1935 in music

Events

April 8 - B�la Bart�k's String Quartet No. 5 is premiered in Washington, DC
April 23 - Your Hit Parade premieres on radio
Swing music evolves from jazz
Frank Sinatra's musical career begins
Ella Fitzgerald's musical career begins
Natalino Otto's debut on US radio

Published popular music

"About A Quarter To Nine" words: Al Dubin music: Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
"According To The Moonlight" w. Jack Yellen & Herb Magidson m. Joseph Meyer
"Alone" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced by Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle in the film A Night At The Opera
"Animal Crackers In My Soup" w. Ted Koehler & Irving Caesar m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Shirley Temple in the film Curly Top
"A Beautiful Lady In Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis m. J. Fred Coots
"Begin The Beguine" w.m. Cole Porter
"Bess Oh Where Is My Bess" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" w. Du Bose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"The Blues Jumped A Rabbit" w.m. Jimmie Noone
"Broadway Rhythm" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"The Broken Record" w.m. Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias & Boyd Bunch
"But Where Are You?" w.m. Irving Berlin
"The Buzzard" m. Bud Freeman
"Buzzard Song" Heyward, Gershwin
"Casino De Paree" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
"Cheek To Cheek" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" w.m. A. A. Milne & Harold Fraser-Simson
"Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"The Cockeyed Mayor Of Kaunakakai" w. R. Alex Anderson & Al Stillman m. R. Alex Anderson
"Cosi Cosa" w. Ned Washington m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
"Curly Top" w. Ted Koehler m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by John Boles in the film Curly Top
"Darling, Je Vous Aime, Beaucoup" w.m. Anna Sosenko
"Dinner For One, Please James" w.m. Michael Carr
"The Dixieland Band" m. Johnny Mercer m. Bernard Hanighen
"Don't Give Up The Ship" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Don't Mention Love To Me" Oscar Levant & Dorothy Fields
"Down By The River" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Dust Off That Old Pianna" w.m. Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks
"East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon" w.m. Brooks Bowman
"Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matt Malneck
"Every Little Moment" w. Dorothy Fields m.Jimmy McHugh
"Everything's Been Done Before" w.m. Harold Adamson, Jack King & Edwin H. Knopf
"Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart" w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & Maurice Sigler
"Fanlight Fanny" George Formby, Gifford, Cliffe
"From The Top Of Your Head" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"Got A Bran' New Suit" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie)Here Comes Cookie" w.m. Mack Gordon
"Honky Tonk Train" m. Meade Lux Lewis
"Hooray For Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"I Can't Get Started" w. Ira Gershwin m. Vernon Duke
"I Dream Too Much (Alone)" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
"I Feel A Song Coming On" w. Dorothy Fields & George Oppenheimer m. Jimmy McHugh
"I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' " w. Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
"I Loves You Porgy" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"I Wish I Were Aladdin" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"I Wished On The Moon" w. Dorothy Parker m. Ralph Rainger
"I Won't Dance" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
"I'd Love To Take Orders From You" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"I'd Rather Lead A Band" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again" w.m. Harry Woods
"I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown" w. Johnny Mercer m. Fred Astaire
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" w. Joe Young m. Fred E. Ahlert
"I'm In The Mood For Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"I'm Living In A Great Big Way" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"I'm Shooting High" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
"I'm Sitting High On A Hilltop" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston
"In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
"In A Sentimental Mood" w. Manny Kurtz & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
"In The Middle Of A Kiss" w.m. Sam Coslow
"Isn't This A Lovely Day" w.m. Irving Berlin
"It Ain't Necessarily So" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"It's An Old Southern Custom" w. Jack Yellen m. Joseph Meyer
"It's Easy To Remember" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"I've Got My Fingers Crossed" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
"Just One Of Those Things" w.m. Cole Porter
"The Lady In Red" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel
"Last Night When We Were Young" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
"Let's Dance" w.m. Fanny Baldridge, Gregory Stone & Joseph Bonime
"Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together)" w. Joe Young m. Frank E. Ahlert
"Lights Out" by Billy Hill
"A Little Bit Independent" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
"A Little White Gardenia" w.m. Sam Coslow
"Love Is A Dancing Thing" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Love Me Forever" by Gus Kahn
"Lovely To Look At" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
"Lullaby Of Broadway" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Lulu's Back In Town" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Maybe" w.m. Allan Flynn & Frank Madden
"Men About Town" w.m. No�l Coward
"Miss Brown To You" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting
"Moon Over Miami" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
"Moonburn" w. Edward Heyman m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Mrs Worthington" w.m. No�l Coward
"The Music Goes 'Round And Around" w. "Red" Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley
"My Heart And I" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander
"My Man's Gone Now" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
"My Romance" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"My Very Good Friend The Milkman" w. Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina
"No Strings" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
"Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" w.m. Jimmie Davis
"On Treasure Island" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke, Myers, Wendling
"The Piccolino" by Irving Berlin
"A Picture Of Me Without You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by June Knight and Charles Walters in the musical Jubilee
"Red Sails In The Sunset" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Will Grosz
"Roll Along, Prairie Moon" w.m. Albert Von Tilzer, Harry McPherson & Ted Fiorito
"The Rose In Her Hair" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Say "Si Si"" w. (Eng) Al Stillman (Sp) Francia Luban m. Ernesto Lecuona
"Shadow Play" w.m. No�l Coward
"She's A Latin From Manhattan" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
"Shoe Shine Boy" w. Sammy Cahn m. Saul Chaplin
"So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" w.m. Woody Guthrie
"Soon (Maybe Not Tomorrow)" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Summertime" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
"Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle" w.m. Walter G, Samuels, Leonard Whitcup & Teddy Powell
"There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"There's No One With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance" Frank Crumit, Curtis
"These Foolish Things" w. Holt Marvell m. Jack Strachey & Harry Link
"This Time It's Love" by Sam Lewis
"Top Hat, White Tie And Tails" w.m. Irving Berlin
"When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" Harry Woods
"Who's Been Polishing The Sun" w.m. Noel Gay
"Why Shouldn't I?" by Cole Porter
"Why Stars Come Out At Night" w.m. Ray Noble
"A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" w. Du Bose Heyward m. George Gershwin
"You Are My Lucky Star" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Your Feet's Too Big" w.m. Ada Benson & Fred Fisher
"You're an Angel" by Jimmy McHugh
"You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)" w.m. Gene Autry
"Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" w.m. James F. Hanley

Top hit recordings

"Blue Moon" by Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
"Chasing Shadows" by The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" by Fats Waller & His Rhythm
"In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" by Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
"It's A Sin to Tell a Lie" by Fats Waller & His Rhythm
"The Object Of My Affection" by the Boswell Sisters
"The Lady In Red" by Louis Prima
"On the Isle Of Capri" by Ray Noble & His Orchestra
"Red Sails In the Sunset" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
"When I Grow Too Old To Dream" by Glen Grey & The Casa Loma Orchestra

Classical music

Hanns Eisler - Lenin Requiem
Paul Hindemith - Der Schwanendreher (viola concerto)
Roger Sessions - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Opera

Arthur Honegger - Jeanne d'Arc au b�cher
Pietro Mascagni - Nerone

Musical theater

Glamorous Night (Ivor Novello) - London production opened at the Theatre Royal on May 2 and ran for 243 performances
Jubilee Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12 and ran for 169 performances.
Porgy And Bess (George Gershwin) - Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 10 and ran for 124 performances
Stop Press London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 21.

Musical films

The Broadway Melody Of 1936
Curly Top released August 2 starring Shirley Temple
George White's 1935 Scandals
Go Into Your Dance released April 20 starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
Naughty Marietta
Reckless
Roberta
Stars Over Broadway released November 5 starring Jane Froman and James Melton
Top Hat

Births

January 8 - Elvis Presley
January 10 - Ronnie Hawkins, The Hawks
February 5 - Alex Harvey
February 11 - Gene Vincent
February 12 - Gene McDaniels
February 12 - Ray Manzarek, The Doors
February 16 - Sonny Bono
February 27 - Mirella Freni
March 31 - Herb Alpert
April 5 - Peter Grant
April 7 � Bobby Bare, American singer/songwriter
April 19 - Dudley Moore, English composer, pianist and actor
May 10 - Larry Williams
May 27 - Ramsey Lewis
June 25 - Eddie Floyd
July 8 - Steve Lawrence
July 17 - Diahann Carroll, US actress and singer
July 17 - Peter Schickele, comopser
July 23 - Cleveland Duncan, The Penguins
August 30 - John Phillips, The Mamas and Papas
September 8 - John Sylvia, Tune Weavers
September 19 - Nick Massi, The Four Seasons
September 29 - Jerry Lee Lewis
September 30 - Johnny Mathis
October 1 - Julie Andrews
October 12 - Luciano Pavarotti
October 12 - Sam Moore, Sam and Dave
October 14 - La Monte Young, composer
October 15 - Barry McGuire
November 27 - Al Jackson, Booker T. & the M.G.'s
December 1 - Lou Rawls
December 23 - Little Esther Phillips
December 26 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, The Four Tops

Deaths

January 28 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer
May 17 - Paul Dukas, composer
September 23 - DeWolf Hopper, US actor and singer
November 28 - Erich von Hornbostel, musicologist
December 24 - Alban Berg

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