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1942 in music

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[[File:Apple Tree Andrews Sisters.jpg|right|thumb|The [[Andrews Sisters]] performing "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" in 1942.]]

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1942.

==Specific locations==
*[[1942 in British music]]
*[[1942 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1942 in country music]]
*[[1942 in jazz]]

== Events ==
*[[February 10]] – [[Glenn Miller]] receives his first gold disc, for "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]".
*[[March 1]] – [[Marianne Oswald|Marianne Lorraine]] appears with [[John Serry Sr.]] at [[The Town Hall (New York City)]] in a performance of poetry by [[Carl Sandburg]] and [[Archibald MacLeish]] as presented by the Free World Association and sponsored by [[Eleanor Roosevelt]].<ref name="auto789">{{cite news |title=Diseuse in Debut Here - Marianne Lorraine Presents 'One Woman Theatre' at Town Hall Critical review of Marianne Lorraine and John Serry|work= The New York Times |date=1 March 1942|page=36|id = {{ProQuest|106170249}}}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=Free+World+Association+Eleanor+Roosevelt+Feb.+1942&tbm=bks&ei=OwC3Y7bnGrfKytMP5fypyA8&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwj28Kv68bD8AhU3pXIEHWV-CvkQ8NMDegQIDxAW&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1 ''Free World'' Vol. 2 p. 94 "The Free world Association presents Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Patroness Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt" - Free World Association Eleanor Roosevelt Feb. 1942 on Google Books]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=Free+World+Association+Marianne+Oswald+1942&biw=1034&bih=844&tbm=bks&ei=zAS3Y6_IOviEytMPod2o8A4&ved=0ahUKEwiv3oGo9rD8AhV4gnIEHaEuCu44FBDh1QMICQ&uact=5&oq=Free+World+Association+Marianne+Oswald+1942&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzEANQmgdYqDpg-EJoBnAAeACAAc8DiAGTC5IBBjIxLjQtMZgBAKABAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz-books ''Free World'' - A Monthly Magazine devoted to Democracy, p. 94 "The Free World Association presents...Marianne Oswald...John Serry accordionist...Town Hall, February28, 1942" Free World Association Marianne Oswald 1942 on Google Books]</ref>
*[[March 5]] – World première of [[Shostakovich]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7 (''Leningrad'')]], given by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra conducted by [[Samuil Samosud]] at [[Samara, Russia|Kuybyshev]] in Russia and broadcast across the Soviet Union. Premières in Moscow, London and New York follow by the end of July.
*[[March 27]] – [[Johnny Mercer]], [[Buddy DeSylva]], and Glenn Wallichs take the first legal steps towards founding [[Capitol Records]] in the United States.
*[[June 22]] – The [[Paronyan Musical Comedy Theatre of Yerevan]] opens in [[Yerevan]], Armenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imegaservice.com/index.php?act=armenia&op=viewculture&itemid=39&langs=en|title=H. Paronyan State Theatre of Musical Comedy : iMEGA Tour and Travel: Tour operator in Armenia.|website=www.imegaservice.com|access-date=2013-05-27|archive-date=2018-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008070027/http://www.imegaservice.com/index.php?act=armenia&op=viewculture&itemid=39&langs=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[July 8]] – Music variety show ''[[Uncle Walter's Doghouse]]'' is broadcast for the last time on NBC radio in the United States.
*[[July 21]] – In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the [[Goldman Band]] performs a unique concert, playing all original works. This is the first time a concert of music originally composed for the wind ensemble has been performed.
*[[August 1]] – [[James Petrillo]], leader of the [[American Federation of Musicians]], orders a ban on musicians recording new material. The labels [[Decca Records|Decca]] and [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] negotiate an end to the ban in 1943, but [[RCA Victor]] and [[Columbia Records]] hold out until 1944. The strike does not include live performances in concerts and on the radio.
*[[August 9]] – [[Leningrad première of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7]] with the city still under siege.
*Autumn – [[Hans Krása]]'s children's opera ''[[Brundibár]]'' is premiered in the Jewish orphanage in [[Prague]] after the composer has been transported to the [[Theresienstadt Ghetto]] (August 10).
*[[Bunk Johnson]] makes his first recordings.
*[[Marianne Oswald]] co-stars with [[John Serry Sr.]] at [[The Town Hall (New York City)]].

==Albums released==
*''[[Song Hits from Holiday Inn]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''[[Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess]]'' – Various artists

==Top popular recordings 1942==

For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page.

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Hot100]] was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "[[A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin]]" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like '[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 3009. White Christmas / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269432/DLA_3009-White_Christmas |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18429 || {{Start date|1942|5|29}} || {{Start date|1942|7|30}} || US Billboard 1942 #1, US Pop #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 191 points, 2,600,000 sales 1944, 50,000,000 2007,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Giddins |first=Gary |url=https://bookshop.org/books/bing-crosby-swinging-on-a-star-the-war-years-1940-1946/9780316887922 |title=Bing Crosby: swinging on a star, the war years, 1940-1946 |date=2018 |publisher=Little Brown & Company |isbn=978-0-316-41234-6 |location=New York |language=English |oclc=1057695601}}</ref> Grammy Hall of Fame 1974
|-
| 2 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-072283. (I've got a gal in) Kalamazoo / Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200054404/PBS-072283-Ive_got_a_gal_in_Kalamazoo |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27934 || {{Start date|1942|8|1}} || {{Start date|1942|9|12}} || US Billboard 1942 #2, US Pop #1 for 7 weeks, 18 total weeks, 181 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 3 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and his Orchestra]] || "[[Moonlight Cocktail]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-068456. Moonlight cocktail / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200052624/BS-068456-Moonlight_cocktail |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11401 || {{Start date|1941|5|7}} || {{Start date|1941|7|25}} || US Billboard 1942 #3, US Pop #1 for 10 weeks, 21 total weeks, 178 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 4 || Kay Kyser and his Orchestra || "Who Wouldn't Love You"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36526 || {{Start date|1942|4|4}} || {{Start date|1942|6|20}} || US Billboard 1942 #4, US Pop #2 for 8 weeks, 25 total weeks, 157 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 5 || [[Harry James|Harry James and his Orchestra]] || "[[Sleepy Lagoon (song)|Sleepy Lagoon]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36549 || {{Start date|1942|2|24}} || {{Start date|1942|3}} || US Billboard 1942 #5, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 153 points
|-
| 6 || [[Kay Kyser|Kay Kyser and his Orchestra]] || "[[Jingle Jangle Jingle]]"<ref name=Columbia365>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500–37000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36500.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36604 || {{Start date|1942|7|4}} || {{Start date|1942|7|18}} || US Billboard 1942 #6, US Pop #1 for 8 weeks, 13 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 7 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra]] (Vocal Bob Eberle & Helen O'connell) || "[[Tangerine (1942 song)|Tangerine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 70028. Tangerine / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000298141/70028-Tangerine |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 4123 || {{Start date|1942|1|24}} || {{Start date|1942|5|9}} || US Billboard 1942 #7, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks, 148 points
|-
| 8 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[A String of Pearls (song)|A String of Pearls]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-068068. A string of pearls / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200052318/BS-068068-A_string_of_pearls |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11382 || {{Start date|1941|12|27}} || {{Start date|1942|2|7}} || US Billboard 1942 #8, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 128 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 9 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and his Orchestra]] || "Jersey Bounce"<ref name=Okeh650>{{Cite web |title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500–6747 (end of series) |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6500.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Okeh 6590 || {{Start date|1942|3|14}} || {{Start date|1942|4|25}} || US Billboard 1942 #9, US Pop #2 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, 119 points
|-
| 10 || Kay Kyser and his Orchestra || "[[Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36640 || {{Start date|1942|10|17}} || {{Start date|1942|10|31}} || US Billboard 1942 #10, US Pop #2 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, 109 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 11 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Serenade in Blue]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-072284. Serenade in blue / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200054405/PBS-072284-Serenade_in_blue |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27935 || {{Start date|1942|9|12}} || {{Start date|1942|10|10}} || US Billboard 1942 #11, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 92 points
|-
| 12 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree|Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone else But Me)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-071861. Don't sit under the apple tree (with anyone else but me) / Tex Beneke; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200054114/BS-071861-Dont_sit_under_the_apple_tree_with_anyone_else_but_me |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11474 || {{Start date|1942|3|21}} || {{Start date|1942|6|6}} || US Billboard 1942 #12, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 81 points
|-
| 13 || [[Woody Herman|Woody Herman and His Orchestra]] || "[[Blues In the Night]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2746. Blues in the night / Woody Herman Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269169/DLA_2746-Blues_in_the_night |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 4030 || {{Start date|1941|11|8}} || {{Start date|1941|12}} || US Billboard 1942 #13, US Pop #1 for 1 weeks, 21 total weeks, 78 points
|-
| 14 || Harry James and his Orchestra || "I Don't Want To Walk Without You"<ref name=Columbia360>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36000–36499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36000.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36478 || {{Start date|1941|12|11}} || {{Start date|1942|1|2}} || US Billboard 1942 #14, US Pop #2 for 5 weeks, 17 total weeks, 77 points
|-
| 15 || [[Vaughn Monroe|Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra]] || "When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-075421. When the lights go on again (All over the world) / Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055680/BS-075421-When_the_lights_go_on_again_All_over_the_world |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27945 || {{Start date|1942|7|8}} || {{Start date|1942|7|24}} || US Billboard 1942 #15, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 77 points
|-
| 16 || Kay Kyser and his Orchestra || "He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36604 || {{Start date|1942|8|8}} || {{Start date|1942|9|5}} || US Billboard 1942 #16, US Pop #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 70 points
|-
| 17 || [[Charlie Spivak|Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra]] || "My Devotion"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36620 || {{Start date|1942|9|5}} || {{Start date|1942|10|3}} || US Billboard 1942 #17, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 70 points
|-
| 18 || [[Alvino Rey|Alvino Rey and his Orchestra]] || "I Said No!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061915. I said no! / Alvino Rey Orchestra; Yvonne King – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049382/PBS-061915-I_said_no |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11391 || {{Start date|1941|12|27}} || {{Start date|1942|2|21}} || US Billboard 1942 #18, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 54 points
|-
| 19 || [[Spike Jones|Spike Jones and His City Slickers]] || "[[Der Fuehrer's Face]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-072525. Der Fuehrer's face / City Slickers; Carl Grayson; Spike Jones; Willie Spicer – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200054453/PBS-072525-Der_Fuehrers_face |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11586 || {{Start date|1942|7|28}} || {{Start date|1942|9|11}} || US Billboard 1942 #19, US Pop #3 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 50 points
|-
| 20 || Harry James and His Orchestra (vocal [[Helen Forrest]]) || "Mister Five By Five"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36650 || {{Start date|1942|7|31}} || {{Start date|1942|10}} || US Billboard 1942 #20, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 48 points
|}

==Published popular music==
* "[[C Jam Blues]]" music: [[Duke Ellington]]
* ""Murder", He Says!" words: [[Frank Loesser]], music: [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "Abraham" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Ain't Got A Dime To My Name" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[At Last]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Baltimore Oriole" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] & [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Be Careful, It's My Heart" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Be Like the Kettle and Sing]]" w.m. Connor, O'Connor & Ridley
* "[[Boom Shot]]" w. [[Glenn Miller]] & [[Billy May]], under pseudonym Arletta May
* "Born To Lose" w.m. Frankie Brown
* "Constantly" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen. Introduced by [[Bing Crosby]] in the film ''[[Road to Morocco]]''
* "Cow-Cow Boogie" w.m. Don Raye, Gene de Paul & Benny Carter
* "Dearly Beloved" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[Don't Get Around Much Anymore]]" w. [[Bob Russell (songwriter)|Bob Russell]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "[[Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree]]" w. Lew Brown & Charles Tobias m. [[Sam H. Stept]]
* "[[Ev'rything I've Got]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] from the musical ''[[By Jupiter]]''
* "Glissando" m. [[John Serry, Sr.]]
* "Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe" w. E. Y. Harburg m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Happy Holiday (song)|Happy Holiday]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Holiday for Strings (song)|Holiday for Strings]]" m. [[David Rose (musician)|David Rose]]
* "The House I Live In" w.m. Earl Robinson & Lewis Allan
* "I Came Here To Talk For Joe" w. [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Sam H. Stept]]
* "I Get the Neck of the Chicken" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Marcy McGuire]] in the film ''[[Seven Days' Leave (1942 film)|Seven Days' Leave]]''
* "[[I Had the Craziest Dream]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Helen Forrest]] with [[Harry James]] and his Music in the film ''[[Springtime in the Rockies]]''.
* "I Heard You Cried Last Night" w. Jerrie Kruger m. Ted Grouya
* "I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "I Lost My Sugar In Salt Lake City" w.m. Leon René & [[Johnny Lange]]
* "I Threw A Kiss In The Ocean" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[If You Are But A Dream]]" w.m. Moe Jaffe, Jack Fulton & Nat Bonx
* "If You Build A Better Mousetrap" [[Johnny Mercer]], Victor Schertzinger
* "[[I'll Be Around (1942 song)|I'll Be Around]]" w.m. [[Alec Wilder]]
* "I'll Capture Your Heart" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "I'll Take Tallulah" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
* "I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[I'm Old Fashioned]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "In The Blue Of Evening" w. Tom Adair m. [[Alfred D'Artega]]
* "[[It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake Like That)]]" w. [[Sunny Skylar]] m. [[Chummy MacGregor]] & George Williams
* "It Started All Over Again" w. Bill Carey m. Carl Fischer
* "[[(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I've Heard That Song Before]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "[[Jingle Jangle Jingle]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. Joseph J. Lilley
* "Johnny Doughboy Found A Rose In Ireland" w. [[Kay Twomey]] m. Al Goodhart
* "Juke Box Saturday Night" w. [[Al Stillman]] m. Paul McGrane
* "The Lamplighter's Serenade" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Let's Get Lost" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "Let's Start The New Year Right" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Lover Man" w.m. Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram"Ramirez & Jimmy Sherman
* "Mad About Him, Sad About Him, How Can I Be Glad About Him Blues" w.m. [[Larry Markes]] & [[Dick Charles]]
* "Mister Five By Five" w.m. Don Raye & Gene de Paul
* "[[Moonlight Becomes You (song)|Moonlight Becomes You]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "My Devotion" w.m. Roc Hillman & Johnny Napton
* "One Dozen Roses" w. Roger Lewis & Country Washburn m. [[Dick Jurgens]] & Walter Donovan
* "[[Pennsylvania Polka]]" w.m. Lester Lee & Zeke Manners
* "People Like You And Me" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Perdido" w. Hans Lengsfelder & [[Ervin Drake]] m. Juan Tizol
* "Pistol Packin' Mama" w.m. Al Dexter
* "[[Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "Put Your Dreams Away" w.m. Ruth Lowe, [[Stephan Weiss]] & Paul Mann
* "The Road To Morocco" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Rose Ann Of Charing Cross" w. Kermit Goell m. Mabel Wayne
* "[[Serenade in Blue]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Skylark (song)|Skylark]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[Strip Polka]]" w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]]
* "[[That Old Black Magic]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "That's Sabotage" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[There Are Such Things]]" w.m. Stanley Adams, [[Abel Baer]] & George W. Meyer
* "[[There Will Never Be Another You]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" w.m. Paul Roberts & Shelby Darnell
* "This Is The Army, Mr Jones" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "This Is Worth Fighting For" w. Eddie De Lange m. Sam H. Stept
* "Three Little Sisters" w.m. [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]] & Vic Mizzy
* "[[Trav'lin' Light (song)|Trav'lin' Light]]" w. Sidney Clare m. Harry Akst
* "[[There Won't Be a Shortage of Love]]" w.m. [[Carmen Lombardo]] and [[John Jacob Loeb]]
* "Tweedle-O-Twill" w.m. [[Gene Autry]] & Fred Rose
* "[[Wait till You See Her|Wait Till You See Her]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Ronnie Graham]] in the musical ''[[By Jupiter]]''
* "[[Warsaw Concerto]]" m. [[Richard Addinsell]]
* "Well, Git It!" m. Sy Oliver
* "[[When the Lights Go On Again]]" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Bennie Benjamin
* "[[White Christmas (song)|White Christmas]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Who Wouldn't Love You?" w. Bill Carey m. Carl Fischer
* "[[Why Don't You Do Right?]]" w.m. Joe McCoy
* "Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me?" w. Al Lewis m. Mabel Wayne
* "You Were Never Lovelier" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To|You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Performed in the [[1943 in music|1943]] musical film ''[[Something to Shout About (film)|Something to Shout About]]'' by [[Don Ameche]] and [[Janet Blair]].

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || ''[[Second Essay for Orchestra (Barber)|Second Essay for Orchestra]]'' || 1942-04-16 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Bruno Walter|Walter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlantasymphony.org/~/media/Sites/ASO2011/ProgramResources/1-15-15PN.ashx|title=Atlanta Symphony}}</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[A Ceremony of Carols]]'' || 1942-12-05 || Norwich, UK || [[Gwendolen Mason|Mason]] / [[The Fleet Street Choir]] – Lawrence<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=22726|title=''A Ceremony of Carols'', Benjamin Britten}}</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Diversions for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra]]'' || 1942-01-16 || Philadelphia || [[Paul Wittgenstein|Wittgenstein]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=22698|title=Diversions, Benjamin Britten}}</ref>
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| [[John Alden Carpenter|Carpenter, John Alden]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Carpenter)|Symphony No. 2]]|| 1942-10-22 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Bruno Walter|Walter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559065&catNum=559065&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator / Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
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| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || [[Piano Concerto (Chávez)|Piano Concerto]] || 1942-01-01 || New York City || [[Eugene List]] (piano) [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos|Mitropoulos]]<ref>Noel Straus, "Chavez Concerto by Philharmonic", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (2 January 1942): 24.</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Statements (Copland)|Statements]]'' || 1942-01-07 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Leonard Bernstein|Bernstein]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=7493|title=''Statements'', Aaron Copland}}</ref>
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| [[Alfredo Casella|Casella, Alfredo]] || ''[[Paganiniana (Casella)|Paganiniana]]'' || 1942-04-14 || Vienna || [[Vienna Philharmonic]] – [[Karl Böhm|Böhm]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Alfredo-Casella/composers-and-works/composer/122/work/4028|title=Casella – Paganiniana for orchestra – Universal Edition|website=Universal Edition}}</ref>
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| [[Gerald Finzi|Finzi, Gerald]] || ''[[Let Us Garlands Bring (Finzi)|Let Us Garlands Bring]]'' || 1942-10-12 || London || [[Robert Irvin|Irvin]], [[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Ferguson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557644&catNum=557644&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=FINZI: I Said to Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before and After Summer (English Song, Vol. 12)|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
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| [[Camargo Guarnieri|Guarnieri, Camargo]] || ''[[Abertura concertante]]'' || 1942-06-02 || São Paulo || [[São Paulo Artistic Culture Society Orchestra|Artistic Culture Society Orchestra]] – [[João de Souza Lima|De Souza Lima]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://repertoriosinfonico.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/camargo-guarnieri-abertura-concertante.html|title=Repertório: Camargo Guarnieri – Abertura Concertante (1942) & Abertura Festiva (1971)|first=Emanuel|last=Martinez|date=8 April 2011}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Cosmogonie]]'' || 1942-03-04 || Nice || [[Orchestre National de France|French National Symphony]] – [[Hubert d'Auriol|D'Auriol]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=35232|title=''Cosmogonie'', André Jolivet}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ernst Krenek|Krenek, Ernst]] || ''[[I Wonder as I Wander (Krenek)|I Wonder as I Wander]]'' || 1942-12-11 || Minneapolis || [[Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra|Minneapolis Symphony]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos|Mitropoulos]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=33740|title=''I wonder as I wander'', Ernst Krenek}}</ref>
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| [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna, Bruno]] || [[Piano Concerto (Maderna)|Piano Concerto]]|| 1942-06-22 || Venice || [[Gino Gorini|Gorini]] / [[Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia|Marcello Conservatory Orchestra]] – [[Ettore Gracis|Gracis]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=29478|title=Concerto per pianoforte e orchestra, Bruno Maderna}}</ref>
|-
| [[Frank Martin (composer)|Martin, Frank]] || ''[[Sonata da chiesa (Martin)|Sonata da chiesa]] for flute and organ'' || 1942-06-11 || Lausanne, Switzerland || [[Maria Martin (flutist)|M. Martin]], [[Charles Faller|Faller]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/Sonata-da-chiesa-Frank-Martin/composers-and-works/composer/456/work/4781|title=Martin – Sonata da chiesa for flute and organ – Universal Edition|website=Universal Edition}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1942-11-13 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx|title=World Premieres: The 1900s|publisher=Boston Symphony Orchestra|website=www.bso.org|access-date=2015-07-10|archive-date=2017-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || [[Symphony No. 22 (Myaskovsky)|''Symphonic Ballade'' (Symphony No. 22)]] || 1942-01-12 || Tbilisi, Soviet Union || [unknown orchestra] – [[Abram Stasevich|Stasevich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/6/BATMiaskoDef1.pdf|title=Le Chant du Monde|access-date=2015-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913034724/http://www.chantdumonde.com/Publisheditions/catalog/6/BATMiaskoDef1.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || {{ill|Symphony No. 23 (Myaskovsky)|nl|Symfonie nr. 23 (Mjaskovski)|lt=Symphony No. 23}} || 1942-06-05 || Moscow ||
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Prokofiev)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1942-04-07 || Moscow || [[Beethoven Quartet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.553136&catNum=553136&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English|title=Prokofiev: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / Cello Sonata|website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|''Leningrad Symphony'' (Symphony No. 7)]] || 1942-03-05 || [[Samara|Kuibyshev]], Soviet Union || [[Bolshoi Theatre|Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra]] – [[Samuil Samosud|Samosud]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicfm.com/composers/shostakovich/guides/story-behind-shostakovich-leningrad-symphony/#21SEkGulFYBrswbH.97|title=The Story Behind Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony}}</ref>
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| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || ''[[Danses concertantes for Chamber Orchestra (Stravinsky)|Danses concertantes]]'' || 1942-02-08 || Los Angeles || [[Janssen Symphony Orchestra|Janssen Symphony]] – Stravinsky<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12193|title=''Danses concertantes'', Igor Stravinsky}}</ref>
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| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || ''[[Fantasia on a Theme of Handel]]'' || 1942-03-07 || London || [[Phyllis Sellick|Sellick]] / [[Walter Goehr Orchestra|Goehr Orchestra]] – [[Walter Goehr|Goehr]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|id=12395|title=''Fantaisie sur une thème de Haendel'', Sir Michael Tippett}}</ref>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || ''[[Rudepoêma]]'' || 1942-07-15 || Rio de Janeiro || [[Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theatre Symphony Orchestra|Municipal Theatre Symphony]] – Villa-Lobos<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://villalobos.iu.edu/rudepoema-orchestra |title=Indiana University |access-date=2015-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713160051/http://villalobos.iu.edu/rudepoema-orchestra |archive-date=2015-07-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[Prelude No. 3 (Villa-Lobos)|Five Preludes]] for guitar || 1942-12-11 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Abel Carlevaro]] – Villa-Lobos<ref>''[http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf Villa-Lobos, sua obra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf |date=2016-10-16 }}'', Version 1.0. MinC. ([Rio de Janeiro]: IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos, 2009): 153. Based on the third edition, 1989.</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Arthur Benjamin]] – Concerto for Oboe on Themes by Cimarosa
*[[Alessandro Casagrande]] – ''Messa, in re minore, per soli coro e orchestra''
* [[Aaron Copland]]
**''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]''
**''[[Rodeo (ballet)]]''
**''[[Lincoln Portrait]]''
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''[[Let Us Garlands Bring (Finzi)|Let Us Garlands Bring]]'' Op. 18, song cycle on texts by [[Shakespeare]]
* [[Camargo Guarnieri]] – ''Abertura Concertante''
* [[Carlos Guastavino]] – ''Once Upon A Time'' (ballet)
* [[Roy Harris]] – Symphony No. 5
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – "Abendständchen," "Abendwolke" (Lieder)
* [[Aram Khachaturian]] – ''[[Gayane (ballet)|Gayane]]'' (ballet)
* [[Paul von Klenau]]
** Symphony No. 8 ''Im Alten Stil''
** String Quartet No. 2
*[[Raoul Koczalski]] – Kleine Sonate, Op. 146
*[[Charles Koechlin]]
**Fourteen pieces for oboe and piano, Op. 179
**Fifteen pieces for horn and piano, Op. 180
**Three sonatines for solo flute, Op. 184
**Suite for solo English horn, Op. 185
**Twenty-four duos for two saxophones Op. 186
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**Madrigal-Sonata, H. 291
**Piano Quartet No. 1
**Variations on a Theme of Rossini, H. 290
*[[Selim Palmgren]]
**''Sun & Clouds'', 12 Pieces for Piano, Op. 102
**''Jouluaatto'' ("Christmas Morning") for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 103a
* [[Andrzej Panufnik]] – ''Tragic Overture''
* Robert de Roos – String Quartet No. 2
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]] – [[Piano Concerto (Schoenberg)|Piano Concerto]], Op. 42
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''Tarantella'' for Stradella Accordion
* [[Nikos Skalkottas]]
** Double Bass Concerto
** Little Suite for strings
*[[Richard Strauss]] – Horn Concerto No. 2, TrV 283
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''Four Norwegian Moods''
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – [[String Quartet No. 7 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 7]]

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Dmitry Kabalevsky]] – ''In the Fire''

==Film==
*[[Frank Churchill]] – ''[[Bambi]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[Kings Row]]''
*[[Miklós Rózsa]] - ''[[Jungle Book (1942 film)|Jungle Book]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[Now, Voyager]]''
*[[William Walton]] – ''[[The First of the Few]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1942 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[By Jupiter]]'', Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on June 2 and ran for 421 performances
* ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady|Du Barry Was A Lady]]'', London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on October 22 and ran for 178 performances
* ''[[Let's Face It!]]'', [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on November 19 and ran for 348 performances
* ''[[Priorities of 1942]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Revue]] opened March 12 at the [[46th Street Theatre]] and ran for 353 performances.
* ''[[Show Time (musical)|Show Time]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Revue]] opened September 16 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for 342 performances.
* ''[[Star and Garter]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Revue]] opened on June 24 at the [[Music Box Theatre]] and ran for 605 performances.
* ''[[Stars on Ice (musical)|Stars on Ice]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Revue]] opened July 2 at the [[Center Theatre (New York, New York)|Center Theatre]] and ran for 827 performances.
* ''[[This Is the Army]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Revue]] opened July 4 at the [[The Broadway Theatre|Broadway Theatre]] and ran for 113 performances.

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Academia El Tango Argentino]]'', starring [[Warly Ceriani]].
* ''[[Almost Married (1942 film)|Almost Married]]'', starring [[Jane Frazee]], [[Robert Paige]], [[Eugene Pallette]] and [[Elizabeth Patterson (actress)|Elizabeth Patterson]]. Directed by [[Charles Lamont]].
* ''[[Bala Nagamma (1942 film)|Bala Nagamma]]'', starring [[Kanchanamala]].
* ''[[The Balloon Goes Up]]'', starring [[Ethel Revnell]], [[Gracie West]], [[Donald Peers]] and [[Ronald Shiner]]. Directed by [[Redd Davis]].
* ''[[Bambi]]''
* ''[[Behind the Eight Ball (1942 film)|Behind the Eight Ball]]'', starring [[Ritz Brothers|The Ritz Brothers]], [[Carol Bruce]], [[Dick Foran]], [[Grace McDonald]], [[Johnny Downs]] and [[William Demarest]]. Directed by [[Edward F. Cline]].
* ''[[Bhakta Potana]]'', starring [[V. Nagayya]].
* ''[[Born to Sing (1942 film)|Born To Sing]]'', starring [[Virginia Weidler]], [[Ray McDonald (actor)|Ray McDonald]], [[Leo Gorcey]] and [[Rags Ragland]]. Directed by [[Edward Ludwig]].
* ''[[Broadway (1942 film)|Broadway]]'', starring [[George Raft]], [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], [[Janet Blair]], [[Broderick Crawford]] and [[Marjorie Rambeau]]. Directed by [[William A. Seiter]].
* ''[[Cairo (1942 film)|Cairo]]'', starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] and [[Ethel Waters]].
* ''[[The Fleet's In]]'', starring [[Dorothy Lamour]], [[William Holden]], [[Eddie Bracken]] and [[Betty Hutton]], and featuring [[Jimmy Dorsey]] & his Orchestra with vocals by [[Bob Eberly]] and [[Helen O'Connell]].
* ''[[Footlight Serenade]]'', starring [[Betty Grable]] and [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]].
* ''[[For Me and My Gal (film)|For Me and My Gal]]'', starring [[Judy Garland]] and [[Gene Kelly]].
* ''[[Get Hep to Love]]'', starring [[Gloria Jean]], [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Jane Frazee]], [[Robert Paige]], [[Peggy Ryan]] and [[Cora Sue Collins]]
* ''[[Give Out, Sisters]]'', starring [[LaVerne Andrews]], [[Patty Andrews]], [[Maxene Andrews]], [[Dan Dailey]] and [[Donald O'Connor]]
* ''[[I Married An Angel]]'', starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Nelson Eddy]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]].
* ''[[Joan of Ozark]]'', starring [[Judy Canova]], [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]] and [[Eddie Foy Jr.]]
* ''[[King Arthur Was a Gentleman]]'', starring [[Arthur Askey]], [[Evelyn Dall]] and [[Anne Shelton (singer)|Anne Shelton]]
* ''[[Melodías de América]]'', directed by [[Eduardo Morera]]
* ''[[Moonlight in Havana]]'', starring [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] and [[Jane Frazee]]
* ''[[My Favorite Spy (1942 film)|My Favorite Spy]]'', starring [[Kay Kyser]] & his Band, [[Ellen Drew]] and [[Jane Wyman]]. Directed by [[Tay Garnett]].
* ''[[Orchestra Wives]]'', starring [[Ann Rutherford]], [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]], and [[Glenn Miller]].
* ''[[Panama Hattie (film)|Panama Hattie]]'', starring [[Red Skelton]], [[Ann Sothern]], [[Virginia O'Brien]] and [[Dan Dailey]], and featuring [[Lena Horne]].
* ''[[Priorities on Parade]]'', starring [[Ann Miller]], [[Johnnie Johnston]], [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]] and [[Betty Jane Rhodes]]
* ''[[Rhythm Parade]]'', starring [[Nils T. Grunland]], [[Gale Storm]], [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]], [[The Mills Brothers]] and [[Ted Fio Rito]] and his Orchestra. Directed by [[Dave Gould]] and [[Howard Bretherton]].
* ''[[Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942 film)|Ride 'Em Cowboy]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]] and [[Dick Foran]] and featuring [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[The Merry Macs]].
* ''[[Rio Rita (1942 film)|Rio Rita]]'', starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]], [[Kathryn Grayson]] and [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]]
* ''[[Road to Morocco|Road To Morocco]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[Dorothy Lamour]].
* ''[[Rose of Tralee (1942 film)|Rose of Tralee]]'', starring [[John Longden]], [[Lesley Brook]] and [[Angela Glynne]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/334212 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | the ROSE OF TRALEE (1942) |access-date=2013-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019025839/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/334212 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''[[Seven Days' Leave (1942 film)|Seven Days' Leave]]'', starring [[Victor Mature]], [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Buddy Clark]] and featuring [[Ginny Simms]], [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]] & his Orchestra and [[Freddy Martin]] & his Orchestra
* ''[[Ship Ahoy (film)|Ship Ahoy]]'', starring [[Eleanor Powell]] and [[Red Skelton]].
* ''[[Sleepytime Gal]]'', released March 5, starring [[Judy Canova]] and [[Ruth Terry]] and featuring [[Skinnay Ennis]] & his Orchestra.
* ''[[Springtime in the Rockies]]'', released November 6, starring [[Carmen Miranda]], [[Betty Grable]] and [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]] and featuring [[Harry James]] and his Music and [[Six Hits and a Miss]].
* ''[[Star Spangled Rhythm]]'', starring [[Betty Hutton]] and [[Eddie Bracken]], and featuring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Bob Hope]], [[Dorothy Lamour]], [[Paulette Goddard]], [[Veronica Lake]], [[Mary Martin]], [[Dick Powell]] and [[Vera Zorina]].
* ''[[Strictly in the Groove]]'', starring [[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]], [[Richard Davies (American actor)|Richard Davies]] and [[Leon Errol]] and featuring [[Martha Tilton]], [[The Dinning Sisters]] and [[Ozzie Nelson]] & his Band
* ''[[Sweater Girl (film)|Sweater Girl]]'', released July 13, starring [[Eddie Bracken]] and [[June Preisser]] and featuring [[Betty Jane Rhodes]].
* ''[[We'll Smile Again]]'', starring [[Bud Flanagan]], [[Chesney Allen]] and [[Meinhart Maur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57446 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116190018/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57446 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-16 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | WE'LL SMILE AGAIN (1942) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |access-date=2012-03-14}}</ref>
* ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'', starring [[James Cagney]], [[Joan Leslie]], [[Irene Manning]] and [[Frances Langford]].
* ''[[You Were Never Lovelier]]'', starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Rita Hayworth]].

==Births==
[[File:Paul McCartney during a Wings concert, 1976.jpg|thumb|115x115px|[[Paul McCartney]]]]
*[[January 1]]
**[[F. R. David]], French musician
**[[Kornelije Kovač]], Serbian composer
**[[Country Joe McDonald]], American psychedelic rock singer (''[[The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag]]'')<ref>{{cite book|author=Brock Helander|title=The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Made the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mbHDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT172|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Schirmer Trade Books|isbn=978-0-85712-811-9|pages=172}}</ref>
**[[Judy Stone]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[January 4]]
** [[Precious Bryant]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
** [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]], English guitarist, bandleader and composer<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Lavezzoli|title=The Dawn of Indian Music in the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC&pg=PA332|date=24 April 2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-1815-9|pages=332}}</ref>
*[[January 5]] – [[Maurizio Pollini]], Italian pianist (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|author=Giancarlo Colombo|title=Who's who in Italy 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXxmAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn=978-88-85246-48-5|page=1395}}</ref>
*[[January 8]] – [[John Petersen (musician)|John Petersen]], American drummer ([[The Beau Brummels]], [[Harpers Bizarre]]) (died 2007)
*[[January 11]] – [[Clarence Clemons]], American saxophonist (died [[2011 in music|2011]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=63}}</ref>
*[[January 16]] – [[Barbara Lynn]], American R&B guitarist and singer
*[[January 18]]
** [[Bobby Goldsboro]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norm N. Nite|author2=Wolfman Jack|title=Rock on: The solid gold years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4404AQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-181642-0|page=276}}</ref>
** [[Ruby Winters]], American singer (died [[2016 in music|2016]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allendave.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3834832&fh_id=12102|title=Obituary for Ruby Winters Jenkins|website=Allendave.com|accessdate=2016-10-04}}</ref>
*[[January 19]]
** [[Michael Crawford]], English actor, singer and entertainer<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4gYAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=141}}</ref>
** [[Nara Leão]], Brazilian singer (died 1989)
*[[January 21]] – [[Edwin Starr]], American singer (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author=Fred Bronson|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVFLAAAAYAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=978-0-8230-7641-3|page=280}}</ref>
*[[January 30]] – [[Marty Balin]], American vocalist ([[Jefferson Airplane]]) (died 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Norm N. Nite|author2=Wolfman Jack|title=Rock on: The video revolution, 1978-present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxwKAQAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-181644-4|page=19}}</ref>
*[[February 2]] – [[Graham Nash]], singer-songwriter ([[The Hollies]]) ([[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Brock Helander|title=The Rockin' 60s: The People Who Made the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mbHDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT360|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Schirmer Trade Books|isbn=978-0-85712-811-9|pages=360}}</ref>
*[[February 5]] – [[Cory Wells]], vocalist ([[Three Dog Night]]) (died 2015)
*[[February 8]] – [[Terry Melcher]], American singer-songwriter and producer ([[Bruce & Terry]]) (died 2004)
*[[February 9]] – [[Carole King]], singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author1=Keith Hatschek|author2=Veronica A. Wells|title=Historical Dictionary of the American Music Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKVoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168|date=15 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-5381-1144-4|pages=168}}</ref>
*[[February 11]] – [[Otis Clay]], gospel/R&B-singer (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Santelli|title=The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGwZAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-100145-6|page=111}}</ref>
*[[February 13]] – [[Peter Tork]], pop musician/actor ([[The Monkees]]) (died 2019)
*[[February 15]] – [[Glyn Johns]], recording engineer
*[[February 19]] – [[Phil Coulter]], folk musician and songwriter
*[[February 28]] – [[Brian Jones]], rock musician ([[The Rolling Stones]]) (died 1969)
*[[March 2]]
**[[Lou Reed]], singer-songwriter (died 2013)
**[[Meir Ariel]], Israeli musician (died 1999)
*[[March 3]] – [[Mike Pender]], vocalist ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]])
*[[March 9]] – [[Mark Lindsay]], American vocalist ([[Paul Revere & the Raiders]])
*[[March 13]]
**[[Meic Stevens]], singer-songwriter
**[[Scatman John]], American music artist, known for scat singing and dance music fusion (died 1999)
*[[March 15]] – [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], country singer (died 2020)
*[[March 20]] – [[Robin Luke]], rockabilly singer
*[[March 25]] – [[Aretha Franklin]], soul singer (died 2018)
*[[March 28]] – [[Samuel Ramey]], operatic bass
*[[April 1]]
**[[Alan Blakely]] ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[Phil Margo]] ([[The Tokens]]) (died 2021)
**Danny Brooks ([[The Dovells]])
*[[April 2]]
**Phil Castrodale ([[The Reflections (Detroit band)|The Reflections]])
**[[Leon Russell]], singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist (died 2016)
*[[April 3]]
**[[Wayne Newton]], singer
**[[Billy Joe Royal]], singer (died 2015)
*[[April 4]] – [[Major Lance]], R&B singer (died 1994)
*[[April 5]] – [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], singer ([[The Hollies]])
*[[April 8]] – [[Roger Chapman]], vocalist (Family)
*[[April 18]] – [[Mike Vickers]] ([[Manfred Mann]])
*[[April 19]] – [[Alan Price]], singer-songwriter and keyboard player
*[[April 24]] – [[Barbra Streisand]], US singer and actress
*[[April 26]] – [[Bobby Rydell]], US singer and sometime actor (died 2022)
*[[April 27]] – [[Jim Keltner]], US rock session drummer
*[[April 29]] – [[Vini Poncia]], songwriter (Tradewinds)
*[[May 1]] – [[Charlie Allen (singer)|Charlie Allen]], singer-songwriter (died 1990)
*[[May 4]]
**[[Nick Ashford]] ([[Ashford & Simpson]]) (died 2011)
**[[Enrique Bátiz]], Mexican conductor and pianist (died 2025)
*[[May 5]] – [[Tammy Wynette]], country singer (died 1998)
*[[May 6]] – [[Colin Earl]] ([[Mungo Jerry]])
*[[May 9]] – [[Tommy Roe]], singer
*[[May 12]]
**[[Ian Dury]], singer-songwriter (died 2000)
**[[Billy Swan]], singer and songwriter
*[[May 18]] – [[Albert Hammond]], singer-songwriter
*[[May 20]] – [[Paul & Paula|Jill Jackson]] ("Paula"), singer
*[[May 23]] – [[Fred Wedlock]], folk singer (died 2010)
*[[May 26]] – Ray Ennis ([[The Swinging Blue Jeans]])
*[[June 3]] – [[Curtis Mayfield]], singer, songwriter and record producer (died 1999)
*[[June 6]] – [[Paul Esswood]], countertenor
*[[June 8]] – [[Chuck Negron]], rock singer-songwriter ([[Three Dog Night]])
*[[June 12]] – [[Len Barry]], singer (died 2020)
*[[June 15]] – [[Birgitte Alsted]], Danish violinist, teacher and composer
*[[June 16]] – [[Edward Levert]] ([[O'Jays]])
*[[June 18]]
**[[Paul McCartney]], singer, songwriter and composer
**[[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
*[[June 19]]
**Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane ([[Spanky and Our Gang]])
**[[Ralna English]], American singer
*[[June 20]] – [[Brian Wilson]], songwriter
*[[June 27]] – [[Bruce Johnston]], American pop singer-songwriter, keyboardist and bassist ([[The Beach Boys]])
*[[June 28]] – [[David Miner (musician)|David Miner]] ([[The Great Society (band)|The Great Society]]), musician and record producer
*[[July 4]] – [[Peter Rowan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Earth Opera]]) ([[Old & In the Way]])
*[[July 5]] – [[Matthias Bamert]], conductor
*[[July 10]] – [[Sixto Rodriguez]], folk rock singer-songwriter (died 2023)
*[[July 11]] – [[Tomasz Stańko]], free jazz trumpeter (died 2018)
*[[July 12]]
**[[Swamp Dogg]], soul singer
**[[Steve Young (musician)|Steve Young]], country singer (died 2016)
*[[July 13]]
**>Stephen Jo Bladd ([[The J. Geils Band]])
**[[Roger McGuinn]] ([[The Byrds]])
**Jay Uzzell ([[The Corsairs]])
*[[July 18]] – [[Bobby Susser]], American songwriter and producer (died 2020)
*[[July 25]] – Bruce Woodly ([[The Seekers]])
*[[July 27]] – [[Kim Fowley]], record producer and songwriter (died 2015)
*[[August 1]] – [[Jerry Garcia]], guitarist ([[Grateful Dead]]) (died 1995)
*[[August 5]] – [[Rick Huxley]], pop bass guitarist ([[The Dave Clark Five]]) (died 2013)
*[[August 7]]
**[[B. J. Thomas]], singer (died 2021)
**[[Caetano Veloso]], Brazilian singer/songwriter
*[[August 8]] – Jay David ([[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show]])
*[[August 11]] – [[Guy Villari]] ([[The Regents (doo-wop band)|The Regents]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Barbara George]], R&B singer-songwriter (died 2006)
*[[August 20]] – [[Isaac Hayes]], soul and funk musician (died 2008)
*[[August 22]] – Joseph Chambers ([[The Chambers Brothers]])
*[[August 25]] – Walter Williams ([[O'Jays]])
*[[August 27]] – [[Daryl Dragon]] ([[The Captain & Tennille]]) (died 2019)
*[[August 29]] – [[Sterling Morrison]] ([[The Velvet Underground]]) (died [[1995]])
*[[September 3]] – [[Al Jardine]], American musician ([[The Beach Boys]])
*[[September 4]] – [[Merald "Bubba" Knight]], American R&B and soul singer ([[Gladys Knight and the Pips]])
*[[September 8]] – [[Sal Valentino]], American rock musician ([[The Beau Brummels]])
*[[September 10]] – [[Danny Hutton]], Irish-born American singer ([[Three Dog Night]])
*[[September 15]] – [[Lee Dorman]], American bassist (died 2012)
*[[September 16]] – [[Bernie Calvert]], English musician ([[The Hollies]])
*[[September 19]]
**[[Danny Kalb]], American blues guitarist (Blues Project)
**[[Freda Payne]], American singer and actress
*[[September 21]]
**[[Jill Gomez]], Guyanese-born British soprano
**[[U-Roy]], born Ewart Beckford, reggae musician, pioneer of [[toasting (Jamaican music)]] (died [[2021 in music|2021]])
*[[September 24]]
**[[Phyllis Allbut]], American pop singer (The Angels)
**[[Ilkka Lipsanen|Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen]], Finnish singer
**[[Gerry Marsden]], English singer-songwriter ([[Gerry & the Pacemakers]]) and actor (died 2021)
*[[September 27]] – [[Alvin Stardust]], English singer (died 2014)
*[[September 28]]
** [[Tim Maia]], Brazilian singer and songwriter (died 1998)
** [[Anatol Ugorski]], Russian-born German pianist (died 2023)
*[[September 29]] – [[Jean-Luc Ponty]], French violinist
*[[September 30]]
**[[Gus Dudgeon]], English [[record producer]] (died 2002)
**[[Mike Harrison (musician)|Mike Harrison]], English musician (Spooky Tooth) (died 2018)
**[[Frankie Lymon]], American singer (died 1968)
*[[October 5]]
**[[Billy Scott (singer)|Billy Scott]], American singer-songwriter (died [[2012 in music|2012]])
**[[Richard Street]] ([[The Temptations]]) (died [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[October 12]]
**[[Melvin Franklin]] (The Temptations) (died 1995)
**[[Daliah Lavi]], Israeli actress and singer (died 2017)
*[[October 17]] – [[Gary Puckett]], singer
*[[October 21]] – [[Elvin Bishop]], guitarist
*[[October 22]]
**[[Annette Funicello]], singer and actress (died [[2013 in music|2013]])
**[[Bobby Fuller]] ([[The Bobby Fuller Four]]) (died 1966)
*[[October 24]] – [[Don Gant]], singer/songwriter, record producer (died 1987)
*[[October 26]] – [[Milton Nascimento]], Brazilian singer/songwriter
*[[October 27]] – [[Lee Greenwood]], country singer-songwriter
*[[November 5]] – [[Pierangelo Bertoli]], Italian singer-songwriter (died [[2002 in music|2002]])
*[[November 7]] – [[Johnny Rivers]], singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer
*[[November 8]] – [[J. J. Jackson (singer)|J. J. Jackson]], singer and songwriter
*[[November 13]]
**[[John P. Hammond]], blues singer and guitarist
**[[Roger Lee Hall]], composer and musicologist
*[[November 15]] – [[Daniel Barenboim]], pianist and conductor
*[[November 17]] – [[Bob Gaudio]] ([[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]])
*[[November 20]]
**[[Norman Greenbaum]], singer
**[[Meredith Monk]], composer
*[[November 27]] – [[Jimi Hendrix]], rock guitarist (died [[1970 in music|1970]])
*[[December 7]] – [[Harry Chapin]], singer-songwriter (died 1981)
*[[December 8]] - [[Toots Hibbert]], reggae singer-songwriter ([[Toots and the Maytals]]) (died 2020)
*[[December 13]] – [[Neil Aspinall]], road manager for [[The Beatles]] (died 2008)
*[[December 17]] – [[Paul Butterfield]], blues musician and singer (died 1987)
*[[December 29]]
**[[Dinah Christie]], English-born Canadian actress and singer
**Jerry Summers, American doo-wop singer ([[The Dovells]])
*[[December 30]] – [[Michael Nesmith]], pop singer-songwriter ([[The Monkees]]) (died 2021)
*[[December 31]] – [[Andy Summers]], guitarist ([[The Police]]), ([[Eric Burdon & the Animals]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 1]] – [[Jaroslav Ježek (composer)|Jaroslav Ježek]], composer, 35 (kidney disease)
*[[January 2]] – [[Henriette Gottlieb]], operatic soprano, 57
*[[January 4]] – [[Leon Jessel]], composer, 70
*[[January 14]]
**[[Harry Champion]], music hall composer, 76
**[[Fred Fisher]], songwriter, 66
*[[February 15]] – [[Stanislav Binički]], Serbian composer, conductor and music teacher, 69
*[[February 22]]
**[[Vera Timanova]], Russian pianist, 87
**[[Stefan Zweig]], Jewish librettist of [[Richard Strauss]], 60
*[[February 25]]
**[[Leo Ascher]], composer and songwriter, 61
**[[Sidney D. Mitchell]], composer and songwriter, 53
*[[March 2]] – [[Charlie Christian]], jazz guitarist, 25 (tuberculosis)
*[[March 11]] – [[Reginald Stoneham]] songwriter and composer
*[[March 15]] – [[Alexander von Zemlinsky]], conductor and composer, 70
*[[March 20]] – [[Aksel Agerby]], composer, organist, and music administrator, 52
*[[April 3]] – [[Paul Gilson]], composer, 76
*[[April 6]] – [[Lee Orean Smith]], composer, arranger, music editor, publisher, music teacher, multi-instrumentalist, and conductor, 67
*[[April 11]] – [[Frederick Hobbs (singer)|Frederick Hobbs]], singer, actor and theatre manager, 61
*[[April 27]] – [[Emil von Sauer]], pianist and composer, 79
*[[May 7]] – [[Felix Weingartner]], editor and conductor, (born 1863)
*[[May 14]] – [[Frank Churchill]], US composer, 40 (suicide)
*[[May 15]] – [[T-Bone Slim]], poet and songwriter (born 1880)
*[[May 26]] – [[Libero Bovio]], Neapolitan lyricist, 68
*[[June 1]] – [[Ernest Pingoud]], composer, 54
*[[June 2]] – [[Bunny Berigan]], jazz trumpeter, 33 (hemorrhage)
*[[June 12]]
**[[Ernst Heuser (composer)|Ernst Heuser]], composer, 79
**[[Walter Leigh]], composer, 36 (killed in action)
*[[June 17]] – [[Jessie Bond]], singer and actress in Gilbert & Sullivan, 89
*[[June 18]]
**[[Arthur Pryor]], trombonist and bandleader, 71
**[[Daniel Alomía Robles]], Peruvian composer and musicologist, 71
*[[July 30]]
**[[Jimmy Blanton]], jazz double-bassist, 23 (tuberculosis)
**[[Dorothy Silk]], soprano, 59
*[[August 12]] – [[Pasquale Amato]], operatic baritone, 64
*[[August 18]] – [[Erwin Schulhoff]], pianist and composer, 48 (tuberculosis)
*[[August 22]] – [[Michel Fokine]], dancer and choreographer, 62
*[[August 28]] – [[Caleb Simper]], organist and composer, 85
*[[September 9]] – [[William Murdoch (pianist)|William Murdoch]], arranger and pianist (born 1888)
*[[October 7]] – [[Norman Gale]], lyricist and writer (born 1862)
*[[October 15]] – Dame [[Marie Tempest]], opera and musical comedy singer, 78
*[[October 23]] – [[Ralph Rainger]], US composer and pianist, 41 (air crash)
*[[November 1]] – [[Hugo Distler]], composer, 34 (suicide)
*[[November 5]] – [[George M. Cohan]], songwriter and music hall star, 64
*[[November 24]] – [[Peadar Kearney]], lyricist of the Irish national anthem, 58
*[[December 3]] – [[Wilhelm Peterson-Berger]], Swedish composer (born 1867)
*[[December 18]] – [[António D'Andrade]], opera singer, 88
*[[December 20]] – [[Jean Gilbert]], composer and conductor, 63
*[[December 21]] – [[Francis Bousquet]], French composer of classical music, 52
*[[December 23]] – [[Konstantin Balmont]], dedicatee and lyricist, 75
*[[December 25]] – [[George L. Cobb]], ragtime composer, 56

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1942 in music| ]]
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1941 in music

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[[File:(Portrait_of_Count_Basie_and_Bob_Crosby,_Howard_Theater,_Washington,_D.C.,_ca._1941)_(LOC)_(4888061605).jpg | thumb | right | alt=Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941. | Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941.]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1941.

==Specific locations==
*[[1941 in British music]]
*[[1941 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1941 in country music]]
*[[1941 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 5]] – [[Ernesto Bonino]] makes his début on Italian radio.
*[[January 15]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]]'s ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' is premiered by the composer and fellow prisoners-of-war in [[Stalag VIII-A]] in [[Silesia]].
*[[January 20]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]]'' is premièred in New York City.
*May – [[Woody Guthrie]] writes and records "[[Roll On, Columbia, Roll On]]" and "[[Grand Coulee Dam (song)|Grand Coulee Dam]]" among other folk songs in [[Portland, Oregon]] on a commission from the [[Bonneville Power Administration]]; these are released as ''[[Columbia River Collection]]''.
*[[May 10]] – London's Queen's Hall, venue for [[The Proms]], is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The concert series relocates to the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
*[[August 18]] – In a brutal police operation in [[Nazi Germany]], over 300 ''[[Swingjugend]]'' ("Swing kids") are arrested, marking the end of tolerance to [[swing music]].
*''date unknown''
**[[Alan Lomax]] (working for the [[Library of Congress]]) discovers [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Son House]], among others
**[[Les Paul]] almost electrocutes himself while attempting to build the first solid-body electric guitar.
**[[Enrico Gentile]] leaves [[Quartetto Ritmo]]. [[Felice Chiusano]] replaces him and the group is renamed [[Quartetto Cetra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oggi: settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRgnAQAAIAAJ|year=1987}}</ref>
**Dutch Leschan sisters of [[Trio Lescano]] become Italian citizens.
**The [[National Negro Opera Company]] is launched in [[Pittsburgh]], USA.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ralph P. Locke|author2=Cyrilla Barr|title=Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists Since 1860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4UylL6JGZcC&pg=PA225|date=1 January 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08395-0|pages=225}}</ref>
**[[Virgil Thomson]]'s ''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]'' is presented at [[Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] in New York City.

==Albums released==
*''[[Songs for John Doe]]'' – [[The Almanac Singers]]
*''[[Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger]]'' – [[Burl Ives]]
*''[[Small Fry (album)|Small Fry]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''[[Hawaii Calls (album)|Hawaii Calls]]'' – Bing Crosby, [[Frances Langford]], [[Harry Owens]]
*''[[Crosbyana]]'' – Bing Crosby
*''[[Four Star Favorites]]'' – [[Artie Shaw]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1941==

For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page.

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Hot100]] was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "[[A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin]]" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like '[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified.
The following songs appeared in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart]] during 1941.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and His Orchestra]] || "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061245. Chattanooga choo choo / Tex Beneke; The Four Modernaires; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049105/PBS-061245-Chattanooga_choo_choo |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11230 || {{Start date|1941|5|7}} || {{Start date|1941|7|25}} || US BB 1941 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 253 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, ASCAP song of 1941, Oscar Nomination 1941 (film 'Sun Valley Serenade')
|-
| 2 || [[Freddy Martin|Freddy Martin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto In B Flat]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061301. Piano concerto in B flat / Freddy Martin Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049134/PBS-061301-Piano_concerto_in_B_flat |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11211 || {{Start date|1941|6|16}} || {{Start date|1941|7|3}} || US BB 1941 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 230 points
|-
| 3 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Amapola (song)|Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68652. Amapola (voBE, HOC) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296765/68652-Amapola_voBE_HOC |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3629 || {{Start date|1941|2|3}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #3, US #1 for 10 weeks, 18 total weeks, 171 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary">{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || [[Sammy Kaye|Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye]] || "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-063320. Daddy / Kaye Choir; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049822/BS-063320-Daddy |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27391 || {{Start date|1941|3|31}} || {{Start date|1941|4|25}} || US BB 1941 #4, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 170 points
|-
| 5 || Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)|Green Eyes]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68840. Green eyes / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296953/68840-Green_eyes |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3698 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 6 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[María Elena (song)|Maria Elena]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68834. Maria Elena / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296947/68834-Maria_Elena |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3698 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #6, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 142 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 7 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Elmer's Tune]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-067630. Elmer's tune / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200051973/BS-067630-Elmers_tune |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11274 || {{Start date|1941|8|11}} || {{Start date|1941|8|29}} || US BB 1941 #7, US #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 126 points
|-
| 8 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Frank Sinatra]]) || "[[This Love of Mine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-065917. This love of mine / Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200050914/BS-065917-This_love_of_mine |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27508 || {{Start date|1941|5|28}} || {{Start date|1941|7|11}} || US BB 1941 #8, US #3 for 4 weeks, 27 total weeks, 111 points
|-
| 9 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[Blue Champagne]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 69091. Blue Champagne / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000297204/69091-Blue_Champagne |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3775 || {{Start date|1941|4|29}} || {{Start date|1941|6}} || US BB 1941 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 84 points
|-
| 10 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & [[Connie Haines]] & [[Pied Pipers]]) || "[[Oh! Look at Me Now|Oh Look At Me Now]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-058760. Oh! Look at me now / Connie Haines; The Pied Pipers; Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048008/BS-058760-Oh_Look_at_me_now |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27274 || {{Start date|1941|1|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #10, US #2 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 81 points
|-
| 11 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[My Sister and I (song)|My Sister and I]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68833. My sister and I / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296946/68833-My_sister_and_I |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3710 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US 1941 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 79 points
|-
| 12 || [[Horace Heidt|Horace Heidt And His Musical Knights]] || "[[I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire]]"<ref name=Columbia>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36000–36499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36000.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36295 || {{Start date|1941|7|24}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #12, US #2 for 2 week, 17 total weeks, 77 points
|-
| 13 || [[Charlie Barnet|Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra]] || "[[I Hear a Rhapsody]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-056483. I hear a rhapsody / Bob Carroll; Charlie Barnet Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046957/BS-056483-I_hear_a_rhapsody |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10934 || {{Start date|1940|10|14}} || {{Start date|1940|11}} || US BB 1941 #13, US #2 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 76 points
|-
| 14 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Yes, Indeed! (1941 song)|Yes, Indeed!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-060908. Yes indeed! / Sy Oliver; Jo Stafford; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048859/BS-060908-Yes_indeed |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27421 || {{Start date|1941|2|17}} || {{Start date|1941|5|23}} || US BB 1941 #14, US #4 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 15 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)|Yours]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68653. Yours (Quiereme mucho) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296766/68653-Yours_Quiereme_mucho |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3657 || {{Start date|1941|2|3}} || {{Start date|1941|3}} || US BB 1941 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 16 || [[Xavier Cugat|Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra]] || "[[Perfidia|Perfidia (Tonight)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-037626. Perfidia / Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037835/BS-037626-Perfidia |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26334 || {{Start date|1940|12|19}} || {{Start date|1941|1|7}} || US BB 1941 #16, US #3 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 70 points
|-
| 17 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "I Hear A Rhapsody"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68461. I hear a rhapsody / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296574/68461-I_hear_a_rhapsody |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3570 || {{Start date|1940|10|14}} || {{Start date|1940|11}} || US BB 1941 #17, US #3 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 55 points
|-
| 18 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[The Song of the Volga Boatmen|Song Of The Volga Boatmen]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-058885. Song of the Volga boatman / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048087/BS-058885-Song_of_the_Volga_boatman |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11029 || {{Start date|1941|4|24}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 19 || Freddy Martin and his Orchestra || "[[The Hut-Sut Song|The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061198. The hut-sut song (A Swedish serenade) / Freddy Martin Orchestra; Eddie Stone – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049080/PBS-061198-The_hut-sut_song_A_Swedish_serenade |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11147 || {{Start date|1941|4|24}} || {{Start date|1941|5|16}} || US BB 1941 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 20 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Dolores (song)|Dolores]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2290. Dolores / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268713/DLA_2290-Dolores |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3644 || {{Start date|1940|12|23}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 52 points
|}

Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B):
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 23 || [[Andrews Sisters]] || "[[(I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68351. I'll be with you in apple blossom time / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296464/68351-Ill_be_with_you_in_apple_blossom_time |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3622 || {{Start date|1940|11|14}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #23, US #5 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 48 points
|-
| 25 || [[Harry James|Harry James and His Orchestra]] || "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]"<ref name=Columbia/> || Columbia 36296 || {{Start date|1941|5|20}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #25, US #5 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 41 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2010
|-
| 46 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]] || "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Star Dust]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-055097. Star dust / Artie Shaw Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046197/PBS-055097-Star_dust |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27230 || {{Start date|1940|10|7}} || {{Start date|1940|12|6}} || US 1941 #46, US #6 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 12 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1988
|-
| 56 || Bing Crosby || "[[San Antonio Rose]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2274. San Antonio Rose / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268697/DLA_2274-San_Antonio_Rose |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3590 || {{Start date|1940|12|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #56, US #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 9 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 87 || [[Bob Wills|Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys]] || "New San Antonio Rose"<ref name=Okeh1>{{Cite web |title=OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600–5999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK5600.htm |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || OKeh 05694 || {{Start date|1940|4|16}} || {{Start date|1940|8}} || US BB 1941 #87, US #11 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1940 #9, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories/> Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Library of Congress artifact added 2003
|-
| 86 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "[[Yes, My Darling Daughter]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-056438. Yes, my darling daughter / Dinah Shore – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046917/BS-056438-Yes_my_darling_daughter |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10920 || {{Start date|1940|10|4}} || {{Start date|1940|11|8}} || US BB 1941 #86, US #11 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 88 || Andrews Sisters || "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2326. Boogie woogie bugle boy / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268749/DLA_2326-Boogie_woogie_bugle_boy |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3598 || {{Start date|1941|1|2}} || {{Start date|1941|1|20}} || US BB 1941 #88, US #11 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000
|-
| 91 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra]] || "[[Take the "A" Train]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-055283. Take the "A" train / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046306/PBS-055283-Take_the_A_train |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27380 || {{Start date|1941|2|15}} || {{Start date|1941|4|11}} || US BB 1941 #91, US #12 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1976
|-
| 95 || [[Larry Clinton|Larry Clinton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Because of You (1940 song)|Because of You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-053733. Because of you / Bluebird Orchestra; Larry Clinton; Peggy Mann – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045507/BS-053733-Because_of_you |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11094 || {{Start date|1940|12|12}} || {{Start date|1941|3|28}} || US 1941 #95, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 99 || [[Louise Massey|Louise Massey and the Westerners]] || "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]"<ref name=Okeh2/> || Okeh 6077 || {{Start date|1941|1|27}} || {{Start date|1941|3}} || US BB 1941 #99, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #10, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
|-
| 131 || [[Gene Autry]] || "[[You Are My Sunshine]]"<ref name=Okeh2>{{Cite web|title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000–6500|url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6000.htm|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Okeh 6274 || {{Start date|1941|6|18}} || {{Start date|1941|7|10}} || US BB 1941 #131, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, USHB #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 142 || [[Sons of the Pioneers]] || "[[Cool Water (song)|Cool Water]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 93632. Cool water / Sons of the Pioneers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000284983/93632-Cool_water |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 5939 || {{Start date|1941|3|27}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #142, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #12, USHB #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|-
| 167 || Bing Crosby || "You Are My Sunshine"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2515. You are my sunshine / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268938/DLA_2515-You_are_my_sunshine |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3952 || {{Start date|1941|7|8}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #167, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 147 || Gene Autry || "Be Honest with Me"<ref name=Okeh1/> || Okeh 5980 || {{Start date|1940|8|20}} || {{Start date|1941|1|17}} || US BB 1941 #147, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 58 total weeks
|-
| 154 || [[Ernest Tubb]] || "[[Walking the Floor Over You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 93673. Walking the floor over you / Ernest Tubb – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000285024/93673-Walking_the_floor_over_you |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 5958 || {{Start date|1941|4|26}} || {{Start date|1941|5|28}} || US BB 1941 #154, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, USHB #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks
|-
| 251 || Bing Crosby || "It Makes No Difference Now"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2275. It makes no difference now / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268698/DLA_2275-It_makes_no_difference_now |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3590 || {{Start date|1940|12|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #251, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|}

==Published popular music==
* "All That Meat and No Potatoes" words and music: [[Fats Waller]] & [[Ed Kirkeby]]
* "[[The Anniversary Waltz]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. Dave Franklin
* "Apollo Jump" m. Ernest Puree, [[Prince Robinson]] & [[Lucky Millinder|Lucius "Lucky" Millinder]]
* "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "[[Baby Mine (song)|Baby Mine]]" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Frank Churchill]] nominated for Oscar, from the animated feature ''[[Dumbo]]''
* "Be Honest With Me" w.m. [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] & [[Gene Autry]]
* "Blue Champagne" w.m. Jimmy Eaton, [[Grady Watts]] & Frank Ryerson
* "[[Blues in the Night]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "Boa Noite" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]" w.m. [[Don Raye]] & Hughie Prince
* "[[Botch-A-Me]]" w. (Eng) Eddie Stanley (Ital) R. Morbelli & L. Astore m. R. Morbelli & L. Astore
* "Casey Junior" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Frank Churchill]] from the animated feature ''[[Dumbo]]''
* "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Cherry" w.m. [[Charles N. Daniels (music)|Charles N. Daniels]]
* "Chica Chica Boom Chic" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]" w.m. [[Bobby Troup]]
* "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]" w. June Hershey m. Don Swander
* "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" w.m. [[Horatio Nicholls]], [[Charlie Chester]] & Reg Morgan
* "[[Elmer's Tune]]" w.m. Elmer Albrecht, [[Sammy Gallop]] & [[Dick Jurgens]]
* "Everything Happens To Me" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
* "Five Guys Named Moe" w. Larry Wynn m. Jerry Bresler
* "[[God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)|God Bless The Child]]" w.m. Arthur Herzog Jr & [[Billie Holiday]]
* "Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama" w.m. [[J. Fred Coots]]
* "[[He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings]]" w. Eric Maschwitz m. [[Michael Carr (composer)|Michael Carr]]
* "Hey Little Hen" w.m. [[Ralph Butler]] & [[Noel Gay]]
* "[[How About You?]]" w. [[Ralph Freed]] m. [[Burton Lane]]
* "Humpty Dumpty Heart" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[The Hut-Sut Song]]" w.m. Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael & [[Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner]]
* "[[I Could Write a Book]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Leila Ernst]] in the musical ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]''. Performed in the 1953 film version by [[Frank Sinatra]].
* "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, [[Bennie Benjamin]] & Eddie Durham
* "[[I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem]]" w. [[Buddy Feyne]] m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]], Leonard Ware & Ben Smith
* "[[I Don't Want To Walk Without You]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "[[I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)]]" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green
* "[[I Know Why (And So Do You)]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "I Said No!" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "I See A Million People" w. Robert Sour m. [[Una Mae Carlisle]]
* "[[I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)|I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I'll Remember April (song)|I'll Remember April]]" w. [[Don Raye]] & Patricia Johnston m. [[Gene De Paul]]
* "[[I'm Glad There Is You]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Dorsey]] & Paul Madeira Mertz
* "[[Introduction to a Waltz]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]], [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] & Hal Dickinson
* "[[It Happened In Sun Valley]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "It's So Peaceful In The Country" w.m. [[Alec Wilder]]
* "[[I Understand (1941 song)|I Understand]]" w. [[Kim Gannon]] m. [[Mabel Wayne]]
* "I've Got Sixpence" w.m. Elton Box & Desmond Cox
* "[[The Saga of Jenny|Jenny]]" (aka "The Saga of Jenny") w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Gertrude Lawrence]] in the musical ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''. Performed in the 1944 film version by [[Ginger Rogers]]
* "Jersey Bounce" m. Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson & Robert B. Wright
* "[[Jim (song)|Jim]]" w. Nelson Shawn m. [[Caesar Petrillo]] & Edward Ross
* "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Knock Me A Kiss" w.m. Mike Jackson
* "Let's All Meet At My House" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[Let's Get Away from It All]]" w. [[Tom Adair]] m. [[Matt Dennis]]
* "Let's Not Talk About Love" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[London Pride (song)|London Pride]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Ma! I Miss Your Apple Pie" w.m. [[Carmen Lombardo]] & [[John Jacob Loeb]]
* "[[Misirlou]]" w. (Eng) Milton Leeds, S. K. Russell & Fred Wise m. N. Roubanis
* "[[Moonlight Cocktail]]" w. [[Kim Gannon]] m. [[Luckey Roberts|C. Luckeyth "Lucky" Roberts]]
* "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]" w.m. [[Louise Massey]] & Lee Penny
* "My Ship" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "[[My Sister and I (song)|My Sister and I]]" w.m. [[Hy Zaret]], [[Joan Whitney (songwriter)|Joan Whitney]] & [[Alex Kramer (songwriter)|Alex Kramer]]
* "[[Oh! Look at Me Now]]" w. [[John DeVries]] m. [[Joe Bushkin]]
* "Please Take A Letter Miss Brown" Paul Cunningham, Ernie Burnett
* "Racing With The Moon" w. [[Vaughn Monroe]] & Pauline Pope m. Johnny Watson
* "Rancho Pillow" [[Charles Newman (lyricist)|Charles Newman]] & [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "Remember Pearl Harbor" w.m. Don Reid & [[Sammy Kaye]]
* "Road To Zanzibar" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] from the film ''[[Road to Zanzibar|Road To Zanzibar]]''
* "Rose O'Day" w.m. [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
* "Sand In My Shoes" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "The Shrine Of Saint Cecilia" w. Carroll Loveday m. Nils Perne (Jokern)
* "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" w. [[Mack David]] m. Larry Shayne
* "[[Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat]]" w.m. Leon René, Otis René & Emerson Scott
* "[[So Near and Yet So Far]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]''.
* "Starlight Serenade" w.m. [[Sonny Miller]], Frederick Tysh & Hans May
* "The Story Of A Starry Night" w.m. [[Jerry Livingston]], [[Al Hoffman]] & Mann Curtis
* "[[A String of Pearls (song)|A String Of Pearls]]" w. Eddie De Lange m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]]
* "Sun Valley Jump" m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] from the film ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
* "Take The "A" Train" w.m. [[Billy Strayhorn]]
* "[[Tangerine (1941 song)|Tangerine]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Tenement Symphony" w. Sid Kuller & Ray Golden m. Hal Borne
* "That Lovely Weekend" w.m. [[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]] & Moira Heath
* "There Goes That Song Again" [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "[[There! I've Said It Again|There, I've Said It Again]]" w.m. [[Redd Evans]] & Dave Mann
* "This Is New" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "[[This Time the Dream's on Me]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Priscilla Lane]] in the film ''[[Blues in the Night (film)|Blues in the Night]]''.
* "(Lights Out) 'Til Reveille" w. Stanley Cowan m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth
* "Tonight We Love" w. Bobby Worth m. [[Freddy Martin]] & Ray Austin
* "Tschaikovsky (And Other Russians)" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Danny Kaye]] in the musical ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''
* "Two In Love" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "Violets For Your Furs" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
* "The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid" w.m [[Johnny Mercer]]
* "[[Walking the Floor Over You]]" w.m. [[Ernest Tubb]]
* "We're The Couple In The Castle" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[When I Love I Love]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "When I See an Elephant Fly" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. Oliver Wallace
* "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" w.m. Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan
* "When They Sound The Last All Clear" w.m. [[Hughie Charles]], Louis Elton
* "[[(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover]]" w. Nat Burton m. Walter Kent
* "[[Why Don't We Do This More Often?]]" w. [[Charles Newman (songwriter)|Charles Newman]] m. [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "Winter Weather" w.m. [[Ted Shapiro]]
* "You And I" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "[[You Don't Know What Love Is]]" w. [[Don Raye]] m. [[Gene De Paul]]

==Other publications==
*[[Robert van Gulik]] – ''The Lore of the Chinese Lute: An Essay in Ch'in Ideology''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[William Alwyn|Alwyn, William]] || ''[[Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra]]'' || 1941-11-03 || Bedford, UK || [[Watson Forbes|Forbes]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570704&catNum=570704&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg8WAxFjyrAC&dq=william+alwyn+1941+bbc+pastoral+fantasia+%22watson+forbes%22&pg=PA78 The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn]</ref>
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Philadelphia || [[Albert Spalding (violinist)|Spalding]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/BarberConcerto%20for%20Violin%20and%20Orchestra.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]] || 1941-02-07 || New York City || [[Kolisch Quartet]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6OCOvvu0O1wC&dq=bartok+quartet+6+kolisch+1941&pg=PA32 Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Matinées musicales]]'' || 1941-06-27 || Rio de Janeiro || [[American Ballet Company|American Ballet Company Orchestra]] – [[Emanuel Balaban|Balaban]]<ref>[http://classicalnotes.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/matinees-musicales-britten.html MUSIClassical Notes]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Sinfonia da Requiem]]'' || 1941-03-30 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Britten/Britten-Requiem20.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Britten)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1941-09-21 || Los Angeles || [[Coolidge Quartet]]<ref>[https://goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/listening-to-britten-string-quartet-no-1-in-d-major-op-25/ Good Morning Britten]</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || [[Piano Sonata (Copland)|Piano Sonata]] || 1941-10-21 || Buenos Aires || Copland<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559184&catNum=559184&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Canti di prigionia]]'' || 1941-12-11 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7564|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Canti di prigionia''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux]]'' || 1941-05-01 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24971|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Concierto argentino]]'' || 1941-07-18 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Hugo Balzo|Balzo]] / [[SODRE Symphony Orchestra|SODRE Symphony]] – [[Lamberto Baldi|Baldi]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31583|Alberto Ginastera: ''Concierto argentino''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernard Herrmann|Herrmann, Bernard]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Herrmann)|Symphony]] || 1941-07-27 || New York City || [[CBS Symphony Orchestra|CBS Symphony]] – Herrmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-1mUcGRpt0EC&dq=herrmann+cbs+symphony+1941&pg=PA89 Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann]</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || [[Cello Concerto (Hindemith)|Cello Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Boston || [[Gregor Piatigorsky|Piatigorsky]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,33092,cmss,3369.html#show_details Schott Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' || 1941-01-15 || Görlitz, Germany || [[Jean Le Boulaire|Le Boulaire]], [[Henri Akoka|Akoka]], [[Étienne Pasquier (cellist)|Pasquier]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|10612|Olivier Messiaen: ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vítězslav Novák|Novák, Vítězslav]] || ''[[De Profundis (Novák)|De Profundis]]'' || 1941-11-20 || Brno, Czechoslovakia || [[Jiří Reinberger|Reinberger]] / [[Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra|Prague Radio Symphony]] – [[Břetislav Bakala|Bakala]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150721190426/http://www.wrightmusic.net/pdfs/vitezslav-novak.pdf Wright Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff, Sergei]] || [[Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)|Symphonic Dances]] || 1941-01-03 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |title=Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra |access-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075713/http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[William Schuman|Schuman, William]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Schuman)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1941-10-17 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/32750 Musicsales Classical]</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Joseph Achron]] – Concerto for Piano Solo
*[[Richard Addinsell]] – ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]''
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – ''Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Beschreiben (Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain)''
*[[Roberto Gerhard]] – ''Sinfonía homenaje a Pedrell ''
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – ''Pochodnyj marš (Field march)'' for wind orchestra, op. 76
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – English Horn Sonata (premiered November 23 in New York City)
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 3, ''Sinfonia rustica''
**Symphony No. 4, ''Sinfonia sacra''
*[[Wilhelm Kienzl]] – String Quartet No.3, Op.113
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps|Quatour pour la fin du temps]]''
*[[Harry Partch]] – ''Barstow''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''Lullaby'' (Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky's "Cradle Song" Op. 16 No. 1)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7 C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"]]
*[[Lukas Foss]] – Concerto No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra

==Opera==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Paul Bunyan (operetta)|Paul Bunyan]]''
*[[Miguel Bernal Jiménez]] – ''[[Tata Vasco (opera)|Tata Vasco]]''
*[[William Grant Still]] – ''[[A Bayou Legend]]'', with libretto by [[Verna Arvey]]

==Film==
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]''
*[[Franz Waxman]] - ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[49th Parallel (film)|49th Parallel]]''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1941 in jazz}}

== Musical theatre ==
* ''[[Apple Sauce (musical)|Apple Sauce]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[London Palladium|Palladium]] on March 5
* ''[[Banjo Eyes]]'' Broadway production opened on December 25 at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre|Hollywood Theatre]] and ran for 126 performances.
* ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' Broadway production opened on October 1 at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] and ran for 326 performances.
* ''[[Get a Load of This (musical)|Get a Load of This]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened on November 19 at the [[Hippodrome, London|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 (New York City)|Center Theatre]] and ran for 386 performances.
* ''[[Lady Behave (musical)|Lady Behave]]'' London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|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.

== Musical films ==
* ''[[Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig]]'', starring [[Lilian Ellis]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=51 |title=Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig |language=Danish |website=danskefilm.dk |access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Apavadu]]''
* ''[[Babes on Broadway]]''
* ''[[Birth of the Blues]]''
* ''[[Blues in the Night (film)|Blues in the Night]]''
* ''[[The Chocolate Soldier (film)|The Chocolate Soldier]]''
* ''[[Dumbo]]''
* ''[[Háry János (1941 film)|Háry János]]'', starring [[Antal Páger (actor)|Antal Páger]] and [[Margit Dajka]]
* ''[[He Found a Star]]'' starring [[Vic Oliver]], [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] and [[Evelyn Dall]]
* ''[[Hold That Ghost]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]] and featuring [[The Andrews Sisters]] and [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]] and his Band
* ''[[In the Navy (film)|In the Navy]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]], [[Dick Powell]] and [[The Andrews Sisters]]
* ''[[Kiss the Boys Goodbye]]'' starring [[Don Ameche]] and [[Mary Martin]]
* ''[[Lady Be Good (1941 film)|Lady Be Good]]''
* ''[[Moon Over Miami (film)|Moon Over Miami]]''
* ''[[Navy Blues (1941 film)|Navy Blues]]'' starring [[Ann Sheridan]], [[Jack Oakie]], [[Martha Raye]] and [[Jack Haley]]
* ''[[Playmates (1941 film)|Playmates]]''
* ''[[Rise and Shine (film)|Rise and Shine]]'' starring [[Jack Oakie]], [[Linda Darnell]], [[George Murphy]] and [[Milton Berle]]
* ''[[Road to Zanzibar]]''
* ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' starring [[Robert Paige]], [[Jane Frazee]], [[Eve Arden]] and [[The Merry Macs]]
* ''[[Sis Hopkins (1941 film)|Sis Hopkins]]'' starring [[Judy Canova]], [[Bob Crosby]], [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]] and [[Susan Hayward]]
* ''[[Smilin' Through (1941 film)|Smilin' Through]]''
* ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
* ''[[Sunny (1941 film)|Sunny]]''
* ''[[Sweetheart of the Campus]]''
* ''[[That Certain Something]]''
* ''[[That Night in Rio]]''
* ''[[They Met in Argentina]]''
* ''[[Time Out for Rhythm]]''
* ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'' starring [[Rudy Vallee]] and [[Helen Parrish]]
* ''[[Week-End in Havana]]''
* ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]], [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Robert Benchley]]. Directed by [[Sidney Lanfield]].
* ''[[You're the One (1941 film)|You're the One]]'' starring [[Bonnie Baker (singer)|Bonnie Baker]], [[Orrin Tucker]] & his Orchestra, [[Edward Everett Horton]] and [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]]
* ''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''
* ''[[Zis Boom Bah]]'' starring [[Grace Hayes]], [[Peter Lind Hayes]], [[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]], [[Richard "Skeets" Gallagher|Skeets Gallagher]] and [[Benny Rubin]], and directed by [[William Nigh]]

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Van Dyke Parks]], singer, arranger and composer
*[[January 9]]
**[[Joan Baez]], folk singer
**[[Roy Head]], singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
*[[January 11]] – [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (died [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Long John Baldry]], R&B singer (Blues Incorporated) (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[January 15]] – [[Captain Beefheart]], musician and artist (died 2010)
*[[January 18]] – [[David Ruffin]] ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1991)
*[[January 20]] – [[Ron Townson]] ([[The 5th Dimension]]) (died 2001)
*[[January 21]]
**[[Plácido Domingo]], operatic tenor
**[[Richie Havens]], folk singer (died [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[January 24]]
**[[Michael Chapman (singer)|Michael Chapman]], folk guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2021)
**[[Neil Diamond]], singer-songwriter
**[[Aaron Neville]], R&B and soul vocalist and musician ([[The Neville Brothers]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Bobby Hutcherson]], American jazz musician (died [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[January 28]] – [[Cash McCall (musician)|Cash McCall]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died [[2010 in music|2010]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesmagazine.nl/in-memoriam-cash-mccall-january-28-1941-april-20-2019/|title=In Memoriam Cash McCall|date=30 April 2019|website=Blues Magazine|access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[February 4]] – [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], rock drummer [[The Animals]]
*[[February 5]]
**[[Henson Cargill]], country singer (died 2007)
**[[Barrett Strong]], Motown singer-songwriter (died 2023)
**[[Cory Wells]], rock singer ([[Three Dog Night]]) (died 2015)
*[[February 6]] – [[Dave Berry (musician)|Dave Berry]], singer (Dave Berry and the Crusaders)
*[[February 11]]
**Earl Lewis, doo-wop singer-songwriter ([[The Channels]])
**[[Sérgio Mendes]], Brazilian keyboard player and Latin American musician<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington - Morphine|publisher=MUZE|year=2006|page=705}}</ref> (died 2024)
**[[Tom Rush]], folk & blues singer
*[[February 12]] – [[Dominguinhos]], Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer (died 2013)
*[[February 15]] – [[Brian Holland]], songwriter
*[[February 17]] – [[Gene Pitney]], pop singer-songwriter (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=gene-pitney&pid=17314701&fhid=3196|title=Gene Pitney Obituary – Rockville, CT |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[February 18]]
**[[Herman Santiago]], rock & roll singer-songwriter ([[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers]])
**[[Irma Thomas]], soul singer
*[[February 20]] – [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], singer and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Joanie Sommers]], singer and actress
*[[March 6]] – [[Palle Mikkelborg]], jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[March 8]] – [[Ivana Loudová]], composer (died 2017)
*[[March 12]] – [[Paul Kantner]], psychedelic rock guitarist ([[Jefferson Airplane]], [[KBC Band]]) (died 2016)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mike Love]], rock singer ([[The Beach Boys]])
*[[March 18]] – [[Wilson Pickett]], soul singer (died 2006)
*[[March 22]] – [[Jeremy Clyde]], singer ([[Chad and Jeremy]])
*[[March 24]] – [[Michael Masser]], songwriter, composer and producer of popular music (died [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[March 28]] – [[Alf Clausen]], orchestra conductor (''[[The Simpsons]]'')
*[[March 30]] – [[Graeme Edge]] ([[The Moody Blues]]) (died 2021)
*[[April 3]]
** [[Jan Berry]], American singer (''Jan & Dean'') (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
** [[Jorma Hynninen]], Finnish baritone
** [[Philippé Wynne]], American musician (died [[1984 in music|1984]])
*[[April 5]]
**[[David LaFlamme]], born Gary Posie, classical and rock violinist ([[It's a Beautiful Day]])
**[[Dave Swarbrick]], folk rock fiddle player ([[Fairport Convention]]) (died [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[April 9]] – [[Kay Adams (singer)|Kay Adams]], country singer
*[[April 17]] – [[Adolphus Hailstork]], composer and educator<ref>{{cite book|title=Woodwind Music of Black Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xub8o3ozLuEC&pg=PA24|year=1990|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27265-3|pages=24}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Roberto Carlos (singer)|Roberto Carlos]], singer
*[[April 21]] – [[Jim Owen (singer-songwriter)|Jim Owen]], country singer-songwriter (died [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[April 28]]
**[[Peter Anders (songwriter)|Peter Anders]], songwriter [[The Tradewinds]]
**[[Ann-Margret]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Michael|title=Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Garland Books|page=1950}}</ref>
*[[April 30]] – [[Johnny Farina]] ([[Santo & Johnny]])
*[[May 4]] – Richard Burns ([[The Hondells]])
*[[May 8]] – [[John Fred]], vocalist ([[John Fred & His Playboy Band]]) (died [[2005 in music|2005]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Independent | title=John Fred | date=18 April 2005|access-date=15 April 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[May 9]]
**[[Peter Birrell]] ([[Freddie & The Dreamers]])
**[[Danny Rapp]], American singer ([[Danny and the Juniors]]) (died 1983)
*[[May 11]] – [[Eric Burdon]], R&B singer ([[The Animals]])
*[[May 13]]
**[[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], singer and guitarist
**[[Ritchie Valens]], singer (died 1959)
*[[May 18]] – [[Lobby Loyde]], Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer ([[Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs]], [[Purple Hearts (Australian band)|Purple Hearts]], [[Wild Cherries]] and [[Rose Tattoo]]) (died 2007)
*[[May 21]] – [[Ronald Isley]] ([[The Isley Brothers]])
*[[May 24]]
**Konrad Boehmer, composer
**[[Bob Dylan]], folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 27]] – [[Teppo Hauta-aho]], Finnish double bassist and composer
*[[June 1]] – [[Edo de Waart]], conductor
*[[June 2]]
**[[William Guest (singer)|William Guest]], R&B/soul singer ([[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]) (died 2015)<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2015-12-27 |title=William Guest, Longtime Member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, Dies at 74 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/arts/music/william-guest-longtime-member-of-gladys-knight-and-the-pips-dies-at-74.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
**[[Charlie Watts]], rock drummer ([[The Rolling Stones]]) (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|first=Cleveland|last=Amory|title=Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-9615476-0-8|page=251}}</ref>
*[[June 5]] – [[Martha Argerich]], pianist
*[[June 7]] – [[Jaime Laredo]], Bolivian-American violinist and conductor<ref>{{cite book|first=Niels A.|last=Miller|title=Encyclopedia of Music Philately|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkE7AAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=American Topical Association|page=9}}</ref>
*[[June 8]] – [[Fuzzy Haskins]], musician (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=2023-03-23 |title=Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/music/fuzzy-haskins-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[June 9]] – [[Jon Lord]], rock keyboard player and composer ([[Deep Purple]]) (died [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[June 10]]
**[[Mickey Jones]], rock drummer and character actor (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
**[[Shirley Owens]], soul singer ([[The Shirelles]])
**[[Aida Vedishcheva]], Soviet and Russian singer
*[[June 12]]
**[[Chick Corea]], jazz musician (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|date=February 11, 2021|title=Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/|access-date=February 11, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], folk rock singer-songwriter
**[[Reg Presley]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Troggs]]) (died 2013)
*[[June 13]] – [[Esther Ofarim]], singer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Olaf Glöckner|author2=Haim Fireberg|title=Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c561CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT179|date=25 September 2015|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-039574-7|pages=179}}</ref>
*[[June 15]] – [[Harry Nilsson]], singer-songwriter (died [[1994 in music|1994]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alyn Shipton|title=Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZceAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=8 August 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-975657-5|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[June 16]] – [[Lamont Dozier]], songwriter (died [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[June 23]] – [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Grateful Dead]]) (died 2019)
*[[June 24]] – [[Erkin Koray]], Turkish musician
*[[July 5]] – [[Terry Cashman]], record producer and singer-songwriter
*[[July 7]] – [[Jim Rodford]], bass guitarist ([[Argent (band)|Argent]]) (died 2018)
*[[July 16]] – [[Desmond Dekker]], reggae musician (died 2006)
*[[July 17]]
**[[Spencer Davis]], instrumentalist ([[The Spencer Davis Group]]) (died 2020)
**[[Gribouille]], chanteuse (died 1968)
*[[July 18]]
**[[Lonnie Mack]], rock and blues guitarist (died 2016)
**[[Martha Reeves]], vocalist
*[[July 19]] – [[Vicki Carr]], singer
*[[July 22]]
** [[Estelle Bennett]] ([[The Ronettes]]) (died [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/estelle-bennett-singer-with-the-ronettes-1609210.html|title=Estelle Bennett: Singer with the Ronettes|last=Leigh|first=Spencer|date=February 14, 2009|website=The Independent|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
** [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], American musician
*[[July 25]] – [[Manny Charlton]], hard rock lead guitarist and record producer ([[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]) (died [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[July 26]] – [[Brenton Wood]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 27]] – [[Johannes Fritsch]], composer and violist (died 2010)
*[[July 28]] – [[Riccardo Muti]], conductor
*[[July 30]] – [[Paul Anka]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 2]] – [[Doris Coley]] ([[The Shirelles]]) (died 2000)
*[[August 3]] – [[Beverly Lee]] ([[The Shirelles]])
*[[August 14]]
**[[David Crosby]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Byrds]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills & Nash]]) (died 2023)
**[[Connie Smith]], country singer-songwriter
*[[August 19]] – [[Alain Boublil]], librettist
*[[August 20]] – [[Dave Brock]] ([[Hawkwind]])
*[[August 21]]
**[[Tom Coster]] ([[Carlos Santana|Santana]])
**[[Jackie DeShannon]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 22]] – [[Marvell Thomas]], African-American Memphis blues keyboardist (died 2017)
*[[August 24]] – [[Kenny Rogers]], country musician (died 2020)
*[[August 26]] – [[Chris Curtis (musician)|Chris Curtis]] ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]]) (died 2005)
*[[August 27]] – [[Cesária Évora]], [[Morna (music)|morna]] vocalist (died 2011)
*[[August 28]] – [[Joseph Shabalala]], choral director ([[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]) (died 2020)
*[[August 30]] – [[John McNally (musician)|John McNally]] ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]])
*[[September 9]] – [[Otis Redding]], soul singer (died 1967)
*[[September 10]] – [[Christopher Hogwood]], conductor and harpsichordist (died 2014)
*[[September 13]] – [[David Clayton-Thomas]], vocalist ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*[[September 14]] – [[Alberto Naranjo]], arranger and composer (died 2020)
*[[September 19]] – [[Cass Elliot]], singer (died 1974)
*[[September 24]] – [[Linda McCartney]] ([[Wings (band)|Wings]]) (died 1998)
*[[September 26]] – [[Salvatore Accardo]], Italian violinist and conductor
*[[October 2]] – [[Ron Meagher]] ([[The Beau Brummels]])
*[[October 3]] – [[Chubby Checker]], singer
*[[October 4]] – [[Mighty Shadow]], Trinidadian calypsonian (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Paul Simon]], singer-songwriter
*[[October 17]]
**Alan Howard ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[James Seals]] ([[Seals and Crofts]]) (died 2022)
*[[October 21]]
**[[Manfred Mann (musician)|Manfred Mann]], born Manfred Lubowitz, rock keyboardist and singer-songwriter ([[Manfred Mann]])
**[[Steve Cropper]], R&B guitarist ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Helen Reddy]], singer (died 2020)
*[[October 28]]
**[[Curtis Lee]], singer (died 2015)
**[[Hank Marvin]], guitarist ([[The Shadows]])
*[[October 30]] – [[Otis Williams]], vocalist ([[The Temptations]])
*[[November 2]]
**[[The Tremeloes|Brian Poole]], singer ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[Bruce Welch]], guitarist and singer ([[The Shadows]])
*[[November 5]] – [[Art Garfunkel]], singer ([[Simon and Garfunkel]])
*[[November 6]]
**[[James Bowman (countertenor)|James Bowman]], countertenor (died 2023)
**[[Guy Clark]], folk singer-songwriter (died 2016)
** [[Doug Sahm]], Tex-Mex musician ([[Sir Douglas Quintet]]) (died 1999)
*[[November 8]] – [[Simon Standage]], baroque violinist
*[[November 9]] – [[Tom Fogerty]], rock rhythm guitarist ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]) (died 1990)
*[[November 13]] – [[Odia Coates]], singer (died 1991)
*[[November 16]] – [[Dan Penn]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[November 20]] – [[Dr. John]], American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019)
*[[November 21]] – [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]], American soul musician
*[[November 24]]
**[[Pete Best]], rock drummer ([[The Beatles]], original lineup)
**[[Donald "Duck" Dunn]], rock bass guitarist ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]], [[The Blues Brothers]]) (died 2012)
*[[November 27]] – [[Eddie Rabbitt]], country singer-songwriter ([[Amos Garrett]]) (died 1998)
*[[November 29]] – [[Denny Doherty]], folk singer ([[The Mamas & the Papas]]) (died 2007)
*[[December 2]] – [[Tom McGuinness (musician)|Tom McGuinness]], English pop guitarist ([[Manfred Mann]])
*[[December 8]] - [[Bobby Elliott]], drummer ([[The Hollies]])
*[[December 10]]
**[[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer and actor (died 1985)
**[[Peter Sarstedt]], Indian-born British singer-songwriter (died 2017)
**[[Chad Stuart]], English folk rock singer ([[Chad & Jeremy]]) (died 2020)
*[[December 12]] – [[Tim Hauser]], American singer ([[The Manhattan Transfer]]) (died 2014)
*[[December 18]] – [[Sam Andrew]], American rock musician ([[Big Brother & The Holding Company]]) (died 2015)
*[[December 19]] – [[Maurice White]], American R&B musician ([[Earth, Wind and Fire]]) (died 2016)
*[[December 27]]
**[[Les Maguire]], English pop pianist ([[Gerry & the Pacemakers]])
**[[Mike Pinder]], English rock keyboard player ([[The Moody Blues]])
*[[December 29]] – [[Ray Thomas]], English rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018)

==Deaths==
*[[January 7]] – [[:fr:Louis Bousquet|Louis Bousquet]], composer and lyricist (born 1871)
*[[January 10]] – [[Frank Bridge]], composer, 61
*[[January 23]] – [[Dobri Hristov]], composer, 65
*[[February 5]] – [[Miina Härma]], Estonian organist, composer, and conductor, 76<ref>{{cite book|first=Tiit|last=Kändler|translator-first=Küllike|translator-last=Lengi-Cooper|title=A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century|location=Tallinn|publisher=Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers|year=2002|page=52|isbn=978-9-98570-103-4}}</ref>
*[[February 13]] – [[Blind Boy Fuller]], blues musician, 36 (sepsis)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blueskc.org/blind-boy-fuller/ |title=Kansas City Blues Society|access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[February 15]] – [[Guido Adler]], musicologist, 85<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Randel|editor-first=Don Michael|title=The Harvard biographical dictionary of music|year=1996|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|isbn=0-674-37299-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5 5]|chapter=Adler, Guido|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5}}</ref>
*[[February 19]] – Sir [[Hamilton Harty]], conductor and composer, 61
*[[February 21]] – [[La Bolduc]], Québécois singer, 46 (cancer)
*[[March 11]] – Sir [[Henry Walford Davies]], composer, 71
*[[March 12]] – [[Ernst Décsey]], music critic, 70
*[[March 17]] – [[Wassily Sapellnikoff]], pianist, 73
*[[March 20]] – [[Oskar Baum]], music teacher and writer, 58<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url= |title=Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren |publisher=K. G. Saur |year=1992 |isbn=3-598-22680-2 |editor-last=Archiv Bibliographia Judaica |volume=I (A - Benc) |location=Berlin |pages=398–404 |language=de |chapter=Baum, Oskar |doi=10.1515/9783110975864 |oclc=979630446 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110975864.398}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – [[Primo Riccitelli]], Italian composer, 65
*[[April 6]] – [[Henry Burr]], Canadian popular singer, 59 (throat cancer)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000490 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050520085326/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000490 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-05-20 |title=Burr, Henry |author=Edward B. Moogk |publisher=Encyclopedia of Music in Canada }}</ref>
*[[April 17]] – [[Al Bowlly]], popular singer, 43 (explosion)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/B29B64CC82627D3A80257C2F0033417A?OpenDocument|title=Blue Plaque For Singer Al Bowlly|date=25 November 2013|access-date=19 September 2014|publisher=English Heritage}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Johanna Müller-Hermann]], Austrian composer and teacher
*[[April 21]] – [[Agustín Bardi]], tango composer, pianist and violinist, 56 (heart attack)
*[[May 1]]
**[[Julia Claussen]], operatic mezzo-soprano
**[[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]], lyricist
*[[May 18]] – [[Milka Ternina]], Croatian dramatic soprano
*[[May 23]] – [[Slavko Osterc]], Slovenian composer, 45
*[[May 30]] – [[Edmund L. Gruber]], composer (born 1879)
*[[June 17]] – [[Johan Wagenaar]], organist and composer, 78
*[[June 29]] – [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], pianist and composer, former Prime Minister of Poland, 80
*[[July 5]] – [[Oskar Fried]], conductor and composer
*[[July 8]] – [[Philippe Gaubert]], composer and conductor, 62
*[[July 10]] – [[Jelly Roll Morton]], jazz pianist, 55 (asthma)
*[[July 30]] – [[Hugo Becker]], cellist, 78
*[[August 16]] – [[John Coates (tenor)|John Coates]], operatic tenor
*[[August 30]] – [[Hong Nan-pa]], composer, violinist, conductor, music critic and educator, 44
*[[September 18]] – [[Louis Feuillard]], French cellist and professor (born 1872)
*[[September 19]] – [[Enrique Saborido]], tango pianist and composer, 64
*[[October 2]] – [[Jef Denyn]], carillon player, 79
*[[October 3]] – [[Wilhelm Kienzl]], Austrian composer and conductor (born 1857)
*[[October 8]]
**[[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], US singer and actress, 41 (cirrhosis of the liver)
**[[Gus Kahn]], US lyric writer, 54
*[[October 26]] – [[Victor Schertzinger]], violinist and composer, 53 (heart attack)
*[[October 29]] – [[Edmée Favart]], operatic soprano, 62
*[[October 30]] – [[Chu Berry|Leon "Chu" Berry]], jazz saxophonist, 33 (car accident)
*[[November 1]] – [[Félix Mayol]], singer, 68
*[[November 16]] – [[Miina Härma]], organist and composer, 77
*[[November 17]] – [[Edmond Haraucourt]], lyricist (born 1856)
*[[November 25]] – [[Henri Christiné]], composer,
*[[November 29]] – [[Gennaro Papi]], Italian opera conductor, 54
*[[December 3]] – [[Christian Sinding]], composer, 85
*[[December 21]] – [[Peetie Wheatstraw]], blues singer, 39 (car accident)
*[[December 22]] – [[Jurgis Karnavičius (composer)|Jurgis Karnavičius]], composer, 57
*[[December 24]] – [[Siegfried Alkan]], composer, 83
*''date unknown'' – [[William H. Potstock]], music teacher and composer

==References==
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