1924 in Music

Events in Music

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 159

Jan 3 Nell Rankin, American singer (d. 2005)
Jan 6 Earl Scruggs, American musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett), born in Cleveland County, North Carolina (d. 2012)
Jan 8 Benjamin Lees [Lysniansky], American composer, born in Harbin, China (d. 2010)
Jan 8 Robert Starer, Austrian-born American composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2001)
Jan 8 Ron Moody [Ronald Moodnick], British composer, singer and actor (12 Chairs, Oliver!), born in London, England (d. 2015)
Jan 10 Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
Jan 10 Maxwell Roach, American jazz drummer, born in Newland, North Carolina
Jan 11 Don Cherry, Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
Jan 11 Slim Harpo [James Moore], American blues musician (I'm a King Bee, Baby Scratch My Back), born in Lobdell, Louisiana (d. 1970)
Jan 20 Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, born in Houilles, France
Jan 22 J. J. Johnson, American composer and jazz trombonist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2001)
Jan 24 David Craighead, composer
Jan 24 Klaus George Roy, composer
Jan 26 Warren Frank Benson, American composer, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2005)
Jan 26 Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress, born in Västervik, Sweden (d. 2014)
Jan 27 Alexander Georgiyevich Chugayev, composer
Jan 29 Luigi Nono, composer (Canonic Variations), born in Venice, Italy
Feb 2 Elfi von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American producer and musician
Feb 7 Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist
Feb 9 George Guest, British organist
Feb 10 Randy Van Horne, vocalist (Nat King Cole Show), born in El Paso, Texas
Feb 14 Arghyris Kounadis, Greek composer, born in Istanbul, Turkey (d. 2011)
Feb 17 Margaret Truman, Mo, pres daughter/writer (Murder at FBI)/pianist
Feb 23 Lejaren Hiller, American composer (Illiac Suite), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Feb 24 Lionel Dakers, British cathedral organist (Royal School of Church Music), born in Rochester, Kent (d. 2003)
Feb 26 Mark Bucci, American composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award), born in NYC, New York
Mar 6 Sarah Caldwell, Maryville Mo, conductor/opera director (Flagstaff)
Mar 9 Konstantin Iliev, Bulgarian composer, born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1988)
Mar 15 Lockrem Johnson, American composer, born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1977)
Mar 17 Stephen Dodgson, composer
Mar 21 Karl Heinz Fussl, composer
Mar 25 Julia Perry, African-American composer (Cask of Amontillado), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Mar 27 Sarah Vaughan, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1990)
Mar 29 Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer and songwriter, born in Deurne, Netherlands (d. 1996)
Mar 29 Andrew Frierson, pioneering African American opera singer, born in Columbia, Tennessee (d. 2018)
Mar 30 Milko Kelemen, composer
Apr 1 Gunther Becker, composer
Apr 3 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, born in Bishopton, Glasgow (d. 1995)
Apr 7 Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (Yūzuru), born in Toyko (d. 2001)
Apr 7 Nick Perito, orchestra leader (Don Knotts Show, Big Show), born in Denver, Colorado
Apr 9 Harald Heilmann, German composer, born in Aue, Germany (d. 2018)
Apr 12 Sergiu Natra, Romanian-born Israeli composer, born in Bucharest, Romania
Apr 14 Shorty Rogers, [Milton Rajonsky], American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
Apr 15 Neville Marriner, English conductor and violinist (Academy of St Martin in the Fields), born in Lincoln (d. 2016)

Henry Mancini

Apr 16 Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (Pink Panther), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1994)

Apr 18 Buxton Orr, Anglo-Scottish composer, born in Glasgow (d. 1997)
Apr 18 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American blues singer (Mary is Fine), born in Vinton, Louisiana (d. 2005)
Apr 20 Gerhard Samuel, American conductor and composer, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 2008)
Apr 21 Ira Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer, Louvin Brothers)
Apr 23 Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer (Natural Superiority of Music), born in Irvington, New Jersey
Apr 24 Yehoshua Lakner, composer, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 2003)
Apr 24 Ruth Kobart [Kahn], American actor and singer (King's Quest VII, Forum), born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 2002)
Apr 25 Erzsébet Szőnyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary
Apr 25 Franco Mannino, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy (d. 2005)
Apr 28 Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, born in East Durnham, New York (d. 2009)
Apr 29 Renée Jeanmaire, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson), born in Paris, France
Apr 30 Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof), born in Chicago, Illinois
May 1 Earl George, composer (d. 1994)
May 1 Enrico Josif, composer
May 2 Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer (contralto), born in Krommenie, Netherlands (d. 2015)
May 2 Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American folk singer and actor (The Russians Are Coming), born in Vienna (d.2015)
May 4 Tatiana Nikolayeva, Russian pianist and composer, born in Bezhitsa, Russia (d. 1993)
May 5 Theo Olof, German-Dutch violinist and concert master, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 2012)
May 6 Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1970)
May 6 Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist, born in Bromley, Kent, England (d. 1992)
May 9 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large), born in NYC, New York
May 14 Joly Braga Santos, composer
May 17 Frantisek Kovaricek, composer
May 19 Sandy Galbraith Wilson, composer
May 21 Robert Parris, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 22 Charles Aznavour [Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian], French-Armenian singer (Monsieur Carnavel, Tin Drum), born in Paris, France (d. 2018)
May 22 Claude André François Ballif, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2004)
May 22 Rita Vidaurri, American Ranchera singer, born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2019)
May 23 Desmond Carrington, British radio host (The Music Goes Round), born in Bromley (d. 2017)
Jun 1 Paula Hinton, English ballet dancer, born in Ilford, Essex (d. 1996)
Jun 1 Herbie Lovelle, America drummer, studio musician (Hot Lips Page) and actor (Law & Order), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
Jun 3 Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), born in Ruleville, Mississippi (d. 1997)
Jun 6 Serge Nigg, French composer, born in Paris (d. 2008)
Jun 7 Dolores Gray [Sylvia Dolores Finkelstein], American singer and actress (Designing Woman, Kismet), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
Jun 8 Sheldon Allman, American-Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter (Nevada Smith, Harris Against the World), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2002)
Jun 16 Lucky [Eli] Thompson, American jazz musician (Cuban Fire!), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 2005)
Jun 20 Chet Atkins, Luttrell Tenn, guitarist (Me & My Guitar)
Jun 21 Wally Fawkes, British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jun 26 Syd Lawrence, British bandleader (Syd Lawrence Orchestra), born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England (d. 1998)
Jun 29 Ezra Laderman, American composer (Jacob & the Indians), born in NYC, New York
Jun 29 Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (won Sanremo Music Festival-Viale d'autunno), born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 2006)
Jul 2 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), born in Reedley, California (d. 1970)
Jul 5 János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2013)
Jul 6 Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer and orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show), born in Rock Falls, Illinois (d. 2009)
Jul 7 Dieter Nowka, composer
Jul 7 Mary Ford [Iris Colleen Summers], American vocalist, guitarist and actress (Les Paul, Queen of Outer Space), born in l Monte, California (d. 1977)
Jul 8 Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (d. 2005)
Jul 9 Leonard Pennario, American pianist (LA Philharmonic), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2008)
Jul 9 Pierre Cochereau, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1984)
Jul 12 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2003)
Jul 13 Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer
Jul 20 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 2017)
Jul 20 Mort Garson, Canadian composer
Jul 22 Margaret Whiting, American singer (It Might As Well Be Spring, Time After Time), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
Jul 24 Glenn Loren Glasow, American composer, born in Pine County, Minnesota (d. 2002)

Weddings in Music

Wedding of Interest

Jan 11 Novelist Hermann Hesse (36) weds singer Ruth Wenger

Nobel Laureate Novelist Hermann Hesse — Nobel Laureate Novelist
Hermann Hesse

Wedding of Interest

Feb 4 Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (22) weds pianist Lil Armstrong (26)

Deaths in Music

Jan 2 Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)
Jan 4 Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
Jan 15 Geza Zichy, Hungarian composer and one-armed pianist, dies at 74
Jan 29 Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79
Feb 5 Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
Feb 15 Lionel Monckton, British composer (Edwardian musical comedy), dies at 62
Feb 17 Oskar Merikanto, composer, dies at 55
Feb 21 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, composer, dies at 78
Mar 18 Frederick Bridge, English organist and composer, dies at 79
Mar 19 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71
Mar 26 Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer, dies at 78
Mar 27 Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83
Mar 29 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71
Apr 15 Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82
Apr 26 Josef Labor, Austrian composer, dies at 82
May 12 Charles Henri Marechal, composer, dies at 82
May 25 Theodore F. Morse, American composer, dies at 51
May 26 Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer, dies at 67
May 26 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65
Jun 11 Theodore Dubois, French composer, dies at 86
Jun 23 Cecil Sharp, British collector of English folk music and dance, dies at 64
Jul 27 Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 58
Aug 6 John Henry Roberts, composer, dies at 76
Aug 7 Camille Zeckwer, American composer, dies at 49
Aug 13 Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56
Sep 11 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, Polish organ virtuoso and composer (1904 Organ Concerto), dies at 57
Sep 13 P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
Sep 15 Anthony Johnson Showalter, American gospel composer, dies at 66
Oct 5 Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75
Oct 12 Monroe Althouse, American composer, dies at 71
Oct 21 Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, Belgian composer, dies at 76
Nov 4 Gabriel Urbain Faure, French composer (Requiem), dies at 79
Nov 8 Sergei Lyapunov, Russian composer and pianist, dies at 64
Nov 16 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78
Nov 16 Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75

Giacomo Puccini

Nov 29 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65

Dec 8 Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
Dec 9 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel, To My Fatherland), dies at 70

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