Editing 1928 in music

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[[File:Ravel au piano.jpg|right|thumb|[[Maurice Ravel]] at the piano with [[Éva Gauthier]] in 1928; [[George Gershwin]] listens at right.]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1928.

==Specific locations==
*[[1928 in British music]]
*[[1928 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1928 in country music]]
*[[1928 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[April 27]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[Apollon musagète]]'' receives its première in Washington.
*[[May 5]] – Composers [[Alban Berg]] and [[George Gershwin]] meet for the first time, in [[Vienna]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon|last=Paxman|title=Classical Music 1600–2000: A Chronology|location=London|publisher=Omnibus|year=2014|isbn=978-1-84449-773-7}}</ref>
*June – [[1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition]], sponsored by the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] to mark Schubert's death centenary, is judged in Vienna. [[Kurt Atterberg]]'s Sixth Symphony is the winner and becomes probably the first major piece to be premiered on disc.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elkin|first=Robert|title=Queen's Hall, 1893–1941|location=London|publisher=Rider|year=1944|oclc=636583612|page=43}}</ref>
*[[August 31]] – ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (''Die Dreigroschenoper''), adapted by [[Bertolt Brecht]], [[Elisabeth Hauptmann]] and composer [[Kurt Weill]] (with set designer [[Caspar Neher]]) from ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'', receives its première in [[Berlin]] at the [[Theater am Schiffbauerdamm]] with [[Harald Paulsen]] and [[Lotte Lenya]] (Weill's wife) in the principal rôles.
*[[September 11]] – [[Leoš Janáček]]'s [[String Quartet No. 2 (Janáček)|String Quartet No. 2]], ''Intimate Letters'', receives its première in Brno.
*[[September 12]] – [[Anton Webern]]'s String Trio receives its première in Siena.
*[[September 14]] – [[Carl Nielsen]]'s [[Clarinet Concerto (Nielsen)|Clarinet Concerto]] is given its first performance.
*[[September 21]] – [[Al Jolson]] marries [[Ruby Keeler]].
*[[November 22]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s ''[[Bolero (Ravel)|Bolero]]'' receives its première in Paris at the [[Palais Garnier]].
*[[November 27]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[Le baiser de la fée (Balanchine)|Le Baiser de la fée]]'' receives its première in Paris.
*[[December 2]] – [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s [[Variations for Orchestra (Schoenberg)|Variations for Orchestra]] receives its première in Berlin
*[[December 29]] – [[Pinetop Smith]] records "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" in Chicago; released in 1929 (the year of Smith's death) it becomes the first hit [[boogie-woogie]] recording.
* [[Edward German]] is knighted for services to music.
* [[Eric Fenby]] begins work as amanuensis for [[Frederick Delius]].
* [[Maurice Ravel]] embarks on a concert tour of the United States, where he meets [[George Gershwin]].
* [[Tampa Red]]'s recording career begins.
* [[Scrapper Blackwell]] makes his first recordings for [[Vocalion Records]].
* [[Leroy Carr]]'s recording career begins with the release of "[[How Long, How Long Blues]]".
* The first commercial recordings of [[Cajun music]] are released.
* The [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]] makes its [[Carnegie Hall]] début.

==Published popular music==
* "After My Laughter Came Tears" w.m. Charles Tobias & Roy Turk
* "[[Alabama Song]]" w. [[Bertolt Brecht]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "All By Yourself In The Moonlight" w.m. Jay Wallis
* "Anything You Say" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "Baby"  w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]].  Recorded and sung by [[Adelaide Hall]]
* "[[Back in Your Own Backyard]]" w.m. [[Dave Dreyer]], [[Al Jolson]] & [[Billy Rose]]
* "[[Basin Street Blues]]" w.m. [[Spencer Williams]]
* "Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[The Big Rock Candy Mountains]]" Harry McClintock
* "Bill" w. [[P.G. Wodehouse]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]].  Introduced by [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]] in the musical ''[[Show Boat|Showboat]]'' and performed by Miss Morgan in the [[1929 in music|1929]] and [[1936 in music|1936]] film versions.
* "[[Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)|Blue Yodel]]" w. [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]]<ref name="VF" />
* "[[Bolero (Ravel)|Bolero]]" m. [[Maurice Ravel]]
* "[[Button Up Your Overcoat]]" w. [[B.G. DeSylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]. Introduced by [[Ruth Etting]].
* "Calling To You" by [[Jack Lumsdaine]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-172225171/view?partId=nla.obj-172225183 |title=Calling [music] : (To you) |access-date=2017-09-03 |archive-date=2017-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903210631/http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-172225171/view?partId=nla.obj-172225183 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* "[[Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[Carolina Moon (song)|Carolina Moon]]" w. [[Benny Davis]] m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]
* "Cherry"  w.m. [[Don Redman]]
* "Chiquita"  w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. [[Mabel Wayne]]<ref name="VF" />
* "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E"  w.m. Harry Carlton<ref name="VF" />
* "[[Coquette (song)|Coquette]]"  w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Carmen Lombardo]] & John Green
* "Cow Cow Blues" m. [[Cow Cow Davenport]]
* "[[Crazy Rhythm]]"  w. [[Irving Caesar]] m. Joseph Meyer & [[Roger Wolfe Kahn]].  Introduced by [[Ben Bernie]], [[Peggy Chamberlain]] and [[June O'Dea]] in the musical ''[[Here's Howe]]''.
* "Dance, Little Lady"  w.m [[Noël Coward]].  Introduced by [[Sonnie Hale]] in the [[revue]] ''[[This Year of Grace]]''
* "Diga Diga Doo"  w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]].  Introduced by [[Adelaide Hall]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Blackbirds of 1928]]''
* "Do I Hear You Saying?" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]].  Introduced by [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]] and [[Flora Le Breton]] in the musical ''[[Present Arms (musical)|Present Arms]]''.
* "Doin' The New Low-Down"  w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]].  Introduced by [[Bill Robinson]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Blackbirds of 1928]]''.
* "Doin' The Raccoon"  w. Raymond Klages m. J. Fred Coots
* "Don't Look At Me That Way" w.m. [[Cole Porter]].  Introduced by  [[Irène Bordoni]] in the musical ''[[Paris (1928 musical)|Paris]]''.
* "Dusky Stevedore" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[J. C. Johnson]]
* "[[Empty Bed Blues]]"  w.m. J. C. Johnson
* "Fancy Our Meeting" w. Douglas Furber m. Joseph Meyer & [[Philip Charig]].  Introduced by [[Jack Buchanan]] and [[Elsie Randolph]] in the musical ''[[That's a Good Girl]]''.
* "Forgetting You" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
* "From Monday On" w. [[Bing Crosby]] m. Harry Barris
* "[[A Garden In The Rain]]" w. James Dyrenforth m. Carroll Gibbons
* "A Gay Caballero" w.m. Frank Crumit & Lou Klein
* "[[Get Out And Get Under The Moon]]"  w. Charles Tobias & William Jerome m. [[Larry Shay]]
* "[[Glad Rag Doll]]" w.m. Dan Dougherty and Milton Ager
* "De Glory Road"  w. Clement Wood m. [[Jacques Wolfe]]
* "Golden Gate" by [[Billy Rose]] & [[Dave Dreyer]]
* "Henry's Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie"  w.m. Walter O'Keefe
* "Honey"  w. Seymour Simons & Haven Gillespie m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "[[Hooray for Captain Spaulding]]" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby.  Introduced by [[Zeppo Marx]], [[Robert Greig (actor)|Robert Greig]], [[Margaret Dumont]] and [[Groucho Marx]] in the musical ''[[Animal Crackers (musical)|Animal Crackers]]'' and also performed by them in the [[1930 in music|1930]] film version.
* "[[How About Me?]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[How Long Has This Been Going On?]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by Bobbe Arnst in the musical ''[[Rosalie (musical)|Rosalie]]''.  Performed by [[Audrey Hepburn]] in the 1957 film ''[[Funny Face]]''
* "[[I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]].<ref name="VF" /><ref name="PopCultMad" />  Introduced by [[Adelaide Hall]] at Les Ambassedeurs Club, Broadway, January 1928  in the [[revue]] Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue and in May at the Liberty Theatre, Broadway in ''[[Blackbirds of 1928]]''.
* "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame"  w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young (Ger) Fritz Rotter m. Ralph Erwin
* "I Must Have That Man"  w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]].  Introduced by [[Adelaide Hall]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Blackbirds of 1928]]''
* "[[I Wanna Be Loved by You]]"  w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]] & Herbert Stothart.  Introduced by [[Helen Kane]] and Dan Healy in the musical ''Good Boy''.  Performed by Miss Kane dubbing for [[Debbie Reynolds]] in the [[1950 in music|1950]] film ''[[Three Little Words (film)|Three Little Words]]''.
* "[[I'd Rather Be Blue|I'd Rather Be Blue Over You]]" w. [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Fred Fisher]].  Introduced by [[Fanny Brice]] in the film ''[[My Man (1928 film)|My Man]]''.
* "[[If I Had You (1928 song)|If I Had You]]" w.m. [[Ted Shapiro]], Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
* "[[I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)|I'll Get By]]" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
* "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas" w.m. [[Phil Baxter]]
* "I'm Bringing A Red, Red Rose" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]].  Introduced by Paul Gregory and [[Frances Upton]] in the musical ''[[Whoopee!]]''
* "I'm On The Crest Of A Wave" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by [[Harry Richman]] in the [[revue]] ''[[George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1928]]''
* "[[I've Got a Crush on You]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Clifton Webb]] and [[Mary Hay (actress)|Mary Hay]] in the musical ''[[Treasure Girl]]''.
* "Is There Anything Wrong In That?" w.m. Michael H. Cleary & [[Herb Magidson]]
* "It Goes Like This (That Funny Melody)" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
* "[[It's Tight Like That]]"  [[Thomas A. Dorsey|Georgia Tom]], Hudson "[[Tampa Red]]" Whittaker
* "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. [[Nathaniel Shilkret]]
* "Jimmy, the Well-Dressed Man" w.m. [[Jimmy Durante]]
* "[[Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love|Let's Do It]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]].  Introduced by [[Irene Bordoni]] and [[Arthur Margetson]] in the musical ''[[Paris (1928 musical)|Paris]]''.
* "Let's Misbehave" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "Life Upon The Wicked Stage" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "Louisiana" w. [[Andy Razaf]] & Bob Schafer m. [[J. C. Johnson]]
* "Lovable" Holmes, Simons, Whiting
* "[[Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song)|Love Me or Leave Me]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Lover, Come Back to Me]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "Ma Belle" w. [[Clifford Grey]] m. [[Rudolf Friml]]
* "[[Mack The Knife]]" w. (Eng) Marc Blitzstein (Ger) [[Bertolt Brecht]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]<ref name="PopCultMad" />
* "[[Make Believe (Jerome Kern song)|Make Believe]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]<ref name="VF" />
* "[[Makin' Whoopee]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Malagueña (song)|Malagueña]]" m. [[Ernesto Lecuona]]
* "March Of The Musketeers" w. [[P. G. Wodehouse]] & [[Clifford Grey]] m. [[Rudolf Friml]]. Introduced by [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]], Douglass Dumbrille, Detmar Poppen, [[Joseph Macauley]] and chorus in the [[musical theater|theatre musical]] ''[[The Three Musketeers (musical)|The Three Musketeers]]''
* "Marie" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Memories of France" by [[Al Dubin]]
* "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend<ref name=VF>http://www.musicvf.com/1928.year {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625103236/http://musicvf.com/1928.year |date=2014-06-25 }} "Top Songs of 1928. ''Music VF.com''</ref>
* "[[My Baby Just Cares for Me]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "My Lucky Star" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
* "[[My Mammy]]" w. Walter Donaldson, Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis. Sung by [[Al Jolson]].<ref name=PopCultMad >"The Most Popular Song Hits And Performers Of 1928". http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1928.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625051126/http://popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1928.php |date=2014-06-25 }} ''Pop Culture Madness''</ref>
* "[[Nagasaki (song)|Nagasaki]]" w. [[Mort Dixon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Oh, So Nice!]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]] from ''[[Treasure Girl]]''
* "One Kiss" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" m. Clarence "Pine Top" Smith
* "[[Pirate Jenny]]" w. [[Bertolt Brecht]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "A Precious Little Thing Called Love" w.m. Lou Davis & J. Fred Coots
* "[[Room 1411]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]] & [[Benny Goodman]]
* "'Round Evening" w. Herb Steiner & [[J. Fred Coots]] m. George Whiting
* "She's Funny That Way" w. [[Richard A. Whiting]] m. Neil Moret
* "Short'nin' Bread" adapt. w.m. [[Jacques Wolfe]]
* "[[Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]].  Introduced by William O'Neal in the operetta ''[[The New Moon]]''.  Performed in the 1940 film ''[[New Moon (1940 film)|New Moon]]'' by [[Nelson Eddy]].
* "The Song Of The Prune" [[Frank Crumit]], De Costa
* "Sonny Boy" w.m. Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson<ref name="VF" />
* "St James Infirmary" w.m. Joe Primrose
* "[[Stack O'Lee]]" trad arr. [[Cliff Edwards]]
* "Stouthearted Men" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "[[Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)]]" w.m. [[Maceo Pinkard]] & [[Sidney D. Mitchell]]
* "[[Sweet Lorraine]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Cliff Burwell]]
* "[[Sweet Sue, Just You|Sweet Sue]]" w. Will J. Harris m. [[Victor Young]]
* "Sweetheart Of All My Dreams" w.m. Art Fitch, Kay Fitch & Bert Lowe
* "Sweethearts On Parade" w. Charles Newman m. Carmen Lombardo
* "'Tain't So, Honey, 'Tain't So" w.m. Willard Robison
* "[[That's My Weakness Now]]" w.m. [[Bud Green]] & [[Sam H. Stept]]
* "There Ain't No Sweet Man (That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears)" w.m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "[[There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder]]" w.m. Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose & Al Jolson
* "[[Together (1928 song)|Together]]" w. [[B.G. DeSylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Wanting You" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]].  Introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday in the operetta ''[[The New Moon]]''.  Performed in the 1930 film version by [[Grace Moore]] and [[Lawrence Tibbett]].
* "[[West End Blues]]" w.m. Joseph Oliver & Clarence Williams<ref name="VF" />
* "[[When You're Smiling]]" w.m. [[Mark Fisher (songwriter)|Mark Fisher]], Joe Goodwin & [[Larry Shay]]
* "Willow Tree" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[Fats Waller|Thomas Waller]] from the musical ''Keep Shufflin'''
* "[[World Weary]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]].  Introduced by [[Beatrice Lillie]] in the [[revue]] ''[[This Year of Grace]]''
* "You Are Love" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[You Took Advantage of Me]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "You Wouldn't Fool Me" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "[[You're The Cream In My Coffee]]" w. [[B.G. DeSylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]<ref name="VF" />

==Top popular recordings==
The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1928:<ref name=whitburn>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Label
! Recording date
! Release date
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[Sonny Boy (song)|Sonny Boy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE250. Sonny boy / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244257/LAE250-Sonny_boy |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4033 || {{Start date|1928|8|20}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 19 total weeks, 938,466 sales  
|-
| 2 || [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] || "[[Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014984/BVE-40753-Blue_yodel |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21142 || {{Start date|1927|11|30}} || {{Start date|1928|3|31}} || US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Hillbilly 1928 #1, 1,085,985 sales,<ref name=whitburn /> [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2004]]
|-
| 3 || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Ramona (1928 song)|Ramona]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42584. Ramona / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016820/BVE-42584-Ramona |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21334 || {{Start date|1928|4|2}} || {{Start date|1928|6}} || US BB 1928 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=whitburn />
|-
| 4 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "My Angel"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-43661. My angel / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017836/BVE-43661-My_angel |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21388 || {{Start date|1928|4|21}} || {{Start date|1928|7}} || US BB 1928 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 5  || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-45297. Jeannine, I dream of lilac time / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019421/BVE-45297-Jeannine_I_dream_of_lilac_time |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21564 || {{Start date|1928|6|26}} || {{Start date|1928|9|7}} || US BB 1928 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra]] v_[[The Rhythm Boys]] || "[[Among My Souvenirs]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-40934. Among my souvenirs / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015165/CVE-40934-Among_my_souvenirs |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> ||  Victor 35877 || {{Start date|1927|11|22}} || {{Start date|1928|2}} || US BB 1928 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 7 || Paul  Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Ramona"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-41293. Ramona / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015525/BVE-41293-Ramona |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21214 || {{Start date|1928|1|4}} || {{Start date|1928|3|16}} || US BB 1928 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 8 || Al Jolson || "[[There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE249. There's a rainbow 'round my shoulder / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244256/LAE249-Theres_a_rainbow_round_my_shoulder |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4033 || {{Start date|1928|8|20}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #7, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 9 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra v_Rhythm Boys || "[[Together (1928 song)|Together]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-41635. Together / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015869/CVE-41635-Together |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> ||  Victor 35883 || {{Start date|1928|1|21}} || {{Start date|1928|4}} ||  US BB 1928 #8, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh#Music|Laugh, Clown, Laugh!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-43131. Laugh! Clown, laugh! / Pennsylvanians; Fred Waring - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017309/BVE-43131-Laugh_Clown_laugh |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21308 || {{Start date|1928|3|8}} || {{Start date|1928|6}} || US BB 1928 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Cliff Edwards]] || "[[I Can't Give You Anything but Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W146622. I can't give you anything but love / Cliff Edwards - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000036285/W146622-I_cant_give_you_anything_but_love |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1471-D || {{Start date|1928|7|3}} || {{Start date|1928|9}} || US BB 1928 #10, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Paul  Whiteman and His Orchestra v_[[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Ol' Man River]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-41607. Ol' Man River / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015841/BVE-41607-Ol_Man_River |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21218  || {{Start date|1928|1|11}} || {{Start date|1928|4}} || US BB 1928 #11, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 13 || Gene Austin || "[[List of songs recorded by Perry Como#G|Girl Of My Dreams]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42585. Girl of my dreams / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016821/BVE-42585-Girl_of_my_dreams |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21334 || {{Start date|1928|4|2}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #12, US #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 408,684 sales
|-
| 14 || Al Jolson || "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E25183-E25185. Mother of mine, I still have you / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000225070/E25183-E25185-Mother_of_mine_I_still_have_you |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3719 || {{Start date|1927|11|11}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #13, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 15 || [[Nat Shilkret|Nat Shilkret and the Troubadors Orchestra]] || "[[Diane (Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack song)|Diane (I'm In Heaven When I See You Smile)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-40158. Diane (I'm in heaven when I see you smile) / The Troubadours - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014389/BVE-40158-Diane_Im_in_heaven_when_I_see_you_smile |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21000 || {{Start date|1927|10|7}} || {{Start date|1927|12}} || US BB 1928 #14, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 16 || Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra || "Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-46619. Jeannine, I dream of lilac time / Nathaniel Shilkret; Victor Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800020610/BVE-46619-Jeannine_I_dream_of_lilac_time |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21572 || {{Start date|1928|7|27}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 17 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[My Mammy (song)|My Mammy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix C1833. My mammy / Abe Lyman's California Orchestra; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000236278/C1833-My_mammy |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3912 || {{Start date|1928|3|31}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Vincent Lopez|Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra]] || "My Angel (Angela Mia)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E27433. My angel / Casa Lopez Orchestra; Lewis James; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000226487/E27433-My_angel |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3927 || {{Start date|1928|4|26}} || {{Start date|1928|6}} || US BB 1928 #18, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Ben Selvin|The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra)]] || "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W146380. I can't give you anything but love / The Knickerbockers - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000249538/W146380-I_cant_give_you_anything_but_love |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1424 || {{Start date|1928|6|1}} || {{Start date|1928|8}} || US BB 1928 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
|-
| 20 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-43189. Ah! Sweet mystery of life / Fred Waring; Waring's Concert Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017367/CVE-43189-Ah_Sweet_mystery_of_life |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 35921 || {{Start date|1928|4|17}} || {{Start date|1928|7}} || US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
|-
| 24  || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[My Melancholy Baby]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-39177. My melancholy baby / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013439/BVE-39177-My_melancholy_baby |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21015 || {{Start date|1927|9|14}} || {{Start date|1927|12}} || US Billboard 1928 #24, US #3 for 1 week, 8 total weeks
|}

===1928 Harlem Hit Parade (non-official)===
(created with Popular Music Chart Entries)<ref name=whitburn />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Label
! Recording Date
! Release Date
! Chart Positions
|-
| 1 || [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]] || "[[Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42442. Can't help lovin' dat man / Helen Morgan - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016679/BVE-42442-Cant_help_lovin_dat_man |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21238 || {{Start date|1928|2|28}} || {{Start date|1928|4|23}} || US BB 1928 #78, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
|-
| 2 || Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra v_[[Paul Robeson]] || "[[Ol' Man River]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-43122. Ol' Man River / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra; Paul Robeson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017300/CVE-43122-Ol_Man_River |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 35912 || {{Start date|1928|3|1}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #80, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />	
|-
| 3 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five]] || "[[West End Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix W400967. West End blues / Louis Armstrong; Hot Five - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000209787/W400967-West_End_blues |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 8597 || {{Start date|1928|6|28}} || {{Start date|1928|8}} || US BB 1928 #82, US #8 for 1 week, 6 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
|-
| 4 || [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams' Blue Seven]] || "[[Baby Won't You Please Come Home]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix W81472. Baby won't you please come home / Clarence Williams' Blue Seven - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000208130/W81472-Baby_wont_you_please_come_home |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 8510 || {{Start date|1927|9|23}} || {{Start date|1927|11}} || US BB 1928 #155, US #13 for 1 week, 2 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
|-
| 5 || Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five || "[[Struttin' with Some Barbecue]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix W82037. Struttin' with some barbecue / Louis Armstrong; Hot Five - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000208696/W82037-Struttin_with_some_barbecue |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 8566 || {{Start date|1927|12|9}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #157, US #14 for 1 week, 3 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
|-
| 6 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Orchestra]] || "[[Black and Tan Fantasy|Black and Tan Fantasie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-40155. Black and tan fantasie / Duke Ellington Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014386/BVE-40155-Black_and_tan_fantasie |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21137 || {{Start date|1927|10|26}} || {{Start date|1928|2|3}} || US BB 1928 #170, US #15 for 1 week, 3 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
|}

===Other important recordings===
*"The Mooche" by [[Duke Ellington]]
*"Muggles" by Louis Armstrong
*"Big Bill Blues" by [[Big Bill Broonzy]]
*"Prison Cell Blues" by [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]]
*"[[Statesboro Blues]]" by [[Blind Willie McTell]] (released 1929)
*"Playing With the Strings" by [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]]
*"[[How Long, How Long Blues]]" by [[Leroy Carr]]
*"[[It's Tight Like That]]" by [[Tampa Red]] and [[Thomas A. Dorsey|Georgia Tom]]
*"I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama" by [[Bessie Smith]]
*"Son de la Loma" by [[Trio Matamoros]]

==Classical music==
*[[Aaron Avshalomov]] – Four Biblical Tableaux
*[[Granville Bantock]] – ''Pagan Symphony''
*[[Samuel Barber]] – Serenade, Op.&nbsp;1, for string quartet (or string orchestra)
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[String Quartet No. 4 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 4]]
*[[Werner Egk]] – Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
*[[John Fernström]] – Symphony No. 2, Op. 15
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''Grand Fantasia and Toccata''
*[[Roberto Gerhard]] – Wind Quintet
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] – ''Jazz Toccata and Fugue''
*[[Gordon Jacob]] – String Quartet
*[[Dmitri Kabalevsky]]
**String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 8
**[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kabalevsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor]], Op. 9
*[[Wilhelm Kienzl]] – String Quartet No. 3 in E major
*[[Uuno Klami]] – ''Karelian Rhapsody''
*[[George Gershwin]] – [[An American in Paris]] (jazz-influenced symphonic poem)
*[[Ernst Krenek]]
**''Little Symphony''
**Piano Sonata No. 2
*[[Maurice Ravel]] – [[Bolero (Ravel)|Bolero]]
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]]
**[[Symphony No. 3 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 3]]
**[[The Prodigal Son (Prokofiev)|''The Prodigal Son'']] (ballet)
*[[Albert Roussel]] – ''Psalm 80''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[Tahiti Trot]],'' Op. 16
*[[Roger Sessions]] – ''The Black Maskers Suite'' for Orchestra
*[[Leo Sowerby]] – Symphony No. 2
*[[Richard Strauss]] 
**''[[Die Tageszeiten]]'', Op.76
**''Gesänge des Orients'', Op.77
*[[Ernst Toch]] – Piano Sonata, Op. 47
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**''[[Chôros No. 11]]''
**''[[Chôros No. 14]]''
**''[[Quinteto (em forma de chôros)]]''
*[[Pancho Vladigerov]] – ''Bulgarische Rhapsodie "Vardar"''
*[[Felix Weingartner]] – Symphony No. 6, Op. 74

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Cyril Scott]] – ''The Alchemist''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[The Nose (opera)|The Nose]]'' (1927–28)
*[[Richard Strauss]] – ''[[Die ägyptische Helena]]'' premiered at the [[Dresden]] [[Semperoper]] on 6 June 1928.
* [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]] – ''[[The Threepenny Opera|Die Dreigroschenoper]]'' premiered on 31 August 1928, at Berlin's [[Theater am Schiffbauerdamm]].
* [[Stefan Wolpe]] – ''Zeus und Elida'', premiered in Berlin

==Film==
*[[Irving Berlin]] – ''[[The Awakening (1928 film)]]''
*[[Willy Schmidt-Gentner]] – ''[[Heimkehr]]''
*[[Louis Silvers]], [[Alois Reiser]] – ''[[Noah's Ark (1928 film)]]''
*[[Werner Richard Heymann]] – ''[[Alraune (1928 film)]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1928 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''Angela'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production
* ''[[Blackbirds of 1928]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Liberty Theatre (New York City)|Liberty Theatre]] on May 9 and ran for 518 performances
* ''[[Blue Eyes (musical)|Blue Eyes]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on April 27 and ran for 278 performances
* ''Casanova'' Berlin production
* ''Hello, Daddy'' (Music: [[Jimmy McHugh]], Lyrics: [[Dorothy Fields]], Book: [[Herbert Fields]]) Broadway production opened at [[Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre]] on December 26, transferred to [[George M. Cohan's Theatre]] on January 21, 1929, and transferred to [[Erlanger's Theatre]] on May 6, 1929, for a total run of 198 performances
* ''[[Here's Howe]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on May 1 and ran for 71 performances.
* ''[[Hold Everything!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on October 10 and ran for 409 performances.
* ''Keep Shufflin''' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at [[Daly's Theatre]] on February 27 and ran for 104 performances
* ''[[The New Moon]]'' ([[Sigmund Romberg]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on September 19, transferred to the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on November 18 and ran for a total of 509 performances.
* ''[[Paris (1928 musical)|Paris]]'' (Cole Porter) Broadway production opened at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on October 8 and ran for 195 performances.
* ''[[Present Arms (musical)|Present Arms]]'' ([[Lorenz Hart]] and [[Richard Rodgers]]) Broadway production opened at [[Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre]] on April 26 and ran for 155 performances.
* ''[[Rain or Shine (musical)|Rain or Shine]]'' Broadway production opened at [[George M. Cohan's Theatre]] on February 9 and ran for 356 performances
* ''Rainbow'' Broadway production opened at the [[Gallo Opera House]] on November 21 and ran for 29 performances
* ''[[Show Boat]]'' ([[Jerome Kern]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – London production
* ''So This Is Love'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened on April 25 at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] and ran for 321 performances
*''Sunny Days'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on February 8 and ran for 101 performances.  It re-opened at the [[Century Theatre (New York City)|Century Theatre]] on October 1 for a further run of 32 performances.
* ''[[This Year of Grace]]'' by [[Noël Coward]] opens on 22 March 1928 at the London Pavilion and ran for nearly 10 months
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (musical)|The Three Musketeers]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (1903 New York City)|Lyric Theatre]] on March 13 and ran for 319 performances.
*''[[Treasure Girl]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on November 8 and ran for 68 performances
* ''Ups-a-Daisy'' Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 8 and ran for 64 performances.  Starring [[Marie Saxon]], [[Luella Gear]], [[William Kent]], [[Bob Hope]] and [[Roy Royston]].
* ''Virginia'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on October 24.
**[[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion]] on March 22 and ran for 316 performances.
**Broadway production opened at the [[Selwyn Theatre]] on November 7 and ran for 158 performances.
* ''White Lilacs'' opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on September 10 and transferred to [[Jolson's 59th Street Theatre]] on October 8 for a total run of 136 performances
* ''[[Whoopee!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on December 4 and ran for 407 performances

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Alberto Zedda]], Italian conductor and musicologist (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[January 7]] – [[Emilio Pericoli]], Italian singer (died [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Domenico Modugno]], Italian singer and songwriter (died [[1994 in music|1994]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gino Moliterno|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA526|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-75876-0|pages=526|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702120611/https://books.google.com/books?id=WvGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA526|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 11]] – [[Andréa Guiot]], French operatic soprano (died [[2021 in music|2021]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Soprano Andréa Guiot dies at the age of 93|website=Pizzicato|date=2021-02-16|url=https://www.pizzicato.lu/?p=60617|access-date=2021-02-16|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916232740/https://www.pizzicato.lu/soprano-andrea-guiot-dies-at-the-age-of-93/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[January 15]] – [[François Pantillon]], Swiss composer and conductor
*[[January 16]] – [[Pilar Lorengar]], Spanish soprano (died [[1996 in music|1996]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Jean Barraqué]], composer (died [[1973 in music|1973]])
*[[January 29]] – [[Bengt Hambraeus]], composer (died [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[January 30]] – [[Ruth Brown]], R&B singer (died [[2006 in music|2006]])
*[[January 31]] 
**[[Miltinho]], Brazilian singer (died [[2014 in music|2014]])
**[[Chuck Willis]], singer and songwriter (died [[1958 in music|1958]])
*[[February 3]] 
**[[Saulius Sondeckis]], Lithuanian violinist and conductor (died [[2016 in music|2016]])
**[[Frankie Vaughan]], British singer (died [[1999 in music|1999]])
*[[February 8]] – [[Osian Ellis]], Welsh harpist (died [[2021 in music|2021]])
*[[February 10]] – [[Anthony Prospect]], conductor from Trinidad and Tobago (died [[2000 in music|2000]])<ref>[http://www.nalis.gov.tt/national_icons/AnthonyProspect.htm Scholarship] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906133218/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/national_icons/AnthonyProspect.htm |date=6 September 2008 }}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Vincent Montana, Jr.]], American drummer and composer ([[MFSB]] and [[Salsoul Orchestra]]) (died 2013)
*[[February 16]] – [[Porfi Jiménez]], Dominican-Venezuelan musician (died 2010)
*[[February 17]] – [[Tom Jones (writer)|Tom Jones]], American lyricist (died 2023)
*[[February 23]] – [[Isabel Bigley]], singer and actress (died 2006)
*[[February 26]] – [[Fats Domino]], pianist and singer-songwriter (died [[2017 in music|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=111|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2020-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830185826/https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[February 27]] – [[René Clemencic]], Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)
*[[March 4]] – [[Samuel Adler (composer)|Samuel Adler]], American composer and conductor
*[[March 6]] – [[Ronald Stevenson]], Scottish composer and pianist (died 2015)
*[[March 9]] – [[Keely Smith]], American singer (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Sara Montiel]], Spanish singer, actress (died [[2013]])<ref>{{cite book|author=John C. Dove|title=Who's who in Spain 1992|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kEOAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn=978-88-85246-14-0|page=976|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2021-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126125857/https://books.google.com/books?id=5kEOAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[March 12]] – [[Aldemaro Romero]], Venezuelan composer and pianist (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[March 13]] – [[Ronnie Hazlehurst]], English conductor and composer (died 2007)
*[[March 21]] – [[Valentin Gheorghiu]], Romanian pianist and composer (died 2023)
*[[March 24]] – [[Byron Janis]], American pianist
*[[March 31]] – [[Lefty Frizzell]], American country singer and songwriter (died 1975)
*[[April 2]] – [[Serge Gainsbourg]], singer-songwriter (died 1991)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FMYAAAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-175-6|page=137|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2014-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705095429/http://books.google.com/books?id=6FMYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[April 3]] – [[Don Gibson]], country singer and songwriter (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=520/1}}</ref>
*[[April 4]] – [[Monty Norman]], singer and composer of the ''James Bond'' signature tune (died [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[April 5]] – [[Tony Williams (singer)|Tony Williams]], vocalist ([[The Platters]]) (died 1992)
*[[April 8]] – [[Fred Ebb]], lyricist (died 2004)
*[[April 12]] – [[Jean-François Paillard]], French conductor (died 2013)
*[[April 14]] – [[Egil Monn-Iversen]], Norwegian composer and pianist (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[April 19]] – [[Alexis Korner]], blues musician and historian (died 1984)
*[[April 21]] – [[Hillous Butrum]], country musician (died 2002)
*[[April 23]]
**[[Sergio Tedesco]], Italian actor, voice actor and tenor (died [[2012 in music|2012]])
**[[Shirley Temple]], actress, dancer and singer (died 2014)
*[[April 29]] – [[Carl Gardner]], vocalist ([[The Coasters]]) (died 2011)
*[[May 1]] – [[Sonny James]], American country singer (died [[2016 in music|2016]])<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Friskics-Warren|first1=Bill|title=Sonny James, Country Singer Known for "Young Love," Dies at 87|journal=The New York Times|date=February 23, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/arts/music/sonny-james-country-singer-known-for-young-love-dies-at-87.html?_r=0|access-date=February 26, 2016|archive-date=February 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228091554/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/arts/music/sonny-james-country-singer-known-for-young-love-dies-at-87.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[May 3]] – [[Dave Dudley]], country singer (died 2003)
*[[May 4]] – [[Maynard Ferguson]], jazz trumpeter (died 2006)
*[[May 12]] – [[Burt Bacharach]], songwriter (died [[2023 in music|2023]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/arts/music/burt-bacharach-dead.html|title=Burt Bacharach, Whose Buoyant Pop Confections Lifted the '60s, Dies|last=Holden|first=Stephen|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 9, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref>
*[[May 19]]
**[[Klara Berkovich]], Soviet-American violinist 
**[[Bak Sheut-sin]], Cantonese opera singer
*[[May 23]] – [[Rosemary Clooney]], singer and actress (died [[2002 in music|2002]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy A. Marco|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-4782-5|page=120|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2021-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612003931/https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[May 27]] – [[Thea Musgrave]], composer<ref>{{cite book|title=Stagebill|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__e2AAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=B & B Enterprises, Incorporated|page=4|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2021-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822093031/https://books.google.com/books?id=__e2AAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[June 7]] – [[Charles Strouse]], lyricist and composer
*[[June 8]] – [[Mimi Mariani]], Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died [[1971]])
*[[June 10]] – [[Carl Dahlhaus]], musicologist and editor (died 1989)
*[[June 12]]
**<!--June 12-->[[Vic Damone]], singer (died [[2018 in music|2018]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA756|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=756|access-date=22 August 2021|archive-date=22 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822093031/https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA756|url-status=live}}</ref>
**<!--June 12-->[[Richard M. Sherman]], songwriter (died [[2024 in music|2024]])
*[[June 19]] – [[Tommy DeVito (musician)|Tommy DeVito]] (The Four Seasons) (died [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Music Stars: Brief Bios of Every Recording Artist who Ever Charted|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-NWAAAAYAAJ|year=2009|publisher=H. Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-89820-176-5|page=95|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2017-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318100218/https://books.google.com/books?id=V-NWAAAAYAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[June 26]] – [[Jacob Druckman]], composer (died 1996)
*[[July 1]] – [[Bobby Day]], singer, songwriter (died 1990)
*[[July 3]] – [[Edward Greenfield]], critic (died 2015)
*[[July 12]] – [[S. R. Janakiraman]], Indian Carnatic vocalist and musicologist
*[[July 13]] – [[Leroy Vinnegar]], American bassist (died 1999)
*[[July 16]] – [[Concha Valdés Miranda]], Cuban songwriter (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[July 22]] – [[Keter Betts]], American bassist (died 2005)
*[[July 23]] – [[Leon Fleisher]], American classical pianist and teacher (died 2020)
*[[July 26]] 
**[[Tadeusz Baird]], Polish composer (died 1981)
**[[Joe Jackson (manager)|Joe Jackson]], African-American manager, father of [[Michael Jackson]] (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[August 9]]
**[[Camilla Wicks]], American violinist (died [[2020 in music|2020]])
**[[Dolores Wilson]], American coloratura soprano (died 2010)
*[[August 10]]
**<!--August 10-->[[Jimmy Dean]], singer (died 2010)
**<!--August 10-->[[Eddie Fisher]], singer (died 2010)
*[[August 16]] – [[Ann Blyth]], actress and singer
*[[August 18]] – [[Sonny Til]], doo-wop singer (died 1981)
*[[August 21]] – [[Art Farmer]], American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player (died [[1999 in music|1999]])<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Ratliff|date=October 6, 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/06/arts/art-farmer-71-be-bop-master-of-the-trumpet-and-fluegelhorn.html|title=Art Farmer, 71, Be-Bop Master of the Trumpet and Fluegelhorn|website=The New York Times|access-date=August 22, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815005415/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/06/arts/art-farmer-71-be-bop-master-of-the-trumpet-and-fluegelhorn.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 22]] – [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], German composer (died [[2007 in music|2007]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Karl Heinrich Wörner|title=Stockhausen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uUazwZH_zMwC&pg=PA251|date=18 February 1977|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-03272-9|pages=251}}</ref>
*[[August 25]] – [[Karl Korte]], American composer (died 2022)
*[[August 28]] – [[Vilayat Khan]], sitar player (died 2004)
*[[September 1]] – [[Ed Summerlin]], composer, arranger, jazz saxophonist and music educator (died 2006)
*[[September 2]] – [[Horace Silver]], hard bop jazz pianist (died [[2014 in music|2014]])<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/arts/music/horace-silver-85-master-of-earthy-jazz-is-dead.html?_r=0|title=Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead|author=Keepnews, Peter|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 18, 2014|access-date=August 22, 2021|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121073049/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/arts/music/horace-silver-85-master-of-earthy-jazz-is-dead.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 5]]
** [[Damayanti Joshi]], Indian classical dancer of [[Kathak]] (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
** [[Albert Mangelsdorff]], German jazz musician (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[September 6]] – [[Yevgeny Svetlanov]], conductor, pianist and composer (died 2002)
*[[September 15]] – [[Cannonball Adderley]], jazz musician (died 1975)
*[[September 24]] – [[John Carter (jazz musician)|John Carter]], jazz musician (died 1991)
*[[October 3]] – [[Erik Bruhn]], dancer and choreographer (died 1986)
*[[October 7]] – [[José Messias]], Brazilian musician, composer, and writer (died [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[October 9]] – [[Einojuhani Rautavaara]], [[Finland|Finnish]] composer (died 2016)
*[[October 22]] – [[Clare Fischer]], keyboardist, composer, arranger and bandleader (died 2012)
*[[October 27]]
** [[Waldo Holmes]], American musician and songwriter 
** [[Gilles Vigneault]], Canadian singer-songwriter and poet
*[[November 10]]
**[[Alan and Marilyn Bergman|Marilyn Keith Bergman]], composer (died [[2022 in music|2022]])<ref>{{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Haring|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/marilyn-bergman-dead-oscar-grammy-emmy-winner-was-94-obituary-1234906743/|title=Marilyn Bergman Dies: Multiple Oscar, Emmy, Grammy Winning Lyricist Was 93|work=Deadline|date=2022-01-08|accessdate=2022-01-09}}</ref>
**[[Ennio Morricone]], film composer (died [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen International: The international film & television directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSgIAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=EMAP Media Information|page=71|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2021-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916232916/https://books.google.com/books?id=WSgIAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[November 13]] – [[Hampton Hawes]], jazz pianist (died 1977)
*[[November 14]] – [[Bernabé Martí]], Spanish operatic tenor
*[[November 18]] 
** [[Otar Gordeli]], Georgian composer (died [[1994 in music|1994]])
** [[Sheila Jordan]], American singer and pianist 
*[[November 23]] – [[Jerry Bock]], composer of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (died [[2010 in music|2010]])
*[[November 27]] – [[Walter Klien]], pianist (died 1991)
*[[December 7]]
** [[Zdeněk Mahler]], Czech writer, musicologist, pedagogue and screenwriter (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
** [[Orlando Peña (musician)|Orlando Peña]], Cuban bassist and songwriter (died 1994)
*[[December 15]] – [[Ida Haendel]], violinist (died [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite news | last=White | first=Robert | title=Ida Haendel obituary | work=[[The Guardian]] | location=London | date=1 July 2020 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/01/ida-haendel-obituary | access-date=1 July 2020 | archive-date=2 July 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702012251/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/01/ida-haendel-obituary | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[December 18]] – [[Galt MacDermot]], Canadian-American composer and pianist (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[December 28]] – [[Moe Koffman]], jazz musician (died 2001)
*[[December 29]]
** [[Bernard Cribbins]], English actor, comedian and singer (died 2022)
*[[December 30]] – [[Bo Diddley]], singer, songwriter and guitarist (died [[2008 in music|2008]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Edward Komara|author2=Peter Lee|title=The Blues Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA266|date=July 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-95832-9|pages=266|access-date=2021-08-22|archive-date=2021-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822093032/https://books.google.com/books?id=XQU3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA266|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[December 31]] – [[Tatyana Shmyga]], Soviet-Russian operetta/musical theatre performer (died [[2011]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 1]] – [[Loie Fuller]], dancer (born 1862)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19280103.2.46|title=Loie Fuller, Dancer, Dies From Pneumonia|newspaper=The Cornell Daily Sun|date=3 January 1928|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref>
*[[January 11]] – [[Valborg Aulin]], pianist and composer (born 1860)
*[[February 16]] – [[Eddie Foy]], vaudeville star (born [[1856 in music|1856]])<ref>Cullen, Frank; Hackman, Florence; and McNeilly, Donald. ''Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America''.  Routledge Press, September 2006, {{ISBN|0-415-93853-8}}. pp. 406–410</ref>
*[[March 1]] – Sir [[Herbert Brewer]], organist and composer (born 1865)
*[[March 19]] – [[Nora Bayes]], singer, comedian and actress (born 1880)
*[[March 27]] – [[Leslie Stuart]], musical theatre composer (born 1863)
*[[April 24]] – [[Ferdinand Hummel]], harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1855)
*[[April 27]] – [[Ernst Seifert]], organ builder (born 1855)
*[[May 6]] – [[Juliusz Wertheim]], pianist, conductor and composer (born 1880) (heart attack)
*[[May 13]] – [[David Thomas (composer)|David Thomas]], composer (born 1881)
*[[May 19]] – [[Henry F. Gilbert]], American composer and collector of folk music (born [[1868 in music|1868]])
*[[May 28]] – [[Emma Howson]], operatic soprano (born 1844)
*[[June 21]] – [[Marie Novello]], pianist (born 1898)
*[[July 7]] – [[Jón Laxdal (composer)|Jón Laxdal]], composer (born 1865)
*[[August 12]] – [[Leoš Janáček]], composer (born [[1854 in music|1854]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Horsbrugh | first = Ian | title = Leoš Janáček, the field that prospered | publisher = David & Charles Scribner's | location = Newton Abbot New York | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780684174433 | page=239 | language=en}}</ref>
*[[September 12]] – [[Howard Talbot]], conductor and composer (born 1865)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan Hyman|title=Sullivan and His Satellites: A Survey of English Operettas 1860–1914|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QoXAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1978|publisher=Chappell|isbn=978-0-903443-24-1|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916233017/https://books.google.com/books?id=1QoXAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[September 13]] – [[Olena Falkman]], concert vocalist (born 1849) 
*[[October 9]] – [[F.E. Olds|Frank Ellsworth Olds]], brass instrument manufacturer (born 1861){{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
*[[October 30]]
**<!--October 30-->[[Percy Anderson (designer)|Percy Anderson]], D'Oyly Carte stage designer (born 1851)
**<!--October 30-->[[Oscar Sonneck]], musicologist (born [[1873 in music|1873]])<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oscar-Sonneck| title=Oscar Sonneck Musicologist, Librarian, Editor| newspaper=Encyclopedia Britannica| accessdate=2023-07-28}}</ref>
*[[November 7]] – [[Mattia Battistini]], operatic baritone (born 1856)
*[[November 10]] – [[Anita Berber]], dancer (born 1899)
*[[November 13]] – [[Enrico Cecchetti]], dancer (born 1850)
*[[November 26]] – [[Herbert Sullivan]], nephew and biographer of Sir [[Arthur Sullivan]] (born 1868)
*[[December 3]] – [[Theodor von Frimmel]], musicologist (born 1853)
*[[December 24]] – [[Nicolae Leonard]], operatic tenor (born 1886){{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
*''date unknown''
**[[Celeste Farotti]], violin-maker (born 1864)
**[[Lillie de Hegermann-Lindencrone]], singer (born 1844)

==References==
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