Editing 1945 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1945.

==Specific locations==
*[[1945 in British music]]
*[[1945 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1945 in country music]]
*[[1945 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 27]] – ''Billboard'' has added a third chart to measure record popularity, "Records Most-Played On the Air". which will track disk jockey ("spinners", "dial twisters") activity.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whEEAAAAMBAJ |title=Billboard |date=1945-01-27 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[January 28]] – [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] conducts a concert in [[Vienna]] with the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] including a performance of [[Symphony No. 2 (Brahms)|Brahms' Symphony No. 2]], which is recorded and is considered one of his greatest performances.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Bernard D.|last=Sherman|title=Brahms: The Symphonies / Charles Mackerras|url=http://www.bsherman.net/mack.html|journal=Fanfare|year=1997|orig-year=1999|access-date=2010-09-05}}</ref> Furtwängler, "within a few hours of being arrested" by the [[Gestapo]] (who are cracking down on liberals), flees to Switzerland.<ref>''[[Grove Music Online]].''</ref>
*[[February 13]]–[[February 15|15]] – [[Bombing of Dresden in World War II]] destroys the [[Semperoper]] (Saxon state opera house).
*[[February 13]] – The premiere of [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 5]] under the composer's baton at the [[Moscow Conservatory]] is delayed by a military salute marking the Red Army's crossing of the [[Vistula]].<ref>{{citation|first=Ivan|last=Hewett|authorlink=Ivan Hewett|chapter=Rolling with the Punches|title=BBC Proms 2022|pages=20–4}}</ref>
*[[March 23]] – The [[Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise]] is reformed under this name.
*[[April 12]] – The [[Berlin Philharmonic]] gives one of its final performances of the Nazi era in Berlin with various members of the military and political elite in attendance. [[Robert Heger]] conducts [[Brunhild#Modern culture|Brünnhilde]]'s last aria (the Immolation Scene) and the finale from [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Götterdammerung]]'', [[Beethoven]]'s [[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]] and [[Anton Bruckner]]'s [[Symphony No. 4 (Bruckner)|Symphony No. 4]]. Members of the [[Hitler Youth]] offer [[cyanide]] capsules to the audience as they leave the building.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/03/24/ghost-sonata|title=Ghost Sonata|first=Alex|last=Ross|author-link=Alex Ross (music critic)|date=2003-03-16|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-date=2020-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020043401/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/03/24/ghost-sonata|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-03-01/albert-speer-his-battle-truth|title=Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth|first=Stanley|last=Hoffmann|date=March–April 1996|magazine=Foreign Affairs|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-date=2019-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518175522/https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/1996-03-01/albert-speer-his-battle-truth|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Battle of Berlin]] then forces the orchestra to close for two months.
*[[May 8]] – [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]]: Grenadier Guards second lieutenant [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] joins in the celebrations by playing his trumpet in an impromptu performance in front of [[Buckingham Palace]] in London, inadvertently giving his first broadcast performance as the [[BBC]] is recording events.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishampshire.net/news/2227796.humphrey_lytteltons_last_interview/|title=Humphrey Lyttelton's last interview|work=This Is Hampshire|date=2008-04-26|last=Eaton|first=Duncan}}</ref>
*[[July 26]] – Composer [[Ernest John Moeran]] marries cellist [[Peers Coetmore]].
*[[July 27]] – [[Benjamin Britten]] and [[Yehudi Menuhin]] perform concerts at [[Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp]].
*[[August 19]] – [[Dick Powell]] marries [[June Allyson]].
*[[September 1]] – [[Trio Lescano]]'s last concert on [[Italy|Italian]] [[radio]].
*[[September 4]] – [[Beethoven]]'s ''[[Fidelio]]'' becomes the first opera to be performed in Berlin following World War II.
*[[October 25]] – [[Philharmonia Orchestra]] plays its first concert, in London.
*November – [[Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt]] conducts the [[North German Radio Symphony Orchestra]] in its first concert. 
*[[November 26]] – [[Charlie Parker]] makes his first recording as a leader, also featuring [[Miles Davis]].
*The ''[[Motion Picture Daily]]'' Fame Poll designates [[Bing Crosby]] "Top Male Vocalist" for the ninth straight year.
*[[Antal Doráti]] becomes conductor of the [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]].
*[[Reynaldo Hahn]] is appointed director of the Paris Opéra.
*[[Frank Sinatra]] leaves ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' to appear on ''[[Max Factor Presents Frank Sinatra]]'' and, starting in September, ''[[The Frank Sinatra Show (radio program)#Songs by Sinatra (1945-47)|Songs By Sinatra]]''.
*[[Ruth Brown|Ruth Weston]] runs away from home in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], to marry trumpeter [[Jimmy Brown (musician)|Jimmy Brown]] and begin her career as a singer.
*[[Marlene Dietrich]] appears on the CBS radio network, accompanied by accordionist [[John Serry Sr.]]

==Publications==
*[[Spade Cooley]] – ''[[Spade Cooley's Western Swing Song Folio]]'' (the first songbook to identify the big Western dance band music as [[Western Swing]])

==Albums released==
*[[Nat King Cole]] – ''King Cole Trio''
*[[Bing Crosby]]
**''[[Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby album)|Merry Christmas]]''
**''[[Selections from Going My Way]]''
*[[Glenn Miller]] – ''[[Glenn Miller (album)|Glenn Miller]]''
*[[Django Reinhardt]] – ''[[Paris 1945]]''

==US charts 1945==

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.

For the United States, charts are compiled from data published by ''Billboard'' magazine, using their own formulas with slight modifications. 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']], 'Records Most-Played On the Air' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records' charts during 1945.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" 
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Chart Positions</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown and his Orchestra]] (Vocal Chorus by [[Doris Day]]) || "[[Sentimental Journey (song)|Sentimental Journey]]"<ref name=Columbia365>{{Cite web |title=COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500–37000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36500.htm |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36769 || {{Start date|1944|11|20}} || {{Start date|1945|1|22}} || US 1945 #3, US #1 for 8 weeks, 28 total weeks, CashBox #2, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 2 || [[Perry Como]] || "[[Till the End of Time (song)|Till The End Of Time]]"<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=2022-05-03 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Victor 20-1709 || {{Start date|1945|7|3}} || {{Start date|1945|7|30}} || US BB 1945 #2, US #1 for 9 weeks, 17 total weeks, CashBox #3, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 3 || [[Johnny Mercer]] And [[The Pied Pipers]] || "[[On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe]]"<ref name=Capitol>{{Cite web |title=Capitol 100–499, 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol100.htm |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 195 || {{Start date|1944|12|13}} || {{Start date|1945|7}} || US BB 1945 #3, US #1 for 7 weeks, 19 total weeks, CashBox #7
|-
| 4 || [[Vaughn Monroe|Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra]] || "[[There! I've Said It Again]]"<ref name=Victor150/> || Victor 20-1637 || {{Start date|1944|12|17}} || {{Start date|1945|2}} || US BB 1945 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks (Air Play), 25 total weeks, CashBox #8
|-
| 5 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] || "[[Rum and Coca-Cola]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72460. Rum and Coca Cola / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300677/72460-Rum_and_Coca_Cola |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18636 || {{Start date|1944|10|23}} || {{Start date|1944|12}} || US 1945 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks (Juke Box), 21 total weeks, CashBox #6, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 6 || Les Brown and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Doris Day) || "[[My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36779 || {{Start date|1945|2|3}} || {{Start date|1945|2|15}} || US 1945 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, CashBox #1, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 7 || [[Sammy Kaye|Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye]] || "Chickery Chick"<ref name=Victor150/> || Victor 20-1726 || {{Start date|1945|8|8}} || {{Start date|1945|9}} || US 1945 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
|-
| 8 || [[Harry James|Harry James and his Orchestra]] (Vocal Chorus by [[Kitty Kallen]])  || "[[It's Been a Long, Long Time]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36838 || {{Start date|1945|7|24}} || {{Start date|1945|9|17}} || US BB 1945 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks, CashBox #5
|-
| 9 || Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford, and The Pied Pipers || "[[Candy (1944 song)|Candy]]"<ref name=Capitol/> || Capitol 183 || {{Start date|1944|12|6}} || {{Start date|1945|1}} || US BB 1945 #14, US #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Bing Crosby]] with [[Carmen Cavallaro]] on piano || "[[I Can't Begin to Tell You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3904. I can't begin to tell you / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270327/L_3904-I_cant_begin_to_tell_you |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23457 || {{Start date|1945|8|7}} || {{Start date|1945|10}} || US BB 1945 #10, US #1 for 6 weeks (Juke Box), 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Billboard 1954">{{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>
|-
| 11 || Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers || "[[Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive]]"<ref name=Capitol/> || Capitol 180 || {{Start date|1944|10|4}} || {{Start date|1944|12}} || US BB 1945 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998
|-
| 12 || Bing Crosby and [[Les Paul]] || "It's Been a Long, Long Time"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3889. It's been a long, long time / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270312/L_3889-Its_been_a_long_long_time |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18708 || {{Start date|1945|7|12}} || {{Start date|1945|9}} || US BB 1945 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 13 || Carmen Cavallaro and His Orchestra || "Chopin's Polonaise"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3766. Chopin's Polonaise / Carmen Cavallaro Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270189/L_3766-Chopins_Polonaise |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18677 || {{Start date|1945|3|30}} || {{Start date|1945|5}} || US BB 1945 #14, US #3 for 10 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Billboard 1954" />
|-
| 14 || Harry James and his Orchestra (Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen) || "[[I'm Beginning To See The Light]]"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36758 || {{Start date|1944|11|24}} || {{Start date|1944|12|18}} || US BB 1945 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks
|-
| 15 || [[Tony Pastor (bandleader)|Tony Pastor and his Orchestra]] || "[[Bell Bottom Trousers]]"<ref name=Victor150/> || Victor 20-1661 || {{Start date|1945|4|4}} || {{Start date|1945|5}} || US BB 1945 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and his Orchestra]] || "Gotta Be This Or That"<ref name=Columbia365/> || Columbia 36813 || {{Start date|1945|4|27}} || {{Start date|1945|6}} || US BB 1945 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks
|-
| 17 || Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra || "Sentimental Journey"<ref name=Victor150/> || Victor 20-1643 || {{Start date|1945|2|9}} || {{Start date|1945|4}} || US BB 1945 #18, US #3 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Helen Forrest]] & [[Dick Haymes]] || "I'll Buy That Dream"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 3835. I'll buy that dream / Helen Forrest; Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270258/L_3835-Ill_buy_that_dream |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23434 || {{Start date|1945|5|1}} || {{Start date|1945|8}} || US BB 1945 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Stan Kenton|Stan Kenton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Tampico (song)|Tampico]]"<ref name=Capitol/> || Capitol 202 || {{Start date|1945|2|26}} || {{Start date|1945|7}} || US BB 1945 #20, US #3 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 20 || The Pied Pipers || "Dream"<ref name=Capitol/> || Capitol 185 || {{Start date|1944|12|10}} || {{Start date|1945|2}} || US BB 1945 #20, US #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|}

==Top race records==

At the start of 1945, ''Billboard'' magazine published a chart ranking the "most popular records in Harlem" under the title of "the Harlem Hit Parade" (HHP). Rankings were based on a survey of record stores primarily in the Harlem district of New York City, an area which has historically been noted for its African American population. This chart was published for the final time in the issue dated February 10. The following week the magazine launched a new chart in its place, "Most Played Juke Box Race Records", based on reports from juke box operators (details can be found in each issue). For the year-end list of 1945's top R & B records below, peak positions and numbers of weeks from the HHP charts were carried over. 
[[List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945|1945 chronological list]] of records that reached number one on the "Most Played Juke Box Race Records" chart.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Joe Liggins|Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers]] || "[[The Honeydripper]]" || Exclusive 207 || {{Start date|1944|8|11}} || {{Start date|1945|7}} || US BB 1945 #191, US #16 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #1, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 18 weeks, 27 total weeks
|-
| 2 ||  [[Lucky Millinder|Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra]] || "Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well" || Decca 18674 || {{Start date|1944|6|9}} || {{Start date|1945|5}} || US BB 1945 #90, US #9 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #2, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 8 weeks, 20 total weeks
|-
| 3 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[Caldonia]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72711. Caldonia / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300928/72711-Caldonia |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 8670 || {{Start date|1945|1|19}} || {{Start date|1945|4|19}} || US BB 1945 #66, US #6 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #3, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 7 weeks, 26 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Roosevelt Sykes|Roosevelt Sykes and His Piano]] || "[[I Wonder (1944 song)|I Wonder]]" || Bluebird 34-0721 || {{Start date|1944|12|15}} || {{Start date|1945|1}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #4, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 7 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Erskine Hawkins|Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra]] || "[[Tippin' In]]" || Victor 20-1639 || {{Start date|1945|1|10}} || {{Start date|1945|3}} || US BB 1945 #238, US #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #5, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 6 weeks, 25 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Cecil Gant|Pvt. Cecil Gant]] || "I Wonder" || Gilt-Edge 500 || {{Start date|1944|8|30}} || {{Start date|1944|9}} || US BB 1945 #266, US #26 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #6, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 28 total weeks
|-
| 7 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "Mop Mop"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71871. Mop mop / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300088/71871-Mop_mop |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 8668 || {{Start date|1944|3|15}} || {{Start date|1944|10}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #7, Harlem/Race Records #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Jimmie Lunceford|Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra]] || "The Honeydripper" || Decca 23451 || {{Start date|1945|2|26}} || {{Start date|1945|4}} || US BB 1945 #247, US #21 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #8, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 8 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 9 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "You Can't Get That No More"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 71873. You can't get that no more / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300090/71873-You_cant_get_that_no_more |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 8668 || {{Start date|1944|3|15}} || {{Start date|1944|10}} || US BB 1945 #189, US #15 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #9, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 10 || Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra || "Beulah's Boogie"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72876. Beulah's boogie / Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301093/72876-Beulahs_boogie |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18719 || {{Start date|1945|5|21}} || {{Start date|1945|11}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #10, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 9 total weeks
|}

==Published popular music==
* "All of My Life", words and music: [[Irving Berlin]]
* "All Through the Day" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[Along the Navajo Trail (song)|Along the Navajo Trail]]" w.m. [[Dick Charles]], [[Eddie DeLange]] & [[Larry Markes]]
* "Apple Honey" m. [[Woody Herman]]
* "[[Aren't You Glad You're You?]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Atlanta G.A." w. [[Sunny Skylar]] m. Arthur Shaftel
* "Autumn Serenade" w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. [[Peter DeRose]]
* "Be-Baba-Leba" w.m. [[Helen Humes]]
* "The Blond Sailor" w. (Eng) [[Mitchell Parish]], Bell Leib m. Jacob Pfeil
* "Boogie Blues" w.m. [[Gene Krupa]] & Ray Biondi
* "[[Caldonia]]" w.m. Fleecie Moore
* "The Carousel Waltz" w. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Cement Mixer" w.m. [[Slim Gaillard]] & Lee Ricks
* "Chickery Chick" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
* "Close as Pages in a Book" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]. Introduced by [[Maureen Cannon (singer)|Maureen Cannon]] and [[Wilbur Evans]] in the musical ''[[Up in Central Park]]''
* "[[Cruising Down the River]]" w.m. Eily Beadell & Nell Tollerton
* "[[Day by Day (1945 song)|Day By Day]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Paul Weston]] & [[Axel Stordahl]]
* "[[Detour (song)|Detour]]" w.m. [[Paul Westmoreland]]
* "Dig You Later" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "[[Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief]]" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Don't Be a Baby, Baby" w. [[Buddy Kaye]] m. [[Howard Steiner]]
* "[[Dos gardenias]]" w.m. [[Isolina Carrillo]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=De León |first1=Carmela |title=Dos gardenias para ti |date=2003 |publisher=Oriente |location=Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |isbn=978-959-11-0367-3 |page=154|language=es}}</ref>
* "The End of the News" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Everything But You" w.m. [[Don George]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Harry James]].
* "[[I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)|For Sentimental Reasons]]" w. Deek Watson m. William Best
* "[[The Frim-Fram Sauce|The Frim Fram Sauce]]" w.m. Joe Ricardel & Redd Evans
* "[[Full Moon and Empty Arms]]" w.m. [[Buddy Kaye]] & Ted Mossman
* "Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn" w.m. Jason Matthews & Terry Shand
* "[[Give Me the Simple Life]]" w. [[Harry Ruby]] m. [[Rube Bloom]]
* "[[Gongxi Gongxi]]" w.m. [[Chen Gexin]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lau |first1=Melody |date=January 24, 2020 |title=The dark history behind one of Lunar New Year's most popular songs |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/the-dark-history-behind-one-of-lunar-new-year-s-most-popular-songs-1.5437401 |work=Canadian Broadcasting Company |accessdate=2021-10-06}}</ref>
* "Good Good Good (That's You, That's You)" w.m. Fisher Roberts
* "Gotta Be This or That" w.m. [[Sunny Skylar]]
* "[[Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "[[Gugur Bunga]]" w.m. [[Ismail Marzuki]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ismail |first1=Gunawan|title=Kumpulan Lagu Nasional: Persembahan untuk Indonesiaku |trans-title=A Collection of Nationalistic Songs: A Dedication to My Indonesia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBUFHQ1bnYAC&q=%22gugur+bunga%22&pg=PR3|year=2007|publisher=Puspa Swara |location=Depok, Indonesia |language=Indonesian |isbn=978-979-1133-71-5 |oclc=213362031|page=174}}</ref>
* "[[The Gypsy (1945 song)|The Gypsy]]" w.m. [[Billy Reid (British songwriter)|Billy Reid]]
* "[[Have I Told You Lately that I Love You? (1945 song)|Have I Told You Lately that I Love You?]]" w.m. [[Lulu Belle and Scotty|Scott Wiseman]]
* "Her Bathing Suit Never Got Wet" w. [[Charles Tobias]] m. Nat Simon
* "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" w.m. [[Lionel Hampton]] & Curley Hamner
* "Homesick – That's All" w.m. [[Gordon Jenkins]]
* "[[The Honeydripper]]" w.m. Joe Liggins
* "[[I Can't Begin to Tell You]]" w. Mack Gordon m. James V. Monaco. Introduced by [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]] and reprised by [[Betty Grable]] in the film ''[[The Dolly Sisters (film)|The Dolly Sisters]]''
* "I Don't Know Enough About You" w.m. [[Peggy Lee]] & Dave Barbour
* "[[I Have But One Heart]]" Marty Symes, J. Farrow
* "I Wish I Knew" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Dick Haymes]] in the film ''[[Diamond Horseshoe]]''
* "I Wonder" Gant, Leveen
* "I Wonder What Happened To Him" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations|publisher=OUP|year=2008|isbn=9780199237166|page=19}}</ref>
* "[[If I Loved You]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[John Raitt]] and [[Jan Clayton]] in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]''.
* "In Acapulco" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Betty Grable]] in the film ''[[Diamond Horseshoe]]''
* "In Love In Vain" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Louanne Hogan]] dubbing for [[Jeanne Crain]] in the film ''[[Centennial Summer]]''
* "Isn't It Kinda Fun" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Dick Haymes]] and [[Vivian Blaine]] in the film ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''. Performed in the 1962 film version by [[Ann-Margret]] and [[David Street]]
* "[[It Might as Well Be Spring]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Louanne Hogan]] dubbing for [[Jeanne Crain]] in the film ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]''. Performed in the 1962 film version by [[Anita Gordon]] dubbing for [[Pamela Tiffin]].
* "It's a Grand Night For Singing" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[It's Been a Long, Long Time]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "June is Bustin' Out All Over" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Kalaniyot]]" w. [[Nathan Alterman]] m. [[Moshe Vilensky]]
* "[[La Mer (song)|La Mer]]" w.m. [[Charles Trenet]]<ref>[http://www.originals.be/en/originals.php?id=10524 ''MER, LA''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104191817/http://www.originals.be/en/originals.php?id=10524 |date=2015-01-04 }} at originals.be (retrieved 2015-1-4)</ref>
* "[[Laura (1945 song)|Laura]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[David Raksin]]
* "[[Lavender Blue]]" w. [[Larry Morey]] m. Eliot Daniel
* "Leone Jump" m. [[John Serry Sr.]]
* "[[Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "[[Love Letters (song)|Love Letters]]" w. Edward Heyman m. [[Victor Young]]
* "Love on a Greyhound Bus" w. [[Ralph Blane]] & [[Kay Thompson]] m. [[George Stoll]]
* "Matelot" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]. Introduced by [[Graham Payn]] in the revue ''[[Sigh No More (musical)|Sigh No More]]''
* "Mister Snow" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[The More I See You]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Nina" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Oh! What It Seemed To Be" w.m. [[Bennie Benjamin]], [[George David Weiss]] & [[Frankie Carle]]
* "Personality" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Rodger Young" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "[[Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy]]" w. [[Sammy Gallop]] m. [[Guy Wood]]
* "Sigh No More" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[Sioux City Sue]]" w. [[Max C. Freedman|Ray Freedman]] m. [[Dick Thomas (singer)|Dick Thomas]]
* "[[Soliloquy (song)|Soliloquy]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Some Sunday Morning]]" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[M.K. Jerome]] & [[Ray Heindorf]]
* "A Stranger in Town" w.m. [[Mel Tormé]]
* "[[Symphony (1945 song)|Symphony (C'est fini)]]" w.m. Alex Alstone, [[André Tabet]] and Roger Bernstein<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1945-11-24 |title=Billboard - Week of November 24, 1945 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1945/BB-1945-11-24.pdf |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> 
* "[[Tampico (song)|Tampico]]" w.m. [[Allan Roberts (songwriter)|Allan Roberts]] & [[Doris Fisher (singer)|Doris Fisher]]
* "(Did You Ever Get) That Feeling in the Moonlight?" w.m. James Cavanaugh, Larry Stock & Ira Schuster
* "That Little Dream Got Nowhere" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[That's for Me]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "This Was a Real Nice Clambake" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Till the End of Time (Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman song)|Till the End of Time]]" w.m. Buddy Kaye & Ted Mossman
* "[[We'll Be Together Again]]" w. [[Frankie Laine]] m. Carl Fischer
* "[[We'll Gather Lilacs]]" w.m. [[Ivor Novello]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/aug/03/ivor-novello-musicals-simon-callow|title=Ivor Novello, master of the musical|author=Simon Callow|website=The Guardian|date=3 August 2012}}</ref>
* "What's the Use of Wond'rin'?" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "When the Children Are Asleep" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "The Wild, Wild West" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harry Warren]] from the film ''[[The Harvey Girls]]''
* "[[Wir weihn der Erde Gaben]]" w. [[Petronia Steiner]] (hymn)
* "[[You'll Never Walk Alone (song)|You'll Never Walk Alone]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez, Pierre]] || [[Three Psalmodies for Piano (Boulez)|Three Psalmodies for Piano]] || 1945-02-12 || Paris || [[Yvette Grimaud|Grimaud]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7007|Pierre Boulez: Three Psalmodies for Piano}}</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Peter Grimes|Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes]]'' || 1945-06-13 || [[Cheltenham Music Festival]], UK || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – Britten<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DFXPVhWsQ3wC&dq=britten+sea+interludes+cheltenham+festival+1945&pg=PA40 The Making of Peter Grimes: Notes and Commentaries]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Peter Grimes|Passacaglia from Peter Grimes]]'' || 1945-08-29 || London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.orsymphony.org/concerts/1112/programnotes/cl15.aspx Oregon Symphony]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[String Quartet No. 2 (Britten)|String Quartet No. 2]] || 1945-11-21 || London || [[Zorian Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7039|Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 2}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Alden Carpenter|Carpenter, John Alden]] || ''[[The Seven Ages]]'' || 1945-12-02 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Artur Rodzinski|Rodzinski]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/history/philfacts/world-premieres New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Jubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens]]'' || 1945-03-23 || Cincinnati, Ohio || [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra|Cincinnati Symphony]] – [[Eugene Aynsley Goossens|Goossens]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|33946|Aaron Copland: ''Jubilee Variation on a Theme of Goossens''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gerald Finzi|Finzi, Gerald]] || ''[[Earth and Air and Rain]]'' (1935) || 1945-07-02 || London || [[Keith Falkner|Falkner]], [[Howard Ferguson (composer)|Ferguson]]<ref>[http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Gerald-Finzi-Earth-and-Air-and-Rain/5473 Boosey & Hawkes]</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Las horas de una estancia]]'' || 1945-06-11 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Estela Bardion|Baridon]], [[Alba Satalia de Perna|Satalia de Perna]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31600|Alberto Ginastera: ''Las horas de una estancia''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Psalm 150 (Ginastera)|Psalm 150]]'' || 1945-04-07 || Buenos Aires || [[Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colón|Teatro Colón Regular Orchestra and Chorus]] – [[Albert Wolff (conductor)|Wolff]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31591|Alberto Ginastera: ''Psalm 150''}}</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Le chant de Linos]]'' (quintet version) || 1945-06-01 || Paris || [[Pierre Jamet Quintet|Jamet Quintet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35240|André Jolivet: ''Le chant de Linos''}}</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Trois chansons de ménestrels]]'' || 1945-02-10 || Paris || [[Renée Dyonis|Dyonis]], [[Marcelle Soulage|Soulage]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35111|André Jolivet: ''Trois chansons de ménestrels''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aram Khachaturian|Khachaturian, Aram]] || ''[[Fantasy on Russian Themes (Khachaturian)|Fantasy on Russian Themes]]'' || 1945-11-06 || Moscow || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR State Radio Symphony]] – [[Sergei Gorchakov|Gorchakov]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/reviews/review |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]}}{{dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Zoltán Kodály|Kodály, Zoltán]] || ''[[Missa brevis (Kodaly)|Missa brevis]]'' || 1945-02-11 || Budapest || [unknown performers]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kodaly.hu/zoltan_kodaly/important_dates |title=Kodály Institute |access-date=2015-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009092826/http://kodaly.hu/zoltan_kodaly/important_dates |archive-date=2017-10-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Witold Lutosławski|Lutosławski, Witold]] || [[Wind Trio (Lutoslawski)|Wind Trio]] || 1945-09-?? || Krákow, Poland || [[Seweryn Snieckowski|Snieckowski]], [[Teofil Rudnicki|Rudnicki]], [[Bazyli Orlow|Orlow]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|27253|Witold Lutosławski: Wind Trio}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|Malipiero, Gian Francesco]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Malipiero)|''Sinfonia delle campane'' (Symphony No. 3)]] || 1945-11-04 || Florence || [unknown orchestra] – [[Igor Markevitch|Markevitch]]<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Malipiero/Malipiero-Sinfonia3.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Martinu)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1945-10-12 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-10 |title=Bohuslav Martinů, Symphony No. 3 |url=https://americansymphony.org/concert-notes/bohuslav-martinu-symphony-no-3/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=American Symphony Orchestra |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine]]'' || 1945-04-21 || Paris || [[Yvonne Loriod|Loriod]], [[Ginette Martenot|Martenot]] / [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra]] – [[Roger Désormière|Désormière]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|10620|Olivier Messiaen: ''Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus]]'' || 1945-03-23 || Paris || [[Yvonne Loriod|Loriod]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|10623|Olivier Messiaen: ''Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vítězslav Novák|Novák, Vítězslav]] || ''[[May Symphony]]'' || 1945-12-05 || Prague || [unknown performers]<ref>[http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Novak/Chorwerk/073/index.html Klassika]</ref>
|-
| [[Walter Piston|Piston, Walter]] || [[Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord (Piston)|Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord]] || 1945-11-30 || New York City || [[Alexander Schneider|Schneider]], [[Ralph Kirkpatrick|Kirkpatrick]]<ref>[http://www.arsc-audio.org/journals/v13/v13n2p76-95.pdf Association for Recorded Sound Collections]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 5]] || 1945-01-13 || Moscow || [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – Prokofiev<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/ProkofievSymphony%20No%205.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 9]] || 1945-11-03 || Leningrad || [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.572167&catNum=572167&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || [[Elegy for Viola (Stravinsky)|Elegy for Viola]] || 1945-01-26 || Washington DC || [[Germain Prévost|Prévost]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12205|Igor Stravinsky: Elegy for Viola}}</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Tippett)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1945-11-10 || Liverpool || [[Royal Liverpool Philharmonic]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,156358.html Schott Music]</ref> 
|-
| [[Eduard Tubin|Tubin, Eduard]] || [[Capriccio for Violin and Piano No. 2 (Tubin)|Capriccio for Violin and Piano No. 2]] || 1945-09-25 || Stockholm || [[Zelia Aumere|Aumere]], [[Olav Roots|Roots]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=2014-04-01T00:00:00+01:00 |title=Tubin: Violin Sonata no.1, Suite on Estonian Dance Pieces, Three Pieces, Meditation, Prelude, Capriccio no.2, Cock's Dance Paganini Caprice op.1 no.24 (arr. Tubin) |url=https://www.thestrad.com/tubin-violin-sonata-no1-suite-on-estonian-dance-pieces-three-pieces-meditation-prelude-capriccio-no2-cocks-dance-paganini-caprice-op1-no24-arr-tubin/5671.article |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=The Strad |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || [[String Quartet No. 7 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 7]] || 1945-05-30 || [[Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)]] || Quarteto Borgerth<ref>''Villa-Lobos, sua obra: Programa de Ação Cultural'', second edition (Rio de Janeiro: MEC, DAC, Museu Villa-Lobos, 1972): 86.</ref>
|-
| [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco|Castelnuovo-Tedesco]] / [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud]] / [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]] / [[Nathaniel Shilkret|Shilkret]] / [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] / [[Alexandre Tansman|Tansman]] / [[Ernst Toch|Toch]] || ''[[Genesis Suite]]'' || 1945-11-18 || Los Angeles || [[Janssen Symphony Orchestra|Janssen Symphony]] – [[Werner Janssen|Janssen]]<ref>[http://www.milkenarchive.org/works/view/769 Milken Archive of Jewish Music]</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
* [[Samuel Barber]] – [[Cello Concerto (Barber)|Cello Concerto]]
* [[Béla Bartók]] 
** [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Bartók)|Piano Concerto No. 3]]
** [[Viola Concerto (Bartók)|Viola Concerto]]
* [[Ernest Bloch]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Bloch)|String Quartet No. 2]]
* [[Benjamin Britten]]
** ''[[The Holy Sonnets of John Donne]]'' for tenor and piano, Op. 35
** [[String Quartet No. 2 (Britten)|String Quartet No. 2]] in C major
* [[John Alden Carpenter|John A. Carpenter]] – ''[[The Seven Ages]]''
* [[George Crumb]] 
** Four Pieces for violin and piano
** Sonata for Piano 
** Four Songs for voice, clarinet and piano
* [[Luigi Dallapiccola]] – ''Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio'', for solo cello
* [[Wolfgang Fortner]] – Sonata for violin and piano
* [[Jesús Guridi]] – ''[[Pyrenean Symphony]]''
* [[Paul Hindemith]] – String Quartet No. 7 in E-flat
* [[Dmitry Kabalevsky]] – [[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Kabalevsky)|Piano Sonata No. 2]]
* [[Paul von Klenau]] – Symphony No. 9
* [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold|Erich W. Korngold]] – [[Violin Concerto (Korngold)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Rued Langgaard]]
** Symphony No. 10 ''Hin Tordenbolig'', BVN. 298
** Symphony No. 11 ''Ixion'', BVN. 303
* [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|G. Francesco Malipiero]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Malipiero)|Symphony No. 3]] 
* [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – ''[[Petite symphonie concertante]]''
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]]
** ''Etudes and Polkas'', H. 308, for piano
** [[Flute Sonata (Martinů)|Flute Sonata]], H 306
** Cello Concerto No. 2, H 304
** ''Czech Rhapsody'', H 307
** [[Symphony No. 4 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 4]], H 305
** ''Thunderbolt P-47'', scherzo for orchestra, H 309
* [[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Harawi (Messiaen)|Harawi]]''
* [[Douglas Moore]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Moore)|Symphony No. 2]]
* [[Walter Piston]] – [[Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord (Piston)|Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord]]
* [[Sergei Prokofiev]] – ''[[Ivan the Terrible (Prokofiev)|Ivan the Terrible]]''
* [[Nico Richter]] – ''Serenade for flute, violin and viola''
* [[Henri Sauguet]] – ''Les forains'', ballet
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] 
** [[Symphony No. 9 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 9]]
** ''[[Children's Notebook]]''
* [[Richard Strauss]] 
** [[Metamorphosen|''Metamorphosen'' for 23 solo strings]]
** [[Oboe Concerto (Strauss)|Oboe Concerto]]
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] 
** [[Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky)|''Ebony Concerto'']]
** ''[[Symphony in Three Movements]]''
* [[Michael Tippett]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Tippett)|Symphony No. 1]]
* Various composers ([[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco|Castelnuovo-Tedesco]], [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud]], [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]], [[Nathaniel Shilkret|Shilkret]], Stravinsky, [[Alexandre Tansman|Tansman]] and [[Ernst Toch|Toch]]) – ''[[Genesis Suite]]''
* [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Villa-Lobos)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]
**[[String Quartet No. 9 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 9]]
**[[Symphony No. 7 (Villa-Lobos)|Symphony No. 7]] ''Odisséia da paz'' (Peace Odyssey)
*[[Paul Ben-Haim]]
**Symphony No. 2, Op. 36
**''Pastorale variée'', for clarinet and orchestra, Op. 31b 

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Amy Beach]] – ''[[Cabildo (opera)|Cabildo]]'' (Athens, Georgia, 27 February)
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Peter Grimes]]''
*[[Frederick Jacobi]] – ''The Prodigal Son''

==Film==
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''The Cummington Story''
*[[Aram Khachaturian]] – ''Prisoner No. 217''
*[[Miklós Rózsa]]
**''[[The Lost Weekend]]''
**''[[Spellbound (1945 film)|Spellbound]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[Mildred Pierce (film)]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1945 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Are You with It? (musical)|Are You with It?]]'' (Music: [[Harry Revel]] Lyrics: [[Arnold Horwitt|Arnold B. Horwitt]] Book: [[Sam Perrin]] and [[George Balzer]]). [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[New Century Theatre|Century Theatre]] on November 10 and ran for 266 performances.
* ''[[Billion Dollar Baby]]'' (Music: [[Morton Gould]] Book & Lyrics: [[Betty Comden]] and [[Adolph Green]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on December 21 and ran for 220 performances. Starring [[Mitzi Green]], [[Joan McCracken]], [[William Tabbert]], [[Danny Daniels]] and [[Shirley Van]].
* ''[[Carib Song]]'' (Music: Baldwin Bergersen Book & Lyrics: [[William Archibald (playwright)|William Archibald]]. [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre (New York City)|Adelphi Theatre]] on September 27 and ran for 36 performances.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vogel |first=Shane |date=2010 |title=Jamaica on Broadway: The Popular Caribbean and Mock Transnational Performance |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40587439 |journal=Theatre Journal |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=7 |jstor=40587439 |issn=0192-2882}}</ref>
* ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' (Music: [[Richard Rodgers]] Lyrics and Book: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]). [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on April 19 and ran for 890 performances.
* ''[[The Day Before Spring]]'' (Music: [[Frederick Loewe]] Lyrics and Book: [[Alan Jay Lerner]]). Broadway production opened on November 22 at the [[National Theatre (New York)|National Theatre]] and ran for 165 performances.
* ''[[The Firebrand of Florence]]'' (Book: [[Ira Gershwin]] & [[Edwin Justus Mayer]], Music: [[Kurt Weill]], Lyrics: [[Ira Gershwin]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on March 22 and ran for 43 performances. Starring [[Lotte Lenya]], [[Earl Wrightson]], [[Beverly Tyler]] and [[Melville Cooper]].
*''[[Follow the Girls|Follow The Girls]]'' (Music: [[Phil Charig]] Lyrics: [[Dan Shapiro]] and [[Milton Pascal]] Book: [[Guy Bolton]], [[Eddie Davis (writer)|Eddie Davis]] and [[Fred Thompson (writer)|Fred Thompson]]). [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on October 25 and ran for 572 performances.
* ''[[Marinka (operetta)|Marinka]]''. Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on July 18 and moved to the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] on October 1 for a total run of 165 performances
* ''[[Perchance to Dream (musical)|Perchance To Dream]]'' (Music, Lyrics and Book: [[Ivor Novello]]). [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[London Hippodrome]] on April 21 and ran for 1022 performances.
* ''[[The Red Mill]]'' (Music: [[Victor Herbert]] Lyrics and Book: [[Henry Blossom]]). Broadway revival opened on October 16 at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] and ran for 531 performances.
* ''[[Sigh No More (musical)|Sigh No More]]''. [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on August 28
* ''[[Under the Counter (musical)|Under the Counter]]''. London production opened at the [[Phoenix Theatre (London)|Phoenix Theatre]] on November 22 and ran for 665 performances
* ''[[Up in Central Park]]'' (Music: [[Sigmund Romberg]] Lyrics: [[Dorothy Fields]] Book: [[Herbert Fields]] and [[Dorothy Fields]]). Broadway production opened at the [[New Century Theatre|Century Theatre]] on January 27 and ran for 504 performances.

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Kathryn Grayson]] and [[Gene Kelly]]. Directed by [[George Sidney]].
* ''[[The Bells of St. Mary's]]'' starring [[Ingrid Bergman]] and [[Bing Crosby]]. Directed by [[Leo McCarey]].
*''[[Blonde from Brooklyn]]'' released June 21, starring [[Lynn Merrick]] and [[Richard Stanton]], with [[Gwen Verdon]] in a minor role.
* ''[[Blonde Ransom]]'' starring [[Donald Cook (actor)|Donald Cook]] and [[Virginia Grey]]. Directed by [[William Beaudine]].
* ''[[Bring on the Girls (film)|Bring on the Girls]]'' starring [[Veronica Lake]], [[Sonny Tufts]], [[Eddie Bracken]] and [[Marjorie Reynolds]] and featuring [[Spike Jones]] and his Orchestra.
* ''[[Abbott and Costello in Hollywood]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]], [[Frances Rafferty]], [[Bob Haymes|Bob Stanton]] and [[Jean Porter (actress)|Jean Porter]]. Directed by [[S. Sylvan Simon]].
* ''[[Delightfully Dangerous]]'' starring [[Jane Powell]], [[Ralph Bellamy]], [[Constance Moore]], [[Arthur Treacher]] and [[Morton Gould]] & his Orchestra. Directed by [[Arthur Lubin]].
* ''[[Diamond Horseshoe]]'' aka ''Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe'' starring [[Betty Grable]], [[Dick Haymes]], [[Phil Silvers]], [[William Gaxton]] and [[Beatrice Kay]] and featuring vaudevillian [[Willie Solar]] in his only filmed performance.
* ''[[The Dolly Sisters (film)|The Dolly Sisters]]'' released November 14 starring [[Betty Grable]], [[June Haver]] and [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]].
* ''[[Duffy's Tavern (film)|Duffy's Tavern]]'' starring [[Ed Gardner]], [[Betty Hutton]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[Paulette Goddard]], [[Dorothy Lamour]], [[Eddie Bracken]], [[Sonny Tufts]], [[Barry Fitzgerald]] and [[Veronica Lake]]. Directed by [[Hal Walker]].
* ''[[Eadie Was a Lady]]'' starring [[Ann Miller]]
* ''[[Here Come the Co-Eds]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]] and [[Peggy Ryan]]. Directed by [[Edgar Fairchild]].
* ''[[Hit the Hay]]'' starring [[Judy Canova]]
* ''[[Let's Go Steady]]'' released January 4 starring [[Pat Parrish]] and [[Jackie Moran]] and featuring [[Mel Tormé]] and [[Skinnay Ennis]].
* ''[[Nob Hill (film)|Nob Hill]]'' starring [[George Raft]], [[Joan Bennett]] and [[Vivian Blaine]].
* ''[[Out of This World (1945 film)|Out of This World]]'' starring [[Eddie Bracken]], [[Veronica Lake]] and [[Cass Daley]]
* ''[[Rhapsody in Blue (film)|Rhapsody in Blue]]'' starring [[Robert Alda]], [[Joan Leslie]] and [[Alexis Smith]] and featuring [[Hazel Scott]].
* ''[[A Song for Miss Julie]]'' starring [[Shirley Ross]]
* ''[[State Fair (1945 film)|State Fair]]'' starring [[Dick Haymes]], [[Jeanne Crain]], [[Dana Andrews]] and [[Vivian Blaine]].
* ''[[The Stork Club (film)|The Stork Club]]'' starring [[Betty Hutton]], [[Barry Fitzgerald]], [[Don DeFore]], [[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]] and [[Robert Benchley]]
*''[[Thrill of a Romance]]'' starring [[Van Johnson]] and [[Esther Williams]] and featuring [[Lauritz Melchior]]
* ''[[Tonight and Every Night]]'' starring [[Rita Hayworth]], [[Lee Bowman]] and [[Janet Blair]].
* ''[[Yolanda and the Thief]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]], [[Lucille Bremer]], [[Frank Morgan]], [[Mildred Natwick]] and [[Mary Nash (actress)|Mary Nash]]. Directed by [[Vincente Minnelli]].

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Stephen Stills]], singer-songwriter and [[guitarist]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Peter Prown|author2=Harvey P. Newquist|title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists|publisher=H. Leonard|year=1997|isbn=9780793540426|page=45}}</ref>
*[[January 10]] – [[Rod Stewart]], rock singer
*[[January 15]] – [[Joan Marie Johnson]], pop singer ([[The Dixie Cups]]) (died 2016)
*[[January 17]]
**William "Poogie" Hart, R&B singer-songwriter ([[The Delfonics]])
**[[Ivan Karabyts]], Ukrainian conductor and composer (died [[2002 in music|2002]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/k/i/ivan-karabits.htm|title=Ivan Karabits|website=Classical Music Daily|access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref>
*[[January 20]] – [[Eric Stewart]], singer-songwriter ([[The Mindbenders]], [[10cc]])
*[[January 26]]
**<!--January 26-->[[Jacqueline du Pré]], cellist (died 1987)
**<!--January 26-->[[Ashley Hutchings]], folk rock musician ([[Fairport Convention]])
*[[January 28]] – [[Robert Wyatt]], [[Canterbury scene]] musician
*[[February 6]] – [[Bob Marley]], reggae singer-songwriter, musician and guitarist (died [[1981 in music|1981]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhXORHAxtQU|title=Bob Marley Obituary|website=The Guardian|date=12 May 1981|access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Roman Tam]], Hong Kong singer (died 2002)
*[[February 14]] – [[Vic Briggs]], blues and rock guitarist ([[The Animals]]) (died 2021){{cn|date=January 2025}}
*[[February 20]] – [[Alan Hull]], folk rock singer-songwriter ([[Lindisfarne (band)|Lindisfarne]]) (died [[1995 in music|1995]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alan-hull-1582853.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220506/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alan-hull-1582853.html |archive-date=6 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Alan Hull|date=20 November 1995|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=9 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[February 26]]
**<!--February 26-->[[Bob Hite]], blues rock singer ([[Canned Heat]]) (died 1981)
**<!--February 26-->[[Mitch Ryder]], rock and blues singer
*[[February 27]] – [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]], actor and singer (died [[2004 in music|2004]]){{cn|date=January 2025}}
*[[March 6]] – [[Hugh Grundy]], rock drummer ([[The Zombies]])
*[[March 7]] – [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]] ([[Love (band)|Love]]) (died 2006)
*[[March 8]] – [[Micky Dolenz]], singer, songwriter and actor ([[The Monkees]])
*[[March 9]] – [[Robin Trower]] rock guitarist and singer ([[Procol Harum]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Ramón Ayala]], accordion player and norteño
*[[March 14]]
**[[Jasper Carrott]], English comedian, actor and musician
** [[Michael Martin Murphey]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
**[[Walter Parazaider]], American saxophonist ([[Chicago (band)|Chicago]])
**[[Herman van Veen]], Dutch singer-songwriter and actor
*[[March 17]] – [[Sheryl Cormier]], American Cajun accordionist
*[[March 17]] – [[Elis Regina]], Brazilian singer (died 1982)
*[[March 19]] – [[Cem Karaca]], Turkish rock musician
*[[March 20]] – [[Teddy Robin]], Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, director and producer ([[Teddy Robin and the Playboys]])
*[[March 28]] – Charles Portz, rock guitar bassist ([[The Turtles]])
*[[March 30]] – [[Eric Clapton]], [[blues]] guitarist and singer
*[[April 1]] – [[John Barbata]], American rock drummer ([[Jefferson Starship]], [[The Turtles]])
*[[April 9]] – [[Steve Gadd]], American session drummer
*[[April 13]] – [[Lowell George]] ([[Little Feat]])
*[[April 14]] – [[Ritchie Blackmore]] ([[Deep Purple]], [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]])
*[[April 20]] – [[Frank DiLeo]], American actor and music industry executive
*[[April 24]] – [[Robert Knight (musician)|Robert Knight]], singer (died 2017)
*[[April 25]]
**<!--April 25-->[[Stu Cook]], rock bass guitarist ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]])
**<!--April 25-->[[Björn Ulvaeus]], singer-songwriter ([[ABBA]])
*[[April 28]] – [[John Wolters (musician)|John Wolters]] ([[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show]])
*[[April 29]] – [[Tammi Terrell]], Soul singer (died 1970)
*[[May 1]] – [[Rita Coolidge]], singer
*[[May 2]]
**<!--May 2-->[[Goldy McJohn]], [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] (died 2017)
**<!--May 2-->[[Judge Dread]], English reggae singer/rapper (died 1998)
*[[May 4]] – [[Georg Wadenius]] ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*[[May 6]]
**<!--May 6-->[[Bob Seger]], singer-songwriter
**<!--May 6-->[[Jimmie Dale Gilmore]], country musician
*[[May 7]] – [[Christy Moore]], folk musician
*[[May 8]] – [[Keith Jarrett]], pianist and composer
*[[May 9]] – [[Steve Katz (musician)|Steve Katz]], jazz-rock guitarist, singer and producer ([[Blues Project]], [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*May 12 – [[Ian McLagan]], keyboard player ([[The Faces]]) (died 2014)
*May 13 – [[Magic Dick]], rock harmonica player ([[The J. Geils Band]])
*[[May 19]] – [[Pete Townshend]], rock guitarist and singer-songwriter ([[The Who]])
*[[May 24]] – [[Priscilla Presley]], wife of Elvis
*[[May 27]] – [[Bruce Cockburn]], Canadian singer/songwriter
*[[May 28]]
**<!--May 28-->[[John Fogerty]], rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]])
**<!--May 28-->[[Gary Stewart (singer)|Gary Stewart]], American singer (died 2003)
**<!--May 28-->[[Chayito Valdez]], folk singer (died 2016)
*[[May 29]] – [[Gary Brooker]], rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist ([[Procol Harum]]) (died [[2022 in music|2022]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/feb/23/gary-brooker-obituary|title=Gary Brooker obituary|date=23 February 2022|author=Adam Sweeting|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 January 2025}}</ref>
*[[June 1]]
**<!--June 1-->[[Linda Scott]], singer
**<!--June 1-->[[Frederica von Stade]], operatic mezzo-soprano
*[[June 2]] – [[Lord David Dundas]], singer and composer
*[[June 4]]
**[[Gordon Waller]], singer ([[Peter and Gordon]]) (died 2009)
**<!--June 4-->[[Anthony Braxton]], avant-garde jazz composer
*[[June 14]] – [[Rod Argent]], rock keyboardist and singer ([[The Zombies]], [[Argent (band)|Argent]])
*[[June 20]] – [[Anne Murray]], singer
*[[June 24]] – [[Colin Blunstone]], rock singer ([[The Zombies]])
*[[June 25]]
**<!--June 25-->[[Labi Siffre]], singer-songwriter
*[[June 28]] – [[David Knights]], rock guitar bassist ([[Procol Harum]])
*[[July 1]]
**[[Mike Burstyn]], American actor and singer
**[[Debbie Harry]], American singer-songwriter and actress ([[Blondie (band)|Blondie]])
*[[July 6]] – [[Rik Elswit]], rock guitarist ([[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show]])
*[[July 14]] – [[Jim Gordon (musician)|Jim Gordon]], rock drummer ([[Derek and the Dominos]]) (died 2023)
*[[July 15]] – [[Peter Lewis (musician)|Peter Lewis]] ([[Moby Grape]])
*[[July 18]] – [[Danny McCulloch]] ([[The Animals]])
*[[July 20]]
**<!--July 20-->[[Kim Carnes]], singer
**<!--July 20-->[[John Lodge (musician)|John Lodge]] ([[The Moody Blues]])
*[[July 23]] – [[Dino Danelli]], rock drummer ([[The Rascals]])
*[[July 30]] – [[David Sanborn]], saxophonist
*[[August 5]] – [[Stoika Milanova]], Bulgarian violinist (died 2024)
*[[August 12]] - [[Ron Mael]], American keyboardist ([[Sparks (band)|Sparks]], [[FFS (band)|FFS]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Gary Loizzo]], American rock singer and guitarist ([[The American Breed]]) (died 2016)
*[[August 18]] – [[Barbara Harris (singer)|Barbara Harris]], American pop singer ([[The Toys]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Ian Gillan]], English rock singer ([[Deep Purple]])
*[[August 24]]
**<!--August 24-->[[Ronee Blakley]], American actress, singer-songwriter and composer
**<!--August 24-->[[Molly Duncan]], Scottish blues tenor saxophonist ([[Average White Band]])
**<!--August 24-->[[Ken Hensley]], English hard rock singer-songwriter ([[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]])
*[[August 31]]
**<!--August 31-->[[Van Morrison]], Northern Irish musician
**<!--August 31-->[[Itzhak Perlman]], Israeli-born American violinist
**<!--August 31-->[[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]], American musician and singer (died 2012)
*[[September 4]] – [[Bill Kenwright]], producer of West End musicals
*[[September 5]] – [[Al Stewart]], singer-songwriter
*[[September 8]]
**<!--September 8-->[[Ron "Pigpen" McKernan]], rock musician ([[Grateful Dead]]) (died 1973)
**<!--September 8-->[[Kelly Groucutt]], rock musician ([[Electric Light Orchestra]]) (died 2009)
*[[September 9]]
**<!--September 9-->[[Richard Divall]], conductor and musicologist (died 2017)
**<!--September 9-->[[Dee Dee Sharp]], R&B singer
*[[September 10]] – [[Jose Feliciano]], singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[September 15]] – [[Jessye Norman]], operatic soprano (died 2019)
*[[September 17]] – [[Danny Rivera]], singer
*[[September 19]] – [[David Bromberg]], guitarist
*[[September 23]] – [[Paul Petersen]], singer and actor
*[[September 24]] – [[John Rutter]], choral composer
*[[September 25]] – Owen "Onnie" McIntyre, soul guitarist and singer ([[Average White Band]])
*[[September 26]]
**[[Gal Costa]], Brazilian singer
**[[Bryan Ferry]], English singer-songwriter
*[[October 1]] – [[Donny Hathaway]], singer and musician (died 1979)
*[[October 2]] – [[Don McLean]], singer-songwriter
*[[October 7]] – [[Kevin Godley]], singer-songwriter
*[[October 9]] – [[Chucho Valdés]], jazz musician
*[[October 10]] – [[Alan Cartwright]] ([[Procol Harum]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Christophe (singer)|Christophe]], singer-songwriter (died 2020)
*[[October 19]] – [[Jeannie C. Riley]], country singer
*[[October 22]] – [[Leslie West]] ([[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]) ([[The Vagrants]])
*[[October 28]] – [[Wayne Fontana]], beat singer (died 2020)
*[[October 29]] – [[Melba Moore]], singer
*[[October 31]] – [[Russ Ballard]], singer-songwriter ([[Argent (band)|Argent]])
*[[November 8]]
**<!--November 8-->Donald Murray ([[The Turtles]])
**<!--November 8-->[[Arnold Rosner]], composer
*[[November 10]] – [[Donna Fargo]], country musician
*[[November 11]]
**<!--November 11-->[[Chris Dreja]], British rock guitarist ([[The Yardbirds]])
**<!--November 11-->[[Vince Martell]], American rock guitarist ([[Vanilla Fudge]])
*[[November 12]] – [[Neil Young]], singer-songwriter
*[[November 13]] – [[Bobby Manuel]], American guitarist and producer ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]])
*[[November 15]] – [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]], singer ([[ABBA]])
*[[November 16]] – [[Teenie Hodges]], American guitarist and songwriter ([[Hi Rhythm Section]]) (died 2014)
*[[November 20]] – [[Danny McBride (musician)|Dan McBride]] ([[Sha Na Na]])
*[[November 24]] – [[Lee Michaels]], keyboardist and singer
*[[November 26]] – [[John McVie]], guitarist ([[Fleetwood Mac]])
*[[November 30]] – [[Radu Lupu]], classical pianist (died 2022)
*[[December 1]] – [[Bette Midler]], American singer and actress
*[[December 10]] – [[Toots Hibbert]], Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter ([[Toots & the Maytals]])
*[[December 12]]
**Allan Ward, English beat guitarist ([[The Honeycombs]])
**[[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], American drummer, composer and producer ([[The Tony Williams Lifetime]]) (died 1997)
*[[December 14]] – [[Stanley Crouch]], American music critic
*[[December 20]] – [[Peter Criss]], American hard-rock drummer ([[Kiss (band)|KISS]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Ron Bushy]], American rock drummer ([[Iron Butterfly]])
*[[December 24]] – [[Lemmy]], born Ian Kilmister, English heavy metal musician ([[Motörhead]]) (died 2015)
*[[December 25]] – [[Noel Redding]], English rock guitar bassist ([[Jimi Hendrix Experience]]) (died 2003)
*[[December 27]] – [[Clarence Barlow]], Indian-born British composer (died 2023)
*[[December 30]] – [[Davy Jones (actor)|Davy Jones]], English singer and actor (died 2012)
*''date unknown'' – [[Abed Azrie]], Syrian-born French singer

==Deaths==
*[[January 4]] – [[Michael Coleman (Irish musician)|Michael Coleman]], fiddle player (born [[1891 in music|1891]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Malcolm McEachern]], operatic bass (born [[1883 in music|1883]])
*[[January 30]] – [[Herbert L. Clarke]], cornet virtuoso and composer (born 1867)
*February – [[David Beigelman]], violinist, orchestra leader and composer (born [[1887 in music|1887]]) (murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp)
*[[February 5]] – [[Volga Hayworth]], showgirl (born [[1897 in music|1897]])
*[[February 7]] – [[Aldo Finzi (composer)|Aldo Finzi]], composer (born 1897)
*[[February 11]] – [[Al Dubin]], songwriter (born [[1891 in music|1891]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Mário de Andrade]], writer and musicologist (born [[1893 in music|1893]])
*[[March 2]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lemire]], composer (born [[1867 in music|1867]])
*[[March 3]] – [[Blanche Arral]], operatic soprano (born [[1864 in music|1864]])
*[[April 1]] – [[May Beatty]], New Zealand singer (born [[1880 in music|1880]])
*[[April 4]] – [[Berta Bock]], Romanian composer (born [[1857 in music|1857]])
*[[April 15]] – [[Raffaello Squarise]], violinist, conductor and composer (born [[1856 in music|1856]])
*[[April 19]] – [[Alois Burgstaller]], operatic tenor (born [[1872 in music|1872]])
*[[April 25]]
** [[Huldreich Georg Früh]], Swiss composer (born [[1903 in music|1903]]) 
**[[Elmer Samuel Hosmer]], composer (born [[1862 in music|1862]])
**[[Teddy Weatherford]], jazz pianist (born [[1903 in music|1903]]) (cholera)
*[[April 29]] – [[Dezso d'Antalffy]], Hungarian organist and composer (born [[1885 in music|1885]])
*[[May 15]] – [[Kenneth J. Alford]], band composer (born [[1881 in music|1881]])
*[[May 31]] – [[Gustave Huberdeau]], operatic bass-baritone (born [[1874 in music|1874]])
*[[June 8]] - [[T. Mayo Geary]], songwriter and music publishing executive (born  [[1879 in music|1879]])<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/variety158-1945-06/page/n110/mode/1up?q=Geary|title=Obituaries: Thomas Mayo Geary|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 13, 1945|page=59}}</ref>
*[[June 26]] – [[Nikolai Tcherepnin]], composer (born [[1873 in music|1873]])
*[[June 28]] – [[Jonny Heykens]], Dutch composer and orchestra leader (born [[1884 in music|1884]])
*[[July 24]] – [[Rosina Storchio]], operatic soprano (born [[1876 in music|1876]])
*[[August 2]]
**<!--August 2-->[[Pietro Mascagni]], composer (born [[1863 in music|1863]])
**<!--August 2-->[[Emil von Reznicek]], composer (born [[1860 in music|1860]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Carl Wilhelm Kern]], pianist and composer (born 1874)
*[[August 23]] – [[Leo Borchard]], conductor (born [[1899 in music|1899]]) (shot)
*[[August 31]] – [[Elsa Stralia]], operatic soprano (born [[1881 in music|1881]])
*[[September 8]] – [[Leo Rich Lewis]], American composer (born [[1865 in music|1865]]
*[[September 10]] – [[Väinö Raitio]], Finnish composer (born [[1891 in music|1891]])
*[[September 15]] – [[Anton Webern]], Austrian composer (born 1883) (shot)
*[[September 16]] – [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]], Irish tenor (born 1884)
*[[September 18]] – [[Blind Willie Johnson]], American gospel singer and guitarist (born 1897) (pneumonia)
*[[September 25]] – [[Julius Korngold]], Austrian music critic (born 1860)
*[[September 26]] – [[Béla Bartók]], Hungarian composer (born 1881)
*[[October 9]] – [[Fernando Obradors]], Spanish composer (born 1896)
*[[October 16]] – [[James V. Monaco]], Italian-born US composer (born 1885)
*[[November 3]] – [[Alessandro Longo]], composer and musicologist (born 1864)
*[[November 7]] – [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]], Prussian-born US songwriter, entertainer and producer (born [[1879 in music|1879]])
*[[November 11]] – [[Jerome Kern]], composer (born 1885) (cerebral haemorrhage)
*[[December 24]] – [[Adelina Stehle]], operatic soprano (born 1860)
*[[December 30]] – [[France Ačko]], Slovenian organist and composer (born [[1904 in music|1904]])
*''date unknown''
**[[Viktor Selyavin]], operatic tenor (born [[1875 in music|1875]])
**[[Joseph Fournier de Belleval]], operatic baritone and music teacher (born [[1892 in music|1892]])

==References==
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