1947 in music

Events

• George Jones begins performing
• Jimmy Rogers begins recording

Albums Released

Top Hit Records

• "Managua, Nicaragua" by Freddy Martin[?]
• "Heartaches" by Ted Weems[?]
• "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!" by Tex Williams[?]
• "Mam'selle" by Art Lund[?], also Frank Sinatra
• "Ballerina" by Vaughn Monroe[?]
• "Near You" by Francis Craig[?]
• "Linda" by Ray Noble[?] with Buddy Clark[?]
• "Peg O' My Heart" by The Harmonicats[?], also Buddy Clark[?] and The Three Suns[?]
• "Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba" by Perry Como[?]
• "Huggin' and Chalkin'" by Hoagy Carmichael

Births

• January 6 - Sandy Denny[?], Fairport Convention
• January 8 - David Bowie, Pop star
• January 8 - Terry Sylvester[?], The Hollies[?]
• January 20 - George Grantham[?], Poco[?]
• January 21 - Pye Hastings[?], Caravan[?]
• January 24 - Warren Zevon
• January 28 - David Byron, Uriah Heep
• January 30 - Steve Marriott[?], Small Faces, Humble Pie
• February 3 - Dave Davies[?], The Kinks
• February 3 - Melanie[?]
• February 9 - Joe Ely[?]
• February 14 - Tim Buckley[?]
• February 15 - David Brown, Santana
• February 17 - Dodie Stevens[?]
• February 18 - Dennis DeYoung[?], Styx
• February 24 - Lonnie Turner[?], Steve Miller Band
• February 24 - Rupert Holmes[?]
• February 26 - Sandie Shaw
• March 3 - Jennifer Warnes
• March 6 - David Gilmour, Pink Floyd
• March 6 - Kiki Dee[?]
• March 8 - Michael Allsup[?], Three Dog Night[?]
• March 10 - Tom Scholz[?], Boston
• March 11 - Mark Stein[?], Vanilla Fudge
• March 15 - Ry Cooder
• March 18 - Robert Harrison[?], Procol Harum
• March 20 - Carl Palmer[?], Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• March 22 - Harry Vanda[?], The Easybeats[?]
• March 24 - Mike Kellie[?], Spooky Tooth[?]
• March 25 - Elton John, Pop star
• March 29 - Bobby Kimball[?], Toto[?]
• April 2 - Emmylou Harris
• April 7 - Patricia Bennett[?], The Chiffons[?]
• April 8 - Steve Howe[?], Yes
• April 8 - Larry Norman
• April 10 - Bunny Wailer[?], The Wailers
• April 16 - Gerry Rafferty[?], Stealers Wheel[?]
• April 19 - Mark Volman[?], The Turtles
• April 21 - Iggy Pop
• April 24 - Glen Cornick[?], Jethro Tull
• April 24 - Hubert Ann Kelly[?], Hues Corporation[?]
• April 26 - Pete Ham[?], Badfinger
• April 29 - Tommy James
• May 10 - Jay Ferguson[?], Spirit[?]
• May 11 - Butch Trucks[?], The Allman Brothers[?]
• May 14 - Al Ciner[?], Three Dog Night[?]
• May 15 - Graham Goble[?], The Little River Band[?]
• May 16 - Barbara Lee[?], The Chiffons[?]
• May 19 - Jerry Hyman[?], Blood, Sweat and Tears
• May 25 - Mitchell Margo[?], The Tokens[?]
• May 25 - Jessi Colter[?]
• May 31 - John Bonham, Led Zeppelin
• June 1 - Ron Wood, Faces, The Rolling Stones
• June 8 - Mick Box[?], Uriah Heep
• June 8 - Julie Driscoll[?], Brian Auger & the Trinity[?]
• June 14 - Barry Melton[?], Country Joe & the Fish
• June 17 - Gregg Rolie[?], Santana
• June 22 - Howard Kaylan[?], The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, Flo & Eddie[?]
• July 7 - David Hodo[?], The Village People
• July 10 - Arlo Guthrie
• July 19 - Bernie Leadon[?], Flying Burrito Brothers, The Eagles
• July 19 - Brian May, Queen
• July 20 - Carlos Santana
• July 22 - Don Henley[?], The Eagles
• July 23 - David Essex
• August 5 - Rick Derringer[?], The McCoys[?]
• August 5 - Gregory Leskiw[?], The Guess Who[?]
• August 9 - Barbara Mason[?]
• August 10 - Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull
• August 11 - Jeff Hanna[?], Nitty Gritty Dirt Band[?]
• August 17 - Gary Talley[?], The Box Tops[?]
• August 20 - Jim Pankow[?], Chicago
• August 22 - Donna Godchaux[?], The Grateful Dead
• August 23 - Keith Moon, The Who
• September 3 - Eric Bell[?], Thin Lizzy
• September 14 - John Bowser Bauman[?], Sha Na Na[?]
• September 17 - Lol Creme[?], 10cc[?]
• September 21 - Don Felder[?], The Eagles
• September 23 - Jerry Corbetta[?], Sugarloaf[?]
• September 27 - Meat Loaf
• September 28 - Peter-Hop-Evans[?], Medicine Head[?]
• October 1 - Martin Turner[?], Wishbone Ash
• October 3 - Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac
• October 4 - Jim Fielder[?], Blood, Sweat & Tears
• October 13 - Sammy Hagar[?], Montrose[?], Van Halen
• October 16 - Bob Ace Weir[?], The Grateful Dead
• October 17 - Michael McKean, Spinal Tap
• October 18 - Laura Nyro[?]
• October 19 - Wilbert Hart[?], The Delfonics
• October 21 - Tetsu Yamauchi[?] Free[?], Faces
• October 23 - Greg Ridley[?], Spooky Tooth[?], Humble Pie
• October 25 - John Hall[?], Orleans
• October 30 - Timothy B. Schmidt[?], Poco[?], The Eagles
• October 31 - Russ Ballard[?], Argent
• November 2 - Dave Pegg[?], Uglys[?], Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull
• November 5 - Peter Noone[?], Herman's Hermits
• November 6 - George Young[?], The Easybeats[?]
• November 10 - Greg Lake[?], King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• November 10 - Dave Loggins[?]
• November 12 - Buck Dharma[?], Blue Oyster Cult
• November 20 - Joe Walsh[?], James Gang[?], The Eagles
• December 5 - Jim Messina[?]
• December 8 - Gregg Allman[?], The Allman Brothers[?]
• December 10 - Walter Orange[?], The Commodores[?]
• December 12 - Vin Scelsa[?], Disc Jockey
• December 14 - Patty Duke[?]
• December 20 - Peter Criss, Kiss
• December 28 - Dick Diamonde[?], The Easybeats[?]
• December 30 - Jeff Lynne, Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys
• December 31 - Burton Cummings[?] of The Guess Who[?], John Denver

Deaths

• July 15 - Walter Donaldson