Editing 1939 in music (section)

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Black Velvet (revue)|Black Velvet]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Hippodrome Theatre]] on November 14 and ran for 620 performances
* ''[[The Dancing Years]]'' London production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on March 23 and ran for 187 performances
* ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady|Du Barry Was A Lady]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] on December 6 and ran for 408 performances
* ''[[Folies Bergère]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at [[the Broadway Theatre]] on December 25 and ran for 121 performances
* ''[[George White's Scandals of 1939]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on August 28 and ran for 120 performances
* ''[[Haw-Haw]]'' (Music: [[Harry Parr Davies]] Words: [[Phil Park]] Script: [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] & [[Ben Lyon]]) opened at the [[Holborn Empire]] on December 22. Starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[Ben Lyon]] and [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]].
* ''[[The Little Revue (musical)|The Little Revue]]'' London revue opened at [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain|The Little Theatre]] on April 21 and ran for 415 performances
* ''[[Magyar Melody]]'' London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on January 20 and ran for 105 performances
* ''[[New Pins And Needles]]'' Broadway revue (a renamed version of ''[[Pins and Needles]]'' which opened in 1937)
*''[[Runaway Love (musical)|Runaway Love]]'' opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on November 3 and ran for 195 performances
*''[[Shephard's Pie]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Princes Theatre]] on December 21
* ''[[Stars in Your Eyes]]'' (Book: J. P. McEvoy Lyrics: [[Dorothy Fields]] Music: [[Arthur Schwartz]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on February 9 and ran for 127 performances.
*''[[The Straw Hat Revue]]'' opened at the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] on September 29 and ran for 75 performances
* ''[[The Streets of Paris]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on June 19 and ran for 274 performances
* ''[[Swingin' the Dream]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Center Theatre (New York, New York)|Center Theatre]] on November 29 and ran for 13 performances. A musical version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' starring [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Benny Goodman]] & his Sextet and [[Maxine Sullivan]].
* ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on October 18 and ran for 249 performances.
*''[[Very Warm for May]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on November 17 and ran for 59 performances