1936 in music

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See also: 1935 in music, other events of 1936, 1937 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• January 4 - Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade
• April 19 - in Barcelona, Alban Berg's Violin Concerto is premiered by Louis Krasner
• Tony Bennett's musical career begins
• Eddie Taylor's musical career begins
• The Monroe Brothers' musical careers begin
• Nat King Cole's musical career begins
• Benjamin Britten meets Peter Pears

Published popular music

• "At The Codfish Ball" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Sam H. Stept
• "Au Revoir (But Not Goodbye)" w.m. Joe Gilbert
• "Awake in a Dream" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander. Introduced by Marlene Dietrich in the film Desire.
• "Bojangles Of Harlem" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Swing Time.
• "By Strauss" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Gracie Barrie and Robert Shafter in the revue The Show Is On
• "Christopher Columbus" w. Andy Razaf m. Leon Berry
• "Cloudy" Williams
• "Cool Water" w.m. Bob Nolan
• "Does Your Heart Beat For Me?" w. Mitchell Parish m. Russ Morgan
• "Down In The Depths (On The Ninetieth Floor)" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Red, Hot and Blue.
• "Easy To Love" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by James Stewart and reprised by Frances Langford in the film Born To Dance
• "Empty Saddles" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Billy Hill
• "Farewell To Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Sigmund Romberg
• "A Fine Romance" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time.
• "Glad To Be Unhappy" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Gloomy Sunday" w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis m. Rezso Seress
• "The Glory Of Love" w.m. Billy Hill
• "Goodnight, Irene" w.m. Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
• "Goody Goody" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matty Malneck
• "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?" w.m. Noël Coward
• "He Ain't Got Rhythm" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Can't Escape From You" w.m. Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting. Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Rhythm on the Range.
• "I'm An Old Cow Hand" w.m. Johnny Mercer. Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Rhythm on the Range.
• "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Follow the Fleet.
• "In The Chapel In The Moonlight" w.m. Billy Hill
• "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" w. Irving Caesar & Sammy Lerner
• "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie" w.m. Billy Mayhew
• "It's D'Lovely" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope in the musical Red, Hot and Blue
• "It's Got To Be Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Ray Bolger and Doris Carson in the musical On Your Toes.
• "I've Got A Feeling You're Fooling" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "I've Got You Under My Skin" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Virginia Bruce in the film Born To Dance.
• "Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye" Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
• "Let Yourself Go" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Follow the Fleet
• "Let's Call A Heart A Heart" w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston from the film Pennies From Heaven
• "Let's Face The Music And Dance" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet.
• "Life Begins At Forty" Yellen, Shapiro
• "Little Old Lady" w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael
• "The Love Bug Will Bite You" w.m. Pinky Tomlin
• "Me and the Moon" w. Walter Hirsch m. Lou Handman
• "Moonlight And Shadows" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander. Introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the film The Jungle Princess

"Music in May" w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello. Introduced by Dorothy Dickson in the musical Careless Rapture

"Never Gonna Dance" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Swing Time

"The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" w. Billy Rose & Irving Kahal m. Dana Suesse

"On The Beach At Bali-Bali" w.m. Al Sherman, Jack Meskill & Abner Silver

"The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" w.m. Del Lyon & Lani McIntyre

"One, Two, Button Your Shoe" w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston

"Oooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty?" w. Clarence Todd m. Carmen Lombardo

"Organ Grinder's Swing" w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Will Hudson

"Pennies From Heaven" w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston

"Pick Yourself Up" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time

"Play, Orchestra, Play" w.m. Noël Coward

"Poinciana" w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon

"Poor Little Angeline" w.m. Will Grosz & Jimmy Kennedy

"Rainbow On The River" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter

"Ridin' High" w.m. Cole Porter

"San Francisco" w. Gus Kahn m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann

"Sing Me A Swing Song" w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael

"Sing, Sing, Sing" w.m. Louis Prima

"Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" m. Richard Rodgers

"There's A Bridle Hangin' On The Wall" w.m. Carson Robison

"There's A Small Hotel" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" w.m. Harry Owens

"Too Good For The Average Man" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

"The Touch Of Your Lips" w.m. Ray Noble

"Waltz In Swingtime" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern

"The Way You Look Tonight" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Swing Time

"We Saw The Sea" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet

"When A Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South" w.m. Michael Cleary, Jacques Krakeur & David Oppenheim

"When Did You Leave Heaven?" w. Walter Bullock m. Richard A. Whiting

"When My Dreamboat Comes Home" w.m. Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin

"The Window Cleaner" George Formby, Gifford, Cliffe

"With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" w.m. Billy O'Brien & Raymond Wallace

"With Plenty Of Money And You" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren

"Would You?" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown

"You (Gee But You're Wonderful)" w. Harold Adamson m. Walter Donaldson

"You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes" w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Newman & Murray Mencher

"You Gotta S-M-I-L-E To Be H-A-P-P-Y" w.m. Mack Gordon & Harry Revel

"You Were There" w.m. Noël Coward

"You'll Have To Swing It" w.m. Sam Coslow

Top hit recordings

• "Alone" by Tommy Dorsey
• "Did I Remember" by Shep Fields
• "A Fine Romance" by Fred Astaire
• "The Glory of Love" by Benny Goodman
• "Goody Goody" by Benny Goodman
• "I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs" by Eddy Duchin
• "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" by Fred Astaire
• "In the Chapel In the Moonlight" by Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm
• "Indian Love Call" - Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy
• "Is It True What They Say about Dixie?" by Jimmy Dorsey
• "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" by Fats Waller
• "Moon Over Miami" by Eddy Duchin
• "The Music Goes Round and Round" by Tommy Dorsey
• "Pennies from Heaven" by Bing Crosby
• "Star Dust" by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
• "The Way You Look Tonight" by Fred Astaire
• In Italy, "Crapa Pelada" by Alberto Rabagliati

• Grażyna Bacewicz - Trio for Oboe, Violin and Piano
• Samuel Barber - String Quartet
• Samuel Barber - Symphony No. 1
• Béla Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
• Ernest Bloch - Voice in the Wilderness
• Henry Cowell - String Quartet #4, "United"
• John Fernström - Clarinet Concerto
• Paul Hindemith - Trauermusik (Funeral Music)
• Alan Hovhaness - Cello Concerto
• Aram Khachaturian - Piano Concerto
• Bohuslav Martinů - Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orchestra
• Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf, for narrator and orchestra
• Sergei Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (ballet)
• Sergei Prokofiev - Russian Overture for orchestra
• Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 3
• Albert Roussel - Concertino for Cello and Orchestra
• Edmund Rubbra - Sinfonia Concertante
• Edmund Rubbra - Symphony No. 1, Op. 44
• Arnold Schoenberg - Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1935-36)
• Arnold Schoenberg - String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37
• Roger Sessions - String Quartet No. 1
• Dmitri Shostakovich - 'Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43 (1935-1936)
• Edgard Varèse - Density 21.5
• Anton Webern - Variations for Piano (1935-1936)
• Percy Whitlock - Sonata for Organ in C minor

• Franco Alfano - Cyrano de Bergerac
• George Enescu - Oedipe
• Emmerich Kalman - Kaiserin Josephine
• Bohuslav Martinu - Divadlo za branou (The Suburban Theater)
• Gian Carlo Menotti - Amelia al Ballo

• Balalaika London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on December 22 and ran for 570 performances.
• Careless Rapture (Ivor Novello) - London production opened at the Theatre Royal on September 11 and ran for 295 performances.
• New Faces Of 1936 Broadway revue opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on May 19 and ran for 193 performances.
• On Your Toes Broadway production opened on April 11 at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 315 performances.
• Red, Hot And Blue Broadway production opened on October 29 at the Alvin Theatre and ran for 183 performances.
• The Show Is On Broadway revue opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on December 25 and ran for 237 performances.
• [[Tonight at 8:30]] London production opened at the Phoenix Theatre on January 9 and ran for 157 performances.
• White Horse Inn Broadway production opened on October 1 at the Center Theatre and ran for 223 performances.

• Born To Dance released November 27 starring Eleanor Powell, Virginia Bruce, James Stewart, Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen and the vocal group The Foursome.
• Collegiate released January 22 starring Jack Oakie and Frances Langford and featuring songwriters Mack Gordon and Harry Revel.
• Dancing Pirate
• Follow The Fleet starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
• The Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce and Ray Bolger.
• Poor Little Rich Girl released July 24 starring Shirley Temple, Alice Faye, Jack Haley and featuring Tony Martin.
• Public Nuisance No. 1 starring Frances Day.
• Rhythm on the Range released July 1 starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer.
• Rose-Marie
• Show Boat
• Stage Struck starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Frank McHugh, Jeanne Madden and The Yacht Club Boys.
• Suzy
• Swing Time starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Births

• January 2 - Roger Miller, singer
• January 14 - Clarence Carter, singer
• January 24:
• *Doug Kershaw
• *Jack Scott
• February 6 - Donnie Brooks
• February 9 - Stompin' Tom Connors, folk musician
• February 19 - Bob Engermann, The Lettermen
• February 22 - Ernie K-Doe
• March 9 - Mickey Gilley
• March 16 - Teresa Berganza, operatic mezzo-soprano
• March 26 - Fred Parris, The Five Satins
• March 29 - Richard Rodney Bennett, composer
• April 4 - Margo Sylvia, Tune Weavers
• April 10 - Bobbie Smith, The Spinners
• April 17 - Pete Graves, The Moonglows
• April 22 - Glen Campbell
• April 23 - Roy Orbison
• April 29:
• *Albee Cracolici, The Mystics
• *April Stevens
• *Zubin Mehta, conductor
• May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck
• May 6 - Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson, Mickey & Sylvia
• May 14 - Bobby Darin
• May 25 - Tom T. Hall
• June 3 - Boots Randolph, session musician
• June 6 - Levi Stubbs, The Four Tops
• June 19:
• *Tommy DeVito, The Four Seasons
• *Shirley Goodman of Shirley & Lee, Shirley & Co.
• June 20 - Billy Guy, The Coasters
• June 22 - Kris Kristofferson
• June 30 - Dave Van Ronk
• July 10 - David Zinman
• July 30 - Buddy Guy, blues guitarist
• August 4 - Elsberry Hobbs, The Drifters
• August 7 - Charles Pope, The Tams
• August 23 - Rudy Lewis, The Drifters
• September 7 - Buddy Holly
• October 3:
• *James Darren
• *Steve Reich
• October 5 - George Jones Jr., The Edsels
• October 7 - Charles Dutoit
• October 24 - Bill Wyman, The Rolling Stones
• November 11 - Jack Keller, songwriter
• November 12 - Charlotte Davis, Tune Weavers
• November 14 - Antonio Gades, flamenco dancer
• November 18:
• *Hank Ballard
• *Don Cherry, jazz musician
• December 17 - Tommy Steele, singer

Deaths

• January 2 - Harry B. Smith, US songwriter
• January 7 - Guy d'Hardelot, composer and pianist
• March 21 - Alexander Glazunov, composer
• April 7 - Marilyn Miller, US actress, dancer and singer
• April 18 - Ottorino Respighi, composer
• May 25 - Jan Levoslav Bella, composer
• November 11 - Sir Edward German, composer
• November 17 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto
• date unknown - Claudia Muzio, opera singer

 

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