- 1949 in music
Events
*
December 29 -Les Paul andMary Ford marry.
*Mitch Miller begins his career as one of the 20th century's most successful record producers at Mercury
*Eddie Fisher is "discovered" byEddie Cantor and signs with RCA.
*Bob Hope suggests that Anthony Benedetto change his stage name from "Joe Bari" to "Tony Bennett "
*Frankie Laine records "Mule Train ", considered by some critics to mark the beginning of the rock era.
*Teresa Brewer makes her first recording on the London label.
*The Ames Brothers become the first artists to record forCoral Records , a subsidiary of Decca.
*Johnnie Ray performs at the Flame Showbar in Detroit.
*Frank Sinatra stars in "On The Town" with Gene Kelly, a sequel to their 1945 hit "Anchors Aweigh"
*The legendaryAl Jolson records the soundtrack to "Jolson Sings Again," the sequel to his hugely successful biopic "The Jolson Story" (1946)
*45 rpm discs are introduced
*Gorni Kramer starts working for musical impresariosGarinei and Giovannini .
*Country singerBill Haley enters into a partnership with musiciansJohnny Grande andBilly Williamson to form Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; in 1952 the group is renamedBill Haley & His Comets .
*Birdland jazz club opens inNew York City .Albums released
* "Der Bingle" -
Bing Crosby
* "Jerome Kern Songs" - Bing Crosby
* "Merry Christmas" - Bing Crosby
* "Stephen Foster Songs" - Bing Crosby
* "Lights, Cameras, Action" -Doris Day
* Djangology -Django Reinhardt
* "You're My Thrill" - Doris Day
* "Birth of the Cool" -Miles Davis
* "Frankie Laine" -Frankie Laine
* "Frankie Laine Favorites" - Frankie Laine
* "Songs from the Heart" - Frankie Laine
* "The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger " -Burl Ives
* "Dinah Shore" -Dinah Shore
* "The Voice of Frank Sinatra " -Frank Sinatra
* "Jo Stafford with Gordon McRae" -Jo Stafford &Gordon MacRae US No. 1 hit singles
These singles reached the top of the US charts in 1949.
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1949.htm chart positions] in the limited set of charts available for 1949.
Top hit records
*"
A You're Adorable " -Perry Como
*"Again", recorded by
**Gordon Jenkins (Joe Graydon , vocal)
**Vic Damone
**Doris Day
**Tommy Dorsey
**Vera Lynn
**Art Mooney
**Mel Tormé
*"At The End Of The Road" -Frankie Laine
*"Baby, I Need You" -Frankie Laine
*"Baby, It's Cold Outside" -Dinah Shore &Buddy Clark
*"Baby, Just For Me" -Frankie Laine
*"Bali Ha'i " -Perry Como
*"Bamboo" -Vaughn Monroe
*"Bebop Spoken Here" -Frankie Laine
*"Carry Me Back To Old Virginney" -Frankie Laine
*"Coquette" -Guy Lombardo & Jimmy Brown
*"Cruising Down the River", recorded by
**Blue Barron
**Russ Morgan
*"Dear Hearts & Gentle People " , recorded by
**Bing Crosby
**Ralph Flanagan
*"Deep In The Heart Of Texas" -Bing Crosby ,Woody Herman & His Woodchoppers
*"Don't Cry Little Children" -Frankie Laine
*"A Dreamer's Holiday ", recorded by
**Perry Como
**Buddy Clark
*"Far Away Places ", recorded by
**Bing Crosby
**Margaret Whiting
*"Forever and Ever" -Russ Morgan
*"Georgia On My Mind" -Frankie Laine
*"" -Vaughn Monroe
*"God Bless The Child" -Frankie Laine
*"Goodnight Irene " -The Weavers sells four million copies and launches the group's success
*"Jealous Heart" -Al Morgan
*"Lavender Blue" (Dilly Dilly) -Dinah Shore
*"A Little Bird Told Me " -Evelyn Knight
*"My Hero" -Ralph Flanagan
*"Mule Train ", recorded by
**Bing Crosby
**Tennessee Ernie Ford
**Frankie Laine
**Vaughn Monroe
*"No Orchids For My Lady" -The Ink Spots
*"O Sole Mio " -Mario Lanza
*"On The Alamo" -Jo Stafford
*"Powder Your Face With Sunshine " -Evelyn Knight
*"Rockin' Chair" -Frankie Laine
*"Satan Wears A Satin Gown" -Frankie Laine
*"Slap 'Er Down Agin, Paw" -Arthur Godfrey
*"Slippin' Around" -Margaret Whiting &Jimmy Wakely
*"Some Day You'll Want Me To Want You " -The Mills Brothers
*"Some Enchanted Evening" -Perry Como
*"Swamp Girl" -Frankie Laine
*The Huckle-Buck", recorded by
**Frank Sinatra
**Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers
**Tommy Dorsey
*"That Lucky Old Sun " -Frankie Laine
*"They Didn't Believe Me" -Mario Lanza
*"You're Breaking My Heart ", recorded by
**Buddy Clark
**Vic Damone
**The Ink Spots
**Jan Garber Top R&B and Country hit records
*"The Fat Man", by
Fats Domino , first record withback beat all the way through
*"When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too)" byTampa Red , later covered byElmore James among othersPublished popular music
* "Again" w.
Dorcas Cochran m.Lionel Newman
* "Bali Ha'i " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byJuanita Hall in the musical "South Pacific"
* "Bamboo" w. Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon
* "Beyond The Reef" w.m. Jack Pitman
* "Blame My Absent-Minded Heart" w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne
* "Bloody Mary" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers from the musical "South Pacific"
* "Blue Ribbon Gal" Irwin Dash & Ross Parker
* "Bluebird On Your Windowsill" w.m. Elizabeth Clarke & Robert Mellin
* "Bonaparte's Retreat" w.m.Pee Wee King
* "Bye Bye Baby" w.Leo Robin m.Jule Styne introduced byCarol Channing andJack McCauley in the musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Performed in the film version byMarilyn Monroe .
* "Cafe Mozart Waltz" m.Anton Karas played by Karas on the soundtrack of the film "The Third Man ".
* "C'Est Si Bon" w. (Eng) Jerry Seelen (Fr) Andre Hornez m. Henri Betti
* "Clopin Clopant"Bruno Coquatrix , Pierre Dudan & Kermit Goell
* "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byMary Martin in the musical "South Pacific".Mitzi Gaynor sang it in the film version.
* "Count Every Star" w. Sammy Gallop m. Bruno Coquatrix
* "Crazy, He Calls Me" w. Bob Russell m.Carl Sigman
* "Daddy's Little Girl" w.m. Bobby Burke & Horace Gerlach
* "Dear Hearts And Gentle People " w.Bob Hilliard m.Sammy Fain
* "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" w.Leo Robin m.Jule Styne . Introduced byCarol Channing in the musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".Marilyn Monroe performed the number in the film version.
* "Did You SeeJackie Robinson Hit That Ball?" w.m.Buddy Johnson
* "Dites-Moi" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced by Michael de Leon and Barbara Luna in the musical "South Pacific"
* "Don't Cry, Joe " w.m. Joe Marsala
* "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" w.m.Mack David ,Al Hoffman &Jerry Livingston .Ilene Woods provided the vocal for the animated film "Cinderella".
* "Dreamer With A Penny" w.m. Allan Roberts & Lester Lee
* "A Dreamer's Holiday " w. Kim Gannon m. Mabel Wayne
* "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) " w.Herb Magidson m.Carl Sigman
* "The Fat Man" w. Antoine Domino m. Dave Bartholomew
* "The Four Winds And The Seven Seas" w.Hal David m.Don Rodney
* "Happy Talk" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byJuanita Hall in the musical "South Pacific".
* "He's A Real Gone Guy" w.m.Nellie Lutcher
* "Homework" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "Honey Bun" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers . Introduced byMary Martin in the musical "South Pacific". Performed in the 1958 film version byMitzi Gaynor .
* "Hop-Scotch Polka" w.m.William "Billy" Whitlock ,Carl Sigman &Gene Rayburn
* "The Horse Told Me" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen introduced byBing Crosby in the film "Riding High".
* "The Hot Canary" m.Paul Nero
* "How Can You Buy Killarney?" Hamilton Kennedy, Ted Steels, Freddie Grant (Grundland) & Gerard Morrison
* "How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!" w.Paul Francis Webster m. Sonny Burke
* "The Hucklebuck" w. Roy Alfred m. Andy Gibson
* "Hymne à l'amour " w.Édith Piaf m.Marguerite Monnot
* "I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded" w.m. Hank Fort & Herb Leighton
* "I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore " w.m.Bennie Benjamin &George David Weiss
* "I Love You Because" w.m.Leon Payne
* "I Said My Pajamas" w.m.Edward Pola &George Wyle
* "I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas" w.m. Harry Stewart
* "I'll Never Slip Around Again" Floyd Tillman
* "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byMary Martin in the musical "South Pacific".
* "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry " w.m.Hank Williams
* "It's a Great Feeling " w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne introduced byDoris Day in the film "It's a Great Feeling "
* "It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House" w. Jack Elliott m. Harold Spina
* "Just One Way To Say I Love You" w.m.Irving Berlin introduced byEddie Albert andAllyn McLerie in the musical "Miss Liberty ".
* "Let's Take An Old Fashioned Walk" w.m.Irving Berlin introduced byEddie Albert andAllyn McLerie in the musical "Miss Liberty "
* "A Little Girl From Little Rock" w.Leo Robin m.Jule Styne introduced byCarol Channing in the musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes".Jane Russell andMarilyn Monroe were just two little girls in the film version.
* "Lush Life" w.m.Billy Strayhorn
* "Maybe It's Because" w.Harry Ruby m. Johnnie Scott
* "Melodie D'Amour " w.(Eng) Leo Johns m.Henri Salvador
* "Mona Lisa" w.m.Ray Evans &Jay Livingston
* "Mule Train " w.m.Johnny Lange , Hy Heath & Fred Glickman
* "Music! Music! Music! " w.m. Stephen Weiss &Bernie Baum
* "My Bolero" Kennedy, Simon
* "My Foolish Heart" w.Ned Washington m.Victor Young introduced bySusan Hayward in the film "My Foolish Heart"
* "My One And Only Highland Fling" w.Ira Gershwin m.Harry Warren introduced byFred Astaire andGinger Rogers in the film "The Barkleys of Broadway ".
* "Now That I Need You" w.m.Frank Loesser introduced byBetty Hutton in the film "Red, Hot, And Blue ".
* "The Old Master Painter" w. Haven Gillespie m. Beasley Smith
* "Paris Wakes Up And Smiles" w.m.Irving Berlin introduced by Johnny V. R. Thompson andAllyn McLerie in the musical "Miss Liberty "
* "Peter Cottontail" w.m. Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson
* "Pigalle" w.m. Georges Konyn,Charles Newman & Georges Ulmer
* "Portrait Of Jenny" w. Gordon Burge m.J. Russell Robinson
* "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy" w.m. Hank Fort
* "Quicksilver" w.m. Irving Taylor, George Wyle &Eddie Pola
* "Rag Mop " w.m. Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson
* "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) " w.m. Stan Jones
* "The Right Girl For Me" w.Betty Comden &Adolph Green m.Roger Edens introduced byFrank Sinatra in the film "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
* "The River Seine" w. (Eng) Allan Roberts & Alan Holt m. Guy La Forge
* "Room Full Of Roses" w.m. Tim Spencer
* "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" w.m.Johnny Marks
* "Saturday Night Fish Fry" w.m.Louis Jordan , Ellis Walsh & Al Carters
* "Scarlet Ribbons" w.Jack Segal m.Evelyn Danzig
* "La Seine" w. Geoffrey Parsons m. Berkeley Fase
* "Sentimental Me " w.m. James T. Morehead &James Cassin
* "Sing Soft, Sing Sweet, Sing Gentle" w.m.Jimmy Durante & Jack Barnett
* "Slipping Around " w.m.Floyd Tillman
* "Some Day My Heart Will Awake" w.Christopher Hassall m.Ivor Novello . Introduced byVanessa Lee in the musical "King's Rhapsody ".
* "Some Enchanted Evening" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byEzio Pinza in the musical "South Pacific".Giorgio Tozzi dubbed forRossano Brazzi in the film.
* "A Strawberry Moon (In A Blueberry Sky)" Bob Hilliard & Sammy Mysels
* "Sunshine Cake" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen
* "Swamp Girl" w.m. Michael Brown
* "That Lucky Old Sun " w.Haven Gillespie m.Beasley Smith
* "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers from the musical "South Pacific".
* "Third Man Theme" m.Anton Karas played by Karas on the soundtrack of the film "The Third Man ". Also known as "The Harry Lime Theme".
* "This Nearly Was Mine" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byEzio Pinza in the musical "South Pacific".Giorgio Tozzi dubbed forRossano Brazzi in the film.
* "Through A Long And Sleepless Night" w.Mack Gordon m.Alfred Newman
* "Too-Whit! Too-Whoo!" Billy Reid
* "Twenty-Four Hours Of Sunshine" w.Carl Sigman m. Peter De Rose
* "Up Above My Head" w.m.Sister Rosetta Tharpe
* "The Wedding Of Lili Marlene" w.m.Tommie Connor &Johnny Reine
* "When The Wind Was Green" w.m. Don Hunt
* "A Wonderful Guy " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced byMary Martin in the musical "South Pacific"
* "Yingle Bells" adapt. Harry Stewart
* "You Can Have Him" w.m.Irving Berlin from the musical "Miss Liberty "
* "Younger Than Springtime" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced by William Tabbert in the musical "South Pacific"
* "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers introduced by William Tabbert in the musical "South Pacific"Classical music
*
Aaron Avshalomov - "Second Symphony"
*Lydia Boucher - "L'Oeuvre d'Esther Blondin"
*George Crumb - "Sonata for violin and piano"
*Ferenc Farkas - "Finnish Popular Dances"
*André Jolivet - "Flute Concerto"
*Paul Hindemith - "Sonata for Double Bass and Piano"
*Olivier Messiaen - "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités"
*Dmitri Shostakovich - "Song of the Forests " (oratorio)
*Edgard Varèse - "Dance for Burgess"
*Ralph Vaughan Williams - "The Pilgrim's Progress "
*Mieczyslaw Weinberg - "Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes", Op. 47 No. 1Opera
*
Musical theater
* "
Belinda Fair " London production opened at the Strand Theatre onJune 30 and ran for 131 performances
* "Brigadoon " London production opened atHis Majesty's Theatre onApril 14 and ran for 685 performances
* "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Broadway production opened at theZiegfeld Theatre onDecember 8 and ran for 740 performances
* "King's Rhapsody " London production opened at thePalace Theatre onSeptember 15 and ran for 838 performances
* "Lost in the Stars " (Maxwell Anderson andKurt Weill ) - Broadway production opened at theMusic Box Theatre onOctober 30 and ran for 273 performances
* "Miss Liberty " Broadway production opened at theImperial Theatre onJuly 15 and ran for 308 performances. StarringEddie Albert ,Allyn McLerie andMary McCarty
* "South Pacific" (Richard Rodgers andOscar Hammerstein II ) - Broadway production opened at theMajestic Theatre onApril 7 and ran for 1925 performancesMusical films
* "
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad " animated film
* "The Barkleys of Broadway " starringFred Astaire andGinger Rogers
* "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court " starringBing Crosby ,Rhonda Fleming ,Cedric Hardwicke andWilliam Bendix
* "Dancing in the Dark "
* "Don't Ever Leave Me "
* "The Great Lover" starringBob Hope andRhonda Fleming
* "Holiday in Havana " starringDesi Arnaz andMary Hatcher .
* "In the Good Old Summertime " starringJudy Garland ,Van Johnson ,S. Z. Sakall andBuster Keaton .
* "The Inspector General" starringDanny Kaye
* "It's a Wonderful Day "
* "Look for the Silver Lining" starringJune Haver ,Ray Bolger andGordon MacRae
* "Make Believe Ballroom " starringJerome Courtland andRuth Warrick and featuring theKing Cole Trio andFrankie Carle & his Orchestra. Directed byJoseph Santley .
* "Make Mine Laughs " starringRay Bolger , Anne Shirley,Dennis Day ,Joan Davis ,Jack Haley ,Leon Errol ,Frances Langford andFrankie Carle & his Orchestra. Directed byRichard Fleischer .
* "Maytime in Mayfair " starringAnna Neagle andMichael Wilding .
* "My Dream Is Yours " starringJack Carson andDoris Day and featuringBugs Bunny . Directed byMichael Curtiz .
* "My Friend Irma" starringJohn Lund , Marie Wilson,Dean Martin andJerry Lewis . Directed by George Marshall.
* "Neptune's Daughter " starringEsther Williams ,Red Skelton ,Ricardo Montalban andBetty Garrett . Directed byEddie Buzzell .
* "Oh, You Beautiful Doll " starringJune Haver ,Mark Stevens andS. Z. Sakall .
* "An Old-Fashioned Girl " starringGloria Jean andJimmy Lydon . Directed byArthur Dreifuss .
* "On The Town" starringGene Kelly ,Frank Sinatra ,Betty Garrett ,Ann Miller ,Jules Munshin andVera Ellen .
* "Red, Hot And Blue" starringBetty Hutton ,Victor Mature ,William Demarest ,June Havoc andFrank Loesser .
* "Slightly French " starringDorothy Lamour andDon Ameche .
* "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" starringFrank Sinatra ,Gene Kelly ,Betty Garrett ,Esther Williams andJules Munshin .
* "That Midnight Kiss " starringKathryn Grayson ,José Iturbi ,Ethel Barrymore ,Mario Lanza andJules Munshin .
* "Top o' the Morning " starringBing Crosby ,Ann Blyth ,Barry Fitzgerald andHume Cronyn . Directed by David Miller.Births
*
January 2 -Chick Churchill ,Ten Years After
*January 5 - George Brown, Kool and the Gang
*January 11 -Frederick Dennis Greene ,Sha Na Na
*January 19 - Robert Palmer, singer
*January 24 -John Belushi , "The Blues Brothers "
*February 5 -Nigel Olsson
*February 12 -Stanley Knight ,Black Oak Arkansas
*February 21 -Jerry Harrison ,Talking Heads
*February 22
**Joseph Hill , Culture (d. 2006)
**Steve Perry, Journey
*February 23 -Terry Comer , Ace
*February 29 -Leroy Sibbles ,The Heptones
*March 2 -Rory Gallagher
*March 13
**Donald York ,Sha Na Na
**Julia Migenes , soprano
*March 20 -Carl Palmer ,Emerson, Lake & Palmer
*March 21 -Eddie Money
*March 24 -Nick Lowe
*March 26 -Fran Sheehan , Boston
*April 3 - Richard Thompson,Fairport Convention
*April 15 -Tonio K
*April 21 -Patti LuPone
*May 9 -Billy Joel
*May 13 -Overend Pete Watts ,Mott the Hoople
*May 16 -William Spooner ,Grateful Dead
*May 17 -Bill Bruford , Yes andKing Crimson
*May 18 -Rick Wakeman , Yes
*May 19 -Dusty Hill ,Z.Z. Top
*May 26
**Hank Williams, Jr.
**Vicki Lawrence
*June 11 - Frank Beard,ZZ Top
*June 13
**Dennis Locorriere ,Dr. Hook
*June 14 - Alan White,Plastic Ono Band , Yes
*June 15
**Russell Hitchcock ,Air Supply
**Michael Sam Lutz , Brownsville Station
*June 20 -Lionel Richie
*June 22
**Larry Junstrom ,Lynyrd Skynyrd , 38 Special
**Alan Osmond ,The Osmonds
*June 26
**Larry Taylor ,Canned Heat
**John Illsey ,Dire Straits
*June 30 - Andrew Scott, Sweet
*July 3
**Fontella Bass
**John Verity , Argent
*July 6 -Michael Shrieve , Santana
*July 10 -Dave Smalley ,The Raspberries
*July 12 -John Wetton , Asia
*July 16 -Ray Major ,Mott the Hoople
*July 17 -Terry Butler ,Black Sabbath
*July 18 -Wally Bryson ,The Raspberries
*July 26 - Roger Taylor, Queen
*July 27
**David Weck , Brownsville Station
**Maureen McGovern
*July 28
**Simon Kirke , Free,Bad Company
**Steven Took , T.Rex
*August 3 -B.B. Dickerson , War
*August 11 -Eric Carmen ,The Raspberries
*August 12 -Mark Knopfler ,Dire Straits
*August 17 -Sib Hashian , Boston
*August 20 -Phil Lynott ,Thin Lizzy
*August 23 -Rick Springfield
*August 25 -Gene Simmons , Kiss
*August 26 -Bob Cowsill ,The Cowsills
*August 27 -Jeff Cook , Alabama
*August 29 -Hugh Cornwell ,The Stranglers
*September 1 -Greg Errico ,Sly and The Family Stone
*September 5 -Clem Clempson ,Humble Pie
*September 7 -Gloria Gaynor
*September 10 -Barriemore Barlow , Jethro Tull
*September 14
**Steve Gaines ,Lynyrd Skynyrd
**Fred "Sonic" Smith ,MC5
*September 18 -Kerry Livgren , Kansas
*September 20
**Chuck Panozzo , Styx
**John Panozzo , Styx
*September 23 -Bruce Springsteen , singer, songwriter
*September 30 -Eleanor Alberga , Jamaican-British composer
*October 5 -B. W. Stevenson
*October 6 -Thomas McClary ,The Commodores
*October 8 -Michael Rosen ,Average White Band
*October 13 -Gary Richrath ,REO Speedwagon
*October 17 -Bill Hudson ,Hudson Brothers
*October 23 -Würzel ,Motörhead
*October 27 -Garry Tallent ,E Street Band
*November 6 -Arturo Sandoval , Jazz performer
*November 8 -Bonnie Raitt
*November 13 -Terry Reid , singer, guitarist
*November 14 - James Young, Styx
*November 23 -Marcia Griffiths , reggae singer
*November 28 -Paul Shaffer , "Late Show with David Letterman "
*December 7 -Tom Waits , singer, composer, actor
*December 13 -Tom Verlaine , Television
*December 14
**Ronnie McNeir , singer
**Randy Owen , Alabama
**Cliff Williams ,Home ,AC/DC
*December 16 -Billy Gibbons ,Z.Z. Top
*December 17 -Paul Rodgers , Free,Bad Company , The Firm, Queen
*December 22 -Robin Gibb andMaurice Gibb ,The Bee Gees
*December 23
**Adrian Belew
**Luther Grosvenor ,Spooky Tooth ,Mott the Hoople Deaths
*
January 14 -Joaquín Turina , composer
*January 19 -Charles Price Jones , hymn-writer
*February 1 -Herbert Stothart , composer
*February 11 -Giovanni Zenatello , opera tenor
*March 20 -Irving Fazola , jazz clarinetist (born 1912)
*March 28 -Grigoraş Dinicu , violinist and composer
*April 3 -Basil Harwood , organist and composer (born 1859)
*June 9 -Maria Cebotari , operatic soprano (born 1910)
*July 7 -Bunk Johnson , jazz trumpeter
*July 9 -Fritz Bennicke Hart , composer
*July 18 -Vítězslav Novák , composer
*September 8 -Richard Strauss , composer
*September 11 -Mykhailo Haivoronsky , violinist, conductor and composer (born 1892)
*September 12 -Harry T. Burleigh , composer and singer
*September 24 -Pierre de Bréville , composer (born 1861)
*September 28 -Ivie Anderson , jazz singer
*October 1 - Buddy Clark, US singer
*October 4
** Chris Smith, composer
**Edmund Eysler , Austrian composer (born 1874)
*October 20 - Sam Collins, blues singer and guitarist (born 1887)
*October 27 -Ginette Neveu , violin virtuoso
*November 25 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American tap dancer, singer and actor
*December 6 -Leadbelly , folk and blues musician
*December 11 -Fiddlin' John Carson , country musician (born 1868)
*"date unknown"
**Euphemia Allen , composer
**Sol Bloom , music industry entrepreneur (born 1870)
**Nancy Dalberg , Danish composer (born 1881)
**Dynam-Victor Fumet , organist and composer (born 1867)
**Emilio de Gogorza , operatic baritone
**King Solomon Hill , blues musician (born 1897)
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