The Ultimate 1936 in music - American History Information Guide and Reference

Contents

1 Events

2 Published popular 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
"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. Noël 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. 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
"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. Noël Coward
"You'll Have To Swing It" w.m. Sam Coslow