Editing 1946 in music (section)

== Events ==
*[[January 6]] – A somewhat revised and streamlined revival of [[Jerome Kern]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]'s ''[[Show Boat]]'' opens on Broadway at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]], the same theatre at which the original production played in 1927. This production features newly designed sets and costumes, new, more extended choreography, and a new song, ''Nobody Else But Me'', by Kern and Hammerstein.
*February – [[Kathleen Ferrier]]'s recording contract with [[Columbia Records]] expires, and she transfers to Decca.
*[[May 24]] – [[John Serry Sr.]] collaborates with the vocalist [[Sidor Belarsky]] and the Mischa Borr Orchestra in recordings of [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] folk songs.<ref>[https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/343174/Serry_John?Matrix_page=100000 "Discography of American Historical Recordings" - John Serry on adp.library.ucsb.edu]</ref>
*August – American singer [[Doris Day]] leaves [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]]'s band and begins her solo career.
*[[September 11]] – The [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] holds its first rehearsal.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=Lyndon|year=2005|title=While Spring and Summer Sang: Thomas Beecham and the music of Frederick Delius|location=Aldershot|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=0754607216|pages=99–100}}</ref>
*Formation of [[Bamberg Symphony]]; [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra]]; and [[Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin|RIAS Symphonie-Orchester]].
*[[Al Jolson]] rerecords his old hits for the soundtrack of his Columbia biopic ''[[The Jolson Story]]'' (released October 10 in the United States), and becomes a superstar to the post-war generation too.
*[[B. B. King]] begins working as a professional musician in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
*[[Chet Atkins]] makes his first appearance at the [[Grand Ole Opry]].
*[[Georgia Gibbs]] signs with the Majestic label.
*[[Bill Haley]]'s professional musical career begins as a member of [[The Down Homers]]. His earliest known recordings are made during a Down Homers radio performance, but will not be released until 2006.
*[[John Serry Sr.]] appears as the featured accordion soloist on the [[Gordon MacRae]] radio hit ''Skyline Roof''.<ref>[https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/files/John-J-Serry-Sr-Collection.pdf Eastman School of Music - University of Rochester - Sibley Music Library: John J. Serry Sr. Collection Item 8 audio disc p. 18 in The John J. Serry Sr. Collection archived at the University of Rochester Eastman School of Music]</ref>
[[File:Billie Holiday and Mister, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1946 (William P. Gottlieb 04271).jpg|right|thumb|Singer [[Billie Holiday]] backstage in 1946]]