Editing 1921 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 10]] – [[Helen Bonchek Schneyer]], folk musician (died 2005)
*[[January 17]] – [[Lorna Cooke deVaron]], choral conductor (died 2018)
*[[January 22]] – [[Arno Babajanian]], composer (died 1983)
*[[January 26]] – [[Eddie Barclay]], music producer (died 2005)
*[[January 31]]
**<!--January 31-->[[Carol Channing]], musical comedy star (died 2019)
**<!--January 31-->[[Mario Lanza]], operatic tenor and film star (died 1959)
*[[February 5]] – Sir [[John Pritchard (conductor)|John Pritchard]], British conductor (died 1989)
*[[February 13]] –  [[Jeanne Demessieux]], French organist and composer (died 1968)<ref>{{cite book|first=Don Michael|last=Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|location=Cambridge|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|year=1996|page=209|isbn=978-0-67437-299-3}}</ref>
*[[February 16]] – [[Vera-Ellen]], dancer and actress (died 1981)
*[[February 20]] - [[Ruth Gipps]], composer (died 1999)
*[[February 26]] – [[Betty Hutton]], actress and singer (died 2007)
*[[March 2]] – [[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson]], musicologist and composer (died 1997)
*[[March 6]] – [[Julius Rudel]], conductor (died 2014)
*[[March 8]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], dancer (died 2008)
*[[March 11]] – [[Ástor Piazzolla]], tango composer (died 1992)
*[[March 12]] – [[Gordon MacRae]], singer and actor (died 1986)
*[[March 21]]
**<!--March 21-->[[Arthur Grumiaux]], violinist (died 1986)
**<!--March 21-->[[Antony Hopkins]], composer and music writer (died 2014)
*[[March 22]] – [[Nino Manfredi]], actor and film score composer (died 2004)
*[[March 27]] – [[Phil Chess]], born Fiszel Czyż, record producer (died 2016)
*[[March 28]] - [[Rostislav Berberov]], music theorist and musicologist (died 1984)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2001 |title=Berberov, Rostislav Nikolayevich|encyclopedia=[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Music Online]] |series=Oxford Music Online |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|author=Grigory Pantyelev Paisov|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48266}}</ref> 
*[[April 1]]
**<!--April 1-->[[Douglas Allanbrook]], composer (died 2003)
**<!--April 1-->[[William Bergsma]], composer (died 1994)
**<!--April 1-->[[Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith]], musician and composer (died 2014)
*[[April 3]] – [[Darío Moreno]], Turkish singer and composer (died [[1968 in music|1968]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Evelyn Mack Truitt|title=Who was who on Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irZmAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Bowker|isbn=978-0-8352-0914-4|page=332}}</ref>
*[[April 8]]
**<!--April 8-->[[Alfie Bass]], actor (Tevye in West End production of ''Fiddler on the Roof'') (died 1987)
**<!--April 8-->[[Franco Corelli]], operatic tenor (died 2003)
*[[April 22]] – [[Cándido Camero]], percussionist (died 2020)
*[[April 26]] – [[Jimmy Giuffre]], jazz musician (died 2008)
*[[May 17]]
**[[Dennis Brain]], horn virtuoso (died 1957)
**[[Bob Merrill]], US songwriter (died 1998)
*[[May 23]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], English jazz musician (died 2008)
*[[May 25]] – [[Hal David]] – US lyricist (died 2012)
*[[May 26]] – [[Inge Borkh]], German soprano (died 2018)<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Ewen|title=Musicians Since 1900: Performers in Concert and Opera|location=New York|publisher=Wilson|year=1978|isbn=978-0-82420-565-2|page=93}}</ref>
*[[June 1]] – [[Nelson Riddle]], US conductor, composer and arranger (died 1985)
*[[June 3]] – [[Betty Freeman]], patron of classical music (died 2009)
*[[June 21]]
**[[Judy Holliday]], US actress and singer (died 1965)
**[[Jane Russell]], US actress and singer (died 2011)
*[[June 24]] – Peggy DeCastro, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the [[DeCastro Sisters]] (died 2004)
*[[June 25]] – [[Celia Franca]], dancer and choreographer (died 2007)
*[[July 12]] – [[Hilary Corke]], writer and composer (died 2001)
*[[July 15]] – [[Jack Beeson]], American pianist and composer (died 2010)
*[[July 17]] 
**[[George Barnes (musician)|George Barnes]], American swing jazz guitarist (died 1977)
**[[Mary Osborne]], American jazz guitarist (died 1992)
*[[July 20]] – [[Carmen Carrozza]], accordionist (died 2013)
*[[July 24]] – [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], opera singer (died 2008)
*[[July 30]] – [[Grant Johannesen]], American pianist (died 2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/grant-johannesen-6147195.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/grant-johannesen-6147195.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Grant Johannesen – Obituaries – News |work=The Independent |date=2005-04-30 |access-date=2013-02-24}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[August 3]] – [[Richard Adler]], American composer and lyricist (died 2012)
*[[August 4]] – [[Herb Ellis]], American guitarist (died 2010)
*[[August 7]]
**[[Manitas de Plata]], French Gitano flamenco guitarist (died 2014)
**[[Karel Husa]], Czech-born classical composer (died 2016)
*[[August 9]] – [[Lola Bobesco]], Belgian violinist (died 2003)
*[[August 13]] – [[Mary Lee (singer)|Mary Lee]], Scottish singer (died 2022)
*[[September 3]] – [[Thurston Dart]], English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player (died 1971)
*[[September 4]] – [[Ariel Ramírez]], Argentine composer (died 2010)
*[[September 8]] – Sir [[Harry Secombe]], Welsh singer and comedian (died 2001)
*[[September 19]] – [[Billy Ward and the Dominoes|Billy Ward]], R&B singer ([[The Dominoes]]) (died 2002)
*[[September 21]] – [[Chico Hamilton]], jazz drummer (died 2013)
*[[September 30]] – [[Pedro Knight]], Cuban musician, manager (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[October 1]] – [[James Whitmore]], American actor in film musicals (died 2009)
*[[October 21]]
**<!--October 21-->Sir [[Malcolm Arnold]], English composer (died 2006)
**<!--October 21-->[[Jarmil Burghauser]], Czech conductor, composer and musicologist (died 1997)
*[[October 23]] 
** [[Denise Duval]], French soprano (died 2016)
** [[İlhan Usmanbaş]], Turkish composer (died 2025)
*[[October 25]] – [[Little Hatch]], American blues musician (died 2003)
*[[November 5]] – [[Georges Cziffra]], pianist (died 1994)
*[[November 9]] – [[Pierrette Alarie]], soprano (died 2011)
*[[November 21]] – [[Vivian Blaine]], actress and singer (died 1995)
*[[November 23]] – [[Fred Buscaglione]], Italian singer, musician and songwriter (died 1960)
*[[December 3]] – [[Phyllis Curtin]], soprano (died 2016)
*[[December 4]] – [[Deanna Durbin]], singer and actress (died 2013)
*[[December 8]] – [[Johnny Otis]], blues musician (died 2012)
*[[December 15]] – [[Alan Freed]], disc jockey (died 1965)
*[[December 26]] – [[Steve Allen]], musician and comedian (died 2000)