1910 in Music - Births

Births

January 8 - Fabian Andre, composer (d. 1960)
January 23 - Django Reinhardt, guitarist (d. 1953)
February 3 - Blas Galindo Dimas, Mexican composer (d. 1993?)
February 25 - Winifred Shaw, US actress, singer and dancer (d. 1982)
March 9 - Samuel Barber, composer (d. 1981)
March 11 - Nicola Salerno, Italian lyricist (d. 1969)
March 15 - Anna-Lisa Björling, operatic soprano (d. 2006)
March 27 - Manfred Bukofzer, German-American musicologist (d. 1955)
April 14 - Werner Wolf Glaser, Swiss composer (d. 2006)
April 26 - Erland von Koch, Swedish composer (d. 2009)
April 30 - Levi Celerio, songwriter (d. 2002)
May 8 - Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist and composer (d. 1981)
May 12 - Gordon Jenkins, US songwriter, conductor and pianist (d. 1984)
May 12 - Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano (d. 2010)
May 13 - Cleavant Derricks, gospel songwriter (d. 1977)
May 23 - Artie Shaw, US bandleader (d. 2004)
May 28 - T. Bone Walker, blues musician (d. 1975)
June 4 - Anton Dermota, operatic tenor (d. 1989)
June 10 - Howlin' Wolf, blues singer and musician (d. 1976)
June 17 - H. Owen Reed, conductor and composer
June 18 - Ray McKinley, US drummer, singer and bandleader (d. 1995)
June 29 - Frank Loesser, US songwriter (d. 1969)
July 10 - Rafael Cepeda, folk musician (d. 1996)
July 15 - Ronald Binge, British composer (d.1973)
July 18 - Lou Busch, US arranger and composer aka Joe "Fingers" Carr (died 1979)
August 1 - Walter Scharf, film composer (died 2003)
August 7 - Freddie Slack, US pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1965)
August 12 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (d. 1995)
August 17 - Erkki Aaltonen, composer (d. 1990)
August 24 - Tunde King, Nigerian singer and instrumentalist, originator of Jùjú music (d. c.1980)
September 3 - Kitty Carlisle, US actress and singer (d. 2007)
September 12 - Shep Fields, bandleader (d. 1981)
September 29 - Virginia Bruce, actress and singer (d. 1982)
October 1 - André Dumortier, pianist (d. 2004)
October 13 - Otto Joachim, composer (d. 2010)
November 22 - Ethel Smith, organist (d. 1996)
December 7 - Louis Prima, musician, singer (d. 1978)
December 10 - John H. Hammond, record producer (d. 1987)