Months in Year 1911: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Birthdays 1 - 94 of 94
Jan 1st - Endre Szervanszky,
composer [or Dec 27]
Jan 6th - Yannis Andreou Papaioannou,
composer
Jan 14th - George Amadee Tremblay,
composer
Jan 14th - Helmut Degen, composer
Jan 17th - Hermann Pfrogner,
Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
Jan 22nd - Bruno Kreisky,
Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
Jan 22nd - Roberto Garcia Morillo, composer
Jan 23rd - Dan Smith,
harmonica/gospel singer
Jan 25th - Julia Frances Smith,
composer
Jan 30th - Roy Eldridge,
Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
Jan 30th - Roy Eldridge, American musician (d. 1989)
Feb 2nd - Jean-Jacques Grunenwald,
French organist/composer
Feb 3rd - Jehan [Ariste] Alain,
French organist/composer
Feb 3rd - Jesse Thomas, blues singer
Feb 20th - Robert Guyn McBride,
Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
Mar 3rd - Francesco Siciliani,
opera composer
Mar 6th - Roland Jacobi Leich,
composer
Mar 7th - Stefan Kisielewski,
composer
Mar 8th - Alan Hovhaness,
Somerville Mass, composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo)
Mar 9th - Ramon Campbell Batista,
composer
Mar 17th - Raffaele d' Alessandro,
composer
Mar 31st - Elisabeth Grümmer,
German soprano (d. 1986)
Apr 1st - Gunther Rennert,
Essen Germany, opera director/producer
Apr 2nd - Charles "Honi" Coles,
tap dancer (Tap)
Apr 3rd - Harold Watkins Shaw,
musicologist
Apr 6th - Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate,
composer
Apr 19th - Francesco Maria Saraceni,
composer
Apr 24th - Sigursveinn David Kristinsson,
composer
Apr 28th - Frans Vroons,
actor/tenor/director (Neth Opera)
May 2nd - Lillian Rambach,
teacher violinist
May 3rd - John Rhea "Yank" Lawson,
trumpeter
May 8th - Robert Johnson,
blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
May 13th - Maxine Sullivan,
[Marietta Williams], US singer/actress (Going Places)
May 18th - Joe Turner,
KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle & Roll)
Jun 7th - Franz Reizenstein,
composer
Jun 7th - Silas Roy Crain, singer/arranger/songwriter
Jun 10th - Ralph Kirkpatrick,
Leominster MA, harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti)
Jun 22nd - Guus Jansen,
jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
Jun 29th - Bernard Herrmann,
NYC, composes film music
Jun 29th - Bernard Herrmann, composer
Jul 1st - Alvino Rey,
Cleve Ohio, orchestra leader (King Family)
Jul 7th - Gian-Carlo Menotti,
Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)
Jul 16th - Ginger Rogers,
[Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer (Gay Divorcee)
Jul 18th - Alexander Hyatt-King,
scholar (Mozart)
Jul 20th - William Dillard,
trumpeter/singer
Jul 31st - George Liberace,
Menasha Wisc, violinist (Liberace Show)
Aug 1st - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless,
priest folk musician
Aug 26th - Lester Lanin,
orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)
Sep 11th - Bola de Nieve,
Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
Sep 13th - Bill Monroe,
Rosine Ky, country singer (Blue Moon of Kentucky)
Sep 15th - Silas Hogan,
blues singer/guitarist
Sep 19th - Gustaf Allan Pettersson,
composer
Sep 19th - Weldon Hart, composer
Sep 20th - Frank Devol,
Moundsville WV, orchestra leader (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
Sep 20th - Jan Mul, composer
Oct 1st - Irwin Kostal,
Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Garry Moore Show)
Oct 7th - Joe Jones,
Chicago IL, drummer
Oct 7th - Vaughn Monroe, Akron Oh, singer/orchestra leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
Oct 7th - Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian classical pianist (d. 1995)
Oct 13th - Ticker Freeman,
Paterson NJ, pianist (Dinah Shore Show)
Oct 19th - George Cates,
NYC, orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show)
Oct 21st - Vladimir Ussachevsky,
Manchurian/US composer (Creation) [NS=Nov 3]
Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson (Oct 26th)
Oct 26th - Mahalia Jackson,
New Orleans, gospel singer (Whole World in his Hands)
Nov 3rd - Vladimir Ussachevsky,
Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation)
Nov 12th - Buck Clayton,
American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
Nov 30th - Jorge Negrete,
Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
Dec 3rd - Dana Suesse,
songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures)
Dec 3rd - Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer (Torquemada)
Dec 5th - Władysław Szpilman,
Polish pianist (d. 2000)
Dec 8th - Nikos Gatsos,
Greek poet and lyricist (d. 1992)
Dec 14th - Spike Jones,
Long Beach California, composer (In a Secluded Rendesvous)
Dec 27th - Endre Szervanszky,
composer [or Jan 1]
