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1933 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1933.

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Events

  • January 23 – Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 receives its première in Frankfurt.
  • February – Billie Holiday is "discovered" singing at Monette's club.
  • March 6 – Nicolas Slonimsky conducts the world première of Edgard Varèse's Ionisation at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
  • June – No. 1 Rhythm Club, a pioneering jazz club, opens in Regent Street, London.
  • June 12 – Florence Price's Symphony In E Minor is premièred by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the first composition by an African American woman to be played by a major orchestra.
  • National Association for American Composers and Conductors is founded by Henry Hadley.
  • Perry Como begins singing with the Freddie Carlone orchestra.
  • Gorni Kramer forms his first jazz band.
  • John Serry, Sr. performs as the first on stage concert accordion soloist at the Radio City Music Hall.
  • Georges Bizet's Symphony in C is rediscovered in the library of the Conservatoire de Paris.
  • "After All, You're All I'm After" words: Edward Heyman music: Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by John Ball in the play She Loves Me Not.
  • "Ah, But Is It Love?" w. E. Y. Hamburg m. Jay Gornny. Introduced by Lillian Miles and Roger Pryor in the film Moonlight And Pretzels
  • "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More" w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina
  • "Are You Makin' Any Money?" w.m. Herman Hupfeld. Introduced by Lillian Miles in the film Moonlight And Pretzels
  • "Beautiful Girl" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Going Hollywood.
  • "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" w.(English language) Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin (Yiddish) Jacob Jacobs m. Sholem Secunda
  • "Black Moonlight" w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow. Introduced by Kitty Kelly in the film Too Much Harmony.
  • "Blue Jazz" m. Gene Gifford
  • "Blue Lou" w.m. Edgar Sampson & Irving Mills
  • "Blue Prelude" w.m. Joe Bishop & Gordon Jenkins
  • "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Build a Little Home" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Sung by Eddie Cantor in the film Roman Scandals.
  • "By a Waterfall" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain. Introduced by Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell in the film Footlight Parade.
  • "Carioca" w. Gus Kahn & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Etta Moten in the film Flying Down to Rio.
  • "Close Your Eyes" w.m. Bernice Petkere
  • "Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "The Day You Came Along" w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow
  • "Deep Purple" (When The Deep Purple Falls) w. Mitchell Parish m. Peter De Rose. Lyrics added in 1938.
  • "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
  • "Dinner at Eight" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Doin' the Uptown Lowdown" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Frances Williams with Abe Lyman & his Orchestra in the film Broadway Thru a Keyhole
  • "Don't Blame Me" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Down the Old Ox Road" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
  • "Drop Me Off in Harlem" w. Nick Kenny m. Duke Ellington
  • "Dusty Shoes" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels
  • "Easter Parade" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Everything I Have Is Yours" w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane
  • "Experiment" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Flying Down to Rio" w. Edward Eliscu & Gus Kahn m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Flying Down to Rio
  • "Forty-Second Street" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" w.m. Coot Grant, Wesley Wilson
  • "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Claudette Colbert in the film Torch Singer
  • " Gotta Get Up and Go to Work" w.m. Herman Hupfeld. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels
  • "A Guy What Takes His Time" w.m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Mae West in the film She Done Him Wrong.
  • "Happy as the Day Is Long" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
  • "Harlem on My Mind" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Waters in the musical As Thousands Cheer.
  • "Heat Wave" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Waters in the revue As Thousands Cheer. Performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1954 film There's No Business Like Show Business.
  • "Hey, Young Fella" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Honeymoon Hotel" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in the film Footlight Parade
  • "How Could We Be Wrong?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Gertrude Lawrence in the musical Nymph Errant
  • "How's Chances?" w.m. Irving Berlin, Introduced by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb in the musical As Thousands Cheer
  • "A Hundred Years from Today" w. Ned Washington & Joe Young m. Victor Young
  • "Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby" w.m. Harry M. Woods
  • "I Cover the Waterfront" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green
  • "I Found a New Way to Go to Town" Dubois, Ellison, Harvey
  • "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols
  • "I Like Mountain Music" w. James Cavanaugh m. Frank Weldon
  • "I Took My Harp to a Party" w. Desmond Carter m. Noel Gay
  • "I Wanna Be Loved" w. Edward Heyman & Billy Rose m. John Green
  • "I'm No Angel" w.m. Gladys Du Bois, Ben Ellison & Harvey O. Brooks
  • "I'm Satisfied" w. Mitchell Parish m. Duke Ellington
  • "Inka Dinka Doo" w.m. Jimmy Durante & Ben Ryan
  • "Isn't It a Pity?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by George Givot and Josephine Houston in the musical Pardon My English
  • "Isn't It Heavenly" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Joseph Meyer
  • "It Isn't Fair" w.m. Richard Himber, Frank Warshauer & Sylvester Sprigato
  • "It's Only a Paper Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose m. Harold Arlen
  • "It's the Talk of the Town" w. Marty Symes & Al J. Neiburg m. Jerry Livingston
  • "I've Found the Right Girl" w.m. Stanley Lupino & Noel Gay
  • "I've Got the World on a String" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
  • "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Keep Young and Beautiful" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "The Last Round-Up" w.m. Billy Hill
  • "Lazybones" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Learn to Croon" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
  • "Let's Begin" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by George Murphy in the musical Roberta.
  • "Let's Fall in Love" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
  • "Let's Make Love Like the Crocodiles" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels
  • "Lorelei" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin Introduced in the musical Pardon My English by Johnny Stewart, Gerry Martin and ensemble.
  • "Love Locked Out" w. Max Kester m. Ray Noble
  • "Love Me" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
  • "Maria Elena" w. (Eng) S. K. Russell m. Lorenzo Barclelata
  • "The Moment I Saw You" w.m. Noel Gay
  • "Moonlight and Pretzels" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels
  • "Moonstruck" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
  • "My Hat's on the Side of My Head" w.m. Harry M. Woods & Claude Hurlburt
  • "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" w.m. Billy Cogswell, Tom Harrison & Johnny Noble
  • "My Moonlight Madonna" w. Paul Francis Webster m. William Scotti
  • "My Shawl" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams (Sp) Pedro Berrios m. Xavier Cugat
  • "My Song Goes 'Round the World" w.m. Hans May, Ernst Neubach & Jimmy Kennedy
  • "Not for All the Rice in China" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Nymph Errant" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Oceans of Time" w. Douglas Furber, Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Johnny Green
  • "Old Father Thames" w.m. Raymond Wallace & Betsy O'Hogan
  • "Old Man Harlem" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Hoagy Carmichael
  • "On the Trail" w. Harold Adamson m. Ferde Grofe
  • "One Morning in May" w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Oodles of Noodles" m. Jimmy Dorsey
  • "Pettin' in the Park" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "I'm Popeye The Sailor Man" w.m. Sammy Lerner
  • "The Physician" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
  • "Remember My Forgotten Man" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Roll Up the Carpet" w. Raymond Klages m. Raymond Klages, Al Goodhart & Al Hoffman
  • "Shadow Waltz" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Shanghai Lil" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "She Loves Me Not" w. Edward Heyman m. Arthur Schwartz from the musical She Loves Me Not
  • "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
  • "Snowball" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Solomon" w.m. Cole Porter from the musical Nymph Errant
  • "Song of Surrender" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Sophisticated Lady" w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
  • "Stormy Weather" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
  • "Sweetheart Darlin'" w. Gus Kahn m. Herbert Stothart. Introduced by Marion Davies in the film Peg o' My Heart
  • "Temptation" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Thanks" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
  • "There's a Cabin in the Pines" w.m. Billy Hill
  • "There's a Little Bit of You in Every Love Song" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Sammy Fain. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels
  • "There's Something About a Soldier" w.m. Noel Gay
  • "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk" w.m. Gladys DuBois, Ben Ellison & Harvey O. Brooks
  • "Tony's Wife" w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane
  • "The Touch of Your Hand" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
  • "Twenty Million People" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston from the film Hello, Everybody!
  • "We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow" Harry M. Woods
  • "We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "We're in the Money" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Gold Diggers of 1933
  • "Weep No More, My Baby" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green. Introduced by Billy House and Una Vilon in the musical Murder at the Vanities
  • "When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley" w.m. Joe Lyons, Sam C. Hart & The Vagabonds
  • "When You Were the Girl on the Scooter" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Constance Cummings & Eddie Foy Jr. with Abe Lyman & his Orchestra in the fil Broadway Thru a Keyhole
  • "White Jazz" m. Gene Clifford
  • "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" w. Frank Churchill & Ann Ronell m. Frank Churchill
  • "Yesterdays" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
  • "You Are My Past, Present and Future" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Russ Columbo in the film Broadway Thru a Keyhole
  • "You Gotta Be a Football Hero" w.m. Al Lewis, Al Sherman & Buddy Fields
  • "You Ought to See Sally on Sunday" w.m. Harry M. Woods
  • "Young and Healthy" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols
  • "You're My Thrill" w. Sidney Clare m. Jay Gorney
  • "You've Got Me Crying Again" w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones

    • Biggest hit songs

    The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1933.

    Top hit records

  • "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" by Eddy Duchin
  • "Just An Echo In the Valley" by Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee
  • "Lazy Bones" by Ted Lewis Band; also version by Don Redman's band
  • "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" by Ben Bernie
  • "Night and Day" by Eddy Duchin; also version by Leo Reisman's band with vocal by Fred Astaire
  • "Shadow Waltz" by Bing Crosby
  • "Stormy Weather" by Ethel Waters; also version by Duke Ellington's band
  • "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" by Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians; also version by Ben Selvin's band

    • Compositions

  • Kurt Atterberg – A Varmland Rhapsody
  • Carlos Chávez – Sinfonía de Antígona (Symphony No. 1)
  • Paul Creston – Seven Theses for piano
  • Luigi Dallapiccola – Partita
  • Robert M. Helmschrott – Concerto for Organ and Percussion "Lamento"
  • Gustav Holst – Lyric Movement
  • Zoltán Kodály – Dances of Galánta
  • Gian Francesco Malipiero
  • Sette Invenzioni, for orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1
  • Steel, film score
  • Igor Markevitch – Psaume for soprano, female chorus and orchestra
  • Xavier Montsalvatge – Tres Impromptus
  • Silvestre Revueltas –
  • Esquinas, revised version, for orchestra
  • Janitzio, for orchestra
  • Ocho por radio, for chamber ensemble
  • El renacuajo paseador
  • Toccata (sin fuga), for violin and chamber orchestra
  • Troka
  • Arnold Schoenberg –
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (after Monn)
  • Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (after Handel, Concerto Grosso, op. 6, no. 7)
  • Drei Lieder, op. 48
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1
  • Igor Stravinsky – Perséphone

    • Opera

  • Aaron Avshalomov – The Twilight Hour of Yan Kuei Fei
  • Joseph Canteloube – Vercingétorix
  • Louis Gruenberg – The Emperor Jones
  • Gian Francesco Malipiero - La favola del figlio cambiato
  • Richard Strauss – Arabella (1 July, Sächsisches Staatstheater, Dresden)
  • Alexander Zemlinsky – Der Kreidekreis (14 October, Zürich Opera House)

    • Musical theater

  • As Thousands Cheer (Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart). Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on September 30 and ran for 400 performances
  • Ball At The Savoy (Music: Paul Abraham (composer) Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II). London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on September 8 and ran for 96 performances.
  • Bezauberndes Fräulein (Music and libretto: Ralph Benatzky). Musical comedy opened at the Volkstheater, Vienna on May 24.
  • Command Performance London production opened at the Saville Theatre on October 17 and ran for 31 performances
  • Gay Divorce (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Dwight Taylor). London production opened at the Palace Theatre on November 2 and ran for 180 performances
  • Give Me a Ring London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 22 and ran for 239 performances.
  • He Wanted Adventure London production opened at the Saville Theatre on March 28 and ran for 152 performances
  • Murder at the Vanities – music by Victor Young. Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 8 and moved to the Majestic Theatre on November 6 for a total run of 207 performances
  • Music in the Air London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on May 19 and ran for 275 performances
  • Nice Goings On London production opened at the Strand Theatre on September 13 and ran for 221 performances
  • Nymph Errant (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Romney Brent). London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on October 6 and ran for 154 performances
  • Pardon My English Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 20 and ran for 43 performances
  • Roberta (Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book: Otto Harbach). Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 18 and ran for 295 performances
  • That's a Pretty Thing (Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino) London production opened at Daly's Theatre on November 22 and ran for 103 performances

    • Musical films

  • 42nd Street, starring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers and Dick Powell
  • Adorable, starring Janet Gaynor, Henry Garat and C. Aubrey Smith. Directed by William Dieterle.
  • Aunt Sally, starring Cicely Courtneidge and Sam Hardy and featuring Debroy Somers and his Band. Directed by Tim Whelan.
  • A Bedtime Story, starring Maurice Chevalier, Helen Twelvetrees, Edward Everett Horton and Baby LeRoy.
  • A Song Goes Round the World, starring Joseph Schmidt
  • Bitter Sweet, starring Anna Neagle, Fernand Gravey and Ivy St Helier
  • Born Lucky, starring Talbot O'Farrell and René Ray
  • Broadway Thru a Keyhole starring Constance Cummings, Russ Columbo, Paul Kelly, Eddie Foy Jr., Blossom Seeley, Gregory Ratoff and Texas Guinan and featuring Frances Williams with Abe Lyman & his Orchestra. Directed by Lowell Sherman.
  • College Humor released July 5, starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Mary Carlisle, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Mary Kornman.
  • Dancing Lady starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and Robert Benchley and featuring Fred Astaire, Art Jarrett and Nelson Eddy.
  • Facing the Music, starring Stanley Lupino and Jose Collins
  • Flying Down to Rio released December 22, starring Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.
  • Footlight Parade, starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell
  • Going Hollywood released December 22 starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby
  • Gold Diggers of 1933, starring Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers
  • The Good Companions, starring Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn and John Gielgud
  • Happy, starring Stanley Lupino, Laddie Cliff, Will Fyffe and Harry Tate.
  • Hello, Everybody!, starring Kate Smith, Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. Directed by William A. Seiter.
  • I Am Suzanne, starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks. Directed by Rowland V. Lee.
  • Let's Fall in Love, starring Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern and Art Jarrett
  • Melody Cruise, starring Charles Ruggles. Phil Harris and Helen Mack
  • Moonlight And Pretzels released August 1, starring Leo Carrillo and Mary Brian
  • My Weakness starring Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres, Charles Butterworth, Sid Silvers and Harry Langdon. Directed by David Butler.
  • Roman Scandals starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, David Manners and Edward Arnold. Directed by Frank Tuttle.
  • The Shady Lady starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong, Louis Wolheim and Russell Gleason. Directed by Edward H. Griffith.
  • She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West and Cary Grant.
  • Sitting Pretty starring Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, Thelma Todd and The Pickens Sisters
  • Take A Chance starring James Dunn, Cliff Edwards, June Knight, Lillian Roth, Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Marjorie Main.
  • This Week of Grace starred Gracie Fields
  • Too Much Harmony released on September 23 starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie and Kitty Kelly.
  • Torch Singer starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez and Lyda Roberti
  • The Way to Love starring Maurice Chevalier, Ann Dvorak and Edward Everett Horton. Directed by Norman Taurog.

    • Births

  • January 17 – Dalida, singer (d. 1987)
  • January 18 – Ray Dolby, inventor of the Dolby System
  • January 20 – Ronald Townson, American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension) (d. 2001)
  • January 23 – Chita Rivera, Broadway star
  • January 29 – Sacha Distel, singer (d. 2004)
  • February 7 – Stuart Burrows, operatic tenor
  • February 17 – Bobby Lewis, R&B singer
  • February 18 – Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon and mother of Sean Lennon
  • February 21 – Nina Simone, soul singer (d. 2003)
  • February 22 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent, patron of music
  • March 9 – Lloyd Price, rock & roll musician
  • March 13 – Mike Stoller, songwriter
  • March 14 – Quincy Jones, arranger
  • March 15 – Roy Clark, country musician (Hee Haw)
  • March 28 – Tete Montoliu, jazz pianist (d. 1997)
  • April 8 – Fred Ebb, lyricist (d. 2004)
  • April 12 – Montserrat Caballé, operatic soprano
  • April 14 – Buddy Knox, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
  • April 24 – Freddie Scott, songwriter and singer (d. 2007)
  • April 25 – Jerry Leiber, songwriter
  • April 29 – Rod McKuen, songwriter (d. 2015)
  • April 30 – Willie Nelson, country singer and songwriter
  • May 3 – James Brown, soul singer (d. 2006)
  • May 21 – Maurice André, trumpeter (d. 2012)
  • May 22 – Don Estelle, actor and singer (d. 2003)
  • June 17 – Christian Ferras, violinist (d. 1982)
  • June 26 – Claudio Abbado, conductor (d. 2014)
  • July 10 – Eileen Rodgers, US singer (d. 2003)
  • July 23 – Bert Convy, entertainer (d. 1991)
  • July 27 – Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio)
  • July 29 – Anne Rogers, English actress, singer and dancer
  • August 8 – Joe Tex, soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
  • August 15
  • Bill Pinkney (The Drifters)
  • Bobby Helms, singer (d. 1997)
  • Rita Hunter, operatic soprano (d. 2001)
  • August 17 – Mark Dinning, singer (d. 1986)
  • August 21 – Janet Baker, operatic mezzo-soprano
  • September 1 – Conway Twitty, country singer (d. 1993)
  • September 8 – Asha Bhosle, Bollywood singer
  • September 14 – Harve Presnell, actor and singer (d. 2009)
  • September 15 – Pat Barrett (The Crewcuts)
  • September 17 – Dorothy Loudon, US singer (d. 2003)
  • September 18 – Jimmie Rodgers, US pop singer
  • September 25 – Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia)
  • October 10 – Daniel Massey, star of musical theatre (d. 1998)
  • October 17 – The Singing Nun (d. 1985)
  • October 21 – Georgia Brown, English actress and singer
  • October 27 – Floyd Cramer, pianist (d. 1997)
  • November 3 – John Barry, film score composer (d. 2011)
  • November 6 – Joseph Pope (The Tams)
  • November 16 – Garnett Mimms, soul singer
  • November 23 – Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
  • November 26 – Robert Goulet, singer and actor (d. 2007)
  • November 29 – John Mayall, blues musician
  • December 6 – Henryk Górecki, composer (d. 2010)
  • December 13 – Wayne Bennett, blues guitarist (d. 1992)

    • Deaths

  • January 6 – Vladimir de Pachmann, pianist (born 1848)
  • January 10 – Roberto Mantovani, violinist (born 1854)
  • January 12 - Václav Suk, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1861)
  • January 16 – Willy Burmester, violinist (born 1869)
  • January 18 – Oskar Zawisza, priest and composer (born 1878)
  • February 12 – Henri Duparc, composer (born 1848)
  • February 17 - Toktogul Satylganov, improvising poet and singer (born 1864)
  • February 18 – Arnold Mendelssohn, composer and music teacher (born 1855)
  • March 26 – Eddie Lang, jazz musician (born 1902)
  • April 4 – Ewald Straesser, composer (born 1867)
  • April 9 – Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer (born 1877)
  • April 12 - Lola Artôt de Padilla, operatic soprano (born c.1876)
  • May 10 – Selma Kurz, operatic soprano (born 1874)
  • May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers country singer, "The Singing Brakeman" (born 1897)
  • June 19 – Yossele Rosenblatt, cantor and composer (born 1882)
  • June 24 – Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, operatic soprano and vaudeville singer (born 1869)
  • July 6 – Robert Kajanus, conductor and composer (born 1856)
  • July 14 – Raymond Roussel, author and pianist (born 1877)
  • July 15 – Freddie Keppard, jazz musician (born 1890)
  • July 26 – Charles Tindley, gospel music composer (born 1851)
  • August 3 - Arthur Collins, singer (born 1864)
  • August 29 – Georgi Conus, composer (born 1862)
  • September 7 – Marcel Journet, operatic bass (born 1867)
  • September 10
  • Adrian Ross, English lyricist (born 1859)
  • Giuseppe Campari, opera singer and racing driver (born 1892) (in a motor racing accident)
  • October – Joan Winters, Broadway dancer (born 1909) (murdered)
  • October 6 – Zakaria Paliashvili, composer (born 1871)
  • October 16 – Maurice Renaud, operatic baritone (born 1860)
  • October 23 - Orville Harrold, operatic tenor (born 1878)
  • October 27 – Julius Klengel, cellist (born 1859)
  • December 1 – Blind Blake, blues musician (born c. 1893)
  • December 7 – Jan Brandts Buys, composer (born 1868)
  • date unknown
  • Albert "Sonny" Cunha, musician, composer and bandleader (born 1879)
  • Manuel Torre, flamenco singer (born 1878)

    • References

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