Musicians Born in 1900

Feb 3 Mabel Mercer, British jazz and cabaret singer whose style and phrasing influenced Frank Sinatra ("Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Burton upon Trent, England (d. 1984)
Feb 6 Roy Smeck, American musician, born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
Feb 8 Guy Warrack, Scottish composer, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1986)
Feb 9 Walter Page, American jazz double bassist, saxophonist, tuba player, and bandleader (Blue Devils; Count Basie Orchestra), born in Gallatin, Missouri (d. 1957)
Feb 13 Joseph "Wingy" Manone American jazz trumpeter, composer, singer, and bandleader ("Tar Paper Stomp"; "Downright Disgusted Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1982)
Feb 20 Antonio Veretti, Italian orchestral, theater, and film composer, born in Verona, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1978)
Feb 23 Elinor Remick Warren, American composer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1991)
Feb 25 Hartzell "Tiny" Parham, American jazz pianist, theater organist, and bandleader, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (d. 1943)
Mar 1 Keith Falkner, British bass-baritone singer (Director of the Royal College of Music), born in Sawston, England (d. 1994)
Mar 2 Kurt Weill, German-American composer and collaborator of Bertolt Brecht (Die Dreigroschenoper - The Threepenny Opera), born in Dessau, Germany (d. 1950)
Mar 7 Evald Aav, Estonian composer (Vikerlased), born in Tallinn (d. 1939) [OS 22 Feb]
Mar 12 Zoltán Vásárhelyi, Hungarian violinist, teacher, and choral conductor, born in Kecskemét, Hungary (d. 1977)
Mar 14 Bernie Cummins, American jazz drummer and big band bandleader ("Dark Eyes"), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1986)
Mar 14 Ernest Hill, American jazz double-bassist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
Mar 15 Colin McPhee, Canadian-American pianist, composer (Tabuh-Tabuhan; H2O; Mechanical Principles), and ethnomusicologist (Bali), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1964)

Mar 17 Alfred Newman, American film music arranger, conductor and composer, winner of 9 Academy Awards (The Robe; How The West Was Won; Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1970)
Mar 21 Paul Kletzki [Paweł Klecki], Polish-Swiss violinist, composer, and conductor, born in Łódź, Poland (d. 1973)
Mar 23 José Antonio Calcaño, Venezuelan composer (De Profundis), music critic, and diplomat, born in Caracus, Venezuela (d. 1978)
Mar 24 (Algeria Junius) "June" Clark, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, born in Long Branch, New Jersey (d. 1963)
Mar 26 Isadore Freed, Russian American composer, born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia (d. 1960)
Mar 28 Achille Longo, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1954)
Apr 2 Anis Fuleihan, Lebanese-American classical pianist, composer (Theremin Concerto), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Kyrenia, British Cyprus (d. 1970)
Apr 2 Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist, born in Hörde, Germany (d. 1969)
Apr 6 Andres Sas, Belgian-Peruvian composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1967)
Apr 6 Leo Robin, American songwriter ("Thanks For The Memory"; "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
Apr 14 Salvatore Baccaloni, Italian opera singer and actor (Merry Andrew; Rock-a-Bye Baby), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1969)
Apr 20 Fred Raymond, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1954)
Apr 23 Ary Verhaar, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1994)
Apr 23 Henry Barraud, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1997)
May 5 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor (Hassan gewinnt), born in Berlin (d. 1973)

May 14 Leo Smit, Dutch composer who died in a Nazi extermination camp, born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)
May 17 Nicolai Berezowsky, Russian-American composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1953)
May 27 Chester Zardis, American jazz 'slap-style' double-bassist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1990)
May 28 Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter (Lovie Austin; King Oliver; New Orleans Feetwarmers; Noble Sissle; Sidney Bechet), born in Mandeville, Louisiana (d. 1939)
Jun 2 David Wynne, Welsh composer (Owain ab Urien), born in Penderyn, Wales (d. 1983)
Jun 7 Glen Gray [Knoblauch], American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Casa Loma Orchestra), born in Metamora, Illinois (d. 1963)
Jun 9 Fred Waring, American musician and conductor (name behind the Waring Blender), born in Tyronne, Pennsylvania (d. 1984)
Jun 12 Amadeo Roldán, Cuban composer and violinist, born in Paris (d. 1939)
Jun 15 Otto Luening, German American conductor, composer and electronic music pioneer (Sonority Canon), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1996)
Jun 15 Paul J. Mares, American jazz trumpeter and composer ("Farewell Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1949)
Jun 17 Hermann Reuter, German composer, born in Stuttgart (d. 1985)
Jun 21 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer and musician, born in Asarum Blekinge (d. 1981)
Jun 22 Jennie Tourel [Davidovich], Russian-American mezzo-soprano (Paris Opera, 1931-38; Metropolitan Opera,1937-47), born in Vitebsk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus) (d. 1973)
Jul 8 George Antheil, American pianist, avant garde composer (Airplane Sonata; Ballet Mécanique), and inventor, born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1959)
Jul 9 Robert Oboussier, Swiss composer, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1957)
Jul 10 Evelyn Laye [Elsie Lay], British stage and operetta singer and actress (Bitter Sweet; The Merry Widow), born in Bloomsbury, London, England (d. 1996)
Jul 10 Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], Lithuanian-American lyricist ("Stardust"; "It's Wonderful"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "Sweet Lorraine"), born in Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1993) [1]
Jul 13 George Lewis [Joseph Zenon], American jazz clarinetist and bandleader (Bunk Johnson; Preservation Hall Jazz Band; "Burgundy Street Blues"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1968)
Jul 27 Hans Haug, Swiss composer, born in Luasanne (d. 1967)

Jul 28 Maurice Johnstone, English brass band composer, born in Manchester, England (d. 1976)
Jul 29 Don Redman, American jazz musician and orchestra leader (Sugar Hill Times), born in Piedmont, West Virginia (d. 1964)
Jul 31 Erich Katz, German-born American composer and musicologist, born in Posen, Prussia (d. 1973)
Aug 2 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
Aug 2 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1977)
Aug 5 Bodi Rapp [Johanna Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano and teacher, born in Almelo, Netherlands (d. 1977)
Aug 11 Alexander Mosolov, Soviet composer (Iron Foundry; Four Newspaper Advertisements; Signal), born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1973)
Aug 12 Ignacio Prieto [Arrizubieta], Spanish composer, born in Gijón, Spain (d. 1980)
Aug 18 Walter O'Keefe, American songwriter, radio and TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1983)
Aug 23 Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American concert, opera, and electronic music composer (Johnny Spielt Auf: Orpheus and Eurydike; Fibonacci-Mobile), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
Aug 23 Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer and songwriter (Morningtown Ride), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1978)
Aug 25 Mary Bruce, American tap dance teacher, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
Aug 27 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, teacher, and conductor (Georgian State Orchestra, 1952-65), born in Kvemo-Khviti, Georgia (d. 1965)
Sep 1 Kazimierz Wilkomirski, Polish cellist, composer, conductor, administrator, and educator, born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1995)
Sep 12 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, born in Ashford, Kent (d. 1975)
Sep 19 Solomon Pimsleur, French composer, born in Parigi, France (d. 1962)
Sep 20 Uuno Klami, Finnish composer (Psalmus; Kalevala Suite), born in Virolahti, Finland (d. 1961)
Sep 20 Wilhelm Weismann, German composer, born in Alfdorf, Germany (d. 1980)
Oct 8 Zeno Vancea, Romanian composer, born in Bocsa, Romania (d. 1990)

Oct 13 Gerald Marks, American songwriter ("All of Me"), born in Saginaw, Michigan (d. 1997)
Oct 13 Marius-François Gaillard, French pianist (DeBussy), conductor and composer (La passion noire), born in Paris (d. 1973)
Oct 19 Erna Berger, German lyric soprano, and voice teacher, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1990)
Oct 19 Teodoro Valcárcel, Peruvian classical composer, born in Puno, Peru (d. 1942)
Oct 20 Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer, and music critic, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1987)
Oct 24 Karl Ottó Runólfsson, Icelandic composer, born in Reykjavik, Iceland (d. 1970)
Nov 4 Luigi Lucioni, Italian-American landscape painter (opera stars), born in Malnate, Italy (d. 1988)
Nov 7 Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (Houston Symphony, 1948-54), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1995)
Nov 8 Georges Lonque, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1967)
Nov 8 Mihailo Vukdragović, Serbian composer, conductor and pedagogue, born in Okučani, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) (d. 1956)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Nov 14 American composer (Billy the Kid; Appalachian Spring), born in Brooklyn, New York

Nov 22 Hugo Godron, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1971)
Nov 24 Cornelius Kee, Dutch organist and composer, born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 1997)
Nov 25 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans; That's Entertainment), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
Nov 27 Léon Barzin, Belgian-American conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1999)
Nov 27 Robert Blum, Swiss composer, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1994)

Sammy Davis Sr. (1900-1988)

Dec 12 American vaudeville dancer (Mr. Wonderful), born in Wilmington, North Carolina

Dec 13 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, born in Ograda, Romania (d. 1970)
Dec 14 Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, Bulgarian composer, born in Nikopol, Bulgaria (d. 1973)
Dec 17 Lucijan Marija Škerjajanc, Slovene pianist, composer, conductor, and teacher, born in Graz, Austria (d. 1973)
Dec 22 Alan Bush, English composer pianist and teacher, born in London (d. 1995)
Dec 25 Gladys Swarthout, American mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), born in Deepwater, Missouri (d. 1969)
Dec 29 Willie Humphrey, American jazz clarinetist, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1994)