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1949 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1949.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

  • January 12 – Maro Ajemian, to whom the work is dedicated, gives one of the first performances of the complete cycle of John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes at Carnegie Hall.{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527041743/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799692,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |access-date=2007-12-15}}
  • February 4 – Ljuba Welitsch makes her Metropolitan Opera début in Salome.
  • February 11 – London Mozart Players give their first concert, at the Wigmore Hall.
  • April – Goree Carter records "Rock Awhile", which is considered to be the first rock and roll record.
  • June 25 – The Philharmonic Piano Quartet make their New York City debut at Lewisohn Stadium
  • September 5 – English Wagnerian tenor Walter Widdop appears at The Proms, singing "Lohengrin's Farewell", the day before his sudden death at the age of 51.
  • December 15 – Birdland jazz club opens in New York City.
  • December 24 – At the start of the Holy Year, Charles Gounod's Inno e Marcia Pontificale is adopted as the new papal anthem.
  • December 29 – Les Paul and Mary Ford marry.
  • The Boccherini Quintet is formed in Rome.
  • Ravi Shankar becomes music director of All India Radio.
  • Mitch Miller begins his career as one of the 20th century's most successful record producers at Mercury
  • Eddie Fisher is "discovered" by Eddie 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 as marking 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 for Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca.
  • Johnnie Ray performs at the Flame Showbar in Detroit.
  • The legendary Al 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 impresarios Garinei and Giovannini.
  • Country singer Bill Haley enters into a partnership with musicians Johnny Grande and Billy Williamson to form Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; in 1952 the group is renamed Bill Haley & His Comets.
  • The International Rostrum of Composers is founded.

Albums released

  • Goree Carter;- Rock Awhile
  • Der Bingle – Bing Crosby
  • Jerome Kern Songs – Bing Crosby
  • Merry Christmas – Bing Crosby
  • Stephen Foster Songs – Bing Crosby
  • Lights, Cameras, Action – Doris Day
  • You're My Thrill – Doris Day
  • 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
  • Jo Stafford with Gordon MacRae – Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of the US charts in 1949.

First weekNumber of weeksTitleArtist
January 8, 19491"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"Spike Jones
January 15, 19491"Buttons and Bows"Dinah Shore
January 22, 19497"A Little Bird Told Me"Evelyn Knight
March 12, 19492"Cruising Down the River"Blue Barron
March 26, 19497"Cruising Down the River"Russ Morgan
May 14, 194911"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend"Vaughn Monroe
July 30, 19495"Some Enchanted Evening"Perry Como
September 3, 19494"You're Breaking My Heart"Vic Damone
October 1, 19498"That Lucky Old Sun"Frankie Laine
November 26, 19496"Mule Train"Frankie Laine

Top R&B and country hit records

  • Don't Rob Another Man's Castle performed by Eddy Arnold; words and music by Jenny Lou Carson
  • The Fat Man, by Fats Domino, first record with back beat all the way through
  • My Bucket's Got a Hole in It by Hank Williams and later by T. Texas Tyler
  • "When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too)" by Tampa Red, later covered by Elmore James among others

Classical music

Premieres

ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Barber, SamuelPiano Sonata1949-12-09Havana, CubaHorowitz
Bartók, BélaViola Concerto (1945)1949-12-02MinneapolisPrimrose / Minneapolis Symphony – Dorati
Bernstein, Leonard*The Age of Anxiety* (Symphony No. 2)1949-04-08BostonBernstein / Boston Symphony – Koussevitzky
Britten, Benjamin*Spring Symphony*1949-07-09Amsterdam (Holland Festival)Vincent, Ferrier, Pears / Netherlands Radio Choir, Concertgebouw Orchestra – Van Beinum
Bush, Alan*Nottingham Symphony* (Symphony No. 2)1949-06-27Nottingham, UKLondon Philharmonic – Ellenberg
Carter, ElliottWind Quintet1949-02-27New York CityOrenstein, Abosch, Paul, Bobo, Popkin
Copland, Aaron*Preamble for a Solemn Occasion*1949-12-19New York CityOlivier / Boston Symphony – Bernstein
Cowell, HenrySymphony No. 5 (1948)1949-01-05Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Kindler
Delius, Frederick*Summer Evening*; *Winter Night*; *Spring Morning* (1890)1949-01-02London[unknown orchestra] – Beecham
Dello Joio, Norman*Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra*1949-05-22Chautauqua, New YorkShaw / Chautauqua Symphony – Autori
Egge, Klaus*Sinfonia giocosa* (Symphony No. 2) (1947)1949-07-09Oslo[unknown orchestra] – Grüner-Hegge
Einem, Gottfried vonOrchestral Suite from *Dantons Tod*1949-02-09Baden-Baden, GermanySWF Symphony – Rosbaud
Enescu, George*Romanian Concert Overture* (1948)1949-01-23Washington DCUSA National Symphony – Enescu
Ghedini, Giorgio Federico*Concerto funebre in memoria di Duccio Galimberti* (1948)1949-03-02RomeAccademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra – Rossi
Ginastera, Alberto*Ollantay* (1947)1949-10-29Buenos AiresTeatro Colón Regular Orchestra – E. Kleiber
Ginastera, AlbertoString Quartet No. 1 (1948)1949-10-24Buenos AiresMozart Quartet
Glinka, MikhailString Quartet (1824)1949-02-27MoscowBeethoven Quartet
Harris, Roy*Kentucky Spring*1949-04-05Louisville, USLouisville Philharmonic – Whitney
Henze, Hans Werner*Apollo und Hyazintus*1949-06-26FrankfurtPlümacher, Picht-Axenfeld / Members of the HR Symphony – Henze
Henze, Hans Werner*Ballett-Variationen*1949-09-26DüsseldorfNWDR Symphony – Romansky
Henze, Hans Werner*Chor gefangener Trojer* (1948)1949-02-06Bielefeld, GermanyBieleld Musikverein Choir, Stadtorchester Bielefeld – Hoffmann
Henze, Hans WernerSymphony No. 21949-12-01StuttgartSDR Radio Symphony – Müller-Kray
Henze, Hans WernerVariations for Piano1949-06-17FrankfurtKaul
Hindemith, PaulConcerto for Woodwinds, Harp and Orchestra1949-05-15New York CityCBS Symphony – Johnson
Honegger, Arthur*Concerto da camera*1949-05-06ZürichJaunet, Saillet / Collegium Musicum Zürich – Sacher
Howells, Herbert*Music for a Prince* (1948)1949-01-23LondonBBC Symphony – Sargent
Jolivet, André*Étude sur les modes antiques* (1944)1949-06-09ParisHaloua
Jolivet, AndréSymphonic Suite from *Guignol et Pandore* (1943)1949-12-11ParisColonne Orchestra – Fourestier
Landowski, Marcel*Jean de la Peur* (Symphony No. 1)1949-04-03ParisPasdeloup Orchestra – Wolff
Lutosławski, WitoldOverture for Strings1949-11-09PraguePrague Radio Symphony – Fitelberg
Malipiero, Gian Francesco*Mondi celesti* (1947)1949-02-03Capri, Italy[unknown ensemble] – Giulini
Malipiero, Gian Francesco*Sinfonia degli archi* (Symphony No. 6)1949-02-11BaselBasel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher
Martinů, BohuslavPiano Concerto No. 31949-11-20DallasFirkusny / Dallas Symphony – Hendl
Mennin, Peter*The Cycle* (Symphony No. 4)1949-03-18New York CityCollegiate Chorale, New York Philharmonic – Shaw
Messiaen, Olivier*Turangalîla-Symphonie* (1948)1949-12-02BostonLoriod, Martenot / Boston Symphony – Bernstein
Milhaud, DariusConcerto for Marimba and Vibraphone1949-02-12St. Louis, USConnor / St. Louis Symphony – Golschmann
Milhaud, Darius*Kentuckiana* (1948)1949-01-04Louisville, USLouisville Orchestra – Whitney
Myaskovsky, NikolaiCello Sonata No. 21949-03-05MoscowRostropovich, Dedyukhin
Nystroem, Gösta*Sinfonia del mare* (Symphony No. 3) (1948)1949-03-24Gothenburg, SwedenEksell / Gothenburg Symphony – Eckerberg
Ohana, Maurice*La venta encantada* (1940)1949-04-29ParisGirard Orchestra – Girard
Panufnik, Andrzej*Sinfonia rustica* (Symphony No. 1) (1948)1949-05-13WarsawWarsaw Philharmonic – Panufnik
Poulenc, FrancisCello Sonata (1948)1949-05-18ParisFournier, Poulenc
Rubbra, EdmundSymphony No. 5 (1947)1949-01-26LondonBBC Symphony – Boult
Scelsi, Giacinto*La nascita del Verbo*1949-10-28ParisRTF National Orchestra and Chorus – Desormière
Schoenberg, ArnoldPhantasy for Violin and Piano1949-09-13Los AngelesKoldofsky, Stein
Schuman, WilliamSymphony No. 6 (1948)1949-02-26DallasDallas Symphony – Dorati
Seiber, Mátyás*Ulysses*1949-05-27LondonLewis / Morley College Choir, Kalmar Orchestra – Goehr
Shostakovich, Dmitri*Song of the Forests*1949-12-11Leningrad[unknown chorus], Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky
Tansman, Alexandre*Music for Strings* (1947)1949-01-24BarcelonaBarcelona Chamber Orchestra – Tansman
Thompson, RandallSymphony No. 31949-05-15New York CityCBS Symphony – Johnson
Ustvolskaya, Galina*The Dream of Stepan Razin*1949-10-08Leningrad[unknown baritone] / Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky
Weinberg, Mieczysław*Moldavian Rhapsody*1949-11-30Moscow (USC Plenum)USSR Radio Symphony – Gauk
Zimmermann, Bernd AloisConcerto for Strings1949-07-25CologneNWDR Symphony – Meylan
Zimmermann, Bernd AloisSymphonic Variations and Fugue on *In dulci jubilo*1949-12-10Koblenz, GermanySouthwest German Radio Symphony – Gerdes

Compositions

  • Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 1
  • Aaron Avshalomov – Second Symphony
  • Henk Badings – Symphony No. 5
  • Samuel Barber – Piano Sonata, Op. 26
  • Marcel Bitsch – Six Esquisses symphoniques
  • Pierre Boulez – Piano Sonata No. 1
  • Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 8 in B-flat Minor
  • Benjamin Britten – Spring Symphony
  • Jani Christou – Phoenix Music, for orchestra
  • George Crumb – Sonata for violin and piano
  • Ferenc Farkas – Finnish Popular Dances
  • Hans Werner Henze – Symphony No. 2
  • Paul Hindemith
    • Sonata for Double Bass and Piano
    • Sinfonietta in E major
  • Vagn Holmboe
    • String Quartet No. 2
    • Cantata No. 7
  • André Jolivet – Flute Concerto
  • Dmitry Kabalevsky – Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1948–9)
  • Wojciech Kilar – Suite for piano
  • Ernst Krenek – Symphony No. 5
  • Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 15 Søstormen, BVN 375
  • Olivier Messiaen – "Neumes rythmiques" and "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités", for piano (later incorporated as two of the Quatre études de rythme)
  • Bruno Maderna – Composition No. 1
  • Nikolai Myaskovsky
    • Cello Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 81 (1948–9)
    • Piano Sonatas 7–9, Opp. 82–4
    • Symphony No. 27 in C Minor, Op. 85
    • String Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 86
  • Allan Pettersson – Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Gavriil Popov – Symphony No. 4 (completed; premiere 2023)
  • Sergei Prokofiev – Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 119
  • Othmar Schoeck – Vision, Op. 63 for Men's Chorus and Orchestra
  • Arnold Schoenberg
    • 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (second version)
    • Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
    • Song of the Forests (oratorio)
    • String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji – Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis
  • Galina Ustvolskaya
    • Piano Sonata No. 2
    • Trio for clarinet, violin and piano
  • Fartein Valen – Symphony No.4, Op. 43
  • Edgard Varèse – Dance for Burgess
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos
    • Guia prático, for piano
    • Homenagem a Chopin, for piano
  • William Walton – Violin Sonata
  • Mieczysław Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1
  • Stefan Wolpe – Sonata for Violin and Piano

Opera

  • :Category:1949 operas

Film

  • Aaron Copland – The Heiress
  • Aaron Copland – The Red Pony
  • Anton Karas - The Third Man (featuring "The Harry Lime Theme")
  • Aram Khachaturian – The Battle of Stalingrad
  • Miklós Rózsa - Madame Bovary

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Main article: 1949 in jazz

Musical theatre

  • Belinda Fair London production opened at the Strand Theatre on June 30 and ran for 131 performances. Starring Adele Dixon
  • Brigadoon London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on April 14 and ran for 685 performances
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 8 and ran for 740 performances
  • Her Excellency London production opened at the London Hippodrome on 22 June and ran for 252 performances. Starring Cicely Courtneidge
  • King's Rhapsody London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 15 and ran for 838 performances
  • Lost in the Stars (Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill) – Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on October 30 and ran for 273 performances
  • Miss Liberty Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on July 15 and ran for 308 performances. Starring Eddie Albert, Allyn Ann McLerie and Mary McCarty
  • South Pacific (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 7 and ran for 1925 performances

Musical films

  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad animated film
  • The Barkleys of Broadway starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke and William Bendix
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Holiday in Havana starring Desi Arnaz and Mary Hatcher.
  • In the Good Old Summertime starring Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S. Z. Sakall and Buster Keaton.
  • The Inspector General starring Danny Kaye
  • It's a Wonderful Day
  • Look for the Silver Lining starring June Haver, Ray Bolger and Gordon MacRae
  • Make Believe Ballroom starring Jerome Courtland and Ruth Warrick and featuring the King Cole Trio and Frankie Carle & His Orchestra. Directed by Joseph Santley.
  • Make Mine Laughs starring Ray Bolger, Anne Shirley, Dennis Day, Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Leon Errol, Frances Langford and Frankie Carle & his Orchestra. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
  • Maytime in Mayfair starring Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding.
  • My Dream Is Yours starring Jack Carson and Doris Day and featuring Bugs Bunny. Directed by Michael Curtiz.
  • Neptune's Daughter starring Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán and Betty Garrett. Directed by Eddie Buzzell.
  • Oh, You Beautiful Doll starring June Haver, Mark Stevens and S. Z. Sakall.
  • An Old-Fashioned Girl starring Gloria Jean and Jimmy Lydon. Directed by Arthur Dreifuss.
  • On the Town starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin and Vera-Ellen.
  • Red, Hot and Blue starring Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest, June Havoc and Frank Loesser.
  • Slightly French starring Dorothy Lamour and Don Ameche.
  • Take Me Out to the Ball Game starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Esther Williams and Jules Munshin.
  • That Midnight Kiss starring Kathryn Grayson, José Iturbi, Ethel Barrymore, Mario Lanza and Jules Munshin.
  • Top o' the Morning starring Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, Barry Fitzgerald and Hume Cronyn. Directed by David Miller.

Births

  • January 1 – Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer and actress
  • January 2 – Chick Churchill, blues rock keyboardist (Ten Years After and the Jaybirds)
  • January 11 – Denny Greene, doo-wop singer and choreographer (Sha Na Na) (died 2015)
  • January 12 – Andrzej Zaucha, singer
  • January 15 – George Brown (Kool & the Gang)
  • January 17 – Mick Taylor, rock guitarist (John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, The Rolling Stones)
  • January 19 – Robert Palmer, singer (died 2003)
  • January 22
    • Joseph Hill, reggae singer (died 2006)
    • Steve Perry, rock singer-songwriter (Journey)
    • Mike Westhues, American-Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
  • January 24 – John Belushi, comedian, actor and singer (died 1982)
  • January 27 – Djavan, Brazilian singer
  • January 29
    • Leroy Sibbles (The Heptones)
    • Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (The Ramones) (died 2014)
  • February 3 – Arthur Kane, American bass player (New York Dolls) (died 2004)
  • February 5 – Nigel Olsson, drummer
  • February 7
    • Joe English, American drummer (Wings and Sea Level)
    • Alan Lancaster, English bass player and songwriter (died 2021)
  • February 12
    • Stanley Knight (Black Oak Arkansas)
    • Joaquín Sabina, singer-songwriter and poet
  • February 21 – Jerry Harrison, American musician, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur (Talking Heads, The Modern Lovers)
  • February 22 – Joseph Hill (Culture) (died 2006)
  • February 23 – Terry Comer (Ace)
  • February 25 – Esmeray, singer (died 2002)
  • March 6 – Mariko Takahashi, pop singer
  • March 8 – Antonello Venditti, singer-songwriter
  • March 9 – Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer
  • March 13
    • Julia Migenes, operatic soprano
    • Donald York (Sha Na Na)
  • March 14 - Han Jin-hee, South Korean actor
  • March 17 – Daniel Lavoie, singer-songwriter
  • March 19 – Valery Leontiev, singer
  • March 21
    • Åge Aleksandersen, singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • Eddie Money, guitarist, Saxophonist and singer-songwriter (died 2019)
  • March 24
    • Nick Lowe, singer-songwriter
    • Carl Rütti, composer
  • March 26
    • Vicki Lawrence, comic performer and pop singer
    • Fran Sheehan, rock bassist (Boston)
  • March 27 – Poul Ruders, composer, songwriter, singer
  • March 29 – Dave Greenfield, rock keyboard player (The Stranglers)
  • March 30 – Lene Lovich, singer
  • April 1 – Gil Scott-Heron, poet, musician and author (died 2011)
  • April 3 – Richard Thompson, folk musician
  • April 15 – Alla Pugacheva, Soviet and Russian singer
  • April 21 – Patti LuPone, singer
  • April 23 - John Miles, rock music vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist
  • May 9 – Billy Joel, pianist and singer-songwriter
  • May 17 – Bill Bruford, drummer (Yes and King Crimson)
  • May 18
    • Rick Wakeman, multi-instrumentalist and composer
    • Bill Wallace, Canadian bass player (The Guess Who and Brother)
  • May 19 – Dusty Hill, blues rock bass guitarist and singer-songwriter (ZZ Top) (died 2021)
  • May 26 – Hank Williams Jr., country musician (Monday Night Football theme)
  • May 29 – Francis Rossi, guitarist and singer (Status Quo)
  • June 7 – Holly Near, American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
  • June 11 – Frank Beard, drummer (ZZ Top)
  • June 13 – Dennis Locorriere, singer-guitarist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
  • June 14
    • Papa Wemba (Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba), soukous musician (died 2016)
    • Alan White, drummer (Plastic Ono Band, Yes) (died 2022)
  • June 15
    • Russell Hitchcock, singer (Air Supply)
    • Mike Lut, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer (Brownsville Station)
  • June 20 – Lionel Richie, singer
  • June 22
    • Jaroslav Filip, polymath (died 2000)
    • Larry Junstrom (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special) (died 2019)
    • Alan Osmond (The Osmonds)
  • June 26
    • John Illsley (Dire Straits)
    • Larry Taylor (Canned Heat)
  • June 30 – Andrew Scott (Sweet)
  • July 2
    • Roy Bittan, American keyboard player and songwriter (E Street Band)
    • Greg Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • July 3
    • Fontella Bass, singer
    • John Verity, Argent
  • July 6
    • Phyllis Hyman, soul singer (died 1995)
    • Michael Shrieve, drummer (Santana)
  • July 10 – Dave Smalley, guitarist (The Raspberries)
  • July 11 – Liona Boyd, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • July 12 – John Wetton, bass guitarist (King Crimson, Roxy Music)
  • July 15 – Trevor Horn, producer
  • July 16 – Ray Major, lead guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
  • July 17 – Geezer Butler, bass guitarist and songwriter (Black Sabbath)
  • July 18 – Wally Bryson, guitarist (The Raspberries)
  • July 26 – Roger Taylor, drummer (Queen)
  • July 27
    • Maureen McGovern, singer and actress
    • Henry "H Bomb" Weck, drummer (Brownsville Station)
  • July 28
    • Simon Kirke (Free, Bad Company)
    • Steve Peregrin Took (T. Rex) (died 1980)
  • August 3 – B. B. Dickerson (War)
  • August 11 – Eric Carmen, pop rock singer-songwriter (died 2024)
  • August 12 – Mark Knopfler, guitarist and singer (Dire Straits)
  • August 16 – Bill Spooner (The Tubes)
  • August 17
    • Sue Draheim, American folk violinist (d. 2013)
    • Sib Hashian, rock drummer (Boston)
  • August 20 – Phil Lynott, singer (Thin Lizzy, Grand Slam (died 1986)
  • August 23
    • Rick Springfield, singer-songwriter and actor
    • Vicky Leandros, Greek singer
  • August 25
    • Fariborz Lachini, film score composer
    • Gene Simmons (Kiss)
  • August 26 – Bob Cowsill (The Cowsills)
  • August 27 – Jeff Cook (Alabama) (died 2022)
  • August 28 – Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers)
  • September 1 – Greg Errico (Sly & the Family Stone)
  • September 5 – Clem Clempson (Humble Pie)
  • September 9 – John Reid, manager
  • September 10 – Barriemore Barlow, drummer (Jethro Tull)
  • September 14
    • Steve Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (died 1977)
    • Fred "Sonic" Smith (MC5)
  • September 18 – Kerry Livgren (Kansas)
  • September 20 – Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (Styx)
  • September 23 – Bruce Springsteen, singer-songwriter
  • September 25 – Angie Bowie, American model, actress and journalist
  • September 26 – Wendy Saddington (Gandharvika Dasi), blues, soul and jazz singer (died 2013)
  • September 27 – Jahn Teigen, singer (died 2020)
  • September 30 – Eleanor Alberga, Jamaican-British composer
  • October 1 – André Rieu, violinist, conductor and composer
  • October 3 – Lindsey Buckingham, guitarist, singer, composer and producer
  • October 5 – B. W. Stevenson, progressive country musician (died 1988)
  • October 6
    • Bobby Farrell, West Indian-born Dutch dancer (Boney M.) (died 2010)
    • Thomas McClary (The Commodores)
  • October 8 – Michael Rosen (Average White Band)
  • October 13 – Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) (died 2015)
  • October 17 – Bill Hudson, singer (Hudson Brothers)
  • October 23 – Würzel (Motörhead) (died 2011)
  • October 27 – Garry Tallent (E Street Band)
  • November 6 – Arturo Sandoval, jazz performer
  • November 8 – Bonnie Raitt, blues singer-songwriter
  • November 12 – Cândida Branca Flor, Portuguese traditional singer and entertainer (died 2001)
  • November 13 – Terry Reid, singer, guitarist
  • November 14 – James Young (Styx)
  • November 23 – Marcia Griffiths, reggae singer
  • November 28 – Paul Shaffer, bandleader, composer and actor (Late Show with David Letterman)
  • December 7 – Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor
  • December 8 – Ray Shulman, progressive rock musician (Gentle Giant)
  • December 13
    • Randy Owen, country singer (Alabama)
    • Tom Verlaine, rock singer (Television) (died 2023)
  • December 14
    • Ronnie McNeir, Motown singer (The Four Tops)
    • Cliff Williams, hard rock bassist and backing singer (Home, AC/DC)
  • December 16 – Billy Gibbons, rock singer and guitarist (ZZ Top)
  • December 17 – Paul Rodgers, vocalist (Free, Bad Company, Queen)
  • December 19 – Lenny White, jazz drummer (Return to Forever)
  • December 22 – Robin Gibb (died 2012) and Maurice Gibb (died 2003) (Bee Gees)
  • December 23
    • Adrian Belew, guitarist, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
    • Luther Grosvenor (Spooky Tooth, Mott the Hoople)
  • date unknown
    • Jang Sa-ik, singer
    • Eduardo Gatti, singer-songwriter
    • Anup Ghoshal, playback singer

Deaths

  • January 14 – Joaquín Turina, composer, 66
  • January 19 – Charles Price Jones, hymn-writer, 83
  • February 1 – Herbert Stothart, conductor and composer, 63
  • February 1 – George Botsford, composer, 74
  • February 11 – Giovanni Zenatello, opera tenor, 73
  • March 7 – Sol Bloom, music industry entrepreneur, 78
  • March 20 – Irving Fazola, jazz clarinetist, 36 (heart attack)
  • March 28 – Grigoraş Dinicu, violinist and composer, 59
  • April 3 – Basil Harwood, organist and composer, 89
  • May 6 – Maurice Maeterlinck, translator and lyricist, 86
  • May 10 – Emilio de Gogorza, operatic baritone, 74
  • May 22 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer (born 1869)
  • June 2 – Dynam-Victor Fumet, organist and composer, 82
  • June 4 – Erwin Lendvai, composer and conductor, 66
  • June 9 – Maria Cebotari, operatic soprano, 39 (cancer)
  • June 20 – Ramón Montoya, flamenco guitarist, 69
  • July 7 – Bunk Johnson, jazz trumpeter, exact age unknown
  • July 9 – Fritz Hart, composer, 75
  • July 18 – Vítězslav Novák, composer, 78
  • August 30 – Hans Kindler, cellist, 57
  • September 5 – Walter Widdop, operatic tenor, 51
  • September 8 – Richard Strauss, composer, 85
  • September 11 – Michael Hayvoronsky, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1892)
  • September 12 – Harry T. Burleigh, composer and singer
  • September 19 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek composer, student of Arnold Schoenberg
  • September 24 – Pierre de Bréville, composer, 88
  • September 28 – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer, 68
  • October 1 – Buddy Clark, American singer, 38 (plane crash)
  • October 4
    • Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, 75
    • Chris Smith, composer, 69
  • October 20 – Sam Collins, blues singer and guitarist, 62
  • October 27 – Ginette Neveu, violin virtuoso, 30 (plane crash)
  • October 28 – Rosalie Housman, composer, 61
  • November 25 – Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American tap dancer, singer and actor
  • December 6 – Lead Belly, folk and blues musician, 61
  • December 11 – Fiddlin' John Carson, country musician, 81
  • December 17 – David Stanley Smith, composer and arranger (born 1877)
  • December 28 – Ivie Anderson, jazz singer, 44 (asthma)
  • date unknown
    • Alice Cucini, operatic contralto (born 1870)
    • King Solomon Hill (Joe Holmes), blues musician (born 1897)
    • Lee S. Roberts, composer and pianist (born 1885)
    • Hooper Brewster-Jones composer and pianist

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