1946 in music - Wikipedia

See also: 1945 in music, other events of 1946, 1947 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Albums Released

3 Top Hit Records

4 Births

5 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

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

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
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