1946 in music

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hit records
4 Other recorded popular music
5 Published popular music
6 Classical music
7 Opera
8 Musical theater
9 Musical films
10 Births
11 Deaths

Events

February 8 – Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premiered posthumously by György Sándor with Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Al Jolson rerecords his old hits for the soundtrack of his Columbia biopic The Jolson Story, and becomes a superstar to the post-war generation as well
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
Georgia Gibbs signs with the Majestic label
Frankie Laine records "That's My Desire"
Bill Haley's professional musical career begins as a member of The Down Homers.

Albums released

King Cole Trio Volume 2 – King Cole Trio
Merry Christmas Music – Perry Como
Show Boat – Original Broadway Cast
Voice Of Frank Sinatra – Frank Sinatra

Top hit records

"Candy" by Johnny Mercer, Jo Stafford & the Pied Pipers
"Choo Choo Ch' Boogie" by Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
"The Christmas Song" by the King Cole Trio
"The Coffee Song" by Frank Sinatra
"Day By Day" by Frank Sinatra
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" by Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & his Orchestra
"Five Minutes More" by Frank Sinatra
"Five Minutes More" by the Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" by the King Cole Trio
"The Gypsy" by The Ink Spots
"The Gypsy" by Dinah Shore
"Hawaiian War Chant" by Spike Jones & his City Slickers
"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by Lionel Hampton & his Orchestra
"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" by The Tex Beneke-Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal by Tex Beneke
"Huggin' And Chalkin' " by Hoagy Carmichael
"I'm A Big Girl Now" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Betty Barclay
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Perry Como
"Laughing On The Outside" by Dinah Shore
"Laughing On The Outside" by Andy Russell
"Laughing On The Outside" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Vaughn Monroe & his Orchestra with vocal by Vaughn Monroe (first charted December 1945)
"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" by Woody Herman and his Orchestra with vocal by Woody Herman
"Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
"Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Frank Sinatra
"Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Charlie Spivak & his Orchestra with vocal by Jimmy Saunders
"Oh What It Seemed To Be" by Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest
"The Old Lamplighter" by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas
"The Old Lamplighter" by Hal Derwin & his Orchestra
"The Old Lamplighter" by Sammy Kaye & his Orchestra with vocal by Billy Williams
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Hoagy Carmichael
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Helen Carroll & The Satisfiers
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Paul Weston & his Orchestra with vocal by Matt Dennis
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" by Kay Kyser & his Orchestra with vocal by Michael Douglas & the Campus Kids
"One-Zy Two-Zy" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by The Martin Men
"One-Zy Two-Zy" by Phil Harris
"Personality" by Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers
"Pretending" by Andy Russell
"Prisoner Of Love" by The Ink Spots
"Prisoner Of Love" by Perry Como
"Rumors Are Flying" by Frankie Carle & his Orchestra with vocal by Marjorie Hughes
"Rumors Are Flying" by Andrews Sisters with Les Paul
"Rumors Are Flying" by Betty Rhodes
"Rumors Are Flying" by Tony Martin
"Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Stan Kenton & his Orchestra with vocal by June Christy
"Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy" by Dinah Shore
"Sioux City Sue" by Bing Crosby and The Jesters
"South America, Take It Away" by Xavier Cugat & his Orchestra with vocal by Buddy Clark
"South America, Take It Away" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
"Stone Cold Dead In The Market" by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
"Surrender" by Perry Como
"Symphony" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Clyde Rogers (first charted December 1945)
"Symphony" by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra with vocal by Liza Morrow
"Symphony" by Bing Crosby
"Symphony" by Jo Stafford
"They Say It's Wonderful" by Perry Como
"They Say It's Wonderful" by Frank Sinatra
"To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
"To Each His Own" by Tony Martin
"To Each His Own" by the Modernaires with Paula Kelly
"To Each His Own" by The Ink Spots
"To Each His Own" by Freddy Martin & his Orchestra with vocal by Stuart Wade
"Winter Wonderland" by Perry Como
"You Won't Be Satisfied" by Les Brown & his Orchestra with vocal by Doris Day

Other recorded popular music

"Ain't That Just Like A Woman" – Frankie Laine
"Aren't You Glad You're You?" – Bing Crosby
"Black And Blue" – Frankie Laine
"Blue Skies" – Bing Crosby
"Blue Turning Grey Over You" – Frankie Laine
"By The River Sainte Marie" – Frankie Laine
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" – Dinah Shore
"Come Rain Or Come Shine" – Dinah Shore
"The Darktown Poker Club" – Phil Harris
"Frim Fram Sauce" – Louis Armstrong
"A Gal In Calico"-Bing Crosby
"Gee, It's Good To Hold You" – Woody Herman (Frances Wayne, vocal)
"Give Me The Moon Over Brooklyn" – Guy Lombardo & The Lombardo Trio
"I Cover The Waterfront" – The Ink Spots
"I Guess I'll Get The Papers And Go Home" – The Mills Brothers
"Ol' Man Mose" – Georgia Gibbs
"On The Sunny Side Of The Street" – Frankie Laine
"Passe" – Tex Beneke
"Put The Blame On Mame"-Dinah Shore
"September In The Rain" – Frankie Laine
"September Song" – Frank Sinatra
"Seems Like Old Times" – Guy Lombardo
"Seems Like Old Times" – Vaughn Monroe with The Norton Sisters
"Some Little Bug" – Phil Harris
"That Old Black Magic" – Frank Sinatra
That's What I Like About The South" – Phil Harris
Time After Time" – Frank Sinatra
"Les Trois Cloches (The Three Clocks)" – Edith Piaf
"La Vie En Rose" – Edith Piaf
"West End Blues" – Frankie Laine
"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" – Bing Crosby
"You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" – Bing Crosby
"You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" – Georgia Gibbs
"You Keep Coming Back Like A Song" – Jo Stafford
"Your Father's Moustache" – Woody Herman
"You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart"-Freddy Martin
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"-Johnny Mercer

Published popular music

"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" w.m. Alex Kramer & Joan Whitney
"Ain't That Just Like A Woman?" w.m. Fleecie Moore & Claude Demetrius
"All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" w.m. Don Gardner
"All The Cats Join In" A. Wilder, Ray Gilbert, E. Sauter
"Along With Me" w.m. Harold Rome Introduced by Danny Scholl and Paula Bane in the musical Call Me Mister
"The 'Ampstead Way" w. Johnny Burke m. Jimmy Van Heusen
"The Anniversary Song" w.m. Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin
"Anything You Can Do" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Dick Haymes and Betty Grable in the 1947 film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
"Blue Moon Of Kentucky" w.m. Bill Monroe
"Bumble Boogie" m. Jack Fina
"The Christmas Song" w. Robert Wells m. Mel Tormé
"Coax Me A Little Bit" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
"The Coffee Song" w.m. Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles
"Come Rain Or Come Shine" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"Country Style" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"A Couple Of Song And Dance Men" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?" w. Eddie De Lange m. Louis Armstrong
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Everybody's Got A Laughing Place" Allie Wrubel
"The Face on the Dime" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Lawrence Winters in the musical revue Call Me Mister.
"Feudin' And Fightin' " w. Al Dubin & Burton Lane m. Burton Lane
"Five Minutes More" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"For You, For Me, For Evermore" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Dick Haymes in the 1947 film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
"A Gal In Calico" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz
"The Girl That I Marry" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ray Middleton in the musical Annie Get Your Gun and performed by Howard Keel in the 1950 film version.
"Golden Earrings" w. Jay Livingstone & Ray Evans m. Victor Young
"The House Of Blue Lights" w.m. Don Raye & Freddie Slack
"How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"Huggin' And Chalkin' " w.m. Clancy Hayes & Kermit Goell
"I Got Lost In His Arms" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Annie Get Your Gun.
"I Got The Sun In The Morning" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Annie Get Your Gun and performed by Betty Hutton in the 1950 film version.
"I Guess I'll Get The Papers" w.m. Hughie Prince & Hal Kanner
"If This Isn't Love" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"I'm A Lonely Little Petunia" w.m. John N. Kamano, William E. Faber & Maurice Merl
"I'm An Indian Too" w.m. Irving Berlin
"It's A Good Day" w.m. Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour
"It's A Pity To Say Goodnight" w.m. Billy Reid
"Laughing On The Outside" w. Ben Raleigh m. Bernie Wayne
"Legalise My Name" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"Let The Good Times Roll" m.w. Fleecie Moore & Sam Theard
"Linda" w.m. Jack Lawrence
"Lost In The Stars" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill
"Managua Nicaragua" w. Albert Gamse m. Irving Fields
"Military Life" aka "The Jerk Song" w.m. Harold Rome from the musical revue Call Me Mister
"Moonshine Lullaby" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Mr. Jackson from Jacksonville" m.w. Louis Armstrong, Claude Demetrius, Fritz Pollard
"My Defences Are Down" w.m. Irving Berlin
"My Heart Is A Hobo" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
"My Sugar Is So Refined" w. Sylvia Dee m. Sidney Lippman
"Old Devil Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Burton Lane
"The Old Lamp-Lighter" w. Charles Tobias m. Nat Simon
"The Old Soft Shoe" w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis
"Ole Buttermilk Sky" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"On The Boardwalk In Atlantic City" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"One-zy Two-zy" w.m. Dave Franklin & Irving Taylor
"Open The Door, Richard" w. "Dusty" Fletcher & John Mason m. Jack McVea & Dan Howell
"Put The Blame On Mame" w.m. Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher
"A Rainy Night In Rio" w. Leo Robin m. Arthur Schwartz
"The Red Ball Express" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Lawrence Winters in the musical revue Call Me Mister.
"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" w.m. Robert Troup
"Rumors Are Flying" w.m. Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
"Sooner Or Later" w. Ray Gilbert m. Charles Wolcott
"South America, Take It Away" w.m. Harold Rome Introduced by Betty Garrett in the musical revue Call Me Mister.
"Stella By Starlight" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"Stone Cold Dead In De Market" w.m. Wilmoth Houdini
"A Sunday Kind Of Love" w.m. Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes & Louis Prima
"Tenderly" w. Jack Lawrence m. Walter Gross
"That's All Right" w.m. Arthur Crudup
"There's Good Blues Tonight" Edna Osser, Glenn Osser
"There's No Business Like Show Business" w.m. Irving Berlin
"They Say It's Wonderful" w.m. Irving Berlin
"The Things We Did Last Summer" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"Time After Time" w. Sammy Cahn m. Jule Styne
"To Each His Own" w. Ray Evans m. Jay Livingston
"Uncle Remus Said" w.m. Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Eliot Daniel
"La Vie En Rose" w. (Eng) Mack David (Fr) Edith Piaf m. Louiguy
"Who Do You Love, I Hope" w.m. Irving Berlin
"A Woman's Prerogative" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harold Arlen
"You Call Everybody Darling" w.m. Sam Martin, Ben Trace & Clem Watts
"You Can't Get A Man With A Gun" w.m. Irving Berlin
"You Make Me Feel So Young" w. Mack Gordon m. Josef Myrow
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" w. Ray Gilbert m. Allie Wrubel

Classical music

Arno Babadjanian – Polyphonic Piano Sonata
Benjamin Britten – Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Aaron Copland – Symphony No. 3
Gottfried von Einem – Dantons Tod
Jesus Guridi – Sinfonía Pirenaica
Herbert Howells – Gloucester Service
Erich Korngold – Cello Concerto
William Walton – score for Henry V

Opera

Benjamin Britten – The Rape of Lucretia

Musical theater

Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on May 16 and ran for 1147 performances
Call Me Mister Broadway revue opened at the National Theatre on April 18 and ran for 734 performances
Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Broadway revival opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on January 5 and ran for 418 performances
Song Of Norway London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 7 and ran for 526 performances
St. Louis Woman Broadway production opened at the Martin Beck Theatre on March 30 and ran for 113 performances
Sweetest And Lowest London revue opened at the Ambassador Theatre on May 9 and ran for 791 performances
Yours Is My Heart Broadway production opened on September 5 at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 36 performances