Events in Music
- Jan 23 Duke Ellington plays at Carnegie Hall in New York City for the first time
- Feb 6 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"
- Feb 22 Plane crash in the Tagus River, Lisbon, Portugal kills 23 with 15 survivors including singer Jane Froman
- Mar 31 Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "Oklahoma!" opens at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 2,212 performances
- Apr 28 1st performance of Marc Blitzstein's "Freedom Morning"
- Apr 29 Noël Coward's comic play "Present Laughter" premieres in London
- Apr 30 Noël Coward's play "This Happy Breed" premieres in London
- Jul 21 "Stormy Weather", directed by Andrew L. Stone, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller (singing "Ain't Misbehavin'") premieres in the US
- Aug 11 Richard Strauss' Second Horn Concert, premieres
- Oct 7 Weill, Perelman and Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus" premieres in NYC
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- Jul 5 Actress Betty Grable (26) weds big band leader Harry James (27)
- Jul 17 One of the world's greatest contraltos, American Marian Anderson (46) weds architect Orpheus H. Fisher in Bethel, Connecticut
- Dec 5 Singer and actress Dinah Shore (27) weds actor George Montgomery (27)
Musicians Divorces in 1943
- Jul 7 Heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey (48) divorces broadway singer Hannah Williams (32) after 10 years of marriage
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