11 July:ROQUEL BILLY DAVIS = American singer, songwriter and record producer = [died: 2004]
13 July:PER NØRGÅRD = Danish composer
31 July:MOREY CARR = American vocalist (The Playmates)
8 September:PATSY CLINE = American country singer = [died: 1963]
25 September:GLENN GOULD = Canadian pianist = [died: 1982]
10 November:PAUL BLEY = Canadian jazz pianist of Romanian descent
15 November:
PETULA CLARK = English singer and actress
CLYDE McPHATTER = American R&B and rock n' roll singer (The Drifters) = [died: 1972]
30 November:BOB MOORE = American bassist
5 December:LITTLE RICHARD = American singer, songwriter and pianist
9 December:DONALD BYRD = American jazz saxophonist = [died: 2013]
12 December:CHARLIE RICH = American country singer = [died: 1995]
15 December:JESSE BELVIN = American singer, pianist and songwriter = [died: 1960]
28 December:DORSEY BURNETTE = American Rockabilly pioneer = [died: 1979]
Timeline of Musical Events
14 January: MAURICE RAVEL's Piano Concerto is premiered in Paris
1 May: The music to JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER's ballet Skyscrapers is recorded by the Victor Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of NATHANIEL SHILKRET; in addition to be being issued as six sides on 78 rpm discs, the recording is made available as one Victor's early 33⅓ rpm LP releases.
15 August: first successful electrical re-recording, directed by NATHANIEL SHILKRET, of an orchestral accompaniment of a Victor recording by ENRICO CARUSO
19 October:FRANKIE LAINE and RUTHIE SMITH set the all-time dance marathon record of 3,501 hours (145 days) at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey
31 October: SERGEI PROKOFIEV's Piano Concerto No. 5 is premiered in Berlin
Also in 1932:-
HENRY HALL becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra
THOMAS BEECHAM founds the London Philharmonic Orchestra
RUTH PORTER CRAWFORD marries CHARLES SEEGER
Sydney Symphony comes into existence
Published Popular Music
"After You, Who?" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Alone Together" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"And Love Was Born" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"And So To Bed" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"April in Paris" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by VERNON DUKE
"As You Desire Me" = lyrics & music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear" = lyrics & music by AL HOFFMAN, ED G. NELSON, AL GOODHART & MILTON AGER
"Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Chinese Laundry Blues" = by COTTRELL
"The Clouds Will Soon Roll By" = lyrics & music by BILLY HILL & HARRY WOODS
"Dance Of The Cuckoos" = lyrics & music by T. MARVIN HATLEY & HARRY STEINBERG
"Darkness On The Delta" = lyrics by MARTY SYMES & AL NEIBURG; music by JERRY LIVINGSTON
"Eadie Was A Lady" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by RICHARD WHITING & NACIO HERB BROWN
"The Echo Of A Song" = by PETER MENDOZA
"Eres Tú" = by MIGUEL SANDOVAL
"Fit As A Fiddle" = lyrics & music by ARTHUR FREED, AL HOFFMAN & AL GOODHART
"The Flies Crawled Up The Window" = lyrics & music by DOUGLAS FURBER & VIVIAN ELLIS
"Give Her A Kiss" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Goodnight My Love" = lyrics & music by GUS ARNHEIM, HARRY TOBIAS & JULES LEMARE
"Goodnight Vienna" = lyrics & music by HOLT MARVELL & GEORGE POSFORD
"Got The South In My Soul" = lyrics & music by NED WASHINGTON, VICTOR YOUNG & LEE WILEY
"Happy-Go-Lucky You (And Broken-Hearted Me)" = lyrics & music by AL GOODHART, AL HOFFMAN & J. F. MURRAY
"Have You Ever Been Lonely?" = lyrics by BILLY HILL (as GEORGE BROWN); music by PETER DE ROSE
"Here Lies Love" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"How Deep Is The Ocean?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" = lyrics by BING CROSBY & NED WASHINGTON; music by VICTOR YOUNG
"I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"If It Ain't Love" = lyrics & music by ANDY RAZAF, DON REDMAN & FATS WALLER
"I'll Do My Best To Make You Happy" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"I'll Never Be The Same" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by MATTY MALNECK & FRANK SIGNORELLI from the revue 'After Dinner'
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by GEORGE BASSMAN
"In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG; music by IRA SCHUSTER & JACK LITTLE
"In Egern On The Tegern Sea" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by IVY SCOTT in the musical 'Music in the Air'
"Isn't It Romantic?" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" = lyrics by IRVING MILLS; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"It Was So Beautiful" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by HARRY BARRIS
"I've Got You On My Mind" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"I've Told Every Little Star" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Just An Echo In The Valley" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS, JIMMY CAMPBELL & REG CONNELLY
"Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by FATS WALLER
"Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS; music by ISHAM JONES
"Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing" = lyrics by ROBERT HARGREAVES & STANLEY J. DAMERELL; music by TOLCHARD EVANS & H. TILSLEY
"Let's Call It A Day" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep" = lyrics & music by HERMAN HUPFELD
"A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by HARRY WOODS
"Look What You've Done" = lyrics by BERT KALMAR & IRVING CAESAR; music by HARRY RUBY & HARRY AKST
"Looking On The Bright Side" = lyrics & music by HOWARD FLYNN
"Louisiana Hayride" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Love Is The Sweetest Thing" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"Love Me Tonight" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Lover" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Mad About The Boy" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"A Million Dreams" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by J. C. LEWIS Jr
"Mimi" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Mine" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"My Cousin in Milwaukee" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by LYDA ROBERTI in the musical 'Pardon My English'
"My Silent Love" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by DANA SUESSE
"My Sweet Virginia" = lyrics & music by VINCENT ROSE
"Night And Day" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in 'Gay Divorce'
"Oh! That Mitzi" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER. Introduced by MAURICE CHEVALIER in the film 'One Hour with You'
"Old Yazoo" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by FATS WALLER
"One Hour With You" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING. From the film of the same name
"The Party's Over Now" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"Pink Elephants" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by HARRY WOODS
"Play, Fiddle, Play" = lyrics by JACK LAWRENCE; music by EMERY DEUTSCH & ARTHUR ALTMAN
"Please" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"The Poor Apache" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Precious Lord Take My Hand" by THOMAS A. DORSEY, (first major gospel music hit)
"Pu-leeze! Mr Hemingway" = lyrics by WALTER KENT & MILTON DRAKE; music by ABNER SILVER
"Say It Isn't So" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by FRANK PERKINS
"Sleep, Come On And Take Me" = lyrics & music by JOE YOUNG & BOYD BUNCH
"Smoke Rings" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by GENE GIFFORD
"Snuggled On Your Shoulder" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG; music by CARMEN LOMBARDO
"So Do I" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Soft Lights And Sweet Music" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Somebody Loves You" = lyrics by CHARLIE TOBIAS; music by PETER DEROSE
"The Song is You" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Street of Dreams" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS; music by VICTOR YOUNG
"The Sun Has Got His Hat On" = lyrics & music by RALPH BUTLER & NOEL GAY
"Three's a Crowd" = lyrics by AL DUBIN & IRVING KAHAL; music by HARRY WARREN
"Too Many Tears" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Try a Little Tenderness" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS, JIMMY CAMPBELL & REG CONNELLY
"Underneath The Harlem Moon" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"Wanderer" = lyrics & music by BUD FLANAGAN
"We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS
"We've Got The Moon And Sixpence" = by OSCAR LEVANT, CLIFFORD GREY
"We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky" = by KAHAL, MEYER
"What More Can I Ask?" = lyrics by A. E. WILKINS; music by RAY NOBLE
"What Would You Do?" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RICHARD A. WHITING. Introduced by MAURICE CHEVALIER in the film 'One Hour with You'
"Why Don't Women Like Me?" = by COTTRELL, BENNETT, FORMBY
"Willow Weep for Me" = lyrics & music by ANN RONELL
"Wintergreen For President" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"You Are Too Beautiful" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Younger Generation" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"You're An Old Smoothie" = lyrics & music by B. G. DE SYLVA, RICHARD A. WHITING & NACIO HERB BROWN
"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"You've Got What Gets Me" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
Classical Music
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Violin Concerto
ARTHUR BLISS
A Colour Symphony
JEAN FRANÇAIX
Piano Concerto
GUNNAR DE FRUMERIE
Variations and Fugue
PERCY GRAINGER
Handel in the Strand
CAMARGO GUARNIERE
String Quartet No. 1
JASCHA HEIFETZ
arrangement of Grigoraş Dinicu's Hora staccato
DMITRI KABALEVSTY
Symphony No. 1
LÁSZLÓ LAJTHA
Cello Sonata
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 11
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55
MIKLÓS RÓZSA
Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 12
Opera
AMY BEACH
Cabildo
OTTORINO RESPIGI
Maria Egiziaca
Musical Theatre
AFTER DINNER
London revue opened at the Gaiety Theatre on October 21
L'AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC
Paris production
BALL IM SAVOY
Berlin production
BALLYHOO
(Music: William Waller Lyrics: Robert Nesbitt)
London revue opened at the Comedy Theatre on December 22
CASANOVA
(Johann Strauss/Benatzky)
London production
THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 4 and ran for 329 performances
THE DUBARRY
(Adapted by Eric Maschwitz from the play by Paul Knelper and J. Welleminsky. Lyrics by Rowland Leigh. Additional lyrics by Eric Maschwitz. Music by Karl Millöcker, arranged by Theo Makeben)
London production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on April 14 and ran for 398 performances
Broadway production opened at George M. Cohan's Theatre on November 22 and ran for 87 performances
FACE THE MUSIC
Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on February 17 and ran for 165 performances
GAY DIVORCE
Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 29 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on January 16, 1933 for a total run of 248 performances
MUSIC IN THE AIR
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 8 and ran for 342 performances
OUT OF THE BOTTLE
(Vivian Ellis & Oscar Levant)
London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 11 and ran for 109 performances
OVER SHE GOES
London revue opened at the Alhambra Theatre on August 27.
SHOW BOAT
Broadway revival opened at the Casino Theatre on 50th Street on May 19 and ran for 180 performances
TAKE A CHANCE
Broadway production opened at the Apollo Theatre on November 26 and ran for 243 performances
TELL HER THE TRUTH
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on June 14 and ran for 234 performances
WILD VIOLETS
opened at the Theatre Royal on October 31 and ran for 291 performances
WORDS AND MUSIC
(Noël Coward)
London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 16.
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 5th August 2011
Last edited: 23rd December 2023
