4 March:ARIBERT REIMANN = German composer, pianist and accompanist
6 March:SYLVIA VANDERPOOL ROBINSON = American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive (Mickey & Sylvia) = [died: 2011]
9 March:MICKEY GILLEY = American country music singer and musician
17 March:LADISLAV KUPKOVIC = Slovak composer and conductor
20 March:LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY = Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter & music producer
26 March:FRED PARRIS = American Doo-wop singer (The Five Satins)
29 March:RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT = English composer and jazz pianist = [died: 2012]
10 April:BOBBY SMITH = American R&B singer (The Spinners) = [died: 2013]
13 April:DIETER KLÖCKER = German clarinetist = [died: 2011]
17 April:PETE GRAVES = American singer (The Moonglows) = [died: 2006]
22 April:GLEN CAMPBELL = American rock and country music singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and occasional actor (one time member of The Beach Boys)
23 April:ROY ORBISON = American singer-songwriter and musician = [died: 1988]
29 April:
ALBEE CRACOLICI = American rock and roll singer (The Mystics)
APRIL STEVENS = American singer
ZUBIN MEHTA = Indian conductor
2 May:ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK = English pop singer
7 May:JIMMY RUFFIN = American soul singer = [died: 2014]
14 May:BOBBY DARIN = American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor of film and television = [died: 1973]
25 May:TOM T. HALL = American country music songwriter, singer, novelist, and short-story writer
6 June:LEVI STUBBS = American baritone singer, lead vocalist of the R&B group The Four Tops = [died: 2008]
8 June:JAMES DARREN = Italian-American television and film actor, television director, and singer
14 June:RENALDO "OBIE" BENSON = American soul and R&B singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) = [died: 2005]
19 June:SHIRLEY GOODMAN = American singer (Shirley & Lee 1950-late 1960s | Shirley & Company 1974-late 1970s) = [died: 2005]
20 June:BILLY GUY = American singer, lead singer of The Coasters = [died: 2002]
22 June:KRIS KRISTOFFERSON = American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and U.S. Army veteran
30 June:DAVE VAN RONK = American folk singer = [died: 2002]
9 July:DAVID ZINMAN = American violinist and conductor
13 July:VAZA AZARASVILI = Georgian composer
30 July:BUDDY GUY = American blues guitarist and singer
4 August:ELSBEARY HOBBS = American singer member of The Drifters 1958-60 = [died: 1996]
7 August:CHARLES WALTER POPE = American singer, member of The Tams = [died: 2013]
23 August:RUDY LEWIS = American singer member of The Drifters 1960-64 = [died: 1964]
7 September:BUDDY HOLLY = American musician, singer-songwriter and member of The Crickets = [died: 1959]
21 September:DICKEY LEE = American pop/country singer and songwriter
3 October:STEVE REICH = American composer
5 October:GEORGE "WYDELL" JONES Jr. = American singer, lead vocalist of The Edsels = [died: 2008]
7 October:CHARLES DUTOIT = Swiss conductor
24 October:BILL WYMAN = English musician, record producer, songwriter, singer bassist with The Rolling Stones 1962-93 | Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings 1997-present
11 November:JACK KELLER = American composer, songwriter and record producer = [died: 2005]
14 November:
ANTONIO GADES = Spanish flamenco dancer and choreographer = [died: 2004]
CORNELIUS GUNTER = American rhythm and blues singer, member of The Flairs, The Platters and The Coasters = [died: 1990]
16 November:WINIFRED LOVETT = American R&B vocallist, member of The Manhattans = [died: 2014]
18 November:DON CHERRY = American jazz trumpeter = [died: 1995]
19 November:RAY COLLINS = American musician, member of The Mothers of Invention = [died: 2012]
4 December:FREDDY CANNON = American rock and roll singer
14 December:ARVE TELLEFSEN = Norwegian violinist
17 December:TOMMY STEELE = English singer and actor
Timeline of Musical Events
4 January: Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade
28 March: Inaugurational concert of the São Paulo City Symphony Orchestra, conducted by ERNST MEHLICH
19 April: ALBAN BERG's Violin Concerto is premiered by LOUIS KRASNER in Barcelona
Also in 1936:-
NAT KING COLE's recording career begins
BENJAMIN BRITTEN meets PETER PEARS
COUNT BASIE begins recording with his own band, which includes LESTER YOUNG
JOSÉ ITURBI becomes conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
Published Popular Music
"At The Codfish Ball" = lyrics by SIDNEY D. MITCHELL; music by LEW POLLACK. Introduced by SHIRLEY TEMPLE and BUDDY EBSEN in the film Captain January
"Au Revoir (But Not Goodbye)" = lyrics & music by JOE GILBERT
"Awake in a Dream" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER. Introduced by MARLENE DIETRICH in the film Desire
"Bojangles Of Harlem" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Swing Time
"By Strauss" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by GRACIE BARRIE and ROBERT SHAFTER in the revue The Show is On
"Christopher Columbus" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by LEON BERRY
"Cloudy" = music by MARY LOU WILLIAMS
"Cool Water" = lyrics & music by BOB NOLAN
"Does Your Heart Beat For Me?" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by RUSS MORGAN
"Down in the Depths (on the Ninetieth Floor)" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by ETHEL MERMAN in the musical Red, Hot and Blue
"Easy To Love" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by JAMES STEWART and reprised by FRANCES LANGFORD in the film Born to Dance
"Empty Saddles" = lyrics by J. KEIRN BRENNAN; music by BILLY HILL
"Everybody Swing" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE; music by HARRY AKST
"Fancy Meeting You" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by DICK POWELL and JEANNE MADDEN in the film Stage Struck
"Farewell To Dreams" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"A Fine Romance" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in the film Swing Time
"Gee! But You're Swell" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS; music by ABEL BAER
"Get Thee Behind Me Satan" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by HARRIET HILLIARD in the film Follow the Fleet
"Glad To Be Unhappy" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by DORIS CARSON and DAVID MORRIS in the musical On Your Toes
"Gloomy Sunday" = English lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS; music by REZSO SERESS
"The Glory Of Love" = lyrics & music by BILLY HILL
"Goodnight, Irene" = lyrics & music by HUDDIE "LEADBELLY" LEDBETTER
"Goodnight My Love" = lyrics by HARRY REVEL; music by MACK GORDON
"Goody Goody" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER & MATTY MALNECK
"Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"He Ain't Got Rhythm" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by ALICE FAYE in the film On the Avenue
"He Hasn't a Thing Except Me" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by VERNON DUKE. Introduced by FANNY BRICE in the revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
"I Can't Escape From You" = lyrics & music by LEO ROBIN & RICHARD A. WHITING. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Rhythm on the Range
"I Love To Sing-a" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by AL JOLSON and CAB CALLOWAY in the film The Singing Kid
"If I Should Lose You" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER. Introduced by GLADYS SWARTHOUT and JOHN BOLES in the film Rose of the Rancho
"I'm An Old Cow Hand" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY MERCER. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Rhythm on the Range
"I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in the film Follow the Fleet
"In The Chapel In The Moonlight" = lyrics & music by BILLY HILL
"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR & SAMMY LERNER
"It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" = lyrics & music by BILLY MAYHEW
"It's De-Lovely" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by ETHEL MERMAN and BOB HOPE in the musical Red, Hot and Blue
"It's Got to Be Love" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by RAY BOLGER and DORIS CARSON in the musical On Your Toes
"I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"I've Got You Under My Skin" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by VIRGINIA BRUCE in the film Born to Dance
"Keep a Twinkle In Your Eye" = by JOHNNY MERCER, RUBE BLOOM
"Let Yourself Go" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by GINGER ROGERS in the film Follow the Fleet
"Let's Call a Heart a Heart" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON from the film Pennies From Heaven
"Let's Face the Music and Dance" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Follow the Fleet
"Life Begins at Forty" = by YELLEN, SHAPIRO
"Little Old Lady" = lyrics by STANLEY ADAMS; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"The Love Bug Will Bite You" = lyrics & music by PINKY TOMLIN
"Me and the Moon" = lyrics by WALTER HIRSCH; music by LOU HANDMAN
"Moonburn" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Anything Goes
"Moonlight and Shadows" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER. Introduced by DOROTHY LAMOUR in the film The Jungle Princess
"Music in May" = lyrics by CHRISTOPHER HASSALL; music by IVOR NOVELLO. Introduced by DOROTHY DICKSON in the musical Careless Rapture
"Never Gonna Dance" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Swing Time
"The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & IRVING KAHAL; music by DANA SUESSE
"On The Beach At Bali-Bali" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN, JACK MESKILL & ABNER SILVER
"The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" = lyrics & music by DEL LYON & LANI McINTYRE
"One, Two, Button Your Shoe" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"Oooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty?" = lyrics by CLARENCE TODD; music by CARMEN LOMBARDO
"Organ Grinder's Swing" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH & IRVING MILLS; music by WILL HUDSON
"Pennies from Heaven" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"Pick Yourself Up" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in the film Swing Time
"Play, Orchestra, Play" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Poinciana" = Spanish lyrics by MANUEL LLISO, English lyrics BUDDY BERNIER; music by NAT SIMON
"Poor Little Angeline" = lyrics & music by WILL GROSZ & JIMMY KENNEDY
"Rainbow on the River" = lyrics by PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER; music by LOUIS ALTER
"Ridin' High" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"San Francisco" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by BRONISLAW KAPER & WALTER JURMANN
"Sing Me A Swing Song" = lyrics by STANLEY ADAMS; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Sing, Sing, Sing" = lyrics & music by LOUIS PRIMA
"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" = music by RICHARD RODGERS
"There's A Bridle Hangin' On The Wall" = lyrics & music by CARSON ROBISON
"There's a Small Hotel" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" = lyrics & music by HARRY OWENS
"Too Good for the Average Man" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Touch Of Your Lips" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"Waltz In Swingtime" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN
"The Way You Look Tonight" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Swing Time
"We Saw The Sea" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Follow the Fleet
"When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South" = lyrics & music by MICHAEL CLEARY, JACQUES KRAKEUR & DAVID OPPENHEIM
"When Did You Leave Heaven?" = lyrics by WALTER BULLOCK; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"When I'm With You" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by SHIRLEY TEMPLE and TONY MARTIN in the film Poor Little Rich Girl
"When My Dreamboat Comes Home" = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND & DAVE FRANKLIN
"The Window Cleaner" = by GEORGE FORMBY, GIFFORD, CLIFFE
"With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" = lyrics & music by BILLY O'BRIEN & RAYMOND WALLACE
"With Plenty of Money and You" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Would You?" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"You (Gee But You're Wonderful)" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes" = lyrics & music by MILTON AGER, CHARLES NEWMAN & MURRAY MENCHER
"You Gotta S-M-I-L-E to Be H-A-P-P-Y" = lyrics & music by MACK GORDON & HARRY REVEL
"You Turned the Tables on Me" = lyrics by SIDNEY D. MITCHELL; music by LOUIS ALTER
"You Were There" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW
Top Hit Recordings
"Alone"
recorded by TOMMY DORSEY
"Did I Remember"
recorded by SHEP FIELDS
"A Fine Romance"
recorded by FRED ASTAIRE, accompanied NATHANIEL SHILKRET Orchestra
"The Glory of Love"
recorded by BENNY GOODMAN
"Goody Goody"
recorded by BENNY GOODMAN
"I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs"
recorded by EDDY DUCHIN
"I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket"
recorded by FRED ASTAIRE
"In the Chapel In the Moonlight"
recorded by SHEP FIELDS & His Rippling Rhythm
"Indian Love Call"
recorded by JEANETTE MacDONALD and NELSON EDDY, accompanied NATHANIEL SHILKRET Orchestra
"Is It True What They Say about Dixie?"
recorded by JIMMY DORSEY
"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
recorded by FATS WALLER
"Moon Over Miami"
recorded by EDDY DUCHIN
"The Music Goes Round and Round"
recorded by TOMMY DORSEY
"Pennies from Heaven"
recorded by BING CROSBY
"Star Dust"
recorded by BENNY GOODMAN & His Orchestra
"The Way You Look Tonight"
recorded by FRED ASTAIRE, accompanied NATHANIEL SHILKRET Orchestra
"The Martins And The Coys"
recorded by TED WEEMS and His Orchestra
"You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes"
recorded by TED WEEMS and His Orchestra with PERRY COMO
Classical Music
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Trio for Oboe, Violin and Piano
SAMUEL BARBER
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
String Quartet, Op. 11
BÉLA BARTÓK
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
ARNOLD BAX
Threnody and Scherzo
String Quartet No. 3 in F major
ERNEST BLOCH
Voice in the Wilderness
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
HENRY COWELL
String Quartet #4, "United"
DAVID DIAMOND
Violin Concerto No. 1
Concerto for String Quartet
JOHN FERNSTRÖM
Clarinet Concerto
BERTHOLD GOLDSCHMIDT
String Quartet No. 2
PAUL HINDEMITH
Trauermusik (Funeral Music)
ALAN HOVHANESS
Cello Concerto
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Piano Concerto
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orchestra
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Peter and the Wolf, for narrator and orchestra
Romeo and Juliet (ballet)
Russian Overture for orchestra
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Symphony No. 3
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Concertino for Cello and Orchestra
EDMUND RUBBRA
Sinfonia Concertante
Symphony No. 1, Op. 44
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1935–36)
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37
ROGER SESSIONS
String Quartet No. 1
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 (1935–1936)
EDGARD VARÈSE
Density 21.5
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona Nobis Pacem
ANTON WEBERN
Variations for Piano (1935–1936)
PERCY WHITLOCK
Sonata for Organ in C minor
Opera
FRANCO ALFANO
Cyrano de Bergerac
GEORGE ENESCU
Oedipe
EMMERICH KALMAN
Kaiserin Josephine
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Divadlo za branou (The Suburban Theater)
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
Amelia al Ballo
Musical Theatre
BALALAIKA starring Muriel Angelus, Roger Treville, Clifford Mollison and Betty Warren
(book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz, music by George Posford and Bernard Grun)
London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 22 and ran for 570 performances.
CARELESS RAPTURE
(Ivor Novello)
London production opened at the Theatre Royal on September 11 and ran for 295 performances.
NEW FACES OF 1936
Broadway revue opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on May 19 and ran for 193 performances.
ON YOUR TOES
Broadway production opened on April 11 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 315 performances.
OVER SHE GOES
(Music: Billy Mayerl Lyrics: Desmond Carter & Frank Eyton Book: Stanley Lupino)
London production opened at the Saville Theatre on September 23 and ran for 248 performances
RED, HOT AND BLUE
Broadway production opened on October 29 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 183 performances.
THE SHOW IS ON
Broadway revue opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 25 and ran for 237 performances.
SWING ALONG
London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 2 and ran for 311 performances
THIS'LL MAKE YOU WHISTLE starred Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph
(Guy Bolton, Frederick A. Thompson)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on September 15 and transferred to Daly's Theatre on January 21, 1937 for a total run of 190 performances.
TONIGHT AT 8:30
London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on January 9 and ran for 157 performances.
WHITE HORSE INN
Broadway production opened on October 1 at the Center Theatre and ran for 223 performances.
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc
Page created: 18th August 2011
Last edited: 24th December 2023
