list of 'years in music'.
Events July 20 - Billboard magazine publishes its first "Music Popularity Chart" November 23 - Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Quintet is premiered December 6 - Arnold Schoenberg's Violin Concerto is premiered Thelonius Monk begins performing Woody Guthrie's musical career begins Top hit records "Careless" - Glenn Miller "Frenesi" - Artie Shaw "I'll Never Smile Again" - Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra "In the Mood" - Glenn Miller "Only Forever" - Bing Crosby "Sierra Sue" - Bing Crosby "Trade Winds" - Bing Crosby "Tuxedo Junction" - Glenn Miller "When You Wish Upon a Star" - Glenn Miller "The Woodpecker Song" - Glenn Miller Published popular songs "Ain't It A Shame About Mame" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "All Over The Place" w.m. Noel Gay "All This And Heaven Too" w. Eddie De Lange m. James Van Heusen "Along The Santa Fe Trail" w. Al Dubin & Edwina Coolidge m. Will Grosz "April Played The Fiddle" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Arm In Arm" Church, Bradbury "The Bad Humour Man" w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy McHugh "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" w.m. Don Raye, Hugie Prince & Eleanore Sheehy "Because Of You" w. Arthur Hammerstein m. Dudley Wilkinson "Beneath The Lights Of Home" Grossman, Jurmann "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Bless 'Em All" w.m. Jimmie Hughes & Frank Lake "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" Arthur Young, William Shakespeare, Evans "Blueberry Hill" w.m. Al Lewis, Larry Stock & Vincent Rose "Boog It" w.m. Jack Palmer, Cab Calloway & R. "Buck" Ram "The Breeze And I" w. Al Stillman m. Ernesto Lecuona "Buds Won't Bud" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen "Cabin In The Sky" w. John Latouche m. Vernon Duke "The Call Of The Canyon" w.m. Billy Hill "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind" w. Robert De Leon m. Hoagy Carmichael "Celery Stalks At Midnight" m. Will Bradley & George Harris "Concerto For Cootie" m. Duke Ellington "Contrasts" m. Jimmy Dorsey "Cotton Tail" m. Duke Ellington "Den Of Iniquity" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Devil May Care" w. Johnny Burke m. Harry Warren "Do I Worry?" w.m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth "Dolores" w. Frank Loesser m. Louis Alter "Down The Road Apiece" w.m. Don Raye "Falling Leaves" w. Mack David m. Frankie Carle "Ferry Boat Serenade" w. (Eng) Harold Adamson (Ital) Mario Panzeri m. Eldo di Lazzaro "The Five O'Clock Whistle" w.m. Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon & Gene Irwin "Flamingo" w. Edmund Anderson m. Ted Grouya "Fools Rush In" w. Johnny Mercer m. Rube Bloom "Friendship" w.m. Cole Porter "Good For Nothin' Joe" Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom "Harlem Nocturne" w. Dick Rogers m. Earle Hagen "Hear My Song, Violetta" w. (Ger) Ermenegildo Carosio & Othmar Klose (Eng) Buddy Bernier & Bob Emmerich m. Rudolf Luckesch & Othmar Klose "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline "High On A Windy Hill" w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer "How High The Moon" w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis "I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "I Hear A Rhapsody" w.m. George Fragos, Jack Baker & Dick Gasparre "I Hear Music" w. Frank Loesser m. Burton Lane "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town" w.m. William Weldon & Andy Razaf "I'm Looking For A Guy Who Plays Alto And Baritone And Doubles On A Clarinet And Wears A Size 37 Suit" w.m. Ozzie Nelson "I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight" w. Herb Magidson m. Allie Wrubel "Imagination" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen "Intermezzo" w. Robert Henning m. Heinz Provost "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" w.m. Billy Austin & Louis Jordan "It Never Entered My Mind" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "It Was A Lover And His Lass" w. William Shakespeare m. Arthur Young "It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World" w.m. John Rox "It's A Great Day For The Irish" w.m. Roger Edens "It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow" w.m. Irving Berlin "It's Always You" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen "It's The Same Old Shillelagh" w.m. Pat White "I've Got No Strings" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline "Java Jive" w. Milton Drake m. Ben Oakland "Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina" w.m. Sunny Skylar, Bette Cannon & Arthur Shaftel "The Last Time I Saw Paris" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern "Let The People Sing" w.m. Noel Gay, Ian Grant & Frank Eyton "Let There Be Love" w. Ian Grant m. Lionel Rand "Let's Be Buddies" w.m. Cole Porter "Louisiana Purchase" w.m. Irving Berlin "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please" w.m. Cole Porter "Make-Believe Island" w. Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny m. Will Grosz & Sam Coslow "Mamma" w. B. Cherubini m. C. A. Bixio "Mister Meadowlark" w. Johnny Mercer m. Walter Donaldson "Never No Lament" m. Duke Ellington "New San Antonio Rose" w.m. Bob Wills "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" w. Eric Maschwitz m. Manning Sherwin "On Behalf Of The Visiting Firemen" w. Johnny Mercer m. Walter Donaldson "Only Forever" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Our Love Affair" w. Arthur Freed m. Roger Edens "Outside Of That, I Love You" Irving Berlin "The Pessimistic Character" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Playmates" w.m. Saxie Dowell "Polka Dots And Moonbeams" w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen "Pompton Turnpike" w.m. Will Osborne & Dick Rogers "Practice Makes Perfect" w.m. Don Roberts & Ernest Gold "Rhumboogie" w.m. Don Raye & Hughie Prince "Room 504" Posford, Maschwitz "Say It (Over And Over Again)" w. Frank Loesser m. Jimmy McHugh "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat" w.m. Don Raye "The Singing Hills" w.m. Mack David, Sammy Mysels & Dick Sanford "Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga" w. Charles Newman m. James V. Monaco "Summit Ridge Drive" m. Artie Shaw "Taking A Chance On Love" w. John Latouche & Ted Fetter m. Vernon Duke "There I Go" w. Hy Zaret m. Irving Weiser "There's A Boy Coming Home On Leave" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy "Trade Winds" w. Charles Tobias m. Cliff Friend "Two Dreams Met" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren "Wabash Cannon Ball" w.m. A. P. Carter "Walkin' Through Mockin' Bird Lane" Lowell Peters, Clarence Jones, John Turner "Waltzing In The Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Robert Stolz "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music" w. Robert Sour m. Henry Manners "We Three" w.m. Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels & Dick Robertson "Well, Did You Evah?" w.m. Cole Porter "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano" w.m. Leon René "Whispering Grass" w. Fred Fisher m. Doris Fisher "The Woodpecker Song" w. (Eng) Harold Adamson (Ital) C. Bruno m. Eldo di Lazzaro "Worried Mind" w.m. Jimmie Davis & Ted Daffan "Yes, Indeed!" w.m. Sy Oliver "Yes, My Darling Daughter" w.m. Jack Lawrence "You Are My Sunshine" w.m. Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell "You Stepped Out Of A Dream" w. Gus Kahn m. Nacio Herb Brown "Zip" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers Musical theater All In Fun Apple Sauce London production The Beggar's Opera London revival Cabin In The Sky Broadway production Higher And Higher Hold On To Your Hats John Henry Keep Off The Grass Louisiana Purchase Broadway production Pal Joey Broadway production Panama Hattie Broadway production White Horse Inn London revival Musical films The Boys From Syracuse If I Had My Way Irene Little Nellie Kelly New Moon No, No, Nanette Births January 8 - Little Anthony Gourdune, Little Anthony & The Imperials January 22 - Addie Harris, The Shirelles January 31 - Sandy Yaguda, Jay & The Americans February 2 - Alan Caddy, The Tornados February 3- Angelo D'Aleo, Dion and the Belmonts February 10 - Roberta Flack February 10 - Jimmy Merchant, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers February 11 - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett February 19 - Smokey Robinson February 20 - Barbara Ellis, The Fleetwoods February 28 - Joe South February 28 - Marty Sanders, Jay & The Americans February 29 - Gretchen Christopher, The Fleetwoods March 10 - Dean Torrence, Jan and Dean March 11 - Mike Hugg, Manfred Mann March 12 - Al Jarreau March 13 - Daniel Bennie, The Reflections March 14 - Loretta Lynn March 15 - Phil Lesh, The Grateful Dead March 17 - Vito Picone, The Elegants April 12 - Herbie Hancock April 13 - Lester Chambers, The Chambers Brothers April 17 - Billy Fury April 24 - George Tomsco, The Fireballs May 8 - Rick Nelson May 17 - Taj Mahal May 19 - Mickey Newbury June 7 - Tom Jones June 8 - Nancy Sinatra June 8 - Sherman Garnes, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers June 11 - Joey Dee June 13 - Bobby Freeman June 23 - Adam Faith June 26 - Billy Davis Jr, The Fifth Dimension July 7 - Ringo Starr, drummer for The Beatles July 16 - Tony Jackson, The Searchers July 22 - George Clinton August 10 - Bobby Hatfield, The Righteous Brothers August 14 - Dash Croft, Seals and Crofts August 19 - Johnny Nash August 19 - Jonathan Cook, David & Jonathan August 20 - John Lantree, The Honeycombs September 2 - Jimmy Clanton September 7 - Ronnie Dove September 9 - Joe Negroni, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers September 11 - Bernie Dwyer, Freddie & The Dreamers September 18 - Frankie Avalon September 19 - Bill Medley, The Righteous Brothers October 8 - Fred Cash, The Impressions October 9 - John Lennon October 14 - Cliff Richard October 19 - Larry Chance, The Earls October 21 - Jimmy Beaumont, The Skyliners October 23 - Fred Marsden, Gerry & The Pacemakers October 26 - Keith Hopwood, Herman's Hermits November 4 - Delbert McClinton November 14 - Fred Garrity, Freddie & the Dreamers November 16 - John Ryanes, The Monotones November 21 - Dr. John November 28 - Bruce Channel November 29 - Chuck Mangione December 3 - Jim Freeman, The Five Satins December 4 - Freddie Cannon December 4 - John Cale, The Velvet Underground December 11 - David Gates, Bread December 12 - Dionne Warwick December 19 - Phil Ochs December 21 - Frank Zappa December 21 - Ray Hildebrand, Paul & Paula December 23 - Tim Hardin December 23 - Eugene Record, The Chi-Lites December 23 - Jorma Kaukonen, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna December 26 - Phil Spector Deaths
