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1937 Works Progress Administration production of Il trovatore

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.

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Events[edit]

Top popular recordings[edit]

The twenty popular records in the United States listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954,[8] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1 Bing Crosby "Sweet Leilani" Decca February 22, 1937 (1937-02-22) March 1937 (1937-03) US BB 1937 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[9]
2 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Once In A While" Victor July 21, 1937 (1937-07-21) October 13, 1937 (1937-10-13) US BB 1937 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937
3 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "The Dipsy Doodle" Victor October 14, 1937 (1937-10-14) November 1, 1937 (1937-11-01) US BB 1937 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
4 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" Victor April 21, 1937 (1937-04-21) May 5, 1937 (1937-05-05) US BB 1937 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
5 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "Boo Hoo" Victor February 17, 1937 (1937-02-17) March 1937 (1937-03) US BB 1937 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
6 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "September in the Rain" Victor February 2, 1937 (1937-02-02) March 1937 (1937-03) US BB 1937 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
7 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "That Old Feeling" Bluebird July 2, 1937 (1937-07-02) July 21, 1937 (1937-07-21) US BB 1937 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks
8 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra "Whispers in the Dark" Decca July 7, 1937 (1937-07-07) August 1937 (1937-08) US BB 1937 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
9 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Ella Fitzgerald) Goodnight, My Love Victor November 5, 1936 (1936-11-05) November 18, 1936 (1936-11-18) US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
10 Bing Crosby "The Moon Got in My Eyes" Decca July 12, 1937 (1937-07-12) August 1937 (1937-08) US BB 1937 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks
11 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "This Year's Kisses"[10] Brunswick January 4, 1937 (1937-01-04) February 1937 (1937-02) US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks
12 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" Victor May 28, 1937 (1937-05-28) June 1937 (1937-06) US BB 1937 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
13 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) "Carelessly"[10] Brunswick March 31, 1937 (1937-03-31) April 1937 (1937-04) US BB 1937 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
14 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Satan Takes a Holiday" Victor April 15, 1937 (1937-04-15) July 1937 (1937-07) US BB 1937 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
15 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Margaret McCrae) "This Year's Kisses" Victor December 30, 1936 (1936-12-30) January 20, 1937 (1937-01-20) US BB 1937 #15, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
16 Bing Crosby Remember Me? Decca September 20, 1937 (1937-09-20) October 1937 (1937-10) US BB 1937 #16, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
17 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra "It's De-Lovely" Victor October 2, 1937 (1937-10-02) October 21, 1937 (1937-10-21) US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
18 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"[10] Brunswick April 29, 1937 (1937-04-29) May 1937 (1937-05) US BB 1937 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
19 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Marie" Victor January 29, 1937 (1937-01-29) February 17, 1937 (1937-02-17) US BB 1937 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 150,000 sales[11]
20 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" Bluebird June 3, 1937 (1937-06-03) June 16, 1937 (1937-06-16) US BB 1937 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
21 Fats Waller and his Rhythm "(You Know it All) Smarty" Victor June 11, 1937 (1937-06-11) June 30, 1937 (1937-06-30) US BB 1937 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
22 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "The Big Apple" Victor August 13, 1937 (1937-08-13) August 25, 1937 (1937-08-25) US BB 1937 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
23 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) "You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming"[10] Brunswick August 29, 1937 (1937-08-29) September 1937 (1937-09) US BB 1937 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
24 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "Where or When"[10] Brunswick March 24, 1937 (1937-03-24) April 1937 (1937-04) US BB 1936 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks
27 Fred Astaire "They Can't Take That Away From Me"[10] Brunswick March 14, 1937 (1937-03-14) April 1937 (1937-04) US BB 1937 #27, US #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2005, Jazz Standards 1937
28 Bing Crosby Too Marvelous for Words Decca March 3, 1937 (1937-03-03) April 1937 (1937-04) US BB 1937 #28, US #1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks
29 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Caravan Master May 14, 1937 (1937-05-14) June 1937 (1937-06) US BB 1937 #60, US #4 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009, Jazz Standards 1936

Number one hit songs (in order)[edit]

Published popular music[edit]

Top blues records[edit]

Classical music[edit]

Premieres[edit]

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bartók, Béla Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta 1937-01-21 Basel, Switzerland Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher[12]
Benjamin, Arthur Overture to an Italian Comedy 1937-03-02 London [unknown ensemble] – Jacob[13]
Bloch, Ernest Voice in the Wilderness 1937-01-21 Los Angeles Borisoff / Los Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer[14]
Britten, Benjamin On this Island 1937-11-19 London Wyss, Britten [15]
Britten, Benjamin Reveille 1937-04-12 London Brosa, Reizenstein[16]
Britten, Benjamin Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge 1937-08-27 Salzburg, Austria (Festival) Boyd Neel Orchestra – Neel[17]
Copland, Aaron El Salón México 1937-08-27 Mexico City Mexico Symphony – Chávez[18]
Copland, Aaron Prairie Journal 1937-07-25 New York City Columbia Symphony – Barlow[19]
Dallapiccola, Luigi Tre laudi 1937-09-08 Venice (Festival) Vivante / Grupo Strumentale Italiano – Sanzogno[20]
Farkas, Ferenc Harp Concertino 1937-03-11 Budapest Molnár / [unknown ensemble] – Kenessey[21]
Ginastera, Alberto Danzas Argentinas 1937-10-27 Buenos Aires De Raco[22]
Ginastera, Alberto Suite from Panambí 1937-11-27 Buenos Aires [unknown ensemble] – Castro[23]
Ives, Charles Psalm 67 (1899) 1937-05-06 New York City The Madrigal Singers – Engel[24]
Jolivet, André Romantiques 1937-03-20 Paris Gérar, D'Aleman[25]
Jolivet, André Trois Chants des Hommes 1937-06-04 Paris Bastard / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Modesti
Khachaturian, Aram Piano Concerto 1937-07-12 Moscow Oborin / Moscow Philharmonic – Steinberg[26]
Messiaen, Olivier Fêtes des belles eaux 1937-07-25 Paris (Expo 37) [unknown ensemble] [27]
Messiaen, Olivier Poèmes pour Mi 1937-06-04 Paris Bunlet / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Désormière[28]
Milhaud, Darius Suite provençale 1937-09-12 Venice (Festival) [unknown ensemble] – Milhaud [29]
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Symphony No. 17 1937-12-17 Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk[30]
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Symphony No. 18 1937-10-01 Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk[30]
Prokofiev, Sergei Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet 1937-04-15 Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[31]
Roussel, Albert Cello Concertino 1937-02-06 Paris Fournier / Concerts Poulet Orchestra – Siohan[32]
Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 1 1937-04-30 London BBC Symphony – Boult[33]
Schoenberg, Arnold String Quartet No. 4 1937-01-08 Los Angeles Kolisch Quartet[34]
Sessions, Roger String Quartet No. 1 1937-04-10 Washington D.C. Coolidge Quartet[35]
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 5 1937-11-21 Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky[36]
Webern, Anton Variations for Piano 1937-10-26 Vienna Stadlen[37]

Compositions[edit]

Opera[edit]

Film[edit]

Jazz[edit]

Main article: 1937 in jazz

Musical theatre[edit]

Musical films[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

George Gershwin in 1937, the year of his death.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Letters from a Life Vol 1: 1923–39: Selected Letters and Diaries of Benjamin Britten Archived April 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Neil Tierney (1984). William Walton: His Life and Music. R. Hale. p. 273.
  4. ^ "Manuel Quiroga". www.spainisculture.com. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
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  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (1993). The Guinness who's who of fifties music. Enfield: Guinness Publishing. p. 195. ISBN 9780851127323.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  9. ^ "Decca Records 20th Anniversary". The Billboard: 46. August 28, 1954.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Brunswick 78rpm numerical listing discography: 7500–8000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  11. ^ "Some New Highs". Variety. February 1939. p. 39. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  12. ^ Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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  15. ^ "[Benjamin Britten: On this Island" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  16. ^ "Benjamin Britten: Reveille" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  17. ^ "Reveille: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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  22. ^ "Alberto Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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  24. ^ "Charles Ives: Psalm 67" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
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  38. ^ Grant, Sarah (July 6, 2018). "Vince Martin, 'Cindy, Oh Cindy' Singer, Early Folk-Rock Pioneer, Dead at 81". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
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