1946 in music

Events

• Dean Martin's musical career begins
• Little Walter[?]'s musical career begins
• B.B. King's musical career begins
• Lightnin' Hopkins[?]' musical career begins
• Chet Atkins' musical career begins

Albums Released

• King Cole trio volume 2 - Nat King Cole
• Merry Christmas music - Perry Como[?]
• Voice of Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra

Top Hit Records

• "For Sentimental Reasons" by Nat King Cole
• "Oh! What It Seemed to Be" by Frankie Carle[?], also Frank Sinatra
• "The Old Lamplighter" by Sammy Kaye[?]
• "Frim Fram Sauce" by Louis Armstrong
• "Five Minutes More" by Frank Sinatra
• "Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle[?]
• "The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots, also Dinah Shore[?]
• "Prisoner of Love" by Perry Como[?]
• "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard[?], also Freddy Martin[?] and The Ink Spots
• "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" by Vaughn Monroe[?]
• "Old Buttermilk Sky" by Kay Kyser[?]
• "La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf

Births

• January 3 - John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin
• January 4 - Arthur Conley[?]
• January 6 - Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd
• January 7 - Jann Wenner[?], publisher of Rolling Stone magazine
• January 7 - Andy Brown[?], The Fortunes[?]
• January 8 - Robbie Krieger[?], The Doors
• January 10 - Aynsley Dunbar[?], John Mayall, Jefferson Starship
• January 11 - Naomi Judd[?]
• January 12 - Cynthia Robinson[?], Sly & the Family Stone
• January 16 - Ronnie Milsap[?]
• January 19 - Dolly Parton
• January 26 - Deon Jackson[?]
• January 27 - Nedra Talley[?], The Ronettes
• January 31 - Terry Kath[?], Chicago
• February 7 - Sammy Johns[?]
• February 8 - Adolfo De La Parra[?], Canned Heat
• February 20 - Randy California[?], Spirit[?]
• February 20 - Jerome Geils[?], J.Geils Band[?]
• February 23 - Rusty Young[?], Poco[?]
• March 7 - Peter Wolf[?], J. Geils Band[?]
• March 7 - Matthew Fisher[?], Procol Harum
• March 8 - Randy Meisner[?], Poco[?], The Eagles
• March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager[?]
• March 14 - Jim Pons[?], The Turtles
• March 15 - Howard Scott[?], War
• March 17 - Harold Brown[?], War
• March 19 - Paul Atkinson[?], The Zombies
• March 19 - Ruth Pointer[?], The Pointer Sisters[?]
• March 24 - Lee Oskar[?], War
• March 31 - G. Allan Nichol[?], The Turtles
• April 13 - Al Green
• April 13 - Roy Loney[?], Flaming Groovies[?]
• April 13 - Jim Pons[?], The Leaves[?], The Turtles, Mothers Of Invention
• April 16 - Bobby Vinton[?]
• April 18 - Lenny Baker[?], Sha Na Na[?]
• April 26 - John Bucky Wilkin[?], Ronny & The Daytonas[?]
• April 26 - Vito Balsamo[?], Vito & The Salutations[?]
• May 2 - Lesley Gore
• May 2 - Randy Cain[?], The Delfonics
• May 2 - Robert Henrit[?], Argent
• May 7 - Ray Monette[?], Rare Earth[?]
• May 7 - Arcelio Garcia[?], Malo[?]
• May 10 - Cher
• May 10 - Dave Mason[?], Traffic
• May 10 - Donovan
• May 10 - Graham Gouldman[?], 10cc[?]
• May 12 - Ian McLagan[?], Faces
• May 13 - Danny Klein[?], J. Geils Band[?]
• May 24 - Steve Upton[?], Wishbone Ash
• June 3 - Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople
• June 5 - Michael Monarch[?], Steppenwolf
• June 5 - Freddy Stone[?], Sly & the Family Stone
• June 7 - Bill Kreutzmann[?], The Grateful Dead
• June 9 - John Mitch Mitchell[?], Jimi Hendrix Experience
• June 11 - John Lawton[?], Uriah Heep
• June 15 - Noddy Holder[?], Slade
• June 17 - Barry Manilow
• June 25 - Ian McDonald[?], record producer, (Foreigner)
• June 30 - Ian Matthews[?]
• July 1 - June Monteiro[?], Toys[?]
• July 5 - Michael Monarch[?], Steppenwolf
• July 15 - Linda Ronstadt
• July 19 - Alan Gorie[?], Average White Band
• July 20 - Kim Carnes[?]
• July 22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer
• July 23 - Andy Mackay[?], Roxy Music
• July 28 - Jonathan Edwards
• July 30 - Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond[?], Jethro Tull
• July 31 - Bob Welch, Fleetwood Mac
• July 31 - Gary Lewis[?], Gary Lewis & The Playboys[?]
• August 5 - Jimmy Webb
• August 14 - Larry Graham, Sly & The Family Stone[?]
• August 16 - Gordon Fleet[?], The Easybeats[?]
• September 1 - Barry Gibb, The Bee Gees
• September 4 - Gary Duncan[?], Quicksilver Messenger Service
• September 4 - Greg Elmore[?], Quicksilver Messenger Service
• September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Queen
• September 5 - Buddy Miles
• September 5 - Loudon Wainwright III[?]
• September 5 - Dean Ford[?], Marmalade
• September 7 - Alfa Anderson[?], Chic
• September 9 - Billy Preston[?]
• September 9 - Doug Ingle[?], Iron Butterfly
• September 11 - Dennis Tufano[?], The Buckinghams[?]
• September 18 - Alan King[?], Ace
• September 28 - Helen Shapiro[?]
• September 30 - Sylvia Peterson[?], The Chiffons[?]
• October 6 - Millie Small[?]
• October 10 - John Prine[?]
• October 14 - Justin Hayward[?], The Moody Blues
• October 15 - Richard Carpenter[?], The Carpenters
• October 17 - Jim Tucker[?], The Turtles
• October 21 - Lee Loughname[?], Chicago
• October 24 - Jerry Edmonton[?], Steppenwolf
• October 29 - Peter Green[?], Fleetwood Mac
• November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch rock 'n' roll artist
• November 5 - Gram Parsons, country music/rock musician
• November 8 - Roy Wood[?], The Move[?]
• November 19 - Joe Correro Jr.[?], Paul Revere and The Raiders[?]
• November 20 - Duane Allman[?], The Allman Brothers[?]
• November 22 - Aston Barret[?], The Upsetters[?], The Wailers
• November 25 - Bev Bevan[?], Electric Light Orchestra
• December 1 - Gilbert O'Sullivan[?]
• December 5 - Andy Kim[?]
• December 14 - Joyce Vincent-Wilson[?], Tony Orlando & Dawn[?]
• December 15 - Carmine Appice[?], Vanilla Fudge, Cactus
• December 16 - Benny Andersson, ABBA
• December 21 - Carl Wilson[?], The Beach Boys
• December 22 - Rick Nielsen, Cheap Trick
• December 25 - Jimmy Buffett
• December 28 - Edgar Winter[?]
• December 29 - Marianne Faithfull
• December 30 - Patti Smith
• Geoff Emerick, legendary engineer and producer

Deaths

• January 10 - Harry Von Tilzer
• September 16 - Mamie Smith