See also:
1920 in music,
other events of 1921,
1922 in music and the
list of 'years in music'.
Events
Published popular music
Top Hit Recordings
Classical music
Births
- January 31 - Mario Lanza
- January 31 - Carol Channing
- February 5 - Sir John Pritchard, British conductor
- March 8 - Cyd Charisse
- March 12 - Gordon MacRae
- May 17 - Bob Merrill, US songwriter
- May 25 - Hal David - US lyricist
- June 1 - Nelson Riddle, US conducter, composer and arranger
- June 19 - Louis Jordan
- June 21 - Judy Holliday, US actress and singer
- June 24 - Peggy DeCastro, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
- August 3 - Richard Adler, US composer and lyricist
- September 8 - Harry Secombe, Welsh idiot ("My God! Who Sent You To Me!")
- September 19 - Billy Ward, The Dominoes
- November 23 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer, musician and songwriter
- December 8 - Johnny Otis
- December 15 - Alan Freed, disc jockey
- December 26 - Steve Allen
Deaths
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