7 July:RINGO STARR = English actor, singer & drummer of The Beatles
5 August:RICK HUXLEY = English musician, bassist with The Dave Clark Five = [died: 2013)
10 August:BOBBY HATFIELD = American singer, half of The Righteous Brothers = [died: 2003]
12 August:TONY ALLEN = Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter
14 August:DASH CROFTS = American singer, member of Seals and Crofts
19 August:
JOHNNY NASH = American reggae singer-songwriter
ROGER COOK = English singer, songwriter and record producer
20 August:JOHN LANTREE = English musician, bass guitarist with The Honeycombs
9 September:JOE NEGRONI = American singer of Puerto Rican descent, founding member of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers = [died: 1978]
11 September:BERNIE DWYER = English drummer with Freddie & The Dreamers = [died: 2002]
18 September:FRANKIE AVALON = American singer and actor
19 September:BILL MEDLEY = American singer and songwriter, half of The Righteous Brothers
30 September:DEWEY MARTIN = Canadian rock drummer, member of Buffalo Springfield = [died: 2009]
8 October:FRED CASH = African-American soul singer, member of The Impressions
9 October:JOHN LENNON = English singer and songwriter, member of The Beatles = [died: 1980]
14 October:CLIFF RICHARD = British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist
17 October:STEPHEN KOVACEVICH = American classical pianist and conductor
19 October:LARRY CHANCE = American musical artist, and the lead singer of the popular 1960s doo wop group The Earls
21 October:
JIMMY BEAUMONT = American singer, lead of doo-wop group The Skyliners
MANFRED LUBOWITZ = South African-British keyboard player, guitarist, and vocalist; founding member and namesake of Manfred Mann, Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann's Earth Band
23 October:
FRED MARSDEN = British musician, member of Gerry & The Pacemakers
ELLIE GREENWICH = American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer = [died: 2009]
4 November:DELBERT McCLINTON = American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist
16 November:JOHN RYANES = American second bass doo-wop singer with The Monotones
17 November:LUKE KELLY = Irish singer, folk musician and actor, founding member of The Dubliners = [died: 1984]
21 November:DR. JOHN = American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
25 November:PERCY SLEDGE = American R&B, soul, gospel, and traditional rhythm and blues singer = [died: 2015]
28 November:BRUCE CHANNEL = American singer and songwriter
29 November:
SEÁN CANNON = Irish musician, and since 1982 he has been the lead singer and guitarist for The Dubliners and their follow-up-band "The Dublin Legends"
DENNY DOHERTY = Canadian singer, songwriter and musician; founding member of The Mamas & the Papas = [died: 2007]
CHUCK MANGIONE = American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer
3 December:JIM FREEMAN = American doo-wop singer with The Five Satins
9 December:CLANCY ECCLES = Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout = [died: 2005]
11 December:DAVID GATES = American singer-songwriter and producer, best known as the lead singer of the group Bread
12 December:DIONNE WARWICK = American singer, actress and TV-show host
19 December:PHIL OCHS = American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter = [died: 1976]
21 December:
FRANK ZAPPA = American musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, actor and filmmaker = [died: 1993]
RAY HILDEBRAND = American pop singer, known as Paul in Paul & Paula
23 December:
EUGENE RECORD = American lead vocalist of The Chi-Lites = [died: 2005]
JORMA KAUKONEN = American blues, folk and rock guitarist, best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna
Timeline of Musical Events
27 May:Quartetto Egie make their debut performance
20 July: Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart"
23 November: DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH's Piano Quintet is premiered
6 December: ARNOLD SCHOENBORNE's Violin Concerto is premiered.
19 December: Bandleader HAL KEMP's car is involved in a head-on collision. Kemp suffers a broken leg and multiple broken ribs, one of which eventually punctures a lung, causing his death a few days later.
Also in 1940:-
THELONIOUS MONK begins performing
WOODY GUTHRIE's musical career begins
Quartetto Egie becomes Quartetto Ritmo after a line-up change
HEINO ELLER becomes professor of composition at the Tallinn Conservatory.
JOHN SERRY, Sr. joins ALFREDO ANTONINI at the CBS network.
Published Popular Music
"Ain't It A Shame About Mame" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"All Over The Place" = lyrics by FRANK EYTON; music by NOEL GAY. Introduced by TOMMY TRINDER in the film Sailors Three
"All This And Heaven Too" = lyrics by EDDIE DE LANGE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Along The Santa Fe Trail" = lyrics by AL DUBIN & EDWINA COOLIDGE; music by WILL GROSZ
"April Played The Fiddle" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Arm In Arm" = by CHURCH, BRADBURY
"The Bad Humour Man" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" = lyrics & music by DON RAYE, HUGHIE PRINCE & ELEANORE SHEEHY
"Because Of You" = lyrics by ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN; music by DUDLEY WILKINSON
"Beneath The Lights Of Home" = by GROSSMAN, JURMANN
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Bless 'Em All" = lyrics & music by JIMMIE HUGHES, FRANK LAKE & FRED GODFREY
"Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" = by ARTHUR YOUNG, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, EVANS
"Blueberry Hill" = lyrics & music by AL LEWIS, LARRY STOCK & VINCENT ROSE
"Boog It" = lyrics & music by JACK PALMER, CAB CALLOWAY & R. "BUCK" RAM
"The Breeze And I" = lyrics by AL STILLMAN; music by ERNESTO LECUONA
"Buds Won't Bud" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Cabin In The Sky" = lyrics by JOHN LATOUCHE; music by VERNON DUKE
"The Call Of The Canyon" = lyrics & music by BILLY HILL
"Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" = lyrics by ROBERT DE LEON; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Celery Stalks At Midnight" = music by WILL BRADLEY & GEORGE HARRIS
"Concerto For Cootie" = music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Contrasts" = music by JIMMY DORSEY
"Cotton Tail" = music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Den Of Iniquity" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Devil May Care" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by HARRY WARREN
"Do I Worry?" = lyrics & music by STANLEY COWAN & BOBBY WORTH
"Do It the Hard Way" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by JUNE HAVOC, CLAIRE ANDERSON and JACK DURANT in the musical Pal Joey
"Dolores" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by LOUIS ALTER
"Down the Road a Piece" = lyrics & music by DON RAYE
"Falling Leaves" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by FRANKIE CARLE
"Ferry Boat Serenade" = English lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON, Italian lyrics by MARIO PANZERI; music by ELDO DI LAZZARO
"The Five O'Clock Whistle" = lyrics & music by JOSEF MYROW, KIM GANNON & GENE IRWIN
"Flamingo" = lyrics by EDMUND ANDERSON; music by TED GROUYA
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RUBE BLOOM
"Friendship" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Give a Little Whistle" = lyrics & music by NED WASHINGTON & LEIGH HARLINE, from the film Pinocchio
"Good For Nothin' Joe" = by TED KOEHLER, RUBE BLOOM
"Harlem Nocturne" = lyrics by DICK ROGERS; music by EARLE HAGEN
"Hear My Song, Violetta" = German lyrics by ERMENEGILDO CAROSIO & OTHMAR KLOSE, English lyrics by BUDDY BERNIER & BOB EMMERICH; music by RUDOLF LUCKESCH & OTHMAR KLOSE
"Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" = lyrics & music by NED WASHINGTON & LEIGH HARLINE, from the film Pinocchio
"High On A Windy Hill" = lyrics & music by JOAN WHITNEY & ALEX KRAMER
"Honey in the Honeycomb" = lyrics by JOHN LATOUCHE; music by VERNON DUKE. Introduced by KATHERINE DUNHAM in the musical Cabin in the Sky. Performed in the 1943 film version by ETHEL WATERS and LENA HORNE
"How High the Moon" = lyrics by NANCY HAMILTON; music by MORGAN LEWIS. Introduced by ALFRED DRAKE and FRANCES COMSTOCK in the revue Two for the Show
"I Concentrate on You" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by DOUGLAS McPHAIL (and danced to by ELEANOR POWELL and FRED ASTAIRE) in the film Broadway Melody of 1940
"I Could Make You Care" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by SAUL CHAPLIN. Introduced by ROSEMARY LANE in the film Ladies Must Live
"I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"I Hear A Rhapsody" = lyrics & music by GEORGE FRAGOS, JACK BAKER & DICK GASPARRE
"I Hear Music" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by BURTON LANE
"I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" = lyrics & music by WILLIAM WELDON & ANDY RAZAF
"I'm Looking For A Guy Who Plays Alto And Baritone And Doubles On A Clarinet And Wears A Size 37 Suit" = lyrics & music by OZZIE NELSON
"I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"Imagination" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Intermezzo" = lyrics by ROBERT HENNING; music by HEINZ PROVOST
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" = lyrics & music by BILLY AUSTIN & LOUIS JORDAN
"It Never Entered My Mind" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"It Shows You What Love Can Do" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by SAUL CHAPLIN. Introduced by ROSEMARY LANE in the film Ladies Must Live
"It Was A Lover And His Lass" = lyrics by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; music by ARTHUR YOUNG
"It's a Great Day for the Irish" = lyrics & music by ROGER EDENS
"It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"It's Always You" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"It's The Same Old Shillelagh" = lyrics & music by PAT WHITE
"I've Got No Strings" = lyrics & music by NED WASHINGTON & LEIGH HARLINE, from the film Pinocchio
"Java Jive" = lyrics by MILTON DRAKE; music by BEN OAKLAND
"Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina" = lyrics & music by SUNNY SKYLAR, BETTE CANNON & ARTHUR SHAFTEL
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Let The People Sing" = lyrics & music by NOEL GAY, IAN GRANT & FRANK EYTON
"Let There Be Love" = lyrics by IAN GRANT; music by LIONEL RAND
"Let's Be Buddies" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Louisiana Purchase" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by ETHEL MERMAN in the musical Panama Hattie
"Make-Believe Island" = lyrics by CHARLES KENNY & NICK KENNY; music by WILL GROSZ & SAM COSLOW
"Mamma" = lyrics by B. CHERUBINI; music by C. A. BIXIO
"Mister Meadowlark" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Never No Lament" = music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"New San Antonio Rose" = lyrics & music by BOB WILLS
"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" = lyrics by ERIC MASCHWITZ; music by MANNING SHERWIN. Introduced in the revue New Faces by JUDY CAMPBELL
"On Behalf Of The Visiting Firemen" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Only Forever" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Our Love Affair" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by ROGER EDENS
"Outside Of That, I Love You" = by IRVING BERLIN
"The Pessimistic Character" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Playmates" = lyrics & music by SAXIE DOWELL
"Polka Dots and Moonbeams" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Pompton Turnpike" = lyrics & music by WILL OSBORNE & DICK ROGERS
"Practice Makes Perfect" = lyrics & music by DON ROBERTS & ERNEST GOLD
"Remind Me" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by ALLAN JONES in the film One Night in the Tropics
"Rhumboogie" = lyrics & music by DON RAYE & HUGHIE PRINCE
"Room 504" = by POSFORD, MASCHWITZ
"Say It (Over And Over Again)" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat" = lyrics & music by DON RAYE
"The Singing Hills" = lyrics & music by MACK DAVID, SAMMY MYSELS & DICK SANFORD
"Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga" = lyrics by CHARLES NEWMAN; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"The Stars Remain" = lyrics by HENRY MYERS; music by JAY GORNEY. From the musical Meet the People
"Summit Ridge Drive" = music by ARTIE SHAW
"Taking A Chance On Love" = lyrics by JOHN LATOUCHE & TED FETTER; music by VERNON DUKE
"There I Go" = lyrics by HY ZARET; music by IRVING WEISER
"There'll Always Be an England" = lyrics & music by ROSS PARKER & HUGH CHARLES
"There's A Boy Coming Home On Leave" = lyrics & music by JIMMY KENNEDY
"Tonight Be Tender To Me" = lyrics by GLORIA PARKER
"Trade Winds" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS; music by CLIFF FRIEND
"Two Dreams Met" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"Wabash Cannon Ball" = lyrics & music by A. P. CARTER
"Walkin' Through Mockin' Bird Lane" = by LOWELL PETERS, CLARENCE JONES, JOHN TURNER
"Waltzing In The Clouds" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ROBERT STOLZ
"We Could Make Such Beautiful Music" = lyrics by ROBERT SOUR; music by HENRY MANNERS
"We Three" = lyrics & music by NELSON COGANE, SAMMY MYSELS & DICK ROBERTSON
"Well, Did You Evah?" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" = lyrics & music by LEON RENÉ
"When You Wish Upon a Star" = lyrics & music by NED WASHINGTON & LEIGH HARLINE, from the film Pinocchio
"Whispering Grass" = lyrics by FRED FISHER; music by DORIS FISHER
"The Woodpecker Song" = English lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON, Italian lyrics by C. BRUNO; music by ELDO DI LAZZARO
"Worried Mind" = lyrics & music by JIMMIE DAVIS & TED DAFFAN
"Yes, Indeed!" = lyrics & music by SY OLIVER
"Yes, My Darling Daughter" = lyrics & music by JACK LAWRENCE
"You Are My Sunshine" = lyrics & music by JIMMIE DAVIS & CHARLES MITCHELL
"You Stepped Out Of A Dream" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Zip" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. In the role of reporter Melba Snyder in the Broadway production of Pal Joey, JEAN CASTO explained that the musings of a striptease artiste may be on a somewhat higher intellectual plane than those of her devotees
Classical Music
GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Celtic Symphony
SAMUEL BARBER
Violin Concerto
LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 1
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Sinfonia da Requiem
AARON COPLAND
Episode, Music for Our Town
PAUL CRESTON
Symphony No. 1
DAVID DIAMOND
Concerto for Small Orchestra, String Quartet No. 1
HANNS EISLER
Chamber Symphony
JOHN FERNSTRÖM
Cello Concerto
VIVIAN FINE
Suite in E Flat
JAKOV GOTOVAC
Guslar, op. 22
ROY HARRIS
Folksong Symphony
PAUL HINDEMITH
Cello Concerto, Symphony in E-flat
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto
GIDEON KLEIN
String Quartet op. 2
LÁSZLÓ LAJTHA
Cello Concerto
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Lorenzo il Magnifico
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet For The End Of Time)
DARIUS MILHAUD
String Quartet No. 10
GOSTA NYSTROEM
Viola Concerto
WALTER PISTON
Suite from The Incredible Flutist
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances
ROGER SESSIONS
From my Diary
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Symphony in C completed
WILLIAM WALTON
The Wise Virgins (ballet)
Opera
MANUEL CAMACHO VEGA
Tonatiuh
Musical Theatre
APPLE SAUCE
(Music and Lyrics: Michael Carr & Jack Strachey)
London production opened at the Holborn Empire on August 27 and moved to the London Palladium on March 5, 1941 when the Holburn Empire was destroyed in the blitz. Total run 462 performances.
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
(Music and Lyrics: John Gay adapted by Frederic Austin)
London revival opened at the Haymarket Theatre on March 5
CABIN IN THE SKY
(Music: Vernon Duke Lyrics: John Latouche Book: Lynn Root)
Broadway production opened on October 25 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 156 perofrmances
HIGHER AND HIGHER
(Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan)
opened at the Shubert Theatre on April 4 and ran for 84 performances. It returned to the same theatre on August 5 for a further 24 performances.
HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS
(Music: Burton Lane Lyrics: E. Y. Harburg Book: Eddie Davis, Guy Bolton and Matt Brooks)
Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on September 11 and ran for 158 performances
KEEP OFF THE GRASS
(Music: Jimmy McHugh Lyrics: Al Dubin and Howard Dietz)
Broadway revue opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 23 and ran for 44 performances
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
(Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Morrie Ryskind)
Broadway production opened on May 28 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 444 performances
MEET THE PEOPLE
(Music by: Jay Gorney; Book by: Ben Barzman, Sol Barzman, Henry Blankfort, Danny Dare, Edward Eliscu, Ray Golden, Milt Gross, Sid Kuller, Bert Lawrence, Mortimer Offner, Mike Quin, Arthur Ross; Lyrics by: Edward Eliscu, Henry Myers)
Broadway production opened at the Mansfield Theatre on December 25 and ran for 160 performances
NEW FACES
(Revue by Eric Maschwitz; Music by Jack Strachey. Lyrics by Tommy Connor and Manny Sherwin
London revue opened at the Comedy Theatre on April 11 and moved to the Apollo Theatre on March 14, 1941
PAL JOEY
(Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: John O'Hara)
Broadway production opened on December 25 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 374 performances
PANAMA HATTIE
(Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Herbert Fields and B. G. DeSylva)
Broadway production opened on October 30 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 501 performances
TWO FOR THE SHOW
(Music by: Morgan Lewis; Book by: Nancy Hamilton, Richard Haydn)
Broadway revue opened at the Booth Theatre on February 11 and ran for 124 performances
WALK WITH MUSIC
(Music: Hoagy Carmichael Lyrics: Johnny Mercer Book: Guy Bolton, Parke Levy and Alan Lipscott)
Broadway production opened on June 4 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 55 performances
WHITE HORSE INN
(Music: Ralph Benatzky Lyrics and Book: Harry Graham)
London revival opened at the London Coliseum and ran for 268 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 19th August 2011
Last edited: 2nd January 2024
