27 January:JOHN OGDON = English pianist and composer = [died: 1989]
31 January:PHILIP GLASS = American composer
1 February:
DON EVERLY = American country-influenced rock and roll singer, part of The Everly Brothers
RAY SAWYER = American singer, member of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
8 February:JOE RAPOSO = Portuguese-American composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist = [died: 1989]
10 February:DON WILSON = American guitarist, member of The Ventures
20 February:NANCY WILSON = American jazz singer
27 February:DAVID ACKLES = American singer-songwriter, pianist, and child actor = [died: 1999]
19 March:CLARENCE "FROGMAN" HENRY = American rhythm and blues singer and pianist and trombonist
20 March:JERRY REED = American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter = [died: 2008]
24 March:BILLY STEWART = American scat singer = [died: 1970]
1 May:BO NILSSON = Swedish composer and lyricist
4 May:
DICK DALE = American surf rock guitarist
MARISA ROBLES = Spanish harpist
5 May:DELIA DERBYSHIRE = English musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète, best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer's theme music to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and for her pioneering work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop = [died: 2001]
9 May:
SONNY CURTIS = American singer-songwriter, guitarist, member of The Crickets
DAVE PRATER = American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave = [died: 1988]
15 May:TRINI LOPEZ = American singer, guitarist, and actor
2 June:JIMMY JONES = American singer-songwriter = [died: 2012]
4 June:FREDDY FENDER = American country musician = [died: 2006]
7 June:NEEME JÄRVI = Estonian conductor
15 June:WAYLON JENNINGS = American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor = [died: 2002]
25 June:EDDIE FLOYD = American soul/R&B singer and songwriter
6 July:
GENE CHANDLER = African-American singer, songwriter, music producer and executive
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY = Russian/Icelandic pianist and conductor
22 July:CHUCK JACKSON = American R&B singer
26 July:AL BANKS = African American doo-wop vocalist, lead tenor of The Turbans
31 July:BONNIE BROWN = American country music singer and former member of The Browns
2 August:GARTH HUDSON = Canadian multi-instrumentalist, member of The Band
6 August:BADEN POWELL DE AQUINO = Brazilian bossa nova guitarist and guitar composer = [died: 2000]
27 August:J. D. CROWE = American banjo player and bluegrass band leader
28 August:CLEM CATTINI = English rock and roll drummer, who was a member of The Tornados before becoming well known for his work as a session musician
17 September:PHIL CRACOLICI = American rock and roll musician, lead singer of The Mystics
30 September:VALENTIN SILVESTROV = Ukrainian composer and pianist
7 October:DINO VALENTI = American singer-songwriter, and the lead singer with Quicksilver Messenger Service = [died: 1994]
13 October:LORIS TJEKNAVORIAN = Iranian Armenian conductor and composer
21 October:NORMAN WRIGHT = American doo-wop singer, member of Del Vikings
24 October:SANTO FARINA = American, member of rock and roll music duo Santo & Johnny
31 October:TOM PAXTON = American folk singer-songwriter
1 November:BILL ANDERSON = American country music singer, songwriter and television personality
2 November:EARL SPEEDO CARROLL = American lead vocalist for The Cadillacs 1953-62, and later member of The Coasters = [died: 2012]
6 November:EUGENE PITT = American soul singer, founding member of The Jive Five
15 November:LITTLE WILLIE JOHN = American Rock and Roll, and R&B singer = [died: 1968]
30 November:
FRANK IFIELD = Australian easy listening and country music singer who was born in England
LUTHER INGRAM = American R&B and soul singer-songwriter = [died: 2007)
NOEL STOOKEY = American singer-songwriter, known as Paul in the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary
1 December:GORDON CROSSE = English composer
14 December:WARREN RYANES = American doo-wop baratone vocalist, member of The Monotones = [died: 1982]
17 December:ART NEVILLE = American singer, songwriter and keyboardist, part of The Neville Brothers
25 December:O'KELLY ISLEY, Jr. = American singer and one of the founding members of the family group, The Isley Brothers = [died: 1986]
30 December:JOHN HARTFORD = American folk, country and bluegrass composer and musician = [died: 2001]
date unknown:
FARHAD FAKHREDDINI = Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran's National Orchestra
Timeline of Musical Events
21 January:PAUL SACHER conducts the world première of BÉLA BARTÓK's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta in Basel
2 June: The incomplete version of ALBAN BERG's opera Lulu is premièred in Zürich (it is later completed in a version premiered in 1979)
8 June: Première of CARL ORFF's Carmina Burana in Frankfurt, Germany
30 November:RUTH ETTING divorces MARTIN SNYDER
Also in 1937:-
PERRY COMO begins singing with The TED WEEMS orchestra. FRANKIE LAINE fills Como's vacated position with The FREDDIE CARLONE band
HANK WILLIAMS' musical career begins
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON's recording career begins
RENATO CAROSONE obtains his pianoforte diploma
NATALINO OTTO introduces swing to Italy
JOHN SERRY, Sr. joins the SHEP FIELDS Rippling Rhythm Band.
Published Popular Music
"Afraid To Dream" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"After You" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW & AL SIEGEL
"All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by BRONISLAW KAPER & WALTER JURMANN
"All You Want To Do Is Dance" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Double or Nothing
"Always And Always" = lyrics by BOB WRIGHT & CHET FORREST; music by EDWARD WARD
"Am I In Love?" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by KENNY BAKER in the film Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
"Azure" = lyrics by IRVING MILLS; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Shall We Dance
"Blossoms On Broadway" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"Blue Hawaii" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER. Introduced by BING CROSBY and SHIRLEY ROSS in the film Waikiki Wedding
"Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight)" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by BERNARD HANIGHEN
"Boo-Hoo" = lyrics by EDWARD HEYMAN; music by JOHN JACOB LOEB & CARMEN LOMBARDO
"Broken Hearted Clown" = lyrics & music by DON PELOSI, HARRY LEON
"By Myself" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Camel Hop" = music by MARY LOU WILLIAMS
"Can I Forget You?" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Caravan" = lyrics by IRVING MILLS; music by JUAN TIZOL & DUKE ELLINGTON
"Carelessly" = lyrics by CHARLES KENNY & NICK KENNY; music by NORMAN ELLIS
"Cause My Baby Says It's So" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Dear Mr Gable (You Made Me Love You)" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by JAMES V. MONACO with extra lyrics by ROGER EDENS
"Did Anyone Ever Tell You?" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by VIRGINIA BRUCE in the film When Love Is Young
"Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?" = lyrics & music by JIMMY KENNEDY & MICHAEL CARR
"Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals" = music by RAYMOND SCOTT
"The Dipsy Doodle" = lyrics & music by LARRY CLINTON
"The Donkey Serenade" = lyrics by ROBERT WRIGHT, GEORGE FORREST; music by RUDOLF FRIML & HERBERT STOTHART
"Down With Love" = by E. Y. "YIP" HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN. Introduced by VIVIAN VANCE, JACK WHITING and JUNE CLYDE in the musical Hooray for What!
"Dusk In Upper Sandusky" = music by LARRY CLINTON & JIMMY DORSEY
"Easy Living" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"Everybody Sing" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"A Foggy Day" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film A Damsel in Distress
"The Folks Who Live on the Hill" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Foolin' Myself" = lyrics by JACK LAWRENCE; music by PETER TINTURIN
"For Dancers Only" = lyrics by DON RAYE & VIC SCHOEN; music by SY OLIVER
"The Girl On The Police Gazette" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"God's Country" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"Gone with the Wind" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"Goodnight Angel" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL. Introduced by JACK OAKIE and ANN MILLER in the revue Radio City Revels and performed in the film version by KENNY BAKER
"Got a Pair of New Shoes" = lyrics by ARTHUR FREED; music by NACIO HERB BROWN. Introduced by JUDY GARLAND in the film Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
"Harbour Lights" = lyrics by JIMMY KENNEDY; music by HUGH WILLIAMS
"Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING. Introduced by PRISCILLA LANE in the film Varsity Show
"Have You Met Miss Jones?" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Heigh-Ho" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by FRANK CHURCHILL
"High, Wide, and Handsome" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Home Town" = lyrics & music by JIMMY KENNEDY & MICHAEL CARR
"I Can't Be Bothered Now" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film A Damsel in Distress
"I Double Dare You" = lyrics by JIMMY EATON; music by TERRY SHAND
"I Know Now" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"I See Your Face Before Me" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"I Used to Be Color Blind" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the 1938 film Carefree
"I Was Doing All Right" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"I Wish I Were in Love Again" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I'd Rather Be Right" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"If It's The Last Thing I Do" = lyrics & music by SAMMY CAHN & SAUL CHAPLIN
"I'll Take Romance" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by BEN OAKLAND
"I'm Like A Fish Out Of Water" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"I'm Wishing" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by FRANK CHURCHILL
"In the Still of the Night" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by JOE BURKE
"It's Raining Sunbeams" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER
"It's The Natural Thing To Do" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Double or Nothing
"It's Wonderful" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by STUFF SMITH
"I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN sung by DICK POWELL & ALICE FAYE in the film On the Avenue
"I've Hitched My Wagon To A Star" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Johnny One Note" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Joint Is Jumpin'" = lyrics by ANDY RAZAF; music by FATS WALLER & JAMES C. JOHNSON
"The Lady Is a Tramp" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Lambeth Walk" = lyrics by DOUGLAS FURBER, L. ARTHUR ROSE; music by NOEL GAY
"Leaning On A Lamp Post" = lyrics & music by NOEL GAY
"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and GINGER ROGERS in the film Shall We Dance
"Let's Dance At The Make Believe Ballroom" = by ANDY RAZAF, PAUL DENNIKER
"Lisbon Antigua (In Old Lisbon)" = lyrics by HARRY DUPREE; music by RAUL PORTELA, J. GALHARDO & A. DO VALE
"Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You" = by CLIFF FRIEND, MATT MALNECK
"Love Is Here to Stay" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Me And My Girl" = lyrics & music by NOEL GAY & DOUGLAS FURBER
"The Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me" = lyrics & music by AL LEWIS, MURRAY MENCHER & CHARLES NEWMAN
"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND & DAVE FRANKLIN
"Moanin' In The Mornin'" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"The Mood That I'm In" = lyrics & music by ABNER SILVER & AL SHERMAN
"The Moon Got In My Eyes" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by ARTHUR JOHNSTON. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Double or Nothing
"The Moon Of Manakoora" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by ALFRED NEWMAN. Introduced by DOROTHY LAMOUR in the film The Hurricane
"Moonlight On The Campus" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"My Fine Feathered Friend" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH
"My Funny Valentine" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film A Damsel in Distress
"On a Little Bamboo Bridge" = lyrics by ARCHIE FLETCHER; music by AL SHERMAN
"On The Sentimental Side" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Once In A While" = lyrics by BUD GREEN; music by MICHAEL EDWARDS
"One O'Clock Jump" = music by COUNT BASIE
"One Song" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by FRANK CHURCHILL
"Peter And The Wolf" = music by SERGEI PROKOFIEV
"A Reckless Night On Board An Ocean Liner" = music by RAYMOND SCOTT
"Remember Me?" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN
"Rosalie" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Sail Along, Silvery Moon" = lyrics by HARRY TOBIAS; music by PERCY WENRICH
"A Sailboat In The Moonlight" = lyrics & music by JOHN JACOB LOEB & CARMEN LOMBARDO
"Satan Takes A Holiday" = music by LARRY CLINTON
"Sentimental and Melancholy" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD WHITING
"September In The Rain" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by JAMES MELTON in the film Melody for Two
"Shall We Dance?" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Shall We Dance
"Sing Me A Song With Social Significance" = lyrics & music by HAROLD ROME
"Slap That Bass" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and DUDLEY DICKERSON in the film Shall We Dance
"Slumming on Park Avenue" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"So Rare" = lyrics by JACK SHARPE; music by JERRY HERST
"Some Day My Prince Will Come" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by FRANK CHURCHILL. Sung by ADRIANA CASELOTTI in the animated film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
"Somebody Else is Taking My Place" = lyrics & music by DICK HOWARD, RUSS MORGAN & BOB ELLSWORTH
"South Rampart Street Parade" = music by RAY BAUDUC & BOB HAGGART
"Stiff Upper Lip" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by GRACIE ALLEN in the film A Damsel in Distress
"Stop! You're Breaking My Heart" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by BURTON LANE
"Sweet Leilani" = lyrics & music by HARRY OWENS. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Waikiki Wedding
"Sweet Someone" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL. Introduced by SIMONE SIMON in the film Love and Hisses
"Swing High, Swing Low" = lyrics by RALPH FREED; music by BURTON LANE
"Ten Pretty Girls" = lyrics & music by WILL GROSZ & JIMMY KENNEDY
"That Old Feeling" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by SAMMY FAIN
"That's What I Like 'Bout The South" = lyrics & music by ANDY RAZAF
"Then It Isn't Love" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"There's A Gold Mine In The Sky" = lyrics & music by CHARLES KENNY & NICK KENNY
"There's A Lull In My Life" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"They All Laughed" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by GINGER ROGERS in the film Shall We Dance
"They Can't Take That Away From Me" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film Shall We Dance
"Things Are Looking Up" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in the film A Damsel in Distress
"This Year's Kisses" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Thrill of a Lifetime" = lyrics by SAM COSLOW & CARMEN LOMBARDO; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER. Introduced by DOROTHY LAMOUR in the film Thrill of a Lifetime
"Tomorrow Is Another Day" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by BRONISLAW KAPER & WALTER JURMANN from the film A Day at the Races
"Too Marvelous for Words" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"The Toy Trumpet" = lyrics by SIDNEY D. MITCHELL & LEW POLLACK; music by RAYMOND SCOTT
"Triplets" = lyrics by HOWARD DIETZ; music by ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
"Trusting My Luck" = by MAURICE SIGLER, ARTHUR JOHNSTON
"Turn Off The Moon" = lyrics & music by SAM COSLOW. Introduced by KENNY BAKER in the film of the same name.
"Twilight In Turkey" = music by RAYMOND SCOTT
"Vieni, Vieni" = Italian & French lyrics by GEORGE KOGER & HENRI VARNA, English lyrics by RUDY VALLEE; music by VINCENT SCOTTO
"Wake Up And Live" = lyrics by MACK GORDON; music by HARRY REVEL
"Walter, Walter" = lyrics & music by W. E. HAINES, J. HARPER & EUGENE BUTLER
"Was It Rain?" = lyrics by WALTER HIRSCH; music by LOU HANDMAN. Introduced by FRANCES LANGFORD in the film The Hit Parade
"When Love Is Young" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH. Introduced by VIRGINIA BRUCE in the film When Love Is Young
"Where Or When" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by RAY HEATHERTON and MITZI GREEN in the musical Babes In Arms
"Whispers In The Dark" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by FREDERICK HOLLANDER. Introduced by CONNIE BOSWELL in the film Artists and Models
"Whistle While You Work" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by FRANK CHURCHILL. Sung by ADRIANA CASELOTTI in the animated film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
"With A Smile And A Song" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by FRANK CHURCHILL. Sung by ADRIANA CASELOTTI in the animated film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
"You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming" = lyrics & music by DAVE FRANKLIN & CLIFF FRIEND
"You're Laughing At Me" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN. Introduced by DICK POWELL in the film On the Avenue
Classical Music
LUCIANO BERIO
Pastorale for piano
ARTHUR BLISS
Checkmate (ballet)
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
Symphony No. 3 in B minor
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
Piano Quintet
AARON COPLAND
El Salon Mexico
DAVID DIAMOND
Psalm
GEORGE DYSON
Symphony in G major
HANNS EISLER
String Quartet
FERENC FARKAS
Concertino for Harp and Orchestra
JOHN FERNSTRÖM
Viola Concerto
ALAN HOVHANESS
Cello Concerto
JOHN IRELAND
These Things Shall Be
FRANK MARTIN
Symphony
NIKOLAI MEDTNER
sonate-idylle for piano, opus 56 in G major
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY
revision of String Quartet No. 4, composition of Symphony No. 17 in G♯ minor and Symphony No. 18 in C major
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet)
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Distribuição de Flores for flute and guitar
PERCY WHITLOCK
Wessex Suite
Opera
ALBAN BERG
Lulu
ARTHUR HONEGGER and JACQUES IBERT
L'Aiglon
KURT WEILL
The Eternal Road (Der Weg der Verheißung)
Musical Theatre
BABES IN ARMS
(Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)
Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on April 14 and ran for 289 performances
BETWEEN THE DEVIL
Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on December 23 and ran for 93 performances
HOORAY FOR WHAT!
(lyrics E. Y. Harburg, music Harold Arlen, book Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse)
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 1 and ran for 200 performances
I'D RATHER BE RIGHT
(Rodgers & Hart)
Broadway production opened on November 2 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 290 performances
ME AND MY GIRL
(Noel Gay)
London production opened on December 16 at the Victoria Palace Theatre and ran for 1646 performances.
ON YOUR TOES
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on February 5 and ran for 123 performances
PINS AND NEEDLES
Broadway revue opened at the Labor Stage Theatre on November 27 and ran for 1108 performances
SWING IS IN THE AIR
London revue opened at the Palladium on March 29
VIRGINIA
opened at the Center Theatre on September 2 and ran for 60 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 21st April 2011
Last edited: 24th December 2023
