12 December:TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI = Japanese American jazz pianist
23 December:CHET BAKER = American jazz trumpeter and singer = [died: 1988]
25 December:
BILLY HORTON = American doo wop/R&B singer (The Silhouettes) = [died: 1995]
CHRIS KENNER = African-American R&B singer and songwriter = [died: 1976]
Timeline of Musical Events
1 January: Pianist and composer ABRAM CHASINS makes his professional debut playing his own piano concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
11 January: KAROL SZYMANOWSKI's Stabat Mater is premiered.
22 January: GORDON JACOB's First String Quartet is premiered by the Spencer Dyke Quartet in London
4 February: Premier recording of GEORGE GERSHWIN's An American in Paris by NATHANIEL SHILKRET and the Victor Symphony Orchestra
19 February: UK premiere of BÉLA BARTÓK's still-unpublished Third String Quartet, by The Hungarian String Quartet at the Wigmore Hall, London.
17 May: SERGEI PROKOFIEV's Symphony No. 3 is premiered in Paris.
21 May:
Season opening of SERGEI DIAGHILEV's Ballets Russes, in Paris, with the first performances of IGOR STRAVINSKY's Renard and SERGEI PROKOFIEV's Le Fils prodigue.
First recording date for a commercially issued RCA Victor 33½ rpm LP: Victor Salon Suite No. 1 arranged and directed by NATHANIEL SHILKRET
13 June:EUGENE GOOSENS conducts the UK premieres of IGOR STRAVINSKY's Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, with the composer as soloist, and of OTTORINO RESPIGHI's Feste Romane, at the Queen's Hall, London.
27 June: First London performances of two ballets by IGOR STRAVINSKY, Apollon musagète and Le Baiser de la fée, conducted by the composer at the Kingsway Hall and broadcast on the wireless.
11 September:LOUIS ARMSTRONG records his hit song When You're Smiling
14 October: the London Symphony Orchestra opens its winter season, conducted by ALFRED COATES, in a programme including BACH's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor orchestrated by ALEXANDER GOEDICKE, RESPIGHI's Roman Festivals, TCHAIKOVSKY's First Piano Concerto (with soloist SHURA CHERKASSKY), and BRAHMS's Fourth Symphony.
31 December:GUY LOMBARDO plays "Auld Lang Syne" for the first time
Also in 1929:-
CHARLEY PATTON's musical career begins
T-BONE WALKER's recording career begins
MEMPHIS MINNIE's recording career begins
AMÉDÉ ARDOIN makes the first recordings of zydeco in Louisiana.
MANUEL DE FALLA relocates to Granada.
The Musashino Academia Musicae is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
Edison Records closes, ending production of Diamond Discs and Blue Amberols.
Published Popular Music
"Ain't Misbehavin'" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by THOMAS "FATS" WALLER & HARRY BROOKS
"After A Million Dreams" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON and EDGAR LESLIE
"All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" = lyrics & music by BENNY DAVIS and JOE BURKE
"Am I Blue?" = lyrics by GRANT CLARKE; music by HARRY AKST
"Any Old Time" = lyrics & music by JIMMIE RODGERS
"Around The Corner" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ART KASSEL
"The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Barnacle Bill The Sailor" = lyrics & music by CARSON ROBISON & FRANK LUTHER
"Big City Blues" = lyrics by SIDNEY D. MITCHELL; music by ARCHIE GOTTLER & CON CONRAD
"Black and Blue" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by THOMAS "FATS" WALLER & HARRY BROOKS
"Broadway Melody" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Can Broadway Do Without Me?" = lyrics & music by JIMMY DURANTE
"Can't We Be Friends?" = lyrics by PAUL JAMES; music by KAY SWIFT
"Chant Of The Jungle" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN. Introduced by JOAN CRAWFORD in the film 'Untamed'
"Corrine, Corrina" = lyrics by J. MAYO WILLIAMS & BO CHATMAN
"Cross Your Fingers" = lyrics by ARTHUR SWANSTROM & BENNY DAVIS; music by J. FRED COOTS
"Cryin' For The Carolines" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by HARRY WARREN
"Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW
"Dear Little Cafe" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"Deep Night" = lyrics by RUDY VALLEE; music by CHARLIE HENDERSON
"Do Something" = lyrics by BUD GREEN; music by SAM H. STEPT
"Do What You Do" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN &GUS KAHN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Don't Ever Leave Me" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Dream Lover" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"Every Little Moment" = lyrics & music by VIVIAN ELLIS
"Feeling Sentimental" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Find Me A Primitive Man" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do" = lyrics & music by CHARLES STRAIGHT, JOE BENNETT & GEORGE LITTLE
"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF & DON REDMAN; music by DON REDMAN
"Glad Rag Doll" = lyrics & music by DAN DOUGHERTY and MILTON AGER
"Great Day!" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & EDWARD ELISCU; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Happy Days Are Here Again" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"Have A Little Faith In Me" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by HARRY WARREN
"Here Am I" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"He's A Good Man To Have Around" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"He's So Unusual" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN, AL LEWIS and ABNER SILVER
"High And Low" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Honeysuckle Rose" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by THOMAS "FATS" WALLER
"How Am I To Know?" = lyrics by DOROTHY PARKER; music by JACK KING
"I Got A Code In My Dose" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR FIELDS, FRED HALL & BILLY ROSE
"I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ. Introduced by CLIFTON WEBB in the revue 'The Little Show'
"I Have To Have You" = by LEO ROBIN, RICHARD A. WHITING
"I Lift Up My Finger" = lyrics & music by LESLIE SARONY
"I May Be Wrong" = lyrics by HARRY RUSKIN; music by HENRY SULLIVAN. Introduced in the revue 'John Murray Anderson's Almanac' by TRIXIE FRIGANZA and JIMMIE SAVO
"If I Can't Have You" = lyrics by AL BRYAN; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"If Love Were All" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"I'll See You Again" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"I'll Still Go On Wanting You" = lyrics & music by BERNIE GROSSMAN
"I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"I'm A Gigolo" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"I'm In Seventh Heaven" = lyrics & music by AL JOLSON, B. G. DE SYLVA, LEW BROWN & RAY HENDERSON
"I'm Just A Vagabond Lover" = lyrics & music by RUDY VALLEE & LEON ZIMMERMAN
"I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE; music by FATS WALLER & HARRY LINK
"Just You, Just Me" = lyrics by RAYMOND KLAGES; music by JESSE GREER. Introduced in the film 'Marianne' by LAWRENCE GRAY and reprised by MARION DAVIES and CLIFF EDWARDS
"Kansas City Kitty" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Keepin' Myself For You" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Lady Divine" = lyrics & music by NATHANIEL SHILKRET and RICHARD KOUNTZ
"Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Little By Little" = lyrics & music by WALTER O'KEEFE & ROBERT EMMET DOLAN. Introduced by SALLY O'NEIL and EDDIE QUILLAN in the film 'The Sophomore'
"The Little Things You Do" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Liza" = lyrics by GUS KAHN & IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by NICK LUCAS in the musical 'Show Girl'
"Looking At You" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by JESSIE MATTHEWS and DAVE FITZGIBBON in the musical 'Wake Up and Dream'
"Louise" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING. Introduced by MAURICE CHEVALIER in the film 'Innocents of Paris'
"Lovable And Sweet" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE; music by OSCAR LEVANT. Introduced by JACK OAKIE, JOHN HARRON and NED SPARKS in the film 'Street Girl'
"Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" = lyrics by ELSIE JANIS; music by EDMUND GOULDING
"March Of The Grenadiers" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER. Introduced by JEANETTE MacDONALD in the film 'The Love Parade'
"Maybe Who Knows" = by JOHN TUCKER, JOE SCHUSTER, RUTH ETTING
"Mean to Me" = lyrics by ROY TURK; music by FRED E. AHLERT
"The Minor Drag" = music by THOMAS "FATS" WALLER
"Miss Hannah" = lyrics & music by DON REDMAN & JOHN NESBITT
"Miss You" = lyrics & music by HARRY TOBIAS, CHARLES TOBIAS & HENRY TOBIAS
"Moanin' Low" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by RALPH RAINGER. Introduced by LIBBY HOLMAN in the revue 'The Little Show'
"More Than You Know" = lyrics by EDWARD ELISCU & BILLY ROSE; music by VINCENT YOUMANS. Introduced by MAYO METHOT in the musical 'Great Day'
"My Ideal" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING & NEWELL CHASE. Introduced by MAURICE CHEVALIER in the film 'Playboy of Paris'
"My Kinda Love" = lyrics by JO TRENT; music by LOUIS ALTER
"My Love Parade" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"My Mother's Eyes" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by ABEL BAER
"My Sin" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Nobody's Using It Now" = by CLIFFORD GREY, VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"On The Amazon" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY & GREATREX NEWMAN; music by VIVIAN ELLIS
"Orange Blossom Time" = lyrics by JOE GOODWIN; music by GUS EDWARDS
"Pagan Love Song" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by JOE BURKE. Introduced by NICK LUCAS in the film 'Gold Diggers of Broadway'
"Paris, Stay the Same" = lyrics by CLIFFORD GREY; music by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER
"Piccolo Pete" = lyrics & music by PHIL BAXTER
"Puttin' on the Ritz" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Raisin' the Roof" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Reaching For Someone" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Rockin' Chair" = lyrics & music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Romance" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Satisfied!" = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by CLIFF FRIEND
"Serenade of Love" by IRVING CAESAR
"Seventh Heaven" = lyrics by SIDNEY D. MITCHELL; music by LEW POLLACK
"She's Such A Comfort To Me" = lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER, MAX LIEF, NATHANIEL LIEF & DONOVAN PARSONS; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"She's Wonderful" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"A Ship Without A Sail" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by JACK WHITING in the musical 'Heads Up!'. Performed in the film version by CHARLES "BUDDY" ROGERS
"Should I?" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Canto Siboney" = lyrics by DOLLY MORSE; music by ERNESTO LECUONA
"Singin' in the Bathtub" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON & NED WASHINGTON; music by MICHAEL H. CLEARY
"Singin' in the Rain" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" = lyrics by BILLY MOLL; music by HARRY BARRIS
"S'posin"' = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by PAUL DENNIKER
"Spread A Little Happiness" = lyrics & music by VIVIAN ELLIS, RICHARD MYERS & GREATREX NEWMAN
"Star Dust" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music (1927) by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Sunny Side Up" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA &LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Too Wonderful For Words" = lyrics & music by DAVE STAMPER
"Thank Your Father" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Then You've Never Been Blue" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by TED FIORITO
"Thinking of You" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR; music by HARRY RUBY
"True Blue Lou" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW, LEO ROBIN & RICHARD A. WHITING
"Turn on the Heat" = lyrics by B. G. DeSYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON. Introduced by SHARON LYNN and FRANK RICHARDSON in the film 'Sunny Side Up'
"Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Waiting At The End Of The Road" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Wake Up And Dream" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Walk Right In" = by CANNON, WOODS, DARLING, SUANOE
"Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine" = lyrics by IRVING KAHAL &WILLIE RASKIN; music by SAMMY FAIN
"The Wedding Of The Painted Doll" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"What Is This Thing Called Love?" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by ELSIE CARLISLE in the musical 'Wake Up and Dream'
"What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by JAY GORNEY
"When It's Springtime In The Rockies" = lyrics by MARY HALE WOOLSEY & MILTON TAGGERT; music by ROBERT SAUER
"Why Can't I?" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Why Do You Suppose?" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Why Was I Born?" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"With A Song in My Heart" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Without A Song" = lyrics by EDWARD ELISCU &BILLY ROSE; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"You Do Something To Me" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by WILLIAM GAXTON in the musical 'Fifty Million Frenchmen'
"You Were Meant For Me" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Yours Sincerely" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"You've Got That Thing" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Zigeuner" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
Top Hits on Record
"A Bundle of Old Love Letters"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by LEWIS JAMES
recorded by CHARLES KALEY
"Am I A Passing Fancy?"
recorded by PETE WOOLERY
"Am I Blue?"
recorded by ETHEL WATERS
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"At Close Of Day"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"Broadway Melody"
recorded by CHARLES KING
"Button Up Your Overcoat"
recorded by HELEN KANE
"Carolina Moon"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN
"Chant of the Jungle"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"Coquette"
recorded by PETE WOOLERY
recorded by RUDY VALLEE Orchestra
"Dance Away The Night"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by CHESTER GAYLORD
"Deep in the Arms of Love"
recorded by PETE WOOLERY
"Dream Lover"
recorded by JEANETTE MacDONALD
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"Evangeline"
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
recorded by FRANK MUNN
"Every Day Away From You"
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
"Happy Days Are Here Again"
recorded by JOHNNY MARVIN
recorded by CHARLES KING
"Heart O' Mine"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
recorded by FRANK MUNN
"Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho"
recorded by RUDY VALLEE
"He's So Unusual"
recorded by HELEN KANE
"How Am I To Know?"
recorded by CHESTER GAYLORD
"I Want To Be Bad"
recorded by HELEN KANE
"I Don't Want Your Kisses"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"Ich Liebe Dich"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"If I Had My Way"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
"I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You"
recorded by AILEEN STANLEY
"I'll Still Go On Wanting You"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"I'm Following You"
recorded by LAWRENCE GRAY
"I'm In Seventh Heaven"
recorded by AL JOLSON
"I'm Only Making Believe"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"I'm Sailing On A Sunbeam"
recorded by LAWRENCE GRAY
"I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
recorded by TED LEWIS &His Jazz Band
"If I Had A Talking Picture of You"
recorded by JOHNNY HAMP's Kentucky Serenaders
"If You're In Love, You'll Waltz"
recorded by BEBE DANIELS
"Just Another Kiss"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
"Just You, Just Me"
recorded by CHESTER GAYLORD
"Lady Divine"
recorded by FRANK MUNN (issued as PAUL OLIVER), accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra, with vocal FRANKLYN BAUR
"Like A Breath of Springtime"
recorded by PETE WOOLERY
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
"Little Pal"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by AL JOLSON
"Liza"
recorded by AL JOLSON
"Louise"
recorded by MAURICE CHEVALIER
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN's Rhythm Boys
"Love Boat"
recorded by CHARLES KING
"Love Is A Dreamer"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by MORTON DOWNEY
"Love Me"
recorded by CHESTER GAYLORD
recorded by LEWIS JAMES
recorded by NAT SHILKRET orchestra
"Love, Your Spell Is Everywhere"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by GLORIA SWANSON
"Lucky Me, Lovable You"
recorded by JOHNNY MARVIN
recorded by CHARLES KING
"Makin' Whoopie"
recorded by EDDIE CANTOR, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"Maybe, Who Knows?"
recorded by KATE SMITH
"Memories of One Sweet Kiss"
recorded by AL JOLSON
recorded by FRANK MUNN
"My Heart Is Bluer Than Your Eyes"
recorded by PETE WOOLERY
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
"My Song of the Nile"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
recorded by BEN SELVIN Orchestra
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"My Tonia"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by NICK LUCAS
recorded by BOB HARING Orchestra
"Nobody But You"
recorded by CHESTER GAYLORD
"Old Timer"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
recorded by FRANK MUNN
"Pagan Love Song"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
"Painting The Clouds With Sunshine"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"The Sacred Flame"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"Sally"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"Satisfied!"
recorded by CHESTER GAYLORD
"She's Funny That Way"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN
"The Shepherd's Serenade"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by FRANK MUNN
"Should I?"
recorded by CHARLES KALEY
recorded by FRANK MUNN
"Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"Singin' in the Rain"
recorded by CLIFF EDWARDS
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"Sleepy Valley"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"The Song I Love"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"Sweetheart, We Need Eachother"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
"That Wonderful Something"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"There'll Never Be Another Mary"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"Through - How Can You Say We're Though?"
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
"Tip Toe Thru The Tulips"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"Until The End"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"Used To You"
recorded by AL JOLSON
"Were You Just Pretending?"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"West Wind"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
"What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?"
recorded by LOUIS ARMSTRONG & His Orchestra
"When Summer Is Gone"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
"When My Dreams Come True"
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
recorded by NICK LUCAS
"When The Real Thing Comes Your Way"
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
recorded by BOB HARING Orchestra
"When The Right One Comes Along"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
"When You're Smiling"
recorded by LOUIS ARMSTRONG and his Orchestra
"Where Is The Song of Songs For Me?"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
recorded by LUPE VELEZ
"Why Can't You?"
recorded by AL JOLSON
recorded by JAMES MELTON
"With A Song In My Heart"
recorded by JAMES MELTON
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR
"Wrapped in a Red, Red Rose"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
"You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?"
recorded by RUDY VALLEE
"You're Always In My Arms"
recorded by CHARLES LAWMAN
recorded by BEBE DANIELS
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
"You Were Meant For Me"
recorded by PETE WOOLERY
recorded by HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT
recorded by CHARLES KING
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra, with vocal HAROLD SCRAPPY LAMBERT (as BERT LORIN)
"Your Mother And Mine"
recorded by NICK LUCAS
Top Blues Records
"Christmas In Jail"
recorded by LEROY CARR
"High Water Everywhere"
recorded by CHARLEY PATTON
"Hot Fingers"
recorded by LONNIE JOHNSON
"That Crawling Baby Blues"
recorded by BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
"Travelin' Blues"
recorded by BLIND WILLIE McTELL
Classical Music
KURT ATTERBERG
Symphonic Poem Älven, Op. 33
SAMUEL BARBER
Serenade (for quartet or string orchestra)
BÉLA BARTÓK
Rhapsody No. 1, for violin and orchestra
Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, for voice and piano
ARNOLD BAX
Symphony No. 3; Sonata for Two Pianos; Legend, for Viola and Piano
AMY BEACH
String Quartet, Op. 89
CONRAD BECK
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
BORIS BLACHER
Jazz Koloraturen
ERNEST BLOCH
Helvetia (Symphonic Poem); Abodah for Violin
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rhapsody for String Quartet
ALAN BUSH
Dialectic Op. 15 for String Quartet
CARLOS CHÁVEZ
Sonata for four horns
AARON COPLAND
Symphonic Ode
HENRY COWELL
Piano Concerto
CORNELIS DOPPER
Incidental Music to Vondel's Lucifer
PIERRE-OCTAVE FERROUD
Violin Sonata
ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOV
String Quartet No. 4 in F Op. 124
PAUL JUON
Litaniae for Piano, Violin and Cello in C sharp minor
Berceuse, for violin and piano (arr. from ballet The Firebird)
ERNST TOCH
Bunte Suite, Op. 48; Cello Sonata, Op. 50; Kleine Ouvertüre zu der Fächer (Little Overture to the (opera the) Fan), Op. 51
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Chôros No. 9 for orchestra
Chôros No. 12 for orchestra
Chôros No. 13 for 2 orchestras &band
Introduction aux chôros (Introdução aos chôros): Ouverture, for guitar and orchestra
Mômo Precoce, fantasy for piano and orchestra
12 Etudes for guitar
WILLIAM WALTON
Viola Concerto
EGON WELLESZ
String Quartet No. 4 Op. 28
Opera
HANS CHEMIN-PETIT
Der gefangene Vogel
Lady Monika
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Il Re (La Scala, 12 January)
PAUL HINDEMITH
Neues vom Tage (8 June 1929, Kroll Opera House, Berlin)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Gambler
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Von Heute auf Morgen (composition completed 1 January 1929) (1 February 1930, Frankfurt)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Sir John in Love
Musical Theatre
BITTER SWEET
(Noel Coward)
London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 12 and ran for 673 performances
Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 5 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on February 17, 1930 for a total run of 159 performances
BOOM BOOM
(Music by: Werner Janssen; Book by: Fanny Todd Mitchell; Lyrics by: J. Keirn Brennan, Mann Holiner)
Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 28 and ran for 72 performances
DEAR LOVE
opened at the Palace Theatre on November 14 and ran for 132 performances
DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER
Vienna production
FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
(Music & Lyrics by: Cole Porter; Book by: Herbert Fields)
Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 27 and ran for 254 performances
FOLLOW THRU
(Music by: Ray Henderson; Book by: B.G. DeSylva, Laurence Schwab; Lyrics by: Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva)
Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 9 and ran for 401 performances
FOLLOW THROUGH
London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 3 and ran for 148 performances
HEADS UP!
(Music by: Richard Rodgers; Book by: Jack McGowan, Paul Gerard Smith; Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart)
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 11 and ran for 144 performances
HOLD EVERYTHING
(Henderson/DeSylva & Brown)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 12 and ran for 173 performances
HOT CHOCOLATES
(Music by: Harry Brooks, Thomas "Fats" Waller; Book by: Andy Razaf)
Broadway revue opened at the Hudson Theatre on June 20 and ran for 219 performances
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
(Novello + Ellis etc)
London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 8 and ran for 270 performances
DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS
(Franz Lehár)
Berlin production opened at the Metropol Theater on October 10
THE LITTLE SHOW
(Music by: Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by: Howard Dietz)
Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on April 30 and ran for 321 performances
LOVE LIES
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 20 and ran for 347 performances
MR. CINDERS
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 11 and ran for 528 performances
SHOW BOAT
(Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II)
Paris production
SPRING IS HERE
(Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Owen Davis)
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 11 and ran for 104 performances
TOAD OF TOAD HALL
London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 17
TOP SPEED
(Music by: Harry Ruby; Book by: Guy Bolton, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Lyrics by: Bert Kalmar)
Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on December 25 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on March 10, 1930 for a total run of 104 performances
WAKE UP AND DREAM
(Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter)
London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 27 and ran for 263 performances
Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on December 30 and ran for 136 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 22nd May 2011
Last edited: 23rd December 2023
