1938 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Top hit recordings
3 Published popular songs
4 Musical theater
5 Musical films
6 Births
7 Deaths

Events

January 16 - Benny Goodman plays Carnegie Hall
September 22 - Anton Webern's String Quartet is premiered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Roy Acuff's musical career begins
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's musical career begins
Pete Seeger's musical career begins
Robert Lockwood Jr's musical career begins
Jelly Roll Morton speaks, sings, and plays piano for an eight-hour Library of Congress recorded sound documentary produced by Alan Lomax

Top hit recordings

"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
"Begin the Beguine" by Artie Shaw
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by The Andrews Sisters
"Cry, Baby, Cry" by Larry Clinton
"Don't Be That Way" by Benny Goodman
"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" by Bing Crosby
"Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey
"My Reverie" by Larry Clinton
"Thanks for the Memory" by Shep Fields
"Ti-Pi-Tin" by Hoarce Heidt

Published popular songs

"And The Angels Sing" w. Johnny Mercer m. Ziggy Elman
"At Long Last Love" w.m. Cole Porter
"At The Roxy Music Hall" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Back Bay Shuffle" m. Artie Shaw & Teddy McRae
"Big Noise From Winnetka" w.m. Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart & Gil Rodin
"The Biggest Aspidistra In The World" w.m. Thomas Connor, W. G. Haines & James S. Hancock
"Bolero At The Savoy" w.m. Charles Carpenter, Gene Krupa & James Mundy
"Boom!" w.m. E. Ray Goetz & Charles Trenet
"Boomps-A-Daisy" w.m. Annette Mills
"Boum" w.m. Charles Trenet
"Change Partners" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Cherokee" m. Ray Noble
"Cinderella, Stay In My Arms" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Michael Carr
"Colorado Sunset" Gilbert, Conrad
"Dearest Love" w.m. No�l Coward
"Deep In A Dream" w. Eddie De Lange m. James Van Heusen
"Do You Wanna Jump Children?" w.m. James Van Heusen, Willie Bryant & Victor Selsman
"Don't Be That Way" w. Mitchell Parish m. Edgar Sampson & Benny Goodman
"Don't Let That Moon Get Away" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
"Double Trouble" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting
"Exhibition Swing" m. Chalmers Wood
"F.D.R. Jones" w.m. Harold Rome
"Falling In Love With Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Ferdinand The Bull" w. Larry Morey m. Albert Hay Malotte
"Flat Foot Floogie" w.m. Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart & Bud Green
"Get Out Of Town" w.m. Cole Porter
"Hawaiian War Chant" w. (Eng) Ralph Freed m. Johnny Noble & Prince Leleiohaku
"Heart And Soul" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Hi-Yo Silver" Erickson, De Leath
"Hold Tight - Hold Tight" w.m. Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow & Willie Spotswood
"Hong Kong Blues" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Hooray For Hollywood" w. Johnny Mercer m. Richard A. Whiting
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" w.m. Ray Noble
"I Have Eyes" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
"I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" w. Henry Nemo, John Redmond & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
"I Love To Whistle" Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh
"I Married An Angel" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"I Must See Annie Tonight" w.m. Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin
"I'll Be Seeing You" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
"I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" w. Jimmy Eaton m. Terry Shand
"I'm In Love With Vienna" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II
"In A Little Toy Sailboat" Mandell, Littau
"In My Little Red Book" w.m. Ray Bloch, Nat Simon & Al Stillman
"I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
"Jeepers Creepers" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren
"Joseph! Joseph!" w.(Eng) Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin m. Nellie Casman & Samuel Steinberg
"Jumpin' At The Woodside" m. Count Basie
"Just Let Me Look At You" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
"Love Walked In" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"March Of The Bob Cats" m. The Bob Cats
"Mister Crosby And Mister Mercer" w. Johnny Mercer m. Ed Gallagher & Al Shean
"Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" w.m. Cole Porter
"Music, Maestro, Please" w. Herb Magidson m. Allie Wrubel
"My Heart Belongs To Daddy" w.m. Cole Porter
"My Heart Is Taking Lessons" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
"My Reverie" w.m. Larry Clinton
"Nice People" w.m. Nat Mills & Fred Malcolm
"Nightmare" m. Artie Shaw
"Now It Can Be Told" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Oh! Ma-Ma" w. (Eng) Lew Brown & Rudy Vallee m. Paolo Citorello
"One Day When We Were Young" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II arr. Tiomkin
"Penny Serenade" w. Hal Halifax m. Melle Weersma
"Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride" w. Johnny Mercer m. Richard A. Whiting
"San Antonio Rose" m. Bob Wills
"Says My Heart" w. Frank Loesser m. Burton Lane
"Sent For You Yesterday, And Here You Come Today" w.m. Count Basie, Eddie Dunham & Jimmy Rushing
"September Song" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill
"Sing For Your Supper" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Small Fry" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
"Spring Is Here" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"The Stately Homes Of England" w.m. No�l Coward
"This Can't Be Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"This Is My Night To Dream" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
"Ti-Pi-Tin" w.(Eng) Raymond Leveen (Sp) Maria Grever m. Maria Grever
"Two Sleepy People" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael
"The Umbrella Man" w. James Cavanaugh m. Vincent Rose & Larry Stock
"Undecided" w. Sid Robin m. Charlie Shavers
"We're Off To See The Wizard" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
"Where Are The Songs We Sung?" w.m. No�l Coward
"Where The Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox" w.m. Jack O'Hagan
"While A Cigarette Was Burning" w.m. Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny
"You Couldn't Be Cuter" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
"You Go To My Head" w. Haven Gillespie m. J. Fred Coots
"You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren
"You're A Sweet Little Headache" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
"You're As Pretty As A Picture" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh

Musical theater

The Boys From Syracuse Broadway production
Countess Maritza London production
Hellzapoppin Broadway production
I Married An Angel Broadway production
Knickerbocker Holiday Broadway production
Leave It To Me Broadway production
Nine Sharp London production
Operette London production
Right This Way Broadway production
Sing Out The News Broadway production
You Never Know Broadway production

Musical films

The Great Waltz

The Star Maker

Sweethearts
That Certain Age

Births

January 14 - Alain Toussaint
January 14 - Jack Jones
January 19 - Phil Everly
January 21 - Wolfman Jack
February 22 - Bobby Hendricks, The Drifters
March 18 - Charlie Pride
March 25 - Hoyt Axton
April 7 - Freddie Hubbard
April 7 - Spencer Dryden, Jefferson Airplane
April 26 - Duane Eddy
May 10 - Henry Fambrough, The Spinners
May 13 - John Smith, The Monotones
May 15 - Lenny Welch
June 20 - Mickie Most
July 4 - Bill Withers
July 14 - Bob Scholl, The Mello-Kings
July 17 - Stanley Bronstein, Elephant's Memory Band
July 28 - George Cummings, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
August 8 - Don Jacobucci, Regents
August 24 - David Freiberg, Quicksilver Messenger Service
August 24 - Mason Williams
September 11 - Charles Patrick, The Monotones
September 28 - Ben E. King
October 3 - Eddie Cochran
October 5 - Carlos Mastangelo, The Belmonts
October 15 - Marv Johnson
October 16 - Nico, Velvet Underground
October 18 - Ronnie Bright, The Coasters
November 2 - Jay Black, Jay & The Americans
November 4 - Harry Elston, Friends Of Distinction
November 6 - Jim Pike, The Lettermen
November 6 - P.J. Proby
November 7 - Dee Clark
November 14 - Cornelius Gunter, The Flairs, The Coasters
November 17 - Gordon Lightfoot
November 19 - Hank Medress, The Tokens
December 1 - Sandy Nelson
December 5 - J.J. Cale
December 12 - Connie Francis
December 28 - Charles Neville, Joey Dee & The Starlighters, The Neville Brothers

Deaths

March 2 - Ben Harney, ragtime composer & entertainer
June 26 - James Weldon Johnson, US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist
August 16 - Robert Johnson, blues man,
August 30 - James Scott, ragtime composer