1947 in music: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com

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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