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1947 in music
See also:
1946 in music
,
other events of 1947
,
1948 in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Albums Released
3 Top Hit Records
4 Births
5 Deaths
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
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