1955 in music

Events

*January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT." The label drops the list price on LPs from $5.95 to $3.98, EPs from $4.95 to $2.98, 45 EPs from $1.58 to $1.49 and 45's from $1.16 to $.89. Other record labels follow RCA's lead and begin to drop prices as well.
*January 7 - "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets first appears on the British charts.
*January 8 - Elvis Presley's third Sun Records single, "Milk Cow Blue Boogie" / "You're a Heartbreaker" released.
*January 14 - In New York City, Alan Freed produces the first rock and roll concert.
*February 19 - Dot Records introduces a new singer, Pat Boone, with an advertisement in Billboard magazine calling him "a great new voice"
*February 26 - For the first time since they were introduced in 1949, 45 rpm discs begin to outsell the old standard 78s
*Kay Starr leaves Capitol to sign with RCA
*"The Patti Page Show" premieres on NBC
*"The Frankie Laine Show" premieres on CBS
*March 15 - Colonel Tom Parker becomes Elvis Presley's manager
*March 19 - The film "Blackboard Jungle" premieres in New York City. The film features Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" over the opening credits -- the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. This event causes a groundswell of sales for the recording and is credited with helping to launch in earnest the Rock and Roll Era.
*March 22 - Decca Records signs DJ Alan Freed as an A&R man.
*March 26 - Bill Hayes tops the US charts for five weeks with The_Ballad_of_Davy_Crockett and starts a (fake) coonskin cap craze.
*April 1 - Elvis Presley's fourth Sun Records single: "Baby Let's Play House" / "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Goen" released.
*April 17 - Imperial Records releases "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino
*May 13 - First riot at an Elvis Presley concert takes place in Jacksonville, FL
*May 14 - Bo Diddley makes his US R&B chart debut with his single "Bo Diddley".
*May 21 - Chuck Berry records his first single, "Maybelline" for Chess Records in Chicago.
*May 22 - Bridgeport, CT authorities cancel a rock concert to be headlined by Fats Domino for fear of a riot breaking out.
*June 4 - "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino beings an 11 week stretch on top of the US R&B charts.
*July 6 - Bo Diddley's second single "Diddley Daddy" makes its US R&B chart debut.
*July 9 - "Rock Around the Clock" becomes the first Rock and roll single to reach Number One on the American charts
*July 23 - Chess Records release debut single by Chuck Berry, "Maybelline". Also that same day Chess releases Muddy Waters's "Mannish Boy"
*August 17 - Elvis Presley's last Sun Records single - "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train" - released.
*August 19 - WINS radio station in New York City adopts policy of not playing white cover versions of black R&B songs.
*August 20 - Chuck Berry's "Maybelline" reaches #1 on R&B charts, ending 11 week reign of "Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino.
*August 31 - Sidney Turner of London fined for "creating an abominable noise" for blasting "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" at top volume.
*September 3 - Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" with significantly cleaned up lyrics (originally "Tutti Frutti, good booty" among other things.
*September 26 - "America's Sweethearts," Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds marry.
*October 15 - Elvis Presley plays concert in Lubbock, Texas. Opening act is local duo Buddy and Bob. Buddy was future rock star Buddy Holly.
*November 12 - Billboard magazine DJ poll names Elvis Presley as the most promising new country/western singer.
*November 20 - Bo Diddley makes his debut TV appearance on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show on CBS.
*November 22 - Colonel Tom Parker signs Elvis Presley to RCA Records.
*November 26 - "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford tops the Billboard pop charts.
*December 15 - Sun Records releases "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash.
*Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's musical careers begin as they copyright a song, "The Girl For Me," with the Library of Congress and begin singing together as a duo while still in high school in New York, New York.
*Mirella Freni makes her debut as Micaela in "Carmen" at Modena.
*Eddie Cochran's musical career begins.
*Al Green's musical career begins at the age of nine.
*Clyde McPhatter launches a solo career
*Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno meet and start their songwriting partnership
*Italian singers Natalino Otto and Flo Sandon's wed.
*The Coasters are formed.

Albums released

* "At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 1" - The Jazz Messengers
* "At the Cafe Bohemia, Vol. 2" - The Jazz Messengers
* "Day Dreams" - Doris Day
* "Blue Moods" - Miles Davis
* "Cloud 7" - Tony Bennett
* "Concert by the Sea" - Erroll Garner
* "Dinner in Caracas" - Aldemaro Romero
* "Doris Day in Hollywood" - Doris Day
* "Eddie Fisher Sings Academy Award Winning Songs" - Eddie Fisher
* "Especially for You..." - Teresa Brewer
* "Four Brothers" - The Ames Brothers
* "Happy Holiday" - Jo Stafford
* "The Hi-Lo's, I Presume" - The Hi-Lo’s
* "I Cry for You" - Johnnie Ray
* "I Love You" - Eddie Fisher
* "I'm in the Mood for Love" - Eddie Fisher
* "In a Blue Mood" - Kay Starr
* "In the Land of Hi-Fi" - Sarah Vaughan
* "In the Wee Small Hours" - Frank Sinatra
* "Jazz Spectacular" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
* "Julie Is Her Name" - Julie London
* "Love Me or Leave Me" - Doris Day
* "Lovers' Laine" - Frankie Laine
* "Meet Betty Carter and Ray Bryant" - Betty Carter and Ray Bryant
* "Memory Songs" - Jo Stafford
* "Miles Davis Volume 1" - Miles Davis
* "Miles Davis Volume 2" - Miles Davis
* "" - Miles Davis
* "The Misty Miss Christy" - June Christy
* "Moments to Remember" - The Four Lads
* "Music Ala Carte" - The Crew Cuts
* "Musings of Miles" - Miles Davis
* "Oklahoma!" - Original Broadway Cast
* "The One, the Only Kay Starr" - Kay Starr
* "Quintet / Sextet" - Miles Davis
* "Rain or Shine" - Dick Haymes
* "Rock Around the Clock" - Bill Haley & His Comets
* "Romance on the Range" - Patti Page
* "Satch Plays Fats" - Louis Armstrong
* "Shake, Rattle and Roll" - Bill Haley & His Comets
* "So Smooth" - Perry Como
* "Soft and Sentimental" - Jo Stafford
* "Songs of Scotland" - Jo Stafford
* "Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues" - Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee
* "Study in Brown" - Clifford Brown and Max Roach
* "Swingin' Down Yonder" - Dean Martin
* "Thelonious Monk plays the Music of Duke Ellington" - Thelonious Monk
* "Voice of our Choice" - Guy Mitchell

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1955.htm chart positions] in the set of charts available for 1955.

US No. 1 hit singles

These singles reached the top of US Billboard magazine's charts in 1955.

Top hits on record

*"Ain't That A Shame" - Pat Boone
*"Arrivederci Roma" - Georgia Gibbs
*"Band Of Gold" - Don Cherry
*"A Blossom Fell" - Nat King Cole
*"The Crazy Otto Medley" - Johnny Maddox
*"Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" – Perez Prado
*"Cool Water" - Frankie Laine
*"Croce Di Oro" - Patti Page
*"Cry Me a River" - Julie London
*"Dance With Me, Henry" - Georgia Gibbs
*"Danger! Heartbreak Ahead" - Jaye P. Morgan
*"Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" - Nat King Cole
*"Earth Angel" - The Crew Cuts
*"Gum Drop" - The Crew Cuts
*"The Great Pretender" - The Platters
*"Hawk-Eye" - Frankie Laine
*"He", recorded by
**Al Hibbler
**McGuire Sisters
*"Heart" - Eddie Fisher
*"How Important Can It Be?" - Joni James
*"Hummingbird", recorded by
**Frankie Laine
**Les Paul and Mary Ford
*"I Hear You Knocking" – Gale Storm
*"I Need You Now" - Eddie Fisher
*"I Want You To Be My Baby" - Georgia Gibbs
*"If I Give My Heart to You", recorded by
**Doris Day
**Denise Lor
*"In The Beginning" - Frankie Laine
*"It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" - Somethin' Smith & The Redheads
*"Let Me Go, Lover" - Joan Weber
*"Let's Go Fishin'" - Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd
*"Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
*"Love Me Or Leave Me" - Doris Day
*"Maybelline" - Chuck Berry
*"Melody of Love" - Billy Vaughn
*"Memories Are Made Of This" - Dean Martin
*"Moments to Remember" - The Four Lads
*"My Friend" - Frankie Laine
*"Never Look Back" - Doris Day
*"Only You (And You Alone)" - The Platters
*"Playmates" - The Fontane Sisters
*"Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley & His Comets
*"Rock And Roll Waltz" - Kay Starr
*"Same Old Saturday Night" - Frank Sinatra
*"Seventeen" - The Fontane Sisters
*"Sincerely" – McGuire Sisters
*"Sixteen Tons", recorded by
**Tennessee Ernie Ford
**Frankie Laine
*"Smack Dab In The Middle" - The Mills Brothers
*"Song Of Seventeen" - Petty King
*"Speedo" - The Cadillacs
*"Stars Fell On Alabama" - Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
*"Suddenly There's A Valley" - Gogi Grant
*"Teenage Prayer" – Gale Storm
*"That Old Feeling", recorded by
**Frankie Laine & Buck Clayton
**Patti Page
*"That's All I Want from You" - Jaye P. Morgan
*"Tweedle Dee" - Georgia Gibbs
*"Unchained Melody", recorded by
**Les Baxter
**Roy Hamilton
**Al Hibbler
*"A Woman in Love" - Frankie Laine
*"The Yellow Rose Of Texas" - Mitch Miller & The Gang
*"You Are My Love" - Joni James

Top R&B and Country Hits on record

*"Ain't That A Shame" - Fats Domino
*"Earth Angel" - Penguins
*"Flip, Flop & Fly" - Joe Turner
*"Tweedle Dee" - LaVern Baker
*"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash

Published popular music

* "Adelaide" w.m. Frank Loesser
* "Ain't That A Shame" w.m. Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
* "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby" w.m. Jimmy Reed
* "All At Once You Love Her" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Richard Rodgers
* "Arrivederci Roma" w. (Eng) Carl Sigman m. Renato Ranucci
* "Ballad Of Davy Crockett" w. Tom Blackburn m. George Bruns
* "Banana Boat (Day O)" trad West Indies arr. William Attaway and Irving Burgie (aka Lord Burgess)
* "Band Of Gold" w. Bob Musel m. Jack Taylor
* "The Bible Tells Me So" w.m. Dale Evans
* "Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
* "Blue Monday" w.m. Antoine "Fats" Domino & Dave Bartholomew
* "Blue Star" w. Edward Heyman m. Victor Young
* "Blue Suede Shoes" w.m. Carl Perkins
* "Bo Diddley" w.m. Ellas McDaniel
* "Charlie Brown" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
* "Christmas Alphabet" Buddy Kaye, Jules Loman
* "Dance With Me, Henry" w.m. Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James aka "Wallflower"
* "Domani" w. Tony Velona m. Ulpio Minucci
* "Don't Be Angry" w.m. Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy & Fred Mendelsohn
* "Dreamboat" w.m. Jack Hoffman
* "Dungaree Doll" w. Ben Raleigh m. Sherman Edwards
* "Folsom Prison Blues" w.m. Johnny Cash
* "The Great Pretender" w.m. Buck Ram
* "Hallelujah I Love Her So" w.m. Ray Charles
* "He" w. Jack Mullan m. Jack Richards
* "He's a Tramp" w.m. Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke. Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film "Lady and the Tramp"
* "Heart" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
* "Hey, Mister Banjo" w.m. Freddy Morgan & Norman Malkin
* "I Hear You Knocking" w.m. Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King
* "I Never Has Seen Snow" w. Truman Capote & Harold Arlen m. Harold Arlen
* "I'm In Love Again" w.m. Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew
* "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" w. Bob Hilliard m. Dave Mann
* "Innamorata" w. Jack Brooks m. Harry Warren Introduced by Dean Martin in the film "Artists And Models"
* "It's Almost Tomorrow" w. Wade Buff m. Gene Adkinson
* "Jamaica Farewell" w.m. Lord Burgess
* "Jim Dandy" w.m. Lincoln Chase
* "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" w.m. Forest Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy
* "Learnin' The Blues" w.m. Dolores Vicki Silvers
* "Life Could Not Better Be" w.m. Sylvia Fine & Sammy Cahn. Introduced by Danny Kaye in the film "The Court Jester".
* "Little One" w.m. Cole Porter
* "Love and Marriage" w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen
* "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain
* "Maybelline" w.m. Chuck Berry, Russ Frato & Alan Freed
* "Memories Are Made Of This" w.m. Terry Gilkyson, Rich Dehr & Frank Miller
* "Mind If I Make Love To You" w.m. Cole Porter
* "Moments To Remember" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
* "Mr. Wonderful" w.m. Jerry Bock, George David Weiss & Larry Holofcener
* "My Boy - Flat Top" w.m. Boyd Bennett & John Young Jr
* "No, Not Much" w. Al Stillman m. Robert Allen
* "Once-A-Year Day" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross from the musical "The Pajama Game"
* "An Occasional Man" w.m. Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin. Introduced by Gloria DeHaven in the film "The Girl Rush"
* "Paper Roses" w. Janice Torre m. Fred Spielman
* "Pet Me Poppa" w.m. Frank Loesser
* "Pete Kelly's Blues" w. Sammy Cahn m. Ray Heindorf
* "Relax-Ay-Voo" Sammy Cahn & Arthur Schwartz
* "Robin Hood" w.m. Carl Sigman. Theme song of the Television series starring Richard Greene.
* "The Rock And Roll Waltz" w. Dick Ware m. Shorty Allen
* "Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie" w.m. Bill Haley
* "Same Old Saturday Night" w. Sammy Cahn m. Frank Reardon
* "See You Later Alligator" w.m. Robert Guidry
* "Seven-And-A-Half Cents" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross
* "The Siamese Cat Song" w.m. Peggy Lee & Sonny Burke. Introduced by Peggy Lee in the animated film "Lady and the Tramp".
* "A Sleepin' Bee" w. Truman Capote & Harold Arlen m. Harold Arlen. Introduced in the musical "House of Flowers" by Diahann Carroll, Ada Moore, Dolores Harper and Enid Mosier
* "Smokey Joe's Cafe" w.m. Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
* "Softly, Softly" Pierre Dudan, Paddy Roberts & Mark Paul
* "Something's Gotta Give" w.m. Johnny Mercer. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the musical film "Daddy Long Legs".
* "Speedoo" w.m. Esther Navarro
* "Stereophonic Sound" w.m. Cole Porter from the musical "Silk Stockings"
* "A Story Untold" Leroy Griffin
* "Suddenly There's A Valley" w.m. Chuck Meyer & Biff Jones
* "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen. Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film "The Tender Trap".
* "Theme From "East Of Eden"" m. Leonard Rosenman
* "Tina Marie" w.m. Bob Merrill
* "Tutti Frutti" w.m. Richard Penniman, D. La Bostrie & Joe Lubin
* "Two Lost Souls" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Introduced by Gwen Verdon and Stephen Douglass in the musical "Damn Yankees"
* "Unchained Melody" w. Hy Zaret m. Alex North
* "Wake The Town And Tell The People" w. Sammy Gallop m. Jerry Livingston
* "The Wallflower" (aka "Dance With Me Henry") w.m. Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James
* "Whatever Lola Wants" w.m. Richard Adler & Jerry Ross. Introduced by Gwen Verdon in the musical "Damn Yankees". Gwen also performed the song in the 1958 film version.
* "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" w.m. Frankie Lymon & George Goldner
* "A Woman in Love" w.m. Frank Loesser
* "You Are My Love" w.m. Jimmie Nabbie
* "You Don't Know Me" w.m. Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
* "You're Sensational" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the musical film "High Society"

Classical music

*Arthur Bliss - Violin Concerto
*Henry Cowell - Symphony No. 12
*George Crumb - Diptych for orchestra
*George Crumb - Sonata for solo cello
*Mario Davidovsky - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
*Mario Davidovsky - "Suite Sinfonica Para "El Payaso" for orchestra
*Einar Englund - Piano Concerto No. 1
*Ferenc Farkas - "Bukki Varlatok"
*Hans Werner Henze - Symphony No. 4
*Alan Hovhaness - Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain"
*Witold Lutosławski - "Dance Preludes" (2nd version for clarinet and chamber group)
*Bohuslav Martinů - "The Epic of Gilgamesh"
*Bohuslav Martinů - Oboe Concerto
*Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 5
*Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 6
*Luigi Nono - "Il Canto Sospeso", for soli, chorus, and orchestra
*Luigi Nono - "Incontri", for 24 instruments
*Walter Piston - Symphony No. 6
*Edmund Rubbra - Piano Concerto
*John Serry, Sr. - "American Rhapsody"
*Alexandre Tansman - Concerto for Orchestra
*Alexandre Tansman - Capriccio for Orchestra
*Michael Tippett - Sonata for Four Horns
*Ernst Toch - Symphony No. 3
*Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 8
*William Walton - "Johannesburg Festival Overture"
*Franz Waxman - Sinfonietta for Strings and Timpani
*Iannis Xenakis - "Pithoprakta" for orchestra

Opera

*Carlisle Floyd - "Susannah"
*Dmitri Kabalevsky - "Nikita Vershinin"

Musical theater

* "The Amazing Adele" Philadelphia production
* "Ankles Aweigh" Broadway production
* "Catch A Star" Broadway production
* "Damn Yankees" (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) - Broadway production
* "Kismet" London production opened at the Stoll Theatre on April 20 and ran for 648 performances
* "The Pajama Game" (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) - London production opened at the Coliseum on October 13 and ran for 501 performances
* "Phoenix '55" Broadway production
* "Pipe Dream" (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway production
* "Plain and Fancy" Broadway production
* "Romance in Candlelight" London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on September 15 and ran for 53 performances
* "Seventh Heaven" Broadway production opened at the ANTA Playhouse on May 26 and ran for 44 performances
* "Shoestring Revue" Broadway production
* "Silk Stockings" Broadway production
* "Wonderful Town" (Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) - London production opened at the Princes Theatre on February 24 and ran for 207 performances

Musical films

*"Artists And Models" released November 7 starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
* "As Long as They're Happy" starring Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott, Jeannie Carson, Jerry Wayne, Diana Dors and Joan Sims
* "The Benny Goodman Story"
* "Daddy Long Legs"
* "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes"
* "The Girl Rush" starring Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert and Gloria DeHaven.
* "It's Always Fair Weather"
* "Jupiter's Darling" starring Howard Keel, Esther Williams, Marge Champion and Gower Champion
* "King's Rhapsody" starring Anna Neagle and Errol Flynn

* "Kismet"
* "Lady and the Tramp" Animated feature
* "Love Me or Leave Me"
* "Oklahoma!"
* "Pete Kelly's Blues"
* "The Seven Little Foys"
* "A Star Is Born"

Musical television

* " Heidi" television production
* " Our Town" television production
* " Together With Music" television production

Births

*January 3 - Helen O'Hara, British musician
*January 8 - Mike Reno, Loverboy
*January 13 - Fred White, Earth Wind and Fire
*January 13 - Trevor Rabin, Yes
*January 17 - Steve Earle
*January 19 - Simon Rattle, conductor
*January 26 - Eddie Van Halen, musician
*January 27 - Richard Young, Kentucky Headhunters
*February 18 - Riff Regan, real name Miles Tredinnick, lead singer in London.
*February 23 - Howard Jones
*March 2 - Jay Osmond, The Osmonds
*March 4 - Boon Gould, real name Rowland Charles Gould, guitarist (Level 42)
*March 10 - Bunny DeBarge, DeBarge
*March 15 - Dee Snider, Twisted Sister
*March 31 - Angus Young, AC/DC
*April 13 - Louis Johnson, The Brothers Johnson
*April 17 - Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks
*May 9 - Anne Sofie von Otter
*May 12 - Kix Brooks, Country singer Brooks & Dunn
*May 20 - Steve George, Mr. Mister
*May 20 - Zbigniew Preisner, composer
*May 21 - Stan Lynch, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
*May 28 - John McGeoch, Magazine, PiL, and Siouxsie & the Banshees, (d. 2004)
*May 29 - Pascal Dusapin, French composer
*May 30 - Topper Headon, The Clash
*June 7 - Joey Scarbury
*June 23 - Glenn Danzig, lead singer for Danzig
*June 26 - Mick Jones, The Clash
*June 28 - Thomas Hampson, opera singer
*July 4 - John Waite
*July 18 - Terry Chambers, XTC
*July 21 - Howie Epstein, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
*August 9 - Benjamin Orr, The Cars
*August 17 - Colin Moulding, XTC
*August 28 - Beres Hammond, reggae singer
*August 29 - Diamanda Galás
*September 3 - Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols
*September 9 - Ivan Smirnov
*September 13 - Andreas Staier, classical harpsichordist and fortepianist
*October 2 - Philip Oakey, Human League
*October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
*October 16 - Leonid Desyatnikov, composer
*October 21:
** Fred Hersch, American jazz pianist
** Rich Mullins (+ 1997)
*October 25 - Matthias Jabs, The Scorpions
*October 29 - Kevin Dubrow, Quiet Riot
*November 21 - Kyle Gann, composer, teacher and critic
*November 23 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
*November 30 - Billy Idol
*December 6 - Bright Sheng, composer
*December 15 - Paul Simonon, The Clash

Deaths

*February 14 - Charles Cuvillier, composer of operettas
*March 12 - Charlie Parker, Jazz saxophonist, heart failure
*May 4 - George Enescu, composer
*July 25 - Isaak Dunayevsky, conductor and composer
*August 5 - Carmen Miranda, singer
*November 11 - Jerry Ross, songwriter
*November 22 - Joseph Guy Ropartz, composer and conductor
*November 27 - Arthur Honegger, composer
*November 30 - Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, composer
*"date unknown"
**Oskar Adler, violinist and music critic
**Bessie Brown, blues singer
**Willy Burkhard, composer
**Harry Parr Davies, composer and songwriter
**Vernon Isley, original Isley brother, killed in an accident aged 13
**Annette Mills, partner of "Muffin the Mule"