TimeLine of Light Music Composer/Arrangers

TimeLine of Composers and Arrangers who created
works of Light Music, Easy Listening Music, Network Jingles,
Old-Time Radio Themes & Classic Television Themes

Below are listed approximately 400 of the best composers and arrangers of an era. Stylistically they were trained in a tradition inherited from Europe, but many were infused with the influences of American idioms. Their Radio/TV themes and works of Light Music and Easy Listening were classics of these genres, and will long be remembered.

These were names that arose while researching the compositions and arrangements highlighted on this web site. Interestingly, more than one-fourth (28%) of these artists -- who created memorable music for U.S. radio and TV networks over many decades -- were born or lived their lives outside the United States.

Sadly, as of May, 2016, 91% of the wonderful artists below have now passed away. But wherever great orchestral music is admired, these are among the names that will be honored.

1850 - 1879

November 6, 1854 - John Phillip Sousa born in Washington, D.C.
April 12, 1859 - Emil Ascher (music publisher) born in Hamburg, Germany
April 12, 1859 - Franz Mahl (pseudonym of Emil Ascher as arranger and ghost writers of pub. co.)
May 14, 1872 - J. S. Zamecnik (John Stepan Zamecnik) born in Cleveland, Ohio
September 5, 1879 - Harold Sanford (Harold B. Sanford) born in Florence, Massachusetts

1880 - 1889

January 13, 1882 - Domenico Savino born in Taranto, Puglia, Italy
March 6, 1885 - Rosario Bourdon (Joseph Charles Rosario Bourdon) born in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
April 29, 1885 - Wallingford Riegger born in Albany, Georgia, U.S.A.
September 27, 1885 - Clarence Wheeler (Clarence E. Wheeler) born in Walnut, Kansas
August 6, 1887 - Oliver Wallace (aka: Ollie Wallace) (born Oliver George Wallace) in London, England, UK
May 10, 1888 - Max Steiner (Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner) born in Vienna, Austria
December 26, 1888 - Louis E. De Francesco born in Ales, Sardinia, Italy
May 20, 1889 - Felix Arndt born in New York City, New York
November 3, 1889 - Gus Haenschen (Walter Gustave Haenschen) born in St. Louis, Missouri
November 21, 1889 - Leon Flatow born in New York City, New York
December 25, 1889 - Nathaniel Shilkret (born Naftule Schüldkraut) in New York City, New York

1890 - 1899

February 26, 1891 - Josef Bonime (aka: Joseph Bonime) born in Vilnius, Lithuania
May 22, 1891 - Lucien Cailliet born in Dijon, France
May 30, 1891 - Jack Virgil (born Frank Virgil) in Abie, Nebraska
November 10, 1891 - Carl Stalling (Carl William Stalling) born in Lexington, Missouri
March 27, 1892 - Ferde Grofé (aka: Ferdie Grofé) (Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé Sr.) born in New York City, New York
May 1, 1892 - Howard Barlow (Howard Dunham Barlow) born in Plain City, Ohio
May 8, 1893 - Charles Williams (born Isaac Cozerbreit) in London, England, UK
August 14, 1893 - Lee Zahler (Leo A. Zahler) born in New York City, New York
October 2, 1893 - Leroy Shield (aka: Roy Shield) born in Waseca, Minnesota
December 24, 1893 - Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna) in Brooklyn, New York
April 14, 1894 - Philip A. Scheib (aka: Phil Scheib) born in New York City, New York
May 10, 1894 - Dimitri Tiomkin (aka: Dmitri Tiomkine) (born Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin) in Kremenchuk, The Ukraine
June 15, 1894 - Robert Russell Bennett (aka: Russell Bennett) born in Kansas City, Missouri
June 17, 1894 - Harold A. Levey born in New York City, New York
June 26, 1894 - William ("Bill") Wirges (William Francis Wirges) [music publisher] born in Buffalo, New York
August 12, 1894 - Leonard Joy (Leonard Wakefield Joy) born in Claremont, New Hampshire
September 6, 1894 - Billy Mills (William R. Mills) born in Flint, Michigan
November 28, 1894 - Frank Black (Frank Jeremiah Black) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 18, 1895 - Lew White (Louis P. White) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 22, 1895 - Alexander László [born Sándor ("Sán") Totis] in Budapest, Hungary
December 2, 1895 - Jesse J. Crawford born in Woodland, California
January 14, 1896 - Hans Salter (Hans Julius Salter) born in Vienna, Austria
August 6, 1896 - Cyril Mockridge (Cyril John Mockridge) born in London, England, UK
August 24, 1896 - Edward Paul (Edward Tyler Paul) born in New York City, New York
May 29, 1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold born in Bruenn, Czechoslovakia
June 23, 1897 - Terig Tucci born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 2, 1897 - Eddie Dunstedter (Edward Jacob Dunstedter) born in Edwardsville, Illinois
September 16, 1897 - Milt Franklyn (Milton J. Franklyn) born in New York City, New York
October 9, 1897 - Robert Armbruster (John Robert Armbruster) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 8, 1898 - Vic Oliver (born Victor Oliver von Samek) in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
September 14, 1898 - Harry Salter born in Bucharest, Romania
December 25, 1898 - Isadore ("Izzy") Friedman born in Linton, Indiana
February 20, 1899 - Richard Himber (born Herbert Richard Imber) in Newark, New Jersey
May 13, 1899 - David Broekman (David Rendrines Broekman) born in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

1900 - 1904

January 28, 1900 - Mahlon Merrick (aka: Gene LeGrande) (born Mahlon Legrand Merrick) in Farmington, Iowa
February 20, 1900 - Amadeo De Filippi born in Ariano Irpino, Avellino, Italy
March 27, 1900 - Jack Beaver [born John ("Jack") Beauer] in Clapham, London, England, UK
August 28, 1900 - Rudy Schrager (born Rudolph Noachim Schrager) in Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
December 17, 1900 - Norman Cloutier (Norman Louis Cloutier) born in Hartford, Connecticut
December 30, 1900 - Joe Dubin (Joseph Simon Dubin) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 8, 1900 - Victor Young born in Chicago, Illinois
1901 - Bob Busby (aka: Robert Busby) born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
March 17, 1901 - Alfred Newman born in New Haven, Connecticut
May 24, 1901 - Lucien Moraweck (Lucien Alfred E. Moraweck) born in Belfort, Franche-Comté, France
May 31, 1901 - Alfredo Antonini (Alfredo A. Antonini) born in Milan, Italy
July 14, 1901 - William Meeder (aka: Bill Meeder) (William Henry Meeder Sr.) born in West Orange, New Jersey
July 28, 1901 - Felix Mills (born Gordon R. Mills) in Fort Collins, Colorado
August 30, 1901 - Conrad Salinger born in Brookline, Massachusetts
September 15, 1901 - Romelle Fay (Romelle Fay Alford Mekar) born in Elroy, Wisconsin
September 16, 1901 - Roger Barsotti born in London, England, UK
October 20, 1901 - Frank Churchill (Frank Edwin Churchill) born in Rumford, Maine
December 23, 1901 - André Kostelanetz (Abram Naumovych Kostelanetz) born in St. Petersburg, Russia
1902 - Ken Warner (born Onslow Boyden Waldo Warner) in Chiswick, London, England, UK
May 24, 1902 - Wilbur J. Hatch born in Mokena, Illinois
June 2, 1902 - Rosa Rio (born Elizabeth Raub) in New Orleans, Louisiana
June 18, 1902 - Louis Alter born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
June 28, 1902 - Richard Rodgers (Richard Charles Rodgers) born in New York City, New York
August 3, 1902 - Ray Bloch (Raymond Arthur Bloch) born in Alsace-Lorraine, France
August 3, 1902 - Ray Llewellyn (pseudonym of ZIV-TV composers Ray Block, David Rose, Peter Yorke et al)
August 3, 1902 - David Buttolph (James David Buttolph Jr.) born in New York City, New York
August 23, 1902 - Charles F. Paul born in New York City, New York
October 1, 1902 - Joe Rines (Joseph Rines) born in Boston, Massachusetts
October 10, 1902 - Jacques Belasco (aka: Jacques Dallin) (born Leonid Jacob Berladsky) in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine)
December 4, 1902 - Peter Yorke born in London, England, UK
February 10, 1903 - Lewis Allan (born Abel Meeropol) in Bronx, New York City, New York
March 11, 1903 - Lawrence Welk born in Strasburg, North Dakota
April 29, 1903 - Dick Leibert (sometimes mis-spelled Liebert) (Richard William Leibert) born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
May 21, 1903 - Sammy Timberg (Samuel Timberg) born in New York City, New York
July 26, 1903 - Donald Voorhees (Donald David Voorhees) born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
November 30, 1903 - Frank J. Worth born in Debrecen, Hungary
December 9, 1903 - Matty Malneck (Matty Michael Malneck) born in Newark, New Jersey
January 1, 1904 - Lou Kosloff born in Chicago, Illinois
January 13, 1904 - Richard Addinsell (Richard Stewart Addinsell) born in Woburn Square, London, England, UK
May 15, 1904 - Bert Shefter (Bert Abram Shefter) born in Poltova, Russia (now The Ukraine)
April 13, 1904 - Peter Van Steeden Jr. born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
October 6, 1904 - Joseph Hooven (aka: Joe Hooven) (Joseph Davis Hooven) born in Weatherly, Pennsylvania
October 24, 1904 - Warren Foster (Warren B. Foster) born in Brooklyn, New York
November 7, 1904 - Helmy Kresa born in Meissen, Germany
December 31, 1904 - George Basil ("Buzz") Adlam born in Chelmsford, England, UK

1905 - 1907

March 29, 1905 - Van Phillips (Alexander Van Cleve Phillips) born in Iowa
April 3, 1905 - T. Marvin Hatley (Thomas Marvin Hatley) born in Reed, Oklahoma
April 7, 1905 - Herb Spencer (Herbert Winfield Spencer) born in Santiago, Chile
August 3, 1905 - Gaylord Carter (Gaylord Beach Carter) born in Wiesbaden, Germany
November 1, 1905 - Eric Siday born in Croyden, London, England, UK
December 21, 1905 - Harry Revel born in London, England, UK
December 31, 1905 - Jule Styne born in London, England, UK
January 31, 1906 - Benjamin Frankel born in London, England, UK
February 3, 1906 - Paul Sawtell born in Gross Gilve, Prussia, Poland (now Germany)
June 6, 1906 - John Gart (aka: John Marion) born in Poland
June 26, 1906 - Arlo Hults (Joseph Arlo Hults) born in Lawrence, Kansas
June 28, 1906 - Anne Leaf (sometimes spelled: Ann Leaf) (born Ann Leaf Kleinert) in Omaha, Nebraska
July 1, 1906 - Stanley Davis (aka: Stan Davis) born in New York City, New York
July 13, 1906 - Harry Sosnik (Harold Sosnik) born in Chicago, Illinois
August 8, 1906 - Richard Cunliffe (aka: Dick Cunliffe) (Richard Robinson Cunliffe) born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania
September 28, 1906 - Jack Meakin (John Brunker Meakin) born in Salt Lake City, Utah
October 30, 1906 - Paul J. Smith (Paul Joseph Smith) born in Calumet, Michigan
December 29, 1906 - Henri René (born Harold M. Kirchstein) in New York City, New York
January 28, 1907 - Paul Durand (Paul Jules Durand) born in Sète, Hérault, France
March 14, 1907 - Edward Heyman born in New York City, New York
March 26, 1907 - Leigh Harline (Leigh Adrean Harline) born in Salt Lake City, Utah
April 12, 1907 - Ivan Ditmars (Ivan Dale Ditmars) born in Olympia, Washington
April 18, 1907 - Miklós Rózsa born in Budapest, Hungary
June 5, 1907 - D'Artega (aka: Alfonso D'Artega) (born Alfonso Armando Antonio D'Artega-Fernandez) in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico
June 21, 1907 - John Rox (born John Jefferson Barber Herring) in Des Moines, Iowa
September 30, 1907 - Harry Bluestone (born Harold B. Blostein) in London, England, UK
October 1, 1907 - Felton Rapley (aka: Peter Barrington) (Edmund Felton Rapley) born in Gosport, South Hampshire, England, UK
October 30, 1907 - Irving Szathmary born in Quincy, Massachusetts

1908 - 1909

January 7, 1908 - Eliot Daniel (Eliot Howard Daniel) born in Boston, Massachusetts
February 25, 1908 - George Duning (George William Duning) born in Richmond, Indiana
March 26, 1908 - Henry Sylvern (aka: Hank Sylvern) (born Henry Silverstein) in Brooklyn, New York
March 27, 1908 - Semprini (aka: Alberto Semprini) (born Fernando Riccardo Alberto Semprini) in Bath, England, UK
April 7, 1908 - Percy Faith born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
April 18, 1908 - Eric Spear born in Croyden, London, England, UK
April 19, 1908 - Parke Levy born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 21, 1908 - Frank Perkins (Frank Sutherland Perkins Jr.) born in Salem, Massachusetts
May 19, 1908 - David Marvin Gordon [music publisher] (aka: Melvyn Lenard) born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 5, 1908 - Sidney Torch (born Sidney Torchinsky) in London, England, UK
June 29, 1908 - Leroy Anderson born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 18, 1908 - Barry Gray (born John Livesey Eccles) in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK
August 5, 1908 - Vick Knight (Vick Ralph Knight) born in Moundsville, West Virginia
August 19, 1908 - Spud Murphy (born Lyle Murphy) in Berlin, Germany
August 20, 1908 - Raoul Kraushaar [production music packager] born in Paris, France
August 25, 1908 - Ray Heindorf (Raymond John Heindorf) born in Haverstraw, New York
September 6, 1908 - Paul Lavalle (born Joseph Usifer) in Beacon, New York
September 10, 1908 - Raymond Scott (aka: Harry Warnow) (born Harold Warnow) in Brooklyn, New York
September 14, 1908 - Bernie Green (born Bernard Greenwald) in New York City, New York
October 10, 1908 - Johnny Green (John Waldo Green) born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York
October 18, 1908 - René Garriguenc (Aime René Garriguenc) born in Vesoul, Franche-Comté, France
November 24, 1908 - Ray Carter (born Maurice Krumbein) in Chicago, Illinois
1909 - Austen Croom-Johnson (aka: Ginger Johnson) (born Austen Herbert Croom-Johnson) in Cumberland, England, UK
January 13, 1909 - Leith Stevens (Leith A. Stevens) born in Mount Moriah, Missouri
March 1, 1909 - Winston Sharples (Winston Singleton Sharples Sr.) born in Fall River, Massachusetts
March 25, 1909 - Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson) in Denver, Colorado
April 14, 1909 - Jack Shaindlin born in Qarasubazar (now Bilohirsk), Crimea, Ukraine (now Russia)
May 1, 1909 - George Melachrino (George Miltiades Melachrino) born in London, England, UK
May 1, 1909 - Charles Koff born in Duryea, Pennsylvania
May 13, 1909 - Ken Darby (Kenneth Lorin Darby) born in Hebron, Nebraska
June 4, 1909 - Frederick Herbert (Frederick Herbert Stahlberg) born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
June 23, 1909 - Clive Richardson born in Paris, France
August 13, 1909 - Lyn Murray (born Lionel Breeze) in London, England, UK
August 15, 1909 - Hugo Winterhalter (Hugo Frank Winterhalter Jr.) born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
September 13, 1909 - Leith Stevens (Leith A. Stevens) born in Mount Moriah, Missouri
September 15, 1909 - Chet Kingsbury (Chester Fredericks Kingsbury) born in New York City, New York
September 24, 1909 - Carl Sigman born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York
November 3, 1909 - Herbert Haufrecht born in New York City, New York
December 3, 1909 - Dana Suesse (Nadine Dana Suesse) born in Kansas City, Missouri

1910 - 1911

1910 - Edward White (Edward George White) born in London, England, UK
January 23, 1910 - Walter Greene (Walter Wesley Greene) born in Tarkio, Missouri
February 15, 1910 - Wladimir Selinsky (aka: Ward Sills) born in Kiev, Ukraine
March 27, 1910 - Ben Ludlow (Benjamin Ludlow) born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania
May 8, 1910 - Nathan Van Cleave (Nathan Lang Van Cleave) born in Bayfield, Wisconsin
June 5, 1910 - William Loose (aka: Bill Loose) (William George Loose) born in Wyandotte, Michigan
June 15, 1910 - David D. Rose (aka: Dave Rose) born in London, England, UK
July 2, 1910 - Jeff Alexander (Myer Goodhue Alexander) born in Seattle, Washington
July 15, 1910 - Ronald Binge born in Derby, England, UK
July 18, 1910 - Lou Busch (aka: Joe "Fingers" Carr) (born Louis Ferdinand Busch) in Louisville, Kentucky
August 1, 1910 - Walter Scharf born in New York City
October 1, 1910 - Paul Baron (born Paul Girlando) in Baltimore, Maryland
October 14, 1910 - Dave Kahn (born David Kohn) in Duluth, Minnesota
December 4, 1910 - Alex North (born Isadore Soifer) in Chester, Pennsylvania
December 12, 1910 - Morris Mamorsky born in New Haven, Connecticut
January 20, 1911 - Emil Newman born in New Haven, Connecticut
March 18, 1911 - Rex Koury (born Reginald S. Koury) in London, England, UK
March 18, 1911 - William ("Bill") Lava (William Ben Lava) born St. Paul, Minnesota
May 5, 1911 - Paul Taubman born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
May 31, 1911 - Franklyn Marks born in Cleveland, Ohio
June 29, 1911 - Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herrmann) in New York City, New York
July 11, 1911 - Gus Levene (born Gershun Levene) in Dallas, Texas
July 19, 1911 - Phil Green (Harry Philip Green) born in Whitechapel, London, England, UK
August 5, 1911 - Roger Roger born in Rouen, Upper Normandy, France
September 7, 1911 - Don Reid (Donald David Reid) born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
September 20, 1911 - Frank De Vol born in Moundsville, West Virginia
October 1, 1911 - Irwin Kostal born in Chicago, Illinois
October 19, 1911 - George Cates born in New York City, New York

1912 - 1914

March 12, 1912 - Paul Weston (born Paul R. Wetstein Jr.) in Springfield, Massachusetts
July 22, 1912 - Irv Orton (Irvine Campbell Orton) born in Scarsdale(??), New York
August 4, 1912 - David Raksin born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 3, 1912 - Mort Greene (born Morton S. Greenburger) in Cleveland, Ohio
November 11, 1912 - Hal Hopper (Harold Stevens Hopper) born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
November 27, 1912 - Muzzy Marcellino (born Maurice Marcellino) in San Francisco, California
December 2, 1912 - Harry Sukman (Harold Sukman) born in Chicago, Illinois
February 13, 1913 - King Palmer (Cedric King Palmer) born in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
June 7, 1913 - Harry Geller (aka: Lionel Supran) (born Harold Max Sitkovetsky) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
June 7, 1913 - George F. Tibbles (George Frederick Tibbles) born in New York City, New York
June 14, 1913 - Stanley Black (born Solomon Schwartz) in Whitechappell, London, England, UK
August 1, 1913 - Jerome Moross born in Brooklyn, New York
August 8, 1913 - Axel Stordahl (born Odd Stordahl) in Staten Island, New York
September 4, 1913 - Henry Russell (Henry Russell Olson) born in Moorhead, Minnesota
October 1, 1913 - Charles Randolph Grean born in New York City, New York
October 8, 1913 - Walter Schumann born in New York City, New York
October 15, 1913 - David Carroll (born Rodell Walter "Nook" Schreier) in Taylorville, Illinois
November 25, 1913 - Lou Holzer born in Chicago, Illinois
December 27, 1913 - Frank Stanton (aka: Francis Hayward) (born Francis Hayward Stanton) in Norway, Maine
February 7, 1914 - George Bassman born in New York City, New York
February 10, 1914 - Larry Adler (Lawrence Cecil Adler) born in Baltimore, Maryland
February 14, 1914 - George Kleinsinger born in San Bernardino, California
March 22, 1914 - Sonny Burke (born Joseph Francis Burke) in Scranton, Pennsylvania
March 28, 1914 - Bill Gale (aka: William Gula) (born Wasyl Gula) in New York City, New York
May 7, 1914 - Jack M. Elliot (John M. Elliot) born in Gowanda, New York
May 9, 1914 - Frank Chacksfield (Francis Charles Chacksfield) born in Battle, East Sussex, England, UK
June 5, 1914 - Stan Jones (Stanley Davis Jones) born in Douglas, Arizona
June 19, 1914 - Leon Klatzkin (Leon Steven Klatzkin) born in New York City, New York
June 26, 1914 - Richard Maltby (Richard Eldridge Maltby Sr.) born in Chicago, Illinois
July 3, 1914 - George Bruns (George Edward Bruns) born in Sandy, Oregon
August 8, 1914 - Pete King (Peter Dudley King) born in Greenville, Ohio
August 15, 1914 - Carl Brandt (Carl Edwin Brandt) born in Sacramento, California
August 28, 1914 - Glenn Osser (aka: Abe Osser) (Abraham Arthur Osser) born in Munising, Michigan
October 21, 1914 - Joseph Mullendore (Joseph Milton Mullendore Jr.) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
December 2, 1914 - Eddie Sauter (Edward Ernest Sauter) born in Brooklyn, New York
December 31, 1914 - Cyril Stapleton (H. Cyril Stapleton) born in Mapperley, Nottingham, England, UK

1915 - 1917

January 19, 1915 - Alvy West (Alvin A. Weisfeld) born in Brooklyn, New York
January 28, 1915 - Kermit Goell born in Brooklyn, New York
February 4, 1915 - Ray Evans (Raymond Bernard Evans) born in Salamanca, New York
February 14, 1915 - Irving Gordon born in Brooklyn, New York
March 28, 1915 - Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison) in McDonald, Pennsylvania
May 2, 1915 - Van Alexander (born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman) in New York City, New York
May 19, 1915 - Irving Gertz born in Providence, Rhode Island
June 9, 1915 - Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss) in Waukesha, Wisconsin
June 22, 1915 - Dolf van der Linden (born David Gijsbert van der Linden) in Vlaardingen, Netherlands
September 15, 1915 - Jack Fascinato (born Arthur Lawrence Fascinato) in Bevier, Missouri
November 25, 1915 - Stanley Wilson (Stanley J. Wilson) born in New York City, New York
December 25, 1915 - Pete Rugolo (born Pietro Rugolo) in San Pietro Patti, Italy
1916 - Rudi Revil (born Rudolf Heinrich Weil) in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, France
January 4, 1916 - Lionel Newman born in New Haven, Connecticut
January 4, 1916 - Charles Wildman (born Wilhelm Franz Josef [Willy] Mattes) in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
January 9, 1916 - Vic Mizzy (Victor Mizzy) born in Brooklyn, New York
January 25, 1916 - Albert Glasser born in Chicago, Illinois
February 13, 1916 - Albert Harris born in London, England, UK
February 26, 1916 - Jackie Gleason (born John Herbert Gleason) in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
March 22, 1916 - George Wyle (born Bernard Weissman) in Manhattan, New York City, New York
March 26, 1916 - Harry Rabinowitz (born Sol Rabinowitz) in Johannesburg, South Africa
April 26, 1916 - Mart Manning (Martin Manning) born in Haverhill, Massachusetts
May 14, 1916 - Skip Martin (born Lloyd Vernon Martin) in Robinson, Illinois
July 25, 1916 - Joe Leahy (Joseph J. Leahy) born in Boston, Massachusetts
November 6, 1916 - Ray Conniff (Joseph Raymond Conniff) born in Attleboro, Massachusetts
November 10, 1916 - Billy May (born Edward William May Jr.) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 2, 1917 - Ronald Hanmer (Ronald Charles Douglas Hanmer) born in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK
March 23, 1917 - Johnny Guarnieri (John Albert Guarnieri) born in New York City, New York
April 7, 1917 - Robert Mersey (aka: Bob Mersey) (Robert David Mersey) born in New York City, New York
May 9, 1917 - Richard Shores (Richard Warren Shores) born in Rockville, Indiana
May 14, 1917 - Norman Luboff (Norman Kador Luboff) born in Chicago, Illinois
June 7, 1917 - Joe Lubin (Joseph Lubinsky) born in London, England, UK
June 28, 1917 - Wilfred Burns (born Bernard Wilfred Harris) in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
July 24, 1917 - Robert Farnon (Robert Joseph Farnon) born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 28, 1917 - Bill Walker (William Stearns Walker) born in River Forest, Illinois
October 17, 1917 - Norman Leyden (Norman Fowler Leyden) born in Springfield, Massachusetts
November 12, 1917 - Henry Jerome (born Henry Jerome Pasnik) in New York City, New York

1918 - 1919

January 4, 1918 - Buddy Baker (born Norman Dale Baker) in Springfield, Missouri
January 9, 1918 - Buddy Weed (born Harold Eugene Weed) in Ossining, New York
January 18, 1918 - Richard LaSalle (Richard William LaSalle) born in Louisville, Colorado
January 27, 1918 - Skitch Henderson (born Lyle Russel Cedric Henderson) in Halstad, Minnesota
January 28, 1918 - Bob Hilliard (born Hilliard Goldsmith) in New York City, New York
February 7, 1918 - Eugene Cines (Eugene Seymour Cines) born in New York City, New York
April 20, 1918 - Herschel Burke Gilbert born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 5, 1918 - Robert Docker (Robert Ernest Docker) born in Paddington, London, England, UK
July 7, 1918 - Farlan Myers (Farlan Irving Myers) born in Los Angeles, California
July 10, 1918 - Jack Easton (John Easton) born in New York City, New York
August 3, 1918 - Les Elgart born in New Haven, Connecticut
August 25, 1918 - Leonard Bernstein (born Louis Bernstein) in Lawrence, Massachusetts
September 15, 1918 - Max Harris (Max D. Harris) born in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK
October 11, 1918 - Ray Martin (born Kurt Kohn) in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
December 2, 1918 - Milton DeLugg born in Los Angeles, California
January 22, 1919 - Sid Ramin (Sidney Norton Ramin) born in Boston, Massachusetts
February 13, 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford (born Ernest Jennings Ford) in Bristol, Tennessee
February 24, 1919 - Dick Charles (born Richard Charles Krieg) in Newark, New Jersey
March 6, 1919 - Bernie Wayne (born Bernard Weitzner) in Paterson, New Jersey
April 3, 1919 - Ervin Drake (born Irving Maurice Druckman) born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
May 22, 1919 - Don Ferris (born Dominic Anthony Frissore) in Boonton, New Jersey
June 23, 1919 - John P. Atherton (John Peter Atherton) born in Brooklyn, New York
July 9, 1919 - Earle Hagen (Earle Harry Hagen) born in Chicago, Illinois
December 10, 1919 - Alexander Courage (Alexander Mair Courage Jr.) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1920 - 1922

January 14, 1920 - Kurt Rehfeld (born Kurt Reinhold) in Aufhausen (now Bopfingen), Baden-Württemberg, Germany
January 27, 1920 - Helmut Zacharias (Helmuth Zacharias) born in Berlin, Germany
February 13, 1920 - Boudleaux Bryant (Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant) born in Shellman, Georgia
February 27, 1920 - José Melis (José Melis-Guiu) born in Havana, Cuba
March 27, 1920 - Richard Hayman born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
May 11, 1920 - Kermit Levinsky (aka: Kermit Leslie) born in Paterson, New Jersey
August 15, 1920 - Stanley Keyawa (Stanley J. Keyawa) born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
December 6, 1920 - Dave Brubeck (David Warren Brubeck) born in Concord, California
April 1, 1921 - Steve Race (Stephen Russell Race) born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
April 19, 1921 - Robert Maxwell (born Max Rosen) in New York City, New York
May 17, 1921 - Bob Merrill (aka: Robert Merrill) (born Henry Robert Merrill LeVan) in Atlantic City, New Jersey
May 27, 1921 - Ivor Slaney born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, UK
June 1, 1921 - Nelson Riddle (Nelson Smock Riddle Jr.) born in Oradell, New Jersey
July 21, 1921 - Keith Textor (Keith Vernon Textor) born in Coon Rapids, Minnesota
July 30, 1921 - Guenther Kauer (Guenther Max Kauer) born in Wieda, Lower Saxony, Germany
August 3, 1921 - Richard Adler born in New York City, New York
November 23, 1921 - Jack Marshall (Jack Wilton Marshall) born in El Dorado, Kansas
December 15, 1921 - Emil Cadkin (Emil M. Cadkin) born in Cleveland, Ohio
December 26, 1921 - Steve Allen (born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen) in New York City, New York
January 20, 1922 - Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini) in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania
March 1, 1922 - Stanley Applebaum (Stanley Seymour Applebaum) born in Newark, New Jersey
March 13, 1922 - Les Baxter (Leslie Thompson Baxter) born in Mexia, Texas
March 20, 1922 - Larry Elgart born in New London, Connecticut
April 4, 1922 - Elmer Bernstein (Elmer W. Bernstein) born in New York City, New York
April 12, 1922 - Edwin Astley (Edwin Thomas Astley) born in Warrington, England, UK
June 4, 1922 - Irwin Bazelon (aka: Bud Bazelon) (Irwin A. Bazelon) born in Evanston, Illinois
June 17, 1922 - Jerry Fielding (born Joshua Itzhak Feldman) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 21, 1922 - Wade Denning (Wade Fulton Denning Jr.) born in Albermarle, North Carolina
August 11, 1922 - Ron Grainer (Ronald Erle Grainer) born in Atherton, Queensland, Australia
September 8, 1922 - Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar) in Yonkers, New York
September 9, 1922 - Hoyt Curtin (Hoyt Stoddard Curtin) born in Downey, California
September 12, 1922 - Harry Betts (Harold Richard Betts) born in New York City, New York
September 20, 1922 - Frank Comstock (Frank G. Comstock) born in San Diego, California
October 29, 1922 - Neal Hefti (Neal Paul Hefti) born in Hastings, Nebraska

1923 - 1924

January 26, 1923 - Sid Wayne (born Sidney ["Sid"] Weinberg) in Brooklyn, New York
February 19, 1923 - Marshall Barer (Marshall Louis Barer) born in Astoria, Queens, New York
February 24, 1923 - Fred Steiner (Frederick Steiner) born in New York City, New York
March 21, 1923 - Mort Lindsey (born Morton Lippman) in Newark, New Jersey
April 16, 1923 - Warren Barker (Warren E. Barker) born in Oakland, California
July 28, 1923 - Ray Ellis (aka: Yvette Blais) (Raymond Spencer Ellis) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 13, 1923 - Dennis Farnon born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 21, 1923 - Dick Boyell (Richard S. Boyell) born in Chicago, Illinois
October 16, 1923 - Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert) in Barmbeck, Hamburg, Germany
October 25, 1923 - Don Banks (Donald Oscar Banks) born in South Melbourne, Australia
February 19, 1924 - André Popp (André Charles Jean Popp) born in Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France
February 27, 1924 - Trevor Duncan (aka: Leonard Trebilco) (born Leonard Charles Trebilcock) in London, England, UK
April 14, 1924 - Shorty Rogers (born Milton Michael Adelstein) in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
April 16, 1924 - Henry Mancini (born Enrico Nicola Mancini) in Cleveland, Ohio
June 20, 1924 - Chet Atkins (born Chester Burton Atkins) in Union County, Tennessee
July 20, 1924 - Mort Garson (Morton S. Garson) born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
August 2, 1924 - Joe Harnell (Joseph Harnell) born in Bronx, New York City, New York
August 22, 1924 - Bob Thompson (Robert Lamar Thompson) born in San Jose, California
September 7, 1924 - Leonard Rosenman (Leonard Bernard Rosenman) born in Brooklyn, New York
September 16, 1924 - Joe Reisman born in Dallas, Texas
September 19, 1924 - Ernest Tomlinson born in Lancashire, England, UK
October 18, 1924 - Allyn Ferguson (Allyn Malcolm Ferguson Jr.) born in San Jose, California
October 26, 1924 - Bob Cobert (Robert William Cobert) born in New York City, New York
October 28, 1924 - Edward Kean (aka: Eddie Kean) (Edward George Kean) born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
December 24, 1924 - J. F. Kuhn (Joseph Francis Kuhn) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1925 - 1929

January 23, 1925 - Marty Paich (Martin Louis Paich) born in Oakland, California
February 7, 1925 - Marius Constant born in Bucharest, Romania
February 14, 1925 - Elliot Lawrence (Elliot Lawrence Broza) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 26, 1925 - Caesar Giovannini born in Chicago, Illinois
April 22, 1925 - Lou Garisto (Louis Albert Garisto) born in New York City, New York
May 10, 1925 - Acquaviva (aka: Tony Acquaviva) (born Anthony Michael Acquaviva) in Beacon, New York
May 18, 1925 - Hal Hidey (Hal Smith Hidey) born in Cleveland, Ohio
June 18, 1925 - Johnny Pearson (John Valmore Pearson) born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
October 10, 1925 - Eddie Layton (Edward M. Layton) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 21, 1925 - Norman Paris (Norman Thaddeus Paris) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 27, 1925 - Sascha Burland (born Granville Alexander Burland) in New York City, New York
February 10, 1926 - Nico Carstens (Nicholaas Cornelius Carstens) born in Cape Town, South Africa
March 25, 1926 - Riz Ortolani (Riziero Ortolani) born in Pesaro, Italy
April 30, 1926 - Buddy Arnold (born Arnold Buddy Grishaver) in The Bronx, New York City, New York
June 9, 1926 - Bill Backer (William Montague Backer) born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
June 9, 1926 - Bill Pursell (William Whitney Pursell) born in Oakland, California
August 7, 1926 - Stan Freberg (Stanley Victor Freberg) born in Pasadena, California
September 23, 1926 - Richard Markowitz (Richard Allen Markowitz) born in Santa Monica, California
1927 - Larry Greene born in Sioux City, Iowa
February 5, 1927 - Robert Allen (Robert Allen Deitcher) born in Troy, New York
February 7, 1927 - Laurie Johnson (Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson) born in Hampstead, London, England, UK
March 8, 1927 - Dick Hyman (Richard Roven Hyman) born in New York City, New York
March 29, 1927 - Gene Bianco (Eugene B. Capobianco) born in Hartford, Connecticut
May 8, 1927 - Ralph Carmichael born in Quincy, Illinois
May 27, 1927 - Nick Acquaviva (Nicholas Paul Acquaviva) born in Beacon, New York
August 6, 1927 - Jack Z. Elliott (born Irwin Elliott Zucker) in Hartford, Connecticut
September 10, 1927 - Johnny Keating (John Keating) born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
November 17, 1927 - Robert Drasnin (Robert Jackson Drasnin) born in Charleston, West Virginia
January 30, 1928 - Mitch Leigh (born Irwin Michnick) in Brooklyn, New York
May 10, 1928 - Robert Arthur born in Flushing, Queens, New York
May 12, 1928 - Burt Bacharach (Burt Freeman Bacharach) born in Kansas City, Missouri
June 7, 1928 - Charles Strouse born in New York City, New York
June 27, 1928 - Sid Woloshin (Sidney Eliezer Woloshin) born in Hartford, Connecticut
July 17, 1928 - Geordie Hormel (George A. Hormel 2d) born in Austin, Minnesota
August 30, 1928 - Johnny Mann (John Russell Mann) born in Baltimore, Maryland
November 6, 1928 - Peter Matz born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
January 30, 1929 - Morton Stevens (aka: Mort Stevens) born in Newark, New Jersey
February 10, 1929 - Jerry Goldsmith (Jerrald King Goldsmith) born in Pasadena, California
February 24, 1929 - Charles Albertine born in Passaic, New Jersey
April 6, 1929 - André George Previn (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin) in Berlin, Germany
April 18, 1929 - Walter Levinsky (aka: Walt Levinsky, Walter Leslie) born in Paterson, New Jersey
June 14, 1929 - Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman) in New York City, New York

1930 - 1939

May 11, 1930 - Gordon Langford (born Gordon Maris Colman) in Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
May 14, 1930 - Roy Eaton (Roy Felix Eaton) born in Sugar Hill, Harlem, New York City, New York
July 9, 1930 - Buddy Bregman (born Louis I. Bregman II) in Chicago, Illinois
June 17, 1931 - Dominic Frontiere born in New Haven, Connecticut
January 13, 1932 - Lan O'Kun born in Manhattan, New York City, New York
February 8, 1932 - John Towner Williams (aka: Johnny Williams) born in Floral Park, Long Island, New York
June 21, 1932 - Lalo Schifrin (born Boris Claudio Schifrin) in Buenos Aires, Argentina
July 11, 1932 - Billy Davis (Roquel Billy Davis) born in Detroit, Michigan
August 10, 1932 - Douglas M. Lackey born in Sacramento, California
April 16, 1933 - Perry Botkin Jr. (Perry Lafayette Botkin Jr.) born in New York City, New York
June 26, 1934 - Dave Grusin (Robert David Grusin) born in Littleton, Colorado
February 10, 1936 - Billy Goldenberg (William Leon Goldenberg) born in Brooklyn, New York
March 15, 1936 - Howard Greenfield born in Brooklyn, New York
November 7, 1936 - Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman) in Brooklyn, New York
November 11, 1936 - Jack Keller (Jack Walter Keller) born in Brooklyn, New York
January 31, 1937 - Steve Karmen (Stephen Karmen) born in The Bronx, New York City, New York
April 23, 1939 - Patrick Williams (aka: Pat Williams) (born Patrick Moody Williams) in Bonne Terre, Missouri

1940 - 1950

October 30, 1940 - Charles Fox (Charles Ira Fox) born in New York City, New York
April 1, 1942 - Frank Gari (born Frank Daniel Garofalo) in New York City, New York
April 13, 1942 - Bill Conti (William Conti Jr.) born in Providence, Rhode Island
1943 - Robert Arnold ("Bob") Israel born in Los Angeles, California
July 25, 1943 - Tom Dawes (Thomas W. Dawes) born in Albany, New York
September 1, 1945 - Edd Kalehoff (Edward Woodley Kalehoff Jr.) born in Jackson, Mississippi

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