1936 in music

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Top hit recordings
4 Classical music
5 Opera
6 Musical theater
7 Musical films
8 Births
9 Deaths

Events

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

Published popular music

"At The Codfish Ball" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Sam H. Stept

"Au Revoir (But Not Goodbye)" w.m. Joe Gilbert

"Bojangles Of Harlem" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
"By Strauss" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"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
"Easy To Love" w.m. Cole Porter
"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
"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. NoÃÂ«l Coward
"He Ain't Got Rhythm" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Can't Escape From You" w.m. Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
"I'm An Old Cow Hand" w.m. Johnny Mercer
"I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" w.m. Irving Berlin
"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 De-Lovely" w.m. Cole Porter
"It's Got To Be Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"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
"Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye" Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
"Let Yourself Go" w.m. Irving Berlin
"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
"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
"Moonlight And Shadows" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander
"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Never Gonna Dance" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
"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
"Play, Orchestra, Play" w.m. NoÃÂ«l 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
"We Saw The Sea" w.m. Irving Berlin
"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. NoÃÂ«l 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
"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

Classical music

BÃÂ©la BartÃÂ³k - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Paul Hindemith - Trauermusik (Funeral Music)
Aram Khachaturian - Piano Concerto

Opera

George Enescu - Oedipe

Musical theater

Balalaika London production
Careless Rapture (Ivor Novello) - London production
New Faces Of 1936 Broadway production
On Your Toes Broadway production
Red, Hot And Blue Broadway production
London production
White Horse Inn Broadway production

Musical films

Collegiate

Dancing Pirate

Follow The Fleet

The Great Ziegfeld
Rose-Marie
Show Boat
Suzy
Swing Time

Births

January 2 - Roger Miller
January 14 - Clarence Carter
January 24 - Doug Kershaw
January 28 - Jack Scott
February 19 - Bob Engermann, The Lettermen
February 22 - Ernie K. Doe
March 9 - Mickey Gilley
March 26 - Fred Parris, The Five Satins
April 4 - Margo Sylvia, Tune Weavers
April 10 - Bobbie Smith, The Spinners
April 17 - Pete Graves, The Moonglows
April 22 - Glen Campbell, US country singer and guitarist
April 23 - Roy Orbison
April 29 - Albee Cracolici, The Mystics
April 29 - April Stevens
May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck
May 6 - Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson, Mickey & Sylvia
May 14 - Bobby Darin
May 25 - Tom T. Hall
June 6 - Levi Stubbs, The Four Tops
June 19 - Tommy DeVito The Four Seasons
June 19 - Shirley Goodman Shirley & Lee, Shirley & Co
June 20 - Billy Guy, The Coasters
June 22 - Kris Kristofferson
June 30 - Dave Van Ronk
July 10 - David Zinman, conductor
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
October 3 - Steve Reich, composer
October 5 - George Jones Jr, The Edsels
October 7 - Charles Dutoit, conductor
October 24 - Bill Wyman, The Rolling Stones
November 12 - Charlotte Davis, Tune Weavers
November 18 - Hank Ballard
November 18 - Don Cherry
December 1 - Lou Rawls
December 17 - Tommy Steele

Deaths

January 2 - Harry B. Smith, US songwriter
March 21 - Alexander Glazunov, composer
November 11 - Sir Edward German, composer
November 17 - Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto