Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 101 - 158 of 158
- Jul 27 Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1989)
- Jul 29 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
- Jul 30 Christopher Shaw, British composer, born in London (d. 1995)
- Aug 2 Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2005)
- Aug 8 Thomas Beversdorf, composer
- Aug 14 Georges Prêtre, French conductor known for interpretation, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
- Aug 17 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist
- Aug 19 William Marshall, American actor, director, and opera singer (Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
- Aug 22 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, born in Lblin, Poland (d. 1986)
- Aug 23 Edvard Fliflet Braein, Norwegian composer (Ut mot havet), born in Kristiansund, Norway (d. 1976)
- Aug 24 Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
- Aug 28 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2004)
- Aug 28 Vilayat Khan, Indian classical sitar player and composer, born in Gouripur, Mymensingh, East Bengal (d. 2004)
- Aug 29 Dinah Washington, American singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1963)
- Aug 29 Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter, born in Ciudad Guzmán, Mexico (d. 2005)
- Aug 30 Kenny Dorham [McKinley], American jazz trumpeter, born in Fairfield, Texas (d. 1972)
- Aug 31 Klaus Hashagen, composer
- Sep 5 Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar, Polish composer, born in Lviv, Ukraine (d. 2009)
- Sep 7 Hugh Aitken, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 2012)
- Sep 7 Leonard Rosenman, American composer (Rebel Without A Cause; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2008)
- Sep 7 Bridie Gallagher, singer (A Mother's Love's A Blessing, The Boys from County Armagh), born in Donegal, Ireland (d. 2012)
- Sep 13 Maurice Jarre, French composer (Doctor Zhivago-Acad Award 1966), born in Lyon, France (d. 2009)
- Sep 13 Harold Blair, Australian tenor and Aboriginal activist, born in Cherbourg Aboriginal Reserve, Queensland, Australia (d. 1976)
- Sep 15 Bobby Short, Danville Ill, singer/pianist (Carlisle Hotel)
- Sep 16 Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2014)
- Sep 19 Ernest Tomlinson, English composer (Light music), born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire (d.2015)
- Sep 20 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer (The Wayward Wind), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
- Sep 25 Norman Ayrton, English actor and opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK), born in London (d. 2017)
- Sep 27 Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell, American jazz pianist and composer, born in Harlem, New York (d. 1966)
- Oct 10 Ludmilla Tchérina, French prima ballerina, artist, actress, choreographer and author (Sins of Rome), born in Paris, France (d. 2004)
- Oct 13 Terry Gibbs, American jazz vibraphonist and band leader (Steve Allen Comedy Hour), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 15 Colin Romoff, American orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), born in NYC, New York (d. 2007)
- Oct 17 Bonnie Lou [Mary Joan Okum] Rockabilly musician, born in Towanda, Illinois (d. 2015)
- Oct 18 Allyn Ferguson, orchestra leader (Andy Williams Show), born in San Jose, California
- Oct 18 Egil Hovland, composer
- Oct 18 Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, Canadian musician
- Oct 21 Celia Cruz, Cuban singer, Queen of Salsa. (d. 2003)
- Oct 24 Jose Casanovas, composer
- Oct 25 Earl Palmer, American rock and roll drummer (Wrecking Crew), born in New Orleans (d. 2008)
- Oct 27 Gary Chester [Cesario Gurciullo], drummer (Monkees, Lovin' Spoonful) and drum instructor, born in Siracusa, Italy (d. 1987)
- Oct 28 Alfonso Montalva Montecino, composer
- Nov 5 Ivan Rezak, Czech composer, born in Řevnice (d. 1977)
- Nov 12 Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981)
- Nov 14 Billy Jim Layton, composer
- Nov 14 Leonid B Kogan, Russian violinist (Lenin Prize-1952), born in Dnepropetrovsk, Russia
- Nov 22 Axel Borup-Jorgensen, composer
- Nov 25 Paul Desmond, American jazz alto saxophonist (Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1977)
- Nov 25 Tui St George Tucker, composer
- Nov 28 Kees [Gerrit C] Otten, Dutch flutist
- Nov 30 Allan Sherman, American parody singer and songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
- Nov 30 Klaus Huber, Swiss composer, born in Bern
- Dec 12 Francis Miroglio, composer
- Dec 12 Nevit Kodali, composer
- Dec 14 Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music)
- Dec 15 Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)
- Dec 21 Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, (d. 2013)
- Dec 22 Francesco "Frank" Corsaro, American opera director (The Night of the Iguana, Play of the Week), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
- Dec 24 [Irving] Lee Dorsey, American pop and R&B singer (Working in the Coal Mine), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1986)