2 August:HANK COCHRAN = American country music singer and songwriter = [died: 2010]
15 August:JIM DALE = English actor, voice artist, and singer-songwriter
16 August:BOBBY MITCHELL = American, New Orleans-based, rhythm & blues singer and songwriter = [died: 1986]
18 August:SIR HOWARD MORRISON = New Zealand entertainer and concert performer = [died: 2009]
30 August:JOHN PHILLIPS = American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter (The Mamas & the Papas) = [died: 2001]
1 September:SEIJI OZAWA = Japanese conductor
9 September:CHAIM TOPOL = Israeli theatrical and film performer, singer, actor, comedian, voice artist, writer, producer, star of Fiddler On The Roof
11 September:ARVO PÄRT = Estonian composer
19 September:NICK MASSI = American bass singer and bass guitarist for The Four Seasons = [died: 2000]
29 September:JERRY LEE LEWIS = American singer-songwriter, musician, and pianist
30 September:
JOHNNY MATHIS = American singer
Z. Z. HILL = American blues singer = [died: 1984]
1 October:JULIE ANDREWS = English film and stage actress, singer, author, theatre director and dancer
12 October:
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI = Italian operatic tenor = [died: 2007]
SAM MOORE = American Southern soul and R&B singer, musician, and songwriter (Sam and Dave)
14 October:LA MONTE YOUNG = American avant-garde artist, composer and musician
15 October:BARRY McGUIRE = American singer and songwriter
20 October:JERRY ORBACH = American musical theatre actor = [died: 2004]
21 October:DEREK BELL = Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist and composer = [died 2002]
27 November:AL JACCKSON, Jr. = American drummer, producer, and songwriter (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) = [died: 1975]
23 December:LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS = American singer = [died: 1984]
26 December:ABDUL "DUKE" FAKIR = American singer (The Four Tops)
Timeline of Musical Events
26 February: GEORGES BIZET's Symphony in C (1855) is performed for the first time, under FELIX WEINGARTNER, in Basel, Switzerland
8 April: BÉLA BARTÓK's String Quartet No. 5 is premiered in Washington, DC
23 April: Your Hit Parade premieres on radio
1 December: SERGEI PROKOFIEV's Violin Concerto No. 2 premieres in Madrid
Also in 1935:-
Soprano BIDU SAYÃO marries baritone GIUSEPPE DANISE
Swing music achieves popularity
FRANK SINATRA's professional singing career begins
NATALINO OTTO makes his debut on US radio
Albums Released
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Highlights from Porgy and Bess
Published Popular Music
"About A Quarter To Nine" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by AL JOLSON in the film Go Into Your Dance
"According To The Moonlight" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN & HERB MAGIDSON; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"Alone" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN. Introduced by ALLAN JONES and KITTY CARLISLE in the film A Night at the Opera
"Animal Crackers in My Soup" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER & IRVING CAESAR; music by RAY HENDERSON. Introduced by SHIRLEY TEMPLE in the film Curly Top
"A Beautiful Lady In Blue" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS; music by J. FRED COOTS
"Begin the Beguine" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Bess Oh Where Is My Bess" = by GEORGE GERSHWIN, IRA GERSHWIN, DUBOSE HEYWARD
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" = lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD & IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"The Blues Jumped A Rabbit" = lyrics & music by JIMMIE NOONE
"Broadway Rhythm" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"The Broken Record" = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND, CHARLES TOBIAS & BOYD BUNCH
"But Where Are You?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"The Buzzard" = music by BUD FREEMAN
"Buzzard Song" = lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Casino De Paree" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by AL JOLSON in the film Go Into Your Dance
"Cheek To Cheek" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Top Hat
"Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" = lyrics & music by A. A. MILNE & HAROLD FRASER-SIMSON
"Clouds" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"The Cockeyed Mayor Of Kaunakakai" = lyrics by R. ALEX ANDERSON & AL STILLMAN; music by R. ALEX ANDERSON
"Cosi Cosa" = lyrics by NED WASHINGTON; music by BRONISLAW KAPER & WALTER JURMANN
"Curly Top" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by RAY HENDERSON. Introduced by JOHN BOLES in the film Curly Top
"Darling, Je Vous Aime, Beaucoup" = lyrics & music by ANNA SOSENKO
"Dinner For One, Please James" = lyrics & music by MICHAEL CARR
"The Dixieland Band" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by BERNARD HANIGHEN
"Don't Give Up The Ship" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Don't Mention Love To Me" = by OSCAR LEVANT & DOROTHY FIELDS
"Down By The River" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Dust Off That Old Pianna" = lyrics & music by IRVING CAESAR, SAMMY LERNER & GERALD MARKS
"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" = lyrics & music by BROOKS BOWMAN
"Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER & MATT MALNECK
"Every Little Moment" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Every Now and Then" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN, ABNER SILVER and AL LEWIS
"Everything's Been Done Before" = lyrics & music by HAROLD ADAMSON, JACK KING & EDWIN H. KNOPF
"Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart" = lyrics & music by AL GOODHART, AL HOFFMAN & MAURICE SIGLER
"Fanlight Fanny" = by GEORGE FORMBY, GIFFORD, CLIFFE
"From The Top Of Your Head" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"Got A Bran' New Suit" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie" = lyrics & music by MACK GORDON
"Honky Tonk Train" = music by MEADE LUX LEWIS
"Hooray For Love" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by GENE RAYMOND in the film Hooray for Love
"I Built a Dream One Day" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG. Introduced by WALTER SLEZAK, WALTER WOOLF KING and ROBERT C. FISCHER in the musical May Wine
"I Can't Get Started" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by VERNON DUKE
"I Dream Too Much (Alone)" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN
"I Feel A Song Coming On" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS & GEORGE OPPENHEIMER; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' " = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN & DUBOSE HEYWARD; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"I Loves You Porgy" = lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD & IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"I Wish I Were Aladdin" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"I Wished on the Moon" = lyrics by DOROTHY PARKER; music by RALPH RAINGER
"I Won't Dance" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS & JIMMY McHUGH; music by JEROME KERN
"I'd Love To Take Orders From You" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"I'd Rather Lead A Band" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Follow the Fleet
"I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again" = lyrics & music by HARRY M. WOODS
"I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by FRED ASTAIRE
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG; music by FRED E. AHLERT
"I'm in the Mood for Love" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by FRANCES LANGFORD in the film Every Night at Eight
"I'm Living In A Great Big Way" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by BILL ROBINSON and JENI LE GON in the film Hooray for Love
"I'm Shooting High" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"I'm Sitting High On A Hilltop" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora" = by AL SHERMAN, AL LEWIS, JOSEPH MEYER
"In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by JOE BURKE
"In A Sentimental Mood" = lyrics by MANNY KURTZ & IRVING MILLS; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"In The Middle Of A Kiss" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Top Hat
"It Ain't Necessarily So" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"It's An Old Southern Custom" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"It's Easy To Remember" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I've Got My Fingers Crossed" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"Just One of Those Things" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"The Lady In Red" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by 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" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Let's Dance" = lyrics & music by FANNY BALDRIDGE, GREGORY STONE & JOSEPH BONIME
"Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together)" = lyrics by JOE YOUNG; music by FRANK E. AHLERT
"Lights Out" = by BILLY HILL
"A Little Bit Independent" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by JOE BURKE
"Little Girl Blue = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by GLORIA GRAFTON in the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo
"A Little White Gardenia" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW
"Love Is a Dancing Thing" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Love Me Forever" = by GUS KAHN
"Lovely to Look at" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS & JIMMY McHUGH; music by JEROME KERN
"Lullaby of Broadway" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Lulu's Back In Town" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by DICK POWELL and THE MILLS BROTHERS in the film BROADWAY GONDOLIER
"Maybe" = lyrics & music by ALLAN FLYNN & FRANK MADDEN
"Men About Town" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Miss Brown To You" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER & RICHARD A. WHITING
"Moon Over Miami" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by JOE BURKE
"Moonburn" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by DONALD NOVIS and GLORIA GRAFTON in the musical Jumbo
"Mrs Worthington" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"The Music Goes 'Round And Around" = lyrics by "RED" HODGSON; music by EDWARD FARLEY & MICHAEL RILEY
"My Heart And I" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER
"My Man's Gone Now" = lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"My Romance" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"My Very Good Friend The Milkman" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by HAROLD SPINA
"No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Top Hat
"Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" = lyrics & music by JIMMIE DAVIS
"On the Beach at Bali-Bali" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN, ABNER SILVER, JACK MASKILL
"On Treasure Island" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by JOE BURKE, MYERS, WENDLING
"Paris in the Spring" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by 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" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by JUNE KNIGHT and CHARLES WALTERS in the musical Jubilee
"Red Sails In The Sunset" = lyrics by JIMMY KENNEDY; music by WILL GROSZ
"Roll Along, Prairie Moon" = lyrics & music by ALBERT VON TILZER, HARRY McPHERSON & TED FIORITO
"The Rose In Her Hair" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by DICK POWELL in the film Broadway Gondolier
"Say "Si Si"" = English lyrics by AL STILLMAN, Spanish lyrics by FRANCIA LUBAN; music by ERNESTO LECUONA
"Shadow Play" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"She's A Latin From Manhattan" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by AL JOLSON in the film Go Into Your Dance
"Shoe Shine Boy" = lyrics by SAMMY CAHN; music by SAUL CHAPLIN
"So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" = lyrics & music by WOODY GUTHRIE
"Soon (Maybe Not Tomorrow)" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Summertime" = lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle" = lyrics & music by WALTER G, SAMUELS, LEONARD WHITCUP & TEDDY POWELL
"Thanks a Million" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON. Introduced by DICK POWELL in the film Thanks a Million
"There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"There's No One With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance" = by FRANK CRUMIT, CURTIS
"These Foolish Things" = lyrics by HOLT MARVELL; music by JACK STRACHEY & HARRY LINK
"This Time It's Love" = by SAM M. LEWIS
"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Top Hat
"When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" = by HARRY M. WOODS
"Who's Been Polishing The Sun" = lyrics & music by NOEL GAY
"Why Shouldn't I?" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by MARGARET ADAMS in the musical Jubilee
"Why Stars Come Out At Night" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"With All My Heart" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by PEGGY CONKLIN in the 1936 film Her Master's Voice
"A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" = lyrics by DUBOSE HEYWARD; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"You Are My Lucky Star" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"You Hit the Spot" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Performed by FRANCES LANGFORD in the 1936 musical film Collegiate
"You Let Me Down" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by JANE FROMAN in the film Stars Over Broadway
"Your Feet's Too Big" = lyrics & music by ADA BENSON & FRED FISHER
"You're an Angel" = by JIMMY McHUGH
"You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)" = lyrics & music by 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"
recorded by NELSON EDDY, accompanied NATHANIEL SHILKRET ORCHESTRA, from film version of Naughty Marietta
"Blue Moon"
recorded by GLEN GRAY & THE CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA
"Chasing Shadows"
recorded by THE DORSEY BROTHERS ORCHESTRA
"I'm Falling in Love with Someone"
recorded by NELSON EDDY, accompanied NATHANIEL SHILKRET ORCHESTRA, from film version of Naughty Marietta
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter"
recorded by FATS WALLER & HIS RHYTHM
"In A Little Gypsy Tea Room"
recorded by BOB CROSBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
"It's A Sin to Tell a Lie"
recorded by FATS WALLER & HIS RHYTHM
"The Lady In Red"
recorded by LOUIS PRIMA
"The Object Of My Affection"
recorded by THE BOSWELL SISTERS
"On the Isle Of Capri"
recorded by RAY NOBLE & HIS ORCHESTRA
"On the Beach at Bali-Bali"
recorded by HENRY "RED" ALLEN
"Red Sails In the Sunset"
recorded by GUY LOMBARDO & HIS ROYAL CANADIANS
"When I Grow Too Old To Dream"
recorded by NELSON EDDY, accompanied NATHANIEL SHILKRET ORCHESTRA
"When I Grow Too Old To Dream"
recorded by GLEN GRAY & THE CASA LOMA ORCHESTRA
Classical Music
ALBAN BERG
Violin Concerto
HANNS EISLER
Lenin Requiem
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
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
ROGER SESSIONS
Violin Concerto in B minor
PETAR STOJANOVIC
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
ARTHUR HONEGGER
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Nerone
Musical Theatre
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
(Lyrics by Christopher Hassall; Music by 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.
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 17th August 2011
Last edited: 24th December 2023
