''See also:''
1937_in_music,
other events of 1938,
1939_in_music and the
List_of_'years_in_music'.
==Events==
*January_16 - Benny_Goodman plays the first jazz concert at Carnegie_Hall
*January 16 - Béla_Bartók's ''Sonata_for_two_pianos_and_percussion'' is premiered in Basel
*September_22 - Anton_Webern's ''String Quartet'' is premiered in Pittsfield,_Massachusetts
* 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
==Top hit recordings==
*"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Ella_Fitzgerald with Chick_Webb
*"Begin the Beguine" by Artie_Shaw
*"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by The_Andrews_Sisters
*"Cry, Baby, Cry" by Larry_Clinton
*"Don't Be That Way" by Benny_Goodman
*"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" by Bing_Crosby
*"Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy_Dorsey
*"My Reverie" by Larry_Clinton
*"Thanks for the Memory" by Shep_Fields
*"Ti-Pi-Tin" by Horace_Heidt
*Walking_On_The_Kings_Highway by The_Carter_Family
==Published popular 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
* "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
* "Music, Maestro, Please" w. Herb_Magidson m. Allie_Wrubel
* "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" w.m. Cole_Porter
* "My Heart Is Taking Lessons" w. Johnny Burke m. James_V._Monaco
*"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
* "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 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_McHughfrom the film ''That_Certain_Age''
==Classical music==
*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''
*Ernst_Toch - ''Cantata of Bitter Herbs''
*Leó_Weiner - ''Divertimento for Strings no 2''
==Opera==
*Paul_Hindemith - ''Mathis der Maler''
*Dmitri_Kabalevsky - ''Colas Breugnon''
*Ernst_Krenek - ''Karl V''
*Douglas_Stuart_Moore - ''The_Devil_and_Daniel_Webster''
==Musical_theater==
* ''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
==Musical_films==
* ''The Girl Of The Golden West''
* ''The_Great_Waltz'' released November_4 starring Luise_Rainer and Miliza_Korjus. Oscar_Hammerstein_II contributed new English lyrics to the music of Johann_Strauss_II
*''Radio_City_Revels'' released February_11 starring Bob_Burns, Jack_Oakie and Kenny_Baker and featuring Jane_Froman performing with Hal_Kemp's orchestra.
* ''Start_Cheering'' released March_3 starring Jimmy_Durante, Gertrude_Niesen and the Three_Stooges.
* ''Sweethearts''
* ''That_Certain_Age'' released October_7 starring Deanna_Durbin. Songs by (lyrics) Harold_Adamson and (music) Jimmy_McHugh
==Births==
*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_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_Tornadoes
*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
==Deaths==
*January_30 - Carl_Venth, violinist and composer
*February_21 - Albert_Huybrechts, composer
*March_2 - Ben_Harney, ragtime composer & entertainer
*March_9 - Sydney_Baynes, composer
*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
*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'' - Papa_Charlie_Jackson, blues musician
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