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Music Events of

Births

• 3 January:   STEPHEN STILLS = American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• 10 January:   ROD STEWART = British rock singer-songwriter
• 15 January:   JOAN JOHNSON = American singer, member of The Dixie Cups
• 17 January:
• WILLIAM HART = American R&B/Soul singer, member of The Delfonics
• IVAN KARABYTS = Ukrainian conductor and composer = [died: 2002]
• 20 January:   ERIC STEWART = English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995
• 26 January:
• JACQUELINE DU PRÉ = English cellist = [died: 1987]
• ASHLEY HUTCHINGS = English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founding member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre: Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band
• 6 February:   BOB MARLEY = Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and guitarist = [died: 1981]
• 14 February:   VIC BRIGGS = English former blues and rock musician, best known as the lead guitarist with Eric Burdon and The Animals during the 1966-1968 period
• 20 February:   ALAN HULL = English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band Lindisfarne = [died: 1995]
• 26 February:
• BOB HITE = American lead singer of the American blues-rock band Canned Heat = [died: 1981]
• MITCH RYDER = American musician
• 27 February:
• CARL ANDERSON = American singer, film and theatre actor best known for his portrayal of Judas Iscariot in the Broadway and film versions of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice = [died: 2004]
• DANNY RIVERA = Puerto Rican singer and songwriter
• 6 March:   HUGH GRUNDY = English musician, drummer with The Zombies
• 7 March:   ARTHUR LEE = American singer and songwriter who rose to fame as the frontman of the Los Angeles rock band Love = [died: 2006]
• 8 March:   MICKY DOLENZ = American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as the drummer and principal lead singer of the 1960s pop/rock band The Monkees
• 9 March:   ROBIN TROWER = English rock guitarist and vocalist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio
• 14 March:
• WALTER PARAZAIDER = American saxophonist, best known for being a founding member of the rock band Chicago
• JASPER CARROTT = English comedian, singer, actor, television presenter, and personality
• 17 March:   ELIS REGINA = Brazilian singer of popular and Jazz music = [died: 1982]
• 19 March:   CEM KARACA = Turkish rock musician and one of the most important figures in the Anatolian rock movement = [died: 2004]
• 28 March:   CHARLES PORTZ = American musician, bass guitarist with The Turtles {1965-1966}
• 30 March:   ERIC CLAPTON = English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
• 1 April:   JOHN BARBATA = American drummer, member of The Turtles {1966-1970} and Jefferson Starship {1974-1978}
• 9 April:   STEVE GADD = American session drummer
• 13 April:   LOWELL GEORGE = American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, who was the primary guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat = [died: 1979]
• 14 April:   RITCHIE BLACKMORE = English guitarist and songwriter, founding member of Deep Purple {1968-mid 1975} and Rainbow {1975-present}
• 24 April:   ROBERT KNIGHT = American singer
• 25 April:
• BJÖRN ULVAEUS = Swedish songwriter, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA {1972–1982}
• STU COOK = American bass guitarist, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival
• 28 April:   JOHN WOLTERS = American drummer with Dr. Hook {1973-1982, 1983-1985} = [died: 1997]
• 29 April:   TAMMI TERRELL = American soul singer = [died: 1970]
• 1 May:   RITA COOLIDGE = American recording artist and songwriter
• 2 May:
• GOLDY McJOHN = Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf
• JUDGE DREAD = English reggae and ska musician = [died: 1998]
• 4 May:   GEORG WADENIUS = Swedish-American guitarist, bassist, singer and composer, member of Blood, Sweat & Tears {1972-1975}
• 6 May:
• BOB SEGER = American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist
• JIMMIE DALE GILMORE = American country singer, songwriter, actor, recording artist and producer
• 7 May:   CHRISTY MOORE = Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 8 May:   KEITH JARRETT = American pianist and composer
• 9 May:   STEVE KATZ = American guitarist and record producer who is best known as a member of the rock-pop-jazz group Blood, Sweat & Tears. Katz was an original member of the rock bands The Blues Project and American Flyer
• 12 May:   IAN McLAGAN = English keyboard instrumentalist, best known as a member of the English rock bands The Small Faces and The Faces = [died: 2014]
• 13 May:   MAGIC DICK = American musician, noted for playing the harmonica for The J. Geils Band
• 19 May:   PETE TOWNSHEND = English musician, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, member of The Who
• 24 May:   PRISCILLA PRESLEY = American actress and business magnate. She is the former wife of the late entertainer Elvis Presley as well as co-founder and former chairwoman of Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), the company that turned Graceland into one of the top tourist attractions in the United States
• 27 May:   BRUCE COCKBURN = Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist
• 28 May:
• JOHN FOGERTY = American musician, singer and songwriter, member of Creedence Clearwater Revival
• CHAYITO VALDEZ = Mexican folk singer and actress = [died: 2016]
• 29 May:   GARY BROOKER = English singer, songwriter, pianist and founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum
• 1 June:
• LINDA SCOTT = American pop singer
• FREDERICA VON STADE = American operatic mezzo-soprano
• 2 June:   LORD DAVID DUNDAS = English singer, actor and composer
• 4 June:
• GORDON WALLER = British singer–songwriter–guitarist, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon = [died: 2009]
• ANTHONY BRAXTON = American avant-garde jazz composer and instrumentalist
• 14 June:   ROD ARGENT = English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the founder and keyboardist of the English rock band The Zombies, and went on to form the band Argent after the first break-up of the Zombies
• 20 June:   ANNE MURRAY = Canadian singer
• 24 June:   COLIN BLUNSTONE = English singer-songwriter and musician, lead singer of The Zombies
• 25 June:
• CARLY SIMON = American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author
• LABI SIFFRE = British singer, songwriter, musician and poet
• 28 June:   DAVE KNIGHTS = British bass player with Procol Harum {1967-1969}
• 1 July:   DEBBIE HARRY = American singer-songwriter and actress, best known as the lead singer of the new wave band Blondie
• 6 July:   R. K. ELSWIT = American musician, lead guitarist with Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show {1972-1985}
• 15 July:   PETER LEWIS = American musician, one of the founding members of Moby Grape
• 18 July:   DANNY McCULLOCH = English musician best known as the bassist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Eric Burdon & The Animals = [died: 2015]
• 20 July:
• KIM CARNES = American singer-songwriter
• JOHN LODGE = English musician, best known as bass guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter of the longstanding rock group The Moody Blues
• 24 July:   DAVID MINER = American guitarist, singer, songwriter & record producer, a member of Grace Slick's The Great Society
• 26 July:   BETTY DAVIS = American funk and soul singer
• 30 July:   DAVID SANBORN = American alto saxophonist
• 16 August:   GARY LIOZZO = American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer. He is best known for being the lead singer with The American Breed = [died: 2016]
• 18 August:   BARBARA HARRIS = American lead singer of The Toys
• 19 August:   IAN GILLAN = English singer and songwriter, member of Deep Purple
• 24 August:
• RANDY SILVERMAN = American doo-wop singer, member of Vito & The Salutations
• KEN HENSLEY = English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep
• MALCOLM DUNCAN = Scottish saxophonist and founding member of Average White Band
• RONEE BLAKLEY = American entertainer. A singer-songwriter, composer, producer and director, she is perhaps best known for her work as an actress
• 31 August:
• VAN MORRISON = British singer and songwriter
• ITZHAK PERLMAN = Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue
• 3 September:   MIKE HARRISON = English musician, lead singer of Spooky Tooth
• 4 September:   BILL KENWRIGHT = British West End theatre producer and film producer
• 5 September:   AL STEWART = Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician
• 8 September:
• RON McKERNAN = American singer and musician, member of The Grateful Dead = [died: 1973]
• KELLY GROUCUTT = English musician, bassist for Electric Light Orchestra {1974-1983} and ELO Part II = [died: 2009]
• 9 September:
• DOUG INGLE = American musician, founding member and, formerly, organist, vocalist, primary composer and lead vocalist for the band Iron Butterfly
• DEE DEE SHARP = American R&B singer
• 10 September:   JOSE FELICIANO = Puerto Rican virtuoso guitarist, singer, and composer
• 15 September:   JESSYE NORMAN = American opera singer and recitalist
• 19 September:   DAVID BROMBERG = American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
• 23 September:
• RONALD BUSHY = American musician, drummer with Iron Butterfly
• PAUL PETERSEN = American actor, singer, novelist, and activist
• 24 September:   JOHN RUTTER = British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer
• 25 September:   ONNIE McINTIRE = Scottish musician, member of Average White Band
• 26 September:
• BRYAN FERRY = English singer and songwriter
• GAL COSTA = Brazilian singer
• 1 October:   DONNY HATHAWAY = American jazz, blues, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, arranger and pianist = [died: 1979]
• 2 October:   DON McLEAN = American singer-songwriter
• 7 October:   KEVIN GODLEY = English musician and music video director. He is known as the drummer of the art rock band 10cc and for his collaboration outside the band with Lol Creme
• 9 October:   CHUCHO VALDÉS = Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger
• 10 October:   ALAN CARTWRIGHT = English bass player with Procol Harum from 1972
• 19 October:   JEANNIE C. RILEY = American country music and gospel singer
• 26 October:   LESLIE WEST = American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Mountain
• 28 October:   WAYNE FONTANA = English rock/pop singer, best known for the 1965 hit "Game of Love" with The Mindbenders
• 29 October:   MELBA MOORE = American singer, actress and entertainer
• 31 October:   RUSS BALLARD = English singer, songwriter and musician. Originally coming to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Argent
• 8 November:
• DONALD MURRAY = American drummer, best known for his work with The Turtles = [died: 1996]
• ARNOLD ROSNER = American composer = [died: 2013]
• 10 November:   DONNA FARGO = American country singer-songwriter
• 11 November:
• CHRIS DREJA = English musician, best known for playing rhythm guitar and bass in the British band The Yardbirds
• VINCENT MARTELL = American musician, lead guitar/vocalist with Vanilla Fudge
• 12 November:   NEIL YOUNG = Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, producer, director and screenwriter
• 15 November:   ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD = Swedish pop and jazz singer, member of ABBA
• 20 November:   DAN McBRIDE = American singer-songwriter and guitarist, member of Sha Na Na = [died: 2009]
• 24 November:   LEE MICHAELS = American rock musician, keyboardist and singer
• 26 November:   JOHN McVIE = British bass guitarist best known as a member of rock groups John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac
• 1 December:   BETTE MIDLER = American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer
• 8 December:   RAMÓN AYALA = Mexican musician, composer and songwriter
• 12 December:   ALAN WARD = British lead guitarist with The Honeycombs
• 14 December:   STANLEY CROUCH = American poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist and biographer
• 20 December:   PETER CRISS = American musician and actor, best known as a co-founder, the original drummer, and an occasional vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss
• 24 December:   LEMMY = English musician, singer and songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead = [died: 2015]
• 25 December:   NOEL REDDING = English rock bassist and guitarist best known for his work as bassist with Jimi Hendrix Experience = [died: 2003]
• 27 December:   CLARENCE BARLOW = British composer
• 30 December:   DAVY JONES = English singer-songwriter, musician, actor and businessman best known as a member of the band The Monkees = [died: 2012]


• date unknown:
• ABED AZRIE = French singer and composer of Syrian descent

Timeline of Musical Events

• The Motion Picture Daily Fame Poll designates BING CROSBY "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year.
• 26 July: Composer ERNEST JOHN MOERAN marries cellist PEERS COETMORE
• 19 August: DICK POWELL marries JUNE ALLYSON
• 1 September: TRIO LESCANO's last concert on Italian radio.
• 26 November: CHARLIE PARKER makes his first recording as a lead player, also featuring MILES DAVIS


• Also in 1945:-
• ANTAL DORÁTI becomes conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
• REYNALDO HAHN is appointed director of the Paris Opéra.
• FRANK SINATRA leaves Your Hit Parade to appear on Max Factor Presents Frank Sinatra and, starting that September, Old Gold Presents Songs By Sinatra
• RUTH BROWN runs away from home to marry trumpeter JIMMY BROWN and begin her career as a singer.

Publications

Publication	Authors	Publisher	Publication Date	Comment
Spade Cooley's Western Swing Song Folio	Donnell C. "Spade" Cooley and Smokey Rogers	Hill and Range Songs, Inc.	1945	the first songbook to identify the big Western dance band music as Western Swing

Published Popular Music

• "All of My Life" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "All Through the Day" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
• "Along the Navajo Trail" = lyrics & music by DICK CHARLES, EDDIE DE LANGE & LARRY MARKES
• "Apple Honey" = music by WOODY HERMAN
• "Aren't You Glad You're You?" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN
• "Atlanta G.A." = lyrics by SUNNY SKYLAR; music by ARTHUR SHAFTEL
• "Autumn Serenade" = lyrics by SAMMY GALLOP; music by PETER DE ROSE
• "Be-Baba-Leba" = lyrics & music by HELEN HUMES
• "The Blond Sailor" = English lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH, BELL LEIB; music by JACOB PFEIL
• "Boogie Blues" = lyrics & music by GENE KRUPA & RAY BIONDI
• "Caldonia" = lyrics & music by FLEECIE MOORE
• "The Carousel Waltz" = lyrics by RICHARD RODGERS
• "Cement Mixer" = lyrics & music by SLIM GAILLARD & LEE RICKS
• "Chickery Chick" = lyrics by SYLVIA DEE; music by SIDNEY LIPPMAN
• "Close as Pages in a Book" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG. Introduced by MAUREEN CANNON and WILBUR EVANS in the musical Up in Central Park
• "Cruising Down the River" = lyrics & music by EILY BEADELL & NELL TOLLERTON
• "Day By Day" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by PAUL WESTON & AXEL STORDAHL
• "Detour" = lyrics & music by PAUL WESTMORELAND
• "Dig You Later" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH
• "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
• "Don't Be a Baby, Baby" = lyrics by BUDDY KAYE; music by HOWARD STEINER
• "The End of the News" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
• "Everything But You" = lyrics & music by DON GEORGE, DUKE ELLINGTON and HARRY JAMES
• "For Sentimental Reasons" = lyrics by DEEK WATSON; music by WILLIAM BEST
• "The Frim Fram Sauce" = lyrics & music by JOE RICARDEL & REDD EVANS
• "Full Moon and Empty Arms" = lyrics & music by BUDDY KAYE & TED MOSSMAN
• "Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn" = lyrics & music by JASON MATTHEWS & TERRY SHAND
• "Give Me the Simple Life" = lyrics by HARRY RUBY; music by RUBE BLOOM
• "Good Good Good (That's You, That's You)" = by ROBERTS, FISHER
• "Gotta Be This or That" = lyrics & music by SUNNY SKYLAR
• "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
• "The Gypsy" = lyrics & music by BILLY REID
• "Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?" = lyrics & music by SCOTT WISEMAN
• "Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS; music by NAT SIMON
• "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" = lyrics & music by LIONEL HAMPTON & CURLEY HAMNER
• "Homesick - That's All" = lyrics & music by GORDON JENKINS
• "The Honeydripper" = lyrics & music by JOE LIGGINS
• "I Can't Begin to Tell You" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by JAMES V. MONACO. Introduced by JOHN PAYNE and reprised by BETTY GRABLE in the film The Dolly Sisters
• "I Don't Know Enough About You" = lyrics & music by PEGGY LEE & DAVE BARBOUR
• "I Have But One Heart" = by MARTY SYMES, J. FARROW
• "I Wish I Knew" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by DICK HAYMES in the film Diamond Horseshoe
• "I Wonder" = by GANT, LEVEEN
• "I Wonder What Happened To Him" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
• "If I Loved You" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by JOHN RAITT and JAN CLAYTON in the musical Carousel
• "I'll Buy That Dream" = lyrics by HERB MAGISON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
• "I'm a Big Girl Now" = lyrics & music by AL HOFFMANN, MILTON DRAKE & JERRY LIVINGSTONE
• "I'm Gonna Love That Guy" = lyrics & music by FRANCES ASH
• "In Acapulco" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by BETTY GRABLE in the film Diamond Horseshoe
• "In Love In Vain" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by LOUANNE HOGAN dubbing for JEANNE CRAIN in the film Centennial Summer
• "In the Middle of May" = lyrics by AL STILLMAN; music by FRED AHLERT
• "Isn't It Kinda Fun" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by DICK HAYMES and VIVIAN BLAINE in the film State Fair. Performed in the 1962 film version by ANN-MARGRET and DAVID STREET
• "It Might as Well Be Spring" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by LOUANNE HOGAN dubbing for JEANNE CRAIN in the film State Fair. Performed in the 1962 film version by ANITA GORDON dubbing for PAMELA TIFFIN
• "It's a Grand Night For Singing" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "It's Been a Long, Long Time" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
• "Johnnie Fedora (and Alice Bluebonnet)" = lyrics by ALLIE WRUBEL & RAY GILBERT
• "June is Bustin' Out All Over" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "Just a Blue Serge Suit" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
• "Laura" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by DAVID RAKSIN
• "Lavender Blue" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by ELIOT DANIEL
• "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
• "Love Letters" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by VICTOR YOUNG
• "Love on a Greyhound Bus" = lyrics by RALPH BLANE & KAY THOMPSON; music by GEORGE STOLL
• "Matelot" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD. Introduced by GRAHAM PAYN in the revue Sigh No More
• "Mister Snow" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "Money is the Root of All Evil" = lyrics & music by JOAN WHITNEY & ALEX KRAMER
• "The More I See You" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY WARREN
• "Nina" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
• "Oh! What It Seemed To Be" = lyrics & music by BENNIE BENJAMIN, GEORGE DAVID WEISS & FRANKIE CARLE
• "Personality" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN
• "Rodger Young" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
• "Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" = lyrics by SAMMY GALLOP; music by GUY WOOD
• "Sigh No More" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
• "Sioux City Sue" = lyrics by RAY FREEDMAN; music by DICK THOMAS
• "Soliloquy" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "Some Sunday Morning" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by M.K. JEROME & RAY HEINDORF
• "A Stranger in Town" = lyrics & music by MEL TORMÉ
• "Symphony" = English lyrics by JACK LAWRENCE; music by ALEX ALSTONE
• "Tampico" = lyrics & music by ALLAN ROBERTS & DORIS FISHER
• "(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight?" = lyrics & music by JAMES CAVANAUGH, LARRY STOCK & IRA SCHUSTER
• "That Little Dream Got Nowhere" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN
• "That's for Me" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "This Was a Real Nice Clambake" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "Till the End of Time" = lyrics & music by BUDDY KAYE & TED MOSSMAN
• "Two Silhouettes" = lyrics by RAY GILBERT; music by CHARLES WOLCOTT
• "Waitin' for the Train to Come In" = lyrics & music by SUNNY SKYLAR & MARTIN BLOCK
• "We'll Be Together Again" = lyrics by FRANKIE LAINE; music by CARL FISCHER
• "We'll Gather Lilacs" = lyrics & music by IVOR NOVELLO
• "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "When the Children Are Asleep" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "The Wild, Wild West" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HARRY WARREN from the film The Harvey Girls
• "You'll Never Walk Alone" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
• "You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS

Classical Music

• SAMUEL BARBER
• Cello Concerto
• GEORGE CRUMB
• Four Pieces for violin and piano
• Four Songs for voice, clarinet and piano
• Sonata for piano
• MORTON GOULD
• Viola concerto
• BOHUSLAV MARTINU
• Rhapsodie Tcheque
• DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
• Symphony No. 9 E flat major, Op. 70
• RICHARD STRAUSS
• Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
• IGOR STRAVINSKY
• Ebony Concerto for clarinet and jazz band

Opera

• BENJAMIN BRITTEN
• Peter Grimes
• PAUL DESSAU
• Die Reisen des Glücksgotts
• FREDERICK JACOBI
• The Prodigal Son

Musical Theatre

• ARE YOU WITH IT?
• (Music: Harry Revel Lyrics: Arnold B. Horwitt Book: Sam Perrin and George Balzer)
• Broadway production opened at the Century Theatre on November 10 and ran for 266 performances.
• BILLION DOLLAR BABY Starring MITZI GREEN, JOAN McCRACKEN, WILLIAM TALBOT, DANNY DANIELS and SHIRLEY VAN
• (Music: Morton Gould Book & Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
• Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on December 21 and ran for 220 performances.
• CAROUSEL
• (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II)
• Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on April 19 and ran for 890 performances.
• THE DAY BEFORE SPRING
• (Music: Frederick Loewe Lyrics and Book: Alan Jay Lerner)
• Broadway production opened on November 22 at the National Theatre and ran for 165 performances.
• THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE Starring LOTTE LENYA, EARL WRIGHTSON, BEVERLY TYLER and MELVILLE COOPER
• (Book: Ira Gershwin & Edwin Justus Mayer, Music: Kurt Weill, Lyrics: Ira Gershwin)
• Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 22 and ran for 43 performances.
• FOLLOW THE GIRLS
• (Music: Phil Charig Lyrics: Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal Book: Guy Bolton, Eddie Davis and Fred Thompson)
• London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 25 and ran for 572 performances.
• MARINKA
• (Music by: Emmerich Kalman; Book by: Karl Farkas, George Marion, Jr.; Lyrics by: George Marion, Jr.)
• Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on July 18 and moved to the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 1 for a total run of 165 performances
• PERCHANCE TO DREAM
• (Music, Lyrics and Book: Ivor Novello)
• London production opened at the London Hippodrome on April 21 and ran for 1022 performances.
• THE RED MILL
• (Music: Victor Herbert Lyrics and Book: Henry Blossom)
• Broadway revival opened on October 16 at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ran for 531 performances.
• SIGH NO MORE
• London revue opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on August 28
• UNDER THE COUNTER
• London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on November 22 and ran for 665 performances
• UP IN CENTRAL PARK
• (Music: Sigmund Romberg Lyrics: Dorothy Fields Book: Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields)
• Broadway production opened at the Century Theatre on January 27 and ran for 504 performances.