Musicians Born in 1915

Feb 8 Georges Guetary, French singer and dancer (An American In Paris), born in Alexandria, Egypt (d. 1997)
Feb 10 Aldus Roger, American Cajun accordionist (Lafayette Playboys - "Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés"), born in Carencro, Louisiana (d. 1999)
Feb 11 Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (Orkestgebouw Orchestra), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1964)
Feb 14 Irving Gordon, American songwriter ("Unforgettable"; "Me, Myself, And I"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
Feb 16 Calvin Frazier, American country and Detroit blues singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("This Old World's In A Tangle"), born in Osceola, Arkansas (d. 1972)
Feb 17 Homer Keller, American classical composer, born in Oxnard, California (d. 1996)
Feb 18 Marcel Landowski, French composer (Un enfant appelle), born in Pont-l'Abbé, Brittany (d. 1999)
Feb 19 Frank Glazer, American pianist (Satie), composer and teacher (Eastman School of Music, 1965-80), born in Chester, Wisconsin (d. 2015)
Mar 4 Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer, most notably of ballet music (Feast of Ashes), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1997)
Mar 6 Benny de Weille, German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader, born in Lübeck, Germany (d. 1977)
Mar 8 Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (Me tulemme taas, Rion yö), born in Pirkkala, Finland (d. 1979)
Mar 10 Charles Groves, English conductor (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, 1963-77), born in London (d. 1992)
Mar 14 Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, conductor, educator, and composer (McGill Chamber Orchestra), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2005)
Mar 14 Eunice Katunda, Brazilian pianist and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1990)
Mar 20 Sister Rosetta Tharpe [Nubin], American gospel and R&B singer, songwriter, and electric guitarist ("This Train"; "Down By The Riverside"), born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, (d. 1973)

Mar 20 Sviatoslav Richter, Soviet pianist considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, born in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
Mar 26 Flip Phillips [Joseph Filippelli], American jazz and swing tenor saxophonist and clarinet player (Jazz at the Philharmonic; Woody Herman), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
Mar 27 Robert Lockwood Jr., American blues guitarist, born in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas (d. 2006)
Mar 28 Jay Livingston, American composer ("Buttons & Bows"; "Mona Lisa"; "Tammy"), born in McDonald, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
Mar 29 George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1997)
Mar 31 Eliseo Pajaro, Filipino composer (The Life of Lam-Ling; Marilag Fantasy), pedagogue, and school administrator, born in Badoc, Philippines (d. 1984)
Apr 1 Art Lund, American pop baritone singer ("Mam'selle"), screen and stage actor (Fiorello!), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 1990)

Billie Holiday (1915-1959)

Apr 7 American jazz singer ("I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"; "Strange Fruit"), and songwriter ("God Bless The Child"; "Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]

Apr 12 Ernest Borneman, German sexual researcher, psychotherapist, musician and writer (Bang, You're Dead), born in Berlin (d. 1995)
Apr 12 Hound Dog Taylor [Theodore Roosevelt], American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, born in Natchez, Mississippi (d. 1975)
Apr 19 Dorian Le Gallienne, Australian composer (Four Holy Sonnets of John Donne; Jinker Ride), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1963)
Apr 21 Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), born in Transylvania, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 2005)
Apr 21 Emanuel Vardi, Israeli-American viola virtuoso and conductor (South Dakota Symphony 1978-82), born in Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (now Jerusalem, Israel) (d. 2011) [1]
Apr 26 Johnny Shines, American delta blues singer and guitarist, born in Memphis, Tenneessee (d. 1992)
Apr 29 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1999)
Apr 30 Mabel Scott, American gospel and R&B vocalist (Boogie Woogie Santa Claus), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 2000)
May 2 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter ("Tutti Frutti"; "You Always Hurt the One You Love": "Tampico"), born in New York City (d. 2003)
May 2 Jan Hanus, Czech composer, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 2004)
May 2 Van Alexander [Alexander Van Vliet Feldman], American composer, arranger ("A-Tisket, A-Tasket"), and orchestra leader (Dean Martin Show), born in Harlem, New York (d. 2015)
May 3 Evencio Castellanos, Venezuelan pianist, and composer, born in Cúa, Miranda state, Venezuela (d. 1984)
May 4 Pedro Saenz, Argentine and Spanish composer, born in Buenos Aires (d. 1995)
May 5 Alice Faye [Leppert], American actress (Hello, Frisco, Hello; Fallen Angel; Stowaway), and singer ("You'll Never Know"), born in Hell's Kitchen, New York City (d. 1998)
May 6 George Perle, American composer (12 Tone Tonality; Pulitzer Prize, 1986), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2009)
May 10 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1982)
May 17 Gus Viseur, Belgian-French jazz button accordionist, born in Lessines, Belgium (d. 1974)
May 28 Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Austrian violinist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2002)
May 29 Igor Buketoff, American conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra, 1964-65), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2001)
May 29 Karl Münchinger, German conductor (Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, 1945-87), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1990)
Jun 1 Bart Howard [Howard Joseph Gustafson], American songwriter ("Fly Me To The Moon"), born in Burlington, Iowa (d. 2004)
Jun 2 Robert Moffat Palmer, American composer, born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2010)
Jun 6 Vincent Persichetti, American composer (Sibyl), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
Jun 9 Les Paul [Polsfuss], American guitarist (How High The Moon), songwriter and inventor (solid-body electric guitar), born in Waukesha, Wisconsin (d. 2009)
Jun 10 Oscar Comras, American drummer, bandleader, and namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1967)
Jun 11 Arnold Jacobs, American symphonic tuba player (Chicago Symphony, 1944-83), and pedagogue, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
Jun 15 Allan Reuss, American jazz, big band, and session guitarist (Benny Goodman; Glenn Miller; Mildred Bailey), born in New York City (d. 1988)
Jun 15 Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life & Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion - Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), born in Dover, England (d. 1990)
Jun 17 Stringbean [David Akeman], American banjoist and comedian (Hee Haw), born in Annville, Kentucky (d. 1973)
Jun 18 Victor Legley, Belgian violinist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1949-80), born in Hazebrouck, France (d. 1994)
Jun 22 Randolph Hokanson, American concert pianist and teacher (University of Washington, 1949-84), born in Bellingham, Washington (d. 2018)
Jun 23 Zeb Turner [William Grishaw], American country-rockabilly guitarist, singer-songwriter ("Chew Tobacco Rag"; "It's A Sin"), and disc jockey, born in Lynchburg, Virginia (d. 1978)
Jun 25 Peter Lind Hayes, American comedian and singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1998)
Jun 28 David "Honeyboy" Edwards, American delta blues guitarist, born in Shaw, Mississippi (d. 2011)
Jul 1 Willie Dixon, American blues musician ("Hoochie Coochie Man"), born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 1992)
Jul 4 Timmie Rogers, American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show), actor and singer-songwriter ("Back to School Again"; "I Love Ya, I Love Ya, I Love Ya"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2006)
Jul 6 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist and composer (Vague et Sillon), born in Binche, Belgium (d. 1986)
Jul 9 David Diamond, American composer (Paderewski Prize-1943), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2005) [1]
Jul 9 June Richmond, American jazz singer (Jimmy Dorsey; Cab Calloway; Andy Kirk - "Hey Lawdy Mama"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1962) [1]
Jul 10 Milt Buckner, American jazz pianist and Hammond organ pioneer, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1977)
Jul 17 Esther Williamson Ballou, American organist, composer and educator, born in Elmira, New York (d. 1973)
Jul 18 Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke; Beulah), born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 1985)
Jul 21 Floyd McDaniel, American blues singer and guitarist (Five Blazes), born in Athens, Alabama (d. 1995)
Jul 27 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1982)
Aug 4 Irving Fields [Yitzhak Schwartz], American lounge pianist and composer (Ilona Massey Show; Bagels & Bongos), born in New York City (d. 2016)
Aug 9 Haim Alexander, Israeli composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)
Aug 11 Kunio Toda, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo (d. 2003)
Aug 12 Michael Kidd, American choreographer and dancer, born in New York City (d. 2007)
Aug 16 Al Hibbler, American singer (Unchained Melody), born in Tyro, Mississippi (d. 2001)
Aug 21 Raquel Rastenni, Danish pop singer ("Hele ugen alene" - Seven Lonely Days), born in Copenhagen (d. 1998)
Aug 24 Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1969)
Aug 26 Humphrey Searle, British composer and musicologist (Twentieth Century Counterpoint; The Music of Franz Liszt), born in Oxford, England (d. 1982)
Aug 26 William Bardwell, British composer (d. 1994)
Aug 30 Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor and educator (Leaves of Grass: A Choral Symphony), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003)
Sep 2 Dai-Keong Lee, Hawaiian-American classical and theater composer, born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawai'i (d. 2005)
Sep 2 Hans Joachim Koellreutter, German Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist, born in Freiburg, Germany (d. 2005)
Sep 3 Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer, born in Cranz, East Prussia (now Zelenogradsk, Russia) (d. 2003)
Sep 3 Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist, choral composer, and conductor, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 2014)
Sep 3 Memphis Slim [John Len Chatman], American blues musician ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)
Sep 4 Rudolf Schock, German opera tenor, born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 1986)
Sep 11 Jack Fascinato, American pianist and orchestra leader (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in Bevier, Missouri (d. 1994)
Sep 12 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer ("That Old Black Magic") and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1988)
Sep 16 Cy Walter, American jazz pianist (Three's Company), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1968)
Sep 19 Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1973)
Sep 23 Finn Arnestad, Norwegian contemporary classical composer (Ritagliata), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1994)
Oct 2 Robert Russell "Chubby" Wise, American musician, born in Lake City, Florida (d. 1996)
Oct 4 (Francisco) "Chino" Pozo, Cuban-American latin jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer, bongosero and conguero, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1980)
Oct 6 Edgardo Martín, Cuban classical pianist, composer, and educator, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba (d. 2004)
Oct 7 Roman Padlewski, Polish violinist, composer, and underground resistance fighter, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1944) [1]
Oct 13 Jack Fallon, Canadian-British jazz double and electric bass player, fiddler (The Beatles -"Don't Pass Me By"), and concert promoter, born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 2006)
Oct 18 Thomas Round, British tenor (Gilbert and Sullivan For All), born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, Engaland (d. 2016)
Oct 19 Farid al-Atrash [El-Atrache], Syrian composer, musician, virtuoso oud player, and actor (Akher kedba), born in Jebel Ed-Druz, Southern Syria (d. 1974)
Oct 20 Giora Schuster, German-Israeli composer, born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 2006)
Oct 25 Anita Boyer, American radio and big band singer (Tommy Dorsey - "I Concentrate On You"), born in Carmi, Illinois (d. 1985) [1]
Oct 26 Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor and composer, born in Calgary, Alberta; (d. 1995)
Oct 30 Pierre Wissmer, Swiss-French composer (Capitaine Bruno), born in Geneva (d. 1992)
Nov 2 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (d. 2000)
Nov 2 Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer (A Song Of Islands), and educator (Victoria University, 1949-80), born in Whanganui, New Zealand (d. 2001)
Nov 14 Martha Tilton, American big band singer (Benny Goodman; Jimmy Dorsey), born in Corpus Christi, Texas (d. 2006) [1]
Nov 17 (Clarence) "Shorty" Cherock, American swing jazz and big band trumpeter (Jimmy Dorsey; Gene Krupa; Nelson Riddle), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1980)
Nov 26 Earl Wild, American composer and pianist (Caesar's Hour, 1952-56; NBC Symphony, 1937-44), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2010)
Nov 27 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor (Oklahoma City; San Antonio), born in Waco, Texas (d. 1976)
Nov 28 Pamela Harrison, English pianist and composer, born in Orpington, England (d. 1990)
Nov 29 Billy Strayhorn, American pianist, arranger, and composer (Duke Ellington Orchestra - "Take The 'A' Train"), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1967)
Nov 30 (Walter) "Brownie" McGhee, American folk music and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1996)
Dec 1 Johnny Johnston, American singer (Make that Spare), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)
Dec 2 Nico Richter, Dutch composer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1945)
Dec 4 Eddie Heywood, American jazz pianist and composer ("Canadian Sunset", "Soft Summer Breeze"), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1989)
Dec 5 Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, American jazz drummer, born in Chapman, Kansas (d. 1995)
Dec 9 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Austro-British soprano (Der Rosenkavalier), born in Jarotschin, German Empire (d. 2006)

Dec 12 American singer (Strangers in the Night; My Way; The Summer Wind) and actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls), known as the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", born in Hoboken, New Jersey

Dec 14 Daniel "Dan" Dailey, American dancer and actor (You're My Everything, Governor & J.J.), born in New York City (d. 1978)
Dec 14 Ruth Railton, British musical director (National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, 1948-65), born in Kent, England (d. 2001)
Dec 16 Georgy Sviridov, Soviet Russian neo-romantic composer (The Blizzard; Time; Forward!), born in Fatezh, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1998)
Dec 16 Melvin "Turk" Murphy, American Dixieland jazz trombonist, born in Palermo, California (d. 1987)
Dec 17 André Claveau, French pop singer and actor (Dors, mon amour), born in Paris; (d. 2003)

Edith Piaf (1915-1963)

Dec 19 French chanteuse (Little Sparrow, Le Vie En Rose), born in Paris, France

Dec 21 Werner von Trapp, Austrian singer (Trapp Family Singers), born in Zell am See, Austria (d. 2007)
Dec 25 Pete Rugolo, American bandleader and arranger (Fugitive), born in San Piero Patti, Sicily (d. 2011)
Dec 26 Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz pianist and singer ("Walkin' By The River"), born in Xenia, Ohio; (d. 1956)
Dec 28 Roebuck "Pops" Staples, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers), born in Winona, Mississippi (d. 2000)