1946 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hit records
4 Published popular songs
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths

Events

Dean Martin's musical career begins
Little Walter's musical career begins
B.B. King's musical career begins
Lightnin' Hopkins' musical career begins
Chet Atkins' musical career begins

Albums released

King Cole trio volume 2 - Nat King Cole
Merry Christmas music - Perry Como
Voice of Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra

Top hit records

"Five Minutes More" by Frank Sinatra
"For Sentimental Reasons" by Nat King Cole
"Frim Fram Sauce" by Louis Armstrong
"The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots, also Dinah Shore
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Vaughn Monroe
"Oh! What It Seemed to Be" by Frankie Carle, also Frank Sinatra
"Old Buttermilk Sky" by Kay Kyser
"The Old Lamplighter" by Sammy Kaye
"Prisoner of Love" by Perry Como
"Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle
"To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard, also Freddy Martin and The Ink Spots
"La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf

Published popular songs

"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" w.m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney

"Ain't That Just Like A Woman?" w.m. Fleecie Moore & Claude Demetrius

"All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" w.m. Don Gardner

"All The Cats Join In" A. Wilder, R. Gilbert, E. Sauter

"The 'Ampstead Way" Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke

"The Anniversary Song" w.m. Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin
"Anything You Can Do" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" w.m. Bill Monroe
"Bumble Boogie" m. Jack Fina
"The Christmas Song" w. Robert Wells m. Mel Torm�
"Coax Me A Little Bit" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
"The Coffee Song" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles
"Come Rain Or Come Shine" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"Country Style" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"A Couple Of Song And Dance Men" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?" w. Eddie De Lange m. Louis Armstrong
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Everybody's Got A Laughing Place" Allie Wrubel
"Feudin' And Fightin' " w. Al Dubin & Burton Lane m. Burton Lane
"Five Minutes More" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"For You, For Me, For Evermore" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"A Gal In Calico" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz
"The Girl That I Marry" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Golden Earrings" w. Jay Livingstone & Ray Evans m. Victor Young
"The House Of Blue Lights" w.m. Don Raye & Freddie Slack
"How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"Huggin' And Chalkin' " w.m. Clancy Hayes & Kermit Goell
"I Got Lost In His Arms" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Got The Sun In The Morning" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Guess I'll Get The Papers" w.m. Hughie Prince & Hal Kanner
"If This Isn't Love" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"I'm A Lonely Little Petunia" w.m. John N. Kamano, William E. Faber & Maurice Merl
"I'm An Indian Too" w.m. Irving Berlin
"It's A Good Day" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
"It's A Pity To Say Goodnight" w.m. Billy Reid
"Laughing On The Outside" w. Ben Raleigh m. Bernie Wayne
"Legalise My Name" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"Linda" w.m. Jack Lawrence
"Lost In The Stars" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill
"Managua Nicaragua" w. Albert Gamse m. Irving Fields
"Moonshine Lullaby" w.m. Irving Berlin
"My Defences Are Down" w.m. Irving Berlin
"My Heart Is A Hobo" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"My Sugar Is So Refined" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
"Old Devil Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"The Old Lamp-Lighter" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
"The Old Soft Shoe" w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"On The Boardwalk In Atlantic City" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"One-zy Two-zy" w.m. Dave Franklin & Irving Taylor
"Open The Door, Richard" w. "Dusty" Fletcher & John Mason m. Jack McVea & Dan Howell
"Put The Blame On Mame" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
"A Rainy Night In Rio" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz
"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" w.m. Robert Troup
"Rumors Are Flying" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"Sooner Or Later" w. Ray Gilbert m. Charles Wolcott
"South America, Take It Away" w.m. Harold Rome
"Stella By Starlight" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"Stone Cold Dead In De Market" w.m. Wilmoth Houdini
"A Sunday Kind Of Love" w.m. Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes & Louis Prima
"Tenderly" w. Jack Lawrence m. Walter Gross
"That's All Right" w.m. Arthur Crudup
"There's Good Blues Tonight" Edna Osser, Glenn Osser
"There's No Business Like Show Business" w.m. Irving Berlin
"They Say It's Wonderful" w.m. Irving Berlin
"The Things We Did Last Summer" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Time After Time" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"To Each His Own" w. Ray Evans m. Jay Livingston
"Uncle Remus Said" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Eliot Daniel
"La Vie En Rose" w. (Eng) Mack David (Fr) Edith Piaf m. Louiguy
"Who Do You Love, I Hope" w.m. Irving Berlin
"A Woman's Prerogative" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"You Call Everybody Darling" w.m. Sam Martin, Ben Trace & Clem Watts
"You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" w.m. Irving Berlin
"You Make Me Feel So Young" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" w. Ray Gilbert m. Allie Wrubel

Musical theater

As The Girls Go Broadway production

Call Me Mister Broadway production

Show Boat Broadway revival
Song Of Norway London production
St. Louis Woman Broadway production
Sweetest And Lowest London production
''Yours Is My Heart' Broadway production

Musical films

Do You Love Me

The Jolson Story
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Song Of The South
St. Louis Woman
Till The Clouds Roll By

Births

January 3 - John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin
January 4 - Arthur Conley
January 6 - Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd
January 7 - Jann Wenner, publisher of Rolling Stone magazine
January 7 - Andy Brown, The Fortunes
January 8 - Robbie Krieger, The Doors
January 10 - Aynsley Dunbar, John Mayall, Jefferson Starship
January 11 - Naomi Judd
January 12 - Cynthia Robinson, Sly & the Family Stone
January 16 - Ronnie Milsap
January 19 - Dolly Parton
January 26 - Deon Jackson
January 27 - Nedra Talley, The Ronettes
January 31 - Terry Kath, Chicago
February 7 - Sammy Johns
February 8 - Adolfo De La Parra, Canned Heat
February 20 - Randy California, Spirit
February 20 - Jerome Geils, J.Geils Band
February 23 - Rusty Young, Poco
March 7 - Peter Wolf, J. Geils Band
March 7 - Matthew Fisher, Procol Harum
March 8 - Randy Meisner, Poco, The Eagles
March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager
March 14 - Jim Pons, The Turtles
March 15 - Howard Scott, War
March 17 - Harold Brown, War
March 19 - Paul Atkinson, The Zombies
March 19 - Ruth Pointer, The Pointer Sisters
March 24 - Lee Oskar, War
March 31 - G. Allan Nichol, The Turtles
April 13 - Al Green
April 13 - Roy Loney, Flaming Groovies
April 13 - Jim Pons, The Leaves, The Turtles, Mothers Of Invention
April 16 - Bobby Vinton
April 18 - Lenny Baker, Sha Na Na
April 26 - John Bucky Wilkin, Ronny & The Daytonas
April 26 - Vito Balsamo, Vito & The Salutations
May 2 - Lesley Gore
May 2 - Randy Cain, The Delfonics
May 2 - Robert Henrit, Argent
May 7 - Ray Monette, Rare Earth
May 7 - Arcelio Garcia, Malo
May 10 - Cher
May 10 - Dave Mason, Traffic
May 10 - Donovan
May 10 - Graham Gouldman, 10cc
May 12 - Ian McLagan, Faces
May 13 - Danny Klein, J. Geils Band
May 24 - Steve Upton, Wishbone Ash
June 3 - Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople
June 5 - Michael Monarch, Steppenwolf
June 5 - Freddy Stone, Sly & the Family Stone
June 7 - Bill Kreutzmann, The Grateful Dead
June 9 - John Mitch Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix Experience
June 11 - John Lawton, Uriah Heep (band)
June 15 - Noddy Holder, Slade
June 17 - Barry Manilow
June 25 - Ian McDonald, record producer, (Foreigner)
June 30 - Ian Matthews
July 1 - June Monteiro, Toys
July 5 - Michael Monarch, Steppenwolf
July 15 - Linda Ronstadt
July 19 - Alan Gorie, Average White Band
July 20 - Kim Carnes
July 22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
July 23 - Andy Mackay, Roxy Music
July 28 - Jonathan Edwards
July 30 - Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, Jethro Tull
July 31 - Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac
July 31 - Gary Lewis, Gary Lewis & The Playboys
August 5 - Jimmy Webb
August 14 - Larry Graham, Sly & The Family Stone
August 16 - Gordon Fleet, The Easybeats
September 1 - Barry Gibb, The Bee Gees
September 4 - Gary Duncan, Quicksilver Messenger Service
September 4 - Greg Elmore, Quicksilver Messenger Service
September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Queen
September 5 - Buddy Miles
September 5 - Loudon Wainwright III
September 5 - Dean Ford, Marmalade
September 7 - Alfa Anderson, Chic
September 9 - Billy Preston
September 9 - Doug Ingle, Iron Butterfly
September 11 - Dennis Tufano, The Buckinghams
September 18 - Alan King, Ace
September 28 - Helen Shapiro
September 30 - Sylvia Peterson, The Chiffons
October 6 - Millie Small
October 10 - John Prine
October 14 - Justin Hayward, The Moody Blues
October 15 - Richard Carpenter, The Carpenters
October 17 - Jim Tucker, The Turtles
October 21 - Lee Loughname, Chicago
October 24 - Jerry Edmonton, Steppenwolf
October 29 - Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac
November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist
November 5 - Gram Parsons, country music/rock musician
November 8 - Roy Wood, The Move
November 19 - Joe Correro Jr, Paul Revere and The Raiders
November 20 - Duane Allman, The Allman Brothers
November 22 - Aston Barret, The Upsetters, The Wailers
November 25 - Bev Bevan, Electric Light Orchestra
December 1 - Gilbert O'Sullivan
December 5 - Andy Kim
December 14 - Joyce Vincent-Wilson, Tony Orlando & Dawn
December 15 - Carmine Appice, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus
December 16 - Benny Andersson, ABBA
December 21 - Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys
December 22 - Rick Nielsen, Cheap Trick
December 25 - Jimmy Buffett
December 28 - Edgar Winter
December 29 - Marianne Faithfull
December 30 - Patti Smith
Geoff Emerick, legendary engineer and producer