1933 in music

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

[edit] Events

January 23 - Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 is premiered in Frankfurt
National Association for American Composers and Conductors is founded by Henry Hadley.
Billie Holiday is "discovered" singing at Monette's club.
Perry Como begins singing with the Freddie Carlone orchestra
Gorni Kramer forms his first jazz band
John Serry, Sr. performs as the first on stage concert accordion soloist at the Radio City Music Hall.

[edit] Published popular music

"After All, You're All I'm After" words: Edward Heyman music: Arthur Schwartz
"Ah, But Is It Love?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. Introduced by Lillian Miles and Roger Pryor in the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More" w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina
"Are You Makin' Any Money?" w.m. Herman Hupfeld. Introduced by Lillian Miles in the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"Beautiful Girl" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" w.(English language) Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin (Yiddish) Jacob Jacobs m. Sholem Secunda
"Black Moonlight" w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow. Introduced by Kitty Kelly in the film Too Much Harmony.
"Blue Jazz" m. Gene Gifford
"Blue Lou" w.m. Edgar Sampson & Irving Mills
"Blue Prelude" w.m. Joe Bishop & Gordon Jenkins
"The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Build A Little Home" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"By A Waterfall" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
"Carioca" w. Gus Kahn & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
"Close Your Eyes" w.m. Bernice Petkere
"Coffee In The Morning, Kisses In The Night" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"The Day You Came Along" w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow
"Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"Dinner at Eight" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"Doin' The Uptown Lowdown" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"Don't Blame Me" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"Down The Old Ox Road" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
"Drop Me Off in Harlem" w. Nick Kenny m. Duke Ellington
"Dusty Shoes" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"Easter Parade" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Everything I Have Is Yours" w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane
"Experiment" w.m. Cole Porter
"Flying Down To Rio" w. Edward Eliscu & Gus Kahn m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Flying Down to Rio
"Forty-Second Street" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Gimme A Pigfoot" w.m. Wesley Wilson
"Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Love" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Claudette Colbert in the film Torch Singer
"Gotta Get Up And Go To Work" w.m. Herman Hupfeld. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"A Guy What Takes His Time" w.m. Ralph Rainger
"Happy As The Day Is Long" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"Harlem On My Mind" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Waters in the musical As Thousands Cheer.
"Heat Wave" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Hey, Young Fella" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
"Honeymoon Hotel" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in the film Footlight Parade
"How Could We Be Wrong?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Gertrude Lawrence in the musical Nymph Errant
"How's Chances?" w.m. Irving Berlin, Introduced by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb in the musical As Thousands Cheer
"A Hundred Years From Today" w. Ned Washington & Joe Young m. Victor Young
"Hustlin' And Bustlin' For Baby" w.m. Harry M. Woods
"I Cover The Waterfront" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green
"I Found A New Way To Go To Town" Dubois, Ellison, Harvey
"I Just Couldn't Take It Baby" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols
"I Like Mountain Music" w. James Cavanaugh m. Frank Weldon
"I Took My Harp To A Party" w. Desmond Carter m. Noel Gay
"I Wanna Be Loved" w. Edward Heyman & Billy Rose m. John Green
"I'm No Angel" w.m. Gladys Du Bois, Ben Ellison & Harvey O. Brooks
"I'm Satisfied" w. Mitchell Parish m. Duke Ellington
"Inka Dinka Doo" w.m. Jimmy Durante & Ben Ryan
"Isn't It a Pity?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by George Givot and Josephine Houston in the musical Pardon My English
"Isn't It Heavenly" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Joseph Meyer
"It Isn't Fair" w.m. Richard Himber, Frank Warshauer & Sylvester Sprigato
"It's Only A Paper Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose m. Harold Arlen
"It's The Talk Of The Town" w. Marty Symes & Al J. Nieburg m. Jerry Livingston
"I've Found The Right Girl" w.m. Stanley Lupino & Noel Gay
"I've Got To Sing A Torch Song" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Keep Young And Beautiful" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"The Last Round-Up" w.m. Billy Hill
"Lazybones" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael
"Learn To Croon" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
"Let's Fall In Love" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"Let's Make Love Like the Crocodiles" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"Lorelei" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Love Locked Out" w. Max Kester m. Ray Noble
"Love Me" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"Maria Elena" w. (Eng) S. K. Russell m. Lorenzo Barclelata
"The Moment I Saw You" w.m. Noel Gay
"Moonlight And Pretzels" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"Moonstruck" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
"My Hat's On The Side Of My Head" w.m. Harry M. Woods & Claude Hurlburt
"My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii" w.m. Billy Cogswell, Tom Harrison & Johnny Noble
"My Moonlight Madonna" w. Paul Francis Webster m. William Scotti
"My Shawl" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams (Sp) Pedro Berrios m. Xavier Cugat
"My Song Goes 'Round The World" w.m. Hans May, Ernst Neubach & Jimmy Kennedy
"Not For All The Rice In China" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Nymph Errant" w.m. Cole Porter
"Oceans Of Time" w. Douglas Furber, Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Johnny Green
"Old Father Thames" w.m. Raymond Wallace & Betsy O'Hogan
"Old Man Harlem" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Hoagy Carmichael
"On the Trail" w. Harold Adamson m. Ferdie Grofe
"One Morning In May" w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Oodles Of Noodles" m. Jimmy Dorsey
"Pettin' In The Park" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"The Physician" w.m. Cole Porter
"The Pig Got Up And Slowly Walked Away" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Birt
"Remember My Forgotten Man" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Roll Up The Carpet" w. Raymond Klages m. Raymond Klages, Al Goodhart & Al Hoffman
"Shadow Waltz" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Shanghai Lil" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"She Loves Me Not" w. Edward Heyman m. Arthur Schwartz from the musical She Loves Me Not
"Shuffle Off To Buffalo" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
"Snowball" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Solomon" w.m. Cole Porter from the musical Nymph Errant
"Song Of Surrender" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Sophisticated Lady" w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
"Stormy Weather" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"Sweetheart Darlin'" w. Gus Kahn m. Herbert Stothart. Inroduced by Marion Davies in the film Peg o' My Heart
"Temptation" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"Thanks" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
"There's A Cabin In The Pines" w.m. Billy Hill
"There's a Little Bit of You in Every Love Song" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Sammy Fain. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels
"There's Something About A Soldier" w.m. Noel Gay
"They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk" w.m. Gladys DuBois, Ben Ellison & Harvey O. Brooks
"Tony's Wife" w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane
"The Touch Of Your Hand" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
"We'll All Go Riding On A Rainbow" Harry M. Woods
"We'll Make Hay While The Sun Shines" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
"We're In The Money" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Gold Diggers of 1933
"Weep No More, My Baby" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green. Introduced by Billy House and Una Vilon in the musical Murder at the Vanities
"When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley" w.m. Joe Lyons, Sam C. Hart & The Vagabonds
"White Jazz" m. Gene Clifford
"Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?" w.m. Frank Churchill
"Yesterdays" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
"You Gotta Be A Football Hero" w.m. Al Lewis, Al Sherman & Buddy Fields
"You Ought To See Sally On Sunday" w.m. Harry M. Woods
"Young And Healthy" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Your Mother's Son-In-Law" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols
"You're My Thrill" w. Sidney Clare m. Jay Gorney
"You've Got Me Crying Again" w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones

[edit] Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1933.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Duke Ellington	Sophisticated Lady	1933	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	RYM 1 of 1933, US BB 2 of 1933, POP 3 of 1933
2	Dick Powell	Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money)	1933	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US BB 1 of 1933, POP 1 of 1933
3	Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	1933	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US BB 3 of 1933, POP 4 of 1933, RYM 8 of 1933, Acclaimed 1896
4	Bing Crosby	You're Getting to Be a Habit	1933	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US BB 10 of 1933, POP 16 of 1933, Europe 42 of the 1930s
5	Eddy Duchin	Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?	1933	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	US BB 12 of 1933, POP 20 of 1933, RYM 51 of 1933

[edit] Top hit records

"Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" by Eddy Duchin
"Just An Echo In the Valley" by Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee
"Lazy Bones" by Ted Lewis Band; also version by Don Redman's Band
"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" by Ben Bernie
"Night and Day" by Eddy Duchin
"Shadow Waltz" by Bing Crosby
"Stormy Weather" by Ethel Waters
"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" by Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians

[edit] Classical music

Kurt Atterberg - A Varmland Rhapsody
Paul Creston - Seven Theses for piano
Robert M. Helmschrott - Concerto for Organ and Percussion "Lamento"
Gustav Holst - Lyric Movement
Igor Markevitch - Psaume for soprano, female chorus and orchestra
Xavier Montsalvatge - Tres Impromptus
Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 1
Igor Stravinsky - Perséphone

[edit] Opera

Aaron Avshalomov - The Twilight Hour of Yan Kuei Fei
Joseph Canteloube - Vercingétorix
Louis Gruenberg - The Emperor Jones
Richard Strauss - Arabella

[edit] Musical theater

As Thousands Cheer (Music and Lyrics: Irving Berlin Book: Moss Hart). Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on September 30 and ran for 400 performances
Ball At The Savoy (Music: Paul Abraham Lyrics and Book: Oscar Hammerstein II). London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on September 8 and ran for 96 performances.
Command Performance London production opened at the Saville Theatre on October 17 and ran for 31 performances
Gay Divorce (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Dwight Taylor). London production opened at the Palace Theatre on November 2 and ran for 180 performances
Give Me a Ring London production opened at the Hippodrome on June 22 and ran for 239 performances.
He Wanted Adventure London production opened at the Saville Theatre on March 28 and ran for 152 performances
Murder at the Vanities - music by Victor Young. Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 8 and moved ot the Majestic Theatre on November 6 for a total run of 207 performances
Music in the Air London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on May 19 and ran for 275 performances
Nice Goings On London production opened at the Strand Theatre on September 13 and ran for 221 performances
Nymph Errant (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter Book: Romney Brent). London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on October 6 and ran for 154 performances
Pardon My English Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre on January 20 and ran for 43 performances
Roberta (Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book: Otto Harbach). Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on November 18 and ran for 295 performances
That's a Pretty Thing (Music: Noel Gay Lyrics: Desmond Carter Book: Stanley Lupino) London production opened at Daly's Theatre on November 22 and ran for 103 performances