Musicians Born in 1907

Feb 17 Alec Wilder, American classical, jazz, and pop music composer (The Churkendoose), and musicologist (American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1980)
Feb 17 Charlie Spivak, Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1982)
Feb 17 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American operatic soprano (Wagner; Interrupted Melody), born in Deans Marsh, Australia (d. 1979)
Feb 20 Nadine Conner [Henderson], American operatic soprano (Carmen; The Magic Flute - "Pamina"), born in Compton, California (d. 2003)
Feb 27 Massimo Amfiteatrof [Maksim Amfiteatrov], Russian-Italian classical musician, known as 'the Cellists' Caruso', born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1990)

Mildred Bailey (1907-1951)

Feb 27 American jazz singer known as "The Queen of Swing" ("Rockin' Chair"; "Please Be Kind"; "Darn That Dream"), born in Tekoa, Washington

Mar 1 Albert Ammons, American jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie pianist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1949)
Mar 7 Juan Francisco Giacobbe, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1990)
Mar 9 Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, born in Dover, New Hampshire (d. 1992)
Mar 10 Robert de Roos, Dutch composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1976)
Mar 15 Jimmy McPartland, American cornetist and musician (Magic Horn), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991) [1]
Mar 15 Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer, born in Karlstad, Värmland County, Sweden (d. 1981)

Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)

Mar 19 Irish-English composer, notably of string quartets, and contemporary music promoter, born in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England

Mar 19 Marc Vaubourgoin, French composer, conductor, and musicologist, born in Caudéran, France (d. 1983)
Mar 26 Leigh Harline, American composer and conductor, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1969)
Mar 26 Louis Saguer, German born French composer (Lili Merveille), born in Charlottenburg, Germany (d. 1991)
Mar 28 Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, born in Reserve, Louisiana (d. 1996)
Mar 29 (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
Mar 29 Braguinha [Carlos Alberto Ferreira Braga], Brazilian marchinhas and songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 2006)
Apr 1 Walter Kaufmann, German-American conductor (Winnipeg Symphony, 1948-57), composer (Navaratnam), and musicologist (The Ragas of South India), born in Karlsbad, Germany (d. 1984)
Apr 13 (Wilmore) "Slick" Jones, American jazz drummer (Fletcher Henderson, Fats Waller, Sidney Bechet), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1969)
Apr 18 Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American classical and film music composer (Spellbound; A Double Life; Ben-Hur), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1995)
Apr 19 Gino Contilli, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1978)
Apr 20 William Dollar, American ballet dancer and choreographer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1986)
Apr 21 Antoni Szałowski, Polish-French composer (The Resurrection of Lazarus; 2 Pieces for Ondes Martenot), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1973)
Apr 21 Beatrice Kay, American singer and actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & Col), born in New York City (d. 1986)
Apr 24 Václav Trojan, Czech composer, born in Plzeň, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1983)
Apr 25 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, Russian composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1979)
Apr 29 Tino Rossi, French singer ("Deux Amours"; "Marlene"), born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France (d. 1983)
May 1 Kate Smith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, born in Greenville, Virginia (d. 1986)
May 5 Yoritsune Matsudaira, Japanese contemporary classical composer, (The Tale of Genji; Bugaku), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2001)
May 7 Jef van Durme, Belgian composer, born in Kemzeke-Waas, Belgium (d. 1965)
May 10 (Walter) "Pee Wee" Hunt, American jazz trombonist (Casa Loma Orchestra, 1929-43; "Twelfth Street Rag", "Oh!"), and bandleader, born in Mount Healthy, Ohio (d. 1979)
May 10 Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (Christus Symphony; The Infinite Bliss), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 2005)
May 15 Josef Alexander, American composer (Of Masks and Men; Incantations), and music professor (Brooklyn College), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1989)
May 18 Clifford Curzon, British classical pianist (Royal Academy of Music Macfarren Gold Medal), born in Islington, London, England (d. 1982)
May 27 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader and pianist, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1981)
Jun 3 Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, Russian composer, born in Odessa (d. 1988)
Jun 4 Marjan Kozina, Slovene composer, born in Novo mesto, Slovenia (d. 1966)
Jun 11 Marino Barreto, Cuban pianist and singer, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1995)
Jun 12 Giorgio Nataletti, Italian composer, born in Rome, Italy (d. 1972)
Jun 18 Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
Jun 20 Jimmy Driftwood, American folk songwriter and musician, born in Mountain View, Arkansas (d. 1998)
Jun 23 Eddie Pola [Sidney Edward Pollacsek], American radio and TV producer, and lyricist ("The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"; "I Love The Way You Say Goodnight"), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Jun 24 José de Lima Siqueira, Brazilian conductor, and composer, born in Conceição, State of Paraíba, Brazil (d. 1985)
Jul 3 Gene Gutche, German-born composer, born in Berlin (d. 2000)
Jul 4 Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1996)
Jul 8 Kishio Hirao, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1953)
Jul 14 (Henry) "Rubberlegs" Williams, American vaudeville dancer, and blues and jazz singer, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1962)
Jul 18 Yvonne Desportes, French composer, born in Coburg, Germany (d. 1993)
Jul 19 Günter Bialas, German composer and music educator, born in Bielschowitz, Prussian Silesia (now Bielszowice, Poland) (d. 1995)
Jul 22 Perry Botkin, American jazz and session guitarist, banjo player, composer, and musical director (Bing Crosby), born in Springfield, Ohio (d. 1973)
Jul 22 Zubir Said, Singaporean composer (Singapore's national anthem), born in Fort De Kock, Dutch East Indies (now Bukittinggi, Indonesia) (d. 1987)
Jul 24 Hughie Charles, English songwriter and impresario, born in Manchester, England (d. 1995)
Jul 25 (Cornelius) "Johnny" Hodges, American jazz alto saxophonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts (d. 1970)
Jul 26 Gioconda de Vito, Italian-British violinist, born in Martina Franca, Italy (d. 1994)
Aug 3 Lawrence Brown, American trombonist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Lawrence, Kansas (d. 1988)
Aug 8 (Bennett) "Benny" Carter, American Grammy Award-winning jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, arranger, composer ("Harlem Renaissance Suite"), and bandleader, born in New York City (d. 2003)
Aug 12 Gladys Bentley, American blues singer, performer and drag king pioneer during the Harlem Renaissance, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1960) [1]
Aug 14 Stanley Adams, American lyricist and songwriter (What a Diff'rence a Day Makes), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1994)
Aug 16 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, Israeli composer, born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (d. 1964)
Aug 17 Marian Viktorovich Koval, Russian composer, born in Pristan Voznesenya, Olonets district, Russian Empire (d. 1971)
Aug 17 Zygmunt Mycielski, Polish composer and music critic, born in Przeworsk, Habsburg Empire (now Poland) (d. 1987)
Aug 18 Enoch Light, American orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1978)
Aug 18 Howard Swanson, American composer known for his settings of poems of Langston Hughes, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1978)
Aug 18 Otto Mortensen, Danish composer and musicologist, born in Copenhagen (d. 1986)
Aug 19 Jiří Srnka, Czech classical and film score composer, born in Písek, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1982)
Aug 19 Zygmunt Mycielski, Polish composer, music writer and editor (Ruch Muzyczny, 1957-68), born in Przeworsk, Austrian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1987) [1]
Aug 20 Anatole Fistoulari, Ukrainian conductor, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1995)
Sep 5 Sunnyland Slim [Albert Luandrew], American blues pianist, born in Vance, Mississippi (d. 1995)
Sep 7 Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer, born in İzmir, Ottoman Empire (d. 1991)
Sep 9 Truman "Pinky" Tomlin, American singer and actor (Sing While You're Able; With Love and Kisses), born in Eros, Arkansas (d. 1987)
Sep 23 Jarmila Novotná, Czech-American soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-56), and actress (The Search), born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1994)
Sep 24 Pierre Moulaert, Belgian composer, born in Saint-Gilles, Belgium (d. 1967)
Sep 25 Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, born in Busum, Netherlands (d. 2006)
Sep 29 Gene Autry, American cowboy singer, songwriter, actor, musician, ("Back In The Saddle Again"; "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer") and business tycoon (owner MLB Angels team, 1961-97), born near Tioga, Texas (d. 1998)
Sep 30 Arnold Elston, American composer, and educator, born in New York (d. 1971)
Sep 30 Harry Bluestone, British-American jazz and session violinist, bandleader, and music publisher, born in London, England (d. 1992)
Oct 1 Oedoen Partos, Hungarian-Israeli violist (Israel Philharmonic, 1938-56), composer, and teacher, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1977)
Oct 5 Mrs. Miller [Elva Ruby Connes], American singer (A Lover's Concerto), born in Joplin, Missouri (d. 1997)
Oct 12 Wolfgang Fortner, German composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1987)
Oct 14 Allan Jones, American actor and singer (A Day at the Races, Showboat), born in Old Forge, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
Oct 19 Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader ("I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"), and aviator, born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 1962)
Oct 26 Giovanni Salviucci, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1937)
Oct 27 Helmut Walcha, a blind German organist (church music), born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1991)
Nov 1 Rio Gebhardt, German jazz pianist, composer, and orchestra leader, born in Heilbronn, Germany (d. 1944)
Nov 3 Jim Hepburn, British tap-dancer and socialist, born in London, England (d. 1995)
Nov 3 Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1990)
Nov 7 Chepín [Electo Rosell], Cuban violinist, bandleader, and composer (Orquesta Chepín-Chovén), born in Santiago, Cuba (d. 1984)
Nov 9 Burrill Phillips, American classical composer (Play Ball; Perspectives in a Labyrinth), pianist, and educator, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1988)

Jane Froman (1907-1980)

Nov 10 American singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), born in St Louis, Missouri

Nov 18 Compay Segundo [Máximo Muñoz-Telles], Cuban trova guitarist, singer, and composer (Buena Vista Social Club), born in Siboney, Cuba (d. 2003)
Nov 22 Bernard Naylor, English Canadian composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1986)
Nov 26 "Kansas City" Frank [Melrose], American jazz and blues pianist, born in Sumner, Illinois (d. 1941)
Nov 26 Henry "Hot Lips" Levine, British-American dixieland jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born in London England (d. 1989)
Nov 30 Gyorgy Ranki, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1992)
Dec 3 Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (The Boswell Sisters; Pete Kelly's Blues), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1976)
Dec 3 Machito [Francisco "Frank" Grillo], Latin jazz musician and creator of Cu-bop and salsa music (Afro-Cubans), born in Havana, Cuba - NB: birth date and location disputed (d. 1984)
Dec 8 Tony Aubin, French composer (Actaeon; Sinfonie Romantique), conductor, and educator (Paris Conservatory, 1944-77), born in Paris (d. 1981)
Dec 9 Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, born in Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany (d. 1996)
Dec 11 Norbert Rosseau, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1975)
Dec 12 Fred Elizalde, Spanish Filipino composer, born in Manila, Philippines (d. 1979)
Dec 12 Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live-At Dawn We Die), born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (d. 2015)
Dec 20 Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist ("Love Is A Many Splendored Thing"; "The Shadow Of Your Smile"; "I Got It Bad, And That Ain't Good"), born in New York City (d. 1984)
Dec 22 Yoshio Hasegawa, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1981)

Cab Calloway (1907-1994)

Dec 25 American singer, bandleader ("Minnie the Moocher"; "The Jumpin' Jive"), writer, radio host, and actor (The Blues Brothers), born in Rochester, New York

Dec 27 Eddie Wilcox, American jazz pianist, arranger, and bandleader (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra), born in Method, North Carolina (d. 1968)
Dec 27 Nils-Eric Ringbom, Finnish composer, born in Turku, Finland (d. 1978)
Dec 27 Willem Van Otterloo, Dutch cellist, composer, and conductor (Residentie Orkest, 1949-73; Melbourne Symphony, 1967-70; Sydney Symphony, 1971-77), born in Winterswijk, Netherlands (d. 1978)
Dec 28 Roman Palester, Polish composer (The Weichsel), born in Śniatyń, Poland (d. 1989)
Dec 30 Christine Auwen, Dutch model, singer and actress (Haghezangers), born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (d. 1983)