Editing 1943 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1943.

==Specific locations==
*[[1943 in British music]]
*[[1943 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1943 in country music]]
*[[1943 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 1]] – [[Frank Sinatra]] appears at the [[Paramount Theatre (Manhattan)|Paramount Theatre]] causing a mob of hysterical [[Bobby-soxer|bobby soxer]]s to flood [[Times Square]] and block midtown New York City traffic for hours. Sinatra becomes a featured singer on the popular ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' radio program, and co-star of the series ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (radio program)#Broadway Bandbox (1943)|Broadway Bandbox]]''. By fall, he will have left ''Bandbox'' to star in his own series ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (radio program)#Songs by Sinatra (Frank Sinatra Sings) (1942-43)|Songs By Sinatra]]''.
*[[January 23]] – [[Duke Ellington]]'s orchestra performs for the first time at New York City's [[Carnegie Hall]]. During the concert, which raises money for [[World War II|war]] relief, Ellington premieres his most famous and revered extended composition, ''[[Black, Brown and Beige]]''.
*[[June 1]] – A performance of [[Darius Milhaud]]'s suite for two pianos ''[[Scaramouche (Milhaud)|Scaramouche]]'' at the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] in [[Nazi occupied France]] is billed anagrammatically as ''Mous Are-chac'' by 'Hamid-al-Usurid' to evade the ban on works by Jewish composers.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Simeone|first=Nigel|year=2000|title=Messiaen and the Concerts de la Pléiade: 'A Kind of Clandestine Revenge against the Occupation'|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/854539|journal=Music & Letters|volume=81|issue=4 |pages=551–584|doi=10.1093/ml/81.4.551|issn=0027-4224|jstor=854539}}</ref>
*[[June 17]] – [[Perry Como]] signs with RCA in the United States.
* [[September 27]] – [[Decca Records]] is the first label to come to terms with the American Federation of Musicians, which has been [[1942-43 musicians' strike|on strike]] since August 1942 over music royalties. The first song to be recorded is "[[Pistol Packin' Mama]]" by [[Bing Crosby]] and the [[Andrews Sisters]].
* [[October 30]] – "[[Pistol Packin' Mama]]" by [[Al Dexter]] goes where no "[[Hillbilly#Music|Hillbilly]]" record has ever gone, to the top of the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Billboard October 30, 1943, p. 12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwwEAAAAMBAJ |website=google books |date = 30 October 1943|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> Despite fighting a World War in Europe and the Pacific, civilian and armed forces alike are caught up in a national craze not seen again until Elvis and the Beatles. But not everyone is excited about Country music: Dexter's publishing company sues ''The Hit Parade'' radio show for ignoring their record.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilgus|first=D. K.|date=1970|title=Country-Western Music and the Urban Hillbilly|journal=The Journal of American Folklore|volume=83|issue=328|pages=157–179|doi=10.2307/539105|jstor=539105|issn=0021-8715}}</ref>
*[[November 14]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], substituting at the last minute for ailing principal conductor [[Bruno Walter]], directs the [[New York Philharmonic]] in its regular Sunday afternoon broadcast concert on [[CBS]]. The event receives front-page coverage in ''[[The New York Times]]'' the following day.
*[[Jo Stafford]] and [[The Pied Pipers]] sign with the newly formed Capitol Records (having broken from the [[Tommy Dorsey]] band in 1942).
*Fredda Gibson takes her professional name, "[[Georgia Gibbs]]", and begins appearing on the popular ''[[Camel Caravan]]'' radio program in the United States, hosted by [[Jimmy Durante]] and [[Gary Moore]] (It is Moore who bestows the famous nickname "Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs" upon her, a playful reference to her diminutive stature of barely over 5 feet).
*The [[Clara Ward|Ward Singers]] first tour nationally in the United States.
*[[Carter Family]] disbands.
*[[William Schuman]]'s [[cantata]] ''[[Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song|A Free Song]]'' wins the first [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]].

==Albums released==
*''Oklahoma'' – Original Broadway Cast, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|pages=50}}</ref>
*''[[Reveille with Beverly]]'' – [[Original soundtrack]]

==Top popular recordings 1943==

1941 was a great year for the United States recording industry, as bad memories of the Depression-tainted 1930s were replaced by record-setting sales. Then came Pearl Harbor, and on August 1, 1942, a strike by the [[American Federation of Musicians]], [[1942–1944 musicians' strike|which ended all recording sessions]]. Record companies kept business going by releasing promising recordings from their vaults, but by mid-1943, alternate sources were running dry, as the strike continued. Decca was the first company to settle with the union in September, but year-end statistics showed a 50% drop in charted records from 1942. 

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)|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 [[Joel 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 "[[Hot Time in the Town of Berlin]]" by Bing Crosby 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|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified.

The following songs appeared in the [[Billboard Hot 100#History|''Billboard''{{'}}s 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart]] during 1943.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Rank<
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[The Mills Brothers]] || "[[Paper Doll (Mills Brothers song)|Paper Doll]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 70348. Paper doll / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000298461/70348-Paper_doll |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18318 || {{Start date|1942|2|18}} || {{Start date|1943|5|22}} || US BB 1943 #2, US #1 for 12 weeks, 40 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #14, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 5 weeks, 29 total weeks, 287 points, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories/> Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
|-
| 2 || [[Harry James|Harry James and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Forrest]]) || "[[I've Heard That Song Before]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36668 || {{Start date|1942|7|31}} || {{Start date|1942|12|4}} || US BB 1943 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 26 total weeks, 240 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 3 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Frank Sinatra]] & [[Pied Pipers]]) || "[[There Are Such Things]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-075400. There are such things / The Pied Pipers; Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055659/BS-075400-There_are_such_things |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27974 || {{Start date|1942|7|1}} || {{Start date|1942|7|17}} || US BB 1943 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 176 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 4 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Sunday, Monday or Always]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3172. Sunday, Monday or always / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269595/L_3172-Sunday_Monday_or_always |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18561 || {{Start date|1943|7|2}} || {{Start date|1943|8|21}} || US BB 1943 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 174 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 5 || [[Xavier Cugat|Xavier Cugat & His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra]] || "[[Aquarela do Brasil|Brazil]]"<ref name=Columbia365>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500–37000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36500.htm |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36651 || {{Start date|1943|1|23}} || {{Start date|1943|2}} || US BB 1943 #5, US #2 for 7 weeks, 24 total weeks, 140 points
|-
| 6 || [[Al Dexter|Al Dexter and His Troopers]] || "[[Pistol Packin' Mama]]"<ref name=Okeh1>{{Cite web |title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500–6747 (end of series) |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6500.htm |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Okeh 6708 || {{Start date|1942|3|20}} || {{Start date|1943|4|10}} || US BB 1943 #10, US #1, US Hillbilly 1943 #1, USHB #1 for 27 weeks, 47 total weeks, 109 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories /> Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000
|-
| 7 || [[Dick Haymes]] & the [[Song Spinners]] || "[[You'll Never Know]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71378. You'll never know / Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299595/71378-Youll_never_know |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18556 || {{Start date|1943|5|27}} || {{Start date|1943|6}} || US BB 1943 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #5, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 135 points, Oscar in 1943 (film 'Hello, Frisco, Hello'), ASCAP song of 1943, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary">{{Cite magazine|date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |magazine=Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 8 || Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest) || "[[I Had The Craziest Dream]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36659 || {{Start date|1942|7|23}} || {{Start date|1942|10|10}} || US BB 1943 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 128 points
|-
| 9 || Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) || "[[All or Nothing at All]]"<ref name=Columbia355/> || Columbia 35587 || {{Start date|1939|9|17}} || {{Start date|1943|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 29, 1943 |title=Record Buying Guide New Releases |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwwEAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Billboard |pages=96 |via=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.}}</ref> || US BB 1943 #19, US #2 for 1 weeks, 25 total weeks, 107 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 10 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and His Orchestra]] || "[[That Old Black Magic]]"<ref name=Victor150/> || Victor 20-1523 || {{Start date|1942|7|15}} || {{Start date|1943|1}} || US BB 1943 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 105 points
|-
| 11 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) || "In The Blue Of Evening"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-075282. In the blue of evening / Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055563/BS-075282-In_the_blue_of_evening |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27947 || {{Start date|1943|6|17}} || {{Start date|1943|7|31}} || US BB 1943 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 123 points
|-
| 12 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "[[You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To]]"<ref name=Victor150>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500–20-2000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA201500.htm |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Victor 20-1519 || {{Start date|1942|7|30}} || {{Start date|1942|11|20}} || US BB 1943 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 13 || Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners || "It Can't Be Wrong"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71380. It can't be wrong / Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299597/71380-It_cant_be_wrong |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18557 || {{Start date|1943|5|27}} || {{Start date|1943|6}} || US BB 1943 #13, US #2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 71 points
|-
| 14 || Harry James and His Orchestra || "[[Velvet Moon]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36672 || {{Start date|1942|7|31}} || {{Start date|1943|2|19}} || US BB 1943 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 68 points
|-
| 15 || [[Jacques Renard & His Orchestra]] || "[[As Time Goes By (song)|As Time Goes By]]"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu">{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BRC-70128. As time goes by / Connecticut Yankees; Rudy Vallée – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036455/BRC-70128-As_time_goes_by |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20-1526 || {{Start date|1931|7|25}} || {{Start date|1943|3}} || US BB 1943 #21, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks, 250,000 sales<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |magazine=Billboard |pages=36}}</ref>
|-
| 16 || Bing Crosby and the [[Andrews Sisters]] || "[[Pistol Packin' Mama]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3197. Pistol packin' Mama / The Andrews Sisters; Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269620/L_3197-Pistol_packin_Mama |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Billboard Jan 16, 1943, p. 59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=The+Billboard+Jan+16%2C+1943&pg=PT67 |website=google books |date = 16 January 1943|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> || Decca 23277 || {{Start date|1943|9|27}} || {{Start date|1943|10|14}} || US 1943 #14, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1943 #2, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 23 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
|-
| 17 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal Helen Forrest) || "[[Why Don't You Do Right?]]"<ref name=Columbia355>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography 35500 to 36000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL35500.htm |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 35869 || {{Start date|1943|4|17}} || {{Start date|1943|5}} || US BB 1943 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 18 || Bing Crosby || "[[Moonlight Becomes You (song)|Moonlight Becomes You]]"<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 3034. Moonlight becomes you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269457/DLA_3034-Moonlight_becomes_you |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18513 || {{Start date|1942|6|12}} || {{Start date|1942|11|19}} || US BB 1943 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 19 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra) || "It Started All Over Again" || Victor 27947 || {{Start date|1943|6|17}} || {{Start date|1943|7|31}} || US BB 1943 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks
|-
| 20 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "[[Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-072558. (As long as you're not in love with anyone else) Why don't you fall in love with me / Dinah Shore; Paul Wetstein – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200054475/PBS-072558-As_long_as_youre_not_in_love_with_anyone_else_Why_dont_you_fall_in_love_with_me |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27970 || {{Start date|1942|7|30}} || {{Start date|1942|9|11}} || US BB 1943 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 21 || [[Rudy Vallee|Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees]] || "[[As Time Goes By (song)|As Time Goes By]]"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu"/> || Victor 20-1526 || {{Start date|1931|7|25}} || {{Start date|1943|3}} || US BB 1943 #21, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|-
| 22 || Judy Garland & Gene Kelly || "[[For Me and My Gal (song)|For Me and My Gal]]" || Decca 18480 || {{Start date|1942|7|26}} || {{Start date|1942|12}} || US BB 1943 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 21 total weeksGrammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1942)
|-
| 23 || Bing Crosby || "[[I'll Be Home for Christmas]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3203. I'll be home for Christmas / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269626/L_3203-Ill_be_home_for_Christmas |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18570 || {{Start date|1943|10|1}} || {{Start date|1943|12|4}} || US BB 1943 #24, US #3 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 24 || Song Spinners || "[[Comin' In On a Wing and a Prayer]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71338. Comin' in on a wing and a prayer / The Song Spinners – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299555/71338-Comin_in_on_a_wing_and_a_prayer |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18553 || {{Start date|1943|6|19}} || {{Start date|1943|7}} || US BB 1943 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 91 points
|-
| 25 || Harry James and His Orchestra || "[[I Heard You Cried Last Night]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36672 || {{Start date|1942|7|31}} || {{Start date|1943|2|19}} || US BB 1943 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 90 points
|-
| 26 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal Helen Forrest) || "[[Taking a Chance on Love]]"<ref name=Columbia355/> || Columbia 35869 || {{Start date|1943|4|17}} || {{Start date|1943|5}} || US BB 1943 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 89 points
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| 27 || Bing Crosby & [[Trudy Erwin]] || "People Will Say We're In Love"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3181. People will say we're in love / Bing Crosby; Trudy Irwin – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000269604/L_3181-People_will_say_were_in_love |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18564 || {{Start date|1943|8|23}} || {{Start date|1943|10|9}} || US BB 1943 #22, US #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 86 points
|-
| 28 || [[The Ink Spots]] || "[[Don't Get Around Much Anymore]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71237. Don't get around much anymore / Ink Spots – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299350/71237-Dont_get_around_much_anymore |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18503 || {{Start date|1943|2|6}} || {{Start date|1943|3}} || US BB 1943 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 27 total weeks, 82 points
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| 29 || Frank Sinatra || "You'll Never Know"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36678 || {{Start date|1943|7|24}} || {{Start date|1943|8}} || US BB 1943 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 77 points
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| 30 || Glenn Miller and His Orchestra || "[[Moonlight Becomes You (song)|Moonlight Becomes You]]"<ref name="ReferenceA"/> || Decca 18513 || {{Start date|1942|6|12}} || {{Start date|1942|11|19}} || US BB 1943 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
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| 31 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "[[Murder, He Says]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-072558. (As long as you're not in love with anyone else) Why don't you fall in love with me / Dinah Shore; Paul Wetstein – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200054475/PBS-072558-As_long_as_youre_not_in_love_with_anyone_else_Why_dont_you_fall_in_love_with_me |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27970 || {{Start date|1942|7|30}} || {{Start date|1942|9|11}} || US BB 1943 #23, US #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 32 || [[Ted Daffan|Ted Daffan's Texans]] || "No Letter Today"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Billboard Jan 30, 1943, p. 62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kgwEAAAAMBAJ&q=The+Billboard+Jan+30%2C+1943 |website=google books |date = 30 January 1943|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> || Okeh 6706 || {{Start date|1942|2|20}} || {{Start date|1943|2}} || US BB 1943 #50, US #9 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1943 #3, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 53 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
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| 33 || [[Erskine Hawkins]] || "[[Don't Cry, Baby]]" || Bluebird 30-0813 || {{Start date|1942|6|12}} || {{Start date|1942|11|19}} || US BS 1943 #58, US #11 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 14 weeks, 29 total weeks, August 14 – November 13, 1943<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research}}</ref>
|}

===Harlem Hit Parade Top Records of 1943===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Erskine Hawkins|Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra]] || "[[Don't Cry, Baby]]" || Bluebird 30-0813 || {{Start date|1942|6|12}} || {{Start date|1942|11|19}} || US Billboard 1943 #57, US Pop #11 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, US R&B 1943 #1, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 14 weeks, 29 total weeks, August 14 – November 13, 1943<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra]] || "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" || Victor 20-1547 || {{Start date|1940|3|15}} || {{Start date|1943|12}} || US Billboard 1944 #80, US Pop #10 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #7, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, 191 points
|-
| 3 || The Mills Brothers || "Paper Doll"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 70348. Paper doll / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000298461/70348-Paper_doll |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18318 || {{Start date|1942|2|18}} || {{Start date|1943|5|22}} || US Billboard 1943 #1, US Pop #1 for 12 weeks, 40 total weeks, 287 points, US R&B 1943 #14, Harlem Hit Parade #2 for 5 weeks, 29 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 4 || The Ink Spots || "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71237. Don't get around much anymore / Ink Spots – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299350/71237-Dont_get_around_much_anymore |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18503 || {{Start date|1943|2|6}} || {{Start date|1943|3}} || US Billboard 1943 #16, US Pop #2 for 1 week, 27 total weeks, 82 points
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| 5 || [[Lucky Millinder|Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra]] || "[[Apollo Jump]]" || Victor 20-1547 || {{Start date|1940|3|15}} || {{Start date|1943|12}} || US Billboard 1944 #80, US Pop #10 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #7, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, 191 points
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| 6 || The Ink Spots || "[[I Can't Stand Losing You]]" || Decca 18503 || {{Start date|1943|2|6}} || {{Start date|1943|3}} || US Billboard 1943 #16, US Pop #2 for 1 week, 27 total weeks, 82 points
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| 7 || [[Bea Booze]] || "[[See See Rider Blues]]" || Victor 20-1547 || {{Start date|1940|3|15}} || {{Start date|1943|12}} || US Billboard 1944 #80, US Pop #10 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #7, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, 191 points
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| 8 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] vocals [[Billie Holiday]] || "[[Trav'lin' Light (song)|Trav'lin' Light]]" || Capitol 47 || {{Start date|1942|6|12}} || {{Start date|1942|12}} || US Billboard 1943 #80, US Pop #10 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #7, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, 191 points
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| 9 || Dick Haymes and the Song Spinners || "You'll Never Know"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71378. You'll never know / Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000299595/71378-Youll_never_know |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18556 || {{Start date|1943|5|27}} || {{Start date|1943|6}} || US Billboard 1943 #6, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 135 points, US R&B 1943 #9, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 10 || Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra || "[[When the Lights Go On Again|When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)]]" || Victor 20-1547 || {{Start date|1940|3|15}} || {{Start date|1943|12}} || US Billboard 1944 #80, US Pop #10 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US R&B 1944 #7, Harlem Hit Parade #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, 191 points
|}

==Published popular music==
* "[[All Er Nuthin']]" words: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] music: [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Amor (1943 song)|Amor]]" w. (Eng) [[Sunny Skylar]] (Sp) Ricardo Lopez Mendez m. [[Gabriel Ruiz (composer)|Gabriel Ruiz]]
* "Artistry In Rhythm" m. [[Stan Kenton]]
* "Beat Out Dat Rhythm On a Drum" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. Georges Bizet
* "[[Besame Mucho]]" w. [[Sunny Skylar]] m. Conseulo Velázquez
* "By the River of the Roses" w. [[Marty Symes]] m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]
* "Candlelight and Wine" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Georgia Carroll]] and [[Harry Babbitt]] in the film ''[[Around the World (1943 film)|Around the World]]''
* "[[Close to You (1943 song)|Close to You]]" w.m. Al Hoffman, [[Jerry Livingston]] & Carl Lampl
* "[[Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer]]" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
* "Deacon Jones" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Richard Loring
* "[[Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me]]" w. Bob Russell m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Don't Sweetheart Me" w. Charles Tobias m. [[Cliff Friend]]
* "[[The Farmer and the Cowman]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]] from the musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]''
* "[[A Fellow on a Furlough]]" w.m. [[Bobby Worth]]
* "Foolish Heart" w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[One Touch of Venus|One Touch Of Venus]]''
* "Goodbye, Sue" w.m. Jimmy Rule, Lou Ricca & Jules Loman
* "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Hit the Road to Dreamland]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
*"How Much I Love You" w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]] in the musical ''[[One Touch of Venus|One Touch Of Venus]]''
* "[[I Cain't Say No]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "I Love You" w. Robert Wright & [[George Forrest (author)|George Forrest]] m. Grieg
* "[[I Sustain the Wings (Glenn Miller instrumental)|I Sustain the Wings]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]], [[Chummy MacGregor]], [[Norman Leyden]] & Bill Meyers
* "If You Please" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[I'll Be Home for Christmas]]" w.m. [[Kim Gannon]], [[Walter Kent]] & [[Buck Ram]]
*"I'm a Stranger Here Myself" w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[One Touch of Venus|One Touch Of Venus]]''
* "I'm Going to Get Lit Up When the Lights Go On In London" w.m. [[Hubert Gregg]]
* "I'm Riding for a Fall" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]. Introduced by [[Dennis Morgan]] and [[Joan Leslie]] in the film ''[[Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943 film)|Thank Your Lucky Stars]]''
* "[[It Could Happen to You (song)|It Could Happen to You]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[It's a Scandal! It's a Outrage!]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. From the musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]''
* "Johnny Zero" w. Mack David m. Vee Lawnhurst
* "A Journey to a Star" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Alice Faye]] in the film ''[[The Gang's All Here (1943 film)|The Gang's All Here]]''
* "[[Kansas City (Oklahoma!)|Kansas City]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Little Ships Will Sail Again" w.m. [[Jack O'Hagan]]
* "[[A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening]]" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "[[Mairzy Doats]]" w.m. [[Milton Drake]], [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Jerry Livingston]]
* "[[Many a New Day]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[La Mer (song)|La Mer]]" w.m. [[Charles Trenet]]
* "[[Moonlight in Vermont (song)|Moonlight in Vermont]]" w. John Blackburn m. [[Karl Suessdorf]]
* "[[My Heart Tells Me]]" w. Mack Gordon m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[My Shining Hour]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "No Love, No Nothin' " w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Alice Faye]] in the film ''[[The Gang's All Here (1943 film)|The Gang's All Here]]''
* "[[Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin']]"' w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Oklahoma!]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Opus No. 1 (1943 song)|Opus No. 1]]" w. Sid Garris m. [[Sy Oliver]]
* "Out of My Dreams" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Pedro the Fisherman]]" w. [[Harold Purcell]] m. [[Harry Parr-Davies]]
* "[[People Will Say We're In Love]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Pore Jud is Daid]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Rosie the Riveter" w.m. Redd Evans & John Jacob Loeb
* "San Fernando Valley" w.m. [[Gordon Jenkins]]
* "Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There" w. [[Herb Magidson]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Deanna Durbin]] in the film ''[[Hers to Hold]]''
* "[[Shoo Shoo Baby (song)|Shoo Shoo Baby]]" w.m. [[Phil Moore (jazz musician)|Phil Moore]]
* "Silver Wings In The Moonlight" w.m. [[Hughie Charles]], Sonny Miller & Leo Towers
* "So Tired" w.m. [[Russ Morgan]] & Jack Stuart
* "[[Speak Low]]" w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Mary Martin]] and [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]] in the musical ''[[One Touch of Venus|One Touch Of Venus]]''. Performed in the [[1948 in music|1948]] film version by [[Dick Haymes]], and [[Eileen Wilson]] dubbing for [[Ava Gardner]].
* "[[Star Eyes (song)|Star Eyes]]" w.m. [[Don Raye]] & [[Gene De Paul]]
* "Straighten Up and Fly Right" w.m. [[Nat King Cole]] & Irving Mills
* "[[Sunday, Monday Or Always]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Take It Easy" w.m. Albert De Brue, Irving Tayor & [[Vic Mizzy]]. Introduced in the 1944 musical film ''[[Two Girls and a Sailor]]'' by [[Virginia O'Brien]], [[Lee Wilde]], [[Lyn Wilde]], and [[Lina Romay]] with [[Xavier Cugat]] and His Orchestra
* "[[The Surrey with the Fringe on Top]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "That's Him" w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]] w. [[Ogden Nash]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Mary Martin]] in the musical ''[[One Touch of Venus]]''. Performed in the [[1948 in music|1948]] film version by [[Eileen Wilson]] (dubbing for [[Ava Gardner]]), [[Olga San Juan]] and [[Eve Arden]].
* "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. Arthur Schwartz
* "[[Tico-Tico no Fubá|Tico-Tico]]" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake (Port) Aloysio Oliviera m. Zequinha Abreu
* "[[To Keep My Love Alive]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Two Very Ordinary People" Carr, Taylor
* "[[Vict'ry Polka]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "What Do You Do In the Infantry?" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "When Can I Have a Banana Again?" Mills, Rogers, Ray
* "[[You'll Never Know]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]] introduced by [[Alice Faye]] in the film ''[[Hello, Frisco, Hello]]'' and also performed by Faye in the [[1944 in music|1944]] film ''[[Four Jills in a Jeep]]''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Lennox Berkeley|Berkeley, Lennox]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Berkeley)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1943-07-08 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – [[Basil Cameron|Cameron]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rv6dgw/series BBC]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[Prelude and Fugue for Strings (Britten)|Prelude and Fugue for Strings]] || 1943-06-23 || London || [[Boyd Neel String Orchestra|Neel String Orchestra]] – [[Boyd Neel|Neel]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|22727|Benjamin Britten: Prelude and Fugue for Strings}}</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings]] || 1943-10-15 || London || [[Peter Pears|Pears]], [[Dennis Brain|Brain]] / [[Boyd Neel String Orchestra|Neel String Orchestra]] – Britten<ref>[https://goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/listening-to-britten-serenade-for-tenor-horn-and-strings-op-31/ Good Morning Britten]</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Music for the Movies (Copland)|Music for the Movies]]'' || 1943-02-17 || New York City || [[Saidenberg Little Symphony Orchestra|Saidenberg Little Symphony]] – [[Daniel Saidenberg|Saidenberg]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|33945|Aaron Copland: ''Music for the Movies''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]'' || 1943-03-12 || Cincinnati || [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens|Goossens]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.surreybrass.co.uk/things/fanfare_for_the_common_man.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317004223/http://www.surreybrass.co.uk/things/fanfare_for_the_common_man.htm|archive-date=2009-03-17|title=Repertoire: Fanfare for the Common Man|website=surreybrass.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Dale|Dale, Benjamin]] || ''[[The Flowing Tide]]'' || 1943-08-06 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[Thomas Dunhill|Dunhill, Thomas]] || [[Waltz Suite (Dunhill)|Waltz Suite]] || 1943-08-05 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Thomas Dunhill|Dunhill]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rv6dgw/series BBC]}</ref>
|-
| [[Henri Dutilleux|Dutilleux, Henri]] || [[Four Melodies (Dutilleux)|Melodies for Voice and Orchestra]] || 1943-12-14 || Paris || [[Charles Panzera|Panzera]] / [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra]] – [[Henri Tomasi|Tomasi]]<ref>[http://www.cdmc.asso.fr/fr/ressources/compositeurs/biographies/dutilleux-henri-1916-2013 Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine]</ref>
|-
| [[Morton Feldman|Feldman, Morton]] || ''[[Dirge in Memory of Thomas Wolfe]]'' || 1943-04-15 || New York City || [[New York High School of Music and Arts Senior Symphony Orchestra|HSMA Senior Symphony]] – Feldman<ref>{{IRCAM work|21967|Morton Feldman: ''Dirge in Memory of Thomas Wolfe''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lukas Foss|Foss, Lukas]] || ''[[The Prairie]]'' || 1946-10-15 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2015-07-10 |archive-date=2017-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || [[Estancia (Ginastera)|Dances from ''Estancia'']] || 1943-05-12 || Buenos Aires || [[Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón|Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra]] – [[Ferrucio Calusio|Calusio]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31595|Alberto Ginastera: Dances from ''Estancia''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Inglis Gundry|Gundry, Inglis]] || ''[[Heyday Freedom]]'', orchestral suite || 1943-06-26 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – [[Basil Cameron|Cameron]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[Howard Hanson|Hanson, Howard]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Hanson)|''Requiem'' (Symphony No. 4)]] || 1943-12-03 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – Hanson<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150703123053/http://www.carlfischer.com/composer/hanson-howard/ Carl Fischer Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Roy Harris|Harris, Roy]] || Symphony No. 5 || 1943-02-26 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzsky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>Anon. "Symphony by Harris in Boston Premiere: Work, Dedicated to Russia, Is Feature of Special Program", ''The New York Times'' (27 February 1943): 11.</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Les trois complaintes du soldat]]'' || 1943-02-28 || Paris || [[Pierre Bernac|Bernac]] / [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Paris Conservatory Concert Orchestra]] – [[Charles Munch (conductor)|Munch]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35234|André Jolivet: ''Les trois complaintes du soldat''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Concerto for Two Pianos (Martinu)|Concerto for Two Pianos]] || 1943-11-05 || Philadelphia || [[Pierre Luboshutz|Luboshutz]], [[Genia Nemenoff|Nemenoff]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>[http://www.yourclassical.org/programs/composers-datebook/episodes/2012/11/05 Your Classical]</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || ''[[Memorial to Lidice]]'' || 1943-10-28 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic]] – [[Artur Rodzinski|Rodzinski]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GzUhl23ptQEC&dq=martinu+memorial+to+lidice+first+performance+new+york+rodzinski&pg=PA356 Martinu and the Symphony]</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 2]] || 1943-10-28 || Cleveland, Ohio || [[Cleveland Orchestra]] – [[Erich Leinsdorf|Leinsdorf]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-beuAwAAQBAJ&dq=martinu+symphony+2+leinsdorf+cleveland+1943&pg=PT41 Bohuslav Martinu: A Research and Information Guide]</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Martinů)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] || 1943-12-31 || Boston || [[Mischa Elman|Elman]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W11781_67674 Hyperion Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Visions de l'Amen]]'' || 1943-05-10 || Paris || [[Yvonne Loriod|Loriod]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|19469|Olivier Messiaen: ''Visions de l'Amen''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ernest John Moeran|Moeran, Ernest John]] || [[Rhapsody No. 3 (Moeran)|Rhapsody No. 3]], for piano and orchestra || 1943-08-19 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[Harriet Cohen|Cohen]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rv6dgw/series BBC Symphony]</ref>
|-
| [[Saburō Moroi|Moroi, Saburō]] || [[Sinfonietta (Moroi)|''Sinfonietta for Children'']] || 1943-11-05 || Tokyo || [[NHK Symphony Orchestra|Tokyo Broadcast Orchestra]] – Moroi<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557162&catNum=557162&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Manuel Ponce|Ponce, Manuel]] || [[Violin Concerto (Ponce)|Violin Concerto]] || 1943-08-20 || México DF || [[Henryk Szeryng|Szeryng]] / [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|Mexico Symphony]] – [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=oGS7RiUPuGgC&pg=PA458 Apreciación Musical]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Flute Sonata (Prokofiev)|Flute Sonata]] || 1943-12-07 || Moscow || [[Nikolai Kharkovsky|Kharkovsky]], [[Sviatoslav Richter|Richter]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/notes/item/0607/sarahchang_notes.pdf |title=Kimmel Center |access-date=2015-07-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211908/http://www.kimmelcenter.org/events/notes/item/0607/sarahchang_notes.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 7 (Prokofiev)|Piano Sonata No. 7]] || 1943-01-18 || Moscow || [[Sviatoslav Richter|Richter]]<ref>[http://www.classicalconnect.com/Piano_Music/Prokofiev/Sonata_No_7/4750 Classical Connect]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || ''[[The Year 1941 (Prokofiev)|The Year 1941]]'' || 1943-01-21 || Sverdlovsk, Russia || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Nikolai Rabinovich|Rabinovich]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=v0l9zLpsOmoC&dq=prokofiev+the+year+1941+rabinovich&pg=PA440 The People's Artist: Prokofiev's Soviet Years]</ref>
|-
| [[Joaquín Rodrigo|Rodrigo, Joaquín]] || ''[[Concierto heroico]]'' || 1943-04-03 || Lisbon || [[Leopoldo Querol|Querol]] / [[Spanish National Orchestra]] – [[Ernesto Halffter|E. Halffter]]<ref>[http://www.joaquin-rodrigo.com/index.php/es/instrumentos-solistas-con-orquesta/item/625-concierto-heroico Joaquín Rodrigo website]</ref>
|-
| [[Alec Rowley|Rowley, Alec]] || ''[[Burlesque Quadrilles]]'' || 1943-07-13 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – [[Basil Cameron|Cameron]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[Edmund Rubbra|Rubbra, Edmund]] || [[Sinfonia Concertante (Rubbra)|Sinfonia Concertante]] for piano and orchestra || 1943-08-10 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || Rubbra / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[William Schuman|Schuman, William]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Schuman)|''Symphony for Strings'' (Symphony No. 5)]] || 1943-11-12 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |title=Boston Symphony |access-date=2015-07-10 |archive-date=2017-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Piano Sonata No. 2]] || 1943-06-06 || Moscow || Shostakovich<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570092&catNum=570092&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English# Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || ''[[Six Romances on Verses by English Poets]]'' || 1943-06-06 || Moscow || [[Efrem Flachs|Flachs]], Shostakovich<ref>{{IRCAM work|7392|Dmitri Shostakovich: ''Six Romances on Verses by English Poets''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 8 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 8]] || 1943-11-04 || Moscow || [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/ShostakovichSymphony%20No%208.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Richard Strauss|Strauss, Richard]] || ''[[Divertimento for chamber orchestra after keyboard pieces by Couperin|Divertimento after pieces by Couperin]]'' || 1943-01-31 || Vienna || [[Vienna Philharmonic]] – [[Clemens Krauss|Krauss]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150711201946/http://encoreartsseattle.com/sites/default/files/programs/seattle-symphony-2014-march-encore-arts-seattle.pdf Encore Arts Seattle]</ref><ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Strauss/Strauss-Divertimento86.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || ''[[Ode (Stravinsky)|Ode]]'' || 1943-10-08 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/9/show,175740.html Schott Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || [[Boyhood's End]] || 1943-05-24 || [[Morley College]], London || Unspecified performers<ref>Schuttenhelm, Thomas (2014). {{Google Books|id=utPUAgAAQBAJ|page=76|title=The orchestral music of Michael Tippett : creative development and the compositional process}}. Cambridge University Press. {{OCLC|864788386}}.</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Tippett)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1943-03-27 || London || [[Zorian Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12426|Michael Tippett: String Quartet No. 2}}</ref>
|-
| [[Eduard Tubin|Tubin, Eduard]] || ''[[Suite on Estonian Dance Tunes]]'' || 1943-10-02 || Tartu, Estonia || [[Evald Turgan|Turgan]], [[Jüri Mangre|Mangre]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140722152145/http://www.erpmusic.com/records/cds/works-for-violin-and-piano-vol-i ERP Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams)|Symphony No. 5]] || 1943-06-24 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – Vaughan Williams<ref>[http://www.lpo.org.uk/explore/premieres.html London Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa Lobos, Heitor]] || [[String Quartet No. 6 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 6]] || 1943-11-30 || Rio de Janeiro || Quarteto Haydn<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://villalobos.iu.edu/sq06 |title=Villalobos.iu.edu |access-date=2017-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124130541/http://villalobos.iu.edu/sq06 |archive-date=2015-11-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[William Walton|Walton, William]] || [[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]] (2nd version) || 1943-11-30 || Wolverhampton, UK || [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.111367&catNum=8111367&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Anton Webern|Webern, Anton]] || [[Drei Lieder, Op. 23 (Webern)|''Three Lieder'', Op. 23]] || 1943-12-05 || Basel, Switzerland || [[Marguerite Gradmann-Lüscher|Gradmann-Lüscher]], [[Paul Baumgartner|Baumgartner]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12621|Anton Webern: ''Drei Lieder'', Op. 23}}</ref>
|-
| [[Anton Webern|Webern, Anton]] || [[Variations for Orchestra (Webern)|Variations for Orchestra]] (1940) || 1943-03-03 || Winterthur, Switzerland || [[Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur|Stadtorchester Winterthur]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12658|Anton Webern: Variations for Orchestra}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hugo Weisgall|Weisgall, Hugo]] || ''[[American Comedy 1943]]'' || 1943-07-29 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – Weisgall<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
|}

===Compositions===
[[File:YehudiMenuhinStageDoorCanteen.jpg|right|thumb|[[Yehudi Menuhin]] in 1943]]
* [[Henk Badings]] – Symphony No. 4
* [[Béla Bartók]] – [[Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók)|Concerto for Orchestra]]
* [[Leonard Bernstein]] – ''[[I Hate Music (song cycle)|I Hate Music]]''
* [[Benjamin Britten]]
** ''[[Rejoice in the Lamb]]'', festival cantata
** [[Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings]]
*[[Alberto Ginastera]] – [[Cinco canciones populares argentinas|Five Argentinian Folk Songs]]
* [[Reinhold Glière]] – ''25 let Krasnoj Armii (25 Years of the Red Army)'', Ouverture for wind-orchestra op. 84
* [[Morton Gould]] – [[Viola Concerto (Gould)|Viola Concerto]]
* [[Howard Hanson]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Hanson)|Symphony No. 4]]
* [[Paul Hindemith]]
**''[[Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber]]'' for orchestra
**''[[Ludus Tonalis]]'', for piano
* [[Joaquim Homs]] – ''Choral Mass''
* [[Paul von Klenau]] – String Quartet No. 3
* [[Rued Langgaard]] – Concerto in one movement for violin and orchestra
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]
**[[Symphony No. 2 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 2]]
**''In Memory of Lidice''
**Concerto for Two Pianos
**[[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Martinů)|Violin Concerto No. 2]]
* [[Nikolai Medtner]] – [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Medtner)|Piano Concerto No. 3]]
* [[Douglas Moore]] – ''[[In memoriam (Moore)|In memoriam]]''
* [[Saburō Moroi]] – ''[[Sinfonietta (Moroi)|Sinfonietta for Children]]''
* [[Vítězslav Novák]] – ''[[May Symphony]]'', for soli, chorus and orchestra
* [[Carl Orff]] – [[Catulli Carmina]] (revised version)
* [[Walter Piston]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Piston)|Symphony No. 2]]
* [[Manuel Ponce]] – [[Violin Concerto (Ponce)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Sergei Prokofiev]] – [[Flute Sonata (Prokofiev)|Flute Sonata in D Major]]
* [[Joaquín Rodrigo]] – ''[[Concierto heroico|Heroic Concerto]]''
* [[William Schuman]] – Symphony No. 5, for strings
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
** [[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Piano Sonata No. 2]]
** [[Symphony No. 8 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 8]]
* [[Randall Thompson]] – ''[[The Testament of Freedom]]''
* [[Eduard Tubin]] – Suite on Estonian Dances for Violin and Piano
* [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]
** ''[[The Story of a Flemish Farm]]''
** [[Symphony No. 5 (Vaughan Williams)|Symphony No. 5]] in D Major
* [[William Walton]]
** ''[[The Quest (ballet)|The Quest]]'' (ballet)
** [[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Alberto Williams]] – ''[[Poema del Iguazú]]''

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Hans Krása]] – ''[[Brundibár]]'', children's opera, first performed by inmates of Terezin transit camp

==Film==
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)]]''
*[[Alfred Newman]] – ''[[The Song of Bernadette (film)|The Song of Bernadette]]''
*[[Miklós Rózsa]] – ''[[Sahara (1943 American film)|Sahara]]''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[Coastal Command (film)|Coastal Command]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1943 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
*''[[Bright Lights of 1944]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Forrest Theatre]] on September 16 and ran for 4 performances
* ''[[Carmen Jones]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[The Broadway Theatre|Broadway Theatre]] on December 2 and ran for 502 performances
* ''[[Early to Bed (musical)|Early to Bed]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on June 17 and ran for 380 performances
* ''[[The Lisbon Story (musical)|The Lisbon Story]]'' London production opened at the [[Hippodrome, London|Hippodrome Theatre]] on June 17 and ran for 492 performances
* ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on March 31 and ran for 2411 performances
* ''[[One Touch of Venus|One Touch Of Venus]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on October 7 and ran for 567 performances
* ''[[Show Boat]]'' ([[Jerome Kern]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – London revival opened at the [[Stoll Theatre]] on April 17 and ran for 264 performances
* ''[[Sweet and Low (musical)|Sweet And Low]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Ambassadors Theatre (London)|Ambassadors Theatre]] on June 10 and ran for 264 performances

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Beautiful Michoacán]]'' (Spanish:''¡Qué lindo es Michoacán!''), starring [[Tito Guízar]], [[Gloria Marín]] and [[Víctor Manuel Mendoza]].
* ''[[Best Foot Forward (1943 film)|Best Foot Forward]]'', starring [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Nancy Walker]] and featuring [[Harry James]] & his Music Makers
* ''[[Cabin in the Sky (film)|Cabin In The Sky]]'', starring [[Ethel Waters]], [[Eddie Anderson (comedian)|Eddie Anderson]], [[Lena Horne]] and [[Louis Armstrong]]
*''[[Coney Island (1943 film)|Coney Island]]'', starring [[Betty Grable]], [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]], [[Cesar Romero]] and [[Phil Silvers]]
* ''[[Crazy House (1943 film)|Crazy House]]'', starring [[Ole Olsen (comedian)|Ole Olsen]], [[Chic Johnson]] and [[Cass Daley]]
* ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady]]'', released August 13 starring [[Red Skelton]], [[Lucille Ball]], [[Gene Kelly]], [[Virginia O'Brien]], [[Tommy Dorsey]] & his Orchestra and the [[Pied Pipers]].
* ''[[The Gang's All Here (1943 film)|The Gang's All Here]]'', starring [[Alice Faye]], [[Carmen Miranda]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]] and featuring [[Benny Goodman]] & his Orchestra
* ''[[Girl Crazy]]'', starring [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Judy Garland]] and [[June Allyson]]
* ''[[Happy Go Lucky (1943 film)|Happy Go Lucky]]'', starring [[Mary Martin]], [[Dick Powell]], [[Betty Hutton]] and [[Rudy Vallee]]
* ''[[Hers to Hold]]'', released July 16, starring [[Deanna Durbin]] and [[Joseph Cotten]].
* ''[[Higher and Higher (film)|Higher and Higher]]'', featuring [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Victor Borge]]
* ''[[Hit Parade of 1943]]'', starring [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]], [[Susan Hayward]], [[Gail Patrick]] and [[Eve Arden]] and featuring [[Dorothy Dandridge]], [[Count Basie]] & his Orchestra, [[Freddy Martin]] & his Orchestra and [[Ray McKinley]] & his Orchestra
* ''[[I Dood It]]'', starring [[Eleanor Powell]] and [[Red Skelton]] and featuring [[Helen O'Connell]] & [[Bob Eberly]] with [[Jimmy Dorsey]] and his Orchestra, and [[Hazel Scott]].
* ''[[Let's Face It (film)|Let's Face It]]'', starring [[Bob Hope]], [[Betty Hutton]], [[Zasu Pitts]] and [[Eve Arden]]
* ''[[Mister Big (1943 film)|Mister Big]]'', starring [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Gloria Jean]], [[Peggy Ryan]] and [[Robert Paige]] and featuring [[Ray Eberle]]
* ''[[Reveille with Beverly]]'', starring [[Ann Miller]] and featuring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Ella Mae Morse]], [[The Mills Brothers]], [[Freddie Slack]] & his Orchestra, [[Bob Crosby]] & his Orchestra and [[Duke Ellington]] & his Orchestra
* ''[[Riding High (1943 film)|Riding High]]'', starring [[Dorothy Lamour]] and [[Dick Powell]]
* ''[[Something to Shout About (film)|Something to Shout About]]'', released February 25, starring [[Don Ameche]], [[Janet Blair]], [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Cyd Charisse]], and featuring [[Hazel Scott]].
* ''[[Stormy Weather (1943 film)|Stormy Weather]]'', released July 21, starring [[Lena Horne]], [[Cab Calloway]] and "Bojangles" [[Bill Robinson]].
* ''[[Swing Fever]]'', starring [[Kay Kyser]] & his Orchestra, [[Marilyn Maxwell]] and [[Lena Horne]]; directed by [[Tim Whelan]].
* ''[[Thousands Cheer]]'', starring [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Gene Kelly]], [[Mary Astor]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and featuring [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Judy Garland]] and [[Eleanor Powell]].
* ''[[We'll Meet Again (1943 film)|We'll Meet Again]]'', released January 18, starring [[Vera Lynn]], [[Geraldo (bandleader)|Geraldo]] and [[Patricia Roc]].

==Births==

===January–March===
*[[January 2]] – [[Barış Manço]], singer-songwriter (died 1999)
*[[January 7]] – [[Richard Armstrong (conductor)|Richard Armstrong]], orchestral conductor
*[[January 9]] – [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], singer and composer (died 2019)
*[[January 10]]
**[[Jim Croce]], singer-songwriter (died 1973)
**[[Alan Lloyd (composer)|Alan Lloyd]], composer (died 1986)
*[[January 14]]
**[[Mariss Jansons]], conductor (died 2019)
** [[José Luis Rodríguez (singer)|José Luis Rodríguez]], singer
*[[January 16]]
**<!--January 16-->[[Gavin Bryars]], composer and double bassist
**<!--January 16-->[[Brian Ferneyhough]], English composer
**<!--January 16-->[[Ronnie Milsap]], country musician
*[[January 17]] – [[Chris Montez]], singer
*[[January 18]] – [[Dave Greenslade]], composer and rock keyboard player ([[Colosseum (band)|Colosseum]], [[Greenslade]], [[If (band)|If]])
*[[January 19]] – [[Janis Joplin]], blues singer (died 1970)
*[[January 26]]
**[[Thom Bell]], Philadelphia soul songwriter and producer (died 2022)
**[[Jean Knight]], New Orleans R&B and soul singer (died 2023)
*[[January 29]] – [[Tony Blackburn]], British radio DJ and singer
*[[January 30]] – [[Marty Balin]], American rock musician ([[Jefferson Airplane]]) (died 2018)
*[[February 3]]
**[[Neil Bogart]], American record producer, founder of [[Casablanca Records]] (died 1982)
**[[Dennis Edwards]], American soul and R&B singer ([[The Temptations]]) (died 2018)
**[[Eric Haydock]], English pop/rock guitarist ([[The Hollies]]) (died 2019)
**[[Shawn Phillips]], American folk-rock musician
*[[February 5]] – Chuck Winfield ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*[[February 6]] – [[Fabian Forte]], teen idol singer
*[[February 8]] – [[Creed Bratton]] ([[The Grass Roots]])
*[[February 9]] – [[Barbara Lewis]], singer and songwriter
*[[February 14]]
**<!--February 14-->[[Eric Andersen]], singer-songwriter
**<!--February 14-->[[Maceo Parker]], saxophonist
*[[February 15]] – [[Lal Waterson]], folk singer-songwriter (died 1998)
*[[February 19]] – [[Lou Christie]], singer
*[[February 21]] – [[David Geffen]], record executive
*[[February 23]] – [[Moshe Cotel]], American composer and pianist (died 2008)
*[[February 25]] – [[George Harrison]], guitarist, singer and songwriter ([[The Beatles]]) (died 2001)
*[[February 26]] – [[Paul Cotton]], rock guitarist and singer-songwriter ([[Poco (band)|Poco]])
*[[February 27]] – [[Morten Lauridsen]], composer
*[[February 28]] – [[Donnie Iris]], American musician ([[The Jaggerz]], [[Wild Cherry (band)|Wild Cherry]], [[Donnie Iris|Donnie Iris and the Cruisers]])
*[[March 2]] – [[George Benson]], jazz guitarist
*[[March 7]] – [[Chris White (musician)|Chris White]], rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and record producer ([[The Zombies]])
*[[March 9]] – [[David Matthews (composer)|David Matthews]], composer
*[[March 14]]
**[[Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner]], American funk singer, guitarist and producer ([[Ohio Players]]) (died 2013)
**[[Jim Pons]], American rock guitarist and singer ([[The Turtles]], [[The Mothers of Invention]])
*[[March 15]] – [[Sly Stone]], musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[March 18]] – [[Dennis Linde]], songwriter (died 2006)
*[[March 21]] – [[Vivian Stanshall]], English singer-songwriter ([[The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]]) (died 1995)
*[[March 22]] – [[Keith Relf]], British rock musician ([[The Yardbirds]]) (died 1976)
*[[March 25]] – [[Royston Maldoom]] OBE, British choreographer
*[[March 29]]
**<!--March 29-->[[Eric Idle]], English actor, writer and songwriter
**<!--March 29-->[[Vangelis]], Greek-born musician and composer (died 2022)

===April–June===
*[[April 2]]
**[[Larry Coryell]], jazz fusion guitarist (died 2017)
**Glen Dale, harmony beat vocalist ([[The Fortunes]])
*[[April 3]]
**[[Richard Manuel]], Canadian pianist and singer ([[The Band]]) (died 1986)
**Joey Vann, doo-wop singer ([[The Duprees]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Mick Abrahams]], guitarist ([[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]])
*[[April 8]] – [[Alfred "Uganda" Roberts]], percussionist (died 2020)
*[[April 9]] – [[Terry Knight]], music producer, singer and songwriter (died 2004)
*[[April 11]] – Tony Victor, vocalist ([[The Classics]])
*[[April 20]] – Sir [[John Eliot Gardiner]], conductor
*[[April 26]] – [[Gary Wright]], singer-songwriter and keyboardist ([[Spooky Tooth]]) (died 2023)
*[[April 28]]
**[[Jacques Dutronc]], singer and composer
**Sir [[Jeffrey Tate]], conductor (died 2017)
*[[April 30]] – [[Bobby Vee]], singer (died 2016)
*[[May 4]] – [[Sundar Popo]], [[Indo-Trinidadian]] [[Chutney music|chutney]] musician (died 2000)
*[[May 7]]
**<!--May 7-->[[Terry Allen (country singer)|Terry Allen]], American country music singer
**<!--May 7-->Rick West, beat lead guitarist ([[The Tremeloes]])
*[[May 8]] – [[Paul Samwell-Smith]], blues rock bass guitarist and producer ([[The Yardbirds]], Renaissance)
*[[May 9]] – Bruce Milner, sunshine pop keyboardist ([[Every Mother's Son]])
*[[May 11]]
**[[Les Chadwick]], beat bass guitarist ([[Gerry and the Pacemakers]]) (died 2019)
**Arnie Satin, vocalist ([[The Dovells]])
*[[May 13]] – [[Mary Wells]], singer (died 1992)
*[[May 14]]
**[[Jack Bruce]], Scottish bass guitarist ([[Cream (band)|Cream]]) (died 2014)
**[[Derek Leckenby]], English rock guitarist ([[Herman's Hermits]]) (died 1994)
*[[May 21]]
**[[Vincent Crane]], English keyboardist ([[Atomic Rooster]], [[The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]])
**[[Hilton Valentine]], English guitarist ([[The Animals]]) (died 2021)
*[[May 23]] – [[Alan Walden]], American businessman and manager, co-founder of [[Capricorn Records]]
*[[May 25]] – [[Leslie Uggams]], American singer
*[[May 26]] – [[Levon Helm]], American drummer and singer ([[The Band]]) (died 2012)
*[[May 27]] – [[Cilla Black]], singer and entertainer (died 2015)
*[[May 28]] – Tony Mansfield (Tony Bookbinder), pop drummer ([[The Dakotas (band)|The Dakotas]])
*[[June 2]] – [[Jimmy Castor]], disco/funk saxophonist (died 2012)
*[[June 3]] – Mike Dennis, vocalist ([[The Dovells]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Muff Winwood]] ([[Spencer Davis Group]])
*[[June 15]] – [[Johnny Hallyday]], pop singer and actor (died 2017)
*[[June 17]] – [[Barry Manilow]], American singer, pianist, arranger and songwriter
*[[June 23]] – [[James Levine]], conductor and pianist (died 2021)
*[[June 25]] – [[Carly Simon]], singer-songwriter
*[[June 26]] – [[Georgie Fame]], R & B musician
*[[June 27]] – [[Tony Calder]], English record promoter (died 2018)
*[[June 28]] – [[Bobby Harrison]], English drummer ([[Procol Harum]]) (died 2022)
*[[June 29]] – [[Little Eva]], pop singer (died [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[June 30]] – [[Florence Ballard]], Motown R&B vocalist ([[The Supremes]]) (died [[1976 in music|1976]])

===July–September===
*[[July 1]] – [[Jeff Wayne]], American musician
*[[July 2]] – [[Larry Lake (musician)|Larry Lake]], American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (died 2013)
*[[July 3]] – [[Judith Durham]], Australian folk pop singer ([[The Seekers]]) (died 2022)
*[[July 4]]
**[[Conny Bauer]], German jazz trombonist
**[[Alan Wilson (musician)|Alan Wilson]], American blues singer-songwriter ([[Canned Heat]]) (died 1970)
*[[July 5]] – [[Robbie Robertson]], Canadian folk rock songwriter and guitarist ([[The Band]]) (died 2023)
*[[July 7]] – [[Toto Cutugno]], Italian singer/songwriter (died 2023)
*[[July 12]] – [[Christine McVie]], English pop rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist ([[Fleetwood Mac]]) (died 2022)
*[[July 18]]
**[[Robin MacDonald]], pop guitarist ([[The Dakotas (band)|The Dakotas]]) (died 2015)
**[[Bobby Sherman]], American singer, actor and songwriter
*[[July 25]] – [[Jim McCarty]], English drummer and vocalist ([[The Yardbirds]], [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]])
*[[July 26]] – [[Mick Jagger]], English rock singer and actor ([[The Rolling Stones]])
*[[July 27]] – [[Gary Lewis & the Playboys|Allan Ramsey]], American rock bass guitarist (Gary Lewis & the Playboys) (died 1985)
*[[July 28]]
**<!--July 28-->[[Mike Bloomfield]], American guitarist/singer-songwriter and composer ([[The Electric Flag]]) (died 1981)
**<!--July 28-->[[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English keyboardist and singer ([[Pink Floyd]]) (died 2008)
*[[August 2]]
**<!--August 2-->[[Patrick Adiarte]], American actor and dancer
**<!--August 2-->[[Kathy Lennon]], American singer ([[The Lennon Sisters]])
*[[August 4]] – [[David Carr (keyboardist)|David Carr]], keyboardist ([[The Fortunes]])
*[[August 10]] – [[Ronnie Spector]], singer (died 2022)
*[[August 11]] – [[Denis Payton]], saxophonist ([[The Dave Clark Five]]) (died 2006)
*[[August 19]]
**[[Edwin Hawkins]], American urban contemporary gospel musician (died 2018)
**[[Billy J. Kramer]], born William H. Ashton, English pop singer
*[[August 23]] – [[Pino Presti]], Italian musician and record producer
*[[August 24]] – [[John Cipollina]], American rock guitarist ([[Quicksilver Messenger Service]]) (died 1989)
*[[August 25]] – [[Peter Bastian]], Danish bassoonist (died 2017)
*[[August 26]] – [[Dori Caymmi]], Brazilian singer/songwriter
*[[August 28]]
**[[Honey Lantree]], drummer ([[The Honeycombs]]) (died 2018)
**[[David Soul]], singer and actor (died 2024)
*[[August 29]] – [[Dick Halligan]], rock musician ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*[[September 2]]
**[[Rosalind Ashford]], R&B singer ([[Martha and the Vandellas]])
**[[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]], soul singer (died 2021)
*[[September 5]] – [[Joe "Speedo" Frazier]], doo-wop singer ([[The Impalas]]) (died 2014)
*[[September 6]] – [[Roger Waters]], English bass guitarist, singer and songwriter ([[Pink Floyd]])
*[[September 11]]- [[Mickey Hart]], American rock drummer ([[Grateful Dead]])
*[[September 12]] – [[Maria Muldaur]], singer
*[[September 16]] – [[Joe Butler]], rock singer ([[The Lovin' Spoonful]])
*[[September 20]] – [[Ted Neeley]], actor and singer ([[Jesus Christ Superstar (film)|''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (film)]])
*[[September 23]]
**[[Steve Boone]], rock singer ([[The Lovin' Spoonful]])
**[[Julio Iglesias]], singer
*[[September 25]]
**[[Gary Alexander (pop music)|Gary Alexander]], pop musician ([[The Association]])
**[[John Locke (musician)|John Locke]], rock musician ([[Spirit (band)|Spirit]])
*[[September 26]] – [[Georgie Fame]], R&B singer
*[[September 27]] – [[Randy Bachman]] Canadian guitarist, singer and songwriter ([[The Guess Who]], [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]])
*[[September 28]] – [[Nick St. Nicholas]], German-born rock musician ([[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]])
*[[September 30]] – [[Marilyn McCoo]], singer ([[The 5th Dimension]])

===October–December===
*[[October 1]] – [[Jerry Martini]] ([[Sly & The Family Stone]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]] ([[Steve Miller Band]])
*[[October 7]] – [[Chet Powers|Dino Valenti]] ([[Quicksilver Messenger Service]])
*[[October 10]] – [[Denis D'Ell]] ([[The Honeycombs]])
*[[October 16]] – [[Fred Turner (musician)|Fred Turner]], bassist ([[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]])
*[[October 21]] – [[Ron Elliott (musician)|Ron Elliott]] ([[The Beau Brummels]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Barbara Ann Hawkins]] ([[The Dixie Cups]])
*[[October 24]] – [[Dafydd Iwan]], folk singer-songwriter and politician
*[[November 3]] – [[Bert Jansch]], folk musician ([[Pentangle (band)|Pentangle]]) (died 2011)
*[[November 4]] – [[Sundar Popo]], [[Indo-Trinidadian]] [[Chutney music|chutney]] musician (died 2000)
*[[November 7]] – [[Joni Mitchell]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[November 12]]
**[[Brian Hyland]], singer
**Jimmy Hayes, [[The Persuasions]]
*[[November 12]] – [[John Walker (musician)|John Maus]], vocalist ([[The Walker Brothers]])
*[[November 16]] – [[Winifred Lovett]] ([[The Manhattans]])
*[[November 28]] – [[Randy Newman]], singer-songwriter
*[[November 30]]
**[[Leo Lyons]] ([[Ten Years After]])
**[[Rob Grill]] ([[The Grass Roots]]) (died 2011)
*[[December 6]] – [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], singer-songwriter ([[The Dave Clark Five]]) (died 2008)
*[[December 8]] – [[Jim Morrison]], singer ([[The Doors]]) (died 1971)
*[[December 9]] – [[Rick Danko]] ([[The Band]]) (died 1999)
*[[December 12]]
**[[Dickey Betts]] ([[The Allman Brothers Band]])
**[[Dave Munden]] ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[Grover Washington Jr.]], jazz-funk saxophonist (died 1999)
*[[December 16]] – [[Tony Hicks]], guitarist ([[The Hollies]])
*[[December 18]]
**[[Bobby Keys]], saxophonist (died 2014)
**[[Keith Richards]], guitarist and songwriter ([[The Rolling Stones]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Harry Shearer]], actor, musician (''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'')
*[[December 27]] – [[Peter Sinfield]], British lyricist and producer (died 2024)
*[[December 28]] – [[Chas Hodges]], British rockney singer ([[Chas & Dave]]) (died 2018)
*[[December 30]] – [[Rolf Gehlhaar]], American composer
*[[December 31]]
**[[John Denver]], singer-songwriter (died 1997)
**[[Peter Quaife]], bassist ([[The Kinks]]) (died 2010)

==Deaths==
*[[January 17]] – [[Jane Avril]], can-can dancer, 64
*[[February 5]] – [[Sim Gokkes]], Dutch composer, 45 (in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]])
*[[February 7]]
**[[Clara Novello Davies]], singer, mother of [[Ivor Novello]], 81
**[[Sigrid Arnoldson]], operatic soprano, 82
*[[February 17]] – [[Armand J. Piron]], jazz violinist, bandleader and composer, 54
*[[March 7]] – [[Alma Moodie]], violinist, 44 (drug overdose)
*[[March 8]] – [[Alice Nielsen]], Broadway performer and operatic soprano, 70
*[[March 19]] – [[Abel Decaux]], composer, 74
*[[March 28]]
**[[Ben Davies (tenor)|Ben Davies]], operatic tenor, 85
**[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], composer, 69
*[[April 4]] – [[David Roitman]], hazzan and composer, 58
*[[April 12]] – [[Edoardo Garbin]], operatic tenor, 78
*[[April 21]] – [[Josima Feldschuh]], pianist and composer, 13 (tuberculosis)
*[[April 29]] – [[Joseph Achron]], violinist and composer, 56
*[[April 30]] – [[René Blum (ballet)|René Blum]], founder of the Ballet de l'Opera at Monte Carlo, 65 (in Auschwitz concentration camp)
*[[May 26]] – [[Alice Tegnér]], organist and composer, 77<ref>{{cite book|first1=Julie Anne|last1=Sadie|first2=Rhian|last2=Samuel|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=2006|page=457|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref>
*[[May 28]] – [[Vaughn De Leath]], US singer and radio pioneer, 48 (alcohol-related)
*[[June 16]] – [[Sigrid Onégin]], opera singer, 54
*[[June 26]] – [[Ruby Elzy]], African American soprano ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'', 35 (post-operative complications)
*[[July 13]] – [[Lorenzo Barcelata]], songwriter, 44
*[[July 20]] – [[Maria Gay]], opera singer, 64
*[[September 1]] – [[August Brunetti-Pisano]], Austrian composer, 72
*[[September 7]]
**[[Frank Crumit]], US singer, 53
**[[Karlrobert Kreiten]], pianist, 27
*[[September 21]] – [[Trixie Smith]], blues singer, 48
*[[October 5]] – [[Leon Roppolo]], jazz musician, 41
*[[October 23]] – [[Ben Bernie]], US jazz violinist and bandleader, 52
*[[October 31]] – [[Max Reinhardt]], theatre director, 70
*[[November 22]] – [[Lorenz Hart]], lyricist, 48 (pneumonia)
*[[November 26]] – [[Winnaretta Singer]], musical patron, 78
*[[November 28]] – [[Arthur Catterall]], violinist, orchestra leader and conductor, 60
*[[December 15]] – [[Fats Waller]], jazz pianist and singer, 39 (pneumonia)
*[[December 18]] – [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]], composer, 58
*''date unknown''
**[[Max Bouvet]], operatic baritone (born 1854)
**[[Harry Kandel]], bandleader (born 1885)
**[[Erhard Wechselmann]], baritone opera singer (born 1895?) (killed in Auschwitz concentration camp)

==References==
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==External links==
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