Bless the Bride (Vivian Ellis and A. P. Herbert) – London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on April 26 and ran for 886 performances. Starring Georges Guétary, Lizbeth Webb, Anona Winn and Brian Reece. Features "I Was Never Kissed Before", "Ma Belle Marguerite" and "This Is My Lovely Day" • Bonanza Bound Philadelphia production • Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production • '' Finian's Rainbow'' (Burton Lane and E. Y. Harburg) • Broadway production opened on January 10 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 725 performances • London production opened on October 21 at the Palace Theatre and ran for 55 performances • High Button Shoes (Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn) – Broadway production • Oklahoma! (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London production opened at the Theatre Royal on April 29 and ran for 1543 performances • The Red Mill London revival • The Shape of Things! East Hampton production • Street Scene Broadway production • Together Again London revue starring The Crazy Gang opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 1566 performances • Tuppence Coloured London revueUnder the Counter Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 3. Cicely Courtneidge reprised her starring role from the London production but the show closed after only 27 performances ==Musical films==
Musical films
and Jimmy, The Fabulous DorseysCarnival in Costa RicaCon la música por dentro, starring Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez and Marga LópezCopacabana • ''Don't Give Up (Tappa inte sugen''), starring Nils Poppe and Annalisa EricsonDown to EarthEtoile Sans Lumiere (Star Without Light) • The Fabulous DorseysFiestaFun and Fancy Free animated film includes Bongo and Mickey And The BeanstalkGolden EarringsGood News • ''I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now'' • ''I'll Be Yours'' starring Deanna Durbin, Tom Drake, William Bendix and Adolphe Menjou. Directed by William A. Seiter. • It Happened in Brooklyn starring Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Kathryn Grayson and Jimmy Durante. Directed by Richard Whorf. • ''Ladies' Man'' • Linda Be Good starring Elyse Knox, Marie Wilson and John Hubbard. Directed by Frank McDonald. Directed by Frank McDonald. • Little Miss Broadway starring Jean Porter, John Shelton and Ruth Donnelly. Directed by Arthur Dreifuss. • Living in a Big Way starring Gene KellyMother Wore Tights starring Betty Grable and Dan DaileyMy Favorite BrunetteMy Wild Irish RoseNew OrleansNight SongNora PrentissNorthwest OutpostThe Perils of PaulineThe Road to RioThe Secret Life of Walter MittyShadiyat al-Wadi, starring Layla MuradThe Shocking Miss Pilgrim released January 4 starring Betty Grable and Dick HaymesSomething in the WindSong of ScheherazadeStar Without LightThis Time for KeepsThe Trouble with WomenThe Unfinished DanceVariety GirlWelcome, Stranger ==Births==
Births
January 6Sandy Denny, folk singer (Fairport Convention) (died 1978) • January 7 (or 1) – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player and composer (died 2014) • January 8David Bowie, singer-songwriter (died 2016) • Terry Sylvester, pop guitarist and singer (The Hollies) • January 18John O'Conor, Irish pianist • January 19Rod Evans (Deep Purple, Captain Beyond) • January 20George Grantham (Poco) • January 21Pye Hastings (Caravan) • January 24Warren Zevon, singer-songwriter (died 2003) • January 29David Byron, lead vocalist (Uriah Heep, Spice) (died 1985) • January 30Steve Marriott (Small Faces, Humble Pie) (died 1991) • February 3Dave Davies, singer-guitarist (The Kinks) • Melanie (Safka), folk singer-songwriter (died 2024) • February 7John Weathers (Gentle Giant, Man) • February 9Joe Ely, singer, guitarist and songwriter • February 11Derek Shulman (Gentle Giant) • February 14Tim Buckley, singer-songwriter and musician (died 1975) • February 15John Coolidge Adams, composer • February 18Dennis DeYoung (Styx) • February 24Rupert Holmes, singer-songwriter • February 26Sandie Shaw, singer • March 3Jennifer Warnes, singer • March 5Clodagh Rodgers, singer (died 2025) • March 6Kiki Dee, singer • March 8Michael Allsup (Three Dog Night) • March 10Tom Scholz (Boston) • March 11Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) • March 14Jona Lewie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player • Peter Skellern, English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2017) • March 15Ry Cooder, guitarist, singer and composer • March 18B. J. Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum) (died 1990) • March 24Mike Kellie, drummer (Spooky Tooth) (died 2017) • March 25Elton John, pianist and singer-songwriter • John Rowles, New Zealand singer • March 29Bobby Kimball, singer (Toto) • April 2Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer (died 2025) • Emmylou Harris, American country singer-songwriter • April 7Patricia Bennett, American rock singer (The Chiffons) • Florian Schneider, German electronic musician (Kraftwerk) (died 2020) • April 8Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes) • Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2008) • April 10Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and percussionist (died 2021) • April 16Ján Lehotský, Slovak composer • Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011) • April 19Murray Perahia, American pianist • Mark Volman, American rock singer-songwriter (The Turtles, Flo & Eddie) (died 2025) • April 21Iggy Pop, American rock singer-songwriter • John Weider, English rock musician (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers) • April 23Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (Jethro Tull) (died 2014) • April 27Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter (Badfinger) (died 1975) • April 29Tommy James, American singer-songwriter and producer (Tommy James and the Shondells) • May 7Stefka Evstatieva, Bulgarian soprano (died 2025) • May 8Phil Sawyer, English guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group, Jefferson Starship) • May 10Jay Ferguson, American muisician (Spirit) • May 11Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band) (died 2017) • May 13Pete Overend Watts, British rock bassist and vocalist (Mott the Hoople, Mott, British Lions) (died 2017) • May 14Al Ciner, American guitarist (Three Dog Night) • Joaquin Diaz González, Spanish multi-instrumentalist, singer, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist • May 15Graeham Goble, Australian rock musician (Little River Band) • May 16Barbara Lee, rock singer (The Chiffons) • Darrell Sweet, Scottish hard rock drummer (Nazareth) (died 1999) • May 19Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter • David Helfgott, Australian classical pianist • May 20Steve Currie, English bassist (T. Rex) (died 1981) • May 21Bill Champlin, American musician (Chicago) • May 31Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter • June 1Ronnie Wood, guitarist (The Faces; The Rolling Stones) • June 3Mickey Finn, glam rock drummer (T. Rex) (died 2003) • Shuki Levy, composer • June 5Laurie Anderson, singer-songwriter • Tom Evans, rock singer-songwriter (Badfinger) (died 1983) • Freddie Stone, guitarist (Sly and the Family Stone) • June 8Mick Box, hard rock guitarist (Uriah Heep) • Julie Driscoll, singer (Brian Auger and the Trinity) • June 14Barry Melton, rock guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish) • June 15Paul Patterson, composer • June 17Gregg Rolie, singer and keyboard player (Santana, Journey) • Paul Young, lead vocalist (Sad Café), singer & percussionist (Mike + The Mechanics) (died 2000) • June 20Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, singer (The Crystals) • June 22Howard Kaylan, rock singer (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, Flo & Eddie) • June 24Mick Fleetwood, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac) • July 7David Hodo, American singer and actor (Village People) • Rob Townsend, drummer (Family) • July 8Jonathan Kelly, singer-songwriter • July 9Mitch Mitchell, drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (died 2008) • Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer • July 10Arlo Guthrie, folk singer • July 11John Holt, singer (The Paragons) (died 2014) • July 12Wilko Johnson, pub rock guitarist, singer-songwriter (Dr. Feelgood) and actor (died 2022) • July 15Peter Banks, guitarist (Yes, The Syn) (died 2013) • Roky Erickson (The 13th Floor Elevators) (died 2019) • July 19Bernie Leadon (The Flying Burrito Brothers, Eagles) • Brian May, guitarist (Queen) • July 20Carlos Santana, guitarist • July 22Don Henley (Eagles) • July 23David Essex, singer and actor • July 24Peter Serkin, classical pianist (died 2020) • Chris Townson, drummer (John's Children, The Who) (died 2008) • August 5Rick Derringer (The McCoys) • Gregory Leskiw (The Guess Who) • August 6Dennis Alcapone, reggae deejay and producer • August 9Barbara Mason, singer • August 10Dimitri Alexeev, pianist • Ian Anderson, singer and flautist (Jethro Tull) • August 14Maddy Prior, folk singer • August 17Gary Talley, guitarist (The Box Tops) • August 20James Pankow, brass player (Chicago) • September 3Eric Bell, guitarist (Thin Lizzy) • September 5Buddy Miles (died 2008) • September 12Darryl DeLoach, vocalist (Iron Butterfly) (died 2002) • September 17Lol Creme, singer (10cc) • Gordon Edwards (The Kinks) • September 21Don Felder (Eagles) • September 23Jerry Corbetta (Sugarloaf) (died 2016) • September 26Lynn Anderson, country-music singer (died 2015) • September 27Meat Loaf, singer (died 2022) • September 30Marc Bolan, singer-songwriter (died 1977) • October 4Jim Fielder, bass guitarist (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Buffalo Springfield) • October 5Brian Johnson, singer (AC/DC) • October 9France Gall, yé-yé singer (died 2018) • October 10 – Norman Carl Odam, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, novelty artist • October 12George Lam, Hong Kong singer and actor • October 13Sammy Hagar, rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Montrose, Van Halen) • October 16Bob Weir, rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead) (died 2026) • October 17Michael McKean, comic actor, singer and composer (This Is Spinal Tap) • October 18Laura Nyro, singer, pianist and composer (died 1997) • October 21Tetsu Yamauchi, bass guitarist (Free, The Faces) • October 23Greg Ridley, bass guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie) (died 2003) • October 30Timothy B. Schmit, rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist (Poco, Eagles) • November 2Dave Pegg, multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull), bassist (Ian Campbell Folk Group) • November 5Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneon player (died 2010) • Peter Noone, singer, "Herman" of Herman's HermitsNovember 8Minnie Riperton, singer (died 1979) • November 10Greg Lake progressive rock singer-songwriter (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (died 2016) • Dave Loggins, singer-songwriter • November 12Buck Dharma, hard rock guitarist and singer (Blue Öyster Cult) • November 20Joe Walsh, hard rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (James Gang, Eagles) • November 29Ronnie Montrose, rock guitarist (Montrose, Gamma) (died 2012) • December 4Terry Woods, folk rock musician (The Pogues) • December 5Egberto Gismonti, Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist • Jim Messina (Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina) • Rick Wills, bass guitarist (Foreigner) • December 8Gregg Allman, singer, guitarist and songwriter (died 2017) • December 12Vin Scelsa, radio DJ • December 21Paco de Lucía, flamenco guitarist (died 2014) • December 27Tracy Nelson, singer (Mother Earth) • December 28Dick Diamonde, bassist (The Easybeats) (died 2024) • December 29Cozy Powell, drummer (died 1998) • December 30Jeff Lynne, singer-songwriter and producer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra) • December 31Burton Cummings, rock singer-songwriter (The Guess Who) ==Deaths==
Deaths
January 3Gus Wickie, singer and voice actor, 61 • January 11Eva Tanguay, singer, vaudeville star, 67 • January 16Sonny Berman, jazz trumpeter, 21 (suspected drug overdose) • Fate Marable, jazz pianist and bandleader, 56 (pneumonia) • January 26Grace Moore, operatic soprano, 48 (plane crash) • January 28Reynaldo Hahn, French composer and conductor, 71 • February 5Salvatore Cardillo, songwriter, 72 • February 6Luigi Russolo, composer, 61 • February 22Fannie Charles Dillon, composer, 65 • March 5Alfredo Casella, composer, 63 • March 28Rudolph Simonsen, composer, 57 • April 22Charles Friant, tenor, 57 • May 2Louie Henri, singer and actress, 83 • May 6Louise Homer, operatic contralto, 76 • May 27Claire Croiza, mezzo-soprano and singing teacher, 64 • May 30Georg Ludwig von Trapp, head of the singing von Trapp family, 67 • July 1Clarence Lucas, composer and conductor, 80 • July 12Jimmie Lunceford, jazz saxophonist and bandleader, 45 (cardiac arrest) • July 13Marcel Varnel, Broadway director, 52 (car crash) • July 15Walter Donaldson, songwriter, 54 • July 24Ernest Austin, English composer, 72 • September 18Bert Kalmar, lyricist, 63 • September 28Francisco Santiago, "Father of Kundiman Art Song", 58 • September 29Jan Hambourg, violinist, 65 • October 6Janet Fairbank, opera singer, 44 (leukaemia) • Leevi Madetoja, composer • October 30Syech AlbarNovember 14Joseph Allard, French-Canadian fiddler, 74 • November 16Carl Adolph Preyer, compose, pianist, 83 • November 26John McKenna, traditional Irish flute player, 67 • November 28Georg Schnéevoigt, conductor and composer, 75 • December 14Will Fyffe, Scottish comedian and singer, 62 • December 16Cesare Sodero, conductor, 61 • date unknown – • Ilia Trilling, Yiddish theatre producer and composer ==References==
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