Musicians Born in 1922

Feb 8 Manuel Oltra, Spanish secular and sacred music composer, and professor (Barcelona Conservatory, 1959-87), born in Valencia, Spain (d. 2015)
Feb 9 Joe Dodge, American jazz drummer (Dave Brubeck Quartet, 1953-56), born in Monroe, Wisconsin (d. 2004)
Feb 9 Kathryn Grayson [Zelma Hedrick], American vocalist and actress (Anchors Aweigh; Kiss Me Kate), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 2010)
Feb 11 Tudor Jarda, Romanian composer, born in Cluj (d. 2007)
Feb 12 Elisabeth Carron, American soprano ("The Saint of Bleecker Street"; New York City Opera, 1958-73), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2016)
Feb 14 Murray the K [Kaufman], American disk jockey (5th Beatle), born in New York City (d. 1982)
Feb 16 Geraint Evans, Welsh bass-baritone opera singer (Das Knaben Wunderhorn), born in Cilfynydd, Wales (d. 1992)
Feb 18 Rolf "Hazy" Osterwald, Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist, born in Bern, Switzerland (d. 2012)
Feb 19 Fredell Lack, American concert violinist, and teacher (University of Houston, 1959-2009), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2017)
Feb 19 Josef Matěj, Czech trombonist, and composer (Monograms), born in Brušperk, Czechoslovakia (d. 1992)
Feb 21 Uroš Krek, Slovenian composer, born in Ljubljana, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (d. 2008)
Feb 22 Andre Asriel, Austrian-German classical and film score composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2019)
Feb 22 Felix Werder, German-born Australian composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2012)
Feb 25 Matti Rautio, Finnish classical composer (The Blue Heron), born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1986)
Feb 26 (Bernard) "Bunny" Briggs, American tap dancer, born in Harlem, New York City (d. 2014)

Feb 27 Jackie Kelso [John Joseph Kelson Jr], American jazz saxophonist and session musician, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
Mar 2 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz saxophonist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band), born in Culver City, California (d. 1986)
Mar 2 Eric Feldbush [Désiré Feldbusch], Belgian cellist, conductor, and composer (Pastels), born in Grivegnée, Belgium (d. 2007)
Mar 2 Mario Zafred, Italian composer, music critic, and opera director, born in Trieste, Italy (d. 1987)
Mar 3 Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer and co-founder of the Warsaw Autumn Festival, born in Toruń, Poland (d. 1981)
Mar 4 Martha O'Driscoll, American film actress, dancer and socialite (Young and Willing; Blonde Alibi), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1998)
Mar 7 Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Irish folk singer, harmonic player, and songwriter (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - "Carrickfergus"), born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland (d. 1998)
Mar 8 Cyd Charisse [Tula Finklea], Amesrican dancer and actress (Singin' in the Rain), born in Amarillo, Texas (d. 2008)
Mar 11 Thom Kelling, Dutch singer, guitarist, and bandleader (Programa de Manha), born in 's-Gravenhage, Netherlands (d. 1968)
Mar 12 Thomas Hugh Eastwood, British composer, born in Hawley, Blackwater, England (d. 1999)
Mar 14 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage; Born Again), born in Mexia, Texas (d. 1996)
Mar 15 (Albert) Eddie Calvert, British trumpeter ("Oh, Mein Papa"; "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 1978)
Mar 20 Larry Elgart, American big band jazz alto saxophonist, and bandleader ("Bandstand Boogie"; "Hooked On Swing"), born in New London, Connecticut (d. 2017)
Mar 24 Dave Appell, American musician, arranger, musical director (Ernie Kovacs), record producer (Charlie Gracie; The Orlons; Tony Orlando and Dawn), and songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
Mar 24 King Pleasure [Clarence Beeks], American jazz singer and bebop vocalese master, born in Oakdale, Tennessee (d. 1982)

Mar 28 Felice Chiusano, Italian singer, born in Fondi, Italy (d. 1990)
Mar 30 German Galynin, Soviet-Russian composer, born in Tula, Russia (d. 1966)
Mar 30 Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998)
Mar 31 Richard Kiley, American singer and actor (Kismet; Man of La Mancha; Endless Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
Apr 1 (Irving) "Duke" Jordan, American jazz pianist (Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Apr 1 Jimmie Lloyd [Logdon], American country and rockabilly singer ("I Got a Rocket in My Pocket"), born in Panther, Kentucky (d. 2001)

Doris Day (1922-2019)

Apr 3 American singer ("Sentimental Journey"; "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"), actress (Pillow Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), animal welfare and AIDS activist, known as the "girl next door", born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Apr 4 Elmer Bernstein, American film music composer (The Magnificent Seven; To Kill A Mockingbird; The Age Of Innocence; Thoroughly Modern Millie), born in New York City (d. 2004)
Apr 5 Gale Storm [Josephine Owaissa Cottle], American singer ("I Hear You Knockin'"), and actress (My Little Margie; The Gale Storm Show), born in Bloomington, Texas (d. 2009)
Apr 5 Harry Freedman (Henryk Frydmann), Canadian composer, born in Lodz, Poland (d. 2005)
Apr 6 Dorothy Donegan, American boogie-woogie, swing jazz, and classical pianist, and vocalist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
Apr 7 Kenneth Peacock, Canadian pianist, ethnomusicologist and composer (Rituals of Earth, Fire and Darkness), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2000)
Apr 7 Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría, Cuban percussionist (Afro Blue), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2003)
Apr 11 Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2003)
Apr 12 (Edwin) "Ted" Astley, British arranger, bandleader, and film and television composer (The Mouse That Roared; The Saint), born in Warrington, Lancashire, England (d. 1998)
Apr 14 Ali Akbar Khan, Indian classical sarod player, composer, and music educator, born in Shibpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh) (d. 2009)
Apr 14 David Alexandrovich Toradze, Soviet composer, born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1983)
Apr 16 Eddie Bert, American bebop jazz trombonist, born in Yonkers, New York (d. 2012)
Apr 22 Charles Mingus, American jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus), born in Nogales, Arizona (d. 1979)
Apr 22 Lou Stein, American pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2002)
Apr 26 Margaret Scott, South African ballet dancer and founder (Australian Ballet School), born in Johannesburg, Union of South Africa (d. 2019)
Apr 26 Paul-André Gaillard, Swiss composer, born in Veytaux, Switzerland (d. 1992)
Apr 27 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera, Hobson's Choice), born in London, England (d. 2013)
Apr 29 (Jean-Baptiste) "Toots" Thielemans, Belgian-American jazz harmonica player, guitarist, whistler, and composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2016)
May 1 Floyd "Candy" Johnson, American jazz saxophonist (Andy Kirk; Count Basie; Bill Doggett), and educator, born in Madison, Illinois (d. 1981)
May 3 Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), born in Paris (d. 2009)
May 5 J. D. "Jay" Miller, American record producer, born in Iota, Louisiana (d. 1996)
May 5 Monica Lewis, American jazz singer and film actress (Box Office, Affair with a Stranger), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
May 7 Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show), born in Kirkman, Iowa (d. 2006)

Bea Arthur (1922-2009)

May 13 American Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress (Mame; Maude; The Golden Girls), and singer, born in Brooklyn, New York

May 18 Kai Winding, Danish-American Jazz musician and trombonist (Georgia On My Mind), born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1983)
May 24 Sadao Bekku, Japanese classical and film composer (Matango), born in Tokyo (d. 2012)
May 29 Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, music theorist, and architect who helped revolutionize 20th century classical music (Metastaseis), born in Brăila, Romania (d. 2001)
Jun 3 Iván Patachich, Hungarian contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1993)
Jun 4 Irwin Bazelon, American composer (Duo for Viola), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 1995)
Jun 5 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), born in New York City (d. 2007)
Jun 6 Ian Hamilton, Scottish composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2000)
Jun 7 Beryl Booker, American swing and cool jazz pianist (Dinah Washington), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1978)
Jun 7 Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, born in Malmesbury, Cape Province, Union of South Africa (d. 2011)

Judy Garland (1922-1969)

Jun 10 American actress (The Wizard of Oz; Meet Me In St. Louis; Easter Parade), and singer ("Over The Rainbow"; "The Man That Got Away"), born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Jun 11 Tony Charmoli, American dancer, choreographer, and director (Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye), born in Mountain Iron, Minnesota (d. 2020)
Jun 12 Leif Thybo, Danish composer and organist, born in Holstebro, Denmark (d. 2001)
Jun 14 Arthur Jacobs, English musicologist (Penguin Dictionary of Music), born in Manchester (d. 1996)
Jun 15 Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist (Charlie Mingus), saxophonist, drummer, composer, arranger, and educator, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
Jun 15 John Veale, English composer, born in Bromley, Kent (d. 2006)
Jun 17 Jerry Fielding, American jazz musician and composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1980)
Jun 17 Kelsey Jones, Canadian composer, born in South Norwalk, Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 2004)
Jun 18 Claude Helffer, French classical pianist and composer, born in Paris (d. 2004)
Jun 23 Francis Thorne, American composer (Fortuna; Elegy), born in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York (d. 2017)
Jun 24 Roy Elihu Travis, American composer (Passion of Oedipus), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Jun 24 Tata Giacobetti, Italian jazz singer (Quartetto Cetra), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1988)
Jun 25 Johnny Smith, American cool jazz guitarist ("Moonlight In Vermont"; "Walk, Don't Run"), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2013)
Jun 26 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2004)
Jun 27 George Theophilus Walker, African-American pianist, composer and teacher (Lilacs; In Praise Of Folly), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2018)
Jul 2 Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, Belarusian composer, born in Żyrardów, Poland (d. 2000)
Jul 6 Francisco Moncion, American dancer, born in La Vega, Dominican Republic (d. 1995)
Jul 7 Artie Malvin, American vocalist (Glenn Miller; Jimmy Dorsey), arranger and music director (Julie LaRosa; Pat Boone; Carol Burnett), born in New York City (d. 2006)
Jul 14 Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish concert pianist, born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 2014)
Jul 14 Peter Tranchell, British composer, born in Cuddalore, British India (d. 1993)
Jul 19 Al Haig, American bebop jazz pianist (Charlie Parker; Stan Getz; Chet Baker), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1982)
Jul 20 Ernie Wilkins, American jazz saxophonist, arranger (Count Basie, Harry James), and bandleader, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1999)
Jul 20 Karel Krautgartner, Czech jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger, composer, conductor, and teacher, born in Mikulov, Moravia (d. 1982)
Jul 23 Stefans Grové, South African composer (Nonyana, The Ceremonial Dancer; Cyclops; Glimpses), born in Bethlehem, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa (d. 2014)
Jul 24 Leo Kraft, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2014)
Jul 26 Andrzej Koszewski, Polish choral and orchestral composer, and musicologist, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 2015)
Jul 27 Bob Thiele, American record producer (Impulse! Records), born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York (d. 1996)
Jul 30 Zbigniew Wiszniewski, Polish composer, born in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland (d. 1999)
Aug 1 Maria Cole [née Hawkins], American jazz singer and wife of Nat King Cole, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
Aug 15 Lukas Foss [Fuchs], German-American pianist, conductor and composer (Prairie), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2009)
Aug 16 Ernie Freeman, American musician (Raunchy), pianist and arranger, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1981)
Aug 25 Ivry Gitlis, Israeli classical violin virtuoso, born in Haifa, Palestine Mandate (d. 2020)
Aug 25 Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer, songwriter and programmer, born in Hoogeveen, Netherlands (d. 1994)
Aug 26 Lazar Nikolov, Bulgarian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 2005)
Aug 29 Yorgos Sicilianos, Greek composer, born in Athens (d. 2005)
Aug 30 Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Sep 3 Rosendo Ejercito Santos, Filipino composer, born in Caridad, Cavite City, Philippines (d. 1994)
Sep 3 Salli Terri [Stella Tirri], Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning pop-classical-folk-exotica singer, arranger, composer (Duets with the Spanish Guitar), musicologist, and educator, born in London, Ontario (d. 1996)
Sep 7 Kirill Molchanov, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Moscow (d. 1982)
Sep 9 Hoyt Curtin, American composer (Hanna-Barbera cartoon themes, including "The Flintstones", and "The Jetsons"), born in Downey, California (d. 2000)
Sep 12 Jackson Mac Low, American poet and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
Sep 13 Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist ("Merry Christmas, Baby"), born in Texas City, Texas (d. 1999)
Sep 13 Yma Sumac [Chavarri], Peruvian-American 5 octave soprano (Omar Khayyam), born in Ichocan, Cajamarca, Peru (d. 2008)
Sep 18 David Gahr, American photographer noted for his work with folk, jazz and rock musicians (Time Magazine; Folkways albums), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2008)
Sep 18 Ray Steadman-Allen, British choral and brass band composer, born in Salvation Army 'Mother's Hospital', Clapton, England (d. 2014)
Sep 20 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, born in Fairfield, Connecticut (d. 2012)
Sep 20 Frank Comstock, American big band and pop orchestral arranger (Les Brown; Doris Day; Warner Bros; Brian Setzer), film and television composer (Rocky and His Friends; Adam-12), and recording artist (Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space), born in San Diego, California (d. 2013)
Sep 20 William Kapell, American pianist and recording artist, born in New York City (d. 1953)
Sep 21 Lode Backx, Flemish pianist, born in Borgerhout, Belgium (d. 2010)
Sep 24 Theresa Merritt [Hines], American singer and actress (The Wiz; That's My Mama), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1998)
Sep 27 James Wilson, English-Irish classical composer (Grinning At The Devil), born in Islington, London (d. 2005)
Oct 2 Otmar Macha, Czech composer (Quattro Group), born in Ostrava (d. 2006)
Oct 3 Marcel van Thienen, French composer, born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France (d. 1998)
Oct 8 Svend Westergaard, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1988)
Oct 9 Raymond Wilding-White, American composer, born in Caterham, Tandridge, Surrey, England (d. 2001)
Oct 13 Alan Scott, American lyricist (Candid Camera theme), writer, TV host (Spin the Picture), and actor, born in Haddonfield, New Jersey (d. 2021)
Oct 13 Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian classical and avant-garde composer, born in Santos, Brazil (d. 2016)
Oct 15 Lorraine Gordon [Stein], American jazz music advocate and owner of Village Vanguard jazz club, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2018)
Oct 15 Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter ("It's All In The Game"), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1969)
Oct 17 Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (Black Orpheus), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2001)
Oct 18 Camillo Togni, Italian pianist and composer, born in Gussago, Italy (d. 1993)
Oct 27 Poul Bundgaard, Danish comic actor (Olsen-banden films) and operetta singer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1958-73), born in Hellerup, Denmark (d. 1998)
Oct 28 Gershon Kingsley [Götz Ksinski], German-American composer, electronic music pioneer, and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn), born in Bochum, Weimar Republic (d. 2019)
Oct 29 Neal Hefti, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Woody Herman; Count Basie); bandleader (Kate Smith Show) and composer ("Li'l Darlin"; The Odd Couple; Batman theme), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 2008)
Oct 31 (Jean-Baptiste) Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist ("Flying Home"), born in Broussard, Louisiana (d. 2004)
Nov 4 Poul Rovsing Olsen, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1982)
Nov 4 Ralph Sutton, American stride and Dixieland jazz pianist and composer, born in Hamburg, Missouri (d. 2001)
Nov 6 Lars Edlund, Swedish composer, born in Karlstad, Sweden (d. 2013)
Nov 7 Al Hirt, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1999)
Nov 14 Marina Candael, Flemish dancer and choreography (Rhapsody in Blue), born in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium (d. 2003)
Nov 15 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher (Music Express) and impresario (North Sea Jazz Festival), born in Semarang, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) (d. 1992)
Nov 18 Al Dvorin, American Elvis Presley concert announcer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
Nov 22 Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer (Azerbaijan Capriccio, Shur), born in Ganja, Azerbaijan (d. 1984)
Nov 25 Ilja Hurnik, Czech composer, born in Poruba (d. 2013)
Nov 30 Robert Evett, American composer, born in Loveland, Colorado (d. 1975)
Nov 30 Weston Noble, American music educator and conductor (Luther College, 1948-2005), born in Riceville, Iowa (d. 2016)
Dec 8 Jean Ritchie, American folk singer, born in Viper, Kentucky (d. 2015)
Dec 10 Allen Sapp, American composer (Imaginary Creatures), and pedagogue, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
Dec 10 Tunde Nightingale [Earnest Olatunde Thomas], Nigerian juju singer-songwtiter, and guitarist, born in Ibadan, Colonial Nigeria (d. 1981)
Dec 11 Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, born in Peristeri, Athens (d. 2005)
Dec 14 Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
Dec 15 (Albert) "Alan" Freed, American disc jockey and concert promoter who popularized the term "rock-n-roll", and payola scandal figure, born in Windber, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
Dec 16 Seymour "Cy" Leslie, American music (Pickwick Records) and video (MGM/UA Home Entertainment) executive, born in Israel (d. 2008)
Dec 20 Denny Vaughan, Canadian pianist, singer, arranger and orchestra leader (The Smothers Brothers Show; Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1972) [1]