Editing 1909 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Victor Borge]], born Børge Rosenbaum, [[Danes|Danish]]-born comedian, musician and actor (d. [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Gunnar Berg (composer)|Gunnar Berg]], [[Switzerland|Swiss]]-born Danish composer (d. 1989)
*[[January 13]] – [[Ed Burke (musician)|Ed Burke]], jazz musician (d. 1988)
*[[January 15]] – [[Gene Krupa]], drummer  (d. [[1973 in music|1973]])
*[[February 5]] – [[Grazyna Bacewicz]], Polish composer (d. 1969)
*[[February 9]] – [[Carmen Miranda]], Brazilian singer, actress (d. [[1955 in music|1955]])
*[[March 17]] – [[K. P. H. Notoprojo]], Javanese musician (d. 2007)
*[[May 1]] – [[George Melachrino]], English conductor, singer and composer (d. [[1965 in music|1965]])
*[[May 10]] – [[Maybelle Carter]] née Addington, [[Americans|American]] country singer and musician, member of the [[Carter Family]] (d. [[1978 in music|1978]])
*[[May 13]] – [[Ken Darby]], American chorale director (d. 1992)
*[[May 30]] – [[Benny Goodman]], musician, actor (d. [[1986 in music|1986]])
*[[June 12]] – [[Archie Bleyer]], American arranger and bandleader (d. [[1989 in music|1989]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Burl Ives]], American folk singer and actor (d. [[1995 in music|1995]])
*[[June 26]] – [[Colonel Tom Parker]], [[Elvis Presley]]'s manager (d. 1997)
*[[July 9]] – [[Manolo Caracol]], Andalusian [[flamenco]] singer (d. 1973)
*[[July 18]] – [[Harriet Hilliard]], American singer and actress, wife of [[Ozzie Nelson]] and mother of [[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]] (d. 1994) 
*[[July 22]] – [[Licia Albanese]], Italian-born operatic soprano and songwriter (d. 1995)
*[[August 10]] – [[Claude Thornhill]], American bandleader, pianist and composer (d. 1965)
*[[August 11]] – [[Yuji Koseki]], Japanese composer (d. 1989)
*[[August 15]] – [[Hugo Winterhalter]], American conductor and arranger (d. 1973)
*[[August 17]] – [[Larry Clinton]], American bandleader and songwriter (d. 1985)
*[[August 23]] – [[Ichirō Saitō]], Japanese film composer (d. 1979)
*[[August 25]] – [[Ruby Keeler]], dancer, actress (d. 1993)
*[[September 24]] – [[Carl Sigman]], songwriter (d. 2000)
*[[October 3]] – [[Borney Bergantine]], songwriter (d. 1952)
*[[November 10]] – [[Johnny Marks]], American songwriter (d. 1985)
*[[November 18]] – [[Johnny Mercer]], songwriter (d. 1976)
*[[December 4]] – [[Barbarito Diez]], Cuban singer and bandleader (d. 1995) 
*[[December 20]] – [[Vagn Holmboe]], Danish composer (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
*''date unknown'' – [[Antonio Mairena]], Andalusian flamenco singer (d. 1983)