Artists born in / bands formed in 1916

Artist Active Genre & Styles
Ray Conniff 1930s - 2000s Easy Listening, Vocal, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Traditional Pop, Easy Pop, Vocal Pop
Harry James 1930s - 1980s Jazz, Vocal, Sweet Bands, Big Band, Swing, Traditional Pop, Jazz Instrument, Orchestral, Trumpet Jazz
Jackie Gleason 1930s - 1980s Easy Listening, Mood Music, Orchestral/Easy Listening
Pérez Prado 1930s - 1980s Latin, Jazz, Latin Big Band, Mambo, Salsa, Tropical, Big Band, Cuban Traditions
Charlie Christian 1930s - 1940s Jazz, Swing, Bop, Big Band, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Jay McShann 1930s - 2000s Jazz, Blues, Vocal, Big Band, Boogie-Woogie, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues, Piano Blues, Swing, Classic Female Blues, Urban Blues, Bop, Early Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Piano Jazz, Standards, Stride
Moondog 1950s - 1990s Avant-Garde, Classical, New Age, Avant-Garde Music, Modern Composition, Vocal Music, Choral, Minimalism, Chamber Music, Orchestral
Original Dixieland Jazz Band 1910s - 1930s Jazz, Band Music, Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz
Lydia Mendoza 1920s - 1990s Latin, Folk, Mexican Traditions, Tex-Mex, Contemporary Folk, Tejano
Dinah Shore 1930s - 1990s Vocal, Stage & Screen, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Show/Musical
Joe Liggins 1930s - 1980s Blues, Jazz, R&B, Jump Blues, Boogie-Woogie, Jazz Blues, Regional Blues, West Coast Blues, Early R&B
Bill Doggett 1930s - 1990s R&B, Jazz, Blues, Early R&B, Swing, Soul Jazz, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues
Yehudi Menuhin 1920s - 1990s Classical, Jazz, Chamber Music, Global Jazz, Continental Jazz, Concerto, Orchestral
Emil Gilels 1930s - 1980s Classical, Keyboard, Concerto, Chamber Music
Robert Shaw 1940s - 1990s Classical, Easy Listening, International, Choral, Easy Pop, Orchestral, Symphony, Celtic
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 1960s - 2010s Classical, Orchestral, Symphony, Choral, Concerto
Fernando Corena 1950s - 1970s Classical, Opera
Giuseppe Taddei 1930s - 1980s Classical, Opera
Léo Ferré 1940s - 1990s Vocal, Pop/Rock, International, Classical, French Pop, Vocal Pop, French, Western European Traditions, Vocal Music, Orchestral
Hadda Brooks 1940s - 2000s Blues, Jazz, Piano Blues, Boogie-Woogie, Jazz Instrument, Regional Blues, West Coast Blues
Nicola Rescigno 1940s - 1980s Classical, Opera
Moura Lympany 1930s - 1980s Classical, Keyboard
Bernard Greenhouse 1950s - 2010s Classical, Easy Listening, Chamber Music, Classical Pop
Léopold Simoneau 1940s - 1990s Classical, Opera, Choral, Vocal Music
Hans Hopf 1930s - 1960s Classical, Opera, Symphony
Helen Boatwright 1940s - 1950s Classical, Vocal Music, Choral
Karl-Birger Blomdahl 1940s - 1960s Classical, Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Symphony, Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard
Alberto Ginastera 1930s - 1980s Classical, Avant-Garde, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Vocal Music, Concerto, Orchestral, Modern Composition
Consuelo Velázquez 1940s Latin, Latin Pop
Henri Dutilleux 1930s - 2000s Classical, Avant-Garde, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Orchestral, Vocal Music, Modern Composition
John L. Nelson 1950s - 1980s Jazz, Pop/Rock, Cool
Milton Babbitt 1930s - 2000s Classical, Avant-Garde, Experimental Electronic, Musique Concrète, Chamber Music, Keyboard, Avant-Garde Music
Pierre Sancan 1930s - 1980s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto, Vocal Music, Symphony
Russell Garcia 1940s - 1980s Jazz, Classical, Vocal, Stage & Screen, Symphony, Third Stream, Traditional Pop, Original Score, Soundtracks, Opera, Vocal Music
Eugene McCarthy 1960s - 1970s Comedy/Spoken, Speeches, Spoken Word
László Weiner 1930s - 1940s Classical, Chamber Music, Orchestral, Vocal Music
Victor Mizzy 1930s - 2000s Stage & Screen, Easy Listening, Classical, Jazz, Easy Pop, Soundtracks, TV Music, Film Score, Original Score, Vocal Music
A.L. Phipps Country, Pop/Rock
Abel Carlevaro 1960s - 2000s Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Adolph Hofner 1930s - 1990s Country, Western Swing
Al Killian Blues, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues
Al Nevins 1950s Pop/Rock
Albert Harris Jazz, Classical, Chamber Music
Aldus Roger 1940s - 1960s International, Cajun, North American Traditions
Alice Jordan Classical, Vocal Music
Amadeo Baldovino Classical, Chamber Music, Concerto
Antonio Estévez Latin, Classical, Orchestral
Antônio Rago 1930s - 1970s Latin
Arne Hammelboe Classical, Orchestral, Symphony
Arnold van Wyk Classical, Vocal Music, Symphony