Editing 1933 in music

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[[File:Cab Calloway 1933.jpg|right|thumb|Swing band leader [[Cab Calloway]] in 1933]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1933.

==Specific locations==
*[[1933 in British music]]
*[[1933 in Norwegian music]]
1933 USA pop songs

==Specific genres==
*[[1933 in country music]]
*[[1933 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 23]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] receives its première in [[Frankfurt]].
*February – [[Billie Holiday]] is "discovered" singing at Monette's club in [[Harlem]].
*[[March 6]] – [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] conducts the world première of [[Edgard Varèse]]'s ''[[Ionisation (Varèse)|Ionisation]]'' at [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York City.
*June – No. 1 Rhythm Club, a pioneering [[jazz club]], opens in [[Regent Street]], London.
*[[June 12]] – [[Florence Price]]'s Symphony In E Minor is premièred by the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]], the first composition by an [[African American]] woman to be played by a major orchestra.
*[[July 16]] – [[John Jacob Niles]] hears the fragments of song in [[Appalachia]] that he adapts as the folk hymn "[[I Wonder as I Wander]]" completed on October 4 and first performed on December 19.
*[[Dec 31]] – [[Leo Reisman]] and [[Fred Astaire]] have teamed up for the year's best-selling record, "[[Night and Day (song)|Night and Day]]", which Victor reports has sold 22,811 copies (in the Depression-era market).
*The National Association for American Composers and Conductors is founded by [[Henry Kimball Hadley|Henry Hadley]].
*[[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]].
*[[Georges Bizet]]'s [[Symphony in C (Bizet)|Symphony in C]] is rediscovered in the library of the [[Conservatoire de Paris]].

==Published popular music==
* "After All, You're All I'm After" words: Edward Heyman music: [[Arthur Schwartz]]. Introduced by [[John Ball (actor)|John Ball]] in the play ''[[She Loves Me Not (play)|She Loves Me Not]]''.
* "Ah, But Is It Love?" w. [[Yip Harburg|E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Jay Gorney]]. Introduced by [[Lillian Miles]] and [[Roger Pryor (actor)|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 (Bing Crosby song)|Beautiful Girl]]" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]. Introduced in the film ''[[Stage Mother (1933 film)|Stage Mother]]''.
* "[[Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen]]" w.(English language) [[Sammy Cahn]] & [[Saul Chaplin]] ([[Yiddish]]) Jacob Jacobs m. Sholem Secunda
* "Black Moonlight" w.m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|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]]
* "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Al Dubin song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Build a Little Home" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Sung by [[Eddie Cantor]] in the film ''[[Roman Scandals]]''.
* "[[By a Waterfall]]" w. [[Irving Kahal]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]. Introduced by [[Ruby Keeler]] and [[Dick Powell]] in the film ''[[Footlight Parade]]''.
* "[[Carioca (1933 song)|Carioca]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Edward Eliscu]] m. [[Vincent Youmans]]. Introduced by [[Etta Moten]] in the film ''[[Flying Down to Rio]]''.
* "[[Close Your Eyes (1933 song)|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 (composer)|Arthur Johnston]] & Sam Coslow
* "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" (''When The Deep Purple Falls'') w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Peter De Rose]]. Lyrics added in 1938.
* "[[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]]. Introduced by [[Frances Williams (composer)|Frances Williams]] with [[Abe Lyman]] & his Orchestra in the film ''[[Broadway Thru a Keyhole]]''
* "[[Don't Blame Me (1933 song)|Don't Blame Me]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "Down the Old Ox Road" w. [[Sam Coslow]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]
* "[[Drop Me Off in Harlem]]" w. [[Nick Kenny (poet)|Nick Kenny]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "Dusty Shoes" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film ''[[Moonlight And Pretzels]]''
* "[[Easter Parade (song)|Easter Parade]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Everything I Have Is Yours (song)|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|Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)]]" w.m. [[Coot Grant]], [[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]]. Introduced by [[Mae West]] in the film ''[[She Done Him Wrong]]''.
* "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 (Irving Berlin song)|Heat Wave]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Ethel Waters]] in the [[revue]] ''[[As Thousands Cheer]]''. Performed by [[Marilyn Monroe]] in the 1954 film ''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (film)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]''.
* "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 (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Victor Young]]
* "Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby" w.m. [[Harry M. Woods]]
* "[[I Cover the Waterfront (song)|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. [[Johnny Green|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 (composer)|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 (song)|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. Neiburg]] m. [[Jerry Livingston]]
* "I've Found the Right Girl" w.m. [[Stanley Lupino]] & [[Noel Gay]]
* "[[I've Got the World on a String]]" w. Ted Koehler m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "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 (songwriter)|Billy Hill]]
* "[[Lazybones (song)|Lazybones]]" w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]] & [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Learn to Croon" w. Sam Coslow m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]
* "[[Let's Begin]]" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[George Murphy]] in the musical ''[[Roberta (musical)|Roberta]]''.
* "[[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 (Gershwin song)|Lorelei]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]] Introduced in the musical ''[[Pardon My English]]'' by Johnny Stewart, Gerry Martin and ensemble.
* "Love Locked Out" w. Max Kester m. [[Ray Noble (musician)|Ray Noble]]
* "Love Me" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young
* "[[María Elena (song)|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 (composer)|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. [[Ferde Grofe]]
* "[[One Morning in May (1933 song)|One Morning in May]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[Oodles of Noodles]]" m. [[Jimmy Dorsey]]
* "[[Pettin' in the Park (song)|Pettin' in the Park]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I'm Popeye The Sailor Man]]" w.m. [[Sammy Lerner]] 
* "The Physician" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away]]" w.m. [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]]
* "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 (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 (song)|Stormy Weather]]" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Supper Time]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Ethel Waters]] in the [[revue]] ''[[As Thousands Cheer]]''
* "Sweetheart Darlin'" w. Gus Kahn m. Herbert Stothart. Introduced by [[Marion Davies]] in the film ''[[Peg o' My Heart (1933 film)|Peg o' My Heart]]''
* "Tangmalangaloo" w. Patrick Hartigan m. [[Stephen Moreno]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/5983945|author1=John O'Brien|author2=Dom S. Moreno|title=Around the Boree Log|year=1933|via=[[Trove]]}}</ref>
* "[[Temptation (1933 song)|Temptation]]" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* "Thanks" w. [[Sam Coslow]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]
* "There's a Cabin in the Pines" w.m. [[Billy Hill (songwriter)|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]]
* "Twenty Million People" w. [[Sam Coslow]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]] from the film ''[[Hello, Everybody!]]''
* "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
* "When You Were the Girl on the Scooter" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]. Introduced by [[Constance Cummings]] & [[Eddie Foy Jr.]] with [[Abe Lyman]] & his Orchestra in the film ''[[Broadway Thru a Keyhole]]''
* "White Jazz" m. Gene Clifford
* "[[Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?]]" w. [[Frank Churchill]] & [[Ann Ronell]] m. Frank Churchill
* "[[Yesterdays (1933 song)|Yesterdays]]" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "You Are My Past, Present and Future" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]. Introduced by [[Russ Columbo]] in the film ''[[Broadway Thru a Keyhole]]''
* "[[You Gotta Be a Football Hero]]" w.m. [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|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 (song)|You're My Thrill]]" w. [[Sidney Clare]] m. [[Jay Gorney]]
* "You've Got Me Crying Again" w. Charles Newman m. [[Isham Jones]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1933==

There were many talented writers, producers and performers in the music industry during 1933, but record sales were very low, although higher than [[1932 in music|1932]], and work was hard to find. Most of the records released came from [[RCA|Radio Corporation of America (Victor)]] and [[American Record Corporation]] (ARC), through its premium ([[Brunswick Records|Brunswick label]], and its discounted "dime store" labels ([[Perfect Records|Perfect]], [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]], [[Oriole Records (U.S.)|Oriole]], [[Banner Records|Banner]], [[Melotone Records (US)|Melotone]], [[Romeo Records|Romeo]], and [[Conqueror Records|Conqueror]]), with a trickle from [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] (that would completely disappear by mid-1934). Four of the top five records paired one of the label's top vocalists (Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Al Bowlly) with a headline band (Reisman (Victor), Lombardo (Brunswick) and Ray Noble (Victor). Victor also featured Howard Arlen, composer of "Stormy Weather" as vocalist with house band Reisman. This tactic was extremely successful in stimulating sales in the depressed economic conditions.

The top popular records of 1933 listed below were compiled from [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954]],<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|publisher=Record Research|year=1986}}</ref> record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, there were no Billboard charts in 1933, the numbers are only used for a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
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| 1 || [[Leo Reisman|Leo Reisman and His Orchestra]], vocal refrain by [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[Night and Day (song)|Night and Day]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-73977. Night and day / Fred Astaire; Leo Reisman Orchestra |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800039613/BS-73977-Night_and_day |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24193 || {{Start date|1932|11|22}} || {{Start date|1933|1|13}} || US Billboard 1933 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1932|Jazz Standards 1932]],<ref name="one">{{Cite web |title=Victor 24193 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21983/Victor_24193 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> 22,811 sales reported by Victor was top-selling record for 1933.<ref name="one" />
|-
| 2 || [[George Olsen|George Olsen and His Music]] (vocal Joe Morrison) || "[[The Last Roundup (song)|The Last Roundup]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W152436. The last round up / George Olsen and his Music; Joe Morrison |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000041931/W152436-The_last_round_up |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Columbia 2791-D || {{Start date|1933|7|11}} || {{Start date|1933|7|20}} || US Billboard 1933 #2, US #1 for 9 weeks, 24 total weeks
|-
| 3 || Leo Reisman and His Orchestra, vocal refrain by [[Harold Arlen]] || "[[Stormy Weather (song)|Stormy Weather]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-75329. Stormy weather / Harold Arlen; Leo Reisman Orchestra |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040648/BS-75329-Stormy_weather |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24262 || {{Start date|1933|2|28}} || {{Start date|1933|4|7}} || US Billboard 1933 #3, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Ray Noble|Ray Noble and his New Mayfair Orchestra]], vocal refrain by [[Al Bowlly]] || "[[Love Is the Sweetest Thing]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gramophone matrix 0B3196. Love is the sweetest thing / New Mayfair Dance Orchestra; Ray Noble |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000251566/0B3196-Love_is_the_sweetest_thing |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24333 || {{Start date|1932|9|8}} || {{Start date|1933|6}} || US Billboard 1933 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] with [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me]]"<ref name=Brunswick600/> || Brunswick 6472 || {{Start date|1933|1|12}} || {{Start date|1933|2}} || US Billboard 1933 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total week
|-
| 6 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]], vocal refrain by [[Irene Taylor]] || "[[Willow Weep for Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-73968. Willow, weep for me / Paul Whiteman Orchestra; Irene Taylor |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800039604/BS-73968-Willow_weep_for_me |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24187 || {{Start date|1932|11|17}} || {{Start date|1932|12|17}} || US Billboard 1933 #6, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1932, 8,292 sales (second highest total 1933).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 24187 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/21976/Victor_24187 |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref>                    
|-
| 7 || [[Ethel Waters]] || "Stormy Weather"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6564 || {{Start date|1933|5|3}} || {{Start date|1933|5}} || US Billboard 1933 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks, Added to National Recording Registry 2004, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003
|-
| 8 || Ray Noble and His New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, vocal refrain by Al Bowlly || "The Old Spinning Wheel"<ref>{{Cite web |title=VICTOR 78rpm numerical listing discography: 24000 - 24500 |url=http://78discography.com/vic24000.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=78discography.com}}</ref> || Victor 24357 || {{Start date|1933|5|10}} || {{Start date|1933|6}} || US Billboard 1933 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "[[Lazybones (song)|Lazybones]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W152420. Lazybones / Ted Lewis and his Band |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000041915/W152420-Lazybones |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Columbia 2786-D || {{Start date|1933|6|22}} || {{Start date|1933|7}} || US Billboard 1933 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 10 || Bing Crosby || "Shadow Waltz"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6599 || {{Start date|1933|6|13}} || {{Start date|1933|6|30}} || US Billboard 1933 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Don Bestor|Don Bestor and His Orchestra]] || "[[Forty-Second Street]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-75323. Forty-second Street / Don Bestor Orchestra; Dudley Mecum |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040642/BS-75323-Forty-second_Street |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24253 || {{Start date|1933|2|26}} || {{Start date|1933|3}} || US Billboard 1933 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Did You Ever See a Dream Walking]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-78826. Did you ever see a dream walking? / Eddy Duchin Orchestra; Lew Sherwood |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800043498/BVE-78826-Did_you_ever_see_a_dream_walking |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24477 || {{Start date|1933|12|1}} || {{Start date|1933|12|13}} || US Billboard 1933 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
|-
| 13 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "The Last Round-up"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6662 || {{Start date|1933|9|27}} || {{Start date|1933|10}} || US Billboard 1933 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 14 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra]] || "[[Sophisticated Lady]]"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6600 || {{Start date|1933|5|16}} || {{Start date|1933|6|3}} || US Billboard 1933 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007
|-
| 15 || Bing Crosby || "Thanks"<ref name=Brunswick650>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500–7000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN6500.htm |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick 6643 || {{Start date|1933|8|27}} || {{Start date|1933|9}} || US Billboard 1933 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 16 || Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "Young and Healthy"<ref name=Brunswick600/> || Brunswick 6472 || {{Start date|1933|1|12}} || {{Start date|1933|2}} || US Billboard 1933 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 17 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6550 || {{Start date|1933|4|12}} || {{Start date|1933|4}} || US Billboard 1933 #17, US #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 18 || Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra || "Night And Day"<ref name=Brunswick600>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000–6499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN6000.htm |access-date=2022-04-16 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick 6445 || {{Start date|1933|1|5}} || {{Start date|1933|1|17}} || US Billboard 1933 #18, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998
|-
| 19 || Bing Crosby || "Just an Echo in the Valley"<ref name=Brunswick600/> || Brunswick 6454 || {{Start date|1933|3|10}} || {{Start date|1933|3|31}} || US Billboard 1933 #19, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 20 || Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra || "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6600 || {{Start date|1933|5|16}} || {{Start date|1933|6|3}} || US Billboard 1933 #20, US #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007
|-
| 21 || Don Bestor and His Orchestra || "The Last Round-Up" || Victor 24391 || {{Start date|1933|8|28}} || {{Start date|1933|3}} || US Billboard 1933 #21, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 22 || Don Bestor and His Orchestra || "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-77983. Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? / Florence Case; Don Bestor Orchestra; Charles Yontz |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800042893/BS-77983-Whos_afraid_of_the_big_bad_wolf |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref> || Victor 24410 || {{Start date|1933|10|4}} || {{Start date|1933|10}} || US Billboard 1933 #22, US #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 23 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6662 || {{Start date|1933|8|27}} || {{Start date|1933|10}} || US Billboard 1933 #23, US #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 24 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking"<ref name=Brunswick650/> || Brunswick 6713 || {{Start date|1933|11|27}} || {{Start date|1933|12}} || US Billboard 1933 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|}

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || ''[[Sinfonía de Antígona]]'' || December 15, 1933 || Mexico City || [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|Mexico Symphony]] – Chávez <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://musicandhistory.com/today-in-music-history/282-december.html |title=Music and History |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019212625/http://musicandhistory.com/today-in-music-history/282-december.html |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || [[Partita (Dallapiccola)|Partita]] || January 22, 1933 || Florence, Italy || [[Laura Pasini|Pasini]] / [[Teatro Comunale di Firenze|Teatro Comunale Orchestra]] – [[Vittorio Gui|Gui]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sgDJKVXraE0C&dq=vittorio+gui+dallapiccola+partita&pg=PA118 Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook]</ref>
|-
| [[Zoltán Kodály|Kodály, Zoltán]] || ''[[Dances of Galánta]]'' || October 23, 1933 || Budapest, Hungary || [[Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra]] – [[Ernö Dohnányi|Dohnányi]]<ref>[http://www.universaledition.com/Zoltan-Kodaly/composers-and-works/composer/378/work/5211 Universal Edition]</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Fantaisie burlesque]]'' || February 8, 1933 || Paris, France || [[Robert Casadesus|Casadesus]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|19456|Olivier Messiaen: ''Fantaisie burlesque''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Silvestre Revueltas|Revueltas, Silvestre]] || ''[[Janitzio (Revueltas)|Janitzio]]'' || December 8, 1933 || Mexico City || [[National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico)|Mexico Symphony]] – Revueltas <ref>[http://musicaenmexico.com.mx/obras-maestras-silvestre-revueltas-ii/ Música en México]</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] || October 15, 1933 || Leningrad, Soviet Union || Shostakovich / [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Fritz Stiedry|Stiedry]]<ref>[http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Dmitri-Shostakovich-Piano-Concerto-No-1-in-C-minor/157 Boosey & Hawkes]</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[24 Preludes, Op. 34 (Shostakovich)|Preludes for piano]] || May 24, 1933 || Leningrad, Soviet Union || Shostakovich <ref>{{IRCAM work|7457|Dmitri Shostakovich: Vingt-quatre préludes pour pianp}}</ref>
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Kurt Atterberg]] – ''A Varmland Rhapsody''
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[A Boy Was Born]]''
*[[Carlos Chávez]] –
**''[[Sinfonía de Antígona]]'' (Symphony No. 1)
**''[[Soli I]]''for oboe, clarinet, trumpet, and bassoon
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''Short Symphony''
*[[Paul Creston]] – ''Seven Theses'' for piano
*[[Luigi Dallapiccola]] – ''[[Partita (Dallapiccola)|Partita]]''
*[[Havergal Brian]] – ''Symphony No. 4 in C major 'Das Siegeslied'''
*[[Gustav Holst]] – ''[[Lyric Movement]]''
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – ''[[Dances of Galánta]]''
*[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]]
**''Sette Invenzioni'', for orchestra
**Symphony No. 1
**''[[Steel (1933 film)|Steel]]'', film score
*[[Igor Markevitch]] – ''Psaume for soprano, female chorus and orchestra''
*[[Xavier Montsalvatge]] – ''Tres Impromptus''
*[[Silvestre Revueltas]] –
**''[[Esquinas]]'', revised version, for orchestra
**''[[Janitzio (Revueltas)|Janitzio]]'', for orchestra
**''Ocho por radio'', for chamber ensemble
**''El renacuajo paseador''
**''Toccata (sin fuga)'', for violin and chamber orchestra
**''Troka''
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] –
**Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (after Monn)
**[[Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (Schoenberg)|Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra]] (after Handel, [[Concerti grossi, Op. 6 (Handel)|Concerto Grosso, op. 6, no. 7]])
**''Drei Lieder'', op. 48
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Shostakovich)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Perséphone (Stravinsky)|Perséphone]]''

==Opera==
*[[Aaron Avshalomov]] – ''The Twilight Hour of Yan Kuei Fei''
*[[Joseph Canteloube]] – ''Vercingétorix''
*[[Louis Gruenberg]] – ''[[The Emperor Jones (opera)|The Emperor Jones]]''
*[[Gian Francesco Malipiero]] – ''La favola del figlio cambiato''
*[[Richard Strauss]] – ''[[Arabella]]'' (1 July, [[Semperoper|Sächsisches Staatstheater]], Dresden)
*[[Alexander Zemlinsky]] – ''[[Der Kreidekreis (opera)|Der Kreidekreis]]'' (14 October, [[Zürich Opera House]])

==Film==
*[[Leigh Harline]] – ''[[The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)]]''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda (film)]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[King Kong (1933 film)]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[Morning Glory (1933 film)]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1933 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==

* ''[[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 im Savoy|Ball At The Savoy]]'' (Music: [[Paul Abraham]], lyrics and book: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]). [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on September 8 and ran for 96 performances.
* ''[[Bezauberndes Fräulein]]'' (Music and libretto: [[Ralph Benatzky]]). Musical comedy opened at the [[Volkstheater, Vienna]] on May 24.
* ''[[Command Performance (musical)|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 (writer)|Dwight Taylor]]). London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on November 2 and ran for 180 performances
* ''[[Give Me a Ring]]'' London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|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 to the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on November 6 for a total run of 207 performances
* ''[[Music in the Air]]'' London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on May 19 and ran for 275 performances
* ''[[Nice Goings On]]'' London production opened at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] on September 13 and ran for 221 performances
* ''[[Nymph Errant]]'' (Music and lyrics: [[Cole Porter]], book: [[Romney Brent]]). [[West End theatre|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 (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on January 20 and ran for 43 performances
* ''[[Roberta (musical)|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 (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on November 22 and ran for 103 performances

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'', starring [[Warner Baxter]], [[Bebe Daniels]], [[George Brent]], [[Ruby Keeler]], [[Una Merkel]], [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Dick Powell]]
* ''[[Adorable (film)|Adorable]]'', starring [[Janet Gaynor]], [[Henry Garat]] and [[C. Aubrey Smith]]. Directed by [[William Dieterle]].
* ''[[Adventures on the Lido]]'', starring [[Alfred Piccaver]], [[S.Z. Sakall]] and [[Nora Gregor]], directed by [[Richard Oswald]], with music by [[Bronislau Kaper]]<ref>Kohl, Katrin & Robertson, Ritchie. ''A History of Austrian Literature 1918–2000''. Camden House, 2006.</ref>
* ''[[Aunt Sally (film)|Aunt Sally]]'', starring [[Cicely Courtneidge]] and [[Sam Hardy (actor)|Sam Hardy]] and featuring [[Debroy Somers]] and his Band. Directed by [[Tim Whelan]].
* ''[[A Bedtime Story]]'', starring [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Helen Twelvetrees]], [[Edward Everett Horton]] and [[Baby LeRoy]].
* ''[[A Song Goes Round the World (1933 film)|A Song Goes Round the World]]'', starring [[Joseph Schmidt]]
* ''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]'', starring [[Anna Neagle]], [[Fernand Gravey]] and [[Ivy St Helier]]
* ''[[Born Lucky (film)|Born Lucky]]'', starring [[Talbot O'Farrell]] and [[René Ray]]
* ''[[Broadway Thru a Keyhole]]'' starring [[Constance Cummings]], [[Russ Columbo]], [[Paul Kelly (actor)|Paul Kelly]], [[Eddie Foy Jr.]], [[Blossom Seeley]], [[Gregory Ratoff]] and [[Texas Guinan]] and featuring [[Frances Williams (composer)|Frances Williams]] with [[Abe Lyman]] & his Orchestra. Directed by [[Lowell Sherman]].
* ''[[College Humor (film)|College Humor]]'' released July 5, starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Jack Oakie]], [[Mary Carlisle]], [[George Burns]], [[Gracie Allen]] and [[Mary Kornman]].
* ''[[Dancing Lady]]'' starring [[Joan Crawford]], [[Clark Gable]], [[Franchot Tone]] and [[Robert Benchley]] and featuring [[Fred Astaire]], [[Art Jarrett]] and [[Nelson Eddy]].
*''[[Facing the Music (1933 film)|Facing the Music]]'', starring [[Stanley Lupino]] and [[Jose Collins]]
* ''[[Flying Down to Rio]]'' released December 22, starring [[Dolores del Río]], [[Gene Raymond]], [[Ginger Rogers]] and [[Fred Astaire]].
* ''[[Footlight Parade]]'', starring [[James Cagney]], [[Joan Blondell]], [[Ruby Keeler]] and [[Dick Powell]]
* ''[[Going Hollywood]]'' released December 22 starring [[Marion Davies]] and [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'', starring [[Warren William]], [[Joan Blondell]], [[Aline MacMahon]], [[Ruby Keeler]], [[Dick Powell]] and [[Ginger Rogers]]
* ''[[The Good Companions (1933 film)|The Good Companions]]'', starring [[Jessie Matthews]], [[Edmund Gwenn]] and [[John Gielgud]]
* ''[[Happy (1933 film)|Happy]]'', starring [[Stanley Lupino]], [[Laddie Cliff]], [[Will Fyffe]] and [[Harry Tate]].
* ''[[Hello, Everybody!]]'', starring [[Kate Smith]], [[Randolph Scott]] and [[Sally Blane]]. Directed by [[William A. Seiter]].
* ''[[I Am Suzanne]]'', starring [[Lilian Harvey]], [[Gene Raymond]] and [[Leslie Banks]]. Directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]].
* ''[[Let's Fall in Love]]'', starring [[Edmund Lowe]], [[Ann Sothern]] and [[Art Jarrett]]
* ''[[Melody Cruise (film)|Melody Cruise]]'', starring [[Charles Ruggles]]. [[Phil Harris]] and [[Helen Mack]]
* ''[[Moonlight And Pretzels]]'' released August 1, starring [[Leo Carrillo]] and [[Mary Brian]]
* ''[[My Weakness (film)|My Weakness]]'' starring [[Lilian Harvey]], [[Lew Ayres]], [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]], [[Sid Silvers]] and [[Harry Langdon]]. Directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]].
* ''[[Roman Scandals]]'' starring [[Eddie Cantor]], [[Ruth Etting]], [[Gloria Stuart]], [[David Manners]] and [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]]. Directed by [[Frank Tuttle]].
* ''[[Sitting Pretty (1933 film)|Sitting Pretty]]'' starring [[Jack Oakie]], [[Jack Haley]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Thelma Todd]] and [[The Pickens Sisters]]
* ''[[Take a Chance (1933 film)|Take A Chance]]'' starring [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]], [[Cliff Edwards]], [[June Knight]], [[Lillian Roth]], [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]] and [[Marjorie Main]].
* ''[[This Week of Grace]]'' starred [[Gracie Fields]]
* ''[[Too Much Harmony]]'' released on September 23 starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Kitty Kelly]].
* ''[[Torch Singer]]'' starring [[Claudette Colbert]], [[Ricardo Cortez]] and [[Lyda Roberti]]
* ''[[The Way to Love]]'' starring [[Maurice Chevalier]], [[Ann Dvorak]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]]. Directed by [[Norman Taurog]].

==Births==
*[[January 17]] – [[Dalida]], singer (died 1987)
*[[January 18]] – [[Ray Dolby]], inventor of the Dolby System (died 2013)
*[[January 20]] – [[Ronald Townson]], American pop singer and actor ([[The 5th Dimension]]) (died 2001)
*[[January 23]] – [[Chita Rivera]], American actress, dancer and singer (died 2024)
*[[January 29]] – [[Sacha Distel]], singer (died 2004)
*[[February 7]] – [[Stuart Burrows]], operatic tenor
*[[February 10]] – [[Faramarz Payvar]], composer and [[santur]] player (died 2009)
*[[February 17]] – [[Bobby Lewis]], R&B singer (died 2020)
*[[February 18]] – [[Yoko Ono]], artist, wife of [[John Lennon]] and mother of [[Sean Lennon]]
*[[February 21]] – [[Nina Simone]], soul singer (died 2003)
*[[February 22]] – [[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]], patron of music
*[[March 9]] – [[Lloyd Price]], rock singer-songwriter (died 2021)
*[[March 13]] – [[Mike Stoller]], songwriter
*[[March 14]] – [[Quincy Jones]], arranger (died 2024)
*[[March 15]] – [[Roy Clark]], country musician (Hee Haw) (died 2018)
*[[March 25]] – [[Wee Willie Harris]], rock singer/performer (died 2023)
*[[March 28]] – [[Tete Montoliu]], jazz pianist (died 1997)
*[[April 12]] – [[Montserrat Caballé]], operatic soprano (died 2018)
*[[April 14]]
**[[Buddy Knox]], singer-songwriter (died 1999)
**[[Morton Subotnick]], American electronic composer
*[[April 19]] — [[Jayne Mansfield]], US actress and singer (d. 1967)
*[[April 24]] – [[Freddie Scott]], songwriter and singer (died 2007)
*[[April 25]] – [[Jerry Leiber]], songwriter (died 2011)
*[[April 26]] – [[Ilkka Kuusisto]], Finnish composer (died 2025)
*[[April 29]] – [[Rod McKuen]], songwriter (died 2015)
*[[April 30]] – [[Willie Nelson]], country singer-songwriter
*[[May 3]] – [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]], soul singer (died 2006)
*[[May 21]] – [[Maurice André]], trumpeter (died 2012)
*[[May 22]] – [[Don Estelle]], actor and singer (died 2003)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jiménez|first1=Enriqueta (La Prieta Linda)|title="Hasta siempre, ojos buenos": La Prieta Linda|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2016/09/08/1115683|accessdate=20 April 2017|work=Excelsior|date=9 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[May 29]] – [[Helmuth Rilling]], choral conductor
*[[June 17]] – [[Christian Ferras]], violinist (died 1982)
*[[June 18]] – [[Colin Brumby]], Australian composer and conductor (died [[2018 in music|2018]])<ref name="abc.net.au/classic/features/vale-colin-brumby/9301580">{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/features/vale-colin-brumby/9301580|title=Vale Colin Brumby (18/06/1933 – 3/01/2018)|website=abc.net.au/classic/features/vale-colin-brumby/9301580|date=January 3, 2018|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[June 22]] – [[Libor Pešek]], conductor (died 2022)
*[[June 26]] – [[Claudio Abbado]], Italian conductor (died 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claudio Abbado obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/20/claudio-abbado |website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=18 October 2021|date=20 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[July 1]] – [[Felix Ayo]], Spanish-born Italian violinist (died 2023)<ref>[https://www.thestrad.com/news/violinist-felix-ayo-has-died/17065.article Violinist Felix Ayo has died]</ref>
*[[July 4]] – [[La Prieta Linda]], Mexican singer and actress
*[[July 15]] – [[Julian Bream]], English classical guitarist and lutenist (died 2020)
*[[July 23]] – [[Bert Convy]], American entertainer (died 1991)
*[[July 27]] – [[Nick Reynolds]], American folk musician ([[The Kingston Trio]]) (died 2008)
*[[July 29]] – [[Anne Rogers]], English actress, singer and dancer
*[[August 8]] – [[Joe Tex]], soul singer-songwriter (died 1982)
*[[August 15]]
**[[Bobby Helms]], country singer (died 1997)
**[[Rita Hunter]], operatic soprano (died 2001)
**[[Bill Pinkney]], R&B singer ([[The Drifters]]) (died 2007)
*[[August 17]] – [[Mark Dinning]], singer (died 1986)
*[[August 21]] – [[Janet Baker]], operatic mezzo-soprano
*[[August 25]] – [[Wayne Shorter]], jazz saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
*[[September 1]] – [[Conway Twitty]], American country singer (died 1993)
*[[September 8]] 
** [[Asha Bhosle]], Indian singer
** [[Fresia Saavedra]], Ecuadorian singer/songwriter (died 2024)
*[[September 14]] – [[Harve Presnell]], American actor and singer (died 2009)
*[[September 15]] – [[Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos]], Spanish conductor (died 2014)
*[[September 17]] – [[Dorothy Loudon]], American singer (died 2003)
*[[September 18]] – [[Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]], American pop singer (died 2021)
*[[September 25]] – [[Ian Tyson]], Canadian singer ([[Ian & Sylvia]]) (died 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Applebome |first=Peter |date=2022-12-30 |title=Ian Tyson, Revered Canadian Folk Singer, Dies at 89 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/arts/music/ian-tyson-dead.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[October 10]] – [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]], star of musical theatre (died 1998)
*[[October 17]] – [[The Singing Nun]] (died 1985)
*[[October 21]] – [[Georgia Brown (English singer)|Georgia Brown]], English actress and singer (died 1992)
*[[October 27]] – [[Floyd Cramer]], pianist (died 1997)
*[[November 3]] – [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], film score composer (died 2011)
*[[November 6]] – Joseph Pope, singer ([[The Tams]]) (died 1996)
*[[November 16]] – [[Garnett Mimms]], soul singer
*[[November 23]] – [[Krzysztof Penderecki]], composer (died 2020)
*[[November 26]] – [[Robert Goulet]], singer and actor (died 2007)
*[[November 29]] – [[John Mayall]], blues musician (died 2024)
*[[December 6]] – [[Henryk Górecki]], composer (died 2010)
*[[December 13]] – [[Wayne Bennett (blues guitarist)|Wayne Bennett]], blues guitarist (died 1992)

==Deaths==
*[[January 6]] – [[Vladimir de Pachmann]], pianist (born 1848)
*[[January 10]] – [[Roberto Mantovani]], violinist (born 1854)
*[[January 12]] – [[Václav Suk]], violinist, conductor and composer (born 1861)
*[[January 16]] – [[Willy Burmester]], violinist (born 1869)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Vierhaus |editor1-first=Rudolf |title=Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie |date=2005 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-094656-7 |volume=2 |page=328 |edition=2nd |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fB9-1XYo8PQC&pg=PA238 |language=de |chapter=Burmester, Willy}}</ref>
*[[January 18]] – [[Oskar Zawisza]], priest and composer (born 1878)
*[[January 23]] – [[Albert "Sonny" Cunha]], musician, composer and bandleader (born 1879)
*[[February 12]] – [[Henri Duparc (composer)|Henri Duparc]], composer (born 1848)
*[[February 17]] – [[Toktogul Satylganov]], improvising poet and singer (born 1864)
*[[February 18]] – [[Arnold Mendelssohn]], composer and music teacher (born 1855)
*[[March 26]] – [[Eddie Lang]], jazz musician (born 1902)
*[[April 4]] – [[Ewald Straesser]], composer (born 1867)
*[[April 9]] – [[Sigfrid Karg-Elert]], composer (born 1877)
*[[April 12]] – [[Lola Artôt de Padilla]], operatic soprano (born c.1876)
*[[May 10]] – [[Selma Kurz]], operatic soprano (born 1874)
*[[May 26]] – [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] country singer, "The Singing Brakeman" (born 1897)
*[[June 19]] – [[Yossele Rosenblatt]], cantor and composer (born 1882)
*[[June 24]] – [[Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones]], operatic soprano and vaudeville singer (born 1869)
*[[July 6]] – [[Robert Kajanus]], conductor and composer (born 1856)
*[[July 14]] – [[Raymond Roussel]], author and pianist (born 1877)
*[[July 15]] – [[Freddie Keppard]], jazz musician (born 1890)
*[[July 26]] – [[Charles Tindley]], gospel music composer (born 1851)
*[[August 3]] – [[Arthur Collins (singer)|Arthur Collins]], singer (born 1864)
*[[August 14]] – [[Eugen Haile]], singer and composer (born 1873)
*[[August 29]] – [[Georgi Conus]], composer (born 1862)
*[[September 7]] – [[Marcel Journet]], operatic bass (born 1867)
*[[September 10]]
**<!--September 10-->[[Adrian Ross]], English lyricist (born 1859)
**<!--September 10-->[[Giuseppe Campari]], opera singer and racing driver (born 1892) (in a motor racing accident)
*October – [[Joan Winters]], Broadway dancer (born 1909) (murdered)
*[[October 6]] – [[Zakaria Paliashvili]], composer (born 1871)
*[[October 16]] – [[Maurice Renaud]], operatic baritone (born 1860)
*[[October 23]] – [[Orville Harrold]], operatic tenor (born 1878)
*[[October 27]] – [[Julius Klengel]], cellist (born 1859)
*[[December 1]] – [[Blind Blake]], blues musician (born c. 1893)
*[[December 7]] – [[Jan Brandts Buys]], composer (born 1868)
*''date unknown'' – [[Manuel Torre]], flamenco singer (born 1878)

==References==
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