Editing 1941 in music

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{{YYYY music|1941}}
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[[File:(Portrait_of_Count_Basie_and_Bob_Crosby,_Howard_Theater,_Washington,_D.C.,_ca._1941)_(LOC)_(4888061605).jpg | thumb | right | alt=Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941. | Portrait of Count Basie and Bob Crosby, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., 1941.]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1941.

==Specific locations==
*[[1941 in British music]]
*[[1941 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1941 in country music]]
*[[1941 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 5]] – [[Ernesto Bonino]] makes his début on Italian radio.
*[[January 15]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]]'s ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' is premiered by the composer and fellow prisoners-of-war in [[Stalag VIII-A]] in [[Silesia]].
*[[January 20]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]]'' is premièred in New York City.
*May – [[Woody Guthrie]] writes and records "[[Roll On, Columbia, Roll On]]" and "[[Grand Coulee Dam (song)|Grand Coulee Dam]]" among other folk songs in [[Portland, Oregon]] on a commission from the [[Bonneville Power Administration]]; these are released as ''[[Columbia River Collection]]''.
*[[May 10]] – London's Queen's Hall, venue for [[The Proms]], is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The concert series relocates to the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
*[[August 18]] – In a brutal police operation in [[Nazi Germany]], over 300 ''[[Swingjugend]]'' ("Swing kids") are arrested, marking the end of tolerance to [[swing music]].
*''date unknown''
**[[Alan Lomax]] (working for the [[Library of Congress]]) discovers [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Son House]], among others
**[[Les Paul]] almost electrocutes himself while attempting to build the first solid-body electric guitar.
**[[Enrico Gentile]] leaves [[Quartetto Ritmo]]. [[Felice Chiusano]] replaces him and the group is renamed [[Quartetto Cetra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oggi: settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRgnAQAAIAAJ|year=1987}}</ref>
**Dutch Leschan sisters of [[Trio Lescano]] become Italian citizens.
**The [[National Negro Opera Company]] is launched in [[Pittsburgh]], USA.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ralph P. Locke|author2=Cyrilla Barr|title=Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists Since 1860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4UylL6JGZcC&pg=PA225|date=1 January 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08395-0|pages=225}}</ref>
**[[Virgil Thomson]]'s ''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]'' is presented at [[Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] in New York City.

==Albums released==
*''[[Songs for John Doe]]'' – [[The Almanac Singers]]
*''[[Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger]]'' – [[Burl Ives]]
*''[[Small Fry (album)|Small Fry]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''[[Hawaii Calls (album)|Hawaii Calls]]'' – Bing Crosby, [[Frances Langford]], [[Harry Owens]]
*''[[Crosbyana]]'' – Bing Crosby
*''[[Four Star Favorites]]'' – [[Artie Shaw]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1941==

For each Year in Music (beginning 1940) and Year in Country Music (beginning 1939), a comprehensive Year End Top Records section can be found at mid-page (popular), and on the Country page.

The charts are compiled from data published by Billboard magazine, using their formulas, with slight modifications. Most important, there are no songs missing or truncated by Billboard's holiday deadline. Each year, records included enter the charts between the prior November and early December. Each week, fifteen points are awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. This is our adjustment to Mr. Whitburn's formula, which places no. 1 records on top, then no 2 and so on, ordered by weeks at that position. This allows a record with 4 weeks at no. 1 that only lasted 6 weeks to be rated very high. Here, the total points of a song's complete chart run determines its position. Our chart has more songs, more weeks and may look nothing like Billboard's, but it comes from the exact same surveys.

Before the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Hot100]] was implemented in 1958, Billboard magazine measured a record's performance with three charts, 'Best-Selling Popular Retail Records', 'Records Most-Played On the Air' or 'Records Most Played By Disk Jockeys' and 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'. As Billboard did starting in the 1940s, the three totals for each song are  combined, with that number determining the final year-end rank. For example, 1944's "[[A Hot Time in the Town of Berlin]]" by Bing and the Andrews Sisters finished at no. 19, despite six weeks at no. 1 on the 'Most-Played Juke Box Records'(JB) chart. It scored 126 points, to go with its Best-Selling chart (BS) total of 0. Martha Tilton's version of "I'll Walk Alone" peaked at no. 4 on the Juke Box chart, which only totalled 65 points, but her BS total was also 65, for a final total of 130, ranking no. 18. Examples like this can be found in "The Billboard" magazine up to 1958. By the way, the 'Records Most-Played On the Air' chart didn't begin until January 1945, which is why we only had two sub-totals.

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like '[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified. 
The following songs appeared in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart]] during 1941. 
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and His Orchestra]] || "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061245. Chattanooga choo choo / Tex Beneke; The Four Modernaires; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049105/PBS-061245-Chattanooga_choo_choo |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11230 || {{Start date|1941|5|7}} || {{Start date|1941|7|25}} || US BB 1941 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 253 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, ASCAP song of 1941, Oscar Nomination 1941 (film 'Sun Valley Serenade')
|-
| 2 || [[Freddy Martin|Freddy Martin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto In B Flat]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061301. Piano concerto in B flat / Freddy Martin Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049134/PBS-061301-Piano_concerto_in_B_flat |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11211 || {{Start date|1941|6|16}} || {{Start date|1941|7|3}} || US BB 1941 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 230 points
|-
| 3 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Amapola (song)|Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68652. Amapola (voBE, HOC) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296765/68652-Amapola_voBE_HOC |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3629 || {{Start date|1941|2|3}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #3, US #1 for 10 weeks, 18 total weeks, 171 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary">{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || [[Sammy Kaye|Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye]] || "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-063320. Daddy / Kaye Choir; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049822/BS-063320-Daddy |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27391 || {{Start date|1941|3|31}} || {{Start date|1941|4|25}} || US BB 1941 #4, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 170 points
|-
| 5 || Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)|Green Eyes]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68840. Green eyes / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296953/68840-Green_eyes |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3698 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 6 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[María Elena (song)|Maria Elena]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68834. Maria Elena / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296947/68834-Maria_Elena |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3698 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #6, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 142 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 7 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Elmer's Tune]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-067630. Elmer's tune / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200051973/BS-067630-Elmers_tune |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11274 || {{Start date|1941|8|11}} || {{Start date|1941|8|29}} || US BB 1941 #7, US #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 126 points
|-
| 8 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Frank Sinatra]]) || "[[This Love of Mine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-065917. This love of mine / Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200050914/BS-065917-This_love_of_mine |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27508 || {{Start date|1941|5|28}} || {{Start date|1941|7|11}} || US BB 1941 #8, US #3 for 4 weeks, 27 total weeks, 111 points
|-
| 9 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[Blue Champagne]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 69091. Blue Champagne / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000297204/69091-Blue_Champagne |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3775 || {{Start date|1941|4|29}} || {{Start date|1941|6}} || US BB 1941 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 84 points
|-
| 10 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & [[Connie Haines]] & [[Pied Pipers]]) || "[[Oh! Look at Me Now|Oh Look At Me Now]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-058760. Oh! Look at me now / Connie Haines; The Pied Pipers; Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048008/BS-058760-Oh_Look_at_me_now |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27274 || {{Start date|1941|1|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #10, US #2 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 81 points
|-
| 11 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[My Sister and I (song)|My Sister and I]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68833. My sister and I / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296946/68833-My_sister_and_I |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3710 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US 1941 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 79 points
|-
| 12 || [[Horace Heidt|Horace Heidt And His Musical Knights]] || "[[I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire]]"<ref name=Columbia>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36000–36499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36000.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36295 || {{Start date|1941|7|24}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #12, US #2 for 2 week, 17 total weeks, 77 points
|-
| 13 || [[Charlie Barnet|Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra]] || "[[I Hear a Rhapsody]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-056483. I hear a rhapsody / Bob Carroll; Charlie Barnet Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046957/BS-056483-I_hear_a_rhapsody |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10934 || {{Start date|1940|10|14}} || {{Start date|1940|11}} || US BB 1941 #13, US #2 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 76 points
|-
| 14 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Yes, Indeed! (1941 song)|Yes, Indeed!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-060908. Yes indeed! / Sy Oliver; Jo Stafford; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048859/BS-060908-Yes_indeed |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27421 || {{Start date|1941|2|17}} || {{Start date|1941|5|23}} || US BB 1941 #14, US #4 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 15 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)|Yours]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68653. Yours (Quiereme mucho) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296766/68653-Yours_Quiereme_mucho |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3657 || {{Start date|1941|2|3}} || {{Start date|1941|3}} || US BB 1941 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 16 || [[Xavier Cugat|Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra]] || "[[Perfidia|Perfidia (Tonight)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-037626. Perfidia / Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037835/BS-037626-Perfidia |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26334 || {{Start date|1940|12|19}} || {{Start date|1941|1|7}} || US BB 1941 #16, US #3 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 70 points
|-
| 17 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "I Hear A Rhapsody"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68461. I hear a rhapsody / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296574/68461-I_hear_a_rhapsody |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3570 || {{Start date|1940|10|14}} || {{Start date|1940|11}} || US BB 1941 #17, US #3 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 55 points
|-
| 18 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[The Song of the Volga Boatmen|Song Of The Volga Boatmen]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-058885. Song of the Volga boatman / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048087/BS-058885-Song_of_the_Volga_boatman |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11029 || {{Start date|1941|4|24}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 19 || Freddy Martin and his Orchestra || "[[The Hut-Sut Song|The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061198. The hut-sut song (A Swedish serenade) / Freddy Martin Orchestra; Eddie Stone – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049080/PBS-061198-The_hut-sut_song_A_Swedish_serenade |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11147 || {{Start date|1941|4|24}} || {{Start date|1941|5|16}} || US BB 1941 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 20 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Dolores (song)|Dolores]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2290. Dolores / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268713/DLA_2290-Dolores |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3644 || {{Start date|1940|12|23}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 52 points
|}

Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B):
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 23 || [[Andrews Sisters]] || "[[(I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68351. I'll be with you in apple blossom time / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296464/68351-Ill_be_with_you_in_apple_blossom_time |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3622 || {{Start date|1940|11|14}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #23, US #5 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 48 points
|-
| 25 || [[Harry James|Harry James and His Orchestra]] || "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]"<ref name=Columbia/> || Columbia 36296 || {{Start date|1941|5|20}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #25, US #5 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 41 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2010
|-
| 46 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]] || "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Star Dust]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-055097. Star dust / Artie Shaw Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046197/PBS-055097-Star_dust |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27230 || {{Start date|1940|10|7}} || {{Start date|1940|12|6}} || US 1941 #46, US #6 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 12 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1988
|-
| 56 || Bing Crosby || "[[San Antonio Rose]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2274. San Antonio Rose / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268697/DLA_2274-San_Antonio_Rose |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3590 || {{Start date|1940|12|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #56, US #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 9 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 87 || [[Bob Wills|Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys]] || "New San Antonio Rose"<ref name=Okeh1>{{Cite web |title=OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600–5999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK5600.htm |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || OKeh 05694 || {{Start date|1940|4|16}} || {{Start date|1940|8}} || US BB 1941 #87, US #11 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1940 #9, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories/> Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Library of Congress artifact added 2003
|-
| 86 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "[[Yes, My Darling Daughter]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-056438. Yes, my darling daughter / Dinah Shore – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046917/BS-056438-Yes_my_darling_daughter |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10920 || {{Start date|1940|10|4}} || {{Start date|1940|11|8}} || US BB 1941 #86, US #11 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 88 || Andrews Sisters || "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2326. Boogie woogie bugle boy / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268749/DLA_2326-Boogie_woogie_bugle_boy |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3598 || {{Start date|1941|1|2}} || {{Start date|1941|1|20}} || US BB 1941 #88, US #11 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000
|-
| 91 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra]] || "[[Take the "A" Train]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-055283. Take the "A" train / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046306/PBS-055283-Take_the_A_train |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27380 || {{Start date|1941|2|15}} || {{Start date|1941|4|11}} || US BB 1941 #91, US #12 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1976
|-
| 95 || [[Larry Clinton|Larry Clinton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Because of You (1940 song)|Because of You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-053733. Because of you / Bluebird Orchestra; Larry Clinton; Peggy Mann – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045507/BS-053733-Because_of_you |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11094 || {{Start date|1940|12|12}} || {{Start date|1941|3|28}} || US 1941 #95, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 99 || [[Louise Massey|Louise Massey and the Westerners]] || "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]"<ref name=Okeh2/> || Okeh 6077 || {{Start date|1941|1|27}} || {{Start date|1941|3}} || US BB 1941 #99, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #10, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
|-
| 131 || [[Gene Autry]] || "[[You Are My Sunshine]]"<ref name=Okeh2>{{Cite web|title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000–6500|url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6000.htm|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Okeh 6274 || {{Start date|1941|6|18}} || {{Start date|1941|7|10}} || US BB 1941 #131, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, USHB #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 142 || [[Sons of the Pioneers]] || "[[Cool Water (song)|Cool Water]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 93632. Cool water / Sons of the Pioneers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000284983/93632-Cool_water |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 5939 || {{Start date|1941|3|27}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #142, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #12, USHB #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|-
| 167 || Bing Crosby || "You Are My Sunshine"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2515. You are my sunshine / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268938/DLA_2515-You_are_my_sunshine |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3952 || {{Start date|1941|7|8}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #167, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 147 || Gene Autry || "Be Honest with Me"<ref name=Okeh1/> || Okeh 5980 || {{Start date|1940|8|20}} || {{Start date|1941|1|17}} || US BB 1941 #147, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 58 total weeks
|-
| 154 || [[Ernest Tubb]] || "[[Walking the Floor Over You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 93673. Walking the floor over you / Ernest Tubb – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000285024/93673-Walking_the_floor_over_you |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 5958 || {{Start date|1941|4|26}} || {{Start date|1941|5|28}} || US BB 1941 #154, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, USHB #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks
|-
| 251 || Bing Crosby || "It Makes No Difference Now"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2275. It makes no difference now / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268698/DLA_2275-It_makes_no_difference_now |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3590 || {{Start date|1940|12|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #251, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|}

==Published popular music==
* "All That Meat and No Potatoes" words and music: [[Fats Waller]] & [[Ed Kirkeby]]
* "[[The Anniversary Waltz]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. Dave Franklin
* "Apollo Jump" m. Ernest Puree, [[Prince Robinson]] & [[Lucky Millinder|Lucius "Lucky" Millinder]]
* "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "[[Baby Mine (song)|Baby Mine]]" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Frank Churchill]] nominated for Oscar, from the animated feature ''[[Dumbo]]''
* "Be Honest With Me" w.m. [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] & [[Gene Autry]]
* "Blue Champagne" w.m. Jimmy Eaton, [[Grady Watts]] & Frank Ryerson
* "[[Blues in the Night]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "Boa Noite" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]" w.m. [[Don Raye]] & Hughie Prince
* "[[Botch-A-Me]]" w. (Eng) Eddie Stanley (Ital) R. Morbelli & L. Astore m. R. Morbelli & L. Astore
* "Casey Junior" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Frank Churchill]] from the animated feature ''[[Dumbo]]''
* "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Cherry" w.m. [[Charles N. Daniels (music)|Charles N. Daniels]]
* "Chica Chica Boom Chic" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]" w.m. [[Bobby Troup]]
* "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]" w. June Hershey m. Don Swander
* "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" w.m. [[Horatio Nicholls]], [[Charlie Chester]] & Reg Morgan
* "[[Elmer's Tune]]" w.m. Elmer Albrecht, [[Sammy Gallop]] & [[Dick Jurgens]]
* "Everything Happens To Me" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
* "Five Guys Named Moe" w. Larry Wynn m. Jerry Bresler
* "[[God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)|God Bless The Child]]" w.m. Arthur Herzog Jr & [[Billie Holiday]]
* "Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama" w.m. [[J. Fred Coots]]
* "[[He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings]]" w. Eric Maschwitz m. [[Michael Carr (composer)|Michael Carr]]
* "Hey Little Hen" w.m. [[Ralph Butler]] & [[Noel Gay]]
* "[[How About You?]]" w. [[Ralph Freed]] m. [[Burton Lane]]
* "Humpty Dumpty Heart" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[The Hut-Sut Song]]" w.m. Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael & [[Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner]]
* "[[I Could Write a Book]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Leila Ernst]] in the musical ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]''. Performed in the 1953 film version by [[Frank Sinatra]].
* "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, [[Bennie Benjamin]] & Eddie Durham
* "[[I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem]]" w. [[Buddy Feyne]] m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]], Leonard Ware & Ben Smith
* "[[I Don't Want To Walk Without You]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "[[I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)]]" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green
* "[[I Know Why (And So Do You)]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "I Said No!" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "I See A Million People" w. Robert Sour m. [[Una Mae Carlisle]]
* "[[I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)|I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I'll Remember April (song)|I'll Remember April]]" w. [[Don Raye]] & Patricia Johnston m. [[Gene De Paul]]
* "[[I'm Glad There Is You]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Dorsey]] & Paul Madeira Mertz
* "[[Introduction to a Waltz]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]], [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] & Hal Dickinson
* "[[It Happened In Sun Valley]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "It's So Peaceful In The Country" w.m. [[Alec Wilder]]
* "[[I Understand (1941 song)|I Understand]]" w. [[Kim Gannon]] m. [[Mabel Wayne]]
* "I've Got Sixpence" w.m. Elton Box & Desmond Cox
* "[[The Saga of Jenny|Jenny]]" (aka "The Saga of Jenny") w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Gertrude Lawrence]] in the musical ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''. Performed in the 1944 film version by [[Ginger Rogers]]
* "Jersey Bounce" m. Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson & Robert B. Wright
* "[[Jim (song)|Jim]]" w. Nelson Shawn m. [[Caesar Petrillo]] & Edward Ross
* "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Knock Me A Kiss" w.m. Mike Jackson
* "Let's All Meet At My House" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[Let's Get Away from It All]]" w. [[Tom Adair]] m. [[Matt Dennis]]
* "Let's Not Talk About Love" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[London Pride (song)|London Pride]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Ma! I Miss Your Apple Pie" w.m. [[Carmen Lombardo]] & [[John Jacob Loeb]]
* "[[Misirlou]]" w. (Eng) Milton Leeds, S. K. Russell & Fred Wise m. N. Roubanis
* "[[Moonlight Cocktail]]" w. [[Kim Gannon]] m. [[Luckey Roberts|C. Luckeyth "Lucky" Roberts]]
* "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]" w.m. [[Louise Massey]] & Lee Penny
* "My Ship" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "[[My Sister and I (song)|My Sister and I]]" w.m. [[Hy Zaret]], [[Joan Whitney (songwriter)|Joan Whitney]] & [[Alex Kramer (songwriter)|Alex Kramer]]
* "[[Oh! Look at Me Now]]" w. [[John DeVries]] m. [[Joe Bushkin]]
* "Please Take A Letter Miss Brown" Paul Cunningham, Ernie Burnett
* "Racing With The Moon" w. [[Vaughn Monroe]] & Pauline Pope m. Johnny Watson
* "Rancho Pillow" [[Charles Newman (lyricist)|Charles Newman]] & [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "Remember Pearl Harbor" w.m. Don Reid & [[Sammy Kaye]]
* "Road To Zanzibar" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] from the film ''[[Road to Zanzibar|Road To Zanzibar]]''
* "Rose O'Day" w.m. [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
* "Sand In My Shoes" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "The Shrine Of Saint Cecilia" w. Carroll Loveday m. Nils Perne (Jokern)
* "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" w. [[Mack David]] m. Larry Shayne
* "[[Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat]]" w.m. Leon René, Otis René & Emerson Scott
* "[[So Near and Yet So Far]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]''.
* "Starlight Serenade" w.m. [[Sonny Miller]], Frederick Tysh & Hans May
* "The Story Of A Starry Night" w.m. [[Jerry Livingston]], [[Al Hoffman]] & Mann Curtis
* "[[A String of Pearls (song)|A String Of Pearls]]" w. Eddie De Lange m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]]
* "Sun Valley Jump" m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] from the film ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
* "Take The "A" Train" w.m. [[Billy Strayhorn]]
* "[[Tangerine (1941 song)|Tangerine]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Tenement Symphony" w. Sid Kuller & Ray Golden m. Hal Borne
* "That Lovely Weekend" w.m. [[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]] & Moira Heath
* "There Goes That Song Again" [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "[[There! I've Said It Again|There, I've Said It Again]]" w.m. [[Redd Evans]] & Dave Mann
* "This Is New" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "[[This Time the Dream's on Me]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Priscilla Lane]] in the film ''[[Blues in the Night (film)|Blues in the Night]]''.
* "(Lights Out) 'Til Reveille" w. Stanley Cowan m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth
* "Tonight We Love" w. Bobby Worth m. [[Freddy Martin]] & Ray Austin
* "Tschaikovsky (And Other Russians)" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Danny Kaye]] in the musical ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''
* "Two In Love" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "Violets For Your Furs" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
* "The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid" w.m [[Johnny Mercer]]
* "[[Walking the Floor Over You]]" w.m. [[Ernest Tubb]]
* "We're The Couple In The Castle" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[When I Love I Love]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "When I See an Elephant Fly" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. Oliver Wallace
* "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" w.m. Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan
* "When They Sound The Last All Clear" w.m. [[Hughie Charles]], Louis Elton
* "[[(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover]]" w. Nat Burton m. Walter Kent
* "[[Why Don't We Do This More Often?]]" w. [[Charles Newman (songwriter)|Charles Newman]] m. [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "Winter Weather" w.m. [[Ted Shapiro]]
* "You And I" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "[[You Don't Know What Love Is]]" w. [[Don Raye]] m. [[Gene De Paul]]

==Other publications==
*[[Robert van Gulik]] – ''The Lore of the Chinese Lute: An Essay in Ch'in Ideology''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[William Alwyn|Alwyn, William]] || ''[[Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra]]'' || 1941-11-03 || Bedford, UK || [[Watson Forbes|Forbes]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570704&catNum=570704&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg8WAxFjyrAC&dq=william+alwyn+1941+bbc+pastoral+fantasia+%22watson+forbes%22&pg=PA78 The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn]</ref>
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Philadelphia || [[Albert Spalding (violinist)|Spalding]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/BarberConcerto%20for%20Violin%20and%20Orchestra.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]] || 1941-02-07 || New York City || [[Kolisch Quartet]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6OCOvvu0O1wC&dq=bartok+quartet+6+kolisch+1941&pg=PA32 Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Matinées musicales]]'' || 1941-06-27 || Rio de Janeiro || [[American Ballet Company|American Ballet Company Orchestra]] – [[Emanuel Balaban|Balaban]]<ref>[http://classicalnotes.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/matinees-musicales-britten.html MUSIClassical Notes]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Sinfonia da Requiem]]'' || 1941-03-30 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Britten/Britten-Requiem20.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Britten)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1941-09-21 || Los Angeles || [[Coolidge Quartet]]<ref>[https://goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/listening-to-britten-string-quartet-no-1-in-d-major-op-25/ Good Morning Britten]</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || [[Piano Sonata (Copland)|Piano Sonata]] || 1941-10-21 || Buenos Aires || Copland<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559184&catNum=559184&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Canti di prigionia]]'' || 1941-12-11 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7564|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Canti di prigionia''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux]]'' || 1941-05-01 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24971|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Concierto argentino]]'' || 1941-07-18 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Hugo Balzo|Balzo]] / [[SODRE Symphony Orchestra|SODRE Symphony]] – [[Lamberto Baldi|Baldi]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31583|Alberto Ginastera: ''Concierto argentino''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernard Herrmann|Herrmann, Bernard]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Herrmann)|Symphony]] || 1941-07-27 || New York City || [[CBS Symphony Orchestra|CBS Symphony]] – Herrmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-1mUcGRpt0EC&dq=herrmann+cbs+symphony+1941&pg=PA89 Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann]</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || [[Cello Concerto (Hindemith)|Cello Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Boston || [[Gregor Piatigorsky|Piatigorsky]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,33092,cmss,3369.html#show_details Schott Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' || 1941-01-15 || Görlitz, Germany || [[Jean Le Boulaire|Le Boulaire]], [[Henri Akoka|Akoka]], [[Étienne Pasquier (cellist)|Pasquier]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|10612|Olivier Messiaen: ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vítězslav Novák|Novák, Vítězslav]] || ''[[De Profundis (Novák)|De Profundis]]'' || 1941-11-20 || Brno, Czechoslovakia || [[Jiří Reinberger|Reinberger]] / [[Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra|Prague Radio Symphony]] – [[Břetislav Bakala|Bakala]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150721190426/http://www.wrightmusic.net/pdfs/vitezslav-novak.pdf Wright Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff, Sergei]] || [[Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)|Symphonic Dances]] || 1941-01-03 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |title=Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra |access-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075713/http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[William Schuman|Schuman, William]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Schuman)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1941-10-17 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/32750 Musicsales Classical]</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Joseph Achron]] – Concerto for Piano Solo
*[[Richard Addinsell]] – ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]''
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – ''Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Beschreiben (Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain)''
*[[Roberto Gerhard]] – ''Sinfonía homenaje a Pedrell ''
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – ''Pochodnyj marš (Field march)'' for wind orchestra, op. 76
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – English Horn Sonata (premiered November 23 in New York City)
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 3, ''Sinfonia rustica''
**Symphony No. 4, ''Sinfonia sacra''
*[[Wilhelm Kienzl]] – String Quartet No.3, Op.113
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps|Quatour pour la fin du temps]]''
*[[Harry Partch]] – ''Barstow''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''Lullaby'' (Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky's "Cradle Song" Op. 16 No. 1)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7 C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"]]
*[[Lukas Foss]] – Concerto No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra

==Opera==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Paul Bunyan (operetta)|Paul Bunyan]]''
*[[Miguel Bernal Jiménez]] – ''[[Tata Vasco (opera)|Tata Vasco]]''
*[[William Grant Still]] – ''[[A Bayou Legend]]'', with libretto by [[Verna Arvey]]

==Film==
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]''
*[[Franz Waxman]] - ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[49th Parallel (film)|49th Parallel]]''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1941 in jazz}}

== Musical theatre ==
* ''[[Apple Sauce (musical)|Apple Sauce]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[London Palladium|Palladium]] on March 5
* ''[[Banjo Eyes]]'' Broadway production opened on December 25 at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre|Hollywood Theatre]] and ran for 126 performances.
* ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' Broadway production opened on October 1 at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] and ran for 326 performances.
* ''[[Get a Load of This (musical)|Get a Load of This]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened on November 19 at the [[Hippodrome, London|Hippodrome Theatre]] and ran for 698 performances.
* ''[[High Kickers]]'' Broadway production opened on October 31 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for 171 performances.
* ''[[It Happens on Ice]]'' Broadway [[Revue]] opened on July 15 at the [[Center Theatre (New York City)|Center Theatre]] and ran for 386 performances.
* ''[[Lady Behave (musical)|Lady Behave]]'' London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on July 24 and ran for 401 performances
* ''[[Lady in the Dark]]'' Broadway production opened on January 23 at the [[Alvin Theatre]] and ran for 467 performances.
* ''[[Let's Face It!]]'' Broadway production opened on October 29 at the [[Imperial Theatre]] and ran for 547 performances.
* ''[[Sons O' Fun]]'' Broadway Revue opened on December 1 at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] and ran for 742 performances.

== Musical films ==
* ''[[Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig]]'', starring [[Lilian Ellis]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=51 |title=Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig |language=Danish |website=danskefilm.dk |access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Apavadu]]''
* ''[[Babes on Broadway]]''
* ''[[Birth of the Blues]]''
* ''[[Blues in the Night (film)|Blues in the Night]]''
* ''[[The Chocolate Soldier (film)|The Chocolate Soldier]]''
* ''[[Dumbo]]''
* ''[[Háry János (1941 film)|Háry János]]'', starring [[Antal Páger (actor)|Antal Páger]] and [[Margit Dajka]]
* ''[[He Found a Star]]'' starring [[Vic Oliver]], [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] and [[Evelyn Dall]]
* ''[[Hold That Ghost]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]] and featuring [[The Andrews Sisters]] and [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]] and his Band
* ''[[In the Navy (film)|In the Navy]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]], [[Dick Powell]] and [[The Andrews Sisters]]
* ''[[Kiss the Boys Goodbye]]'' starring [[Don Ameche]] and [[Mary Martin]]
* ''[[Lady Be Good (1941 film)|Lady Be Good]]''
* ''[[Moon Over Miami (film)|Moon Over Miami]]''
* ''[[Navy Blues (1941 film)|Navy Blues]]'' starring [[Ann Sheridan]], [[Jack Oakie]], [[Martha Raye]] and [[Jack Haley]]
* ''[[Playmates (1941 film)|Playmates]]''
* ''[[Rise and Shine (film)|Rise and Shine]]'' starring [[Jack Oakie]], [[Linda Darnell]], [[George Murphy]] and [[Milton Berle]]
* ''[[Road to Zanzibar]]''
* ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' starring [[Robert Paige]], [[Jane Frazee]], [[Eve Arden]] and [[The Merry Macs]]
* ''[[Sis Hopkins (1941 film)|Sis Hopkins]]'' starring [[Judy Canova]], [[Bob Crosby]], [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]] and [[Susan Hayward]]
* ''[[Smilin' Through (1941 film)|Smilin' Through]]''
* ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
* ''[[Sunny (1941 film)|Sunny]]''
* ''[[Sweetheart of the Campus]]''
* ''[[That Certain Something]]''
* ''[[That Night in Rio]]''
* ''[[They Met in Argentina]]''
* ''[[Time Out for Rhythm]]''
* ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'' starring [[Rudy Vallee]] and [[Helen Parrish]]
* ''[[Week-End in Havana]]''
* ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]], [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Robert Benchley]]. Directed by [[Sidney Lanfield]].
* ''[[You're the One (1941 film)|You're the One]]'' starring [[Bonnie Baker (singer)|Bonnie Baker]], [[Orrin Tucker]] & his Orchestra, [[Edward Everett Horton]] and [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]]
* ''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''
* ''[[Zis Boom Bah]]'' starring [[Grace Hayes]], [[Peter Lind Hayes]], [[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]], [[Richard "Skeets" Gallagher|Skeets Gallagher]] and [[Benny Rubin]], and directed by [[William Nigh]]

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Van Dyke Parks]], singer, arranger and composer
*[[January 9]]
**[[Joan Baez]], folk singer
**[[Roy Head]], singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
*[[January 11]] – [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (died [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Long John Baldry]], R&B singer (Blues Incorporated) (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[January 15]] – [[Captain Beefheart]], musician and artist (died 2010)
*[[January 18]] – [[David Ruffin]] ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1991)
*[[January 20]] – [[Ron Townson]] ([[The 5th Dimension]]) (died 2001)
*[[January 21]]
**[[Plácido Domingo]], operatic tenor
**[[Richie Havens]], folk singer (died [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[January 24]]
**<!--January 24-->[[Michael Chapman (singer)|Michael Chapman]], folk guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2021)
**<!--January 24-->[[Neil Diamond]], singer-songwriter
**<!--January 24-->[[Aaron Neville]], R&B and soul vocalist and musician ([[The Neville Brothers]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Bobby Hutcherson]], American jazz musician (died [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[January 28]] – [[Cash McCall (musician)|Cash McCall]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died [[2010 in music|2010]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bluesmagazine.nl/in-memoriam-cash-mccall-january-28-1941-april-20-2019/|title=In Memoriam Cash McCall|date=30 April 2019|website=Blues Magazine|access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[February 4]] – [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], rock drummer [[The Animals]]
*[[February 5]]
**[[Henson Cargill]], country singer (died 2007)
**[[Barrett Strong]], Motown singer-songwriter (died 2023)
**[[Cory Wells]], rock singer ([[Three Dog Night]]) (died 2015)
*[[February 6]] – [[Dave Berry (musician)|Dave Berry]], singer (Dave Berry and the Crusaders)
*[[February 11]]
**Earl Lewis, doo-wop singer-songwriter ([[The Channels]])
**[[Sérgio Mendes]], Brazilian keyboard player and Latin American musician<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Kollington - Morphine|publisher=MUZE|year=2006|page=705}}</ref> (died 2024)
**[[Tom Rush]], folk & blues singer
*[[February 12]] – [[Dominguinhos]], Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer (died 2013)
*[[February 15]] – [[Brian Holland]], songwriter
*[[February 17]] – [[Gene Pitney]], pop singer-songwriter (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=gene-pitney&pid=17314701&fhid=3196|title=Gene Pitney Obituary – Rockville, CT |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[February 18]]
**[[Herman Santiago]], rock & roll singer-songwriter ([[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers]])
**[[Irma Thomas]], soul singer
*[[February 20]] – [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], singer and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Joanie Sommers]], singer and actress
*[[March 6]] – [[Palle Mikkelborg]], jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[March 8]] – [[Ivana Loudová]], composer (died 2017)
*[[March 12]] – [[Paul Kantner]], psychedelic rock guitarist ([[Jefferson Airplane]], [[KBC Band]]) (died 2016)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mike Love]], rock singer ([[The Beach Boys]])
*[[March 18]] – [[Wilson Pickett]], soul singer (died 2006)
*[[March 22]] – [[Jeremy Clyde]], singer ([[Chad and Jeremy]])
*[[March 24]] – [[Michael Masser]], songwriter, composer and producer of popular music (died [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[March 28]] – [[Alf Clausen]], orchestra conductor (''[[The Simpsons]]'')
*[[March 30]] – [[Graeme Edge]] ([[The Moody Blues]]) (died 2021)
*[[April 3]]
** [[Jan Berry]], American singer (''Jan & Dean'') (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
** [[Jorma Hynninen]], Finnish baritone
** [[Philippé Wynne]], American musician (died [[1984 in music|1984]])
*[[April 5]]
**<!--April 5-->[[David LaFlamme]], born Gary Posie, classical and rock violinist ([[It's a Beautiful Day]])
**<!--April 5-->[[Dave Swarbrick]], folk rock fiddle player ([[Fairport Convention]]) (died [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[April 9]] – [[Kay Adams (singer)|Kay Adams]], country singer
*[[April 17]] – [[Adolphus Hailstork]], composer and educator<ref>{{cite book|title=Woodwind Music of Black Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xub8o3ozLuEC&pg=PA24|year=1990|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27265-3|pages=24}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Roberto Carlos (singer)|Roberto Carlos]], singer
*[[April 21]] – [[Jim Owen (singer-songwriter)|Jim Owen]], country singer-songwriter (died [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[April 28]]
**<!--April 28-->[[Peter Anders (songwriter)|Peter Anders]], songwriter [[The Tradewinds]]
**<!--April 28-->[[Ann-Margret]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Michael|title=Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Garland Books|page=1950}}</ref>
*[[April 30]] – [[Johnny Farina]] ([[Santo & Johnny]])
*[[May 4]] – Richard Burns ([[The Hondells]])
*[[May 8]] – [[John Fred]], vocalist ([[John Fred & His Playboy Band]]) (died [[2005 in music|2005]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Independent | title=John Fred | date=18 April 2005|access-date=15 April 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[May 9]]
**[[Peter Birrell]] ([[Freddie & The Dreamers]])
**[[Danny Rapp]], American singer ([[Danny and the Juniors]]) (died 1983)
*[[May 11]] – [[Eric Burdon]], R&B singer ([[The Animals]])
*[[May 13]]
**[[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], singer and guitarist
**[[Ritchie Valens]], singer (died 1959)
*[[May 18]] – [[Lobby Loyde]], Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer ([[Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs]], [[Purple Hearts (Australian band)|Purple Hearts]], [[Wild Cherries]] and [[Rose Tattoo]]) (died 2007)
*[[May 21]] – [[Ronald Isley]] ([[The Isley Brothers]])
*[[May 24]]
**Konrad Boehmer, composer
**[[Bob Dylan]], folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 27]] – [[Teppo Hauta-aho]], Finnish double bassist and composer
*[[June 1]] – [[Edo de Waart]], conductor
*[[June 2]]
**[[William Guest (singer)|William Guest]], R&B/soul singer ([[Gladys Knight & the Pips]]) (died 2015)<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=2015-12-27 |title=William Guest, Longtime Member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, Dies at 74 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/28/arts/music/william-guest-longtime-member-of-gladys-knight-and-the-pips-dies-at-74.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
**[[Charlie Watts]], rock drummer ([[The Rolling Stones]]) (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|first=Cleveland|last=Amory|title=Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-9615476-0-8|page=251}}</ref>
*[[June 5]] – [[Martha Argerich]], pianist
*[[June 7]] – [[Jaime Laredo]], Bolivian-American violinist and conductor<ref>{{cite book|first=Niels A.|last=Miller|title=Encyclopedia of Music Philately|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkE7AAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=American Topical Association|page=9}}</ref>
*[[June 8]] – [[Fuzzy Haskins]], musician (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Genzlinger |first=Neil |date=2023-03-23 |title=Fuzzy Haskins, Who Helped Turn Doo-Wop Into P-Funk, Dies at 81 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/arts/music/fuzzy-haskins-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[June 9]] – [[Jon Lord]], rock keyboard player and composer ([[Deep Purple]]) (died [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[June 10]]
**[[Mickey Jones]], rock drummer and character actor (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
**[[Shirley Owens]], soul singer ([[The Shirelles]])
**[[Aida Vedishcheva]], Soviet and Russian singer
*[[June 12]]
**[[Chick Corea]], jazz musician (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|date=February 11, 2021|title=Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/|access-date=February 11, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], folk rock singer-songwriter
**[[Reg Presley]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Troggs]]) (died 2013)
*[[June 13]] – [[Esther Ofarim]], singer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Olaf Glöckner|author2=Haim Fireberg|title=Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c561CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT179|date=25 September 2015|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-039574-7|pages=179}}</ref>
*[[June 15]] – [[Harry Nilsson]], singer-songwriter (died [[1994 in music|1994]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alyn Shipton|title=Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZceAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=8 August 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-975657-5|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[June 16]] – [[Lamont Dozier]], songwriter (died [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[June 23]] – [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Grateful Dead]]) (died 2019)
*[[June 24]] – [[Erkin Koray]], Turkish musician
*[[July 5]] – [[Terry Cashman]], record producer and singer-songwriter
*[[July 7]] – [[Jim Rodford]], bass guitarist ([[Argent (band)|Argent]]) (died 2018)
*[[July 16]] – [[Desmond Dekker]], reggae musician (died 2006)
*[[July 17]]
**<!--July 17-->[[Spencer Davis]], instrumentalist ([[The Spencer Davis Group]]) (died 2020)
**<!--July 17-->[[Gribouille]], chanteuse (died 1968)
*[[July 18]]
**<!--July 18-->[[Lonnie Mack]], rock and blues guitarist (died 2016)
**<!--July 18-->[[Martha Reeves]], vocalist
*[[July 19]] – [[Vicki Carr]], singer
*[[July 22]]
** [[Estelle Bennett]] ([[The Ronettes]]) (died [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/estelle-bennett-singer-with-the-ronettes-1609210.html|title=Estelle Bennett: Singer with the Ronettes|last=Leigh|first=Spencer|date=February 14, 2009|website=The Independent|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref>
** [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], American musician
*[[July 25]] – [[Manny Charlton]], hard rock lead guitarist and record producer ([[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]) (died [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[July 26]] – [[Brenton Wood]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 27]] – [[Johannes Fritsch]], composer and violist (died 2010)
*[[July 28]] – [[Riccardo Muti]], conductor
*[[July 30]] – [[Paul Anka]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 2]] – [[Doris Coley]] ([[The Shirelles]]) (died 2000)
*[[August 3]] – [[Beverly Lee]] ([[The Shirelles]])
*[[August 14]]
**[[David Crosby]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Byrds]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills & Nash]]) (died 2023)
**[[Connie Smith]], country singer-songwriter
*[[August 19]] – [[Alain Boublil]], librettist
*[[August 20]] – [[Dave Brock]] ([[Hawkwind]])
*[[August 21]]
**[[Tom Coster]] ([[Carlos Santana|Santana]])
**[[Jackie DeShannon]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 22]] – [[Marvell Thomas]], African-American Memphis blues keyboardist (died 2017)
*[[August 24]] – [[Kenny Rogers]], country musician (died 2020)
*[[August 26]] – [[Chris Curtis (musician)|Chris Curtis]] ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]]) (died 2005)
*[[August 27]] – [[Cesária Évora]], [[Morna (music)|morna]] vocalist (died 2011)
*[[August 28]] – [[Joseph Shabalala]], choral director ([[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]) (died 2020)
*[[August 30]] – [[John McNally (musician)|John McNally]] ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]])
*[[September 9]] – [[Otis Redding]], soul singer (died 1967)
*[[September 10]] – [[Christopher Hogwood]], conductor and harpsichordist (died 2014)
*[[September 13]] – [[David Clayton-Thomas]], vocalist ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*[[September 14]] – [[Alberto Naranjo]], arranger and composer (died 2020)
*[[September 19]] – [[Cass Elliot]], singer (died 1974)
*[[September 24]] – [[Linda McCartney]] ([[Wings (band)|Wings]]) (died 1998)
*[[September 26]] – [[Salvatore Accardo]], Italian violinist and conductor
*[[October 2]] – [[Ron Meagher]] ([[The Beau Brummels]])
*[[October 3]] – [[Chubby Checker]], singer
*[[October 4]] – [[Mighty Shadow]], Trinidadian calypsonian (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Paul Simon]], singer-songwriter
*[[October 17]]
**Alan Howard ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[James Seals]] ([[Seals and Crofts]]) (died 2022)
*[[October 21]]
**<!--October 21-->[[Manfred Mann (musician)|Manfred Mann]], born Manfred Lubowitz, rock keyboardist and singer-songwriter ([[Manfred Mann]])
**<!--October 21-->[[Steve Cropper]], R&B guitarist ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Helen Reddy]], singer (died 2020)
*[[October 28]]
**<!--October 28-->[[Curtis Lee]], singer (died 2015)
**<!--October 28-->[[Hank Marvin]], guitarist ([[The Shadows]])
*[[October 30]] – [[Otis Williams]], vocalist ([[The Temptations]])
*[[November 2]]
**<!--November 2-->[[The Tremeloes|Brian Poole]], singer ([[The Tremeloes]])
**<!--November 2-->[[Bruce Welch]], guitarist and singer ([[The Shadows]])
*[[November 5]] – [[Art Garfunkel]], singer ([[Simon and Garfunkel]])
*[[November 6]]
**[[James Bowman (countertenor)|James Bowman]], countertenor (died 2023)
**[[Guy Clark]], folk singer-songwriter (died 2016)
** [[Doug Sahm]], Tex-Mex musician ([[Sir Douglas Quintet]]) (died 1999)
*[[November 8]] – [[Simon Standage]], baroque violinist
*[[November 9]] – [[Tom Fogerty]], rock rhythm guitarist ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]) (died 1990)
*[[November 13]] – [[Odia Coates]], singer (died 1991)
*[[November 16]] – [[Dan Penn]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[November 20]] – [[Dr. John]], American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019)
*[[November 21]] – [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]], American soul musician
*[[November 24]]
**[[Pete Best]], rock drummer ([[The Beatles]], original lineup)
**[[Donald "Duck" Dunn]], rock bass guitarist ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]], [[The Blues Brothers]]) (died 2012)
*[[November 27]] – [[Eddie Rabbitt]], country singer-songwriter ([[Amos Garrett]]) (died 1998)
*[[November 29]] – [[Denny Doherty]], folk singer ([[The Mamas & the Papas]]) (died 2007)
*[[December 2]] – [[Tom McGuinness (musician)|Tom McGuinness]], English pop guitarist ([[Manfred Mann]])
*[[December 8]] - [[Bobby Elliott]], drummer ([[The Hollies]])
*[[December 10]]
**[[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer and actor (died 1985)
**[[Peter Sarstedt]], Indian-born British singer-songwriter (died 2017)
**[[Chad Stuart]], English folk rock singer ([[Chad & Jeremy]]) (died 2020)
*[[December 12]] – [[Tim Hauser]], American singer ([[The Manhattan Transfer]]) (died 2014)
*[[December 18]] – [[Sam Andrew]], American rock musician ([[Big Brother & The Holding Company]]) (died 2015)
*[[December 19]] – [[Maurice White]], American R&B musician ([[Earth, Wind and Fire]]) (died 2016)
*[[December 27]]
**[[Les Maguire]], English pop pianist ([[Gerry & the Pacemakers]])
**[[Mike Pinder]], English rock keyboard player ([[The Moody Blues]])
*[[December 29]] – [[Ray Thomas]], English rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018)

==Deaths==
*[[January 7]] – [[:fr:Louis Bousquet|Louis Bousquet]], composer and lyricist (born 1871)
*[[January 10]] – [[Frank Bridge]], composer, 61
*[[January 23]] – [[Dobri Hristov]], composer, 65
*[[February 5]] – [[Miina Härma]], Estonian organist, composer, and conductor, 76<ref>{{cite book|first=Tiit|last=Kändler|translator-first=Küllike|translator-last=Lengi-Cooper|title=A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century|location=Tallinn|publisher=Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers|year=2002|page=52|isbn=978-9-98570-103-4}}</ref>
*[[February 13]] – [[Blind Boy Fuller]], blues musician, 36 (sepsis)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blueskc.org/blind-boy-fuller/ |title=Kansas City Blues Society|access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[February 15]] – [[Guido Adler]], musicologist, 85<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Randel|editor-first=Don Michael|title=The Harvard biographical dictionary of music|year=1996|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|isbn=0-674-37299-9|pages=[https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5 5]|chapter=Adler, Guido|chapter-url-access=registration|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5}}</ref> 
*[[February 19]] – Sir [[Hamilton Harty]], conductor and composer, 61
*[[February 21]] – [[La Bolduc]], Québécois singer, 46 (cancer)
*[[March 11]] – Sir [[Henry Walford Davies]], composer, 71
*[[March 12]] – [[Ernst Décsey]], music critic, 70
*[[March 17]] – [[Wassily Sapellnikoff]], pianist, 73
*[[March 20]] – [[Oskar Baum]], music teacher and writer, 58<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url= |title=Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren |publisher=K. G. Saur |year=1992 |isbn=3-598-22680-2 |editor-last=Archiv Bibliographia Judaica |volume=I (A - Benc) |location=Berlin |pages=398–404 |language=de |chapter=Baum, Oskar |doi=10.1515/9783110975864 |oclc=979630446 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110975864.398}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – [[Primo Riccitelli]], Italian composer, 65
*[[April 6]] – [[Henry Burr]], Canadian popular singer, 59 (throat cancer)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000490 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050520085326/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000490 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-05-20 |title=Burr, Henry |author=Edward B. Moogk |publisher=Encyclopedia of Music in Canada }}</ref>
*[[April 17]] – [[Al Bowlly]], popular singer, 43 (explosion)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/B29B64CC82627D3A80257C2F0033417A?OpenDocument|title=Blue Plaque For Singer Al Bowlly|date=25 November 2013|access-date=19 September 2014|publisher=English Heritage}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Johanna Müller-Hermann]], Austrian composer and teacher
*[[April 21]] – [[Agustín Bardi]], tango composer, pianist and violinist, 56 (heart attack)
*[[May 1]]
**<!--May 1-->[[Julia Claussen]], operatic mezzo-soprano
**<!--May 1-->[[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]], lyricist
*[[May 18]] – [[Milka Ternina]], Croatian dramatic soprano
*[[May 23]] – [[Slavko Osterc]], Slovenian composer, 45
*[[May 30]] – [[Edmund L. Gruber]], composer (born 1879)
*[[June 17]] – [[Johan Wagenaar]], organist and composer, 78
*[[June 29]] – [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], pianist and composer, former Prime Minister of Poland, 80
*[[July 5]] – [[Oskar Fried]], conductor and composer
*[[July 8]] – [[Philippe Gaubert]], composer and conductor, 62
*[[July 10]] – [[Jelly Roll Morton]], jazz pianist, 55 (asthma)
*[[July 30]] – [[Hugo Becker]], cellist, 78
*[[August 16]] – [[John Coates (tenor)|John Coates]], operatic tenor
*[[August 30]] – [[Hong Nan-pa]], composer, violinist, conductor, music critic and educator, 44
*[[September 18]] – [[Louis Feuillard]], French cellist and professor (born 1872)
*[[September 19]] – [[Enrique Saborido]], tango pianist and composer, 64
*[[October 2]] – [[Jef Denyn]], carillon player, 79
*[[October 3]] – [[Wilhelm Kienzl]], Austrian composer and conductor (born 1857)
*[[October 8]]
**[[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], US singer and actress, 41 (cirrhosis of the liver)
**[[Gus Kahn]], US lyric writer, 54
*[[October 26]] – [[Victor Schertzinger]], violinist and composer, 53 (heart attack)
*[[October 29]] – [[Edmée Favart]], operatic soprano, 62
*[[October 30]] – [[Chu Berry|Leon "Chu" Berry]], jazz saxophonist, 33 (car accident)
*[[November 1]] – [[Félix Mayol]], singer, 68
*[[November 16]] – [[Miina Härma]], organist and composer, 77
*[[November 17]] – [[Edmond Haraucourt]], lyricist (born 1856)
*[[November 25]] – [[Henri Christiné]], composer,
*[[November 29]] – [[Gennaro Papi]], Italian opera conductor, 54
*[[December 3]] – [[Christian Sinding]], composer, 85
*[[December 21]] – [[Peetie Wheatstraw]], blues singer, 39 (car accident)
*[[December 22]] – [[Jurgis Karnavičius (composer)|Jurgis Karnavičius]], composer, 57
*[[December 24]] – [[Siegfried Alkan]], composer, 83
*''date unknown'' – [[William H. Potstock]], music teacher and composer

==References==
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