[edit] Events [edit] Publications [edit] Published popular music [edit] Top Hit Recordings [edit] Classical music [edit] Births - January 10 - Helen Bonchek Schneyer, folk musician (d. 2005)
- January 22 - Arno Babajanian, composer (d. 1983)
- January 26 - Eddie Barclay, music producer (d. 2005)
- January 31
- February 5 - Sir John Pritchard, British conductor (d. 1989)
- February 16 - Vera-Ellen, dancer and actress (d. 1981)
- February 26 - Betty Hutton, actress and singer (d. 2007)
- March 2 - Robert Simpson, musicologist and composer (d. 1997)
- March 6 - Julius Rudel, conductor
- March 8 - Cyd Charisse, dancer (d. 2008)
- March 11 - Ástor Piazzolla, tango composer (d. 1992)
- March 12 - Gordon MacRae, singer and actor (d. 1986)
- March 21
- March 22 - Nino Manfredi, actor and film score composer (d. 2004)
- April 1
- April 8
- Alfie Bass, actor (Tevye in West End production of Fiddler on the Roof) (d. 1987)
- Franco Corelli, operatic tenor (d. 2003)
- April 22 - Candido Camero, percussionist
- April 26 - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician (d. 2008)
- May 17 - Bob Merrill, US songwriter (d. 1998)
- May 23 - Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician (d. 2008)
- May 25 - Hal David - US lyricist
- June 1 - Nelson Riddle, US conductor, composer and arranger (d. 1985)
- June 3- Betty Freeman, patron of classical music (d. 2009)
- June 15 - Errol Garner, jazz pianist (d. 1977)
- June 21 - Judy Holliday, US actress and singer (d. 1965)
- June 24 - Peggy DeCastro, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
- June 25 - Celia Franca, dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
- July 12 - Hilary Corke, writer and composer (d. 2001)
- July 17 - George Barnes, jazz musician (d. 1977)
- July 24 - Giuseppe Di Stefano, opera singer (d. 2008)
- August 3 - Richard Adler, US composer and lyricist
- August 4 - Herb Ellis, guitarist
- August 7 - Karel Husa, composer
- August 9 - Lola Bobesco, violinist (d. 2003)
- September 4 - Ariel Ramírez, composer
- September 8 - Sir Harry Secombe, singer and comedian (d. 2001)
- September 19 - Billy Ward (The Dominoes) (d. 2002)
- September 21 - Chico Hamilton, jazz drummer
- October 1 - James Whitmore, actor in film musicals
- October 21
- October 25 - Little Hatch, blues musician (d. 2003)
- November 5 - Georges Cziffra, pianist (d. 1994)
- November 9 - Pierrette Alarie, soprano
- November 21 - Vivian Blaine, actress and singer (d. 1995)
- November 23 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer, musician and songwriter (d. 1960)
- December 3 - Phyllis Curtin, soprano
- December 4 - Deanna Durbin, singer and actress
- December 8 - Johnny Otis, blues musician
- December 15 - Alan Freed, disc jockey (d. 1965)
- December 26 - Steve Allen, musician and comedian (d. 2000)
[edit] Deaths - January 23 - Władysław Żeleński, pianist, organist and composer (b. 1837)
- February 8 - George Formby (Senior), singer (b. 1875)
- March 14 - Gustave Barnes, artist and musician (b. 1877)
- March 24 - Déodat de Séverac, composer (b. 1872)
- April 3 - Annie Louise Cary, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- April 5 - Alphons Diepenbrock, composer and writer (b. 1862)
- April 7 - Víctor Mirecki Larramat, cellist (b. 1847)
- April 20 - Tony Jackson, pianist, singer and composer (b. 1876)
- May 4 - Max Kalbeck, music writer and critic (b. 1850)
- July 9 - Marianne Brandt, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- August 2 - Enrico Caruso, operatic tenor (b. 1873)
- September 27
- September 28 - Princess Pauline von Metternich, patron of composers including Wagner and Smetana (b. 1836)
- November 20 - Christina Nilsson, operatic soprano (b. 1843)
- November 25 - Théodore Lack, pianist (b. 1846)
- November 29 - Ivan Caryll, composer of operettas (b. 1861)
- December 10 - Victor Jacobi, composer of operettas (b. 1883)
- December 16 - Camille Saint-Saëns, composer (b. 1835)
- December 25 - Hans Huber, composer (b. 1852)
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