Editing 1919 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Yoshio Tabata]], singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
*[[January 14]] – [[Kaifi Azmi]], Urdu and Hindi songwriter (d. 2002)
*[[January 18]] – [[Juan Orrego-Salas]], Chilean-American composer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]]<ref>[[Ricardo Lorenz]], "[https://music.indiana.edu/lamc/about/orrego-salas/orrego-tribute.shtml Juan Orrego-Salas: 1919–2019]", Indiana University Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music, Latin American Music Center website (accessed January 17, 2020).</ref>
*[[January 22]] – [[Sid Ramin]], arranger (d. 2019)
*[[January 25]] – [[Eula Beal]], operatic contralto (d. 2008)
*[[January 27]] – [[Ross Bagdasarian Sr.|Ross Bagdasarian]] (aka David Seville), of [[The Chipmunks]] (d. 1972)
*[[February 1]] – [[Artie Singer]], American songwriter, music producer, and bandleader (d. [[2008 in music|2008]])
*[[February 2]] – [[Lisa Della Casa]], Swiss soprano (d. 2012)
*[[February 13]] – [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], country musician (d. 1991)
*[[March 10]] – [[Marion Hutton]], big band singer (d. 1987)
*[[March 15]] –  [[George Avakian]], jazz record producer (d. 2017)
*[[March 17]] –  [[Nat King Cole]], singer and pianist (d. 1965)
*[[March 19]] – [[Alfred Apaka]], Hawaiian singer (d. 1960)
*[[March 28]] – [[D. K. Pattammal]], Indian classical singer (d. 2009)
*[[April 3]] – [[Ervin Drake]], songwriter (d. 2015)
*[[April 14]] – [[Karel Berman]], opera singer and composer (d. 1995)
*[[April 16]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], dancer, choreographer (d. 2009)
*[[April 21]]
**<!--April 21-->[[Don Cornell]], singer (d. 2004)
**<!--April 21-->[[Roger Doucet]], tenor, regular performer of the Canadian national anthem (d. 1981)
*[[April 29]] – [[Stephen Wilkinson (musician)|Stephen Wilkinson]], English conductor and composer (d. 2021)
*[[May 3]] – [[Pete Seeger]], American folk singer (d. 2014)
*[[May 7]] – [[La Esterella]], Flemish singer (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])
*[[May 12]] – [[Gerald Bales]], Canadian organist and composer (d. 2002)
*[[May 16]] – [[Liberace]], American pianist (d. 1987)
*[[May 17]] – [[Antonio Aguilar]], Mexican singer, actor and producer (d. 2007)
*[[May 18]] – [[Margot Fonteyn]], born Margaret Hookham, English ballerina (d. 1991)
*[[May 19]] – [[Georgie Auld]], jazz musician (d. 1990)
*[[May 23]] – [[Betty Garrett]], actress and dancer (d. 2011)
*[[May 30]] – [[Joe McQueen]], American jazz saxophonist (d. 2019)
*[[June 11]] – [[Helen Tobias-Duesberg]], composer (d. 2010)
*[[June 17]] – [[Gene de Paul]], pianist and composer (d. 1988)
*[[June 22]] – [[Gower Champion]], dancer, choreographer and director (d. 1980)
*[[July 8]] – [[Ernst Haefliger]], Swiss tenor (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[July 10]] – [[Ian Wallace (singer)|Ian Wallace]], Scottish bass-baritone opera singer (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[July 27]] – [[Jonathan Sternberg]], American conductor, musical director and professor of music (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[July 31]] – [[Norman Del Mar]], conductor and music writer (d. 1994)
*[[August 2]] – [[Carlo Savina]], Italian composer and conductor (d. [[2002 in music|2002]])
*[[August 11]] – [[Ginette Neveu]], violin virtuoso (d. 1949)
*[[August 13]] – [[George Shearing]], English jazz pianist and composer (d. 2011)
*[[August 17]] – [[Irv Williams]], African American jazz saxophonist (d. 2019)
*[[August 21]] – [[Tommy Reilly (harmonica player)|Tommy Reilly]], harmonica virtuoso (d. 2000)
*[[August 24]] – [[Niels Viggo Bentzon]], Danish composer (d. 2000)
*[[September 2]] – [[Marge Champion]], dancer and choreographer (d. 2020)
*[[September 3]] – [[Natalia Clare]], ballerina (d. 2007)
*[[September 4]] – [[Teddy Johnson]], popular singer (d. 2018)
*[[September 16]]
**<!--September 16-->[[Sven-Erik Bäck]], composer (d. 1994)
**<!--September 16-->[[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]], singer (d. [[1992 in music|1992]])
*[[September 21]] – [[Virgilio Savona]], Italian singer, songwriter (d. [[2009]])
*[[September 24]] – [[Jack Costanzo]], American percussionist (d. [[2018]])
*[[September 30]] – [[Patricia Neway]], operatic soprano and musical theatre actress (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[October 9]] – [[Irmgard Seefried]], operatic soprano (d. 1988)
*[[October 11]] – [[Art Blakey]], jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
*[[October 18]] – [[Anita O'Day]], singer (d. 2006)
*[[October 20]] – [[Lia Origoni]], singer (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Katie Lee (singer)|Katie Lee]], American folk singer (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[October 26]] – [[James E. Myers]], songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[November 5]] – [[Myron Floren]], accordionist (d. 2005)
*[[November 12]] – [[Jackie Washington]], Canadian singer-songwriter (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[November 15]] – [[Carol Bruce]], singer and actress (d. 2007)
*[[November 23]] – [[Cláudio Santoro]], composer (d. 1989)
*[[December 6]] – [[Blaž Lenger]], folk singer (d. 2006)
*[[December 8]] – [[Mieczyslaw Weinberg]], composer (d. 1996)
*[[December 10]] – [[Sesto Bruscantini]], operatic bass-baritone (d. 2003)
*[[December 21]] – [[Nelson Cooke]], Australian cellist (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[December 25]] 
**[[Naushad Ali]], film score composer (d. 2006)
**[[Curly Seckler]], American bluegrass musician (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[December 30]] – [[David Willcocks]], British choral conductor, organist and composer (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])