6 January:SANDY DENNY = English folk singer-songwriter, member of Fairport Convention {1968-1969, 1974-1976} = [died: 1978]
8 January:
DAVID BOWIE = English singer-songwriter, actor = [died: 2016]
TERRY SYLVESTER = English guitarist/singer with The Escorts, The Swinging Blue Jeans {1966–1969} and The Hollies {1969-1981}
18 January:JOHN O'CONOR = Irish pianist and pedagogue, and former director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music
19 January:ROD EVANS = English singer, original member of Deep Purple {March 1968–July 1969}
20 January:GEORGE GRANTHAM = American drummer and vocalist best known for his work with pioneering country rock band Poco {1968-1977, 1985-1986, 1988-1990, 2000-2004}
21 January:PYE HASTINGS = British musician, he is the guitarist and vocalist of the Canterbury scene band Caravan
24 January:WARREN ZEVON = American rock singer-songwriter and musician = [died: 2003]
28 January:DAVID BYRON = British singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist with the rock band Uriah Heep {1969-1976} = [died: 1985]
30 January:STEVE MARRIOTT = English musician, songwriter and frontman of two notable rock and roll bands, Small Faces {1965–1969, 1975–1978} and Humble Pie {1969–1975, 1979–1981, 1982–1983} = [died: 1991}
3 February:
DAVE DAVIES = English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist for the English rock band The Kinks {1964–1996}
MELANIE SAFKA = American singer-songwriter
9 February:JOE ELY = American singer, songwriter and guitarist
14 February:TIM BUCKLEY = American singer-songwriter and guitarist = [died: 1975]
15 February:
DAVID BROWN = American musician, bass player with Santana {1966-1976} = [died: 2000]
JOHN COOLIDGE ADAMS = American composer of classical music and opera, with strong roots in minimalism
18 February:DENNIS DeYOUNG = American singer, songwriter, musician and producer best known for being a founding member of the rock band Styx {1972–1984, 1989-1992, 1995-1999}
3 March:JENNIFER WARNES = American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
5 March:CLODAGH RODGERS = Northern Irish singer and actress
6 March:KIKI DEE = English singer
8 March:
MICHAEL ALLSUP = American guitarist, best known for his contribution as a member of the rock and roll group, Three Dog Night {1968-74, 1981-84, 1991-present}
PHIL SAWYER = English musician, member of The Spencer Davis Group
10 March:TOM SCHOLZ = American rock musician, inventor, engineer, and philanthropist, best known as the founder of the band Boston {1976-present}
11 March:MARK STEIN = American lead vocalist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger for Vanilla Fudge {1966–1970, 1982–1984, 2005, 2006–present}
14 March:PETER SKELLERN = English singer-songwriter and pianist
15 March:RY COODER = American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer
18 March:B. J. WILSON = English rock drummer with Procol Harum {1967-1977} = [died: 1990]
24 March:MIKE KELLIE = English multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, drummer with Spooky Tooth {1967-1970, 1973–1974, 1998–1999, 2004, 2008}
25 March:ELTON JOHN = English singer-songwriter, musician and composer
26 March:JOHN ROWLES, New Zealand singer
29 March:BOBBY KIMBALL = American singer, original and longtime frontman of the rock band Toto {1977–1984, 1989, 1998–2008}
2 April:EMMYLOU HARRIS = American country singer-songwriter
7 April:PATRICIA BENNETT = American singer, original member of The Chiffons
8 April:
STEVE HOWE = English musician and songwriter, member of Yes {1970–1981, 1990–1992, 1995–present}
LARRY NORMAN = American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer = [died: 2008]
12 April:ALEX BRILEY = American singer, who performs the "G.I." role in the disco music group The Village People {1977-present}
10 April:BUNNY WAILER = Jamaican singer songwriter and percussionist and was an original member of reggae group The Wailers
IGGY POP = American singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the vocalist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges {1967–1974, 2003–2016}
JOHN WEIDER = English rock musician who plays guitar, bass, and violin. He was a replacement for Eric Clapton in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers {1965} but is best known as the guitarist for Eric Burdon & the Animals {1966-1968}. He was also the bass player for Family {1969-1971}
23 April:GLENN CORNICK = British bass player, best known as a founding member of Jethro Tull {1967–1970} = [died: 2014}
27 April:PETE HAM = Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the lead vocalist/composer of the 1970s rock band Badfinger {1969-April 1975} = [died: 1975]
29 April:TOMMY JAMES = American pop rock musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, widely known as leader of the 1960s rock band Tommy James and the Shondells
10 May:JAY FERGUSON = American rock/pop musician, known for his work with Spirit {1967–71, 1976, 1982–85} and Jo Jo Gunne {1971-74, 1992}
11 May:BUTCH TRUCKS = American drummer who is one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band
14 May:AL CINER = American guitarist best known for playing guitar for The American Breed {1966-1969} and Three Dog Night {1975-76}
15 May:GRAEHAM GOBLE = Australian musician, singer/songwriter and record producer, best known as a founding member of Australian rock group Little River Band {1975–92}
16 May:
BARBARA LEE = American singer, member of The Chiffons = [died: 1992]
DARRELL SWEET = Scottish drummer and co-founder of Nazareth {1968-1999} = [died: 1999]
19 May:PAUL BRADY = Irish singer-songwriter
20 May:STEVE CURRIE = English musician, bass guitar player with T. Rex {Dec 1970–Aug 1976} = [died: 1981]
21 May:BILL CHAMPLIN = American singer, guitarist, keyboard player, arranger, producer, and songwriter. His performance work is principally associated with the bands The Sons of Champlin and Chicago {1981-2009}
31 May:JUNIOR CAMPBELL = Scottish composer, songwriter and musician. He was a founding member, lead guitarist, piano player, and singer with the Scottish band Marmalade {1966-1971}
1 June:RONNIE WOOD = English rock musician, singer, songwriter, artist and radio personality, member of The Faces {1969–1975, 2009–2015} and The Rolling Stones {1975-present}
3 June:MICKEY FINN = British drummer with T. Rex {Oct 1969–Feb 1975} = [died: 2003]
5 June:
TOM EVANS = English musician and songwriter, most notable for his work with the band Badfinger {1969-Apr 1975, 1978-1983} = [died: 1983]
LAURIE ANDERSON = American avant-garde artist, composer, musician and film director
8 June:JULIE DRISCOLL = English singer and actress, member of Brian Auger & the Trinity
9 June:MICK BOX = British musician, lead guitarist with Uriah Heep
14 June:BARRY MELTON = American musician, co-founder and original lead guitarist of Country Joe and The Fish {1965-mid 1970s} and The Dinosaurs {1982-1989}
17 June:
GREGG ROLIE = American singer, keyboardist and organist. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana {1966–1972, 1982, 1987–1988, 2013–present}, Journey {1973-80} and Abraxas Pool {1997} – all of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group The Storm {1990-1993, 1995-1996}
PAUL YOUNG = English singer-songwriter, member of Sad Café {1976–1990, 1998} and Mike + the Mechanics {1985-2000} = [died: 2000]
20 June:DOLORES "LALA" BROOKS = American singer and Broadway actress, former member of The Crystals
22 June:HOWARD KAYLAN = American rock and roll musician and humorist, member of The Turtles {1965–1970, 2010–present}, The Mothers of Invention {1970-1971} and Flo & Eddie {1972-present}
24 June:MICK FLEETWOOD = British musician and actor, drummer and co-founder of the rock band Fleetwood Mac
7 July:ROB TOWNSEND = English rock and blues drummer, member of Family {1967–1973, 2013-present}, The Blues Band {1982-1983, 1984-present} and The Manfreds {1991-present}
8 July:JONATHAN KELLY = Irish folk rock singer-songwriter
9 July:MITCH MITCHELL = English drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience {1966-69, 1970} = [died: 2008]
10 July:ARLO GUTHRIE = American folk singer-songwriter
11 July:JOHN HOLT = Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, member of The Paragons {1964-1970} = [died: 2014}
15 July:PETER BANKS = British guitarist, member of The Syn {1965-67} and Yes {1968-1970} = [died: 2013]
19 July:
BERNIE LEADON = American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of The Eagles {1971–1975; touring 2013–2015}, prior to this, he was a member of three pioneering and highly influential country rock bands, Hearts & Flowers {1968}, Dillard & Clark {1968-1969} and The Flying Burrito Brothers {1969-1971}
BRIAN MAY = English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen
20 July:CARLOS SANTANA = Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana
22 July:DON HENLEY = American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer, best known as a founding member of The Eagles
23 July:DAVID ESSEX = English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
24 July:CHRIS TOWNSON = English musician, illustrator and social worker. He was a founding member of the 1960s rock group John's Children {1966-68} and stood in for KEITH MOON of The Who {June 1967} = [died: 2008]
5 August:
RICK DERRINGER = American guitarist, vocalist, Grammy Award-winning producer and entertainer, member of The McCoys {1962-1969}
GREGORY LESKIW = Canadian guitarist best known for playing guitar with The Guess Who {1970-1972}
6 August:DENNIS ALCAPONE = Jamaican reggae deejay and producer
9 August:BARBARA MASON = American R&B/soul singer
10 August:
IAN ANDERSON = Scottish-born musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work as the lead vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull
DIMITRI ALEXEEV = Russian pianist
14 August:MADDY PRIOR = English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span
17 August:GARY TALLEY = American guitarist, singer, songwriter and author. He began his career as lead guitarist for the Grammy-nominated group The Box Tops {1967-70, 1989, 1996-2010, 2015-present}
20 August:JAMES PANKOW = American trombone player, songwriter and brass instrument player, best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago
3 September:ERIC BELL = Northern Irish rock and blues musician, best known as a founder member and the original guitarist of the rock group Thin Lizzy {1969–73}
5 September:BUDDY MILES = American rock drummer, vocalist, composer, and producer. He was a founding member of The Electric Flag {1967}, a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys {1969–1970}, founder and leader of the Buddy Miles Express and later, The Buddy Miles Band = [died: 2008]
12 September:DARRYL DeLOACH = American singer, member of Iron Butterfly {1966-1967} = [died: 2002]
17 September:
LOL CREME = English musician and music video director, best known for his work in 10cc {1972–1976, 1991–1993}
GORDON EDWARDS = British musician, member of The Pretty Things and The Kinks = [died: 2002]
21 September:DON FELDER = American musician and songwriter, best known for his work as a lead guitarist for The Eagles {1973-2001}
23 September:JERRY CORBETTA = American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and organist, best known as a frontman for the rock band Sugarloaf {1970–1978; 1985; 1989-1991}
27 September:MEAT LOAF = American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
30 September:MARC BOLAN = English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet. Best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex = [died: 1977]
4 October:JIM FIELDER = American bassist, best known for his work as an original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears {1967–1974} and before that being in Buffalo Springfield {1967}
5 October:BRIAN JOHNSON = English singer and songwriter, third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC {1980-present}
10 October:NORMAN CARL ODAM aka THE LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY = American novelty artist
13 October:SAMMY HAGAR = American rock vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, musician and entrepreneur; member of Montrose {1973-1975} and Van Halen {1985-1996, 2003-2005}
16 October:BOB WEIR = American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of The Grateful Dead {1965-1995}
17 October:MICHAEL McKEAN = American actor, comedian, writer, composer and musician, well known for his work in the Christopher Guest ensemble films, particularly as David St. Hubbins, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the fictional rock band Spinal Tap from the film This Is Spinal Tap
18 October:LAURA NYRO = American songwriter, singer, and pianist = [died: 1997]
23 October:
FRANK DiLEO = American music industry executive and actor = [died: 2011]
GREG RIDLEY = English rock bassist, member of Spooky Tooth {1967-69} and a founding member of Humple Pie {Jan 1969-Mid 1975} = [died: 2003]
30 October:TIMOTHY B. SCHMIT = American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work as the bass guitar player and singer for Poco {1969-1977} and The Eagles {1977–1980, 1994–2016}
2 November:DAVE PEGG = English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention {1969-79, 1985-present} and Jethro Tull {1980-85}
5 November:
PETER NOONE = English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor, best known as 'Herman' of the successful 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits {1964–1971, 1973}
STEVE HODSON, British actor and singer "Crystal Bay" {Jan 1973}
8 November:MINNIE RIPERTON = American singer-songwriter = [died: 1979]
10 November:
GREG LAKE = English singer, musician, songwriter and producer. He was a singer and bassist for King Crimson {1968–70} before becoming the bassist, guitarist, singer and lyricist for Emerson, Lake & Palmer {1970–79, 1991–98, 2010} = [died: 2016]
DAVE LOGGINS = American singer, songwriter, and musician
12 November:BUCK DHARMA = American guitarist and songwriter, best known for being a member of Blue Öyster Cult {1967-present}
20 November:JOE WALSH = American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer; member of James Gang {1968-71} and The Eagles {1975–1980, 1994–2016}
4 December:TERRY WOODS = Irish folk musician, member of Steeleye Span {1969–1970} and The Pogues {1986–1993, 2001–2014}
5 December:
JIM MESSINA = American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield {1968}, a founding member of the country rock pioneer Poco {1968-1970, 1988-1991}, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina {1971–1976, 2005–present} with KENNY LOGGINS
RICK WILLS = British bass player. He is best known for his work with rock band Foreigner {1979–92} and his associations with the Small Faces {1976–1978}, Peter Frampton {} and Bad Company {1992–1998, 2001}
8 December:GREGG ALLMAN = American musician, singer and songwriter, member of The Allman Brothers Band
12 December:VIN SCELSA = American radio DJ
20 December:STEVIE WRIGHT = English-born Australian musician and songwriter, member of The Easybeats {1964-1969} = [died: 2015]
28 December:DICK DIAMONDE = Dutch-Australian bass guitarist, member of The Easybeats {1964-1969}
29 December:COZY POWELL = English rock drummer = [died: 1998]
30 December:JEFF LYNNE = English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, member of The Idle Race {1966-1970}, The Move {1970-1972} and leader of the Electric Light Orchestra
31 December:BURTON CUMMINGS = Canadian musician, singer and songwriter, member of The Guess Who (1965-1975}
Timeline of Musical Events
11-15 June: First Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held in Wales.
7 August:CARLO BERGONZI makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Bohème at the Arena Argentina in Catania.
October:ENRICO DE ANGELIS leaves Quartetto Cetra to join the army. LUCIA MANNUCCI replaces him.
Also in 1947:-
JACK BRYMER becomes principal clarinettist of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
PATTI PAGE signs with Mercury.
FRANKIE LAINE earns the first of his 21 gold records.
KAY STARR signs with Capitol.
GEORGE JONES begins performing.
ERNESTO BOSINO embarks on his Latin American tour.
The Amadeus Quartet is founded, as the Brainin Quartet.
Published Popular Music
"Across the Alley From the Alamo" = lyrics & music by JOE GREEN
"Afraid to Fall in Love" = lyrics by RALPH BLANE; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by MICKEY ROONEY and GLORIA DeHAVEN in the 1948 film Summer Holiday
"Ah, But It Happens" = lyrics by WILLIAM DUNHAM; music by WALTER KENT
"Almost Like Being in Love" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE. Introduced by DAVID BROOKS and MARION BELL in the musical Brigadoon. Performed in the 1954 film version by GENE KELLY
"And Mimi" = lyrics & music by JIMMY KENNEDY & NAT SIMON
"Apalachicola F.L.A." = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN. Introduced by BOB HOPE and BING CROSBY in the film Road to Rio
"An Apple Blossom Wedding" = lyrics & music by JIMMY KENNEDY & NAT SIMON
"April in Portugal" = Portuguese lyrics by JOSE GALHARDO, English lyrics by JIMMY KENNEDY; music by RAUL FERRÃO
"Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes") = English lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER, French lyrics by JACQUES PRÉVERT; music by JOSEPH KOSMA
"Ballerina" = lyrics & music by BOB RUSSELL & CARL SIGMAN
"Beg Your Pardon" = lyrics & music by FRANCIS CRAIG & BEASLEY SMITH
"Big Brass Band from Brazil" = lyrics & music by BOB HILLIARD & CARL SIGMAN
"Bloop Bleep" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Blue Shadows on the Trail" = lyrics by JOHNNY LANGE; music by ELLIOT DANIEL
"Bouquet of Roses" = lyrics & music by STEVE NELSON & BOB HILLIARD
"Busy Doing Nothing" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"But Beautiful" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Buttons and Bows" = lyrics & music by JAY LIVINGSTON & RAY EVANS
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" = lyrics & music by MACK DAVID, JERRY LIVINGSTON & AL HOFFMAN
"Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" = lyrics & music by TIM SPENCER
"Civilization" = lyrics & music by BOB HILLIARD & CARL SIGMAN. Introduced by ELAINE STRITCH in the revue Angel in the Wings
"Clancy Lowered the Boom" = lyrics & music by HY HEATH & JOHNNY LANGE
"Come to Me, Bend to Me" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"Come to the Mardi Gras" = English lyrics by ERVIN DRAKE & JIMMY SHIRL, Portuguese lyrics by MAX BULHOES & MILTON DE OLIVIERA; music by MAX BULHOES & MILTON DE OLIVIERA
"Confess" = lyrics & music by BENNIE BENJAMIN & GEORGE DAVID WEISS
"Cuanto Le Gusta" = lyrics by RAY GILBERT; music by GABRIEL RUIZ
"Don't Smoke in Bed" = lyrics & music by WILLARD ROBISON
"Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell a Woman" = lyrics & music by AL STEWART & TEX WILLIAMS
"Down by the Station" = adapted from a children's song by LEE RICKS & SLIM GAILLARD
"Down the Old Spanish Trail" = by KENNETH LESLIE-SMITH & JIMMY KENNEDY
"The Dream of Olwen" = lyrics by WINIFRED MAY; music by CHARLES WILLIAMS
"The Egg and I" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR, AL JOLSON, and HARRY AKST; music by HARRY RUBY
"Everybody Loves Somebody" = lyrics by IRVING TAYLOR; music by KEN LANE
"Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There" = by LEE ROY ABERNATHY
"Ev'ry Day I Love You" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
"A Fella with an Umbrella" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"For Every Man There's a Woman" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by TONY MARTIN in the 1948 film Casbah
"Four Brothers" = by JIMMY GIUFFRE
"Fun And Fancy Free" = lyrics & music by BENNIE BENJAMIN & GEORGE DAVID WEISS
"Galway Bay" = lyrics & music by Dr ARTHUR COLAHAN
"The Gentleman Is A Dope" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Good Rockin' Tonight" = lyrics & music by ROY BROWN
"Haunted Heart" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"The Heather On The Hill" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"Here Comes Santa Claus" = lyrics & music by GENE AUTRY & OAKLEY HALDEMAN
"Here I'll Stay" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by KURT WEILL
"Hooray For Love" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by TONY MARTIN and YVONNE DeCARLO in the 1948 film Casbah
"A Hundred And Sixty Acres" = lyrics & music by DAVID KAPP
"Hurry On Down" = lyrics & music by NELLIE LUTCHER
"I Like'em Fat Like That" = lyrics & music by CLAUDE DEMETRIUS, LOUIS JORDAN, J. MAYO WILLIAMS
"I Still Get Jealous" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
"I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" = lyrics & music by LARRY MARKS & DICK CHARLES
"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Ichabod" = by DON RAYE & GENE DE PAUL
"If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"I'll Dance At Your Wedding" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by BEN OAKLAND
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"I'm My Own Grandpa" = lyrics & music by DWIGHT LATHAM & MOE JAFFE
"It Only Happens When I Dance With You" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"It Takes a Long, Long Train With a Red Caboose" = lyrics & music by LARRY MARKS & DICK CHARLES
"It Was Written in the Stars" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"It's a Most Unusual Day" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"It's Magic" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
"Ivy" = lyrics & music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Kokomo, Indiana" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by JOSEF MYROW
"Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero" = lyrics by SYLVIA DEE & ELIZABETH MOORE; music by SIDNEY LIPPMAN
"Lazy Countryside" = lyrics & music by BOBBY WORTH
"Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It" = lyrics & music by CARSON ROBISON
"A Little Bird Told Me" = lyrics & music by HARVEY O. BROOKS
"Look To The Rainbow" = lyrics by E.Y. HARBURG; music by BURTON LANE
"Love Is Where You Find It" = lyrics by EARL K. BRENT; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Love Somebody" = lyrics & music by JOAN WHITNEY & ALEX KRAMER
"The Maharajah Of Magador" = lyrics & music by LEWIS HARRIS & JOHN JACOB LOEB
"Mam'selle" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by EDMUND GOULDING
"Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" = lyrics & music by PEGGY LEE & DAVE BARBOUR
"Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner" = lyrics & music by HUBERT GREGG
"Maybe You'll Be There" = lyrics by SAMMY GALLOP; music by RUBE BLOOM
"Nature Boy" = lyrics & music by EDEN AHBEZ
"Near You" = lyrics by KERMIT GOELL; music by FRANCIS CRAIG
"The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" = lyrics by BUDDY BERNIER; music by JEROME (JERRY) BRAININ
"Now Is The Hour" = lyrics & music by MAEWA KAIHAN, CLEMENT SCOTT & DOROTHY STEWART
"(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"Once And For Always" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"Papa Won't You Dance With Me?" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
"Pass That Peace Pipe" = lyrics by RALPH BLANE; music by HUGH MARTIN
"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" or "Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" = English lyrics by JOE DAVIS, Spanish lyrics by OSVALDO FARRÉS; music by OSVALDO FARRÉS
"Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys" = by CLAUDE DEMETRIUS & FLEECIE MOORE
"Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by JULE STYNE
"Rhode Island Is Famous For You" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Save The Bones For Henry Jones" = lyrics & music by DANNY BARKER & MICHAEL H. GOLDSEN
"Serenade Of The Bells" = lyrics & music by KAY TWOMEY, AL GOODHART & AL URBANO
"Sixteen Tons" = lyrics & music by MERLE TRAVIS
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" = lyrics & music by MERLE TRAVIS & TEX WILLIAMS
"Steppin' Out With My Baby" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Tallahassee" = lyrics & music by FRANK LOESSER
"There But For You Go I" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"Too Fat Polka" = lyrics & music by ROSS MacLEAN & ARTHUR RICHARDSON
"Toolie Oolie Doolie" = English lyrics by VAUGHN HORTON, German lyrics by ARTHUR BEUL; music by ARTHUR BEUL
"The Turntable Song" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by JOHN GREEN
"Waitin' For My Dearie" = lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; music by FREDERICK LOEWE
"The Wedding Samba" = lyrics & music by ABRAHAM ELLSTEIN, ALLAN SMALL & JOSEPH LIEBOWITZ
"We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" = by TEDDY REIG, WILLIAM MOORE
"What Good Would the Moon Be?" = lyrics by LANGSTON HUGHES; music by KURT WEILL. Introduced by ANNE JEFFREYS in the musical Street Scene
"What's Good About Goodbye?" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by TONY MARTIN in the 1948 film Casbah
"When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by BURTON LANE. Introduced by DAVID WAYNE in the Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow
"Woody Woodpecker" = lyrics & music by GEORGE TIBBLES & RAMEZ IDRISS
"You Do" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by JOSEF MYROW
"You Don't Have To Know The Language" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JIMMY VAN HEUSEN
"You Were Only Fooling" = lyrics by WILLIAM E. FABER & FRED MEADOWS; music by LARRY FOTINE
"You, You, You Are The One" = lyrics by MILTON LEEDS & FRED WISE; music by TETOS DEMEY
Symphony No. 4 in C Major (extensively revised version)
EDMUND RUBBRA
Symphony No. 5
MÁTYÁS SEIBER
Ulysses (cantata)
HAROLD SHAPERO
Symphony for Classical Orchestra
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Orpheus (ballet)
Petrushka (ballet) (2nd version)
EDGARD VARÈSE
Tuning Up
WILLIAM WALTON
String Quartet in A minor (1945-47)
Opera
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Albert Herring
GOTTFRIED VON EINEM
Dantons Tod
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
The Telephone
ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI
L'Oro
VIRGIL THOMSON
The Mother of Us All
Musical Theatre
ALLEGRO
Broadway production
ANGEL IN THE WINGS
Broadway production
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
(Irving Berlin)
London production opened at the Coliseum on June 7 and ran for 1304 performances
BAREFOOT BOY WITH CHEEK
Broadway production
BLESS THE BRIDE starring Georges Guétary, Lizbeth Webb, Anona Winn and Brian Reece
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on April 26 and ran for 886 performances.
BONANZA BOUND
Philadelphia production
BRIGADOON
(Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe)
Broadway production
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
(Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg)
Broadway production opened on January 10 at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 725 performances.
FINIAN'S RAINBOW
(Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg)
London production opened on October 21 at the Palace Theatre and ran for 55 performances.
HIGH BUTTON SHOES
(Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn)
Broadway production
OKLAHOMA!
(Rodgers & Hammerstein)
London production opened at the Theatre Royal on April 29 and ran for 1543 performances
THE RED MILL
London revival
THE SHAPE OF THINGS!
East Hampton production
STREET SCENE
Broadway production
TOGETHER AGAIN starring The Crazy Gang
London revue opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre on April 7 and ran for 1566 performances.
TUPPENCE COLOURED
London revue
UNDER THE COUNTER
Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 3. Cicely Courtneidge reprised her starring role from the London production but the show closed after only 27 performances.
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Page created: 20th August 2011
Last edited: 26th January 2024
