1944 in music - Wikipedia

See also: 1943 in music, other events of 1944, 1945 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Top Hit Records

3 Births

4 Deaths

Events

January 18 - The Metropolitan Opera House[?] in New York City for the first time hosts a jazz concert; the performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
December - Glenn Miller is reported missing. The official explanation is that his plane went down somewhere over the English Channel, although many alternate theories have been suggested.
December 1 - Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra is premiered in Boston, Massachusetts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky[?]

Top Hit Records

"A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
"Shoo-Shoo Baby" by The Andrews Sisters
"I'll Get By" by Harry James
"Mairzy Doats" by Merry Macs[?]
"Don't Fence Me In" by Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
"Swinging On a Star" by Bing Crosby
"I Love You" by Bing Crosby
"Besame Mucho" by Jimmy Dorsey
"You Always Hurt the One You Love" by The Mills Brothers[?]
"San Fernando Valley" by Bing Crosby

Births

January 9 - Scott Engel[?], Walker Brothers[?]
January 9 - Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, The Firm[?]
January 16 - Jim Stafford[?]
January 17 - Chris Montez[?]
January 19 - Shelley Fabares[?]
January 28 - Brian Keenan[?], Chambers Brothers[?]
February 4 - Florence LaRue[?], The Fifth Dimension
February 5 - Al Kooper[?], Blues Project, Blood, Sweat & Tears
February 15 - Mick Avory[?], The Kinks
February 20 - Lew Soloff[?], Blood, Sweat & Tears
February 23 - Johnny Winter[?]
February 23 - Mike Maxfield[?], Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas[?]
February 24 - Paul Jones[?], Manfred Mann
February 24 - Nicky Hopkins[?], Quicksilver Messenger Service
March 1 - Mike D'Abo[?], Manfred Mann
March 1 - Roger Daltrey, the Who
March 3 - Jance Garfat[?], Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show[?]
March 4 - Mary Wilson[?], The Supremes
March 4 - Bobby Womack[?]
March 9 - Mark Lindsay[?], Paul Revere and the Raiders[?]
March 15 - Sly Stone
March 15 - David Costell[?], Gary Lewis & The Playboys[?]
March 17 - John Sebastian, Loving Spoonful[?]
March 22 - Jeremy Clyde[?], Chad & Jeremy[?]
March 23 - Ric Ocasek[?], The Cars
March 26 - Diana Ross
March 31 - Rod Allen[?], The Fortunes[?]
April 3 - Tony Orlando[?]
April 3 - Barry Pritchard[?], The Fortunes[?]
April 5 - Crispian St. Peters[?]
April 6 - Michelle Phillips[?], Mamas and Papas
April 9 - Emil Stucchio[?], The Classics[?]
April 12 - John Kay[?], Steppenwolf
April 13 - Jack Casady[?], Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna
April 15 - Dave Edmunds
April 18 - Skip Spence[?], Moby Grape
April 30 - Richard Shoff[?], The Sandpipers[?]
May 9 - Richie Furay, Buffalo Springfield, Poco[?]
May 12 - Billy Swan[?]
May 12 - James Purify[?], James & Bobby Purify[?]
May 17 - Jesse Winchester[?]
May 17 - Richard Schwartz[?], The Quotations[?]
May 20 - Joe Cocker, British singer
May 20 - Boudewijn de Groot[?], Dutch singer
May 21 - Marcie Blane[?]
May 24 - Patti LaBelle
May 26 - Verdon Allen[?], Mott the Hoople
May 28 - Billy Vera[?]
May 28 - Gladys Knight
May 30 - Lenny Davidson[?], The Dave Clark Five
May 31 - Mick Ralphs[?], Mott The Hoople
June 3 - Michael Clark[?], The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers
June 4 - Roger Ball[?], Average White Band
June 6 - Peter Albin[?], Big Brother & the Holding Company
June 6 - Edgar Froese[?], Tangerine Dream
June 7 - Clarence White[?], The Byrds
June 8 - Boz Scaggs[?]
June 17 - Chris Spedding[?]
June 21 - Ray Davies, The Kinks
June 22 - Peter Asher[?], Peter & Gordon
June 23 - Rosetta Hightower[?], The Orlons[?]
June 24 - Chris Wood[?], Traffic
June 24 - Jeff Beck
June 24 - Arthur Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
June 27 - Bruce Johnston[?], The Beach Boys
June 30 - Glenn Shorrock[?], The Little River Band[?]
July 5 - Robbie Robertson
July 7 - Warren Entner[?], Grassroots
July 8 - Michael Johnson[?]
July 8 - Jai Johanny Johanson[?], The Allman Brothers[?]
July 22 - Estelle Bennett[?], The Ronettes
July 22 - Richard Davies[?], Supertramp[?]
July 27 - Bobbie Gentry
July 28 - Mike Bloomfield[?], Butterfield Blues Band[?], Electric Flag[?]
August 18 - Carl Wayne[?], The Move[?]
August 21 - Jackie DeShannon[?]
August 24 - Jim Capaldi[?], Traffic
August 24 - James Brady, The Sandpipers[?]
August 27 - Tim Bogert[?], Vanilla Fudge, Cactus[?]
August 27 - Cuba Gooding[?], Main Ingredient[?]
September 1 - Archie Bell[?], The Drells[?]
September 3 - Gary Leeds[?], Walker Brothers[?]
September 6 - Roger Waters, Pink Floyd
September 12 - Barry White
September 13 - Peter Cetera[?], Chicago
September 16 - Betty Kelley[?], Martha and the Vandellas
September 24 - Rosa Lee Hawkins[?], Dixie Cups[?]
September 29 - Tommy Boyce[?], Boyce & Hart[?]
September 29 - Mike Post[?]
September 30 - Marilyn McCoo[?], The Fifth Dimension
October 1 - Barbara Parritt[?], Toys[?]
October 1 - Scott McKenzie[?]
October 4 - Nona Hendryx[?]
October 4 - Marlena Davis[?], The Orlons[?]
October 9 - John Entwistle, bassist, The Who
October 9 - Peter Tosh, The Wailers
October 13 - Robert Lamm[?], Chicago
October 15 - Don Stevenson[?], Moby Grape
October 24 - Ted Templeton[?], Harper's Bizarre[?]
October 24 - Bettye Swann[?]
October 26 - Michael Piano[?], The Sandpipers[?]
November 2 - Keith Emerson, The Move[?], Emerson Lake & Palmer[?]
November 8 - Bonnie Bramlett[?], Delaney & Bonnie[?]
November 11 - Jesse Colin Young[?], The Youngbloods
November 12 - Booker T. Jones[?], Booker T. & the M.G.'s
November 17 - Gene Clark[?], The Byrds, Dillard and Clark[?]
November 19 - Fred Lipsius[?], Blood, Sweat & Tears
November 25 - Bob Lind[?]
November 27 - Eddie Rabbitt[?]
November 28 - R.B. Greaves[?]
November 29 - Felix Cavaliere[?], The Rascals
November 30 - Rob Grill[?], Grassroots
November 30 - Luther Ingram[?]
December 1 - John Densmore[?], The Doors
December 1 - Eric Bloom[?], Blue Oyster Cult
December 4 - Dennis Wilson[?], The Beach Boys
December 6 - Jonathan King[?]
December 9 - Neil Innes, Bonzo Dog Band
December 9 - Shirley Brickley[?], The Orlons[?]
December 11 - Brenda Lee
December 12 - Rob Tyner[?], MC5
December 19 - Alvin Lee[?], Ten Years After[?]
December 19 - Zalman Yanovsky[?], The Lovin' Spoonful
December 20 - Bobby Colomby[?], Blood, Sweat & Tears
December 22 - Barry Jenkins[?], The Animals
December 25 - Henry Vestine[?], Canned Heat
December 27 - Mick Jones, Spooky Tooth[?], Foreigner
December 27 - Tracy Nelson[?]

Deaths

December ? - Glenn Miller
April 19 - Jimmie Noone