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Events Publications Published popular music Top Hit Recordings Classical music Opera 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 stor 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
- 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 (d. 2004)
- 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 (d. 2010)
- August 7 Karel Husa, composer
- August 9 Lola Bobesco, violinist (d. 2003)
- September 4 Ariel Ram rez, composer (d. 2010)
- 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 (d. 2009)
- 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)
Deaths - January 23 W adys aw ele ski, 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 D odat de S verac, composer (b. 1872)
- April 3 Annie Louise Cary, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- April 5 Alphons Diepenbrock, composer and writer (b. 1862)
- April 7 V ctor 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)
- June 8 - Natalie Bauer-Lechner, viola player (b. 1858)
- July 9 Marianne Brandt, operatic contralto (b. 1842)
- August 2 Enrico Caruso, operatic tenor (b. 1873)
- August 8 - Arthur Pougin, music critic (b. 1834)
- September 27
- September 28 Princess Pauline von Metternich, patron of composers including Wagner and Smetana (b. 1836)
- October 4 - Sophie Stehle, operatic soprano (b. 1838)
- November 20 Christina Nilsson, operatic soprano (b. 1843)
- November 25 Th odore 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-Sa ns, composer (b. 1835)
- December 25 Hans Huber, composer (b. 1852)
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