1946 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1947 ,
1948 In Music and the
List Of 'years In Music' .
- "Across the Alley From the Alamo" w.m. Joe Green
- "Afraid to Fall in Love" w. Ralph Blane m. Harry Warren . Introduced by Mickey Rooney and Gloria DeHaven in the 1948 film '' Summer Holiday ''
- "Ah, But It Happens" w. William Dunham m. Walter Kent
- "Almost Like Being in Love" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe . Introduced by David Brooks and Marion Bell in the musical '' Brigadoon ''. Performed in the 1954 film version by Gene Kelly .
- "And Mimi" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
- "Apalachicola F.L.A." w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen . Introduced by Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in the film '' Road To Rio ''
- "An Apple Blossom Wedding" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
- " April In Portugal " w. Jose Galhardo (Port) Jimmy Kennedy (Eng) m. Raul Ferrão
- " Autumn Leaves " ("Les Feuilles Mortes") w.(Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Jacques Prévert m. Joseph Kosma
- "Ballerina" w.m. Bob Russell & Carl Sigman
- "Beg Your Pardon" w.m. Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
- "Big Brass Band from Brazil" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
- "Bloop Bleep" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Blue Shadows on yhe Trail" w. Johnny Lange m. Elliot Daniel
- "Bouquet of Roses" w.m. Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard
- "Busy Doing Nothing" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "But Beautiful" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- " Buttons And Bows " w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
- " Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba " w.m. Mack David , Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman
- "Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" w.m. Tim Spencer
- " Civilization " w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
- "Clancy Lowered the Boom" w.m. Hy Heath & Johnny Lange
- "Come to Me, Bend to Me" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Come to the Mardi Gras" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake & Jimmy Shirl (Port) Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera m. Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera
- " Confess " w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
- "Cuanto Le Gusta" w. Ray Gilbert m. Gabriel Ruiz
- "Don't Smoke in Bed" w.m. Willard Robison
- "Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell a Woman" w.m. Al Stewart & Tex Williams
- " Down By The Station " adapted from a children's song by Lee Ricks & Slim Gaillard
- "Down the Old Spanish Trail" Kenneth Leslie-Smith & Jimmy Kennedy
- "The Dream of Olwen" w. Winifred May m. Charles Williams
- "Everybody Loves Somebody" w. Irving Taylor m. Ken Lane
- "Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There" Lee Roy Abernathy
- "Ev'ry Day I Love You" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "A Fella with an Umbrella" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "For Every Man There's a Woman" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen . Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film '' Casbah ''
- "Fun And Fancy Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George Weiss
- "Galway Bay" w.m. Dr Arthur Colahan
- "The Gentleman Is A Dope" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
- "Good Rockin' Tonight" w.m. Roy Brown
- "Haunted Heart" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "The Heather On The Hill" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Here Comes Santa Claus" w.m. Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman
- "Here I'll Stay" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Kurt Weill
- "Hooray For Love" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen . Introduced by Tony Martin and Yvonne DeCarlo in the 1948 film '' Casbah ''
- "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" w.m. David Kapp
- "Hurry On Down" w.m. Nellie Lutcher
- "I Like'em Fat Like That" w.m. Claude Demetrius , Louis Jordan , J. Mayo Williams
- "I Still Get Jealous" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" w.m. Larry Marks & Dick Charles
- "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Ichabod" Don Raye & Gene De Paul
- "If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "I'll Dance At Your Wedding" w. Herb Magidson m. Ben Oakland
- "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "I'm My Own Grandpaw" w.m. Dwight Latham & Moe Jaffe
- "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose" w.m. Larry Markes & Dick Charles
- "It Was Written In The Stars" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen
- "It's A Most Unusual Day" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
- " It's Magic " w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Ivy" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "Kokomo, Indiana" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
- "Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero" w. Sylvia Dee & Elizabeth Moore m. Sidney Lippman
- "Lazy Countryside" w.m. Bobby Worth
- "Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It" w.m. Carson Robison
- "A Little Bird Told Me" w.m. Harvey O. Brooks
- "Look To The Rainbow" w. E.Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
- "Love Is Where You Find It" w. Earl K. Brent m. Nacio Herb Brown
- "Love Somebody" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
- "The Maharajah Of Magador" w.m. Lewis Harris & John Jacob Loeb
- " Mam'selle " w. Mack Gordon m. Edmund Goulding
- " Mañana " w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
- "Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner" w.m. Hubert Gregg
- "Maybe You'll Be There" w. Sammy Gallop m. Rube Bloom
- " Nature Boy " w.m. Eden Ahbez
- "Near You" w. Kermit Goell m. Francis Craig
- "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" w. Buddy Bernier m. Jerry Brainin
- "Now Is The Hour" w.m. Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott & Dorothy Stewart
- "On A Slow Boat To China" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "Once And For Always" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "Papa Won't You Dance With Me?" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Pass That Peace Pipe" w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin
- " Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps " w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) Osvaldo Farrés m. Osvaldo Farrés Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
- "Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys" Claude Demetrius & Fleecie Moore
- "Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
- "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "Save The Bones For Henry Jones" w.m. Danny Barker & Michael H. Goldsen
- "Serenade Of The Bells" w.m. Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart & Al Urbano
- "Sixteen Tons" w.m. Merle Travis
- "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" w.m. Merle Travis & Tex Williams
- "Steppin' Out With My Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Tallahassee" w.m. Frank Loesser
- "There But For You Go I" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "Too Fat Polka" w.m. Ross MacLean & Arthur Richardson
- "Toolie Oolie Doolie" w.(Eng) Vaughn Horton (Ger) Arthur Beul m. Arthur Beul
- "The Turntable Song" w. Leo Robin m. John Green
- "Waitin' For My Dearie" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
- "The Wedding Samba" w.m. Abraham Ellstein, Allan Small & Joseph Liebowitz
- "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" Teddy Reig, William Moore
- "What's Good About Goodbye?" w. Leo Robin m. Harold Arlen . Introduced by Tony Martin in the 1948 film '' Casbah ''
- "When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" w. E. Y.Harburg m. Burton Lane Introduced by David Wayne in the Broadway production of '' Finian's Rainbow ''
- "Woody Woodpecker" w.m. George Tibbles & Ramez Idriss
- "You Do" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
- "You Don't Have To Know The Language" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
- "You Were Only Fooling" w. William E. Faber & Fred Meadows m. Larry Fotine
- "You, You, You Are The One" w. Milton Leeds & Fred Wise m. Tetos Demey
- January 6 - Sandy Denny , Fairport Convention
- January 8 - David Bowie , Pop star
- January 8 - Terry Sylvester , The Hollies
- January 19 - Rod Evans , Deep Purple
- January 20 - George Grantham , Poco
- January 21 - Pye Hastings , Caravan
- January 24 - Warren Zevon
- January 28 - David Byron , Uriah Heep
- January 30 - Steve Marriott , Small Faces , Humble Pie
- February 3 -
- --- Dave Davies , The Kinks
- --- Melanie Safka
- February 9 - Joe Ely
- February 14 - Tim Buckley
- February 15 -
- --- David Brown , Santana
- --- John Coolidge Adams
- February 18 - Dennis DeYoung , Styx
- February 24 - Lonnie Turner , Steve Miller Band
- February 24 - Rupert Holmes
- February 26 - Sandie Shaw
- March 3 - Jennifer Warnes
- March 6 - Kiki Dee
- March 8 - Michael Allsup , Three Dog Night
- March 10 - Tom Scholz , Boston
- March 11 - Mark Stein , Vanilla Fudge
- March 15 - Ry Cooder
- March 18 - Robert Harrison , Procol Harum
- March 18 - BJ Wilson , Procul Harum
- March 22 - Patrick Olive , Hot Chocolate
- March 24 - Mike Kellie , Spooky Tooth
- March 25 - Elton John , Pop star
- March 25 - John Rowles , New Zealand singer
- March 29 - Bobby Kimball , Toto
- April 2 - Emmylou Harris
- April 7 - Patricia Bennett , The Chiffons
- April 8 - Steve Howe , Yes
- April 8 - Larry Norman
- April 10 - Bunny Wailer , The Wailers
- April 16 - Gerry Rafferty , Stealers Wheel
- April 21 - Iggy Pop
- April 21 - John Weider , John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
- April 23 - Glenn Cornick , Jethro Tull
- April 24 - Hubert Ann Kelly , Hues Corporation
- April 26 - Pete Ham , Badfinger
- April 29 - John Cascella , John Mellencamp
- April 29 - Tommy James
- May 8 - Phil Sawyer , Spencer Davis Group , Jefferson Starship
- May 10 - Jay Ferguson , Spirit
- May 11 - Butch Trucks , The Allman Brothers
- May 14 - Al Ciner , Three Dog Night
- May 15 - Graham Goble , The Little River Band
- May 16 - Barbara Lee , The Chiffons
- May 19 - Jerry Hyman , Blood, Sweat & Tears
- May 20 - Steve Currie , T-Rex
- May 21 - Bill Champlin , Chicago
- May 25 - Mitchell Margo , The Tokens
- May 25 - Jessi Colter
- June 1 - Ron Wood , The Faces , The Rolling Stones
- June 3 - Mickey Finn , T-Rex
- June 5 - Tom Evans , Badfinger
- June 8 - Mick Box , Uriah Heep
- June 8 - Julie Driscoll , Brian Auger & The Trinity
- June 9 - Mitch Mitchell , Jimi Hendrix Experience
- June 14 - Barry Melton , Country Joe & The Fish
- June 17 - Gregg Rolie , Santana
- June 17 - Paul Young , Mike And The Mechanics
- June 20 - Dolores "LaLa" Brooks , The Crystals
- June 22 - Howard Kaylan , The Turtles , The Mothers Of Invention , Flo & Eddie
- July 3 - Anthony Topham , The Yardbirds
- July 6 - Paul Gurvitz , Graeme Edge Band , Gun
- July 7 - Rob Townsend , Family
- July 8 - John Willie Wilson , Pink Floyd
- July 10 - Arlo Guthrie
- July 15 - Peter Banks , Yes
- July 19 - Bernie Leadon , Flying Burrito Brothers , The Eagles
- July 19 - Brian May , Queen
- July 20 - Carlos Santana
- July 22 - Don Henley , The Eagles
- July 23 - David Essex
- July 24 - Chris Townson , John's Children , The Who
- August 5 - Rick Derringer , The McCoys
- August 5 - Gregory Leskiw , The Guess Who
- August 9 - Barbara Mason
- August 10 - Ian Anderson , Jethro Tull
- August 10 - Dimitri Alexeev , pianist
- August 11 - Jeff Hanna , Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- August 17 - Gary Talley , Box Tops
- August 20 - Jim Pankow , Chicago
- August 22 - Donna Godchaux , Grateful Dead
- September 3 - Eric Bell , Thin Lizzy
- September 12 - Darryl DeLoach , Iron Butterfly
- September 14 - John Bowser Bauman , Sha Na Na
- September 17 - Lol Crème , 10cc
- September 17 - Gordon Edwards , The Kinks
- September 20 - Chuck Panozzo , Styx
- September 21 - Don Felder , The Eagles
- September 23 - Jerry Corbetta , Sugarloaf
- September 27 - Meat Loaf
- September 28 - Peter-Hop-Evans , Medicine Head
- September 30 - Marc Bolan , T-Rex
- October 1 - Martin Turner , Wishbone Ash
- October 4 - Jim Fielder , Blood, Sweat & Tears , Buffalo Springfield
- October 5 - Brian Johnson , AC/DC
- October 10 - Norman Carl Odam, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy
- October 13 - Sammy Hagar , Montrose , Van Halen
- October 16 - Bob Weir , Grateful Dead
- October 17 - Michael McKean , '' Spinal Tap ''
- October 18 - Laura Nyro
- October 19 - Wilbert Hart , The Delfonics
- October 21 - Tetsu Yamauchi Free , The Faces
- October 23 - Greg Ridley , Spooky Tooth , Humble Pie
- October 25 - John Hall , Orleans
- October 30 - Timothy B. Schmidt , Poco , The Eagles
- October 31 - Russ Ballard , Argent
- November 2 - Dave Pegg , Uglys , Fairport Convention , Jethro Tull
- November 5 - Peter Noone , Herman's Hermits
- November 8 - Minnie Riperton
- November 10 - Greg Lake , King Crimson , Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- November 10 - Dave Loggins
- November 12 - Buck Dharma , Blue Öyster Cult
- November 20 - Joe Walsh , James Gang , The Eagles
- December 5 - Jim Messina , Buffalo Springfield , Loggins And Messina
- December 5 - Rick Wills , Foreigner
- December 8 - Gregg Allman , The Allman Brothers
- December 12 - Vin Scelsa , Disc Jockey
- December 28 - Dick Diamonde , The Easybeats
- December 30 - Jeff Lynne , Electric Light Orchestra , Traveling Wilburys
- December 31 - Burton Cummings of The Guess Who , John Denver
- January 11 – Eva Tanguay , singer, vaudeville star
- January 16 - Fate Marable , jazz pianist and bandleader
- March 5 - Alfredo Casella , composer
- May 30 - Georg Ritter Von Trapp , head of the singing von Trapp family
- July 1 - Clarence Lucas , composer and conductor
- July 12 - Jimmie Lunceford , jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- July 15 - Walter Donaldson
- September 18 - Bert Kalmar , lyricist
- December 14 - Will Fyffe , Scottish comedian and singer
- ''date unknown'' - Salvatore Cardillo , songwriter
- ''date unknown'' - Blind Willie Johnson , gospel singer and guitarist
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