Birthdays in Music in 1927

Leontyne Price

Feb 10 Leontyne Price, American opera soprano (Porgy & Bess), born in Laurel, Mississippi

Feb 15 Gottfrid Grasbeck, composer
Feb 21 Pierre Mercure, composer
Feb 22 David Ahlstrom, composer
Feb 23 Ivan Hrušovský, Slovak composer and educator (Rytmus), born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2001)
Feb 25 Jacques Monod, composer
Feb 25 Ralph Stanley, Amerian bluegrass musician, born in Dickenson County, Virginia (d. 2016)
Feb 26 Donald Gramm, bass-baritone, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Feb 27 Guy Mitchell [Albert George Cernik], American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999)
Mar 1 Harry Belafonte, American calypso singer (Buck & the Preacher), born in Harlem, New York

Mar 1 Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer
Mar 2 Siegfried Kohler, composer
Mar 2 Witold Szalonec, composer
Mar 4 Robert Di Domenica, composer
Mar 6 Norman Treigle, bass-baritone, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 8 Jaromir Podesva, composer
Mar 8 Josef Berg, Czech composer (d. 1971)
Mar 9 Hans Ludwig Schilling, German composer, born in Mayen, Germany (d. 2012)
Mar 9 John Beckwith, Canadian composer, born in Victoria, British Colombia
Mar 10 Donn Trenner, orchestra leader (ABC's Nightlife), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Mar 15 Carl Smith, Maynardville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
Mar 17 Kenneth S Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist
Mar 17 Sulkhan Ivanovich Nasidze, composer
Mar 18 John Kander, composer (Cabaret, Funny Lady, Kramer vs Kramer), born in Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 20 John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet)
Mar 23 Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
Mar 24 Janos Decsenyi, composer
Mar 27 Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich, Soviet-Russian cellist and conductor, born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR (d. 2007)
Apr 1 Amos Milburn, R&B singer and pianist, born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
Apr 6 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orchestra leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
Apr 7 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (d. 2003)
Apr 8 Ollie Mitchell, American musician and bandleader (The Wrecking Crew), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
Apr 11 Domenico Guaccero, Italian composer, born in Palo de Colle, Italy (d. 1984)
Apr 16 Edie Adams [Edith Enke], American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian (Murial Cigar), born in Kingston, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
Apr 17 Christopher Whelen, composer

Apr 19 Don Barbour, Greencastle Ind, singer (4 Freshmen)
Apr 22 Pascal Bentoiu, composer
Apr 22 Laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
Apr 23 Russell Smith, composer
Apr 25 Ernst Widmer, composer
Apr 27 Connie Kay, American jazz drummer (Modern Jazz Quartet), born in Tuckahoe, New York (d. 1994)
May 1 William Mitchell Byers, musician
May 5 Charles Rosen, American pianist/musicologist (Sonata Forms), born in NYC, New York
May 7 Jim Lowe, American singer
May 20 David Frederick Barlow, composer
May 20 Walter Aschaffenburg, composer
May 28 Bernhard Lewkovitch, composer
May 31 Red Holloway [James], Helena, Arkansas, jazz tenor saxophonist, (d. 2012)
Jun 2 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
Jun 3 Boots Randolph, saxophonist (Yakety Sax), born in Paducah, Kentucky
Jun 9 Franco Donatoni, composer
Jun 11 Beryl Grey, prima ballerina
Jun 11 Josef Anton Reidl, composer
Jun 13 Knut Wiggen, Norwegian computer music pioneer and composer, born in Buvika (d. 2016)
Jun 13 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, born in Kempsey, New South Wales (d. 2003)
Jun 17 Martin Böttcher, German conductor
Jun 18 Simeon Pironkov, composer
Jun 19 Karel Kupka, Czech composer, born in Rychvald
Jun 20 John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone
Jul 1 Hans Eklund, Swedish composer, born in Sandviken (d. 1999)
Jul 2 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird), born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
Jul 5 Beverly Tyler, American singer and actress (Fireball, The Youngest Profession, Big Town), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 2005)
Jul 6 Charles Whittenberg, composer
Jul 6 Nilo Soruco, Bolivian songwriter (d. 2004)
Jul 7 Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers)
Jul 7 Doc Severinson, [Carl], bandleader/trumpeter on the Tonight Show, born in Arlington, Oregon
Jul 11 Herbert Blomstedt, American conductor, born in Springfield, Massachusetts
Jul 12 Pavle Merku, Italian-Slovene composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Trieste (d. 2014)
Jul 18 Carlo Franci, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jul 18 Kurt Masur, German conductor (New York Philharmonic), born in Breig (d. 2015)
Jul 20 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer
Jul 21 Stefan Niculescu, composer
Jul 24 Wilfred Josephs, composer
Jul 25 Stanley Dancer, harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown)
Jul 27 Guy Carawan, folk singer and folklorist (popularized "We shall Overcome"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
Aug 3 Enrique Pinella, composer
Aug 4 Jess Thomas, American tenor, born in Hot Springs, South Dakota (d. 1993)
Aug 5 Gunnar Bucht, composer
Aug 11 Raymond Leppard, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orchestra), born in London, England
Aug 12 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come), (d. 2007)
Aug 21 Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer
Aug 22 Aleksandar Obradovic, composer
Aug 23 Martial Solal, composer
Aug 29 Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith)
Aug 30 Pieter Willem Kee, composer
Sep 1 Tommy Evans, R&B singer (Drifters)
Sep 2 Tzvi Avni, Israeli composer, born in Saarbrücken, Germany
Sep 6 Keith Humble, composer
Sep 7 Graham Dudley Whettam, British composer, born in Swinden
Sep 8 Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
Sep 9 Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (Coltrane's A Love Supreme'), born in Pontiac, Michigan
Sep 20 Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer
Sep 24 Richard Swift, composer
Sep 25 Sir Colin Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71)
Sep 27 Boris Porena, composer
Sep 27 Robert Chudnick [Red Rodney], American jazz trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
Sep 27 "Earring" George Mayweather, American blues Harmonica Player, born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 1995)
Oct 5 John W. Downey, American composer, born in Chicago (d. 2004)
Oct 6 Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist (Mozart Interpretation), born in Vienna, Austria
Oct 7 Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American singer and actor (Here in My Heart, The Godfather), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2009)
Oct 8 Al Duncan, blues drummer, born in McKinney, Texas (d. 1995)
Oct 8 Gigi Durston, singer (Sonny Kendis Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 10 Thomas Brendon Wilson, composer
Oct 16 Peter Brinson, dance educationalist
Oct 21 Nadine Judd, [Nadia Moore/Nerina], South African/British ballerina
Oct 23 Sonny [William] Criss, American jazz musician (bebop, Jazz USA), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1977)
Oct 24 Renato de Grandis, composer
Oct 24 Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances, born in (d. 2001)
Oct 25 Barbara Cook, American stage singer and actress (Music Man), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2017)
Oct 27 Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), born in York, Pennsylvania
Oct 28 Dame Cleo Laine, British actress and jazz-pop singer (Flesh to a Tiger), born in Middlesex, England
Oct 31 Anita Kerr, American singer composer and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Nov 4 Vittorio Fellegara, composer
Nov 7 Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (Zulu, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate), born in Margam, Wales (d. 2007)

Patti Page

Nov 8 Patti Page [Clara Ann Fowler], American singer (Tennessee Waltz), born in Claremore, Oklahoma (d. 2013)

Nov 8 Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as "the last great music hall entertainer," born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England (d. 2018)
Nov 11 Mose Allison, jazz artist (Black Country Suite), born in Tippo, Mississippi (d. 2016)
Nov 14 Narciso Yepes, Lorca Spain, guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947)
Nov 18 Lawrence Kenneth Moss, composer
Nov 18 Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003)
Nov 22 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player
Nov 24 Alfred Kraus, Las Palmas Canary Islands, tenor (La Scala)
Nov 24 Emma Lou Diemer, composer
Dec 1 Grant Beglarian, composer
Dec 3 Isabelle Harriet Lucas, Canadian-born British actress and singer (Outland, Comics), born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (d. 1997)
Dec 3 Andy Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, singer (Moon River, Andy Williams Show) (d. 2012)
Dec 6 Jacques Bondon, composer
Dec 7 Vlastimir Pericic, composer
Dec 7 Helen Watts, British contralto
Dec 9 Pierre Henry, composer
Dec 14 Richard Cassilly, American tenor (d. 1998)
Dec 23 Joseph Castaldo, composer
Dec 24 Teresa Stich-Randall, US soprano (Vienna State Opera)

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