1935 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1935.
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- February 26 – Georges Bizet's Symphony in C (1855) is performed for the first time, under Felix Weingartner, in Basel, Switzerland.
- April 8 – Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 is premièred in Washington, DC
- April 23 – Your Hit Parade is broadcast for the first time on radio.
- June 14 – Three X Sisters "2000 requests for the number (The Three Little Pigs Are Porkchops Now), over W1XBS (radio), Waterburians went into a spin. Many from this city." Song also performed June 3, on WJZ (CBS) by the trio, guest appearance on the popular radio program 'One Night Stand.'
- July 15 - Alban Berg finishes his Violin Concerto.[1]
- December 1 – Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 is premièred in Madrid
- date unknown
- Soprano Bidu Sayão marries baritone Giuseppe Danise.
- Swing music achieves popularity.[2]
- Frank Sinatra begins his professional singing career as a member of the Hoboken Four.[3]
- Natalino Otto makes his debut on US radio.
- Brussels Philharmonic is founded as Groot Symfonie-Orkest within Dutch-language public broadcaster NRI/INR.
- John Serry Sr. begins regular appearances at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
Albums released
- Highlights from Porgy and Bess – Various artists
- "Lamentations of Fu Hsuan (Symphony no 3)" by Harl McDonald - Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra[4]
Biggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1935.
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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1 | Fred Astaire | Cheek to Cheek | 1935 | US Billboard 1 – 1935 (18 weeks), Your Hit Parade 1 of 1935, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1935), RYM 1 of 1935, US BB 2 of 1935, POP 2 of 1935, Oscar in 1935 (film 'Top Hat') (Nominated), AFI 15, Scrobulate 19 of vocal, nuTsie 27 of 1930s, Brazil 38 of 1936 | |
2 | Eddy Duchin | Lovely to Look At | 1935 | US Billboard 1 – 1935 (14 weeks), Oscar in 1935 (film 'Roberta') (Nominated), Your Hit Parade 5 of 1935, US BB 12 of 1935, POP 12 of 1935, Brazil 49 of 1935 | |
3 | Shirley Temple | On The Good Ship Lollipop | 1935 | US BB 1 of 1935, POP 1 of 1935, Music Imprint 9 of 1930s, AFI 69, RYM 109 of 1935, RIAA 136 | |
4 | The Carter Family | Can the Circle Be Unbroken | 1935 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1935), RYM 5 of 1935, Music Imprint 13 of 1920s, nuTsie 14 of 1930s, US Billboard 17 – 1935 (1 week), RIAA 116, Acclaimed 735 (1935), Song of 1935 | |
5 | Bing Crosby | Silent Night, Holy Night | 1935 | Europe 2 of the 1930s (1935), nuTsie 5 of 1930s, US Billboard 6 – 1928 (3 weeks), UK 8 – Dec 1952 (2 weeks), DMDB 21 (1935), Global 4 (20 M sold) – 1935 |
Published popular music
- "About a Quarter to Nine" words: Al Dubin music: Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
- "According To The Moonlight" w. Jack Yellen & Herb Magidson m. Joseph Meyer
- "Alone" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced by Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle in the film A Night at the Opera
- "Animal Crackers in My Soup" w. Ted Koehler & Irving Caesar m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Shirley Temple in the film Curly Top
- "A Beautiful Lady In Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis m. J. Fred Coots
- "Begin the Beguine" w.m. Cole Porter
- "Bess Oh Where Is My Bess" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "The Blues Jumped A Rabbit" w.m. Jimmie Noone
- "Broadway Rhythm" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
- "The Broken Record" w.m. Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias & Boyd Bunch
- "But Where Are You?" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "The Buzzard" m. Bud Freeman
- "Buzzard Song" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
- "Casino De Paree" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
- "Cheek To Cheek" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
- "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" w.m. A. A. Milne & Harold Fraser-Simson
- "Cidade Maravilhosa" by André Filho
- "Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
- "The Cockeyed Mayor Of Kaunakakai" w. R. Alex Anderson & Al Stillman m. R. Alex Anderson
- "Cosi Cosa" w. Ned Washington m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
- "Curly Top" w. Ted Koehler m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by John Boles in the film Curly Top
- "Darling, Je Vous Aime, Beaucoup" w.m. Anna Sosenko
- "Dese Dem Dose" m. Glenn Miller
- "Dinner For One, Please James" w.m. Michael Carr
- "The Dixieland Band" m. Johnny Mercer m. Bernard Hanighen
- "Don't Give Up The Ship" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
- "Don't Mention Love To Me" Oscar Levant & Dorothy Fields
- "Down By The River" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Dust Off That Old Pianna" w.m. Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks
- "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" w.m. Brooks Bowman
- "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matt Malneck
- "Every Little Moment" w. Dorothy Fields m.Jimmy McHugh
- "Every Now and Then" w.m. Al Sherman, Abner Silver and Al Lewis.
- "Everything's Been Done Before" w.m. Harold Adamson, Jack King & Edwin H. Knopf
- "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart" w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & Maurice Sigler
- "Fanlight Fanny" George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe
- "From The Top Of Your Head" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
- "Got A Bran' New Suit" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "Harlem Chapel Chimes" m. Glenn Miller
- "(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie" w.m. Mack Gordon
- "Honky Tonk Train" m. Meade Lux Lewis
- "Hooray For Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Gene Raymond in the film Hooray for Love
- "I Built a Dream One Day" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Walter Slezak, Walter Woolf King and Robert C. Fischer in the musical May Wine.
- "I Can't Get Started" w. Ira Gershwin m. Vernon Duke
- "I Dream Too Much (Alone)" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
- "I Feel A Song Coming On" w. Dorothy Fields & George Oppenheimer m. Jimmy McHugh
- "I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
- "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" w. Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
- "I Loves You Porgy" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "I Wish I Were Aladdin" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
- "I Wished on the Moon" w. Dorothy Parker m. Ralph Rainger
- "I Won't Dance" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
- "I'd Love To Take Orders From You" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
- "I'd Rather Lead A Band" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet
- "I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again" w.m. Harry M. Woods
- "I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown" w. Johnny Mercer m. Fred Astaire
- "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" w. Joe Young m. Fred E. Ahlert
- "I'm in the Mood for Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Frances Langford in the film Every Night at Eight.
- "I'm Living In A Great Big Way" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Bill Robinson and Jeni Le Gon in the film Hooray for Love.
- "I'm Shooting High" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
- "I'm Sitting High On A Hilltop" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston
- "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora" Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Joseph Meyer.
- "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
- "In A Sentimental Mood" w. Manny Kurtz & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
- "In The Middle Of A Kiss" w.m. Sam Coslow
- "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "It's An Old Southern Custom" w. Jack Yellen m. Joseph Meyer
- "It's Easy To Remember" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "I've Got My Fingers Crossed" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
- "Just One of Those Things" w.m. Cole Porter
- "The Lady In Red" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel. Introduced in the film In Caliente by Wini Shaw, Edward Everett Horton, George Humbert and Judy Canova.
- "Last Night When We Were Young" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
- "Let's Dance" w.m. Fanny Baldridge, Gregory Stone & Joseph Bonime
- "Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together)" w. Joe Young m. Frank E. Ahlert
- "Lights Out" by Billy Hill
- "A Little Bit Independent" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
- "Little Girl Blue" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Gloria Grafton in the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo.
- "A Little White Gardenia" w.m. Sam Coslow
- "Love Is a Dancing Thing" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
- "Love Me Forever" by Gus Kahn
- "Lovely to Look at" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
- "Lullaby of Broadway" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
- "Lulu's Back In Town" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell and The Mills Brothers in the film Broadway Gondolier.
- "Maybe" w.m. Allan Flynn & Frank Madden
- "Men About Town" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Miss Brown To You" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting
- "Moon Over Miami" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
- "Moonburn" w. Edward Heyman m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Donald Novis and Gloria Grafton in the musical Jumbo.
- "Mrs Worthington" w.m. Noël Coward
- "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" w. "Red" Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley
- "My Heart And I" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander
- "My Man's Gone Now" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
- "My Romance" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "My Very Good Friend The Milkman" w. Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina
- "Noche de ronda", by Agustin Lara[5]
- "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
- "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" w.m. Jimmie Davis
- "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" w.m. Al Sherman, Abner Silver, Jack Meskill
- "On Treasure Island" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke, Myers, Wendling
- "Paris in the Spring" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Mary Ellis in the film Paris in Spring
- "The Piccolino" by Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Top Hat
- "A Picture Of Me Without You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by June Knight and Charles Walters in the musical Jubilee
- "Red Sails In The Sunset" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Will Grosz
- "Roll Along, Prairie Moon" w.m. Albert Von Tilzer, Harry McPherson & Ted Fiorito
- "The Rose In Her Hair" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell in the film Broadway Gondolier.
- "Say "Si Si"" w. (Eng) Al Stillman (Sp) Francia Luban m. Ernesto Lecuona
- "Shadow Play" w.m. Noël Coward
- "She's A Latin From Manhattan" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
- "Shoe Shine Boy" w. Sammy Cahn m. Saul Chaplin
- "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" w.m. Woody Guthrie
- "Solo Hop" m. Glenn Miller
- "Soon (Maybe Not Tomorrow)" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Summertime" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
- "Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle" w.m. Walter G, Samuels, Leonard Whitcup & Teddy Powell
- "Thanks a Million" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston. Introduced by Dick Powell in the film Thanks a Million.
- "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "There's No One With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance" Frank Crumit, Curtis
- "These Foolish Things" w. Holt Marvell m. Jack Strachey & Harry Link
- "This Time It's Love" by Sam M. Lewis
- "Tic-tac do Meu Coração" by Alcyr Pires Red and Walfrido Silva
- "Tomorrow's Another Day" w.m. Glenn Miller
- "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
- "Trois Fables de Lafontaine" w.m. Marcelle de Manziarly[6]
- "When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" w.m. Glenn Miller
- "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" Harry M. Woods
- "Who's Been Polishing The Sun" w.m. Noel Gay
- "Why Shouldn't I?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Margaret Adams in the musical Jubilee.
- "Why Stars Come Out At Night" w.m. Ray Noble
- "With All My Heart" w. Gus Kahn m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Peggy Conklin in the 1936 film Her Master's Voice
- "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
- "You Are My Lucky Star" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
- "You Hit the Spot" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Performed by Frances Langford in the 1936 musical film Collegiate.
- "You Let Me Down" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Jane Froman in the film Stars Over Broadway
- "Your Feet's Too Big" w.m. Ada Benson & Fred Fisher
- "You're an Angel" by Jimmy McHugh
- "You're an Eyeful of Heaven" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel. Introduced by Patricia Ellis in the film Bright Lights.
- "You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)" w.m. Gene Autry
Christmas songs
- "När ljusen tändas därhemma" – translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström
- "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
Top hit recordings
- "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" by Nelson Eddy, accompanied Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra, from film version of Naughty Marietta
- "Blue Moon" by Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
- "Chasing Shadows" by The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
- "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" by Nelson Eddy, accompanied Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra, from film version of Naughty Marietta
- "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" by Fats Waller & His Rhythm
- "I'm in the Mood for Love" by Frances Langford
- "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" by Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
- "It's A Sin to Tell a Lie" by Fats Waller & His Rhythm
- "The Lady In Red" by Louis Prima
- "The Object Of My Affection" by the Boswell Sisters
- "On the Isle Of Capri" by Ray Noble & His Orchestra
- "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" by Henry "Red" Allen
- "Red Sails In the Sunset" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
- "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", recorded by:
- Nelson Eddy, accompanied by the Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra
- Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
Top Christmas recordings
- "Jingle Bells" by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
- "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
- "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby
Classical music
Premieres
Composer | Composition | Date | Location | Performers |
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Badings, Henk | Symphony No. 3 | 1935-05-02 | Amsterdam | Concertgebouw Orchestra – Mengelberg [7] |
Bartók, Béla | String Quartet No. 5 | 1935-04-08 | Washington DC | Kolisch Quartet [8] |
Casella, Alfredo | Introduzione, Corale e Marcia | 1935-12-11 | Winterthur | Musikkollegium Orchestra – Scherchen [9] |
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus | Miserae | 1935-09-02 | Prague (ISCM) | [unknown ensemble] – Scherchen [10] |
Hindemith, Paul | Der Schwanendreher | 1935-11-14 | Amsterdam | Hindemith / Concertgebouw Orchestra – Mengelberg [11] |
Ibert, Jacques | Concertino da camera | 1935-12-11 | Winterthur | Rascher / Musikkollegium Orchestra – Scherchen [9][12] |
Messiaen, Olivier | L'ascension | 1935-02-09 | Paris | Concerts Siohan Orchestra – Siohan [13] |
Milhaud, Darius | Cello Concerto No. 1 | 1935-06-28 | Paris | Maréchal / [unknown orchestra] – Inghelbrecht [14] |
Milhaud, Darius | Concertino de printemps | 1935-03-21 | Paris | Astruc / [unknown ensemble] – Milhaud [15] |
Prokofiev, Sergei | Violin Concerto No. 2 | 1935-12-01 | Madrid | Soetens / Madrid Symphony – Fernández Arbós [16] |
Stravinsky, Igor | Concerto for Two Pianos | 1935-11-21 | Paris | I. Stravinsky, S. Stravinsky [17] |
Tippett, Michael | String Quartet No. 1 | 1935-12-09 | London | Brosa Quartet [18] |
Van Nuffel, Jules | Laetatus sum | 1935-07 | Mechelen | St. Rumbold's Cathedral Choir & organ |
Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Uirapuru | 1935-05-25 | Buenos Aires | Teatro Colón orchestra & corps de ballet – Villa-Lobos[19] |
Walton, William | Symphony No. 1 | 1935-11-06 | London | BBC Symphony – Harty [20] |
Webern, Anton | Concerto for Nine Instruments | 1935-09-04 | Prague (ISCM) | [unknown ensemble] – Jalowetz [21] |
Compositions
- Alban Berg – Violin Concerto
- Aaron Copland - Statements for Orchestra
- Sir George Dyson – Belshazzar's Feast
- Hanns Eisler – Lenin Requiem
- George Enescu
- Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 26, No. 2
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major, Op. 24, No. 3
- Rudolf Escher – Piano Sonata No. 1
- Pierre-Octave Ferroud – Sonnerie pour le Hérault
- Vittorio Giannini – Piano Concerto
- Paul Hindemith – Der Schwanendreher for Viola and Orchestra
- André Hossein – Towards the Light (ballet)
- Akira Ifukube – Japanese Rhapsody
- Uuno Klami – Psalmus (oratorio)
- Hans Pfitzner – Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Major
- Francis Poulenc – Suite française
- Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
- Roger Sessions – Violin Concerto
- Petar Stojanović – Sava (symphonic poem)
- William Walton – Symphony No. 1
Opera
- Brian Easdale – The Corn King
- Reynaldo Hahn – Le marchand de Venise
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend (composed between 1934 and 1936; performance of Hartmann's works banned by the Nazis after 1933)
- Arthur Honegger – Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (dramatic oratorio)
- Pietro Mascagni – Nerone
- Alexander Zemlinsky – Der Konig Kandaules (first performance 1996)
Musical theater
- Anything Goes London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 14 and ran for 261 performances
- The Gay Deceivers London production opened at the Coliseum on September 7 and ran for 123 performances
- Glamorous Night (w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello) – London production opened at the Theatre Royal on May 2 and ran for 243 performances
- Jubilee Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12 and ran for 169 performances.
- Jumbo Broadway production opened at the Hippodrome on November 16 and ran for 233 performances.
- May Wine Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on December 5 and ran for 213 performances.
- Porgy And Bess (George Gershwin) – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 10 and ran for 124 performances
- Stop Press London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 21.
Musical films
- Antonia, starring Marcelle Chantal, Fernand Gravey and Josette Day, with music by Paul Abraham and Alfred Rode
- Be Careful, Mr Smith starring Bobbie Comber
- The Bird Seller (Der Vogelhändler), starring Maria Andergast, Wolf Albach-Retty and Lil Dagover, based on the operetta by Carl Zeller.[22]
- Bright Lights starring Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak and Patricia Ellis. Directed by Busby Berkeley.
- Broadway Gondolier released July 27 starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, and featuring The Mills Brothers and Ted Fio Rito & his Band.
- Broadway Melody of 1936 starring Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Una Merkel and Robert Taylor and featuring Frances Langford
- Casta diva, starring Mártha Eggerth, with music by Vincenzo Bellini
- Curly Top released August 2 starring Shirley Temple
- Dizzy Dames starring Marjorie Rambeau, Inez Courtney, Fuzzy Knight and Kitty Kelly
- El caballo del pueblo, starring Irma Córdoba
- El día que me quieras, starring Carlos Gardel, Rosita Moreno and Tito Lusiardo, with music by Gardel and lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera[23]
- Estudantes, starring Carmen Miranda, Mesquitinha and Mário Reis,[24] with music by João de Barro, Alberto Ribeiro and others
- Every Night at Eight starring Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly
- First a Girl starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale
- George White's 1935 Scandals starring Alice Faye, Cliff Edwards and Eleanor Powell
- Go Into Your Dance released April 20 starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
- Heart's Desire starring Richard Tauber
- Hooray for Love starring Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond and Pert Kelton, and featuring Bill Robinson and Fats Waller
- In Caliente starring Dolores del Río, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carillo and Edward Everett Horton and featuring Wini Shaw
- Invitation to the Waltz, starring Lilian Harvey
- King Solomon of Broadway starring Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Page and Pinky Tomlin
- Königswalzer, starring Paul Hörbiger, Curd Jürgens and Carola Höhn
- Naughty Marietta starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Elsa Lanchester
- The Night Is Young starring Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Laye, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel and Edward Everett Horton
- Paddy O'Day starring Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin and Rita Hayworth
- Princesse Tam Tam, starring Josephine Baker and Albert Préjean[25]
- Reckless starring Jean Harlow and William Powell and featuring Allan Jones and Nina Mae McKinney.
- Redheads on Parade starring John Boles, Dixie Lee and Jack Haley
- Roberta starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott.
- She Shall Have Music starring Jack Hylton, June Clyde and Brian Lawrance. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott.
- Shipmates Forever starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
- Stars Over Broadway (released November 5), starring Jane Froman and James Melton
- Sweet Music starring Rudy Vallee, Ann Dvorak and Helen Morgan
- Thanks a Million starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak
- Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
- Two for Tonight starring Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett and Thelma Todd
- Two Hearts in Harmony starring Bernice Claire and George Curzon and featuring Chick Endor, Charles Farrell and Jack Harris & his Orchestra. Directed by William Beaudine.
Births
- January 8 – Elvis Presley, rock & roll singer (died 1977)
- January 10 – Sherrill Milnes, operatic baritone
- January 11 – Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly singer (The Hawks)
- January 19 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
- January 24 – Gaqo Çako, Albanian opera singer (d. 2018)
- February 5 – Alex Harvey, rock singer (died 1982)
- February 11
- Bent Lorentzen, composer (died 2018)
- Gene Vincent, rock & roll singer (died 1971)
- February 12 – Gene McDaniels, singer and songwriter (died 2011)
- February 16 – Sonny Bono, singer, actor and record producer (died 1998)
- February 18 – Ciarán Bourke, folk musician (died 1988)
- February 27 – Mirella Freni, operatic soprano (died 2020)
- March 29 – Ruby Murray, singer (died 1996)
- March 30 – Gordon Mumma, composer
- March 31 – Herb Alpert, trumpeter and bandleader
- April 5 – Peter Grant, manager and record executive (Led Zeppelin) (died 1995)
- April 7 – Bobby Bare, American singer/songwriter
- April 9 – Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer
- April 10 – Jerzy Milian, Polish jazz vibraphonist (died 2018)
- April 16 – Bobby Vinton, singer
- April 19 – Dudley Moore, English composer, jazz pianist and comic actor (died 2002)
- April 22 – Paul Chambers, jazz bassist (died 1969)
- April 23 – Ray Peterson, singer (died 2005)
- May 9 – Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor (The Ventures) (died 2018)
- May 10 – Larry Williams, American singer, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
- May 13 – Teddy Randazzo, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2003)
- May 27 – Ramsey Lewis, African American jazz musician and composer
- June 1 – Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
- June 24 – Terry Riley, American minimalist composer
- June 25 – Eddie Floyd, African American soul singer and songwriter
- June 26 – Dwight York, American singer (Passion)
- July 5 – Shirley Collins, English folk singer
- July 8 – Steve Lawrence, American singer (Steve and Eydie)
- July 9
- Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer (d. 2009)
- Mighty Sparrow, Grenadian singer
- July 15 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
- July 17 – Peter Schickele, American composer and classical music parodist
- July 24 – Les Reed, English songwriter and light orchestra leader (died 2019)
- July 29
- Jacques Levy, songwriter (died 2004)
- Morella Muñoz, mezzo-soprano (died 1995)
- August 2 – Hank Cochran, country music singer/songwriter (died 2010)
- August 15 – Jim Dale, singer, songwriter and actor
- August 16 – Bobby Mitchell, New Orleans do-wop and R&B singer (died 1986)
- August 18 – Sir Howard Morrison, concert singer (died 2009)
- August 30 – John Phillips, singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (died 2001)
- September 1 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
- September 9 – Chaim Topol, singer and performer (Fiddler on the Roof)
- September 11 – Arvo Pärt, classical composer
- September 19 – Nick Massi, rock bass singer/guitarist (The Four Seasons) (died 2000)
- September 29 – Jerry Lee Lewis, singer, songwriter and pianist
- September 30
- Z. Z. Hill, blues singer (died 1984)
- Johnny Mathis, singer
- October 1 – Julie Andrews, singer and actress
- October 12
- Samuel David Moore, Southern soul and R&B singer (Sam and Dave)
- Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor (died 2007)
- October 14 – La Monte Young, composer
- October 15 – Barry McGuire, singer and songwriter
- October 20 – Jerry Orbach, musical theatre actor (died 2004)
- October 21 – Derek Bell, harpist and composer (died 2002)
- November 17 – Imrat Khan, sitar player (died 2018)
- November 27 – Al Jackson, Jr., R&B drummer, producer and songwriter (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (died 1975)
- December 23 – Little Esther Phillips, singer (died 1984)
- December 26 – Abdul "Duke" Fakir, singer (Four Tops)
- date unknown – Mogens Ellegaard, accordionist (d. 1995)
Deaths
- January 8
- Jesse Garon Presley, stillborn twin of Elvis Presley
- Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (born 1871)
- January 9 – Dina Edling, operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1854)
- January 11 – Marcella Sembrich, coloratura soprano (born 1858)
- January 13 – Heinrich Schenker, music theorist (born 1868)
- January 22 – Zequinha de Abreu, musician and composer (born 1880)
- January 28 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer (born 1859)
- February – Alice Esty, operatic soprano (born 1864)
- February 2 – Clara Smith, blues singer (born c. 1894)
- April 2 – Bennie Moten, jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1894)
- April 5 – Emil Młynarski, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1870)
- April 9 – Israel Schorr, cantor (born 1886)
- April 16 – Victor Ewald, composer (born 1860)
- April 23 – Georgina Stirling, operatic soprano (born 1866)
- April 29 – Leroy Carr, blues musician (born 1905)
- May 3 – Charles Manners, operatic bass (born 1857)
- May 10 – Herbert Witherspoon, operatic bass and opera manager (born 1873)
- May 16 – Leopold Lichtenberg, violinist (born 1861)
- May 17 – Paul Dukas, composer (born 1865)
- May 19 – Charles Martin Loeffler, composer
- May 28 – Jelka Rosen, wife of Frederick Delius (born 1868)
- May 29 – Josef Suk, composer (born 1874)
- June 6 – Jacques Urlus, operatic tenor (born 1867)
- June 24 – in an air crash in Colombia:
- Carlos Gardel, tango singer (born 1890)
- Alfredo Le Pera, lyricist (born 1900)
- July 21 – Honoré Dutrey, jazz trombonist (born c. 1894)
- August 2 – Isidore de Lara, composer (born 1858)
- August 20 – Otakar Ostrčil, composer and conductor (born 1879)
- August 21 – Marjorie White, actress, singer and dancer (born 1904) (in a car crash)
- September 11 – Evelyn Hoey, torch singer (born 1910) (suicide)
- September 20 – Amy Sherwin, operatic soprano (born 1855)
- September 23 – DeWolf Hopper, US actor and singer (born 1858)
- October 4 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, operatic soprano (born 1874)
- October 13 – Dranem, French singer and music hall entertainer (born 1869)
- October 22 – Komitas, exiled Armenian priest and ethnomusicologist (born 1869)
- November 16 – Kurt Schindler, conductor and composer (born 1882)
- November 18 – Anton Hekking, cellist (born 1856)
- November 27 – Charlie Green, jazz trombonist (born c. 1900)
- November 28 – Erich von Hornbostel, musicologist (born 1877)
- December 4 – Johan Halvorsen, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1864)
- December 9 – Nina Grieg, soprano and wife of Edvard Grieg (born 1845)
- December 24 – Alban Berg, composer (b. 1885)
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