1946 in music

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hit records 4 Other recorded popular music 5 Published popular music 6 Classical music 7 Opera 8 Musical theater 9 Musical films 10 Births 11 Deaths

Events

• February 8 - Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premiered posthumously by György Sándor with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
• Al Jolson rerecords his old hits for the soundtrack of his Columbia biopic The Jolson Story, and becomes a superstar to the post-war generation as well
• Dean Martin's musical career begins
• Little Walter's musical career begins
• B.B. King's musical career begins
• Lightnin' Hopkins' musical career begins
• Chet Atkins' musical career begins
• Georgia Gibbs signs with the Majestic label
• Frankie Laine records "That's My Desire"

• King Cole trio volume 2 - Nat King Cole
• Merry Christmas music - Perry Como
• Voice of Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra

• "Bumble Boogie" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra featuring piano Jack Fina
• "Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
• "Cement Mixer (Put-Ti Put-Ti)" by Rocky Coluccio with Alvino Rey & his Orchestra
• "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
• "The Christmas Song" by the King Cole Trio
• "The Coffee Song" by Frank Sinatra
• "Day By Day" by Frank Sinatra
• "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" by Betty Hutton (first charted December 1945)
• "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal Butch Stone
• "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" by Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
• "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Glenn Hughes & the Martin Men
• "Five Minutes More" by Frank Sinatra
• "Five Minutes More" by the Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
• "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio
• "The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots
• "The Gypsy" by Dinah Shore
• "The Gypsy" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Mary Marlow
• "Hawaiian War Chant" by Spike Jones & his City Slickers
• "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
• "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by The Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
• "Huggin' And Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael
• "I'm A Big Girl Now" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Betty Barclay
• "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Perry Como
• "Laughing On The Outside" by Dinah Shore
• "Laughing On The Outside" by Andy Russell
• "Laughing On The Outside" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)
• "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Frank Sinatra
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders
• "Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Hal Derwin & his Orchestra
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Hoagy Carmichael
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Helen Carroll & The Satisfiers
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Paul Weston & his Orchestra with vocal by Matt Dennis
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas & the Campus Kids
• "One-Zy Two-Zy" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men
• "One-Zy Two-Zy" by Phil Harris
• "Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
• "Pretending" by Andy Russell
• "Prisoner Of Love" by The Ink Spots
• "Prisoner Of Love" by Perry Como
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Betty Rhodes
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Tony Martin
• "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy
• "Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Dinah Shore
• "Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
• "South America, Take It Away" by Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark
• "South America, Take It Away" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
• "Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
• "Surrender" by Perry Como
• "Symphony" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Clyde Rogers (first charted December 1945)
• "Symphony" by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow
• "Symphony" by Bing Crosby
• "Symphony" by Jo Stafford
• "They Say It's Wonderful" by Perry Como
• "They Say It's Wonderful" by Frank Sinatra
• "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
• "To Each His Own" by Tony Martin
• "To Each His Own" by the Modernaires with Paula Kelly
• "To Each His Own" by The Ink Spots
• "To Each His Own" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Stuart Wade
• "Winter Wonderland" by Perry Como
• "You Won't Be Satisfied" by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal by Doris Day

• "Ain't That Just Like A Woman" - Frankie Laine
• "Aren't You Glad You're You?" - Bing Crosby
• "Black And Blue" - Frankie Laine
• "Blue Skies" - Bing Crosby
• "Blue Turning Grey Over You" - Frankie Laine
• "By The River Sainte Marie" - Frankie Laine
• "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - Dinah Shore
• "Come Rain Or Come Shine" - Dinah Shore
• "The Darktown Poker Club" - Phil Harris
• "Frim Fram Sauce" - Louis Armstrong
• "A Gal In Calico"-Bing Crosby
• "Gee, It's Good To Hold You" - Woody Herman (Frances Wayne, vocal)
• "Give Me The Moon Over Brooklyn" - Guy Lombardo & The Lombardo Trio
• "I Cover The Waterfront" - The Ink Spots
• "I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home" - The Mills Brothers
• "Ol' Man Mose" - Georgia Gibbs
• "On The Sunny Side Of The Street" - Frankie Laine
• "Passe" - Tex Beneke
• "Put The Blame On Mame"-Dinah Shore
• "September In The Rain" - Frankie Laine
• "September Song" - Frank Sinatra
• "Seems Like Old Times" - Guy Lombardo
• "Seems Like Old Times" - Vaughn Monroe with The Norton Sisters
• "Some Little Bug" - Phil Harris
• "That Old Black Magic" - Frank Sinatra
• That's What I Like About The South" - Phil Harris
• Time After Time" - Frank Sinatra
• "Les Trois Cloches (The Three Clocks)" - Edith Piaf
• "La Vie En Rose" - Edith Piaf
• "West End Blues" - Frankie Laine
• "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" - Bing Crosby
• "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" - Bing Crosby
• "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" - Georgia Gibbs
• "You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" - Jo Stafford
• "Your Father's Moustache" - Woody Herman
• "You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart"-Freddy Martin
• "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"-Johnny Mercer

• "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" w.m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney
• "Ain't That Just Like A Woman?" w.m. Fleecie Moore & Claude Demetrius
• "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" w.m. Don Gardner
• "All The Cats Join In" A. Wilder, R. Gilbert, E. Sauter
• "Along With Me" w.m. Harold Rome Introduced by Danny Scholl and Paula Bane in the musical Call Me Mister
• "The 'Ampstead Way" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
• "The Anniversary Song" w.m. Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin
• "Anything You Can Do" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" w.m. Bill Monroe
• "Bumble Boogie" m. Jack Fina
• "The Christmas Song" w. Robert Wells m. Mel Tormé
• "Coax Me A Little Bit" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
• "The Coffee Song" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles
• "Come Rain Or Come Shine" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
• "Country Style" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "A Couple Of Song And Dance Men" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?" w. Eddie De Lange m. Louis Armstrong
• "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Everybody's Got A Laughing Place" Allie Wrubel
• "The Face on the Dime" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Lawrence Winters in the musical revue Call Me Mister.
• "Feudin' And Fightin' " w. Al Dubin & Burton Lane m. Burton Lane
• "Five Minutes More" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
• "For You, For Me, For Evermore" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "A Gal In Calico" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz
• "The Girl That I Marry" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Golden Earrings" w. Jay Livingstone & Ray Evans m. Victor Young
• "The House Of Blue Lights" w.m. Don Raye & Freddie Slack
• "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
• "Huggin' And Chalkin' " w.m. Clancy Hayes & Kermit Goell
• "I Got Lost In His Arms" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Got The Sun In The Morning" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Guess I'll Get The Papers" w.m. Hughie Prince & Hal Kanner
• "If This Isn't Love" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
• "I'm A Lonely Little Petunia" w.m. John N. Kamano, William E. Faber & Maurice Merl
• "I'm An Indian Too" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "It's A Good Day" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
• "It's A Pity To Say Goodnight" w.m. Billy Reid
• "Laughing On The Outside" w. Ben Raleigh m. Bernie Wayne
• "Legalise My Name" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
• "Linda" w.m. Jack Lawrence
• "Lost In The Stars" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill
• "Managua Nicaragua" w. Albert Gamse m. Irving Fields
• "Military Life" aka "The Jerk Song" w.m. Harold Rome from the musical revue Call Me Mister
• "Moonshine Lullaby" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "My Defences Are Down" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "My Heart Is A Hobo" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
• "My Sugar Is So Refined" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
• "Old Devil Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
• "The Old Lamp-Lighter" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
• "The Old Soft Shoe" w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis
• "Ole Buttermilk Sky" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
• "On The Boardwalk In Atlantic City" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
• "One-zy Two-zy" w.m. Dave Franklin & Irving Taylor
• "Open The Door, Richard" w. "Dusty" Fletcher & John Mason m. Jack McVea & Dan Howell
• "Put The Blame On Mame" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
• "A Rainy Night In Rio" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz
• "The Red Ball Express" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Lawrence Winters in the musical revue Call Me Mister.
• "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" w.m. Robert Troup
• "Rumors Are Flying" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
• "Sooner Or Later" w. Ray Gilbert m. Charles Wolcott
• "South America, Take It Away" w.m. Harold Rome Introduced by Betty Garrett in the musical revue Call Me Mister.
• "Stella By Starlight" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
• "Stone Cold Dead In De Market" w.m. Wilmoth Houdini
• "A Sunday Kind Of Love" w.m. Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes & Louis Prima
• "Tenderly" w. Jack Lawrence m. Walter Gross
• "That's All Right" w.m. Arthur Crudup
• "There's Good Blues Tonight" Edna Osser, Glenn Osser
• "There's No Business Like Show Business" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "They Say It's Wonderful" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "The Things We Did Last Summer" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
• "Time After Time" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
• "To Each His Own" w. Ray Evans m. Jay Livingston
• "Uncle Remus Said" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Eliot Daniel
• "La Vie En Rose" w. (Eng) Mack David (Fr) Edith Piaf m. Louiguy
• "Who Do You Love, I Hope" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "A Woman's Prerogative" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
• "You Call Everybody Darling" w.m. Sam Martin, Ben Trace & Clem Watts
• "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "You Make Me Feel So Young" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
• "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" w. Ray Gilbert m. Allie Wrubel

• Benjamin Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
• Erich Korngold - Cello Concerto
• William Walton - score for Henry V

• Benjamin Britten - The Rape of Lucretia

• Call Me Mister Broadway revue opened at the National Theatre on April 18 and ran for 734 performances
• Show Boat Broadway revival opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on January 5 and ran for 418 performances
• Song Of Norway London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 7 and ran for 526 performances
• St. Louis Woman Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on March 30 and ran for 113 performances
• Sweetest And Lowest London revue opened at the Ambassador Theatre on May 9 and ran for 791 performances
• Yours Is My Heart Broadway production opened on September 5 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 36 performances

• Do You Love Me
• The Harvey Girls
• The Jolson Story
• The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
• Song Of The South
• St. Louis Woman
• Till The Clouds Roll By

• January 3 - John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin
• January 4 - Arthur Conley
• January 6 - Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd
• January 7 - Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine
• January 7 - Andy Brown, The Fortunes
• January 8 - Robby Krieger, The Doors
• January 10 - Aynsley Dunbar, John Mayall, Jefferson Starship
• January 11 - Naomi Judd
• January 12 - Cynthia Robinson, Sly & the Family Stone
• January 16 - Ronnie Milsap
• January 19 - Dolly Parton
• January 26 - Deon Jackson
• January 27 - Nedra Talley, The Ronettes
• January 31 - Terry Kath, Chicago
• February 7 - Sammy Johns
• February 8 - Adolfo De La Parra, Canned Heat
• February 20 - Randy California, Spirit
• February 20 - Jerome Geils, J.Geils Band
• February 23 - Rusty Young, Poco
• March 7 - Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band
• March 7 - Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum
• March 8 - Randy Meisner, Poco, The Eagles
• March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager
• March 14 - Jim Pons, The Turtles
• March 15 - Howard Scott, War
• March 17 - Harold Brown, War
• March 19 - Paul Atkinson, The Zombies
• March 19 - Ruth Pointer, The Pointer Sisters
• March 24 - Lee Oskar, War
• March 31 - G. Allan Nichol, The Turtles
• April 13 - Al Green
• April 13 - Roy Loney, Flaming Groovies
• April 13 - Jim Pons, The Leaves, The Turtles, Mothers Of Invention
• April 16 - Bobby Vinton
• April 18 - Lenny Baker, Sha Na Na
• April 26 - John Bucky Wilkin, Ronny & the Daytonas
• April 26 - Vito Balsamo, Vito & The Salutations
• May 2 - Lesley Gore
• May 2 - Randy Cain, The Delfonics
• May 2 - Robert Henrit, Argent
• May 7 - Ray Monette, Rare Earth
• May 7 - Arcelio Garcia, Malo
• May 10 - Cher
• May 10 - Dave Mason, Traffic
• May 10 - Donovan
• May 10 - Graham Gouldman, 10cc
• May 12 - Ian McLagan, Faces
• May 13 - Danny Klein, J. Geils Band
• May 24 - Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash
• June 3 - Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople
• June 5 - Freddy Stone, Sly & the Family Stone
• June 7 - Bill Kreutzmann, The Grateful Dead
• June 9 - John Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix Experience
• June 11 - John Lawton, Uriah Heep (band)
• June 15 - Noddy Holder, Slade
• June 17 - Barry Manilow
• June 25 - Ian McDonald, record producer, (Foreigner)
• June 30 - Ian Matthews
• July 1 - June Monteiro, Toys
• July 5 - Michael Monarch, Steppenwolf
• July 15 - Linda Ronstadt
• July 19 - Alan Gorrie, Average White Band
• July 20 - Kim Carnes
• July 22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
• July 23 - Andy Mackay, Roxy Music
• July 28 - Jonathan Edwards
• July 30 - Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Jethro Tull
• July 31 - Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac
• July 31 - Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis & The Playboys
• August 5 - Jimmy Webb
• August 14 - Larry Graham, Sly & The Family Stone
• August 16 - Gordon Fleet, The Easybeats
• August 19 - Beat Raaflaub, conductor
• September 1 - Barry Gibb, The Bee Gees
• September 4 - Gary Duncan, Quicksilver Messenger Service
• September 4 - Greg Elmore, Quicksilver Messenger Service
• September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Queen
• September 5 - Buddy Miles
• September 5 - Loudon Wainwright III
• September 5 - Dean Ford, Marmalade
• September 7 - Alfa Anderson, Chic
• September 9 - Billy Preston
• September 9 - Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly
• September 11 - Dennis Tufano, The Buckinghams
• September 18 - Alan King, Ace
• September 28 - Helen Shapiro
• September 30 - Sylvia Peterson, The Chiffons
• October 6 - Millie Small
• October 10 - John Prine
• October 14 - Justin Hayward, The Moody Blues
• October 15 - Richard Carpenter, Carpenters
• October 17 - Jim Tucker, The Turtles
• October 21 - Lee Loughname, Chicago
• October 24 - Jerry Edmonton, Steppenwolf
• October 29 - Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac
• November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist
• November 5 - Gram Parsons, country music/rock musician
• November 8 - Roy Wood, The Move
• November 19 - Joe Correro Jr, Paul Revere and The Raiders
• November 20 - Duane Allman, The Allman Brothers
• November 22 - Aston Barret, The Upsetters, The Wailers
• November 25 - Bev Bevan, Electric Light Orchestra
• December 1 - Gilbert O'Sullivan
• December 5 - Andy Kim
• December 14 - Joyce Vincent-Wilson, Tony Orlando & Dawn
• December 15 - Carmine Appice, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus
• December 16 - Benny Andersson, ABBA
• December 21 - Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys
• December 22 - Rick Nielsen, Cheap Trick
• December 25 - Jimmy Buffett
• December 28 - Edgar Winter
• December 29 - Marianne Faithfull
• December 30 - Patti Smith
• Geoff Emerick, legendary engineer and producer

• January 10 - Harry Von Tilzer
• January 18 - Lew Pollack, US composer
• September 16 - Mamie Smith
• November 14 - Manuel de Falla, composer