- 1944 in music
Events
*
Jo Stafford launches her solo career
*Frank Sinatra begins his film career with the musical "Higher and Higher"
*Frankie Laine cuts his first singles for theBeltone and Atlas labels
*January 18 - TheMetropolitan Opera House inNew York City for the first time hosts ajazz concert; the performers areLouis Armstrong ,Benny Goodman ,Lionel Hampton ,Artie Shaw ,Roy Eldridge andJack Teagarden .
*January 20 -Paul Hindemith 's "Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber " is premiered inNew York City .
*July 28 - Sir Henry Wood, aged 75, conducts his last Promenade Concert.
*August 19 - Italian singersLucia Mannucci andVirgilio Savona get married.
*December 1 -Béla Bartók 's "Concerto for Orchestra" is premiered inBoston, Massachusetts by theBoston Symphony Orchestra conducted bySerge Koussevitzky
*December 15 -Glenn Miller is reported missing. The official explanation is that his plane went down somewhere over theEnglish Channel , although many alternate theories have been suggested.
*Flo Sandon's 's musical career begins
*TheLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra loses its concert hall in an Allied air raid.Albums released
*"The Wayfaring Stranger" -
Burl Ives
* "Going My Way" -Bing Crosby
* "Boogie Woogie In Blue" -Harry "The Hipster" Gibson Biggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1944.htm chart positions] in the limited set of charts available for 1944.
Top hit records
*"Amor" recorded by
**Andy Russell
**Bing Crosby
*"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" byStan Kenton
*"Artistry In Rhythm" byStan Kenton
*"Besame Mucho " performed by
**Jimmy Dorsey
**Andy Russell
*"Cherry" byHarry James
*"D-Day" byNat King Cole
*"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" byDuke Ellington
*"Don't Fence Me In" byBing Crosby & theAndrews Sisters
*"Don't Sweetheart Me" byLawrence Welk
*"First Class Private Mary Brown" byPerry Como
*"G.I. Jive" byLouis Jordan
*"Goodnight Irene " byLeadbelly
*"A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" byBing Crosby & theAndrews Sisters
*"I Love You" performed by
**Bing Crosby
**Perry Como
*"I'll Be Seeing You" byBing Crosby
*"I'll Get By" byHarry James
*"Long Ago" performed by
**Dick Haymes andHelen Forrest
**Bing Crosby
**Jo Stafford
**Perry Como
*"Is You Is or Is You Ain't" byThe Andrews Sisters
*"It Could Happen To You" byJo Stafford
*"It Had To Be You" byDick Haymes andHelen Forrest
*"It's Love, Love, Love" byGuy Lombardo
*"Mairzy Doats" byMerry Macs
*"My Heart Tells Me" by theCasa Loma Orchestra
*"San Fernando Valley" byBing Crosby
*"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week) " byFrank Sinatra
*"Shoo-Shoo Baby" byThe Andrews Sisters
*"Speak Low" byGuy Lombardo
*"Straighten Up and Fly Right" byNat King Cole
*"Swinging on a Star " byBing Crosby
*"(There'll Be A) Hot Time in the Town of Berlin" byThe Andrews Sisters
*"The Trolley Song" byJudy Garland
*"Time Waits For No One" byHelen Forrest
*"You Always Hurt the One You Love " byThe Mills Brothers Published popular music
* "
Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive " w.Johnny Mercer m.Harold Arlen
* "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings" w. (Eng)Harold Rome (Fr) Jean Marie Blanvillain m. Herpin
* "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine " w. Joe Greene m.Stan Kenton & Charles Lawrence
* "Bell Bottom Trousers " w.m.Moe Jaffe
* "The Boy Next Door" w.m.Hugh Martin &Ralph Blane
* "Candy" w.Mack David & Joan Whitney m. Alex Kramer
* "Can't Help Singing" w.E. Y. Harburg m.Jerome Kern
* "Dance with a Dolly" w.m. Terry Shand,Jimmy Van Eaton & David Kapp
* "Don't Fence Me In" w.m.Cole Porter
* "Dream" w.m.Johnny Mercer
* "Fine Brown Frame" w.m. Guadalupe Cartiero &J. Mayo Williams
* "First Class Private Mary Brown" w.m.Frank Loesser
* "G. I. Jive" w.m. Johnny Mercer
* "Going My Way" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
* "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas " w.m.Hugh Martin &Ralph Blane
* "A Hot Time in the Town Of Berlin" w. John De Vries m. Joe Bushkin
* "How Blue the Night" w.Harold Adamson m.Jimmy McHugh
* "How Little We Know" w. Johnny Mercer m.Hoagy Carmichael
* "I Begged Her" w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne
* "I Didn't Know About You " w. Bob Russell m.Duke Ellington
* "I Dream of You (More Than You Dream I Do) " w.m. Marjorie Goetschius &Edna Osser
* "I Fall in Love Too Easily" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
* "I Love You" w.m.Cole Porter
* "I'll Walk Alone " w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne
* "I'm Beginning to See the Light " w.m.Duke Ellington ,Don George ,Johnny Hodges &Harry James
* "I'm Making Believe" w.Mack Gordon m.James V. Monaco
* "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
* "It Could Happen to You" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen . Introduced byDorothy Lamour andFred MacMurray in the film "And the Angels Sing "
* "It's Love, Love, Love " w.Mack David m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney
* "Jealous Heart" w.m.Jenny Lou Carson
* "Keep a Sunbeam in Your Pocket" w.m. V. Guest & M. Sherwin from the film "Bees in Paradise "
* "Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma" w.m.Milton Berle , Gene Doyle &Spike Jones
* "Like Someone in Love " w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen . Introduced byDinah Shore in the film "Belle of the Yukon ".
* "A Little on the Lonely Side" w.m. Dick Robertson, Frank Weldon & James Cavanaugh
* "Long Ago and Far Away " w.Ira Gershwin m.Jerome Kern . Introduced byMartha Mears dubbing forRita Hayworth in the film "Cover Girl"
* "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" w.m.Don Raye &Gene De Paul
* "More and More" w.E. Y. Harburg m.Jerome Kern From the Universal film "Can't Help Singing "
* "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time" w. Mann Curtis m. Vic Mizzy
* "Nancy (With the Laughing Face) " w.Phil Silvers m.James Van Heusen
* "New York, New York" w.Betty Comden &Adolph Green m.Leonard Bernstein
* "Now I Know" w.Ted Koehler m.Harold Arlen
* "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe " w.Johnny Mercer m.Harry Warren
* "One Meat Ball" w.Hy Zaret m. Lou Singer
* "Please Don't Say No" w.Ralph Freed m.Sammy Fain from the film "Thrill of a Romance "
* "Put It There Pal" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen
* "Rum and Coca-Cola " w.m.Morey Amsterdam , Paul Baron & Jeri Sullivan
* "Saturday Night" w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne
* "Sentimental Journey" w. Bud Green m. Les Brown & Ben Homer
* "Sleighride in July" w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen . Introduced byDinah Shore in the film "Belle of the Yukon ".
* "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) " w.m. Jimmie Hodges
* "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" w.m.Frank Loesser
* "Stella by Starlight " w.Ned Washington m.Victor Young
* "Swinging on a Star " w. Johnny Burke m.James Van Heusen
* "There Goes That Song Again" w.Sammy Cahn m.Jule Styne
* "There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie" w.Johnny Mercer m.Harold Arlen
* "There's No You " w. Tom Adair m. Hal Hopper
* "This Heart of Mine" w.Arthur Freed m.Harry Warren
* "Till Then" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus & Guy Wood
* "Twilight Time" w.m.Buck Ram , Mortie Nevins & Artie Dunn
* "Umbriago" w.m.Irving Caesar &Jimmy Durante
* "You Always Hurt the One You Love " w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
* "You Belong To My Heart " w. (Eng)Ray Gilbert m.Agustín Lara
* "You Can't Get That No More" w.m.Louis Jordan & Sam Theard
* "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You " w.m.Russ Morgan , Larry Stock & James CavanaughClassical music
*
George Antheil - "Symphony No 4"
*Leonard Bernstein - "Fancy Free " (ballet)
*Aaron Copland - "Appalachian Spring " (ballet)
*George Crumb - "Two Duos" for flute and clarinet
*David Diamond - "Rounds"
*John Fernström - "Symphony No. 10"
*Vivian Fine - ""Concertante for Piano and Orchestra"
*Gerald Finzi - "Farewell to Arms"
*Cecil Armstrong Gibbs - "Westmoreland Symphony"
*Camargo Guarnieri - "String Quartet No. 2"
*Vagn Holmboe - "Symphony No. 4"
*Joseph Jongen - "Concerto for Harp No. 1"
*Zoltán Kodály - "Missa Brevis"
*Frank Martin - "Petite symphonie concertante "
*Darius Milhaud - "Suite française"
*Dmitri Shostakovich - "Trio for violin, cello and piano No. 2 E minor, Op. 67"; "String Quartet No.2 in A major, Op. 68"
*Michael Tippett - "A Child of our Time"
*Heitor Villa-Lobos - "Symphony No. 6 - Montanhas do Brasil (The Mountains of Brazil)"
*Grace Williams - "Sea Sketches"Opera
*
Sergei Prokofiev - "War and Peace"Musical theater
* "
Bloomer Girl " Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre onOctober 5 and ran for 654 performances.
* "Follow The Girls" Broadway production opened at theNew Century Theatre onApril 8 and ran for 882 performances.
* "Mexican Hayride" Broadway production opened at theWinter Garden Theatre onJanuary 28 and transferred to theMajestic Theatre onDecember 18 for a total run of 481 performances
* "A Night In Venice" (Johann Strauss II London production opened at theCambridge Theatre onMay 25
* "On the Town" (Leonard Bernstein ,Betty Comden andAdolph Green ) - Broadway production opened at theAdelphi Theatre (New York) onDecember 28 , transferred to the44th Street Theatre onJune 4 ,1945 and transferred to theMartin Beck Theatre onJuly 30 ,1945 for a total run of 462 performances.
* "Seven Lively Arts" Broadway production opened at theZiegfeld Theatre onDecember 7 and ran for 183 performances
* "Song Of Norway" Broadway production opened at theImperial Theatre onAugust 21 and transferred to the Broadway Theatre onApril 15 ,1946 for a total run of 860 performances
* "Sweeter And Lower" London productionMusical films
* "
Allergic to Love " starringNoah Beery Jr. ,Martha O'Driscoll , David Bruce,Franklin Pangborn andMaxie Rosenbloom . Directed byEdward Lilley .
* "And the Angels Sing " starringDorothy Lamour ,Fred MacMurray andBetty Hutton . Directed byClaude Binyon .
* "Babes on Swing Street " starringAnn Blyth ,Peggy Ryan andAndy Devine and featuringMarion Hutton andFreddie Slack & his Orchestra. Directed byEdward Lilley .
* "Bees in Paradise " releasedMarch 20 starringArthur Askey , Anne Shelton,Ronald Shiner andJean Kent
* "Belle of the Yukon " starringRandolph Scott ,Gypsy Rose Lee ,Dinah Shore and Bob Burns.
* "Can't Help Singing " starringDeanna Durbin ,Robert Paige andAkim Tamiroff
* "Carolina Blues " starringAnn Miller andKay Kyser & his band
* "Champagne Charlie" starringTommy Trinder
* "Cover Girl " starringRita Hayworth ,Gene Kelly ,Phil Silvers ,Lee Bowman ,Jinx Falkenburg ,Otto Kruger andEve Arden . Directed byCharles Vidor .
* "Here Come the Waves " starringBing Crosby ,Betty Hutton andSonny Tufts .
* "Hey, Rookie " starringAnn Miller andLarry Parks
* "Hollywood Canteen" starringJack Benny ,Eddie Cantor ,Joan Crawford ,Bette Davis ,Roy Rogers ,Barbara Stanwyck andJane Wyman and featuringThe Andrews Sisters ,Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra andCarmen Cavallaro & his Orchestra. Directed byDelmer Daves .
* "Jam Session" starringAnn Miller and featuringLouis Armstrong & his Orchestra,Alvino Rey & his Orchestra andCharlie Barnet & his Orchestra
* "Knickerbocker Holiday " starringNelson Eddy andCharles Coburn
* "Lady In The Dark" starringGinger Rogers andRay Milland
* "Meet Me in St. Louis " starringJudy Garland ,Mary Astor ,Tom Drake ,Lucille Bremer andMargaret O'Brien . Directed byVincente Minnelli .
* "Meet Miss Bobby Sox " starringBob Crosby ,Lynn Merrick andLouise Erickson and featuringLouis Jordan & HisTympany Five . Directed byGlenn Tryon .
* "The Merry Monahans " starringDonald O'Connor ,Peggy Ryan ,Jack Oakie ,Rosemary DeCamp ,Ann Blyth andIsabel Jewell
* "Minstrel Man " starringBenny Fields andGladys George
* "One Exciting Night starringVera Lynn
* "Rainbow Island" starringDorothy Lamour andEddie Bracken
* "Shine on Harvest Moon" starringAnn Sheridan ,Dennis Morgan andJack Carson .
* "Something for the Boys" releasedNovember 1 starringCarmen Miranda ,Phil Silvers ,Vivian Blaine andPerry Como .
* "Step Lively" starringFrank Sinatra ,Gloria DeHaven ,George Murphy andAnne Jeffreys .
* "Sweet and Low-Down " starringBenny Goodman & his Orchestra,Linda Darnell ,Jack Oakie andLynn Bari
* "Swing in the Saddle " starringJane Frazee ,The Hoosier Hot Shots ,Cousin Emmy and featuringThe King Cole Trio andJimmy Wakely & his Oklahoma Cowboys
* "Take It Big " starringJack Haley ,Harriet Hilliard ,Mary Beth Hughes and Richard Lane and featuringOzzie Nelson & his Orchestra. Directed by Frank McDonald.
*"Time Flies" starringTommy Handley andEvelyn Dall
* "Two Girls and a Sailor " starringJune Allyson ,Gloria DeHaven andVan Johnson
* "You Can't Ration Love " starringBetty Jane Rhodes andJohnny Johnston . Directed byLester Fuller .Births
*
January 6 -Alan Stivell , folk musician
*January 9 :
**Scott Walker,The Walker Brothers
**Jimmy Page ,Led Zeppelin , The Firm
*January 10 -Frank Sinatra, Jr. , singer
*January 16 -Jim Stafford
*January 17 -Françoise Hardy , singer
*January 19 -Shelley Fabares
*January 28 -John Tavener , composer
*February 2 - Andrew Davis, conductor
*February 4 -Florence LaRue ,The Fifth Dimension
*February 5 -Al Kooper , Blues Project,Blood, Sweat & Tears
*February 10 -Clifford T. Ward , singer-songwriter
*February 15 -Mick Avory ,The Kinks
*February 20 -Lew Soloff ,Blood, Sweat & Tears
*February 23 :
**Johnny Winter
**Mike Maxfield ,Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas
*February 24 :
**Paul Jones,Manfred Mann
**Nicky Hopkins ,Quicksilver Messenger Service
*March 1 :
**Mike d'Abo ,Manfred Mann
**Roger Daltrey ,The Who
*March 3 -Jance Garfat ,Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
*March 4 -Bobby Womack
*March 6 - Mary Wilson,The Supremes
*March 9 -Mark Lindsay ,Paul Revere and the Raiders
*March 15 :
**Sly Stone
**David Costell ,Gary Lewis & The Playboys
*March 17 :
**John Sebastian ,The Lovin' Spoonful
**John Lill , pianist
**Pattie Boyd , ex-wife and muse of bothGeorge Harrison andEric Clapton
*March 22 -Jeremy Clyde ,Chad and Jeremy
*March 23 -Michael Nyman , composer
*March 26 -Diana Ross
*March 29 –Terry Jacks , singer/songwriter, producer, environmentalist
*March 31 -Rod Allen ,The Fortunes
*April 3 :
**Tony Orlando
**Barry Pritchard ,The Fortunes
*April 5 -Crispian St. Peters
*April 6 :
**Michelle Phillips ,The Mamas & the Papas
**Felicity Palmer , soprano
*April 9 -Emil Stucchio , The Classics
*April 12 - John Kay, Steppenwolf
*April 13 -Jack Casady ,Jefferson Airplane ,Hot Tuna
*April 15 -Dave Edmunds , rock musician
*April 17 –Bobby Curtola , pop singer and teen idol
*April 18 -Skip Spence ,Moby Grape
*April 30 -Richard Shoff ,The Sandpipers
*May 1 -Rita Coolidge , singer
*May 9 -Richie Furay ,Buffalo Springfield ,Poco
*May 12 -Billy Swan
*May 12 -James Purify ,James & Bobby Purify
*May 17 :
**Jesse Winchester
**Richard Schwartz ,The Quotations
*May 20 :
**Joe Cocker , British singer
**Boudewijn de Groot , Dutch singer
*May 21 -Marcie Blane
*May 24 -Patti LaBelle
*May 26 -Verdon Allen ,Mott the Hoople
*May 28 :
**Billy Vera
**Gladys Knight
*May 30 -Lenny Davidson ,The Dave Clark Five
*May 31 -Mick Ralphs ,Mott the Hoople
*June 2 -Marvin Hamlisch , composer
*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
**Jeff Beck
**Arthur Brown,The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
*June 27 -Bruce Johnston ,The Beach Boys
*June 30 -Glenn Shorrock ,The Little River Band
*July 7 -Warren Entner ,The Grass Roots
*July 8 :
**Michael Johnson (singer)
**Jai Johanny Johanson ,The Allman Brothers
*July 22 :
**Estelle Bennett ,The Ronettes
**Richard Davies,Supertramp
*July 25 -Jim McCarty ,The Yardbirds , Renaissance
*July 27 -Bobbie Gentry
*July 28 -Mike Bloomfield ,Butterfield Blues Band ,Electric Flag
*August 2 -Jim Capaldi , Traffic (d.2005 )
*August 3 -Nino Bravo , singer
*August 12 -Larry Troutman , Zapp (d.1999 )
*August 18 -Carl Wayne ,The Move
*August 19 -Eddy Raven
*August 21 -Jackie DeShannon , singer-songwriter
*August 24 -James Brady ,The Sandpipers
*August 27 :
**Tim Bogert ,Vanilla Fudge , Cactus
**Cuba Gooding, Sr. ,Main Ingredient
*September 1 -Archie Bell ,The Drells
*September 3 -Gary Leeds ,The Walker Brothers
*September 6 -Roger Waters ,Pink Floyd
*September 12 -Barry White
*September 13 -Peter Cetera , Chicago
*September 16 :
**Winston Grennan , drummer
**Betty Kelley ,Martha and the Vandellas
*September 23 -Ivan Martin Jirous ,The Plastic People of the Universe
*September 24 -Rosa Lee Hawkins ,Dixie Cups
*September 29 :
**Tommy Boyce ,Boyce & Hart
**Mike Post
*September 30 -Marilyn McCoo ,The Fifth Dimension
*October 1 :
**Barbara Parritt , Toys
**Scott McKenzie
*October 4 :
**Nona Hendryx
**Marlena Davis ,The Orlons
*October 5 -Harry Kershaw Ex-Checkers
*October 9 :
**John Entwistle , bassist,The Who
**Peter Tosh , The Wailers
*October 13 -Robert Lamm , Chicago
*October 15 -Don Stevenson ,Moby Grape
*October 24 :
**Ted Templeman ,Harpers Bizarre
**Bettye Swann
*October 25 -Jon Anderson , Yes
*October 26 -Michael Piano ,The Sandpipers
*October 29 -Denny Laine ,The Moody Blues ,The Wings
*November 2 -Keith Emerson ,The Move ,Emerson, Lake & Palmer
*November 8 -Bonnie Bramlett ,Delaney & Bonnie
*November 10 - SirTim Rice , lyricist
*November 11 :
**Jesse Colin Young ,The Youngbloods
**Chris Dreja ,The Yardbirds
*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 21 -Michael Tilson Thomas , conductor
*November 25 -Bob Lind
*November 26 -Jean Terrell , singer
*November 28 -R.B. Greaves
*November 29 -Felix Cavaliere ,The Rascals
*November 30 -Luther Ingram
*December 1 -John Densmore ,The Doors
*December 4 -Dennis Wilson ,The Beach Boys
*December 6 -Jonathan King
*December 7 -Daniel Chorzempa , organist
*December 9 :
**Neil Innes ,Bonzo Dog Band
**Shirley Brickley ,The Orlons
*December 11 -Brenda Lee
*December 12 -Rob Tyner ,MC5
*December 19 :
**Alvin Lee ,Ten Years After
**Zalman Yanovsky ,The Lovin' Spoonful
**William Christie, harpsichordist and conductor
*December 20 -Bobby Colomby ,Blood, Sweat & Tears
*December 21 -Michael Tilson Thomas , conductor
*December 22 -Barry Jenkins ,The Animals
*December 25 -Henry Vestine ,Canned Heat
*December 27 - Mick Jones,Spooky Tooth , Foreigner
*"date unknown" -Karl Jenkins , composer
*"date unknown" -Marti Webb , singerDeaths
*
January 29 -Carl Aeschbacher , choirmaster and composer
*February 1 -Martin Lunssens , composer
*February 4 -Yvette Guilbert , singer, actress
*February 7 -Lina Cavalieri , opera singer
*March 11 - SirHenry Walford Davies , composer, Master of the King's Musick
*April 13 -Cecile Chaminade , pianist
*April 19 -Jimmie Noone
*May 9 - DameEthel Smyth , composer
*May 20 -Vincent Rose , Italian-born US bandleader and composer
*June 25 -Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)
*August 7 -Agustin Barrios , composer
*August 19 - Sir Henry Wood, conductor
*October 16 -Hans Krása , Czech-German composer, gassed inAuschwitz
*November 14 -Carl Flesch , violinist
*November 26 -Florence Foster-Jenkins , soprano
*December 2 -Josef Lhévinne , pianist
*December 15 -Glenn Miller
*December 20 -Johnny Marvin , US singer & songwriter
*December 27 -Amy Beach , composer and pianist
*"date unknown" -Will Marion Cook , violinist and composer
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