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EVENTS

May 3 - Francis Poulenc 's '' Concert Champêtre '' for Harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris

May 17 - Sergei Prokofiev 's '' Symphony No. 3 '' is premiered in Paris

December 31 - Guy Lombardo plays " Auld Lang Syne " for the first time

Cab Calloway 's musical career begins

Charley Patton 's musical career begins

T-Bone Walker 's musical career begins

Memphis Minnie 's musical career begins

Gene Autry 's musical career begins

Amédé Ardoin makes the first recordings of Zydeco in Louisiana

TOP BLUES RECORDS

"That Crawling Baby Blues" - Blind Lemon Jefferson

"Travelin' Blues" - Blind Willie McTell

"Christmas In Jail" - Leroy Carr

"Hot Fingers" - Lonnie Johnson

"High Water Everywhere" - Charley Patton

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"Adios Muchachos" Raven, Cesar Vedani m. Julio Sanders

" Ain't Misbehavin' " w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks

"Am I Blue?" w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst

"Any Old Time" w.m. Jimmie Rodgers

"Around The Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. Art Kassel

"The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)" w.m. Cole Porter

"Barnacle Bill The Sailor" w.m. Carson Robison & Frank Luther

"Big City Blues" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler & Con Conrad

"Bilbao Song" w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer w. (Ger) Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill English lyrics 1961

"Black And Blue" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller

" Bolero " m. Maurice Ravel

"Broadway Melody" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"Can Broadway Do Without Me?" w.m. Jimmy Durante

"Can't We Be Friends?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift

"Chant Of The Jungle" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"Corrine, Corrina" w. J. Mayo Williams & Bo Chatman

"Cross Your Fingers" w. Arthur Swanstrom & Benny Davis m. J. Fred Coots

"Cryin' For The Carolines" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren

"Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. Sam Coslow

"Dear Little Cafe" w.m. Noel Coward

"Deep Night" w. Rudy Vallee m. Charlie Henderson

"Do Something" w. Bud Green m. Sam H. Stept

"Do What You Do" w. Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn m. George Gershwin

"Don't Ever Leave Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern

"Dream Lover" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger

"Every Little Moment" w.m. Vivian Ellis

"Feeling Sentimental" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin

"Find Me A Primitive Man" w.m. Cole Porter

"Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do" w.m. Charles Straight, Joe Bennett & George Little

"Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" w. Andy Razaf & Don Redman m. Don Redman

"Great Day!" w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans

" Happy Days Are Here Again " w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager

"Have A Little Faith In Me" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren

"Here Am I" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern

"He's A Good Man To Have Around" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager

"High And Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz

"Honeysuckle Rose" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller

"How Am I To Know?" w. Dorothy Parker m. Jack King

"I Got A Code In My Dose" w.m. Arthur Fields , Fred Hall & Billy Rose

"I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz

"I Have To Have You" Leo Robin , Richard A. Whiting

"I Lift Up My Finger" w.m. Leslie Sarony

"I May Be Wrong" w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan

"If I Can't Have You" w. Al Bryan m. George W. Meyer

"If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

"If Love Were All" w.m. Noel Coward

"I'll See You Again" w.m. Noel Coward

"I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

"I'm A Gigolo" w.m. Cole Porter

"I'm In Seventh Heaven" w.m. Al Jolson , B. G. De Sylva , Lew Brown & Ray Henderson

"I'm Just A Vagabond Lover" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Leon Zimmerman

"I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling" w. Billy Rose m. Fats Waller & Harry Link

"Kansas City Kitty" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson

"Keepin' Myself For You" w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans

"Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" w.m. Irving Berlin

"Little By Little" w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan

"The Little Things You Do" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"Liza" w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin

"Looking At You" w.m. Cole Porter

"Louise" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting

"Lovable And Sweet" w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant

"Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding

"March Of The Grenadiers" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger Introduced by Jeanette MacDonald in the film '' The Love Parade

"Maybe Who Knows" John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting

"Mean To Me" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert

"The Minor Drag" m. Thomas "Fats" Waller

"Miss Hannah" w.m. Don Redman & John Nesbitt

"Miss You" w.m. Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias & Henry Tobias

"Moanin' Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Ralph Rainger

"More Than You Know" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans

"My Ideal" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase

"My Kinda Love" w. Jo Trent m. Louis Alter

"My Love Parade" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger

"My Mother's Eyes" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer

"My Sin" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

"Nobody's Using It Now" Clifford Grey, Victor Schertzinger

"On The Amazon" w. Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Vivian Ellis

"Orange Blossom Time" w. Joe Goodwin m. Gus Edwards

"Pagan Love Song" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"Painting the Clouds With Sunshine" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke

"Paris, Stay the Same" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger

"Piccolo Pete" w.m. Phil Baxter

" Puttin' On The Ritz " w.m. Irving Berlin

"Raisin' the Roof" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh

"Reaching For Someone" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson

"Rockin' Chair" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael

"Romance" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson

"Satisfied!" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend

"Serenade of Love" by Irving Caesar

"Seventh Heaven" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack

"She's Such A Comfort To Me" w. Douglas Furber, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief & Donovan Parsons m. Arthur Schwartz

"She's Wonderful" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson

"A Ship Without A Sail" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"Should I?" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"Siboney" w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona

"Singin' In the Bathtub" w.m. Herb Magidson, Ned Washington & Michael H. Cleary

" Singin' In The Rain " w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Barris

"S'posin"' w. Andy Razaf m. Paul Denniker

"Spread A Little Happiness" w.m. Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers & Greatrex Newman

" Star Dust " w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael Music 1927.

"Sunny Side Up" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

"Thank Your Father" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

"Then You've Never Been Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted Fiorito

" Thinking Of You " w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby

"True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting

"Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting

"Waiting At The End Of The Road" w.m. Irving Berlin

"Wake Up And Dream" w.m. Cole Porter

"Walk Right In" Cannon, Woods, Darling, Suanoe

"Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine" w. Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin m. Sammy Fain

"The Wedding Of The Painted Doll" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"What Is This Thing Called Love?" w.m. Cole Porter

"What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney

"When It's Springtime In The Rockies" w. Mary Hale Woolsey & Milton Taggert m. Robert Sauer

"Why Can't I?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"Why Do You Suppose?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"Why Was I Born?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern

" With A Song In My Heart " w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

" Without A Song " w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans

"You Do Something To Me" w.m. Cole Porter

"You Were Meant For Me" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"Yours Sincerely" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"You've Got That Thing" w.m. Cole Porter

"Zigeuner" w.m. Noël Coward

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Samuel Barber - ''Serenade'' quartet or string orchestra

Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 1

Arnold Bax - Symphony No. 3

Henry Cowell - ''Piano Concerto''

Pierre-Octave Ferroud - Violin Sonata

Paul Juon - ''Litaniae'' for Piano, Violin and Cello in C sharp minor

Wilhelm Kempff - Symphony No. 2

Ildebrando Pizzetti - ''Rondo Veneziano''

Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 3 E Flat Major, Op. 20

William Walton - Viola Concerto

OPERA

MUSICAL THEATER

'' Bitter Sweet '' ( Noel Coward ) - London and Broadway productions

'' Boom Boom '' Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 28 and ran for 72 performances

'' Die Dreigroschenoper '' Vienna production

'' Fifty Million Frenchmen '' Broadway production

'' Follow Thru '' Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 9 and ran for 401 performances

'' Follow Through '' London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 3 and ran for 148 performances

'' Hold Everything '' London production

'' Hot Chocolates '' Broadway production

'' Das Land Des Lächelns '' ( Franz Lehár ) - Berlin production

'' The Little Show '' Broadway production

'' Mr Cinders '' London production

'' Show Boat '' ( Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II ) - Paris production

'' Spring Is Here '' Broadway production

'' Toad Of Toad Hall '' London production

'' Wake Up And Dream '' London and Broadway productions

MUSICAL FILM S

'' The Broadway Melody ''

'' The Cocoanuts ''

'' The Desert Song ''

'' The Glad Rag Doll ''

'' Glorifying The American Girl ''

'' Gold Diggers Of Broadway ''

'' Hollywood Revue Of 1929 ''

'' Honky Tonk ''

'' The Love Parade ''

'' On With The Show! ''

'' Paris released November 7 starring Irène Bordoni , Jack Buchanan and Zasu Pitts .

'' Rio Rita ''

'' Sally ''

'' Show Boat ''

'' Sunny Side Up ''

RECORDED POPULAR MUSIC

"Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters

"Button Up Your Overcoat" by Helen Kane

"Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho" by Rudy Vallee

"I Want To Be Bad" by Annette Hanshaw

"I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You" by Aileen Stanley

"I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band

"If I Had A Talking Picture of You" by Johnny Hamp 's Kentucky Serenaders

"Louise" by Maurice Chevalier

"Louise/So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys , featuring Bing Crosby

"Makin' Whoopie" by Eddie Cantor

"Maybe, Who Knows?" by Kate Smith

"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by Bessie Smith

"Piccolo Pete" by Ted Weems & His Orchestra

" Singin' In The Rain " by Cliff Edwards

" Stardust " by Isham Jones & His Orchestra

"What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra

"You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?" by Rudy Vallee

BIRTHS

January 6 - Wilbert Harrison

January 28 - Mr Acker Bilk

February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith , US composer for film and television

March 4 - Bernard Haitink

April 6 - André Previn

April 29 - Peter Sculthorpe , composer

May 1 - Sonny James

May 3 - Denise Lor

May 25 - Beverly Sills

July 3 - Pedro Iturralde , composer

June 9 - Johnny Ace

June 23 - June Carter Cash

July 9 - Lee Hazlewood

July 18 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

August 12 - Buck Owens

August 24 - William Winfield , The Harptones

September 13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov , operatic bass

October 2 - Kenneth Leighton , composer

October 26 - Neal Matthews The Jordanaires

November 10 - Marilyn Bergman , US songwriter

November 11 - LaVern Baker

November 28 - Berry Gordy Jr. , Record Producer

November 30 - Dick Clark , host of '' American Bandstand ''

December 6 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt , conductor

December 25 - Billy Horton , The Silhouettes

December 25 - Chris Kenner

DEATHS

February 24 - André Messager , conductor and composer

June 2 - Don Murray , Jazz clarinettist

June 4 - Harry Frazee , producer of Broadway musicals

August 3 - Emile Berliner , inventor of the gramophone

August 19 - Sergei Diaghilev , ballet impresario

''date unknown'' - Frederick Weatherly , songwriter