1937 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1938 ,
1939 In Music and the
List Of 'years In Music' .
- "And The Angels Sing" w. Johnny Mercer m. Ziggy Elman
- "At Long Last Love" w.m. Cole Porter
- "At The Roxy Music Hall" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Back Bay Shuffle" m. Artie Shaw & Teddy McRae
- "Be A Good Scout" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh Introduced by Deanna Durbin in the film '' That Certain Age ''
- "Big Noise From Winnetka" w.m. Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby , Bob Haggart & Gil Rodin
- "The Biggest Aspidistra In The World" w.m. Thomas Connor , W. G. Haines & James S. Hancock
- "Bolero At The Savoy" w.m. Charles Carpenter, Gene Krupa & James Mundy
- "Boom!" w.m. E. Ray Goetz & Charles Trenet
- "Boomps-A-Daisy" w.m. Annette Mills
- "Boum" w.m. Charles Trenet
- "Change Partners" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Cherokee" m. Ray Noble
- "Cinderella, Stay In My Arms" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Michael Carr
- "Colorado Sunset" Gilbert, Conrad
- "Dearest Love" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Deep In A Dream" w. Eddie De Lange m. James Van Heusen
- "Do You Wanna Jump Children?" w.m. James Van Heusen , Willie Bryant & Victor Selsman
- "Don't Be That Way" w. Mitchell Parish m. Edgar Sampson & Benny Goodman
- "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
- "Double Trouble" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting
- "Exhibition Swing" m. Chalmers Wood
- "F.D.R. Jones" w.m. Harold Rome. Introduced by Rex Ingram in the Revue '' Sing Out The News ''.
- "Falling In Love With Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by Muriel Angelus in the Musical '' The Boys From Syracuse ''. Performed in the 1940 Film by Allan Jones .
- " Ferdinand The Bull " w. Larry Morey m. Albert Hay Malotte . Performed by Sterling Holloway in the animated film of the same name.
- "Flat Foot Floogie" w.m. Slim Gaillard , Slam Stewart & Bud Green
- "Get Out Of Town" w.m. Cole Porter from the Musical '' Leave It To Me ''
- "Hawaiian War Chant" w. (Eng) Ralph Freed m. Johnny Noble & Prince Leleiohaku
- "Heart And Soul" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "Hi-Yo Silver" Erickson, De Leath
- "Hold Tight - Hold Tight" w.m. Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow & Willie Spotswood
- "Hong Kong Blues" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
- " Hooray For Hollywood " w. Johnny Mercer m. Richard A. Whiting
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" w.m. Ray Noble
- "I Have Eyes" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
- "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" w. Henry Nemo, John Redmond & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
- "I Love To Whistle" Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
- "I Married An Angel" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "I Must See Annie Tonight" w.m. Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin
- "I'll Be Seeing You" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
- "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" w. Jimmy Eaton m. Terry Shand
- "I'm In Love With Vienna" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II
- "In A Little Toy Sailboat" Mandell, Littau
- "In My Little Red Book" w.m. Ray Bloch, Nat Simon & Al Stillman.
- "I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
- "Jeepers Creepers" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren . Introduced by Louis Armstrong in the film '' Going Places ''.
- "Joseph! Joseph!" w.(Eng) Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin m. Nellie Casman & Samuel Steinberg
- "Jumpin' At The Woodside" m. Count Basie
- "Just Let Me Look At You" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
- "Love Walked In" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "March Of The Bob Cats" m. The Bob Cats
- "Mister Crosby And Mister Mercer" w. Johnny Mercer m. Ed Gallagher & Al Shean
- "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" w.m. Cole Porter . Introduced by Sophie Tucker in the musical '' Leave It To Me ''
- "Music, Maestro, Please" w. Herb Magidson m. Allie Wrubel
- " My Heart Belongs To Daddy " w.m. 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" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco . Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film '' Doctor Rhythm ''
- "My Heaven On Earth" w. Charles Tobias m. Phil Baker & Samuel Pokrass . Introduced by Gertrude Niesen in the film '' Start Cheering ''
- "My Own" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh from the film '' That Certain Age ''
- "My Reverie" w.m. Larry Clinton
- "Nice People" w.m. Nat Mills & Fred Malcolm
- "Nightmare" m. Artie Shaw
- "Now It Can Be Told" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Oh! Ma-Ma" w. (Eng) Lew Brown & Rudy Vallee m. Paolo Citorello
- "One Day When We Were Young" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II arr. Tiomkin
- "Paradise In The Moonlight" w.m. Gene Autry & Fred Rose from the film '' Western Jamboree ''
- "Penny Serenade" w. Hal Halifax m. Melle Weersma
- "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride" w. Johnny Mercer m. Richard A. Whiting
- "Rockin' The Town" w. Ted Koehler m. Johnny Green from the film '' Start Cheering ''
- "San Antonio Rose" m. Bob Wills
- "Says My Heart" w. Frank Loesser m. 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" w.m. Count Basie , Eddie Dunham & Jimmy Rushing
- "September Song" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill
- "Shadows On The Moon" w. Gus Kahn m. Sigmund Romberg from the film '' The Girl Of The Golden West ''
- "Sing For Your Supper" w. Lorenz Hart m. 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" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "Spring Is Here" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers . Introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal in the Musical '' I Married An Angel ''
- "Start Cheering" w. Milton Drake m. Ben Oakland. Introduced by Gertrude Niesen in the film '' Start Cheering ''.
- "The Stately Homes Of England" w.m. Noël Coward
- "That Certain Age" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh from the film '' That Certain Age ''
- "This Can't Be Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "This Is My Night To Dream" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
- "Ti-Pi-Tin" w.(Eng) Raymond Leveen (Sp) Maria Grever m. Maria Grever
- "Two Sleepy People" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
- "The Umbrella Man" w. James Cavanaugh m. Vincent Rose & Larry Stock
- " Undecided " w. Sid Robin m. Charlie Shavers
- "We're Off To See The Wizard" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
- "When I Strut Away In My Cutaway" w.m. Jimmy Durante from the film '' Start Cheering ''
- "Where Are The Songs We Sung?" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Where The Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox" w.m. Jack O'Hagan
- "While A Cigarette Was Burning" w.m. Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny
- "Who Are We To Say? (Obey Your Heart)" w. Gus Kahn m. Sigmund Romberg from the film '' The Girl Of The Golden West ''
- "You Couldn't Be Cuter" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
- " You Go To My Head " w. Haven Gillespie m. J. Fred Coots
- "You Leave Me Breathless" w. Ralph Freed m. Frederick Hollander . Introduced by Fred MacMurray in the film '' Cocoanut Grove .
- "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren
- "You're A Sweet Little Headache" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
- "You're As Pretty As A Picture" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh from the film '' That Certain Age ''
- '' The Boys From Syracuse '' ( Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart ) - Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 23 and ran for 235 performances
- '' Maritza '' aka '' Countess Maritza '', London production opened at the Palace Theatre on July 6
- '' 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
- '' 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
- '' You Never Know '', Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 21 and ran for 78 performances
- January 6 - Adriano Celentano , singer-songwriter
- January 11 - Narvel Felts , country singer
- January 13 - Paavo Johannes Heininen , composer
- January 14 - Allen Toussaint
- January 14 - Jack Jones
- January 19 - Phil Everly
- January 19 - Eskil Hemberg , composer
- January 21 - Wolfman Jack
- January 24 - Julius Arthur Hemphill , saxophonist
- January 25 - Etta James
- February 6 - Ellsworth Milburn , composer
- February 7 - Robert Frank Baksa , composer
- February 11 - Willy Correa De Oliveira , composer
- February 22 - Bobby Hendricks , The Drifters
- March 2 - Lawrence Payton , The Four Tops
- March 2 - Simon Estes , operatic bass
- March 3 - Douglas Leedy , composer
- March 12 - Dimitri Terzakis , composer
- March 13 - Hans-Joachim Hespos and Jean-Claude Risset , composers
- March 18 - Charley Pride
- March 25 - Hoyt Axton
- April 2 - Booker Little , jazz trumpeter and composer
- April 3 - Jeff Barry , songwriter
- April 7 - Freddie Hubbard
- April 7 - Spencer Dryden , Jefferson Airplane
- April 8 - Barton Keith McLean , composer
- April 13 - Frederic Rzewski , composer
- April 19 - Jonathan Tunick , composer
- April 26 - Duane Eddy
- May 4 - Tyrone Davis , singer
- May 10 - Henry Fambrough , The Spinners
- May 10 - Maxim Shostakovich , conductor
- May 10 - Philip Gordon Winsor , composer
- May 13 - John Smith , The Monotones
- May 13 - Lucille Starr , French-Canadian singer
- May 15 - Lenny Welch
- May 26 - Teresa Stratas , soprano
- May 28 - Prince Buster , ska musician
- June 9 - Charles Wuorinen , composer
- June 13 - Gwynne Howell , opera singer
- June 15 - Jean-Claude Eloy , composer
- June 20 - Mickie Most
- June 20 - Nikolay Avksentevich Martinov , composer
- June 29 - Edmund Falkiner , jazz saxophonist
- July 1 - Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
- July 4 - Bill Withers
- July 5 - Stanley Joel Silverman , composer
- July 14 - Bob Scholl , The Mello-Kings
- July 17 - Stanley Bronstein , Elephant's Memory Band
- July 28 - George Cummings , Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
- August 8 - Don Jacobucci , Regents
- August 8 - Jacques Hétu , composer
- August 13 - Dave "Baby" Cortez
- August 23 - Roger Greenaway , songwriter
- August 24 - David Freiberg , Quicksilver Messenger Service
- August 24 - Mason Williams
- August 28 - Clem Cattini , The Tornados
- September 11 - Charles Patrick , The Monotones
- September 19 - Zygmunt Krauze and Yuji Takahashi , composers
- September 21 - Atli Heimir Sveinsson , composer
- September 28 - Ben E. King
- October 3 - Eddie Cochran
- October 5 - Carlos Mastangelo , The Belmonts
- October 15 - Marv Johnson
- October 16 - Nico
- October 18 - Ronnie Bright , The Coasters
- October 24 - Fred E. Finn , pianist
- November 2 - Jay Black , Jay & The Americans
- November 4 - Harry Elston , Friends Of Distinction
- November 6 - Jim Pike , The Lettermen
- November 6 - P.J. Proby
- November 7 - Dee Clark
- November 14 - Cornelius Gunter , The Flairs , The Coasters
- November 16 - Richard Landry , composer
- November 16 - Troy Seals , singer, songwriter
- November 17 - Gordon Lightfoot
- November 17 - Alvaro Leon Cassuto , composer
- November 19 - Hank Medress , The Tokens
- December 1 - Sandy Nelson
- December 5 - J.J. Cale
- December 12 - Connie Francis
- December 18 - Chas Chandler
- December 20 - John Harris Harbison , composer
- December 28 - Charles Neville , Joey Dee & The Starlighters , The Neville Brothers
- ''date unknown'' - Joan Tower , composer
- ''date unknown'' - Fanta Damba , ''jalimosolu'' singer
- January 30 - Carl Venth , violinist and composer
- February 21 - Albert Huybrechts , composer
- March 2 - Ben Harney , ragtime composer & entertainer
- March 9 - Sydney Baynes , composer
- March 12 - Lyda Roberti , actress and singer
- April 5 - Reine Davies , actress and singer
- April 8 - Joe "King" Oliver , jazz trumpeter & band leader
- April 12 - Feodor Chaliapin
- April 18 - Richard Runciman Terry , musicologist
- June 26 - James Weldon Johnson , US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist
- July 27 - James Thornton , English-born US songwriter and Vaudeville comedian
- August 14 - Landon Ronald , pianist and composer
- August 16 - Robert Johnson , blues man
- August 30 - James Scott , ragtime composer
- September 28 - Con Conrad , songwriter
- October 22 - May Irwin , vaudeville star
- October 27 - Alma Gluck , soprano
- November 21 - Leopold Godowsky , pianist and composer
- December 4 - Dina Appeldoorn , pianist and composer
- December 10 - Mario Pilati , composer
- December 14 - Marie F. M. Emmanuel , musicologist and composer
- ''date unknown'' - Fred Barnes , music hall entertainer
- ''date unknown'' - Papa Charlie Jackson , blues musician
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