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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1943. ==Events== *January 1 - Frank Sinatra appears at The Paramount causing a mob of hysterical bobby-soxers to flood Times Square and blocking midtown New York City traffic for hours *Sinatra becomes a featured singer on the popular ''Your Hit Parade'' radio program, and the co-star of the series ''Broadway Bandbox''. By fall, he has left Bandbox to star in his own series ''Songs By Sinatra''. *January 23 - Duke Ellington's orchestra performs for the first time at New York's Carnegie Hall. During the concert, which raises money for war relief, Ellington premieres his most famous and revered extended composition, ''Black, Brown, and Beige''. *June 17 - Perry Como signs with RCA *November 14 - Leonard Bernstein, substituting at the last minute for ailing principal conductor Bruno Walter, directs the New York Philharmonic in its regular Sunday afternoon broadcast concert on CBS. The event receives front-page coverage in the ''New York Times'' the following day. *Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers sign with the newly formed Capitol Records, (having broken from the Tommy Dorsey band in 1942) *Fredda Gibson takes her professional name, "Georgia Gibbs", and began appearing on the popular ''Camel Caravan'' radio program, hosted by Jimmy Durante and Gary Moore (It was Moore who bestowed the famous nickname "Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs" upon her. The nickname is a playful reference to her diminutive stature of barely over 5 feet. ) *Carter Family disbands *Trio Lescano are imprisoned on allegations of espionage *William Schuman's cantata ''A Free Song'' wins the first Pulitzer Prize for Music 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1943 in music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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