- 1943 in music
Events
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January 1 ,1943 -Frank Sinatra appears atThe Paramount causing a mob scene of hysterical bobby-soxers to floodTimes Square and blocking midtownNew York City traffic for hours
*Sinatra becomes a featured singer on the popular "Your Hit Parade " radio program, and the co-star of the series "Broadway Bandbox ". By fall, he has leftBandbox to star in his own series "Songs By Sinatra ".
*January 23 -Duke Ellington 's orchestra performs for the first time at New York'sCarnegie Hall . During the concert, which raises money for war relief, Ellington premieres his most famous and revered extended composition, "Black, Brown, and Beige ".
*November 14 -Leonard Bernstein , substituting at the last minute for ailing principal conductorBruno Walter , directs theNew York Philharmonic in its regular Sunday afternoon broadcast concert onCBS . The event receives front-page coverage in the "New York Times " the following day.
*Jo Stafford andThe Pied Pipers sign with the newly-formed Capitol Records, (having broken from theTommy Dorsey band in 1942)
*Fredda Gibson takes her professional name, "Georgia Gibbs ," and began appearing on the popular "Camel Caravan " radio program, hosted byJimmy Durante andGary Moore (It was Moore who bestowed the famous nickname "Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs" upon her. The nickname is a playful reference to her diminutive stature of barely over 5 feet. )
*Perry Como signs with RCA
*Miles Davis ' musical career begins
*Carter Family disbands
*Trio Lescano are imprisoned on allegations ofespionage
*William Schuman 'scantata "A Free Song" wins the firstPulitzer Prize for Music Albums released
*"Oklahoma" - Original soundtrack
*"Reveille with Beverly " -Original soundtrack Biggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1943.htm chart positions] in the limited set of charts available for 1943.
Top hit records
*"As Time Goes By" by
Rudy Vallee
*"Boogie Woogie" byTommy Dorsey
*"Brazil" byXavier Cugat
*"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" byThe Song Spinners
*"Don't Get Around Much Anymore " byThe Ink Spots
*"Goodbye Sue byPerry Como
*"I Had The Craziest Dream" byHarry James
*"I've Heard That Song Before " byHarry James
*"I'm Old Fashioned" byFred Astaire
*"In the Blue of the Evening" byTommy Dorsey
*"Juke Box Saturday Night" byGlenn Miller
*"Let's Get Lost" byVaughn Monroe
*"Moonlight Becomes You" byBing Crosby
*"Paper Doll" byMills Brothers
*"People Will Say We're in Love" byFrank Sinatra
*"Pistol Packin' Mama" byAl Dexter
*"Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition " byKay Kyser and His Orchestra
*"Stormy Weather" byLena Horne
*"Sunday, Monday or Always" byBing Crosby
*"Taking a Chance On Love " byBenny Goodman
*"That Old Black Magic " byGlenn Miller
*"There Are Such Things" byTommy Dorsey
*"Velvet Moon" byHarry James
*"When the Lights Go On Again " byVaughn Monroe
*"Why Don't You Do Right?" byBenny Goodman
*"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" byDinah Shore
*"You'll Never Know " byDick Haymes
*"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" byJudy Garland Published popular music
* "
All Er Nuthin' " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "Amor" w. (Eng)Sunny Skylar (Sp) Ricardo Lopez Mendez m. Gabriel Ruiz
* "Artistry In Rhythm" m.Stan Kenton
* "Beat Out Dat Rhythm On a Drum" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m. Georges Bizet
* "Besame Mucho " w.Sunny Skylar m. Conseulo Velázquez
* "By the River of the Roses" w. Marty Symes m. Joe Burke
* "Close to You" w.m. Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingstone & Carl Lampl
* "Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
* "Deacon Jones" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Richard Loring
* "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me " w. Bob Russell m.Duke Ellington
* "Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans" w.m.Noël Coward
* "Don't Sweetheart Me" w. Charles Tobias m.Cliff Friend
* "The Farmer and the Cowman" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "A Fellow On a Furlough" w.m. Bobby Worth
* "Foolish Heart" w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill . Introduced byMary Martin in the musical "One Touch Of Venus"
* "Goodbye, Sue" w.m. Jimmy Rule, Lou Ricca & Jules Loman
* "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" w.m.Frank Loesser
* "Hit the Road to Dreamland " w.Johnny Mercer m.Harold Arlen
*"How Much I Love You" w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill . Introduced by Kenny Baker in the musical "One Touch Of Venus"
* "I Cain't Say No " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night" w.Harold Adamson m.Jimmy McHugh
* "I Love You" w. Robert Wright & George Forrest m. Grieg
* "If You Please" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen
* "I'll Be Home For Christmas " w.m. Kim Gannon, Walter Kent &Buck Ram
*"I'm a Stranger Here Myself" w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill . Introduced byMary Martin in the musical "One Touch Of Venus"
* "I'm Going to Get Lit Up When the Lights Go On In London" w.m.Hubert Gregg
* "I'm Riding for a Fall" w.Frank Loesser m.Arthur Schwartz . Introduced byDennis Morgan andJoan Leslie in the film "Thank Your Lucky Stars"
* "It Could Happen to You" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen
* "Johnny Zero" w. Mack David m. Vee Lawnhurst
* "A Journey to a Star" w.Leo Robin m.Harry Warren . Introduced byAlice Faye in the film "The Gang's All Here"
* "Kansas City" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "Little Ships Will Sail Again" w.m.Jack O'Hagan
* "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening " w.Harold Adamson m.Jimmy McHugh
* "Mairzy Doats " w.m.Milton Drake ,Al Hoffman &Jerry Livingston
* "Many a New Day " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "La Mer" w.m.Charles Trenet
* "Moonlight in Vermont" w. John Blackburn m. Karl Suessdorf
* "My Heart Tells Me" w. Mack Gordon m.Harry Warren
* "My Shining Hour " w.Johnny Mercer m.Harry Warren
* "No Love, No Nothin' " w.Leo Robin m.Harry Warren . Introduced byAlice Faye in the film "The Gang's All Here"
* "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' "' w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "Oklahoma! " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) " w.Johnny Mercer m.Harold Arlen
* "Opus No. 1" w. Sid Garris m.Sy Oliver
* "Out of My Dreams" w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "Pedro the Fisherman" w. Harold Purcell m. Harry Parr-Davies
* "People Will Say We're In Love " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "Pore Jud is Daid " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "Rosie the Riveter" w.m. Redd Evans & John Jacob Loeb
* "San Fernando Valley" w.m.Gordon Jenkins
* "Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There" w. Herb Magidson m.Jimmy McHugh . Introduced byDeanna Durbin in the film "Hers to Hold "
* "Shoo-Shoo Baby" w.m. Phil Moore
* "Silver Wings In The Moonlight" w.m. Hugh Charles, Sonny Miller & Leo Towers
* "So Tired" w.m.Russ Morgan & Jack Stuart
* "Speak Low " w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill . w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill . Introduced byMary Martin and Kenny Baker in the musical "One Touch Of Venus". Performed in the 1948 film version byDick Haymes , andEileen Wilson dubbing forAva Gardner .
* "Star Eyes" w.m.Don Raye &Gene De Paul
* "Straighten Up and Fly Right" w.m.Nat King Cole & Irving Mills
* "Sunday, Monday Or Always " w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen
* "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top " w.Oscar Hammerstein II m.Richard Rodgers
* "That's Him" w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill w.Ogden Nash m.Kurt Weill . Introduced byMary Martin in the musical "One Touch Of Venus". Performed in the 1948 film version byEileen Wilson (dubbing forAva Gardner ),Olga San Juan andEve Arden .
* "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" w.Frank Loesser m. Arthur Schwartz
* "Tico-Tico" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake (Port) Aloysio Oliviera m. Zequinha Abreu
* "To Keep My Love Alive " w.Lorenz Hart m.Richard Rodgers
* "Two Very Ordinary People" Carr, Taylor
* "Vict'ry Polka " w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne
* "What Do You Do In the Infantry?" w.m.Frank Loesser
* "When Can I Have a Banana Again?" Mills, Rogers, Ray
* "You'll Never Know " w.Mack Gordon m.Harry Warren introduced byAlice Faye in the film "Hello, Frisco, Hello " and also performed by Faye in the 1944 film "Four Jills in a Jeep "Classical music
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Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra
*Benjamin Britten -Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
*Reinhold Glière - "25 let Krasnoj Armii (25 Years of the Red Army)", Ouverture for wind-orchestra op. 84
*Paul Hindemith
**"Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber " for orchestra
**"Ludus Tonalis ", for piano
*Joaquin Homs - "Choral Mass"
*Rued Langgaard - Concerto in one movement for violin and orchestra
*Bohuslav Martinů
**Symphony No. 2
**"In Memory of Lidice"
**Concerto for Two Pianos
**Violin Concerto
*Vítězslav Novák - "May Symphony", for soli, chorus and orchestra
*Carl Orff - Catulli Carmina (revised version)
*Walter Piston - Symphony No. 2
*Manuel Ponce - Viola Concerto
*Sergei Prokofiev - Flute Sonata in D Major
*William Schuman - Symphony No. 5, for strings
*Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8
*Eduard Tubin - Suite on Estonian Dances for Violin and Piano
*Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 in D Major
*William Walton - "The Quest" (ballet)Opera *
Hans Krása - "Brundibár ", children's opera, first performed by inmates of Terezin transit campMusical theater *"
Bright Lights of 1944 " Broadway production opened at the Forrest Theatre onSeptember 16 and ran for 4 performances
* "Carmen Jones " Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre onDecember 2 and ran for 502 performances
* "Early To Bed " Broadway production opened at theBroadhurst Theatre onJune 17 and ran for 380 performances
* "The Lisbon Story " London production opened at the Hippodrome Theatre onJune 17 and ran for 492 performances
* "Oklahoma! " (Richard Rodgers andOscar Hammerstein II ) - Broadway production opened at theSt. James Theatre onMarch 31 and ran for 2411 performances
* "One Touch Of Venus" Broadway production opened at theImperial Theatre onOctober 7 and ran for 567 performances
* "Show Boat " (Jerome Kern andOscar Hammerstein II ) - London revival opened at theStoll Theatre onApril 17 and ran for 264 performances
* "Sweet And Low" Londonrevue opened at theAmbassadors Theatre onJune 10 and ran for 264 performancesMusical film s* "
Best Foot Forward " starringLucille Ball andNancy Walker and featuringHarry James & his Music Makers
* "Cabin In The Sky" starringEthel Waters , Eddie Anderson,Lena Horne andLouis Armstrong
*"Coney Island" starringBetty Grable ,George Montgomery ,Cesar Romero andPhil Silvers
* "Crazy House" starring Ole Olsen,Chic Johnson andCass Daley
* "Du Barry Was A Lady" releasedAugust 13 starringRed Skelton ,Lucille Ball ,Gene Kelly ,Virginia O'Brien ,Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra and thePied Pipers .
* "The Gang's All Here" starringAlice Faye ,Carmen Miranda andEdward Everett Horton and featuringBenny Goodman & his Orchestra
* "Girl Crazy " starringMickey Rooney ,Judy Garland andJune Allyson
* "Happy Go Lucky" starringMary Martin ,Dick Powell ,Betty Hutton andRudy Vallee
* "Hers to Hold " releasedJuly 16 starringDeanna Durbin andJoseph Cotten .
* "Higher and Higher" featuringFrank Sinatra andVictor Borge
* "Hit Parade of 1943 " starring John Carroll,Susan Hayward ,Gail Patrick andEve Arden and featuringDorothy Dandridge ,Count Basie & his Orchestra,Freddy Martin & his Orchestra andRay McKinley & his Orchestra
*"I Dood It " starringEleanor Powell andRed Skelton and featuringHelen O'Connell &Bob Eberly withJimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra, andHazel Scott .
* "Let's Face It" starringBob Hope ,Betty Hutton ,Zasu Pitts andEve Arden
* "Mister Big" starringDonald O'Connor ,Gloria Jean ,Peggy Ryan andRobert Paige and featuringRay Eberle
* "Reveille with Beverly " starringAnn Miller and featuringFrank Sinatra ,Ella Mae Morse ,The Mills Brothers ,Freddie Slack & his Orchestra,Bob Crosby & his Orchestra andDuke Ellington & his Orchestra
* "Riding High" starringDorothy Lamour andDick Powell
* "Something to Shout About" released onFebruary 25 , starringDon Ameche ,Janet Blair ,Jack Oakie andCyd Charisse , and featuringHazel Scott .
* "Swing Fever " starringKay Kyser & his Orchestra,Marilyn Maxwell andLena Horne . Directed byTim Whelan .
* "Thousands Cheer " starringKathryn Grayson ,Gene Kelly ,Mary Astor and John Boles and featuringMickey Rooney ,Judy Garland andEleanor Powell .
* "We'll Meet Again" releasedJanuary 18 , starringVera Lynn , Geraldo andPatricia Roc .Births
January-March
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January 2 -Baris Manco , Singer-songwriter, Rock Musician
*January 7 :
**Leona Williams , Helton Family Band,Loretta Lynn 's band
**Richard Armstrong, orchestral conductor
*January 10 -Jim Croce
*January 14 -Mariss Jansons , conductor
*January 16 -Brian Ferneyhough , composer
*January 17 -Chris Montez
*January 18 -Dave Greenslade , Thunderbird, Colisseum, Greenslade
*January 19 -Janis Joplin , blues singer
*February 3 :
**Dennis Edwards ,The Temptations
**Shawn Phillips
*February 5 -Charles Winfield ,Blood, Sweat & Tears
*February 6 -Fabian Forte
*February 7 -Harvey Hershkowitz ,The Quotations
*February 8 -Creed Bratton ,The Grass Roots
*February 9 -Barbara Lewis
*February 14 -Eric Andersen
*February 19 -Lou Christie
*February 21 -David Geffen , record executive
*February 25 -George Harrison , musician, member ofThe Beatles
*February 26 -Paul Cotton ,Poco
*February 27 -Morten Lauridsen , composer
*March 2 -George Benson
*March 7 -Chris Taylor White ,The Zombies
*March 9 -David Matthews , composer
*March 14 -Jim Pons ,The Turtles
*March 18 -Dennis Linde , songwriter
*March 22 -Keith Relf ,The Yardbirds April-June
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April 2 :
**Larry Coryell
**Glen Dale ,The Fortunes
*April 3 :
**Richard Manuel ,The Band
**Joe Vann ,The Duprees
*April 7 -Mick Abrahams , Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig
*April 9 -Terry Knight
*April 11 -Tony Victor ,The Classics
*April 20 - SirJohn Eliot Gardiner , conductor
*April 26 -Gary Wright ,Spooky Tooth
*April 28 -Jacques Dutronc , singer and composer
*April 30 -Bobby Vee
*May 7 -Rick West ,The Tremeloes
*May 8 -Paul Samwell-Smith ,The Yardbirds , Renaissance
*May 8 -Toni Tennille ,The Captain & Tennille
*May 9 -Bruce Milner ,Every Mother's Son
*May 11 :
**Les Chadwick ,Gerry and the Pacemakers
**Arnie Satin ,The Dovells
*May 13 -Mary Wells
*May 14 :
**Derek Leckenby ,Herman's Hermits
**Jack Bruce , Cream
*May 25 -Leslie Uggams , US singer
*May 26 -Levon Helm ,The Band
*May 27 -Cilla Black
*May 28 -Tony Mansfield ,Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
*June 2 -Jimmy Castor
*June 3 -Mike Dennis ,The Dovells
*June 12 -Reg Presley ,The Troggs
*June 14 -Muff Winwood ,Spencer Davis Group
*June 15 -Johnny Hallyday
*June 17 -Barry Manilow
*June 23 -James Levine , conductor and pianist
*June 26 -Georgie Fame , R & B musician
*June 28 -Bobby Harrison ,Procol Harum
*June 29 -Little Eva (+2003)
*June 30 -Florence Ballard ,The Supremes (+1976)July-September
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July 3 -Judith Durham ,The Seekers
*July 4 :
**Alan Wilson,Canned Heat
**Conny Bauer , jazz trombonist
*July 12 -Christine McVie ,Fleetwood Mac
*July 18 :
**Robin MacDonald ,Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
**Bobby Sherman
*July 26 -Mick Jagger ,The Rolling Stones
*July 27 -Al Ramsey ,Gary Lewis & The Playboys
*July 28 -Rick Wright ,Pink Floyd
*August 4 - David Carr,The Fortunes
*August 10 -Ronnie Spector
*August 11 :
**Denny Payton ,The Dave Clark Five
**Michael James Kale ,The Guess Who
*August 19 -Billy J. Kramer ,Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
*August 24 -John Cipollina ,Quicksilver Messenger Service
*August 28 :
**Honey Lantree ,The Honeycombs
**David Soul
*August 29 -Dick Halligan ,Blood, Sweat & Tears
*September 2 :
**Rosalind Ashford ,Martha and the Vandellas
**Joe Simon
*September 5 -Joe Speedo Frazier ,The Impalas
*September 6 -Roger Waters , formerPink Floyd
*September 11 -Micky Hart ,Grateful Dead
*September 12 -Maria Muldaur
*September 16 -Joe Butler ,The Lovin' Spoonful
*September 20 -Ted Neeley , actor and singer ("Jesus Christ Superstar")
*September 23 :
**Steve Boone ,The Lovin' Spoonful
**Julio Iglesias
*September 25 -John Locke , Spirit
*September 25 - Gary Alexander,The Association
*September 26 -Georgie Fame
*September 27 -Randy Bachman ,The Guess Who ,Bachman-Turner Overdrive
*September 28 -Nick St. Nicholas (Steppenwolf)October–December
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October 1 -Jerry Martini ,Sly & The Family Stone
*October 5 - Steve Miller,Steve Miller Band
*October 7 - Dino Valenti,Quicksilver Messenger Service
*October 10 -Denis D'Ell ,The Honeycombs
*October 16 - Fred Turner,Bachman-Turner Overdrive
*October 21 -Ron Elliott ,Beau Brummels
*October 23 -Barbara Ann Hawkins ,The Dixie Cups
*October 24 -Dafydd Iwan , singer-songwriter
*November 3 -Bert Jansch , Pentangle
*November 7 -Joni Mitchell , musician
*November 12 :
**Brian Hyland
**Jimmy Hayes ,The Persuasions
*November 12 -John Maus ,The Walker Brothers
*November 16 -Winifred Lovett ,The Manhattans
*November 28 -Randy Newman
*November 30 :
**Leo Lyons ,Ten Years After
**Rob Grill ,The Grass Roots
*December 6 - Mike Smith,The Dave Clark Five
*December 8 -Jim Morrison ,The Doors (d.1971 )
*December 9 -Rick Danko ,The Band
*December 10 -Chad Stuart ,Chad and Jeremy
*December 12 :
**Dickey Betts ,The Allman Brothers Band
**Dave Munden The Tremeloes
**Grover Washington, Jr.
*December 16 -Tony Hicks ,The Hollies
*December 18 -Keith Richards ,The Rolling Stones
*December 23 -Harry Shearer , actor, musician ("Spinal Tap ")
*December 31 :
**John Denver
**Peter Quaife ,The Kinks Deaths
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February 7 -Clara Novello Davies , singer, mother ofIvor Novello
*February 17 -Armand J. Piron
*March 28
**Ben Davies , operatic tenor
**Sergei Rachmaninoff , composer
*April -Margaret Macintyre , soprano
*April 30 - René Blum, founder of the Ballet de l'Opera at Monte Carlo
*May 28 -Vaughn De Leath , US singer and radio pioneer, 48
*June 26 -Ruby Elzy , African American soprano "Porgy and Bess ", 35
*July 13 -Lorenzo Barcelata , songwriter, 44
*July 20 -Maria Gay , opera singer
*September 1 -August Brunetti-Pisano , Austrian composer, 72
*September 7
**Frank Crumit , US singer, 53
**Karlrobert Kreiten , pianist
*September 21 -Trixie Smith , blues singer, 48
*October 5 -Leon Roppolo , jazz musician
*October 20 -Ben Bernie , US bandleader
*October 31 - Max Reinhardt, theatre director
*November 22 -Lorenz Hart , lyricist
*November 26 -Winnaretta Singer , musical patron
*December 15 -Fats Waller
*December 18 - Joseph McCarthy, composer
*"date unknown" -Sigrid Onegin , opera singer
*"date unknown" -Jane Avril , can-can dancer
*"date unknown" -Harry Kandel , bandleader
*"date unknown" -Abel Decaux , composer
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