1947 in music

Table of contents

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

Events

George Jones begins performing
Jimmy Rogers begins recording

Albums released

Top hit records

"Managua, Nicaragua" by Freddy Martin

"Heartaches" by Ted Weems

"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" by Tex Williams

"Mam'selle" by Art Lund, also Frank Sinatra
"Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe
"Near You" by Francis Craig
"Linda" by Ray Noble with Buddy Clark
"Peg O' My Heart" by The Harmonicats, also Buddy Clark and The Three Suns
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" by Perry Como
"Huggin' and Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael

Published popular music

"Across The Alley From The Alamo" w.m. Joe Green

"Ah, But It Happens" w. William Dunham m. Walter Kent

"Almost Like Being In Love" w. Alan Jay Lerner m. Frederick Loewe
"And Mimi" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
"Apalachicola F.L.A." w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"An Apple Blossom Wedding" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Nat Simon
"April In Portugal" w. Jose Galhardo (Port) Jimmy Kennedy (Eng) m. Raul Ferrao Portuguese
"Autumn Leaves" ("Les Feuilles Mortes") w.(Eng) Johnny Mercer (Fr) Jacques Prevert m. Joseph Kosma
"Ballerina" w.m. 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" w.m. Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard
"Busy Doing Nothing" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"But Beautiful" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"Buttons And Bows" w.m. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
"Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" w.m. Mack David, Jerry Livingston & Al Hoffman
"Cigarettes, Whisky, And Wild, Wild Women" w.m. Tim Spencer
"Civilization" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
"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" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"Cuanto Le Gusta" w. Ray Gilbert m. Gabriel Ruiz
"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
"Everybody Loves Somebody" w. Irving Taylor m. Ken Lane
"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
"Fun And Fancy Free" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George Weiss
"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
"A Hundred And Sixty Acres" w.m. David Kapp
"Hurry On Down" w.m. Nellie Lutcher
"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 m. James 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 Grandpaw" 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 Markes & 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" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
"The Maharajah Of Magador" w.m. Lewis Harris & John Jacob Loeb
"Mam'selle" w. Mack Gordon m. Edmund Goulding
"Manana" 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" w.m. Eden Ahbez
"Near You" w. Kermit Goell m. Francis Craig
"The Night Has A Thousand Eyes" w. Buddy Bernier m. Jerry Brainin
"Now Is The Hour" w.m. Maewa Kaihan, Clement Scott & Dorothy Stewart
"On A Slow Boat To China" w.m. Frank Loesser
"Once And For Always" w. Johnny Burke m. James 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 Farres m. Osvaldo Farres Quizas, Quizas, Quizas
"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
"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 m. James 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

Musical theater

Allegro Broadway production
Angel In The Wings Broadway production
Annie Get Your Gun London production
Barefoot Boy With Cheek Broadway production
Bless The Bride London production
Bonanza Bound Philadelphia production
Brigadoon Broadway production
Finian's Rainbow Broadway production
Finian's Rainbow London production
High Button Shoes Broadway production
Oklahoma London production
The Red Mill London revival
The Shape Of Things East Hampton production
Street Scene Broadway production
Tuppence Coloured London production

Musical films

Carnival In Costa Rica

Copacabana
The Dancing Years
Down To Earth
Easy Money
Etoile Sans Lumiere (Star Without Light)
The Fabulous Dorseys
Fiesta
Fun And Fancy Free animated film includes Bongo and Mickey And The Beanstalk
Golden Earrings
Good News
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
I'll Be Yours
It Happened In Brooklyn
Ladies' Man
Living In A Big Way
Mother Wore Tights
My Favorite Brunette
My Wild Irish Rose
New Orleans
Night Song
Nora Prestiss
Northwest Outpost
The Perils Of Pauline
The Road To Rio
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
Something In The Wind
Song Of Scheherazade
Star Without Light
This Time For Keeps
The Trouble With Women
The Unfinished Dance
Variety Girl
Welcome, Stranger

Births

January 6 - Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention
January 8 - David Bowie, Pop star
January 8 - Terry Sylvester, The Hollies
January 20 - George Grantham, Poco
January 21 - Pye Hastings, Caravan
January 24 - Warren Zevon
January 28 - David Byron, Uriah Heep
January 30 - Steve Marriott, Small Faces, Humble Pie
February 3 - Dave Davies, The Kinks
February 3 - Melanie
February 9 - Joe Ely
February 14 - Tim Buckley
February 15 - David Brown, Santana
February 17 - Dodie Stevens
February 18 - Dennis DeYoung, Styx
February 24 - Lonnie Turner, Steve Miller Band
February 24 - Rupert Holmes
February 26 - Sandie Shaw
March 3 - Jennifer Warnes
March 6 - David Gilmour, Pink Floyd
March 6 - Kiki Dee
March 8 - Michael Allsup, Three Dog Night
March 10 - Tom Scholz, Boston
March 11 - Mark Stein, Vanilla Fudge
March 15 - Ry Cooder
March 18 - Robert Harrison, Procol Harum
March 20 - Carl Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
March 22 - Harry Vanda, The Easybeats
March 24 - Mike Kellie, Spooky Tooth
March 25 - Elton John, Pop star
March 29 - Bobby Kimball, Toto
April 2 - Emmylou Harris
April 7 - Patricia Bennett, The Chiffons
April 8 - Steve Howe, Yes
April 8 - Larry Norman
April 10 - Bunny Wailer, The Wailers
April 16 - Gerry Rafferty, Stealers Wheel
April 19 - Mark Volman, The Turtles
April 21 - Iggy Pop
April 24 - Glen Cornick, Jethro Tull
April 24 - Hubert Ann Kelly, Hues Corporation
April 26 - Pete Ham, Badfinger
April 29 - Tommy James
May 10 - Jay Ferguson, Spirit
May 11 - Butch Trucks, The Allman Brothers
May 14 - Al Ciner, Three Dog Night
May 15 - Graham Goble, The Little River Band
May 16 - Barbara Lee, The Chiffons
May 19 - Jerry Hyman, Blood, Sweat and Tears
May 25 - Mitchell Margo, The Tokens
May 25 - Jessi Colter
May 31 - John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
June 1 - Ron Wood, Faces, The Rolling Stones
June 8 - Mick Box, Uriah Heep
June 8 - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity
June 14 - Barry Melton, Country Joe & the Fish
June 17 - Gregg Rolie, Santana
June 22 - Howard Kaylan, The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, Flo & Eddie
July 7 - David Hodo, The Village People
July 10 - Arlo Guthrie
July 19 - Bernie Leadon, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Eagles
July 19 - Brian May, Queen
July 20 - Carlos Santana
July 22 - Don Henley, The Eagles
July 23 - David Essex
August 5 - Rick Derringer, The McCoys
August 5 - Gregory Leskiw, The Guess Who
August 9 - Barbara Mason
August 10 - Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull
August 11 - Jeff Hanna, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
August 17 - Gary Talley, The Box Tops
August 20 - Jim Pankow, Chicago
August 22 - Donna Godchaux, The Grateful Dead
August 23 - Keith Moon, The Who
September 3 - Eric Bell, Thin Lizzy
September 14 - John Bowser Bauman, Sha Na Na
September 17 - Lol Creme, 10cc
September 21 - Don Felder, The Eagles
September 23 - Jerry Corbetta, Sugarloaf
September 27 - Meat Loaf
September 28 - Peter-Hop-Evans, Medicine Head
September 30 - Marc Bolan, T-Rex
October 1 - Martin Turner, Wishbone Ash
October 3 - Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac
October 4 - Jim Fielder, Blood, Sweat & Tears
October 10 - Norman Carl Odam, the Legendary Stardust Cowboy
October 13 - Sammy Hagar, Montrose, Van Halen
October 16 - Bob Ace Weir, The Grateful Dead
October 17 - Michael McKean, Spinal Tap
October 18 - Laura Nyro
October 19 - Wilbert Hart, The Delfonics
October 21 - Tetsu Yamauchi Free, Faces
October 23 - Greg Ridley, Spooky Tooth, Humble Pie
October 25 - John Hall, Orleans
October 30 - Timothy B. Schmidt, Poco, The Eagles
October 31 - Russ Ballard, Argent
November 2 - Dave Pegg, Uglys, Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull
November 5 - Peter Noone, Herman's Hermits
November 6 - George Young, The Easybeats
November 10 - Greg Lake, King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
November 10 - Dave Loggins
November 12 - Buck Dharma, Blue Oyster Cult
November 20 - Joe Walsh, James Gang, The Eagles
December 5 - Jim Messina
December 8 - Gregg Allman, The Allman Brothers
December 10 - Walter Orange, The Commodores
December 12 - Vin Scelsa, Disc Jockey
December 14 - Patty Duke
December 20 - Peter Criss, Kiss
December 28 - Dick Diamonde, The Easybeats
December 30 - Jeff Lynne, Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys
December 31 - Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, John Denver

Deaths

July 15 - Walter Donaldson