15 June:JEAN-CLAUDE ELOY = French composer of instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic music
20 June:MICKIE MOST = English record producer = [died: 2003]
24 June:EDMUND FALKINER = jazz saxophonist
26 June:BILLY DAVIS Jr. = American musician, member of The 5th Dimension
1 July:PANDIT HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA = Indian bansuri player
4 July:BILL WITHERS = American singer-songwriter and musician
5 July:RONNIE SELF = American rockabilly singer and songwriter = [died: 1981]
9 July:PAUL SEIKO CHIHARA = American composer
16 July:TONY JACKSON = English bass guitar player and singer who was a member of The Searchers = [died: 2003]
17 July:STANLEY BRONSTEIN = American rock musician, member of The Elephant's Memory Band
28 July:GEORGE CUMMINGS = American guitarist and songwriter, member of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
8 August:JACQUES HÉTU = Canadian composer and music educator = [died: 2010]
13 August:DAVE "BABY" CORTEZ = American pop and R&B organist and pianist
21 August:
ERNIE MARESCA = American singer, songwriter and record company executive = [died: 2015]
KENNY ROGERS = American singer, songwriter and record producer
23 August:ROGER GREENAWAY = English singer-songwriter, record producer ("David" of David & Jonathan)
24 August:
DAVID FREIBERG = American musician who has contributed vocals, keyboards, bass guitar, guitar, viola and percussion to Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship
MASON WILLIAMS = American guitarist and composer
2 September:JIMMY CLANTON = American singer
3 September:LARRY GROSSMAN = American composer of Broadway musicals, as well as scores for film and television, notably The Muppet Show
6 September:JOAN TOWER = American composer, concert pianist and conductor
11 September:CHARLES PATRICK = American lead singer with doo-wop vocal group The Monotones
19 September:ZYGMUNT KRAUZE = Polish composer of contemporary classical music, educator and pianist
21 September:
ATLI HEIMIR SVEINSSON = Icelandic composer
YUJI TAKAHASHI = Japanese composer, performer, pianist, and author
28 September:BEN E. KING = American soul and R&B singer and record producer, one-time member of The Drifters = [died: 2015]
3 October:EDDIE COCHRAN = American musician = [died: 1960]
10 October:DICKIE ROCK = Irish singer
15 October:
MARV JOHNSON = American R&B and soul singer = [died: 1993]
FELA KUTI = Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, musician, composer, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, human rights activist, and political maverick = [died: 1997]
16 October:NICO = German singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress = [died: 1988]
18 October:RONNIE BRIGHT = American R&B and doo wop singer, one-time member of The Coasters = [died: 2015]
2 November:JAY BLACK = American singer, lead singer of Jay and the Americans
4 November:HARRY ELSTON = American vocalist with Friends Of Distinction
6 November:
JIM PIKE = American vocalist, member of The Lettermen 1959-1974
P.J. PROBY = American singer, songwriter, and actor
7 November:DEE CLARK = American soul singer = [died: 1990]
11 November:NARVEL FELTS = American country music singer
16 November:TROY SEALS = American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
17 November:GORDON LIGHTFOOT = Canadian singer-songwriter
19 November:HANK MEDRESS = American singer and record producer, member of The Tokens = [died: 2007]
1 December:SANDY NELSON = American drummer
5 December:J. J. CALE = American singer-songwriter, recording artist and influential guitar stylist = [died: 2013]
8 December:BERNIE KRAUSE = American musician and ecologist
10 December:YURI TEMIRKANOV = Russian conductor of Circassian (Kabardian) origin
12 December:CONNIE FRANCIS = American pop singer
18 December:CHAS CHANDLER = English musician, record producer and manager = [died: 1996]
20 December:JOHN HARRIS HARBISON = American composer
28 December:CHARLES NEVILLE = American musician, member of R&B/soul/funk group The Neville Brothers
date unknown:
FANTA DAMBA = Malian jalimosolu singer
Timeline of Musical Events
16 January:
BENNY GOODMAN plays the first jazz concert at Carnegie Hall.
BÉLA BARTÓK's Sonata for two pianos and percussion is premiered in Basel.
First recording of MAHLER's Ninth, a live performance by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by BRUNO WALTER at the Musikverein, the same location the conductor and orchestra had presented the premiere 26 years earlier.
12 May:ARTHUR HONEGGER's oratorio, Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher is premiered in Basel, with IDA RUBINSTEN as Jeanne.
22 September: ANTON WEBERN's String Quartet is premiered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Also in 1938:-
Composer RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS begins an affair with URSULA WOOD
ROY ACUFF's musical career begins
SISTER ROSETTA THARPE's musical career begins
PETE SEEGER's musical career begins
ROBERT LOCKWOOD, Jr.'s musical career begins
JELLY ROLL MORTON speaks, sings, and plays piano for an eight-hour Library of Congress recorded sound documentary produced by ALAN LOMAX
FRED BUSCAGLIONE and LEO CHIOSSO meet
Published Popular Music
"And the Angels Sing" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by ZIGGY ELMAN
"At Long Last Love" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"At The Roxy Music Hall" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Back Bay Shuffle" = music by ARTIE SHAW & TEDDY McRAE
"Be A Good Scout" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH introduced by DEANNA DURBIN in the film That Certain Age
"Big Noise From Winnetka" = lyrics & music by RAY BAUDUC, BOB CROSBY, BOB HAGGART & GIL RODIN
"The Biggest Aspidistra In The World" = lyrics & music by THOMAS CONNOR, W. G. HAINES & JAMES S. HANCOCK
"Bolero at the Savoy" = lyrics & music by CHARLES CARPENTER, GENE KRUPA & JAMES MUNDY
"Boom!" = lyrics & music by E. RAY GOETZ & CHARLES TRENET
"Boomps-A-Daisy" = lyrics & music by ANNETTE MILLS
"Boum" = lyrics & music by CHARLES TRENET
"Change Partners" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN introduced by FRED ASTAIRE in Carefree
"Cherokee" = music by RAY NOBLE
"Cinderella, Stay In My Arms" = lyrics by JIMMY KENNEDY; music by MICHAEL CARR
"Colorado Sunset" = by GILBERT, CONRAD
"Dearest Love" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Deep In A Dream" = lyrics by EDDIE DE LANGE; music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN
"Do You Wanna Jump Children?" = lyrics & music by JAMES VAN HEUSEN, WILLIE BRYANT & VICTOR SELSMAN
"Don't Be That Way" = lyrics by MITCHELL PARISH; music by EDGAR SAMPSON & BENNY GOODMAN
"Don't Let That Moon Get Away" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by RUBE BLOOM
"Double Trouble" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER & RICHARD A. WHITING
"Exhibition Swing" = music by CHALMERS WOOD
"F.D.R. Jones" = lyrics & music by HAROLD ROME. Introduced by REX INGRAM in the revue Sing Out the News
"Falling In Love With Love" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MURIEL ANGELUS in the musical The Boys from Syracuse. Performed in the 1940 film by ALLAN JONES
"Ferdinand the Bull" = lyrics by LARRY MOREY; music by ALBERT HAY MALOTTE. Performed by STERLING HOLLOWAY in the animated film of the same name.
"Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)" = lyrics & music by SLIM GAILLARD, SLAM STEWART & BUD GREEN
"Get Out of Town" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER from the musical Leave It to Me!
"Hawaiian War Chant" = English lyrics by RALPH FREED; music by JOHNNY NOBLE & PRINCE LELEIOHAKU
"Heart And Soul" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Hi-Yo Silver" = by ERICKSON, DE LEATH
"Hold Tight - Hold Tight" = lyrics & music by LEONARD KENT, EDWARD ROBINSON, LEONARD WARE, JERRY BRANDOW & WILLIE SPOTSWOOD
"Hong Kong Blues" = lyrics & music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Hooray for Hollywood" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"I Can Dream, Can't I?" = lyrics by IRVING KAHAL; music by SAMMY FAIN. Performed by TAMARA in the 1938 musical Right This Way
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" = lyrics & music by RAY NOBLE
"I Have Eyes" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" = lyrics by HENRY NEMO, JOHN REDMOND & IRVING MILLS; music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"I Love To Whistle" = by HAROLD ADAMSON, JIMMY McHUGH
"I Married An Angel" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I Must See Annie Tonight" = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND & DAVE FRANKLIN
"I'll Be Seeing You" = lyrics by IRVING KAHAL; music by SAMMY FAIN
"I'll Tell the Man in the Street" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by VIVIENNE SEGAL and WALTER SLEZAK in the musical I Married an Angel. Performed in the film version by NELSON EDDY
"I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" = lyrics by JIMMY EATON; music by TERRY SHAND
"I'm In Love With Vienna" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JOHANN STRAUSS II
"In A Little Toy Sailboat" = by MANDELL, LITTAU
"In My Little Red Book" = lyrics & music by RAY BLOCH, NAT SIMON & AL STILLMAN
"I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Jeepers Creepers" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HARRY WARREN. Introduced by LOUIS ARMSTRONG in the film Going Places
"Joseph! Joseph!" = English lyrics by SAMMY CAHN & SAUL CHAPLIN; music by NELLIE CASMAN & SAMUEL STEINBERG
"Jumpin' At The Woodside" = music by COUNT BASIE
"Just Let Me Look at You" = lyrics by DOROTHY FIELDS; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by IRENE DUNNE in the film Joy of Living
"Love Walked In" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"March Of The Bob Cats" = music by THE BOB CATS
"Mister Crosby And Mister Mercer" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by ED GALLAGHER & AL SHEAN
"Moments Like This" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by BURTON LANE. Introduced by FLORENCE GEORGE in the film College Swing
"Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by SOPHIE TUCKER in the musical Leave It to Me!
"Music, Maestro, Please" = lyrics by HERB MAGIDSON; music by ALLIE WRUBEL
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER. Introduced by MARY MARTIN in the musical Leave It to Me!. MISS MARTIN also performed it in the 1946 film Night and Day. MARILYN MONROE sang the song in the 1960 film Let's Make Love
"My Heart Is Taking Lessons" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO. Introduced by BING CROSBY in the film Doctor Rhythm
"My Heaven On Earth" = lyrics by CHARLES TOBIAS; music by PHIL BAKER & SAMUEL POKRASS. Introduced by GERTRUDE NIESEN in the film Start Cheering
"My Own" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH from the film That Certain Age
"My Reverie" = lyrics & music by LARRY CLINTON
"Nice People" = lyrics & music by NAT MILLS & FRED MALCOLM
"Nightmare" = music by ARTIE SHAW
"Now it Can Be Told" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Oh! Ma-Ma" = English lyrics by LEW BROWN & RUDY VALLEE; music by PAOLO CITORELLO
"One Day When We Were Young" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JOHANN STRAUSS II; arranged by TIOMKIN
"The One I Love Will Come Along Some Day" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by BRONISLAW KAPER & WALTER JURMANN. Introduced by ALLAN JONES in the film Everybody Sing
"Paradise In The Moonlight" = lyrics & music by GENE AUTRY & FRED ROSE from the film Western Jamboree
"Penny Serenade" = lyrics by HAL HALIFAX; music by MELLE WEERSMA
"Please Be Kind" = lyrics & music by SAMMY CAHN & SAUL CHAPLIN
"Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by RICHARD A. WHITING
"Rockin' The Town" = lyrics by TED KOEHLER; music by JOHNNY GREEN from the film Start Cheering
"San Antonio Rose" = music by BOB WILLS
"Says My Heart" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by BURTON LANE. Introduced by HARRIET HILLIARD with HARRY OWENS & his Orchestra in the film Cocoanut Grove
"Sent For You Yesterday, And Here You Come Today" = lyrics & music by COUNT BASIE, EDDIE DUNHAM & JIMMY RUSHING
"September Song" = lyrics by MAXWELL ANDERSON; music by KURT WEILL
"Shadows On The Moon" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG from the film The Girl Of The Golden West
"Sing for Your Supper" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by MARCY WESTCOTT, MURIEL ANGELUS and WYNN MURRAY in the musical The Boys from Syracuse. Performed in the 1940 film by MARTHA RAYE
"Small Fry" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL. Introduced by BING CROSBY, FRED MacMURRAY and DONALD O'CONNOR in the film Sing You Sinners
"Spring Is Here" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by DENNIS KING and VIVIENNE SEGAL in the musical I Married an Angel
"Start Cheering" = lyrics by MILTON DRAKE; music by BEN OAKLAND. Introduced by GERTRUDE NIESEN in the film Start Cheering
"The Stately Homes Of England" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Thanks for the Memory" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"That Certain Age" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH from the film That Certain Age
"This Can't Be Love" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"This Is My Night To Dream" = lyrics by JOHNNY BURKE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Ti-Pi-Tin" English lyrics by RAYMOND LEVEEN, Spanish lyrics & music by MARIA GREVER
"Two Sleepy People" = lyrics by FRANK LOESSER; music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"The Umbrella Man" = lyrics by JAMES CAVANAUGH; music by VINCENT ROSE & LARRY STOCK
"Undecided" = lyrics by SID ROBIN; music by CHARLIE SHAVERS
"We're Off to See the Wizard" = lyrics by E. Y. HARBURG; music by HAROLD ARLEN
"When I Strut Away In My Cutaway" = lyrics & music by JIMMY DURANTE from the film Start Cheering
"Where Are The Songs We Sung?" = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"Where The Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox" = lyrics & music by JACK O'HAGAN
"While A Cigarette Was Burning" = lyrics & music by CHARLES KENNY & NICK KENNY
"Who Are We To Say? (Obey Your Heart)" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG from the film The Girl Of The Golden West
"You Couldn't Be Cuter" = lyrics by Dorothy Fields; music by JEROME KERN
"You Go To My Head" = lyrics by HAVEN GILLESPIE; music by J. FRED COOTS
"You Leave Me Breathless" = lyrics by RALPH FREED; music by FRIEDRICH HOLLAENDER. Introduced by FRED MacMURRAY in the film Cocoanut Grove
"You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" = lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER; music by HARRY WARREN
"You're A Sweet Little Headache" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN; music by RALPH RAINGER
"You're As Pretty As A Picture" = lyrics by HAROLD ADAMSON; music by JIMMY McHUGH from the film That Certain Age
"You're What's The Matter With Me" = lyrics & music by JIMMY KENNEDY and MICHAEL CARR. Introduced by HARRY RICHMAN and EVELYN DALL in the film Kicking the Moon Around
Classical Music
JEAN ABSIL
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1
ALAN BUSH
Piano Concerto, op. 18, with baritone and male choir in last movement
AARON COPLAND
Billy the Kid (ballet)
HANNS EISLER
Roman Cantata
HAMILTON HARTY
The Children of Lir
ROY HARRIS
Symphony No. 3
HERBERT HOWELLS
Hymnus Paradisi
JANIS IVANOVS
Symphony No. 3
FRANK MARTIN
Sonata da chiesa
CARL ORFF
Carmina Burana
WALTER PISTON
Symphony No. 1
SILVESTRE REVUELTAS
Sensemayá: Chant for the Killing of a Snake
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No. 1
ERNST TOCH
Cantata of Bitter Herbs
LEÓ WEINER
Divertimento for Strings no 2
Opera
PAUL FREDERIC BOWLES
Denmark Vesey
PAUL HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler
DMITRI KABALEVSKY
Colas Breugnon
JERONIMAS KACINSKAS
Nonet
ERNST KRENEK
Karl V
DOUGLAS STUART MOORE
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Musical Theatre
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE
(Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)
Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 23 and ran for 235 performances
GREAT LADY
Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on December 1 and ran for only 20 performances
HELLZAPOPPIN'
Broadway revue opened at the 46th Street Theatre on September 22 and ran for 1404 performances
I MARRIED AN ANGEL
Broadway production opened at the Sam S. Shubert Theatre on May 11 and ran for 338 performances
KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY
Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on October 19 and ran for 168 performances
LEAVE IT TO ME!
Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 9 and ran for 291 performances
MARITZA AKA COUNTESS MARITZA
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on July 6
NINE SHARP
London production opened at The Little Theatre on January 26 and ran for 405 performances
OPERETTE
London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on March 16
RIGHT THIS WAY
Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 5 and ran for 14 performances
SING OUT THE NEWS
Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on September 24 and ran for 105 performances
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
London revue opened at the Palladium on September 29
YOU NEVER KNOW
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 21 and ran for 78 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 18th August 2011
Last edited: 24th December 2023
