Overview of the events of 1944 in music
Singer Bing Crosby performing in London, 1944 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1944.
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Events January 18 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong , Benny Goodman , Lionel Hampton , Artie Shaw , Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden .February – The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra loses its concert hall in an Allied air raid. February 19 – The Billboard modifies its "Most Played Juke Box Records" chart to rank records (previously it had ranked songs, listing multiple records for each). The year-end "Top Disks" of 1944 will now be based on performance on the "Best Selling Retail Records" and "Most Played Juke Box Records" charts.July 28 – Sir Henry Wood , aged 75, conducts his last Promenade Concert , evacuated to Bedford .August 19 – Italian singers Lucia Mannucci and Virgilio Savona get married.September 20 – Yehudi Menuhin gives the first British performance of Béla Bartók 's Second Violin Concerto in Bedford, in the opening concert of a tour with the B.B.C. Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.Autumn – Peggy Guggenheim 's The Art of This Century gallery on Manhattan releases a 78 rpm 3-record album containing Paul Bowles ' Sonata for Flute and Piano and Two Mexican Dances with a cover by Max Ernst .[1] October 25 – Notoriously bad amateur soprano Florence Foster Jenkins gives her only public recital, in Carnegie Hall , a month before her death.November 11 – AFM strike ends when Columbia , Victor and NBC "throw in the sponge" and agree to terms.[2] December 15 – Glenn Miller is reported missing. The official explanation is that his plane went down somewhere over the English Channel , although many alternate theories have been suggested.Singer Billy Murray retires to Long Island. English contralto Kathleen Ferrier makes the first of her recordings of the aria "What is Life?" (Che farò ) from Gluck 's Orfeo ed Euridice [3] Czech Jewish composer Hans Krása 's children's opera Brundibár Theresienstadt concentration camp , where on October 17 the composer is killed. Flo Sandon's makes her stage debut, singing in a charity show.Jo Stafford launches her solo career.Frankie Laine cuts his first singles for the Beltone and Atlas labels.
Albums released
Top records On August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians ended all recording sessions. Record companies kept business going by releasing recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued. Decca was the first company to settle in September 1943, but RCA Victor and Columbia held on until November 11, 1944.[2] [4] It comes as no surprise that fifteen of the top twenty records of 1944 were released by Decca, with two more by Capitol, the second company to settle.
Beginning February 19, 1944, The Billboard modified its "Most Played Juke Box Records" chart to rank records (previously it had ranked songs, listing multiple records for each). The January 6, 1945 issue contained year-end top ten charts for "Best Selling Retail Records", "Most Played Juke Box Records" and "Top 10 Disks for 1944 ", the latter combining the scores of the former two charts. The chart below was compiled using Billboard's formula, but includes each record's full chart period, with weeks from 1943 and 1945 as needed. Details from "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" (Hillbilly), "Harlem Hit Parade " (HHP) charts and the "American Folk Records" column late 1943-early 1944 were also considered. As always, numerical rankings are approximate.
Top race records
Popular hit records
Published popular music "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive " words: Johnny Mercer , music: Harold Arlen "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings" w. (Eng) Harold Rome (Fr) Jean Marie Blanvillain m. Herpin "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine " w. Joe Greene m. Stan Kenton & Charles Lawrence "As Long as There's Music" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne . Introduced in the film Step Lively Frank Sinatra . "Bell Bottom Trousers " w.m. Moe Jaffe "The Boy Next Door " w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane "Candy " w. Mack David & Joan Whitney m. Alex Kramer "Can't Help Singing" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern "Dance with a Dolly" w.m. Terry Shand, Jimmy Van Eaton & David Kapp "Don't Explain " w. Billie Holiday m. Arthur Herzog Jr. "Don't Fence Me In " w.m. Cole Porter "Dream " w.m. Johnny Mercer "Fine Brown Frame" w.m. Guadalupe Cartiero & J. Mayo Williams "First Class Private Mary Brown" w.m. Frank Loesser "The Flaming Sword of Liberation" m. Glenn Miller "G.I. Jive " w.m. Johnny Mercer "Going My Way" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas " w.m. Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane "A Hot Time in the Town Of Berlin" w. John De Vries m. Joe Bushkin "How Blue the Night" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh "How Little We Know " w. Johnny Mercer m. Hoagy Carmichael . Introduced by Lauren Bacall in the film To Have And Have Not . "I Begged Her" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "I Didn't Know About You " w. Bob Russell m. Duke Ellington "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) " w.m. Marjorie Goetschius & Edna Osser "I Fall in Love Too Easily " w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "I Love You " w.m. Cole Porter "I'll Walk Alone " w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "I'm Beginning to See the Light " w.m. Duke Ellington , Don George , Johnny Hodges & Harry James "I'm Headin' For California " w.m. Glenn Miller & Artie Malvin "I'm Making Believe " w. Mack Gordon m. James V. Monaco "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall " w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher "It Could Happen to You " w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen . Introduced by Dorothy Lamour and Fred MacMurray in the film And the Angels Sing "It's Love, Love, Love " w. Mack David m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney "Jealous Heart " w.m. Jenny Lou Carson "Keep a Sunbeam in Your Pocket" w.m. V. Guest & M. Sherwin from the film Bees in Paradise "Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma" w.m. Milton Berle , Gene Doyle & Spike Jones "Like Someone in Love " w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen . Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film Belle of the Yukon "A Little on the Lonely Side" w.m. Dick Robertson, Frank Weldon & James Cavanaugh "Long Ago (and Far Away) " w. Ira Gershwin m. Jerome Kern . Introduced by Martha Mears dubbing for Rita Hayworth in the film Cover Girl "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" w.m. Don Raye & Gene De Paul "More and More" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jerome Kern From the Universal film Can't Help Singing "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time " w. Mann Curtis m. Vic Mizzy "Nancy (With the Laughing Face) " w. Phil Silvers m. Jimmy Van Heusen "New York, New York " w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Leonard Bernstein "Now I Know" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren "One Meat Ball " w. Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer "Please Don't Say No" w. Ralph Freed m. Sammy Fain from the film Thrill of a Romance "Put It There Pal" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "Rum and Coca-Cola " w.m. Morey Amsterdam , Paul Baron & Jeri Sullivan "Saturday Night " w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "Sentimental Journey " w. Bud Green m. Les Brown & Ben Homer "Seven-O-Five " m. Glenn Miller "Sleighride in July" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen . Introduced by Dinah Shore in the film Belle of the Yukon "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) " w.m. Jimmie Hodges "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" w.m. Frank Loesser "Stella by Starlight " w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young "Swinging on a Star " w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen "There Goes That Song Again" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne "There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen "There's No You " w. Tom Adair m. Hal Hopper "This Heart of Mine" w. Arthur Freed m. Harry Warren "Till Then " w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Guy Wood "Twilight Time " w.m. Buck Ram , Mortie Nevins & Artie Dunn "Umbriago" w.m. Irving Caesar & Jimmy Durante "You Always Hurt the One You Love " w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher "You Belong To My Heart " w. (Eng) Ray Gilbert m. Agustín Lara "You Can't Get That No More" w.m. Louis Jordan & Sam Theard "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You " w.m. Russ Morgan , Larry Stock & James Cavanaugh
Classical music
Premieres
Compositions George Antheil – Symphony No. 4Samuel Barber –Béla Bartók – Sonata for solo violin Arnold Bax –A Legend , tone poem, for orchestraTo Russia , for choir with baritone soloLeonard Bernstein – Fancy Free John Cage –A Book of Music , for two prepared pianosFour Walls , for piano and voiceThe Perilous Night , suite for prepared pianoPrelude for Meditation , for prepared pianoRoot of an Unfocus , for prepared pianoSpontaneous Earth , for prepared pianoTriple-Paced No. 2 , for prepared pianoThe Unavailable Memory Of , for prepared pianoA Valentine Out of Season , for prepared pianoJulián Carrillo –Himno a la paz , for two choirs and pianoSuite No. 4, for piano Elliott Carter –The Difference , for soprano, baritone, and pianoThe Harmony of Morning , for SSAA choir and small orchestraHoliday Overture Carlos Chávez – La hija de Cólquide Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring Henry Cowell –Animal Magic of the Alaskan Esquimo , for bandDerwent and the Shining Sword , incidental musicElegie for Hanya Holm , for pianoManaunaun's Birthing , for orchestraHymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1 , for bandHymn and Fuguing Tune No. 2 , for string orchestraHymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3 , for orchestraHymn and Fuguing Tune No. 4 , for soprano, alto, and bass recorders, woodwinds, and stringsKansas Fiddler , for pianoMountain Music , for pianoThe Pasture , for voice and pianoSonatina, for baritone, violin, and piano George Crumb – Two Duos for flute and clarinetDavid Diamond – Rounds Ernő Dohnányi – Symphony No. 2 George Enescu – Piano Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 30John Fernström – Symphony No. 10Vivian Fine – Concertante for Piano and Orchestra Gerald Finzi – Farewell to Arms Cecil Armstrong Gibbs – Westmoreland Symphony Camargo Guarnieri – String Quartet No. 2Alois Hába –Milenci (The Lovers), song cycle for soprano and piano, Op. 57Moravian Love-Songs (5), for mezzo-soprano with guitar or piano accompaniment, Op. 58Sonata for chromatic harp, Op. 59 Sonata for diatonic harp, Op. 60 Suite, for quarter-tone trumpet and trombone, Op. 56 Paul Hindemith – Hérodiade , ballet, for orchestraVagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 5Alan Hovhaness –Armenian Rhapsody No. 1 , Op. 45, for percussion and stringsArmenian Rhapsody No. 2 , Op. 51, for string orchestraElibris , Op. 50, concerto for flute and stringsKhrimian Hairig , Op. 49, for trumpet and stringsLousadzak Mazert Nman Rehan ("Thy Hair is Like Basil Leaf"), Op. 38, for pianoVarak , Op. 47a, for violin and pianoJacques Ibert Joseph Jongen – Concerto for Harp No. 1Dmitry Kabalevsky –Easy Pieces (24), Op. 39, for pianoEasy Variations , in D major (Toccata) and A minor, Op. 40, for pianoPreludes (24) , Op. 38, for pianoAram Khachaturian –Anthem of the Armenian SSR Choreographic Waltz , for pianoRussian Fantasy , for orchestraSuite from Masquerade Symphony No. 2, "The Bell" (second version) Zoltán Kodály – Missa Brevis Frank Martin – Petite symphonie concertante Bohuslav Martinů –Piano Quintet No. 2 Písničky na dvě stránky [Songs on Two Pages], for voice and pianoSonata No. 3, for violin and piano Symphony No. 3 Trio, for flute, cello, and piano Olivier Messiaen – Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus Darius Milhaud –Air , Op. 242, for viola and orchestraLe bal martiniquais , Op. 249, versions for orchestra and for two pianosBorechou – Schema Israël (Bless Ye the Lord – O Hear, Israel), Op. 239, for cantor, chorus, and organCaïn et Abel Jeux de printemps , Op. 243, balletLa libération des Antilles , Op. 246, for voice and pianoLa muse ménagère , Op. 245, for piano (also orchestrated)Printemps lointain , Op. 253, for voice and pianoSonata No. 1 "sur des thèmes inédits et anonymes de XVIIIe siècle", Op. 240, for viola and piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 244, for viola and piano Suite française , Op. 248, for band or for orchestraSymphony No. 2 , Op. 247Harry Partch –Yankee Doodle Fantasy Two Settings from Joyce's Finnegans Wake Francis Poulenc – Un soir de neige , for six-part choirSergei Prokofiev –Adagio, for cello and piano, Op. 97bis Cinderella March in B-flat, Op. 99, for band Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84Pieces (6) from Cinderella , Op. 102, for piano Russian Folksongs (12), Op. 104, for voice and pianoSymphony No. 5 , in B-flat major, Op. 100Dmitri Shostakovich –Igor Stravinsky –Stjepan Šulek – First SymphonyMichael Tippett –Plebs Angelica , motet for double choirThe Weeping Babe , motet for soprano and SATB choirRalph Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto Heitor Villa-Lobos –William Walton – Lai and Rondet de carol , for pianoGrace Williams – Sea Sketches
Film
Jazz
Musical theater
Musical films Allergic to Love Noah Beery Jr. , Martha O'Driscoll , David Bruce , Franklin Pangborn and Maxie Rosenbloom . Directed by Edward Lilley .And the Angels Sing Dorothy Lamour , Fred MacMurray and Betty Hutton . Directed by Claude Binyon .Babes on Swing Street Ann Blyth , Peggy Ryan and Andy Devine and featuring Marion Hutton and Freddie Slack & his Orchestra. Directed by Edward Lilley .Bees in Paradise Arthur Askey , Anne Shelton , Ronald Shiner and Jean Kent Belle of the Yukon Randolph Scott , Gypsy Rose Lee , Dinah Shore and Bob Burns.Can't Help Singing Deanna Durbin , Robert Paige and Akim Tamiroff Carolina Blues Ann Miller and Kay Kyser & his bandChampagne Charlie Tommy Trinder Cover Girl Rita Hayworth , Gene Kelly , Phil Silvers , Lee Bowman , Jinx Falkenburg , Otto Kruger and Eve Arden . Directed by Charles Vidor .Gharam Wa Intiqam , starring Asmahan [62] Here Come the Waves Bing Crosby , Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts .Hey, Rookie Ann Miller and Larry Parks Hollywood Canteen Jack Benny , Eddie Cantor , Joan Crawford , Bette Davis , Roy Rogers , Barbara Stanwyck and Jane Wyman and featuring The Andrews Sisters , Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra and Carmen Cavallaro & his Orchestra. Directed by Delmer Daves .Jam Session Ann Miller and featuring Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra, Alvino Rey & his Orchestra and Charlie Barnet & his OrchestraKnickerbocker Holiday Nelson Eddy and Charles Coburn Lady In The Dark Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland Lost in a Harem Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , Marilyn Maxwell and John Conte , and featuring Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra. Directed by Charles Reisner .Meet Me in St. Louis Judy Garland , Mary Astor , Tom Drake , Lucille Bremer and Margaret O'Brien . Directed by Vincente Minnelli .Meet Miss Bobby Sox Bob Crosby , Lynn Merrick and Louise Erickson and featuring Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five . Directed by Glenn Tryon .The Merry Monahans Donald O'Connor , Peggy Ryan , Jack Oakie , Rosemary DeCamp , Ann Blyth and Isabel Jewell Minstrel Man Benny Fields and Gladys George One Exciting Night Vera Lynn Pardon My Rhythm Gloria Jean , Patric Knowles and Mel Torme and featuring Bob Crosby & his Orchestra. Directed by Felix E. Feist .Rainbow Island Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken Shine on Harvest Moon Ann Sheridan , Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson .Something for the Boys Carmen Miranda , Phil Silvers , Vivian Blaine and Perry Como .Step Lively Frank Sinatra , Gloria DeHaven , George Murphy and Anne Jeffreys .Sweet and Low-Down Benny Goodman & his Orchestra, Linda Darnell , Jack Oakie and Lynn Bari Swing in the Saddle Jane Frazee , The Hoosier Hot Shots , Cousin Emmy and featuring The King Cole Trio and Jimmy Wakely & his Oklahoma CowboysTake It Big Jack Haley , Harriet Hilliard , Mary Beth Hughes and Richard Lane and featuring Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra. Directed by Frank McDonald .Time Flies Tommy Handley and Evelyn Dall Two Girls and a Sailor June Allyson , Gloria DeHaven and Van Johnson You Can't Ration Love Betty Jane Rhodes and Johnny Johnston . Directed by Lester Fuller.
Births January 2 – Péter Eötvös , Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher (died 2024)January 3 – David Atherton , British conductorJanuary 6 – Alan Stivell , French folk musicianJanuary 9 January 10 – Frank Sinatra, Jr. , American singer (died 2016)January 12 – Cynthia Robinson , American trumpeter and ad-lib vocalist (Sly and the Family Stone , Graham Central Station ) (died 2015)January 16 – Jim Stafford , American singer-songwriter and musicianJanuary 17 – Françoise Hardy , French singer (died 2024)January 19 – Shelley Fabares , American actress and singerJanuary 27 – Nick Mason , English rock drummer (Pink Floyd )January 28 – John Tavener , composer (died 2013)February 2 – Andrew Davis , conductor (died 2024)February 3 – Trisha Noble , singer and actressFebruary 4 – Florence LaRue , American singer and actress (The 5th Dimension )February 5 – Al Kooper , musician, songwriter and record producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears )February 7 – Antoni Wit , Polish conductor and composerFebruary 10 February 12 – Moe Bandy , American singer and guitaristFebruary 15 – Mick Avory , drummer (The Kinks )February 17 – Karl Jenkins , composerFebruary 20 – Lew Soloff , jazz trumpeter, composer and actor (Blood, Sweat & Tears )February 23 February 24 March 1 March 4 – Bobby Womack , singer-songwriter (died 2014)March 6 March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager , American lyricist, singer, songwriterMarch 9 – Mark Lindsay , vocalist (Paul Revere & the Raiders )March 17 March 23 March 26 – Diana Ross , singerMarch 29 – Terry Jacks , singer-songwriter, producer and environmentalistMarch 31 – Mick Ralphs , British rock guitarist and singer (Bad Company , Mott The Hoople )April 3 – Tony Orlando , singerApril 5 – Crispian St. Peters , singer (died 2010)April 6 April 12 – John Kay , singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steppenwolf )April 13 – Brian Pendleton , original member of The Pretty Things (died 2001)April 13 – Jack Casady , bass guitarist (Jefferson Airplane )April 15 – Dave Edmunds , rock singer and guitaristApril 17 – Bobby Curtola , pop singer and teen idol (died 2016)April 18 – Skip Spence , singer-songwriter (Moby Grape ) (died 1999)April 27 – Cuba Gooding Sr. , lead singer (The Main Ingredient ) (died 2017)May 9 – Richie Furay , country musician and singer (Buffalo Springfield )May 12 – James Purify , singer (died 2021)May 14 – Gene Cornish , guitarist (The Rascals )May 16 – Billy Cobham , Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleaderMay 17 – Jesse Winchester , musician and songwriterMay 20 May 21 – Marcie Blane , singerMay 23 – Tiki Fulwood , American R&B/funk/jazz drummer (died 1979)May 24 – Patti LaBelle , singerMay 26 – Verden Allen , British rock organist and singer (Mott The Hoople )May 28 June 2 – Marvin Hamlisch , songwriter and composer (died 2012)June 6 – Edgar Froese , electronic music pioneer (Tangerine Dream )June 7 – Clarence White (The Byrds ), guitarist (Nashville West ) (died 1973)June 8 – Boz Scaggs , singer-songwriterJune 17 – Chris Spedding , guitarist and songwriterJune 21 – Ray Davies , singer-songwriter (The Kinks )June 22 – Peter Asher , singer and record producer (Peter and Gordon )June 23 – Rosetta Hightower , singer (died 2014)June 24 June 26 – Arthur Doyle , American singer-songwriter, saxophonist and flautist (died 2014)June 30 – Glenn Shorrock , singer-songwriter (Little River Band )July 6 – Byron Berline , American fiddler (The Flying Burrito Brothers )July 8 July 22 – Rick Davies , keyboardist (Supertramp )July 26 – Betty Davis , funk and soul singerJuly 27 – Bobbie Gentry , singer-songwriterAugust 2 – Jim Capaldi , drummer and singer-songwriter (Traffic ) (died 2005)August 3 – Nino Bravo , singer (died 1973)August 12 – Larry Troutman , R&B musician (Zapp) (d.1999)August 18 – Carl Wayne , vocalist (The Move ) (died 2004)August 19 – Eddy Raven , country musicianAugust 27 – Tim Bogert , bass guitarist (Vanilla Fudge ) (died 2021)September 1 September 3 – Gary Leeds (The Walker Brothers )September 4 – Gene Parsons (The Byrds ) (The Flying Burrito Brothers )September 12 – Barry White , soul singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2003)September 13 – Peter Cetera , vocalist (Chicago )September 16 September 23 – Ivan Martin Jirous , poet and musician (The Plastic People of the Universe )September 29 October 1 – Barbara Parritt , (The Toys )October 4 – Marlena Davis (The Orlons ) (died 1993)October 7 – Judee Sill , singer-songwriter (died 1979)October 9 October 13 – Robert Lamm , keyboardist and singer-songwriter (Chicago )October 16 – Patsy Watchorn , folk musicianOctober 19 October 24 October 25 – Jon Anderson , lead singer (Yes)October 26 – Jim McCann , folk musicianOctober 29 – Denny Laine , rock singer-songwriter, guitarist & multi-instrumentalist (The Moody Blues , Wings ) (died 2023)November 2 – Keith Emerson , keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) (died 2016)November 8 – Bonnie Bramlett , singer (Delaney & Bonnie )November 10 – Sir Tim Rice , lyricistNovember 11 – Jennifer Bate , concert organist (died 2020)November 12 – Booker T. Jones , musician, record producer, composer and arrangerNovember 17 – Gene Clark , singer-songwriter (The Byrds ) (died 1991)November 25 – Bev Bevan , drummer & vocalist (The Move ) (Electric Light Orchestra ), drummer (Black Sabbath )November 26 – Jean Terrell , singerNovember 28 – R. B. Greaves , singerDecember 1 – John Densmore (The Doors )December 3 – António Variações , Portuguese singer-songwriter (died 1984)December 4 – Dennis Wilson (The Beach Boys ) (died 1983)December 6 – Jonathan King , singer, songwriter and record producerDecember 7 – Daniel Chorzempa , organistDecember 9 December 11 – Brenda Lee , singerDecember 12 – Rob Tyner , American singer-songwriter and bass player (MC5) (died 1991)December 13 – Marti Webb , singerDecember 16 – John Abercrombie , jazz guitarist (died 2017)December 19 December 20 – Bobby Colomby , drummer (Blood, Sweat & Tears )December 21 – Michael Tilson Thomas , conductorDecember 22 – Barry Jenkins , drummer (The Animals )December 25 – Henry Vestine , guitarist (Canned Heat ) (died 1997)December 27 – Mick Jones , guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Foreigner )
Deaths January 9 – Johanna Beyer , pianist and composer (born 1888)January 25 – Luise Greger , pianist and composer (born 1862)January 29 – Carl Aeschbacher , choirmaster and composer (born 1886)February 4 – Yvette Guilbert , cabaret singer and actress (born 1865)February 7 – Lina Cavalieri , opera singer (born 1874)April 4 – Alma Rosé , violinist and composer (born 1906) (food poisoning or typhoid at Auschwitz concentration camp)April 13 – Cécile Chaminade , composer and pianist (born 1857)April 19 – Jimmie Noone , jazz musician (born 1895)April 23 – Marion Harris , jazz singer (born 1896) (hotel fire)May 6 – Carl Engel , composer (born 1883)May 9 – Dame Ethel Smyth , composer (born 1858)May 16 – Leone Sinigaglia , composer (born 1868)May 20 – Vincent Rose , Italian-born US bandleader and composer (born 1880)June 2 – Zikmund Schul , composer (born 1916) (tuberculosis)June 5 – Riccardo Zandonai , opera composer (born 1883)June 10 – Sylvio Lazzari , composer (born 1857)June 25 – Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer) (born 1906) (suicide)July 4 – Alice Burville , singer and actress (born 1856)July 14 – Asmahan , Syrian singer and actress (born 1912) (drowned)July 19 – Will Marion Cook , violinist and composer (born 1869)August 1 – Cecil Mack , songwriter and music publisher (born 1883)August 7 – Agustin Barrios , composer (born 1885)August 8 – Aino Ackté , operatic soprano (born 1876)August 12 – James Simon , pianist, composer and musicologist (born 1880) (killed at Auschwitz concentration camp)August 19 – Sir Henry Wood , conductor (born 1869)October 1 – Carlo Sigmund Taube , pianist, conductor and composer (born 1897) (killed at Auschwitz concentration camp)October 16 – Hans Krása , Czech-German composer (born 1899) (gassed in Auschwitz )October 17 – Pavel Haas , Czech composer (born 1899) (gassed in Auschwitz )October 18 – Orville "Hoppy" Jones, bass singer and cellist of The Ink Spots (born 1905) (dies in New York City)November 14 – Carl Flesch , violinist (born 1873)November 26 – Florence Foster Jenkins , soprano famous for her lack of musical ability (born 1868)November 27 – Margarete Dessoff , conductor, singer and voice teacher (born 1874)November 30 – Antoine Mariotte , conductor and composer (born 1875)December 2 – Josef Lhévinne , pianist (born 1874)December 15 – Glenn Miller , trombonist, composer and bandleader (born 1904) (missing in action)December 27 – Amy Beach , composer and pianist (born 1867)date unknown – Lalla Miranda , coloratura soprano (born 1874)
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