Musicians Born in 1905

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)

Feb 15 American composer ("Over the Rainbow"; "It's Only A Paper Moon"; "Stormy Weather"), born in Buffalo, New York

Feb 17 Orville "Hoppy" Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots - "If I Didn't Care"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1944)
Feb 22 Luis Sandi, Mexican musician and composer, born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1996)
Feb 23 Leonidas Zoras, Greek conductor and composer, born in Sparta, Greece (d. 1987)
Feb 24 Guillaume Landré, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1968)
Feb 26 William Russell [Russell William Wagner], American violinist, modern composer (Fugue for Eight Percussion Instruments), and musicologist (Oh, Mister Jelly), born in Canton, Missouri (d. 1992)
Mar 2 Marc Blitzstein, American opera and theater composer, librettist (The Cradle Will Rock), and translator (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill works), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
Mar 6 Bob Wills, American western-swing singer, and bandleader, known as the 'King of Western Swing' (Texas Playboys -"Steel Guitar Rag"), born in Limestone County, Texas (d. 1975)
Mar 10 Rene Bernier, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles, Bedlgium (d. 1984)
Mar 15 Bertha "Chippie" Hill, American blues and vaudeville singer (King Oliver's Jazz Band), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1950)
Mar 18 John Kirkpatrick, American pianist (Concord Sonata) and musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), born in New York City (d. 1991)
Mar 22 Carlo Alberto Pizzini, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1981)
Mar 23 Lale Andersen [Elisabeth Bunnenberg], German singer and actress (Der Pott), born in Bremerhaven, Germany (d. 1972)
Mar 26 Pablo Garrido, Chilean composer and ethnomusicologist, born in Valparaíso, Chile (d. 1982)
Mar 27 Leroy Carr, American blues piano player and singer-songwriter ("How Long, How Long Blues"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1935)
Apr 1 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1963)
Apr 2 Serge Lifar, Russian-French dancer, choreographer (Paris Opera Ballet), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1986)
Apr 4 Eugene Bozza, French composer, born in Nice, France (d. 1991)
Apr 5 Jef Maes, Belgian composer and violinist, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1996)
Apr 19 Tommy Benford, American jazz drummer, born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1994)
Apr 27 Philip Radcliffe, English composer, born in Godalming, Surrey (d. 1986)
May 4 Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British classical and jazz composer (Scherzando), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1960)
May 8 (Ernest) "Red" Nichols, American jazz cornetist, composer and jazz bandleader (His Five Pennies - "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider"; "Bugler's Lament"), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 1965) [1]
May 8 Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, born in Wimbledon, London (d. 2000)
May 10 Markos Vamvakaris, Greek rebetiko musician and songwriter, born in Ano Syros, Greece (d. 1972)
May 18 Dick McPartland, American jazz guitarist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1957)
May 18 Eric Zeisl, Austrian-American composer (Requiem Ebraico), born in Vienna (d. 1959)
May 18 Theodor Berger, Austrian composer (Sinfonia Parabolica), born in Traismauer an der Donau, Austria (d. 1992)
May 21 Edward Lockspeiser, British composer and musicologist (Debussy: His Life and Mind), born in London (d. 1973)
May 24 Zdeněk Blažek, Czech composer and music theorist (Verchovina), born in Žarošice, Moravia (d. 1988)
May 26 Hans Holewa, Austrian-born Swedish composer, born in Vienna (d. 1991)
May 29 Fela Sowande, Nigerian musician and composer, born in Abeokuta, Nigeria (d. 1987)
Jun 1 Dinorá de Carvalho, Brazilian pianist, conductor, music educator and composer (Missa Profundis), born in Uberaba, Brazil (d. 1980) [some sources cite birth year as 1895]
Jun 6 John Gart, Russian-American orchestra leader, composer (Robert Montgomery Presents), and actor (Paul Winchell Show), born in Russia (d. 1989)
Jun 9 Walter Kraft, German composer and organist, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1977)
Jun 13 Aldophus "Doc" Cheatham, American jazz trumpeter, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1997)
Jun 18 Eduard Tubin, Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor, born in Torila, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia) (d. 1982)
Jun 19 Taneli Kuusisto, Finnish organist and composer (Suomalainen rukous - Finnish Prayer), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1988)
Jun 22 Walter Leigh, British composer, born in Wimbledon, London, England (d. 1942)
Jun 26 Teddy Grace [Stella Crowson], American jazz and blues singer, born in Arcadia, Louisiana (d. 1992) [1]
Jul 4 Dante Fiorillo, American composer, born in New York City (d. 1970)
Jul 7 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
Jul 19 Boyd Neel, English conductor (Story of an Orchestra), born in Blackheath, London (d. 1981)
Jul 19 Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British pianist and composer, born in Karviná, Austrian Silesia (d. 1987)
Jul 23 Erich Itor Kahn, German composer of Jewish descent, born in Rimbach, Odenwald, German Empire (d. 1956)
Aug 2 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer, born in Munich, Germany (d. 1963)
Aug 4 Boris Alexandrov, Soviet-Russian conductor (Alexandrov Ensemble, 1946-86), and composer, chiefly of patriotic and military music, born in Bologoye, Russian Empire (d. 1994)
Aug 8 André Jolivet, French composer (Jeune France; Mana), born in Paris, France (d. 1974)
Aug 18 Peter Paul Kreuder, German-Austrian pianist and film score composer, born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1981)
Aug 19 Jacques de Menasce, Austrian-American composer, born in Bad Ischl, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1960)
Aug 20 (Weldon Leo) "Jack" Teagarden, American jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman, 1933-38; Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, 1946-51), singer ("Basin Street Blues"), and bandleader, born in Vernon, Texas (d. 1964)
Aug 23 (Leonard) Constant Lambert, British composer (The Rio Grande; Horoscope; Summer's Last Will and Testament), and music director (Vic-Wells/Royal Ballet, 1931-47), born in Fulham, London (d. 1951)
Aug 24 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist ("That's Alright"), born in Forest, Mississippi (d. 1974)
Aug 25 Undine Smith Moore, African-American composer, born in Jarratt, Virginia (d. 1989)
Aug 29 Lan Adomian, Russian-born American composer, born in Moghiler-Podolsk (d. 1979)
Sep 1 Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
Sep 1 Gervase Hughes, English composer and conductor, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1984)
Sep 3 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, born in Witten, Germany (d. 1970)
Sep 4 Antanas Račiūnas, Lithuanian composer and pedagogue, born in Užliaušiai, Lithuania (d. 1984)
Sep 9 Vytautas Bacevičius [Bacewicz], Lithuanian avant garde composer (Della Guerra Symphony), born in Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland) (d. 1970)
Sep 12 Boris Arapov, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1992)
Sep 17 Jorge Urrutia Blondel, Chilean composer, born in La Serena, Chile (d. 1981)
Sep 18 Agnes De Mille, American dancer and choreographer (Oklahoma), born in New York City (d. 1993)
Sep 23 Jenö Kenessey, Hungarian conductor and composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1976)
Oct 4 Leon Orthel, Dutch pianist and composer, born in Roosendaal, Netherlands (d. 1985)
Oct 4 René Defossez, Belgian composer, born in Spa, Belgium (d. 1988)
Oct 9 May Moxon, Scottish dance producer, born in Townhead, Glasgow (d. 1996)
Oct 15 Alexey Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Russian composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1977)
Oct 15 Dag Wirén, Swedish composer, born in Striberg, Sweden (d. 1986)
Oct 15 Edna Deane (née Sewell) British dancer, choreographer and drama teacher, born in Orange Free State of South Africa (d. 1995)
Oct 22 Joseph Kosma [József Kozma], Hungarian-French film composer (Les Enfants du Paradis; The Grand Illusion), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
Oct 23 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), born in Tblisi (d. 1964)
Oct 24 Elizabeth Poston, English composer, born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire (d. 1987)
Oct 24 Kristian Hauger, Norwegian pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter ("Charleston i Grukkedalen"), born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway (d. 1977)
Oct 30 Christian Darnton, British composer, born in Leeds, England (d. 1981)
Nov 7 William Alwyn, English composer, born in Northampton, England (d. 1985)
Nov 12 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1979)
Nov 12 Yevgeny Brusilovsky, Soviet composer (wrote 1st Kazakh opera), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1981)
Nov 14 John Henry Barbee, American blues guitarist and singer, born in Henning, Tennessee (d. 1964)
Nov 15 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), born in Venice, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1980)

Tommy Dorsey (1905-1956)

Nov 19 American trombonist and big band bandleader ("Opus No. 1"; "I'll Never Smile Again"), born in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania [1]

Nov 21 David Moule-Evans, English composer and conductor, born in Ashford, Kent, England (d. 1988)
Nov 24 [Irene] Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (Singing Lady), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
Nov 27 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Mater Dolorosa), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1986)
Dec 1 Ida Carroll, English double bassist, educator, administrator (Northern School of Music, 1956-72), and composer, born in West Didsbury, England (d. 1995)
Dec 2 Moses Asch, Polish-American recording engineer (founder of Folkways Records), born in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire (d. 1986) [1]
Dec 2 Osvaldo Pugliese, Argentine musician and composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1995)
Dec 8 Charles Cushing, American composer, born in Oakland, California (d. 1982)
Dec 8 Ernst Hermann Meyer, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1988)
Dec 11 Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, born in Kampen, Netherlands (d. 1950)
Dec 14 Sydney Lipton, British dance band bandleader, born in London (d. 1995)
Dec 15 Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer, born in Nagykanizsa, Hungary (d. 2000)
Dec 18 Richard Sturzenegger, Swiss composer and cellist, born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1976)
Dec 23 Árni Björnsson, Icelandic composer, born in Lóni, Iceland (d. 1995)
Dec 29 Lawrence "Snub" Mosley, American jazz trombonist (Alphonso Trent Orchestra; Louis Armstrong), bandleader, and promoter of the slide saxophone ("The Man With The Funny Little Horn"), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1981) [1]
Dec 31 Jule Styne [Julius Stein], British-American Academy and Tony Award-winning songwriter ("Three Coins In The Fountain"; "Time After Time"), and Broadway composer (Funny Girl; Hallelujah, Baby!; Gypsy), born in London, England (d. 1994)