1947 in music
See also: 1946 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
Events
- George Jones begins performing
- Jimmy Rogers begins recording
Albums Released
Top Hits
- "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