21 May:RONALD ISLEY = American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor; lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers
24 May:
ROBERT ALLEN ZIMMERMAN = American singer-songwriter, artist and writer
KONRAD BOEHMER = German-Dutch composer, educator, and writer = [died: 2014]
1 June:EDO DE WAART = Dutch conductor
2 June:CHARLIE WATTS = English drummer with The Rolling Stones
5 June:MARTHA ARGERICH = Argentine pianist
9 June:JON LORD = English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player
10 June:SHIRLEY OWENS = American soul singer, lead member of The Shirelles
12 June:
CHICK COREA = American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer
ROY HARPER = English folk rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
REG PRESLEY = English singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Troggs = [died: 2013]
13 June:ESTHER OFARIM = Israeli international singer
15 June:HARRY NILSSON = American singer-songwriter = [died: 1994]
16 June:LAMONT DOZIER = American songwriter and record producer
5 July:
TERRY CASHMAN = American record producer and singer-songwriter, lead singer of The Chevrons
WILLIAM GUEST = American R&B/soul singer, member of Gladys Knight & the Pips = [died: 2015]
7 July:JIM RODFORD = English musician, founding member of Argent
9 July:DONALD McPHERSON = American singer and co-founder of the 1970s R&B band The Main Ingredient = [died: 1971]
16 July:DESMOND DEKKER = Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician = [died: 2006]
17 July:GRIBOUILLE = French singer, musician, and song writer = [died: 1968]
18 July:
MARTHA REEVES = American R&B and pop singer and former politician, and is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
LONNIE MACK = American rock, blues, and country singer-guitarist
19 July:VICKI CARR = American singer and humanitarian, of Mexican descent
22 July:
ESTELLE BENNETT = American singer, member of The Ronettes = [died: 2009]
GEORGE CLINTON = American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer
25 July:MANNY CHARLTON = Scottish musician, founding member and lead guitarist of Nazareth
26 July:BRENTON WOOD = American singer and songwriter
28 July:RICCARDO MUTI = Italian conductor
30 July:PAUL ANKA = Canadian American singer, songwriter, and actor
2 August:DORIS COLEY = American singer, member of The Shirelles = [died: 2000]
3 August:BEVERLY LEE = American soul singer, member of The Shirelles
4 August:TIMI YURO = American soul singer and songwriter = [died: 2004]
14 August:DAVID CROSBY = American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash
20 August:DAVE BROCK = English singer-songwriter and musician, founding member of Hawkwind
21 August:
TOM COSTER = American keyboardist and composer, associated with Santana
JACKIE DeSHANNON = American singer-songwriter
26 August:CHRIS CURTIS = English drummer and singer with The Searchers = [died: 2005]
30 August:JOHN McNALLY = English guitarist and vocalist, founding member of The Searchers
8 September:DONALD DROWTY = American, member of Dante & the Evergreens
9 September:OTIS REDDING = American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout = [died: 1967]
10 September:CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD = English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, and musicologist = [died: 2014]
13 September:DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS = Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, lead vocalist with Blood, Sweat & Tears
14 September:ALBERTO NARANJO = Venezuelan arranger and composer
16 September:JOE BUTLER = American founding member of The Lovin' Spoonful
19 September:CASS ELLIOT = American singer and member of The Mamas & the Papas = [died: 1974]
24 September:LINDA McCARTNEY = American musician, photographer animal rights activist, entrepreneur and publisher; first wife of Paul McCartney, member of Wings = [died: 1998]
2 October:RON MEAGHER = American musician, bassist with The Beau Brummels
3 October:CHUBBY CHECKER = American singer-songwriter
13 October:
NEIL ASPINALL = Welsh-born English music industry executive, road manager for the Beatles = [died: 2008]
PAUL SIMON = American musician, singer-songwriter and actor; also part of Simon & Garfunkel
17 October:
JAMES SEALS = American singer, part of Seals and Crofts
ALAN HOWARD = English musician, original member of The Tremeloes
21 October:STEVE CROPPER = American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer; member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and later The Blues Brothers Band
25 October:HELEN REDDY = Australian singer, actress, and activist
26 October:TRISTAN FREDERICK ALLAN FRY = British drummer and percussionist, member of Sky {1978-1984}
28 October:HANK MARVIN = English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter; lead guitarist with The Shadows
30 October:OTIS WILLIAMS = American baritone singer, founder of The Temptations
2 November:BRUCE WELCH = English guitarist, songwriter, producer and singer, member of The Shadows
3 November:BRIAN POOLE = English singer and performer, original lead singer of The Tremeloes
5 November:ART GARFUNKEL = American singer, poet and actor; also part of Simon & Garfunkel
6 November:DOUG SAHM = American musician, founder and leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet = [died: 1999]
8 November:SIMON STANDAGE = English baroque violinist and conductor
9 November:TOM FOGERTY = American musician, rhythm guitarist with Creedence Clearwater Revival
13 November:ODIA COATES = American singer = [died: 1991]
21 November:DAVID PORTER = American record producer, songwriter, singer, entrepreneur and philanthropist
24 November:
DONALD "DUCK" DUNN = American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter; member of Booker T. & the M.G.'s and later The Blues Brothers = [died: 2012]
PETE BEST = English musician, original drummer for The Beatles
26 November:AMOS GARRETT = American-Canadian musician, performer, and author
27 November:EDDIE RABBITT = American singer and songwriter = [died: 1998]
2 December:TOM McGUINNESS = English guitarist, songwriter, author, record and TV producer; bass guitarist with Manfred Mann, founding member of McGuinness Flint and also bass guitarist for The Blues Band and The Manfreds
8 December:BOBBY ELLIOTT = English drummer with The Hollies
18 December:SAM ANDREW = American musician, singer, songwriter, composer, artist and founding member and guitarist of Big Brother & The Holding Company = [died: 2015]
19 December:MAURICE WHITE = American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger and bandleader; founding member of Earth, Wind and Fire = [died: 2016]
23 December:TIM HARDIN = American folk musician and composer = [died: 1980]
27 December:
LESLIE MAGUIRE = English pianist with Gerry & the Pacemakers
MIKE PINDER = English rock musician, founding member and original keyboard player of The Moody Blues
29 December:RAY THOMAS = English musician, best known as a flautist, singer and composer in the rock band, The Moody Blues
Timeline of Musical Events
5 January:ERNESTO BONINO makes his début on Italian radio
15 January: OLIVIER MESSIAEN's Quatuor pour la fin du temps is premiered in Stalag VIIIA in Silesia
20 January: BÉLA BARTÓK's String Quartet No. 6 is premiered in New York City
11 February: 1st Gold record presented to GLENN MILLER for Chattanooga Choo Choo
10 May: London's Queen's Hall, venue for the Promenade Concerts, is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The Proms re-locate to the Royal Albert Hall
18 August: In a brutal police operation in Nazi Germany, over 300 Swing Kids are arrested, marking the end of tolerance to swing music
Also in 1941:-
ALAN LOMAX (working for the Library of Congress) discovers MUDDY WATERS and SON HOUSE, among others
LES PAUL designs and builds the first solid-body electric guitar
WOODY GUTHRIE writes and records "Roll on Columbia" in Portland, Oregon on a commission from the Bonneville Power Administration
ENRICO GENTILE leaves Quartetto Ritmo. FELICE CHIUSANO replaces him and the group is renamed Quartetto Cetra
Dutch Leschan sisters of Trio Lescano become Italian citizens
Published Popular Music
"All That Meat And No Potatoes" = lyrics & music by FATS WALLER & ED KIRKEBY
"The Anniversary Waltz" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by DAVE FRANKLIN
"Apollo Jump" = music by ERNEST PUREE, PRINCE ROBINSON & LUCIUS "LUCKY" MILLINDER
"Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"Baby Mine" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by FRANK CHURCHILL
"Be Honest With Me" = lyrics & music by FRED ROSE & GENE AUTRY
"Blue Champagne" = lyrics & music by JIMMY EATON, GRADY WATTS & FRANK RYERSON
"Blues In The Night" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Boa Noite" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" = lyrics & music by DON RAYE & HUGHIE PRINCE
"Botch-A-Me" = English lyrics by EDDIE STANLEY, Italian lyrics by R. MORBELLI & L. ASTORE; music by R. MORBELLI & L. ASTORE
"Casey Junior" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by FRANK CHURCHILL from the animated feature Dumbo
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"Cherry" = lyrics & music by CHARLES N. DANIELS
"Chica Chica Boom Chic" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Daddy" = lyrics & music by BOBBY TROUP
"Deep in the Heart of Texas" = lyrics by JUNE HERSHEY; music by DON SWANDER
"Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" = lyrics & music by HORATIO NICHOLLS, CHARLIE CHESTER & REG MORGAN
"Elmer's Tune" = lyrics & music by ELMER ALBRECHT, SAMMY GALLOP & DICK JURGENS
"Everything Happens To Me" = lyrics by TOM ADAIR; music by MATT DENNIS
"Five Guys Named Moe" = lyrics by LARRY WYNN; music by JERRY BRESLER
"God Bless The Child" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR HERZOG JR & BILLIE HOLIDAY
"Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama" = lyrics & music by J. FRED COOTS
"He Wears A Pair Of Silver Wings" = lyrics by ERIC MASCHWITZ; music by MICHAEL CARR
"Hey Little Hen" = lyrics & music by RALPH BUTLER & NOEL GAY
"How About You?" = lyrics by RALPH FREED; music by BURTON LANE
"Humpty Dumpty Heart" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN
"The Hut-Sut Song" = lyrics & music by LEO V. KILLION, TED MCMICHAEL & JACK OWENS, THE CRUISING CROONER
"I Could Write a Book" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by GENE KELLY and LEILA ERNST in the musical Pal Joey. Performed in the 1953 film version by FRANK SINATRA
"I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" = lyrics & music by EDDIE SEILER, SOL MARCUS, BENNIE BENJAMIN & EDDIE DURHAM
"I Don't Want To Walk Without You" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by JULE STYNE
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" = lyrics by MICKEY STONER & MARTIN BLOCK; music by HAROLD GREEN
"I Know Why (And So Do You)" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"I Remember You" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"I Said No!" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by JULE STYNE
"I See A Million People" = lyrics by ROBERT SOUR; music by UNA MAE CARLISLE
"I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"I'll Remember April" = lyrics by DON RAYE & PATRICIA JOHNSTON; music by GENE DE PAUL
"It Happened In Sun Valley" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
"It's So Peaceful In The Country" = lyrics & music by ALEC WILDER
"I Understand" = lyrics by KIM GANNON; music by MABEL WAYNE
"I've Got Sixpence" = lyrics & music by ELTON BOX & DESMOND COX
"Jenny" (aka "The Saga of Jenny") = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by KURT WEILL. Introduced by GERTRUDE LAWRENCE in the musical Lady in the Dark. Performed in the 1944 film version by GINGER ROGERS
"Jersey Bounce" = music by BOBBY PLATER, TINY BRADSHAW, EDWARD JOHNSON & ROBERT B. WRIGHT
"Jim" = lyrics by NELSON SHAWN; music by CAESAR PETRILLO & EDWARD ROSS
"Kiss The Boys Goodbye" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"Knock Me A Kiss" = lyrics & music by MIKE JACKSON
"Let's All Meet At My House" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN
"Let's Get Away from It All" = lyrics by TOM ADAIR; music by MATT DENNIS
"Let's Not Talk About Love" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"London Pride" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Ma! I Miss Your Apple Pie" = lyrics & music by CARMEN LOMBARDO & JOHN JACOB LOEB
"Misirlou" = English lyrics by MILTON LEEDS, S. K. RUSSELL & FRED WISE; music by N. ROUBANIS
"Moonlight Cocktail" = lyrics by KIM GANNON; music by C. LUCKEYTH "LUCKY" ROBERTS
"My Adobe Hacienda" = lyrics & music by LOUISE MASSEY & LEE PENNY
"My Ship" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by KURT WEILL
"My Sister and I" = lyrics & music by HY ZARET, JOAN WHITNEY & ALEX KRAMER
"Oh! Look at Me Now" = lyrics by JOHN DE VRIES; music by JOE BUSHKIN
"Please Take A Letter Miss Brown" = by PAUL CUNNINGHAM, ERNIE BURNETT
"Racing With The Moon" = lyrics by VAUGHN MONROE & PAULINE POPE; music by JOHNNY WATSON
"Rancho Pillow" = by CHARLES NEWMAN & ALLIE WRUBEL
"Remember Pearl Harbor" = lyrics & music by DON REID & SAMMY KAYE
"Road To Zanzibar" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN from the film Road To Zanzibar
"Rose O'Day" = lyrics & music by CHARLES TOBIAS & AL LEWIS
"Sand In My Shoes" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"The Shrine Of Saint Cecilia" = lyrics by CARROLL LOVEDAY; music by NILS PERNE (JOKERN)
"A Sinner Kissed An Angel" = lyrics by MACK DAVID; music by LARRY SHAYNE
"Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat" = lyrics & music by LEON RENÉ, OTIS RENÉ & EMERSON SCOTT
"So Near and Yet So Far" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film You'll Never Get Rich
"Starlight Serenade" = lyrics & music by SONNY MILLER, FREDERICK TYSH & HANS MAY
"The Story Of A Starry Night" = lyrics & music by JERRY LIVINGSTON, AL HOFFMAN & MANN CURTIS
"A String Of Pearls" = lyrics by EDDIE DE LANGE; music by JERRY GRAY
"Sun Valley Jump" = music by JERRY GRAY from the film Sun Valley Serenade
"Take The "A" Train" = lyrics & music by BILLY STRAYHORN
"Tangerine" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"Tenement Symphony" = lyrics by SID KULLER & RAY GOLDEN; music by HAL BORNE
"That Lovely Weekend" = lyrics & music by TED HEATH & MOIRA HEATH
"There Goes That Song Again" = by ALLIE WRUBEL
"There, I've Said It Again" = lyrics & music by REDD EVANS & DAVE MANN
"This Is New" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by KURT WEILL
"This Time the Dream's on Me" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by PRISCILLA LANE in the film Blues in the Night
"(Lights Out) 'Til Reveille" = lyrics by STANLEY COWAN; music by STANLEY COWAN & BOBBY WORTH
"Tonight We Love" = lyrics by BOBBY WORTH; music by FREDDY MARTIN & RAY AUSTIN
"Tschaikovsky (and Other Russians)" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by KURT WEILL. Introduced by DANNY KAYE in the musical Lady in the Dark
"Two In Love" = lyrics & music by MEREDITH WILLSON
"Violets For Your Furs" = lyrics by TOM ADAIR; music by MATT DENNIS
"The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER
"Walking The Floor Over You" = lyrics & music by ERNEST TUBB
"We're The Couple In The Castle" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"When I See an Elephant Fly" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by OLIVER WALLACE
"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" = lyrics & music by WILEY WALKER & GENE SULLIVAN
"When They Sound The Last All Clear" = lyrics & music by HUGH CHARLES, LOUIS ELTON
"(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover" = lyrics by NAT BURTON; music by WALTER KENT
"Why Don't We Do This More Often?" = lyrics by CHARLES NEWMAN; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"Winter Weather" = lyrics & music by TED SHAPIRO
"You And I" = lyrics & music by MEREDITH WILLSON
"You Don't Know What Love Is" = lyrics by DON RAYE; music by GENE DE PAUL
Classical Music
JOSEPH ACHRON
Concerto for Piano Solo
RICHARD ADDINSELL
Warsaw Concerto
HANNS EISLER
Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain
ROBERTO GERHARD
Sinfonía homenaje a Pedrell
REINHOLD GLIÈRE
Pochodnyj marš (Field march) for wind orchestra, op. 76
VÍTEZSLAV NOVÁK
De Profundis
HARRY PARTCH
Barstow
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 7 C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"
Opera
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Paul Bunyan
Musical Theatre
APPLE SAUCE
London revue opened at the Palladium on March 5
BANJO EYES
Broadway production opened on December 25 at the Hollywood Theatre and ran for 126 performances
BEST FOOT FORWARD
Broadway production opened on October 1 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 326 performances
GET A LOAD OF THIS
London production opened on November 19 at the Hippodrome Theatre and ran for 698 performances
HIGH KICKERS
Broadway production opened on October 31 at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 171 performances
IT HAPPENS ON ICE
Broadway Revue opened on July 15 at the Center Theatre and ran for 386 performances
LADY BEHAVE
London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 24 and ran for 401 performances
LADY IN THE DARK
Broadway production opened on January 23 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 467 performances
LET'S FACE IT!
Broadway production opened on October 29 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 547 performances
SONS O' FUN
Broadway Revue opened on December 1 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 742 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 12th August 2011
Last edited: 2nd January 2024
