Editing 1947 in music

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[[File:Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy Hill, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947 (William P. Gottlieb 06281).jpg|right|thumb|Musicians including [[Thelonious Monk]] and [[Roy Eldridge]] in New York City in 1947]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1947.

==Specific locations==
*[[1947 in British music]]
*[[1947 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1947 in country music]]
*[[1947 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[June 11]] – [[June 15|15]] – First [[Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod]] is held in [[Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Llangollen International Eisteddfod – How it Started|url=http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html|publisher=Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod|accessdate=2012-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824054357/http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html|archive-date=August 24, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[August 7]] – [[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]] makes his professional debut as Schaunard in ''[[La bohème]]'' at the Arena Argentina in [[Catania]].{{citation needed|date=September 2022|reason=His article doesn't mention this.}}
*October – [[Enrico De Angelis]] leaves [[Quartetto Cetra]] to join the army. [[Lucia Mannucci]] replaces him.
*[[Jack Brymer]] becomes principal clarinettist of the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]].
*[[Patti Page]] signs with Mercury.
*[[Frankie Laine]] earns the first of his 21 gold records.
*[[Kay Starr]] signs with Capitol.
*[[George Jones]] begins performing.
*[[Ernesto Bonino]] embarks on his Latin American tour.
*The [[Amadeus Quartet]] is founded, as the Brainin Quartet.
*[[Bernard Greenhouse]] and [[John Serry Sr.]] appear in ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]'' on the CBS network.

==Albums released==
*''Glenn Miller Masterpieces, Vol. 2'' – [[Glenn Miller]]
*''[[Music Out of the Moon]]'' – [[Les Baxter]]
*''The Jolson Album Vol. 1'' – [[Al Jolson]]
*''[[St. Patrick's Day (album)|St. Patrick's Day]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''Accordion Capers'' – The Biviano Rhythm Sexteete with [[John Serry Sr.]] & [[Tony Mottola]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/mbid-47ec1899-c909-4d5f-b38c-4920df8f57d9|title=Accordion Capers|year=1947}}</ref><ref>''The Billboard'' 27 April 1946 P. 124</ref>

==Top popular records of 1947==

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

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

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

Our rankings are based on Billboard data, but we also present info on recording and release dates, global sales totals, RIAA and BPI certifications and other awards. Rankings from other genres like '[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]' or 'Most Played Juke Box Race Records', Country charts including 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox magazine', and other sources are presented if they exist. We supplement our info with reliable data from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Francis Craig|Francis Craig and His Orchestra]] || "[[Near You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Rose; Near You |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_665488 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=National Museum of American History |language=en}}</ref> || Bullet 1001 || {{Start date|1947|2}} || {{Start date|1947|3}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 1, US no. 1 for 17 weeks, 25 total weeks, 657 points, sold 2.5 million
|-
| 2 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems and His Orchestra]] || "[[Heartaches (song)|Heartaches]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 1444. Heartaches / Ted Weems Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000267867/DLA_1444-Heartaches |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 25017 || {{Start date|1938|8|23}} || {{Start date|1946|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 2, US no. 1 for 13 weeks, 20 total weeks, 643 points
|-
| 3 || [[Vaughn Monroe|Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra]] || "[[Ballerina (Sidney Keith Russell and Carl Sigman song)|Ballerina]]"<ref name=Victor200>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 20-prefix 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-2000 through 20-2500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA202000.htm |access-date=2022-08-09 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-2433 || {{Start date|1947|8|12}} || {{Start date|1947|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 3, US no. 1 for 10 weeks, 22 total weeks, 589 points
|-
| 4 || [[The Harmonicats]] || "[[Peg o' My Heart]]"<ref>{{Citation |last1=The Harmonicats |title=Peg o' My Heart|date=1947 |url=http://archive.org/details/78_peg-o-my-heart_the-harmonicats-fisher-bryan_gbia0315378a |others=Internet Archive |publisher=VITAcoustic|access-date=2022-08-11 |last2=Fisher |last3=Bryan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-04 |title=VITAcoustic – The 78 rpm Club |url=https://78rpm.club/record-labels/vitacoustic-us/,%20https://78rpm.club/record-labels/vitacoustic-us/,%20https://78rpm.club/record-labels/vitacoustic-us/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=de-DE}}</ref> || Vitacoustic 1 || {{Start date|1947|3}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 4, US no. 1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 452 points
|-
| 5 || [[Buddy Clark]] ([[Ray Noble|Ray Noble Orchestra]]) || "[[Linda (1946 song)|Linda]]"<ref name=Columbia370>{{Cite web |title=Columbia (USA) 37000-37500 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37000.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 37215 || {{Start date|1946|11|15}} || {{Start date|1947|2}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 5, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, 381 points, CashBox no. 4
|-
| 6 || [[Tex Williams|Tex Williams and The Western Caravan]] || "[[Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)]]"<ref name=Capitol40000>{{Cite web |title=78rpm Numerical Listing Discography for Capitol 40000: Americana |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol40000.htm |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 40001 || {{Start date|1947|3|27}} || {{Start date|1947|5|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 6, US no. 1 for 6 weeks, 23 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 no. 3, USHB no. 1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks, 358 points
|-
| 7 || [[The Three Suns]] || "Peg O' My Heart"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix D7VB-0286. Peg o' my heart / Three Suns – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300008495/D7VB-0286-Peg_o_my_heart |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-2272 || {{Start date|1947|4|25}} || {{Start date|1947|5|15}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 7, US no. 1 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 326 points
|-
| 8 || [[Arthur Godfrey]] || "[[Too Fat Polka|Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too Fat For Me)]]"<ref name=Columbia375>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37500–38000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37500.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 37921 || {{Start date|1947|8}} || {{Start date|1947|9|29}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 8, US no. 2 for 8 weeks, 18 total weeks, 320 points
|-
| 9 || [[Perry Como]] (Ted Weems Orchestra)|| "[[I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 66725. I wonder who's kissing her now / Ted Weems Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000294838/66725-I_wonder_whos_kissing_her_now |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 25078 || {{Start date|1939|10|5}} || {{Start date|1947|6}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 9, US no. 1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 283 points
|-
| 10 || [[Freddy Martin|Freddy Martin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Managua, Nicaragua (song)|Managua, Nicaragua]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2026 || {{Start date|1946}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 10, US no. 1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 239 points, CashBox no. 4
|-
| 11 || [[Eddy Howard|Eddy Howard and His Orchestra]] || "I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder"<ref name=Majestic>{{Cite web |title=MAJESTIC 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Majestic.htm |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Majestic 1124 || {{Start date|1947|4}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 11, US no. 2 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks, 237 points, CashBox no. 4
|-
| 12 || [[Hoagy Carmichael]] || "Huggin' and Chalkin'"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4267. A-huggin' and a-chalkin' / Hoagy Carmichael – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270690/L_4267-A-huggin_and_a-chalkin |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23675 || {{Start date|1946|8|19}} || {{Start date|1946|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 12, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 218 points, CashBox no. 3, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 13 || [[Art Lund]] || "[[Mam'selle]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000–10500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/MGM10000.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || MGM 10011 || {{Start date|1947|2|20}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} ||US Billboard 1947 no. 13, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 216 points
|-
| 14 || Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra || "I Wish I Didn't Love You So"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2294 || {{Start date|1946|11|8}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 14, US no. 2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 202 points
|-
| 15 || Jack Owens || "How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)"<ref>{{Citation |last1=Jack Owens |title=How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You) |date=1947 |url=http://archive.org/details/78_how-soon-will-i-be-seeing-you_jack-owens-eddie-ballantine-and-his-orchestra-owens_gbia0004891a |others=Internet Archive |publisher=Tower |language=English |access-date=2022-08-11 |last2=Eddie Ballantine and his Orchestra |last3=Owens |last4=Lucas}}</ref> || Tower 1258 || {{Start date|1947}} || {{Start date|1947|10}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 15, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 201 points
|-
| 16 || Eddy Howard and His Orchestra || "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]"<ref name=Majestic/> || Majestic 1117 || {{Start date|1947|1}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 16, US no. 2 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 193 points, CashBox no. 4
|-
| 17 || [[Sammy Kaye|Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Don Cornell]]) || "[[That's My Desire]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2251 || {{Start date|1947|4}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 17, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks, 193 points
|-
| 18 || [[Red Ingle|Red Ingle and The Natural Seven]] vocal by [[Jo Stafford|Cinderella G Stump]] || "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)"<ref name=Capitol>{{Cite web |title=Capitol 100–499, 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol100.htm |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 412 || {{Start date|1947|3|14}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 18, US no. 1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 no. 7, USHB no. 2 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks, 190 points
|-
| 19 || Perry Como || "[[When You Were Sweet Sixteen]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2259 || {{Start date|1947|4|10}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 19, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 183 points
|-
| 20 || Buddy Clark ([[Mitchell Ayres|Mitchell Ayres Orchestra]]) || "Peg O' My Heart"<ref name=Columbia370/> || Columbia 37392 || {{Start date|1947|4|25}} || {{Start date|1947|7|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 20, US no. 1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 165 points
|-
| 21 || Perry Como || "[[Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)]]"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2259 || {{Start date|1947|4|10}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 21, US no. 1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 160 points
|-
| 22 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "Anniversary Song"<ref name=Columbia370/> || Columbia 37234 || {{Start date|1947|2|12}} || {{Start date|1947|3|25}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 22, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks, 158 points
|}

===Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records===

The following songs appeared in [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|The Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records]] chart, starting November 1946 through November 1947. Each week ten points were awarded to the number one record, then four points for number two, three 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. Also see [[Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73644. Ain't nobody here but us chickens / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301861/73644-Aint_nobody_here_but_us_chickens |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23741 || {{Start date|1946|6|26}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 88, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 1, Race Records chart no. 1 for 17 weeks, 27 total weeks, 199 points
|-
| 2 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Boogie Woogie Blue Plate]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73882. Boogie woogie blue plate / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302099/73882-Boogie_woogie_blue_plate |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24104 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|8}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 205, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 2, Race Records chart no. 1 for 14 weeks, 25 total weeks, 168 points
|-
| 3 || [[Julia Lee (musician)|Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends]] || "[[(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It]]"<ref name="Capitol40000"/> || Capitol Americano 40028 || {{Start date|1947|6|11}} || {{Start date|1947|9}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 287, US pop charts no. 24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 3, Race Records chart no. 1 for 12 weeks, 28 total weeks, 168 pointsselling over 500,000 copies
|-
| 4 || [[Savannah Churchill]] and the Sentimentalists (aka [[The Four Tunes]]) || "[[I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manor 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Manor.htm |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Manor 1046 || {{Start date|1946|11}} || {{Start date|1946|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 236, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 4, Race Records chart no. 1 for 8 weeks, 25 total weeks, 127 points
|-
| 5 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Jack, You're Dead]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73718. Jack you're dead / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301935/73718-Jack_youre_dead |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23901 || {{Start date|1946|10|10}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 200, US pop charts no. 21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 5, US no. 1 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 108 points
|-
| 6 || [[Eddie Vinson|Eddie Vinson and His Orchestra]] || "[[Old Maid Boogie]]"<ref name=Mercury080>{{Cite web |title=Mercury 8000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Merc080.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Mercury 8028 || {{Start date|1946|11|15}} || {{Start date|1947|2}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 6, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 23 total weeks, 79 points
|-
| 7 || [[Nellie Lutcher|Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm]] || "[[He's a Real Gone Guy]]"<ref name="Capitol40000"/> || Capitol Americano 40017 || {{Start date|1947|4|30}} || {{Start date|1947|9}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 160, US pop charts no. 15 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 7, Race Records chart no. 2 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 8 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)|Let The Good Times Roll]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73645. Let the good times roll / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301862/73645-Let_the_good_times_roll |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23741 || {{Start date|1946|6|26}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 88, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 8, US no. 2 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 52 points
|-
| 9 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Texas and Pacific (song)|Texas and Pacific]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73717. Texas and Pacific / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301934/73717-Texas_and_Pacific |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23810 || {{Start date|1946|10|10}} || {{Start date|1946|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 197, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 9, US no. 1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 49 points
|-
| 10 || Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm || "[[Hurry on Down (Nellie Lutcher song)|Hurry on Down]]"<ref name="Capitol40000"/> || Capitol Americano 40002 || {{Start date|1947|4|10}} || {{Start date|1947|7}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 196, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 10, Race Records chart no. 2 for 3 weeks, 18 total weeks, 39 points
|-
| 11 || [[Johnny Moore's Three Blazers]] (vocal [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]]) || "[[New Orleans Blues (Johnny Moore song)|New Orleans Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=EXCLUSIVE 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Exclusive.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Exclusive 240 || {{Start date|1947}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 11, US no. 2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 32 points
|-
| 12 || [[Lionel Hampton|Lionel Hampton and His Hamptonians]] || "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73843. I want to be loved / Lionel Hampton Quintet – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302060/73843-I_want_to_be_loved |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23879 || {{Start date|1947|4|2}} || {{Start date|1947|4}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 12, US no. 2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, 25 points
|-
| 13 || [[Mills Brothers]] || "[[Across the Alley from the Alamo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73811. Across the alley from the Alamo / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302028/73811-Across_the_alley_from_the_Alamo |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23863 || {{Start date|1947|3|3}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 30, US pop charts no. 2 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 13, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 24 points
|-
| 14 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Open the Door, Richard!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4351. Open the door Richard / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270774/L_4351-Open_the_door_Richard |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23841 || {{Start date|1947|1|23}} || {{Start date|1947|3|25}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 66, US pop charts no. 6 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 14, Race Records chart no. 2 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks, 21 points
|-
| 15 || [[Frankie Laine]] and [[Mannie Klein|Mannie Klein's All Stars]] || "[[That's My Desire]]"<ref name=Mercury080/> || Mercury 5007 || {{Start date|1946|8|27}} || {{Start date|1946|12|12}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 44, US pop charts no. 4 for 1 week, 26 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 15, Race Records chart no. 3 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 20 points
|-
| 16 || [[Jack McVea]] and His All-Stars || "Open The Door, Richard!"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black and White 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/BlackandWhite.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || [[Black & White Records|Black & White 792]] || {{Start date|1946|9|15}} || {{Start date|1947|1}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 64, US pop charts no. 3 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 16, Race Records chart no. 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 19 points
|-
| 17 || [[Dusty Fletcher]] || "Open The Door, Richard (Part 1)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=National 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/NationalLate.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || National 4012 || {{Start date|1947|1|4}} || {{Start date|1947|1}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 50, US pop charts no. 3 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 17, Race Records chart no. 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 19 points
|-
| 18 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Early in the Mornin' (Louis Jordan song)|Early In The Mornin']]'"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73885. Early in the mornin' / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302102/73885-Early_in_the_mornin |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24155 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|10}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 18, Race Records chart no. 3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 19 points
|-
| 19 || [[Erskine Hawkins]] || "Hawk's Boogie"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2169 || {{Start date|1946|10|7}} || {{Start date|1947|3}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 19, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 18 points
|-
| 20 || Annie Laurie with [[Paul Gayten]] Trio || "[[Since I Fell for You]]" || DeLuxe 1082 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|7}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 198, US pop charts no. 20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 20, Race Records chart no. 3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 18 points
|-
| 21 || [[Count Basie|Count Basie and His Orchestra]] || "Open The Door, Richard!"<ref name=Victor200/> || RCA Victor 20-2127 || {{Start date|1947|1|3}} || {{Start date|1947|1}} || US Billboard 1947 no. 29, US pop charts no. 1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1947 no. 21, Race Records chart no. 2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, 15 points
|}

==Published popular music==
* "Across the Alley From the Alamo", words and music: Joe Green
*"Afraid to Fall in Love" w. [[Ralph Blane]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[Gloria DeHaven]] in the 1948 film ''[[Summer Holiday (1948 film)|Summer Holiday]]''
* "Ah, But It Happens" w. William Dunham m. Walter Kent
* "[[Almost Like Being in Love]]" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]. Introduced by [[David Brooks (stage actor)|David Brooks]] and [[Marion Bell]] in the musical ''[[Brigadoon (musical)|Brigadoon]]''. Performed in the 1954 film version by [[Gene Kelly]].
* "And Mimi" w.m. [[Jimmy Kennedy]] & [[Nat Simon]]
* "Apalachicola F.L.A." w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]. Introduced by [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] in the film ''[[Road to Rio]]''
* "[[An Apple Blossom Wedding]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Kennedy]] & [[Nat Simon]]
* "[[April in Portugal (song)|April in Portugal]]" w. Jose Galhardo (Port) [[Jimmy Kennedy]] (Eng) m. [[Raul Ferrão]]
* "[[Autumn Leaves (1945 song)|Autumn Leaves]]" ("Les Feuilles Mortes") w.(Eng) [[Johnny Mercer]] (Fr) [[Jacques Prévert]] m. [[Joseph Kosma]]
* "[[Ballerina (1947 song)|Ballerina]]" w.m. [[Bob Russell (songwriter)|Bob Russell]] & [[Carl Sigman]]
* "Beg Your Pardon" w.m. Francis Craig & Beasley Smith
* "Big Brass Band from Brazil" w.m. [[Bob Hilliard]] & [[Carl Sigman]]
* "Bloop Bleep" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "Blue Shadows on the Trail" w. Johnny Lange m. Elliot Daniel
* "[[Bouquet of Roses (song)|Bouquet of Roses]]" w.m. Steve Nelson & [[Bob Hilliard]]
* "Busy Doing Nothing" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[But Beautiful (song)|But Beautiful]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[Buttons and Bows]]" w.m. [[Jay Livingston]] & [[Ray Evans]]
* "[[C'est si bon]]" w.(Eng) [[Jerry Seelen]] (Fr) [[André Hornez]] m. [[Henri Betti]]
* "[[Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)|Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba]]" w.m. [[Mack David]], [[Jerry Livingston]] & [[Al Hoffman]]
* "Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" w.m. Tim Spencer
* "[[Civilization (1947 song)|Civilization]]" w.m. [[Bob Hilliard]] & [[Carl Sigman]]. Introduced by [[Elaine Stritch]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Angel in the Wings]]''
* "[[Clancy Lowered the Boom]]" w.m. Hy Heath & Johnny Lange
* "Come to Me, Bend to Me" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]
* "Come to the Mardi Gras" w. (Eng) Ervin Drake & Jimmy Shirl (Port) Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera m. Max Bulhoes & Milton De Oliviera
* "[[Confess (song)|Confess]]" w.m. [[Bennie Benjamin]] & [[George David Weiss]]
* "Cuanto Le Gusta" w. [[Ray Gilbert]] m. Gabriel Ruiz
* "[[Don't Smoke in Bed (song)|Don't Smoke in Bed]]" w.m. [[Willard Robison]]
* "Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell a Woman" w.m. Al Stewart & [[Tex Williams]]
* "[[Down by the Station]]" adapted from a children's song by Lee Ricks & [[Slim Gaillard]]
* "Down the Old Spanish Trail" Kenneth Leslie-Smith & [[Jimmy Kennedy]]
* "The Dream of Olwen" w. Winifred May m. Charles Williams
* "The Egg and I", w. [[Bert Kalmar]], [[Al Jolson]], and [[Harry Akst]] m. [[Harry Ruby]]
* "[[Everybody Loves Somebody]]" w. [[Irving Taylor (songwriter)|Irving Taylor]] m. Ken Lane
* "[[A Wonderful Time Up There|Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There]]" [[Lee Roy Abernathy]]
* "Ev'ry Day I Love You" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "A Fella with an Umbrella" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "For Every Man There's a Woman" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]] in the 1948 film ''[[Casbah (film)|Casbah]]''
*"[[Four Brothers (jazz standard)|Four Brothers]]" by [[Jimmy Giuffre]]
* "Fun And Fancy Free" w.m. [[Bennie Benjamin]] & [[George David Weiss]]
* "[[Galway Bay (song)|Galway Bay]]" w.m. Dr [[Arthur Colahan]]
* "The Gentleman Is A Dope" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Good Rockin' Tonight]]" w.m. Roy Brown
* "Haunted Heart" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
* "The Heather On The Hill" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]
* "[[Here Comes Santa Claus]]" w.m. [[Gene Autry]] & Oakley Haldeman
* "Here I'll Stay" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "Hooray For Love" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]] and [[Yvonne DeCarlo]] in the 1948 film ''[[Casbah (film)|Casbah]]''
* "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" w.m. [[David Kapp]]
* "Hurry On Down" w.m. [[Nellie Lutcher]]
* "I Like'em Fat Like That" w.m. [[Claude Demetrius]], [[Louis Jordan]], [[J. Mayo Williams]]
* "I Still Get Jealous" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "I Tipped My Hat And Slowly Rode Away" w.m. Larry Marks & [[Dick Charles]]
* "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "Ichabod" Don Raye & [[Gene De Paul]]
* "If You Stub Your Toe On The Moon" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "I'll Dance At Your Wedding" w. [[Herb Magidson]] m. Ben Oakland
* "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]
* "[[I'm My Own Grandpa]]" w.m. Dwight Latham & [[Moe Jaffe]]
* "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "It Takes a Long, Long Train With a Red Caboose" w.m. Larry Marks & Dick Charles
* "[[It Was Written in the Stars]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[It's a Most Unusual Day]]" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh
* "[[It's Magic]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "Ivy" w.m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Kokomo, Indiana" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
* "Laroo Laroo Lilli Bolero" w. Sylvia Dee & Elizabeth Moore m. Sidney Lippman
* "Lazy Countryside" w.m. Bobby Worth
* "Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It" w.m. [[Carson Robison]]
* "[[A Little Bird Told Me]]" w.m. Harvey O. Brooks
* "Look To The Rainbow" w. [[E.Y. Harburg]] m. [[Burton Lane]]
* "Love Is Where You Find It" w. Earl K. Brent m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* "[[Love Somebody (1947 song)|Love Somebody]]" w.m. [[Joan Whitney Kramer|Joan Whitney]] & [[Alex Kramer (songwriter)|Alex Kramer]]
* "The Maharajah Of Magador" w.m. Lewis Harris & John Jacob Loeb
* "[[Mam'selle]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Edmund Goulding]]
* "[[Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)]]" w.m. [[Peggy Lee]] & [[Dave Barbour]]
* "[[Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner]]" w.m. [[Hubert Gregg]]
* "[[Maybe You'll Be There]]" w. Sammy Gallop m. [[Rube Bloom]]
* "[[Nature Boy (song)|Nature Boy]]" w.m. [[eden ahbez]]
* "[[Near You]]" w. Kermit Goell m. [[Francis Craig]]
* "[[The Night Has A Thousand Eyes (jazz standard)|The Night Has A Thousand Eyes]]" w. [[Buddy Bernier]] m. [[Jerome (Jerry) Brainin]]
* "[[Now Is the Hour (song)|Now Is The Hour]]" w.m. Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott & Dorothy Stewart
* "[[(I'd Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China]]" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "Once And For Always" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "Papa Won't You Dance With Me?" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "Pass That Peace Pipe" w. Ralph Blane m. Hugh Martin
* "[[Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps]]" w.(Eng) Joe Davis (Span.) [[Osvaldo Farrés]] m. Osvaldo Farrés [[Quizás, Quizás, Quizás]]
* "Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boys" [[Claude Demetrius]] & [[Fleecie Moore]]
* "[[Put 'Em In A Box, Tie 'Em With A Ribbon, And Throw 'Em In The Deep Blue Sea]]" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "Rhode Island Is Famous For You" w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. Arthur Schwartz
* "Save The Bones For Henry Jones" w.m. Danny Barker & Michael H. Goldsen
* "[[Serenade Of The Bells]]" w.m. Kay Twomey, Al Goodhart & Al Urbano
* "[[Sixteen Tons]]" w.m. [[Merle Travis]]
* "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" w.m. [[Merle Travis]] & [[Tex Williams]]
* "[[Steppin' Out With My Baby]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Tallahassee" w.m. [[Frank Loesser]]
* "There But For You Go I" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]
* "Too Fat Polka" w.m. Ross MacLean & Arthur Richardson
* "Toolie Oolie Doolie" w.(Eng) Vaughn Horton (Ger) Arthur Beul m. Arthur Beul
* "The Turntable Song" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. John Green
* "Waitin' For My Dearie" w. [[Alan Jay Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Loewe]]
* "The Wedding Samba" w.m. Abraham Ellstein, Allan Small & Joseph Liebowitz
* "We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll" Teddy Reig, William Moore
* "What Good Would the Moon Be?" w. [[Langston Hughes]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Anne Jeffreys]] in the musical ''[[Street Scene (opera)|Street Scene]]''
* "What's Good About Goodbye?" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]] in the 1948 film ''[[Casbah (film)|Casbah]]''
*"When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Burton Lane]] Introduced by [[David Wayne]] in the Broadway production of ''[[Finian's Rainbow]]''
* "[[Woody Woodpecker]]" w.m. George Tibbles & Ramez Idriss
* "You Do" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. Josef Myrow
* "You Don't Have To Know The Language" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "You Were Only Fooling" w. William E. Faber & [[Fred Meadows]] m. [[Larry Fotine]]
* "You, You, You Are The One" w. Milton Leeds & Fred Wise m. Tetos Demey

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Malcolm Arnold|Arnold, Malcolm]] || [[Symphony for Strings (Arnold)|Symphony for Strings]] || 1947-04-29 || London || Riddick String Orchestra – [[Kathleen Riddick]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HNCLqUq4F94C&dq=%22symphony+for+strings%22+riddick+29+april&pg=PA33 Malcolm Arnold: A Bio-Bibliography]</ref>
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || Suite from ''[[Medea (ballet)|Medea]]'' || 1947-12-05 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newmusicbox.org/assets/5/premieres.pdf |title=New Music Box |access-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531023456/http://www.newmusicbox.org/assets/5/premieres.pdf |archive-date=May 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Pierre Boulez|Boulez, Pierre]] || [[Flute Sonatina (Boulez)|Flute Sonatina]] || 1947-02-28 || Brussels || [[Herlin van Boterdael|Van Boterdael]], [[Marcelle Mercenier|Mercenier]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eI10CrQ1xrQC&dq=boulez+sonatine+boterdael&pg=PA144 Werkstatt-Spuren: die Sonatine von Pierre Boulez]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[Canticles (Britten)|Canticle I: ''My Beloved is Mine and I am His'']] || 1947-11-01 || London || [[Peter Pears|Pears]], Britten<ref>[https://goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/listening-to-britten-canticle-i-my-beloved-is-mine-op-40/ Good Morning Britten]</ref>
|-
| [[Elliott Carter|Carter, Elliott]] || [[Piano Sonata (Carter)|Piano Sonata]] || 1947-03-05{{efn|1=Concert premiere. The Sonata was recorded by Webster Aiken for a radio broadcast one month earlier, on February 7.<ref name="WPCleanerAuto2" />}} || New York City || [[James Sykes (pianist)|Sykes]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto2">{{IRCAM work|7222|Elliott Carter: Piano Sonata}}</ref>
|-
| [[Friedrich Cerha|Cerha, Friedrich]] || ''[[Märchenland]]'', pieces for piano || 1947-02-25 || Vienna || [[Karl Schnürl|Schnürl]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31297|Friedrich Cerha: ''Märchenland''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Frasncis Chagrin|Chagrin, Francis]] || [[Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra]] || 1947-09-02 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – [[Basil Cameron|Cameron]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/rhmhzc/series BBC]</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[In the Beginning (Copland)|In the Beginning]]'' || 1947-05-02 || Cambridge, Massachusetts || [[Nell Tangeman|Tangeman]] / [[Harvard University Choir]] – [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Shaw]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|34022|Aaron Copland: ''In the Beginning''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Liriche Greche (Dallapiccola)|Liriche Greche I: Cinque Frammenti di Saffo]]'' (1942)|| 1947-07-07 || Turin || [[Magga László|László]] / [unknown ensemble] – [[Franco Caracciolo|Caracciolo]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7575|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Liriche Greche I: Cinque Frammenti di Saffo''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || [[Two Etudes for Violin and Piano (Dallapiccola)|Two Etudes for Violin and Piano]] || 1947-04-28 || Basel || [[Sandro Materassi|Materassi]], Dallapiccola<ref>{{IRCAM work|7571|Luigi Dallapiccola: Two Etudes for Violin and Piano}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || [[Two Pieces for Orchestra (Dallapiccola)|Two Pieces for Orchestra]] || 1947-11-03 || London || [[RAI National Symphony Orchestra|Turin Radio Symphony]] – [[Mario Rossi (conductor)|Rossi]]<ref>[https://www.chandos.net/pdf/CHAN%2010258.pdf Chandos]</ref>
|-
| [[Maurice Duruflé|Duruflé, Maurice]] || [[Requiem (Duruflé)|Requiem]] || 1947-11-02 || Paris || [[Hélène Bouvier|Bouvier]], [[Camille Mauranne|Mauranne]] / [[Orchestre National de France|French National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir]] – [[Roger Désormière|Désormière]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mauricedurufle.com/index.php/excerpts |title=Maurice Duruflé, The Man and His Music |access-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-date=December 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212073102/http://mauricedurufle.com/index.php/excerpts |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Piano Quartet No. 2 (Enescu)|Piano Quartet No. 2]] || 1947-10-31 ||Washington, DC (Library of Congress) || Albeneri Trio with [[Milton Katims|Katims]]<ref>[[Pascal Bentoiu]], ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'', translated by Lory Wallfisch (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2010), 451–452. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7665-1}} (cloth) {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7690-3}} (ebook).</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Ulrich Engelmann|Engelmann, Hans Ulrich]] || [[Violin Sonata (Engelmann)|Violin Sonata]] || 1947-07-27 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Gerhard Seitz|Seitz]], [[Paula Baer|Baer]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto3">[http://issuu.com/internationales-musikinstitut/docs/darmstaedter_ferienkurse_1946-1966 Im Zenit der Moderne. Die Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 1946–1966.]</ref>
|-
| [[Einar Englund|Englund, Einar]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Englund)|''War Symphony'' (Symphony No. 1)]] ||1947-01-17 || Helsinki || [[Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra|Helsinki Philharmonic]] – [[Leo Funtek|Funtek]]<ref>[http://yle.fi/vintti/yle.fi/sininenlaulu/yle.fi/teema/sininenlaulu/artikkeli.php-id=224.htm YLE]</ref>
|-
| [[Wolfgang Fortner|Fortner, Wolfgang]] || ''[[Shakespeare-Songs]]'' || 1947-07-25 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Günther Baum|Baum]], [[Helmut Roloff|Roloff]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto3" />
|-
| [[Lukas Foss|Foss, Lukas]] || ''[[Song of Songs]]'' || 1947-03-07 || 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=January 17, 2017 |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |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]] || [[Duo for Flute and Oboe (Ginastera)|Duo for Flute and Oboe]] || 1947-02-23 || New York City || [[Carleton Sprague Smith|Smith]], [[Lois Wann|Wann]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31603|Alberto Ginastera: Duo for Flute and Oboe}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Hieremiae Prophetae Lamentationes]]'' || 1947-07-21 || Buenos Aires || [[Lagun Onak Choir]] – [[Juan José Castro|Castro]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31605|Alberto Ginastera: ''Hieremiae Prophetae Lamentationes''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Pampeana No. 1]]'', for violin and piano || 1947-02-23 || New York City || [[Eunice De Conte|De Conte]], [[Héctor Tosar|Tosar]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31607|Alberto Ginastera: ''Pampeana No. 1''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Suite de danzas criollas]]'' || 1947-07-26 || Buenos Aires || [[Rudolf Firkusny|Firkusny]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31606|Alberto Ginastera: ''Suite de danzas criollas''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann, Karl Amadeus]] || ''[[Symphoniae Drammaticae|China Kampft]]'', overture || 1947-07-27 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Landestheater Orchestra Darmstadt|Landestheater Orchestra]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto3" />
|-
| [[Hermann Heiss|Heiss, Hermann]] || [[Inventions for Violin and Cello]] || 1947-07-12 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Fritz Müller-Gündner|Müller-Gündner]], [[Eleanor Day|Day]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto3" />
|-
| [[Hermann Heiss|Heiss, Hermann]] || ''[[Lieder der Liebe]]'' || 1947-07-13 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Ursula Heiss|U. Heiss]], H. Heiss<ref name="WPCleanerAuto3" />
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Wener]] || [[Flute Sonatina (Henze)|Flute Sonatina]] || 1947-07-27 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Kurt Redel|Redel]], [[Helmut Roloff|Roloff]]<ref>[http://issuu.com/internationales-musikinstitut/docs/darmstaedter_ferienkurse_1946-1966 Im Zenit der Moderne. Die Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt 1946–1966]</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || [[Piano Concertino (Henze)|Concertino for Piano, Winds and Percussion]] || 1947-10-15 || Baden-Baden, Germany || [[Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra|SWF Symphony]] – [[Werner Egk|Egk]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24199|Hans Werner Henze: Piano Concertino}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hans Werner Henze|Henze, Hans Werner]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Henze)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1947-04-?? || Heidelberg || [[Freund String Quartet|Freund Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|13147|Hans Werner Henze: String Quartet No. 1}}</ref>
|-
| [[Arthur Honegger|Honegger, Arthur]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Honegger)|''Deliciae basiliensis'' (Symphony No. 4)]] || 1947-01-21 || Basel || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Sacher-Paul.htm |title=Bach Cantatas |access-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231322/http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Sacher-Paul.htm |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Gordon Jacob|Jacob, Gordon]] || [[Bassoon Concerto (Jacob)|Bassoon Concerto]] || 1947-08-20 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[Archie Camden|Camden]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto" />
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Jolivet)|Piano Sonata No. 1]] || 1947-01-27 || Paris || [[Yvette Grimaud|Grimaud]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35084|André Jolivet: Piano Sonata No. 1}}</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Psyché (Jolivet)|Psyché]]'', symphonic mouvement || 1947-03-05 || Brussels || [unknown orchestra] – [[Franz André|André]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35065|André Jolivet: ''Psyché''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aram Khachaturian|Khachaturian, Aram]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Khachaturian)|''Symphony-Poem'' (Symphony No. 3)]] || 1947-12-13 || Leningrad || [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/Aug07/KHACHATURIAN_Melcd1001006.htm Musicweb International]</ref>
|-
| [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold|Korngold, Erich Wolfgang]] || [[Violin Concerto (Korngold)|Violin Concerto]] || 1947-02-15 || St. Louis || [[Jascha Heifetz|Heifetz]] / [[St. Louis Symphony Orchestra|St. Louis Symphony]] – [[Vladimir Golschmann|Golschmann]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/Korngold-Concerto%20in%20D%20major%20for%20Violin%20and%20Orchestra.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Ernst Krenek|Krenek, Ernst]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Krenek)|Symphony No. 4]] || 1947-11-27 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos|Mitropoulos]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|33743|Ernst Krenek: Symphony No. 4}}</ref>
|-
| [[Anthony Lewis (musician)|Lewis, Anthony]] || [[Elegy and Capriccio for Trumpet and Orchestra (Lewis)|Elegy and Capriccio for Trumpet and Orchestra]] || 1947-08-01 || London ([[BBC Proms|Proms]]) || [[George Eskdale|Eskdale]] / [[London Symphony Orchestra|London Symphony]] – [[Malcolm Sargent|Sargent]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto" />
|-
| [[Rolf Liebermann|Liebermann, Rolf]] || ''[[Furioso (Liebermann)|Furioso]]'' || 1947-07-27 || [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse]] || [[Landestheater Orchestra Darmstadt|Landestheater Orchestra]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto3" />
|-
| [[Bruno Maderna|Maderna, Bruno]] || ''[[Introduzione e Passacaglia "Lauda Sion Salvatorem"]]'' || 1947-04-03 || Florence || [[Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino|Florence Communal Theatre Symphony]] – Maderna<ref>{{IRCAM work|29509|Bruno Maderna: ''Introduzione e Passacaglia "Lauda Sion Salvatorem"''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gian Francesco Malipiero|Malipiero, Gian Francesco]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Malipiero)|''Sinfonia concertante in eco'' (Symphony No. 5)]] || 1947-11-03 || London || [unknown performers]<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Biografie/Malipiero-biografia.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Martinů)|Symphony No. 5]] || 1947-05-28 || [[Prague Spring International Music Festival]] || [[Czech Philharmonic Orchestra|Czech Philharmonic]] – [[Rafael Kubelik|Kubelik]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-beuAwAAQBAJ&dq=martinu+symphony+5+czech+philharmonic+kubelik&pg=PT41 Bohuslav Martinů: A Research and Information Guide]</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || ''[[Toccata e due canzoni]]'' || 1947-01-21 || Basel || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>[http://www.paul-sacher-stiftung.ch/en/about-the-foundation/paul-sacher.html Paul Sacher Stiftung]</ref>
|-
| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || ''[[Pathetic Overture (Myaskovsky)|Pathetic Overture]]'' || 1947-10-19 || Moscow || [[State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation|USSR State Symphony]] – [[Alexander Gauk|Gauk]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mQmLAwAAQBAJ&dq=myaskovsky+string+quartet+12+1947&pg=PA373 Nikolay Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || [[String Quartet No. 12 (Myaskovsky)|String Quartet No. 12]] || 1947-11-30 || Moscow || [[Beethoven Quartet]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto4">[https://books.google.com/books?id=mQmLAwAAQBAJ&dq=myaskovsky+string+quartet+12+1947&pg=PA373 Nikolai Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || ''[[The Kremlin at Night]]'', cantata-nocturne || 1947-11-15 || Moscow || [[Moscow State Symphony Orchestra|Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra and Choir]] – [[Nikolai Anosov|Anosov]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto4" />
|-
| [[Vincent Persichetti|Persichetti, Vincent]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Persichetti)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1947-11-21 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 6]] || 1947-10-11 || Leningrad || [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill/playbill/2015/4/6/3_2000/ Mariinsky Theatre]</ref>
|-
| [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg, Arnold]] || [[String Trio (Schoenberg)|String Trio]] || 1947-05-01 || Cambridge, Massachusetts || Members of the [[Walden String Quartet|Walden Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|11889|Arnold Schoenberg: String Trio}}</ref>
|-
| [[Roger Sessions|Sessions, Roger]] || [[Symphony No. 2 (Sessions)|Symphony No. 2]] || 1947-01-09 || San Francisco || [[San Francisco Symphony Orchestra|San Francisco Symphony]] – [[Pierre Monteux|Monteux]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/greatamericansym00nich/page/194 <!-- quote=sessions symphony monteux san francisco 1947. --> The Great American Symphony: Music, the Depression and the War]</ref>
|-
| [[Roger Sessions|Sessions, Roger]] || [[Violin Concerto (Sessions)|Violin Concerto]] (1935) || 1947-11-14 ||Minneapolis || [[Louis Krasner|Krasner]] / [[Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra|Minneapolis Symphony]] – [[Dimitri Mitropoulos|Mitropoulos]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1jOvpanYR5EC&dq=roger+sessions+violin+concerto+minneapolis+mitropoulos+1947&pg=PA250 Roger Sessions: A Biography]</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || [[Concerto in D (Stravinsky)|Concerto in D]] for strings || 1947-01-27 || Basel || [[Basel Chamber Orchestra]] – [[Paul Sacher|Sacher]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12187|Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in D}}</ref>
|-
| [[Eduard Tubin|Tubin, Eduard]] || [[Symphony No. 5 (Tubin)|Symphony No. 5]] || 1947-11-16 || Stockholm || Stockholm Philharmonic – Carl Garaguly<ref>[https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/BI0306.pdf Program Notes to BIS recording] (hosted at Chandos.net)</ref>
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || ''[[Bachianas brasileiras No. 3]]'' (1938) || 1947-02-19 || New York || José Vieira Brandão (piano), CBS Orchestra) – Villa-Lobos<ref name="Indiana University">{{Cite web |url=http://villalobos.iu.edu/1944 |title=Indiana University |access-date=July 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713123405/http://villalobos.iu.edu/1944 |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || ''[[Bachianas brasileiras No. 8]]'' (1944) || 1947-08-06 || Rome || [[Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia|Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra]] – Villa-Lobos<ref name="Indiana University"/>
|-
| [[William Walton|Walton, William]] || [[String Quartet in A minor (Walton)|String Quartet in A minor]] || 1947-05-04 || London || [[Blech Quartet]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWfNcDTDtCEC&dq=walton+string+quartet+2+first+performance+1946&pg=PA303 William Walton: Muse of Fire]</ref>
|-
| [[Anton Webern|Webern, Anton]] || ''[[Five Canons on Latin Texts]]'' for soprano and two clarinets || 1947-06-18 || Vienna || [[Ilona Setingruber|Setingruber]], [[Friedrich Wildgans|Wildgans]], [[Franz Bartosek|Bartosek]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12631|Anton Webern: ''Five Canons on Latin Texts''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Efrem Zimbalist|Zimbalist, Efrem]] || [[Violin Concerto (Zimbalist)|Violin Concerto]] || 1947-11-28 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Bernd Alois]] || [[Concerto for Orchestra (Zimmermann)|Concerto for Orchestra]] || 1947-09-22 || Cologne || [[Gürzenich Orchestra]] – [[Günter Wand|Wand]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|23251|Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Concerto for Orchestra}}</ref>
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| [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann|Zimmermann, Bernd Alois]] || ''[[Sinfonia prosodica]]'' || 1947-09-09 || Mönchengladbach, Germany || [[Vestisches Sinfonie Orchester|Vestisches Sinfonie]] – [[Franz Paul Decker|Decker]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|23250|Bernd Alois Zimmermann: ''Sinfonia prosodica''}}</ref>
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

===Compositions===
*[[Milton Babbitt]] – Three Compositions for Piano
*[[Samuel Barber]] – ''Knoxville: Summer of 1915''
*[[Lennox Berkeley]] – Piano Concerto in B-flat
*[[Doreen Carwithen]] (Mary Alwyn) – ''ODTAA (One Damn Thing After Another)''
*[[Paul Creston]] – Fantasy for Trombone
*[[George Crumb]]
**''Gethsemane'' for small orchestra
**Three Early Songs for Voice and Piano
*[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]] – String Quartet No. 3
*[[Maurice Duruflé]] – [[Requiem (Duruflé)|Requiem]]
*[[Henri Dutilleux]] – Oboe Sonata
*[[Einar Englund]] – Symphony No. 1 ''War Symphony''
*[[Vittorio Giannini]] – ''Variations on a Cantus Firmus''
*[[Morton Gould]] – ''American Salute''
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 6
*[[Charles Ives]] – [[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives)|Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60]] (Concord Sonata, revised version)
*[[André Jolivet]] – Concerto for [[ondes Martenot]] and orchestra
*[[Miloslav Kabeláč]] – Overture No. 2 for large orchestra
*[[Aram Khachaturian]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Khachaturian)|Symphony No. 3 (Symphony-Poem)]]
*[[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''Two Miniatures for Children'' for piano
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – Symphony No. 1
*[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]]
**Symphony No. 5 (''Concertante in Eco'')
**Symphony No. 6 (''degli Archi'')
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]]
**''Pathetic Overture'' in C Minor, Op.76
**String Quartet No. 12 in G, Op.77
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]]
**[[Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Minor]]
**[[Symphony No. 4 (Prokofiev)|Symphony No. 4 in C Major]] (extensively revised version)
*[[Edmund Rubbra]] – Symphony No. 5
*[[Mátyás Seiber]] – ''Ulysses'' (cantata)
*[[Harold Shapero]] – Symphony for Classical Orchestra
*[[Othmar Schoeck]] – Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 61<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Schoeck/Cellokonzert/061/index.html|title=Klassika: Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957): Cellokonzert A-Dur / a-Moll|last=Hillenbrand|first=Markus|website=www.klassika.info|access-date=2016-05-12}}</ref>
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]]
**''[[A Survivor from Warsaw]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**''Orpheus'' (ballet)
**''[[Petrushka]]'' (ballet) (2nd version)
*[[Edgard Varèse]] – ''Tuning Up''
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – [[String Quartet No. 11 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 11]]
*[[William Walton]] – String Quartet in A minor (1945–47)

==Opera==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Albert Herring]]''
*[[Gottfried von Einem]] – ''[[Dantons Tod]]''
*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[The Telephone (opera)|The Telephone]]''
*[[Vano Muradeli]] – ''[[The Great Friendship]]''
*[[Ildebrando Pizzetti]] – ''L'Oro''
*[[Francis Poulenc]] – ''[[Les mamelles de Tirésias]]''
*[[Virgil Thomson]] – ''[[The Mother of Us All]]''

==Film==
*[[Brian Easdale]] - ''[[Black Narcissus]]''
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]''
*[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]] – ''[[Escape Me Never (1947 film)|Escape Me Never]]''
*[[Constant Lambert]] – ''[[Anna Karenina (1948 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
*[[Alfred Newman]] – ''[[Captain from Castile]]''
*[[David Raksin]] - ''[[Forever Amber (film)|Forever Amber]]''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[Pirogov (film)|Pirogov]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[Pursued]]''
*[[Franz Waxman]] – ''[[Dark Passage]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1947 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* '' [[Allegro (musical)|Allegro]]'' Broadway production
* '' [[Angel in the Wings]]'' Broadway production
* '' [[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' ([[Irving Berlin]]) – London production opened at the [[London Coliseum|Coliseum]] on June 7 and ran for 1304 performances
* '' [[Barefoot Boy with Cheek]]'' Broadway production
* '' [[Bless the Bride]]'' ([[Vivian Ellis]] and [[A. P. Herbert]]) – [[West End theatre|London production]] opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on April 26 and ran for 886 performances. Starring [[Georges Guétary]], [[Lizbeth Webb]], [[Anona Winn]] and [[Brian Reece]]. Features "I Was Never Kissed Before", "[[Ma Belle Marguerite]]" and "This Is My Lovely Day"
* '' [[Bonanza Bound]]'' Philadelphia production
* '' [[Brigadoon]]'' ([[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]]) – Broadway production
* '' [[Finian's Rainbow]]'' ([[Burton Lane]] and [[Yip Harburg|E. Y. Harburg]])
**Broadway production opened on January 10 at the [[46th Street Theatre]] and ran for 725 performances
**[[West End theatre|London]] production opened on October 21 at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] and ran for 55 performances
* '' [[High Button Shoes]]'' ([[Jule Styne]] and [[Sammy Cahn]]) – Broadway production
* '' [[Oklahoma!]]'' ([[Richard Rodgers|Rodgers]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II|Hammerstein]]) – London production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Theatre Royal]] on April 29 and ran for 1543 performances
* ''[[The Red Mill]]'' London revival
* '' [[The Shape of Things!]]'' East Hampton production
* '' [[Street Scene (opera)|Street Scene]]'' Broadway production
* ''[[Together Again (musical)|Together Again]]'' London [[revue]] starring [[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]] opened at the [[Victoria Palace Theatre]] on April 7 and ran for 1566 performances
* '' [[Tuppence Coloured]]'' London [[revue]]
* ''[[Under the Counter (musical)|Under the Counter]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 3. [[Cicely Courtneidge]] reprised her starring role from the London production but the show closed after only 27 performances

==Musical films==
[[File:Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey in The Fabulous Dorseys.jpg|right|thumb|[[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy]] and [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy]], ''[[The Fabulous Dorseys]]'']]
* ''[[Carnival in Costa Rica]]''
* ''[[Music Inside|Con la música por dentro]]'', starring [[Germán Valdés]], [[Marcelo Chávez]] and [[Marga López]]
* ''[[Copacabana (1947 film)|Copacabana]]''
* ''[[Don't Give Up (film)|Don't Give Up]]'' (''Tappa inte sugen''), starring [[Nils Poppe]] and [[Annalisa Ericson]]<ref>Monaco, James. ''The Encyclopedia of Film''. Perigee Books, 1991. Page 190.</ref> 
* ''[[Down to Earth (1947 film)|Down to Earth]]''
* ''[[Etoile Sans Lumiere]]'' (''Star Without Light'')
* ''[[The Fabulous Dorseys]]''
* ''[[Fiesta (1947 film)|Fiesta]]''
* ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'' animated film includes ''[[Bongo (1947 film)|Bongo]]'' and ''[[Mickey and the Beanstalk|Mickey And The Beanstalk]]''
* ''[[Golden Earrings]]''
* ''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]''
* ''[[I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (film)|I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]]''
* ''[[I'll Be Yours]]'' starring [[Deanna Durbin]], [[Tom Drake]], [[William Bendix]] and [[Adolphe Menjou]]. Directed by [[William A. Seiter]].
* ''[[It Happened in Brooklyn]]'' starring [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Peter Lawford]], [[Kathryn Grayson]] and [[Jimmy Durante]]. Directed by [[Richard Whorf]].
* ''[[Ladies' Man (1947 film)|Ladies' Man]]''
* ''[[Linda Be Good]]'' starring [[Elyse Knox]], [[Marie Wilson (American actress)|Marie Wilson]] and [[John Hubbard (actor)|John Hubbard]]. Directed by [[Frank McDonald (director)|Frank McDonald]]. Directed by [[Frank McDonald (director)|Frank McDonald]].
* ''[[Little Miss Broadway (1947 film)|Little Miss Broadway]]'' starring [[Jean Porter (actress)|Jean Porter]], [[John Shelton (actor)|John Shelton]] and [[Ruth Donnelly]]. Directed by [[Arthur Dreifuss]].
* ''[[Living in a Big Way]]'' starring [[Gene Kelly]]
* ''[[Mother Wore Tights]]'' starring [[Betty Grable]] and [[Dan Dailey]]
* ''[[My Favorite Brunette]]''
* ''[[My Wild Irish Rose]]''
* ''[[New Orleans (1947 film)|New Orleans]]''
* ''[[Night Song (1948 film)|Night Song]]''
* ''[[Nora Prentiss]]''
* ''[[Northwest Outpost]]''
* ''[[The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)|The Perils of Pauline]]''
* ''[[The Road to Rio]]''
* ''[[The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947 film)|The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]]''
* ''Shadiyat al-Wadi'', starring [[Layla Murad]]<ref name="Leaman2003">{{cite book|author=Oliver Leaman|title=Companion Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern and North African Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmSFAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA109|date=16 December 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-66252-4|pages=109–}}</ref>
* ''[[The Shocking Miss Pilgrim]]'' released January 4 starring [[Betty Grable]] and [[Dick Haymes]]
* ''[[Something in the Wind]]''
* ''[[Song of Scheherazade]]''
* ''[[Star Without Light (1946 film)|Star Without Light]]''
* ''[[This Time for Keeps]]''
* ''[[The Trouble with Women (film)|The Trouble with Women]]''
* ''[[The Unfinished Dance]]''
* ''[[Variety Girl]]''
* ''[[Welcome, Stranger]]''

==Births==
*[[January 6]] – [[Sandy Denny]], folk singer ([[Fairport Convention]]) (died 1978)
*[[January 7]] (or 1) – [[Mohammad-Reza Lotfi]], Iranian [[setar]] player and composer (died [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[January 8]]
**<!--January 8-->[[David Bowie]], singer-songwriter (died 2016)
**<!--January 8-->[[Terry Sylvester]], pop guitarist and singer ([[The Hollies]])
*[[January 18]] – [[John O'Conor]], Irish pianist
*[[January 19]] – [[Rod Evans]] ([[Deep Purple]], [[Captain Beyond]])
*[[January 20]] – [[George Grantham (musician)|George Grantham]] ([[Poco (band)|Poco]])
*[[January 21]] – [[Pye Hastings]] ([[Caravan (band)|Caravan]])
*[[January 24]] – [[Warren Zevon]], singer-songwriter (died 2003)
*[[January 29]] – [[David Byron]], lead vocalist ([[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], [[Spice (British band)|Spice]]) (died 1985)
*[[January 30]] – [[Steve Marriott]] ([[Small Faces]], [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]]) (died 1991)
*[[February 3]]
** [[Dave Davies]], singer-guitarist ([[The Kinks]])
** [[Melanie (singer)|Melanie]] (Safka), folk singer-songwriter (died 2024)
*[[February 7]] – [[John Weathers]] ([[Gentle Giant]], [[Man (band)|Man]])
*[[February 9]] – [[Joe Ely]], singer, guitarist and songwriter
*[[February 11]] – [[Derek Shulman]] ([[Gentle Giant]])
*[[February 14]] – [[Tim Buckley]], singer-songwriter and musician (died 1975)
*[[February 15]] – [[John Adams (composer)|John Coolidge Adams]], composer
*[[February 18]] – [[Dennis DeYoung]] ([[Styx (band)|Styx]])
*[[February 24]] – [[Rupert Holmes]], singer-songwriter
*[[February 26]] – [[Sandie Shaw]], singer
*[[March 3]] – [[Jennifer Warnes]], singer (died 2025)
*[[March 5]] – [[Clodagh Rodgers]], singer
*[[March 6]] – [[Kiki Dee]], singer
*[[March 8]] – [[Michael Allsup]] ([[Three Dog Night]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Tom Scholz]] ([[Boston (band)|Boston]])
*[[March 11]] – [[Mark Stein (musician)|Mark Stein]] ([[Vanilla Fudge]])
*[[March 14]]
**[[Jona Lewie]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
**[[Peter Skellern]], English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2017)
*[[March 15]] – [[Ry Cooder]], guitarist, singer and composer
*[[March 18]] – [[B. J. Wilson]], drummer ([[Procol Harum]]) (died 1990)
*[[March 24]] – [[Mike Kellie]], drummer ([[Spooky Tooth]]) (died 2017)
*[[March 25]]
**<!--March 25-->[[Elton John]], pianist and singer-songwriter
**<!--March 25-->[[John Rowles]], New Zealand singer
*[[March 29]] – [[Bobby Kimball]], singer ([[Toto (band)|Toto]])
*[[April 2]]
** [[Paquita la del Barrio]], Mexican singer (died 2025)
** [[Emmylou Harris]], American country singer-songwriter
*[[April 7]]
**[[Patricia Bennett]], American rock singer ([[The Chiffons]])
**[[Florian Schneider]], German electronic musician ([[Kraftwerk]]) (died 2020)
*[[April 8]]
**[[Steve Howe (guitarist)|Steve Howe]], English guitarist ([[Yes (band)|Yes]])
**[[Larry Norman]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2008)
*[[April 10]] – [[Bunny Wailer]], Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and percussionist (died 2021)
*[[April 16]]
**<!--April 16-->[[Ján Lehotský]], Slovak composer
**<!--April 16-->[[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*[[April 21]]
**<!--April 21-->[[Iggy Pop]], American rock singer-songwriter
**<!--April 21-->[[John Weider]], English rock musician ([[John Mayall's Bluesbreakers]])
*[[April 23]] – [[Glenn Cornick]], English bass guitarist ([[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]) (died 2014)
*[[April 27]] – [[Pete Ham]], Welsh singer-songwriter ([[Badfinger]]) (died 1975)
*[[April 29]] – [[Tommy James]], American singer-songwriter and producer ([[Tommy James and the Shondells]])
*[[May 8]] – [[Phil Sawyer]], guitarist ([[The Spencer Davis Group]], [[Jefferson Starship]])
*[[May 10]] – [[Jay Ferguson (American musician)|Jay Ferguson]] ([[Spirit (band)|Spirit]])
*[[May 11]] – [[Butch Trucks]], drummer ([[The Allman Brothers Band]]) (died 2017)
*[[May 13]] – [[Pete Overend Watts]], British rock bassist and vocalist ([[Mott the Hoople]], Mott, [[British Lions (band)|British Lions]]) (died 2017)
*[[May 14]] 
**[[Al Ciner]], guitarist ([[Three Dog Night]])
**[[Joaquin Diaz González]], Spanish multi-instrumentalist, singer, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Israel J. Katz|date=2001|entry=Diaz (González), Joaquin|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.51733}}</ref>
*[[May 15]] – [[Graeham Goble]], rock musician ([[Little River Band]])
*[[May 16]]
**<!--May 16-->[[Barbara Lee (singer)|Barbara Lee]], rock singer ([[The Chiffons]])
**<!--May 16-->[[Darrell Sweet (musician)|Darrell Sweet]], hard rock drummer ([[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]) (died 1999)
*[[May 19]]
**<!--May 19-->[[Paul Brady]], singer-songwriter
**<!--May 19-->[[David Helfgott]], classical pianist
*[[May 20]] – [[Steve Currie]] ([[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]) (died 1981)
*[[May 21]] – [[Bill Champlin]] ([[Chicago (band)|Chicago]])
*[[May 31]] – [[Junior Campbell]], singer-songwriter
*[[June 1]] – [[Ronnie Wood]], guitarist ([[The Faces]]; [[The Rolling Stones]])
*[[June 3]]
**<!--June 3--> – [[Mickey Finn (drummer)|Mickey Finn]], glam rock drummer ([[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]) (died 2003)
**<!--June 3--> – [[Shuki Levy]], composer
*[[June 5]]
**<!--June 5-->[[Laurie Anderson]], singer-songwriter
**<!--June 5-->[[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]], rock singer-songwriter ([[Badfinger]]) (died 1983)
**<!--June 5-->[[Freddie Stone]], guitarist ([[Sly and the Family Stone]])
*[[June 8]]
**<!--June 8-->[[Mick Box]], hard rock guitarist ([[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]])
**<!--June 8-->[[Julie Driscoll]], singer ([[Brian Auger and the Trinity]])
*[[June 14]] – [[Barry Melton]], rock guitarist ([[Country Joe and the Fish]])
*[[June 15]] – [[Paul Patterson (composer)|Paul Patterson]], composer
*[[June 17]]
**<!--June 17-->[[Gregg Rolie]], singer and keyboard player ([[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]])
**<!--June 17-->[[Paul Young (singer, born 1947)|Paul Young]], lead vocalist ([[Sad Café (band)|Sad Café]]), singer & percussionist ([[Mike + The Mechanics]]) (died 2000)
*[[June 20]] – [[Dolores "LaLa" Brooks]], singer ([[The Crystals]])
*[[June 22]] – [[Howard Kaylan]], rock singer ([[The Turtles]], [[The Mothers of Invention]], [[Flo & Eddie]])
*[[June 24]] – [[Mick Fleetwood]], rock drummer ([[Fleetwood Mac]])
*[[July 7]]
**[[David Hodo]], American singer and actor ([[Village People]])
**[[Rob Townsend]], drummer ([[Family (band)|Family]])
*[[July 8]] – [[Jonathan Kelly]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 9]]
**[[Mitch Mitchell]], drummer ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]) (died 2008)
**[[Haruomi Hosono]], Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[July 10]] – [[Arlo Guthrie]], folk singer
*[[July 11]] – [[John Holt (singer)|John Holt]], singer ([[The Paragons]]) (died 2014)
*[[July 12]] – [[Wilko Johnson]], pub rock guitarist, singer-songwriter ([[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]]) and actor (died 2022)
*[[July 15]]
**<!--July 15-->[[Peter Banks]], guitarist ([[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[The Syn]]) (died 2013)
**<!--July 15-->[[Roky Erickson]] ([[The 13th Floor Elevators]]) (died 2019)
*[[July 19]]
**<!--July 19-->[[Bernie Leadon]] ([[The Flying Burrito Brothers]], [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]])
**<!--July 19-->[[Brian May]], guitarist ([[Queen (band)|Queen]])
*[[July 20]] – [[Carlos Santana]], guitarist
*[[July 22]] – [[Don Henley]] ([[Eagles (band)|Eagles]])
*[[July 23]] – [[David Essex]], singer and actor
*[[July 24]]
**<!--July 24-->[[Peter Serkin]], classical pianist (died 2020)
**<!--July 24-->[[Chris Townson]], drummer ([[John's Children]], [[The Who]]) (died 2008)
*[[August 5]]
**<!--August 5-->[[Rick Derringer]] ([[The McCoys]])
**<!--August 5-->[[Gregory Leskiw]] ([[The Guess Who]])
*[[August 6]] – [[Dennis Alcapone]], reggae deejay and producer
*[[August 9]] – [[Barbara Mason]], singer
*[[August 10]]
**<!--August 10-->[[Dimitri Alexeev]], pianist
**<!--August 10-->[[Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson]], singer and flautist ([[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]])
*[[August 14]] – [[Maddy Prior]], folk singer
*[[August 17]] – [[Gary Talley]], guitarist ([[The Box Tops]])
*[[August 20]] – [[James Pankow]], brass player ([[Chicago (band)|Chicago]])
*[[September 3]] – [[Eric Bell]], guitarist ([[Thin Lizzy]])
*[[September 5]] – [[Buddy Miles]] (died 2008)
*[[September 12]] – [[Darryl DeLoach]], vocalist ([[Iron Butterfly]]) (died 2002)
*[[September 17]]
**<!--September 17-->[[Lol Creme]], singer ([[10cc]])
**<!--September 17-->[[Gordon Edwards (musician)|Gordon Edwards]] ([[The Kinks]])
*[[September 21]] – [[Don Felder]] ([[Eagles (band)|Eagles]])
*[[September 23]] – [[Jerry Corbetta]] ([[Sugarloaf (band)|Sugarloaf]]) (died 2016)
*[[September 26]] – [[Lynn Anderson]], country-music singer (died 2015)
*[[September 27]] – [[Meat Loaf]], singer (died 2022)
*[[September 30]] – [[Marc Bolan]], singer-songwriter (died 1977)
*[[October 4]] – [[Jim Fielder]], bass guitarist ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]], [[Buffalo Springfield]])
*[[October 5]] – [[Brian Johnson]], singer ([[AC/DC]])
*[[October 9]] – [[France Gall]], [[yé-yé]] singer (died 2018)
*[[October 10]] – Norman Carl Odam, the [[Legendary Stardust Cowboy]], novelty artist
*[[October 12]] – [[George Lam]], Hong Kong singer and actor
*[[October 13]] – [[Sammy Hagar]] ([[Montrose (band)|Montrose]], [[Van Halen]])
*[[October 16]] – [[Bob Weir]] ([[Grateful Dead]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Michael McKean]] (''[[This Is Spinal Tap]]'')
*[[October 18]] – [[Laura Nyro]], singer, pianist and composer (died 1997)
*[[October 21]] – [[Tetsu Yamauchi]], bass guitarist ([[Free (band)|Free]], [[Faces (band)|The Faces]])
*[[October 23]] – [[Greg Ridley]], bass guitarist ([[Spooky Tooth]], [[Humble Pie (band)|Humble Pie]]) (died 2003)
*[[October 30]] – [[Timothy B. Schmit]] ([[Poco (band)|Poco]], [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]])
*[[November 2]] – [[Dave Pegg]], multi-instrumentalist ([[Fairport Convention]], [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]), bassist ([[Ian Campbell Folk Group]])
*[[November 5]]
**<!--November 5-->[[Rubén Juárez]], Argentinian singer-songwriter and [[bandoneon]] player (died [[2010 in music|2010]])
**<!--November 5-->[[Peter Noone]], singer, "Herman" of [[Herman's Hermits]]
*[[November 8]] – [[Minnie Riperton]], singer (died 1979)
*[[November 10]]
**<!--November 10-->[[Greg Lake]] progressive rock singer-songwriter ([[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]) (died 2016)
**<!--November 10-->[[Dave Loggins]], singer-songwriter
*[[November 12]] – [[Buck Dharma]], hard rock guitarist and singer ([[Blue Öyster Cult]])
*[[November 20]] – [[Joe Walsh]], hard rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[James Gang]], [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]])
*[[November 29]] – [[Ronnie Montrose]], rock guitarist ([[Montrose (band)|Montrose]], [[Gamma (band)|Gamma]]) (died 2012)
*[[December 4]] – [[Terry Woods]], folk rock musician ([[The Pogues]])
*[[December 5]]
**<!--December 5-->[[Egberto Gismonti]], Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist
**<!--December 5-->[[Jim Messina (musician)|Jim Messina]] ([[Buffalo Springfield]], [[Loggins and Messina]])
**<!--December 5-->[[Rick Wills]], bass guitarist ([[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]])
*[[December 8]] – [[Gregg Allman]], singer, guitarist and songwriter (died 2017)
*[[December 12]] – [[Vin Scelsa]], radio DJ
*[[December 21]] – [[Paco de Lucía]], flamenco guitarist (died 2014)
*[[December 27]] – [[Tracy Nelson (singer)|Tracy Nelson]], singer (Mother Earth)
*[[December 28]] – [[Dick Diamonde]], bassist ([[The Easybeats]]) (died 2024)
*[[December 29]] – [[Cozy Powell]], drummer (died 1998)
*[[December 30]] – [[Jeff Lynne]], singer-songwriter and producer ([[The Move]], [[Electric Light Orchestra]])
*[[December 31]] – [[Burton Cummings]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Guess Who]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 3]] – [[Gus Wickie]], singer and voice actor, 61
*[[January 11]] – [[Eva Tanguay]], singer, vaudeville star, 67
*[[January 16]]
**<!--January 16-->[[Sonny Berman]], jazz trumpeter, 21 (suspected drug overdose)
**<!--January 16-->[[Fate Marable]], jazz pianist and bandleader, 56 (pneumonia)
*[[January 19]] – [[Rod Evans]] ([[Deep Purple]])
*[[January 26]] – [[Grace Moore]], operatic soprano, 48 (plane crash)
*[[January 28]] – [[Reynaldo Hahn]], French composer and conductor, 71
*[[February 5]] – [[Salvatore Cardillo]], songwriter, 72
*[[February 6]] – [[Luigi Russolo]], composer, 61
*[[February 22]] – [[Fannie Charles Dillon]], composer, 65<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=1996|page=143|isbn=978-0-33351-598-3}}</ref>
*[[March 5]] – [[Alfredo Casella]], composer, 63
*[[March 28]] – [[Rudolph Simonsen]], composer, 57
*[[April 22]] – [[Charles Friant]], tenor, 57
*[[May 2]] – [[Louie Henri]], singer and actress, 83
*[[May 6]] – [[Louise Homer]], operatic contralto, 76
*[[May 27]] – [[Claire Croiza]], mezzo-soprano and singing teacher, 64
*[[May 30]] – [[Georg Ludwig von Trapp]], head of the singing von Trapp family, 67
*[[July 1]] – [[Clarence Lucas]], composer and conductor, 80
*[[July 12]] – [[Jimmie Lunceford]], jazz saxophonist and bandleader, 45 (cardiac arrest)
*[[July 13]] – [[Marcel Varnel]], Broadway director, 52 (car crash)
*[[July 15]] – [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]], songwriter, 54
*[[July 24]] – [[Ernest Austin]], English composer, 72
*[[September 18]] – [[Bert Kalmar]], lyricist, 63<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Furia|title=American Song Lyricists, 1920-1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MLc7AQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-6009-3|page=302}}</ref>
*[[September 28]] – [[Francisco Santiago]], "Father of Kundiman Art Song", 58
*[[September 29]] – [[Jan Hambourg]], violinist, 65
*[[October 6]]
**[[Janet Fairbank]], opera singer, 44 (leukaemia)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ned Rorem|title=The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem|url=https://archive.org/details/parisdiaryofnedr00rore|url-access=registration|year=1966|publisher=G. Braziller|page=[https://archive.org/details/parisdiaryofnedr00rore/page/9 9]}}</ref>
**[[Leevi Madetoja]], composer
*[[October 30]] – [[Syech Albar]]
*[[November 14]] – [[Joseph Allard (fiddler)|Joseph Allard]], French-Canadian fiddler, 74
*[[November 16]] – [[Carl Adolph Preyer]], compose, pianist, 83
*[[November 26]] – [[John McKenna (flautist)|John McKenna]], traditional [[Irish flute]] player, 67
*[[November 28]] – [[Georg Schnéevoigt]], conductor and composer, 75
*[[December 14]] – [[Will Fyffe]], Scottish comedian and singer, 62
*[[December 16]] – [[Cesare Sodero]], conductor, 61
*''date unknown'' –
**[[Ilia Trilling]], Yiddish theatre producer and composer

==References==
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