This is a summary of 1922 in music in the United Kingdom.
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- 3 January – Ronald Smith, pianist, composer and teacher (died 2004)
- 7 January – Eric Jupp, English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2003)
- 16 February – Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone (died 1992)[12]
- 1 March – Michael Flanders, actor and songwriter (died 1975)[13]
- 9 April – Arthur Tolcher, harmonica player (died 1987)
- 6 June – Iain Hamilton, composer (died 2000)[14]
- 15 June – John Veale, English composer and educator (died 2006)[15]
- 11 August – Ron Grainer, television composer (died 1981)
- 31 August – John Hanson, singer and actor (died 1998)
- 18 September – Ray Steadman-Allen, composer for Salvation Army bands (died 2014)[16]
- 16 October – Max Bygraves, singer and entertainer (died 2012)[17]
- 24 November – Joan Turner, singer and comedian (died 2009)
- 18 April – Percy Hilder Miles, composer, conductor and violinist, 43[18][19]
- 31 May – Rutland Barrington, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 69[20]
- 24 July – George Thorne, baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 66
- 18 August – Dame Genevieve Ward, soprano, 85[21]
- 22 September – Sir Charles Santley, baritone, 88
- 7 October – Marie Lloyd, British music-hall singer, 52[22]
- date unknown – Charles Macintosh, folk music composer and performer and mycologist, 82
The Times, 7 February 1922, p. 8 and The Manchester Guardian, 10 February 1922, p. 4
"The King as Patron". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. West Yorkshire, England. 4 February 1922. Retrieved 22 September 2015 – via Genes Reunited). THE KING PATRON. His Majesty the King (George V) has consented (to) become a patron of the Leeds Musical Festival, which will take place October next. (The King's daughter) Princess Mary, (and her fiancé) Viscount Lascelles .... are also on the list of patrons, which further includes...
"Resignation Honours – Four New Peers – Music Knighthoods", The Times, 11 November 1922, p. 14
"Beard, Paul", Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, accessed 17 June 2013 (subscription required)
"Theatres", The Times, 16 December 1922, p. 10
Hugh Wood (3 August 2000). "Iain Hamilton". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
David Wright (18 January 2007). "John Veale". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
Burns Mantle; John Arthur Chapman; Garrison P. Sherwood; Louis Kronenberger (1923). The Best Plays. Dodd, Mead. p. 596.
"Miss Marie Lloyd", The Sunday Post, 8 October 1922, p. 1