Editing 1898 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 7]] – [[Al Bowlly]], big band singer
*[[January 9]] – [[Gracie Fields]], singer and actress
*[[January 28]] – [[Vittorio Rieti]], composer
*[[February 3]] – [[Lil Hardin Armstrong]], wife and musical collaborator of [[Louis Armstrong]]
*[[February 7]] – [[Dock Boggs]], banjo player
*[[February 12]] – [[Roy Harris]], composer
*[[February 15]] – [[Totò]], actor and composer
*[[February 28]] – [[Molly Picon]], Broadway star
*[[March 4]] – [[Robert Schmertz (artist)|Robert Schmertz]], American folk musician and architect (d. 1975)
*[[April 3]] – [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]], American actor, singer & songwriter
*[[April 9]] – [[Paul Robeson]], singer
*[[May 14]] – [[Zutty Singleton]], jazz drummer
*[[May 15]] – [[Arletty]], actress and singer
*[[May 26]] – [[Ernst Bacon]], pianist and composer (d. 1990)
*[[May 28]] – [[Andy Kirk (musician)|Andy Kirk]], jazz musician
*[[June 6]] – [[Ninette de Valois]], founder of the UK's Royal Ballet
*[[June 29]] – [[Yvonne Lefébure]], French pianist
*[[July 4]] – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], English actress, singer and dancer
*[[July 6]] – [[Hanns Eisler]], composer
*[[July 15]] – [[Noel Gay]], English songwriter
*[[August 2]] – [[Anthony Franchini]], Italian-born guitarist
*[[August 15]] – [[Charles Tobias]], US songwriter and singer
*[[August 24]] – [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]], songwriter, music publisher
*[[September 1]]
**[[Marilyn Miller]], US actress, singer and dancer
**[[Violet Carson]], actress, singer and pianist
*[[September 26]] – [[George Gershwin]], US composer
*[[September 27]] – [[Vincent Youmans]], US composer
*[[October 7]] – [[Alfred Wallenstein]], US cellist and conductor
*[[October 8]] – [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], US jazz pianist and composer
*[[October 18]] – [[Lotte Lenya]], singer and actress, wife of [[Kurt Weill]]
*[[November 1]] – [[Sippie Wallace]], blues singer
*[[December 3]] (n.s.) – [[Lev Knipper]], Russian composer (and [[NKVD]] agent)
*[[December 5]] – [[Grace Moore]], operatic soprano
*[[December 14]] – [[Lillian Randolph]], actress and singer
*[[December 24]] – [[Baby Dodds]], jazz drummer