Editing 1918 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 9]] – [[Ruthilde Boesch]], Austrian soprano (d. 2012)
*[[January 12]] – [[Julio Gutiérrez (musician)|Julio Gutiérrez]], Cuban pianist, conductor and songwriter (d. 1990)
*[[January 20]] – [[Juan García Esquivel]], Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
*[[January 24]] – [[Gottfried von Einem]], composer (d. 1996)
*[[January 27]]
**<!--January 27-->[[Skitch Henderson]], bandleader (d. 2005)
**<!--January 27-->[[Elmore James]], blues musician (d. 1963)
*[[February 3]] – [[Joey Bishop]], all-round entertainer (d. 2007)
*[[February 15]] – [[Hank Locklin]], singer (d. 2009)
*[[February 16]] – Patty Andrews of [[The Andrews Sisters]] singing group (d. 2013)
*[[March 20]] – [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]], German composer (d. 1970)
*[[March 20]] – [[Marian McPartland]], British jazz pianist (d. 2013)
*[[March 23]] – [[Alberto Caracciolo]], tango musician (d. 1994)
*[[March 29]] – [[Pearl Bailey]], singer (d. 1990)
*[[April 3]] – [[Sixten Ehrling]], conductor (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/obituary/0,,1466025,00.html| first=David| last=Nice| title=Obituary for Sixten Ehrling| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]| location=London| date=22 April 2005}}</ref>
*[[April 25]] – [[Astrid Varnay]], operatic soprano (d. 2006)
*[[May 15]] – [[Eddy Arnold]], country singer (d. 2008)
*[[May 17]] – [[Birgit Nilsson]], operatic soprano (d. 2005)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/birgit-nilsson-soprano-legend-who-tamed-wagner-dies-at-87.html |title=Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87 |last=Holland |first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Holland|date=12 January 2006|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[June 4]] – [[Noel Estrada]], composer (d. 1979)
*[[June 8]] – [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], star of musicals (d. 1987)
*[[June 10]] – [[Patachou]], French singer (d. 2015)
*[[June 26]] – [[Roger Voisin]], trumpeter (d. 2008)
*[[July 5]] – [[George Rochberg]], composer (d. 2005)
*[[July 6]] – [[Eugene List]], classical pianist (d. 1985)
*[[July 24]] – [[Ruggiero Ricci]], violinist (d. 2012)
*[[July 27]] – [[Leonard Rose]], cellist (d. 1984)
*[[August 18]] – [[Cisco Houston]], folk singer (d. 1961)
*[[August 25]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], composer and conductor (d. 1990)
*[[August 29]] – [[Mrs Mills]], born Gladys Jordan, honky-tonk pianist (d. 1978)
*[[August 31]] – [[Alan Jay Lerner]], US lyricist (d. 1986)
*[[September 13]] – [[Dick Haymes]], Argentinian-born US singer and actor (d. 1980)
*[[September 14]] – Israel López "[[Cachao]]", Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2008)
*[[September 22]] – [[Henryk Szeryng]], violinist (d. 1988)
*[[September 23]] – [[Lola Graham]], pianist (d. 1992)
*[[September 26]] – [[John Zacherle]], actor and singer (d. 2016)
*[[October 9]] – [[Bebo Valdés]], Cuban pianist (d. 2013)
*[[October 11]] – [[Jerome Robbins]], choreographer (d. 1998)
*[[October 14]] – [[Ellen Faull]], operatic soprano (d. 2008)
*[[October 16]] – [[Géori Boué]], operatic soprano (d. 2017)
*[[October 17]] – [[Rita Hayworth]], actress, dancer and singer (d. 1987)
*[[October 26]] – [[Eric Ericson]], Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (d. 2013)
*[[November 20]] – [[Tibor Frešo]], composer (d. 1987)
*[[December 12]] – [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]], jazz singer (d. 1999)
*[[December 19]] – [[Professor Longhair]], blues singer and pianist (d. 1980)
*[[December 23]] – [[José Greco]], flamenco dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
*[[December 24]] – [[Dave Bartholomew]], bandleader, composer and arranger (d. 2019)