Musicians Born in 1918

Mar 6 Howard McGhee, American be-bop jazz trumpeter, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 1987)
Mar 16 Howard Boatwright, American composer and violinist, born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1999)
Mar 20 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (The Soldiers; Requiem), born in Bliesheim, Germany (d. 1970)
Mar 20 Marian McPartland, British jazz pianist and radio broadcaster (Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz), born in Slough, England (d. 2013)
Mar 22 Tauno Pylkkanen, Finnish opera composer, born in Helsinki, Finland (d. 1980)
Mar 23 (Granville) "Stick" McGhee, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee"), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 1961)
Mar 28 Rudolf Alberth, German conductor, and composer, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany (d. 1992)
Mar 28 Youly Algaroff, Russian-French ballet dancer, born in Simferopol, Crimea (d. 1995)
Mar 29 Pearl Bailey, American Tony and Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Hello, Dolly!), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 1990)
Mar 31 Helen Kemp (née Hubbert), American choral conductor, composer, and voice teacher, born in Perkasie, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
Apr 3 Enrique Iturriaga, Peruvian composer (Sinfonía Junín y Ayacucho), born in Lima, Peru (d. 2019)
Apr 3 Louis Applebaum, Canadian conductor and composer, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2000)
Apr 3 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2005)
Apr 7 Michael "Peanuts" Hucko, American big band jazz and session clarinetist (Glenn Miller's Army-Air Force Band; Lawrence Welk Show), born in Syracuse, New York (d. 2003)
Apr 8 Lenore Engdahl, American classical pianist, and educator (Boston University School of Music, 1972–83), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2018)

Apr 9 Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (Sydney Opera House), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2008)
Apr 11 Jimmy Lewis, American jazz double bassist and soul electric bassist, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2000)
Apr 18 Tony Mottola, American jazz guitarist, born in Kearney, New Jersey (d. 2004)
Apr 25 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1941-56), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2006)
Apr 27 Kirby Stone, American jazz combo leader (Kirby Stone Four - "Baubles Bangles & Beads"), born in New York City (d. 1981)
May 5 Erbie Bowser, American blues and jazz pianist, born in Davila, Texas (d. 1995)
May 6 Godfrey Ridout, Canadian composer, conductor, educator, and musicologist, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1984)
May 7 Argeliers León, Cuban composer, born in Pinar del Río, Cuba (d. 1991)
May 8 Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress, and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1971) [1]
May 13 T. Balasaraswati, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, born in Madras Presidency, British India (d. 1984)
May 15 Eddy Arnold, American country music singer ("Make The World Go Away"; "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), born in Henderson Tennessee (d. 2008)
May 16 Aubrey Bowman, British pianist, composer, and conductor (Workman's Music Association), born in Bournemouth, England (d. 2009)
May 17 (Märta) Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (Elektra; Salome), born in Västra Karup, Skåne, Sweden (d. 2005)
May 23 Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, American bandleader, songwriter, and record producer (Little Richard; Sam Cooke), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1985)
Jun 3 Carl Pruitt, American jazz and blues session double-bassist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1977)

Jun 4 (Bulee) "Slim" Gaillard, American jazz singer-songwriter ("Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)"), born in Claiborne, Alabama (d. 1991)
Jun 5 Branimir Sakač, Croatian composer (Matrix Symphony), born in Zagreb (d. 1979)
Jun 8 Robert Preston [Meservey], American stage and screen actor and singer (The Music Man; Mame; The Last Starfighter), born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1987)
Jun 13 "Wild Bill" Moore, American R&B and jazz tenor saxophone player ("We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll": Marvin Gaye's "Mercy, Mercy Me"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1983)
Jun 14 Carter Harman, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2007)
Jun 26 Roger Voisin, American classical trumpet player (Boston Symphony, 1935-83), educator, and music editor, born in Angers, France (d. 2008)
Jun 30 Stuart Foster, American singer (Galen Drake Show), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1968)
Jul 2 "Sheikh" Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, born in Giza (d. 1995)
Jul 5 George Rochberg, American composer (Concord Quartet), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 2005)
Jul 6 Eugene List, American concert pianist and teacher (Eastman School of Music), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
Jul 9 Herbert Brün, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2000)
Jul 14 Arthur Laurents, American playwright (West Side Story; Gypsy), and screenwriter (Rope; Anastasia), born in New York City (d. 2011)
Jul 16 Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (Okey Ka Fairy Ko!), born in San Pablo, Laguna, Philippine Islands (d. 1989)
Jul 20 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, born in Mart, Texas (d. 2006)
Jul 24 Ruggiero Ricci, American composer and violinist (Paganini), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2012)
Jul 27 Eero Sipilä, Finnish composer, born in Hailuoto, Finland (d. 1972)
Jul 27 Leonard Rose, American concert cellist (New York Philharmonic, 1943-51), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1984)
Jul 30 Joe Daley, American jazz tenor, clarinet and flute player, born in Salem, Ohio (d. 1994)
Jul 31 Hank Jones, American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, born in Vicksburg, Mississippi (d. 2010)

Aug 3 Eddie Jefferson, American jazz vocalese singer and lyricist ("Moody's Mood for Love"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1979)
Aug 5 Betty Oliphant, British-Canadian ballerina, co-founder of National Ballet School of Canada, born in London, England (d. 2004)
Aug 6 Norman Granz, American jazz record producer (Verve Records; Pablo Records), and impresario (Jazz at the Philharmonic), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2001)
Aug 10 Arnett Cobb, American jazz tenor saxophonist (Lionel Hampton), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1989)
Aug 12 Sid Bernstein, music producer and concert promoter (Beatles; Rolling Stones), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Aug 15 Florian ZaBach, American violinist ("The Hot Canary") and TV personality, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
Aug 15 Raymond Gallois-Montbrun, French violinist and composer, born in Saigon, Vietnam (d. 1994)
Aug 17 Ike Quebec, American jazz tenor saxophone player, and pianist, born in Newark. New Jersey (d. 1963)
Aug 19 Jimmy Rowles [Hunter], American jazz pianist and composer (The Peacocks), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 1996)

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

Aug 25 American Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1958-69; Israel Philharmonic; London Symphony), and composer (West Side Story; Chichester Psalms), born in Lawrence, Massachusetts

Aug 25 Richard Greene, English stage and screen actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), born in Plymouth, Devon, England (d. 1985)
Aug 26 Louis Stotijn, Dutch bassoonist, and conductor (Residence Orchestra), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2013)

Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986)

Aug 31 American Tony and Academy Award-winning lyricist (with Frederick Loewe - My Fair Lady; Gigi; Camelot), and screenwriter, born in New York City

Aug 31 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipina composer (Filiasiana), concert pianist, and educator (Bayanihan Dance Company), born in San Fernando, Philippines (d. 2008)
Sep 4 Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Jimmie Lunceford; Duke Ellington), orchestra leader, and teacher, born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2014)
Sep 13 Ray Charles, American orchestra leader (Perry Como), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
Sep 14 Cachao [Israel López], Cuban double-bassist, and composer (co-inventor of 'mambo' with his brother, Orestes López), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2008)
Sep 22 (Archibald James) "A.J." Potter, Irish composer (Finnegan's Wake), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1980)
Sep 22 Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist (Brahms Concerto), born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland (d. 1988)
Sep 29 Harold Laurence Walters, American composer, born in Gurdon, Arkansas (d. 1984)
Oct 1 Antonio Iglesias Álvares, Spanish pianist, composer, educator and critic, born in Orense, Spain (d. 2011)
Oct 10 Bobby Byrne, American orchestra leader (Club Seven), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2006)
Oct 10 George Rhodes, American pianist, composer, arranger, and music director (Sammy Davis, Jr. Show), born in Indiana (d. 1985)

Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)

Oct 11 American Tony and Academy Award-winning theater and ballet choreographer and director (West Side Story; Peter Pan), born in Manhattan, New York

Oct 12 Emil Cossetto, Croatian composer, born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (d. 2006)
Oct 16 Géori Boué, French soprano, born in Toulouse, France (d. 2017)
Oct 18 Robert "Bobby" Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
Oct 25 (Greig) "Chubby" Jackson, American big band jazz double-bassist, bandleader, and TV host, born in New York City (d. 2003)
Nov 7 Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese Fado singer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1993)
Nov 9 Howard Shanet, American conductor (Night of the Tropics), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Nov 11 Jürg Baur, German composer, born in Düsseldorf (d. 2010)
Nov 11 Louise Tobin, American big band singer (Benny Goodman; Ziggy Elman), born in Aubrey, Texas (d. 2022) [1]
Nov 13 Janine Andrade, French classical violinist, born in Besançon, France (d. 1997)
Nov 20 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), born in Spišský Štiavnik, Slovakia (d. 1987)
Nov 24 "Wild" Bill Davis, American jazz pianist, arranger, and electronic organ pioneer (Louis Jordan's Tympani Five), born in Glasgow, Missouri (d. 1995)
Nov 27 Ze'ev Wolfgang Steinberg, Israeli violist and composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 2011)
Dec 2 Milton Delugg, American pianist, accordion player, composer ("Hoop-Dee-Do"; "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"), and orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1966; The Paul Winchell Show; The Gong Show), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015) [1]
Dec 7 Jórunn Viðar, Icelandic pianist and composer, born in Reykjavík, Iceland (d. 2017)
Dec 8 Gérard Souzay, French baritone, born in Angers, France (d. 2004)
Dec 12 Joe Williams [Joseph Goreed], American jazz singer (Everyday I Have the Blues), born in Cordele, Georgia (d. 1999)
Dec 16 Pierre Delanoë [Leroyer], French songwriter and lyricist, born in Paris (d. 2006)
Dec 19 Professor Longhair [Henry Roeland Byrd], American boogie-woogie, New Orleans R&B, and mambo pianist and singer ("Tipitina"; "Go To The Mardis Gras"), born in Bogalusa, Louisiana (d. 1980)
Dec 23 Jose Greco, Italian-American flamenco dancer (Holiday for Lovers), born in Montorio nei Frentani, Italy (d. 2000)
Dec 24 Carolyn DeZurik, American country and polka singer and yodeler (The Cackle Sisters; Prairie Ramblers; The Polka Chips), born in Royalton, Minnesota (d. 2009)
Dec 24 Dave Bartholomew, American R&B, rock, and jazz musician, composer, producer, and songwriter ("I Hear You Knocking"; "Ain't That A Shame"; "Walkin' To New Orleans"), born in Edgard, Louisiana (d. 2019)
Dec 25 Eddie Safranski, American jazz double bassist and orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)