Editing 1935 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1935.

==Specific locations==
*[[1935 in British music]]
*[[1935 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1935 in country music]]
*[[1935 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 26]] – [[Georges Bizet]]'s [[Symphony in C (Bizet)|Symphony in C]] (1855) is performed for the first time, under [[Felix Weingartner]], in [[Basel]], Switzerland.
*[[April 8]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 5 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 5]]'' is premièred in [[Washington, D.C.]]
*[[April 23]] – ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' is broadcast for the first time on radio.
*[[June 14]] – [[Three X Sisters]] "2000 requests for the number (The Three Little Pigs Are Porkchops Now), over W1XBS (radio), Waterburians went into a spin. Many from this city." Song also performed June 3, on WJZ (CBS) by the trio, guest appearance on the popular radio program 'One Night Stand.'
*[[July 15]] – [[Alban Berg]] finishes his [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]].<ref>as Berg tells a friend in a letter the next day.</ref>
*[[December 1]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] is premièred in [[Madrid]]
*''date unknown''
**Soprano [[Bidu Sayão]] marries baritone [[Giuseppe Danise]].
**[[Swing music]] achieves popularity.<ref>{{cite book
| first= Paul
| last= Du Noyer
| year= 2003
| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Flame Tree Publishing
| location= Fulham, London
| isbn= 1-904041-96-5
| page= 128}}
</ref>
**[[Frank Sinatra]] begins his professional singing career as a member of the [[Hoboken Four]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=64SfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT30 |title=All the Way: A Biography of Frank Sinatra 1915–1998|first=Michael|last=Freedland|authorlink=Michael Freedland|year=2015|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-250-10373-4|page=35}}</ref>
**[[Natalino Otto]] makes his debut on US radio.
**[[Brussels Philharmonic]] is founded as ''Groot Symfonie-Orkest'' within Dutch-language public broadcaster [[Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|NRI/INR]].
**[[John Serry Sr.]] begins regular appearances at the [[Rainbow Room]] in [[Rockefeller Plaza]], New York City.

==Published popular music==
* "[[About a Quarter to Nine]]" words: [[Al Dubin]] music: [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Al Jolson]] in the film ''[[Go into Your Dance]]''
* "According to the Moonlight" w. [[Jack Yellen]] & [[Herb Magidson]] m. Joseph Meyer
*"[[Alone (1935 song)|Alone]]" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]. Introduced by [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] and [[Kitty Carlisle]] in the film ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''
* "An Evening In June" w. Tot Seymour m. Vee Lawnhurst
* "[[Animal Crackers in My Soup]]" w. [[Ted Koehler]] & [[Irving Caesar]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]. Introduced by [[Shirley Temple]] in the film ''Curly Top''
* "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[J. Fred Coots]]
* "[[Begin the Beguine]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "Bess Oh Where Is My Bess" [[George Gershwin]], [[Ira Gershwin]], [[DuBose Heyward]]
* "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" w. [[DuBose Heyward]] & [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "The Blues Jumped A Rabbit" w.m. [[Jimmie Noone]]
* "Broadway Rhythm" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* "The Broken Record" w.m. [[Cliff Friend]], Charles Tobias & Boyd Bunch
* "But Where Are You?" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "The Buzzard" m. [[Bud Freeman]]
* "Buzzard Song" w. [[DuBose Heyward]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Casino De Paree" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by [[Al Jolson]] in the film ''[[Go into Your Dance]]''
* "[[Cheek to Cheek]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Top Hat]]''
* "[[Christopher Robin is Saying His Prayers]]" w.m. [[A. A. Milne]] & [[Harold Fraser-Simson]]
* "[[Cidade Maravilhosa]]" by [[André Filho]]
* "Clouds" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "The Cockeyed Mayor of Kaunakakai" w. R. Alex Anderson & Al Stillman m. R. Alex Anderson
* "Cosi Cosa" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
*"Curly Top" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]. Introduced by [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] in the film ''Curly Top''
* "[[Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup]]" w.m. [[Anna Sosenko]]
* "[[Dese Dem Dose]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]]
* "Dinner For One, Please James" w.m. Michael Carr
* "The Dixieland Band" m. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. Bernard Hanighen
* "Don't Give Up The Ship" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Don't Mention Love To Me" [[Oscar Levant]] & [[Dorothy Fields]]
* "Down By The River" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Dust Off That Old Pianna" w.m. [[Irving Caesar]], Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks
* "[[East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)]]" w.m. Brooks Bowman
* "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]] & Matt Malneck
* "Every Little Moment" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m.[[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "Every Now and Then" w.m. [[Al Sherman]], [[Abner Silver]] and [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]].
* "Everything's Been Done Before" w.m. [[Harold Adamson]], Jack King & Edwin H. Knopf
* "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart" w.m. [[Al Goodhart]], [[Al Hoffman]] & [[Maurice Sigler]]
* "[[Fanlight Fanny]]" [[George Formby]], [[Harry Gifford (songwriter)|Harry Gifford]] and [[Frederick E. Cliffe]]
* "From The Top Of Your Head" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]
* "Got A Bran' New Suit" w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]
* "[[Harlem Chapel Chimes]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]]
* "(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie" w.m. [[Mack Gordon]]
* "Honky Tonk Train" m. [[Meade Lux Lewis]]
* "Hooray For Love" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Gene Raymond]] in the film ''[[Hooray for Love (film)|Hooray for Love]]''
* "I Built a Dream One Day" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]. Introduced by [[Walter Slezak]], [[Walter Woolf King]] and [[Robert C. Fischer]] in the musical ''[[May Wine (musical)|May Wine]]''.
* "[[I Can't Get Started]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Vernon Duke]]
* "I Dream Too Much (Alone)" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "I Feel A Song Coming On" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] & George Oppenheimer m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]
* "[[I Got Plenty o' Nuttin']]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] & [[DuBose Heyward]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "[[I Loves You, Porgy]]" w. DuBose Heyward & [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "I Wish I Were Aladdin" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
* "[[I Wished on the Moon]]" w. [[Dorothy Parker]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]]
* "[[I Won't Dance]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] & [[Jimmy McHugh]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "I'd Love To Take Orders From You" w. Al Dubin m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "I'd Rather Lead A Band" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Follow the Fleet]]''
* "I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again" w.m. [[Harry M. Woods]]
* "I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Fred Astaire]]
* "[[I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter]]" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Fred E. Ahlert]]
* "[[I'm in the Mood for Love]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Frances Langford]] in the film ''[[Every Night at Eight]]''.
* "I'm Living In A Great Big Way" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Bill Robinson]] and [[Jeni Le Gon]] in the film ''[[Hooray for Love (film)|Hooray for Love]]''.
* "I'm Shooting High" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "I'm Sitting High On A Hilltop" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. Arthur Johnston
* "[[I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora]]" [[Al Sherman]], [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]], [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)|Joseph Meyer]].
* "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" w. Edgar Leslie m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]
* "[[In a Sentimental Mood]]" w. Manny Kurtz & [[Irving Mills]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "In The Middle Of A Kiss" w.m. Sam Coslow
* "[[Isn't This a Lovely Day?]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Top Hat]]''
* "[[It Ain't Necessarily So]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "It's An Old Southern Custom" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. Joseph Meyer
* "[[It's Easy to Remember]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "I've Got My Fingers Crossed" w. Ted Koehler m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "[[Just One of Those Things (song)|Just One of Those Things]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[The Lady in Red (Allie Wrubel song)|The Lady In Red]]" w. [[Mort Dixon]] m. [[Allie Wrubel]]. Introduced in the film ''[[In Caliente]]'' by [[Wini Shaw]], [[Edward Everett Horton]], [[George Humbert]] and [[Judy Canova]].
* "[[Last Night When We Were Young]]" w. E. Y. Harburg m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "Let's Dance" w.m. Fanny Baldridge, Gregory Stone & Joseph Bonime
* "Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together)" w. Joe Young m. Frank E. Ahlert
* "Lights Out" by [[Billy Hill (songwriter)|Billy Hill]]
* "A Little Bit Independent" w. Edgar Leslie m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]
* "[[Little Girl Blue (song)|Little Girl Blue]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Gloria Grafton]] in the musical ''[[Jumbo (musical)|Billy Rose's Jumbo]]''.
* "A Little White Gardenia" w.m. Sam Coslow
* "Love Is a Dancing Thing" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
* "Love Me Forever" by [[Gus Kahn]]
* "Lovely to Look at" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] & Jimmy McHugh m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[Lullaby of Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Lulu's Back In Town" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Dick Powell]] and [[The Mills Brothers]] in the film [[Broadway Gondolier]].
* "[[Maybe (Allan Flynn and Frank Madden song)|Maybe]]" w.m. Allan Flynn & Frank Madden
* "Men About Town" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[Miss Brown to You|Miss Brown To You]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]] & [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "[[Moon Over Miami (song)|Moon Over Miami]]" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]
* "Moonburn" w. Edward Heyman m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1935 song)|The Most Beautiful Girl in the World]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Donald Novis]] and [[Gloria Grafton]] in the musical ''[[Jumbo (musical)|Jumbo]]''.
* "Mrs Worthington" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[The Music Goes 'Round and Around]]" w. "Red" Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley
* "My Heart And I" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. Frederick Hollander
* "[[My Man's Gone Now]]" w. [[DuBose Heyward]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "[[My Romance (song)|My Romance]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "My Very Good Friend The Milkman" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. Harold Spina
* "[[Noche de ronda]]", by [[Agustin Lara]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1963|page=1696|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDkhAQAAIAAJ&q=maria+teresa+lara+agustin+lara+noche+de+ronda&pg=PA1696|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref>
* "[[No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Top Hat]]''
* "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" w.m. Jimmie Davis
* "[[On the Beach at Bali-Bali]]" w.m. [[Al Sherman]], [[Abner Silver]], Jack Meskill
* "On Treasure Island" w. Edgar Leslie m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]], Myers, Wendling
* "[[Paris in the Spring]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]. Introduced by [[Mary Ellis]] in the film ''[[Paris in Spring]]''
* "The Piccolino" by [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Ginger Rogers]] in the film ''Top Hat''
*"A Picture Of Me Without You" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[June Knight]] and [[Charles Walters]] in the musical ''[[Jubilee (musical)|Jubilee]]''
* "[[Red Sails in the Sunset (song)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]" w. [[Jimmy Kennedy]] m. Will Grosz
* "Roll Along, Prairie Moon" w.m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]], Harry McPherson & Ted Fiorito
* "The Rose In Her Hair" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Dick Powell]] in the film [[Broadway Gondolier]].
* "[[Say "Si Si"]]" w. (Eng) [[Al Stillman]] (Sp) Francia Luban m. Ernesto Lecuona
* "Shadow Play" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "She's A Latin From Manhattan" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Al Jolson]] in the film ''[[Go into Your Dance]]''
* "Shoe Shine Boy" w. [[Sammy Cahn]] m. [[Saul Chaplin]]
* "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" w.m. [[Woody Guthrie]]
* "[[Solo Hop]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]]
* "Soon (Maybe Not Tomorrow)" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Summertime" w. [[DuBose Heyward]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle" w.m. Walter G, Samuels, Leonard Whitcup & Teddy Powell
* "Thanks a Million" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]. Introduced by [[Dick Powell]] in the film ''[[Thanks a Million]]''.
* "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "There's No One With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance" [[Frank Crumit]], Curtis
* "[[These Foolish Things]]" w. [[Holt Marvell]] m. [[Jack Strachey]] & [[Harry Link]]
* "This Time It's Love" by [[Sam M. Lewis]]
* "[[Tic-tac do Meu Coração]]" by Alcyr Pires Red and Walfrido Silva
* "[[Tomorrow's Another Day (1935 song)|Tomorrow's Another Day]]" w.m. [[Glenn Miller]]
* "[[Top Hat, White Tie and Tails]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Top Hat]]''
* "Trois Fables de Lafontaine" w.m. [[Marcelle de Manziarly]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Graham Johnson|author2=Richard Stokes|title=A French Song Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0keO46ekxkwC&pg=PA298|year=2002|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-924966-4|pages=298}}</ref>
* "[[When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ]]" w.m. [[Glenn Miller]]
* "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" [[Harry M. Woods]]
* "Who's Been Polishing The Sun" w.m. [[Noel Gay]]
* "Why Shouldn't I?" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Margaret Adams (actress)|Margaret Adams]] in the musical ''[[Jubilee (musical)|Jubilee]]''.
* "Why Stars Come Out At Night" w.m. [[Ray Noble (musician)|Ray Noble]]
* "With All My Heart" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Peggy Conklin]] in the 1936 film ''[[Her Master's Voice]]''
* "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" w. [[DuBose Heyward]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "You Are My Lucky Star" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
* "You Hit the Spot" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]. Performed by [[Frances Langford]] in the 1936 [[musical film]] ''[[Collegiate (1936 film)|Collegiate]]''.
* "You Let Me Down" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]. Introduced by [[Jane Froman]] in the film ''[[Stars over Broadway]]''
* "Your Feet's Too Big" w.m. Ada Benson & Fred Fisher
* "You're an Angel" by [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "You're an Eyeful of Heaven" w. [[Mort Dixon]] m. [[Allie Wrubel]]. Introduced by [[Patricia Ellis]] in the film ''[[Bright Lights (1935 film)|Bright Lights]]''.
* "You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)" w.m. [[Gene Autry]]

==Top popular recordings 1935==

The top popular records of 1935 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 1935, the numbers are only used for a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[Cheek to Cheek]]" || Brunswick 7486 || {{Start date|1935|6|26}} || {{Start date|1935|8}} || US Billboard 1935 #1, US #1 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000
|-
| 2 || Ray Noble and His Orchestra (Vocal Al Bowlly) || "[[Isle of Capri (song)|Isle Of Capri]]" || Victor 24771 || {{Start date|1934|8|30}} || {{Start date|1934|11|14}} || US Billboard 1935 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 3 || [[Glen Gray|Glen Gray and His Orchestra]] || "[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]" || Decca 349 || {{Start date|1935|1|9}} || {{Start date|1935|2}} || US Billboard 1935 #3, US #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[Red Sails in the Sunset (song)|Red Sails in the Sunset]]" || Decca 585 || {{Start date|1935|10|11}} || {{Start date|1935|10}} || US Billboard 1935 #4, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra]] and His Orchestra || "[[Roberta (1935 film)|Lovely to Look At]]" || Victor 24871 || {{Start date|1935|11|9}} || {{Start date|1935|11|24}} || US Billboard 1935 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Victor Young|Victor Young and His Orchestra]] || "She's a Latin from Manhattan" || Decca 418 || {{Start date|1935|3|21}} || {{Start date|1935|4}} || US Billboard 1935 #6, US #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 7 || Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra || "[[I Won't Dance]]" || Victor 24871 || {{Start date|1935|2|15}} || {{Start date|1935|4}} || US Billboard 1935 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Jack Little (songwriter)|Little Jack Little]] || "[[I'm in the Mood for Love]]" || Columbia 3069-D || {{Start date|1935|6|28}} || {{Start date|1935|8}} || US Billboard 1935 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 9 ||	Bob Crosby and His Orchestra ||	"In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" || Decca 478 || {{Start date|1935|6|1}} || {{Start date|1935|7}} || US Billboard 1935 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Fats Waller]] || "Truckin'" || Victor 25116 || {{Start date|1935|8|2}} || {{Start date|1935|10}} || US Billboard 1935 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[The Dorsey Brothers]] || "Chasing Shadows" || Decca 476 || {{Start date|1935|5|7}} || {{Start date|1935|7}} || US Billboard 1935 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra || "You Are My Lucky Star" || Victor 25125 || {{Start date|1935|7|5}} || {{Start date|1935|9|4}} || US Billboard 1935 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 13 || Glen Gray and His Orchestra || "[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]" || Decca 312 || {{Start date|1934|11|16}} || {{Start date|1934|12}} || US Billboard 1935 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1934|Jazz Standards 1934]]
|-
| 14 || [[Tom Coakley|Tom Coakley and His Palace Hotel Orchestra]] || "[[East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)]]" || Victor 25069 || {{Start date|1935|5|28}} || {{Start date|1935|6|26}} || US Billboard 1935 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 15 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)" || Decca 393 || {{Start date|1935|11|9}} || {{Start date|1935|3}} || US Billboard 1935 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Ruth Etting]] || "Life Is a Song" || Columbia 3031-D || {{Start date|1935|4|5}} || {{Start date|1935|6}} || US Billboard 1935 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 17 || [[The Dorsey Brothers|Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra]] || "[[Lullaby of Broadway (song)|Lullaby of Broadway]]" || Decca 370 || {{Start date|1935|1|26}} || {{Start date|1935|3}} || US Billboard 1935 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[The Boswell Sisters]] || "The Object Of My Affection" || Brunswick 7348 || {{Start date|1934|12|10}} || {{Start date|1935|1}} || US Billboard 1935 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[It's Easy to Remember]]" || Decca 391 || {{Start date|1935|2|21}} || {{Start date|1935|4}} || US Billboard 1935 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 20 || Bing Crosby || "Red Sails in the Sunset" || Decca 616 || {{Start date|1935|11|12}} || {{Start date|1935|11}} || US Billboard 1935 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|}

===Christmas songs===
*"[[When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley|När ljusen tändas därhemma]]" – [[translation|translated]] into [[Swedish language|Swedish]] by [[Nils Hellström]]
*"[[Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town]]" by [[J. Fred Coots]] and [[Haven Gillespie]]
* "[[Jingle Bells]]" by [[Benny Goodman]] & His Orchestra
* "[[Silent Night]]" by [[Bing Crosby]]

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Henk Badings|Badings, Henk]] || {{ill|Symphony No. 3 (Badings)|lt=Symphony No. 3|nl|Symfonie nr. 3 (Badings)}} || 1935-05-02 || Amsterdam || [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Willem Mengelberg|Mengelberg]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.universaledition.com/3-Symphonie-Henk-Badings/composers-and-works/composer/33/work/531|title=Universal Edition|website=www.universaledition.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[String Quartet No. 5 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 5]] || 1935-04-08 || Washington D.C. || [[Kolisch Quartet]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pyn9rr0J294C&dq=kolisch+quartet+bartok+quartet+5+1935&pg=PA366|title=Bartók's Chamber Music|first=János|last=Kárpáti|date=May 31, 1994|publisher=Pendragon Press|isbn=9780945193197 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alfredo Casella|Casella, Alfredo]] || ''[[Introduzione, Corale e Marcia]]'' || 1935-12-11 || Winterthur, Switzerland || [[Winterthur Musikkollegium Orchestra|Musikkollegium Orchestra]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref name="Alfredo Casella - Introduzione, Corale e Marcia">{{Cite web|url=https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/311.html|title=Alfredo Casella - Introduzione, Corale e Marcia|website=repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de}}</ref>
|-
| [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann|Hartmann, Karl Amadeus]] || ''[[Miserae]]'' || 1935-09-02 || Prague ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM]]) || [unknown ensemble] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.schott-music.com/shop/9/show,152355.html|title=Schott Music}}</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || ''[[Der Schwanendreher]]'' || 1935-11-14 || Amsterdam || Hindemith / [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Willem Mengelberg|Mengelberg]]<ref>[http://studio.americanviolasociety.org/eastmanstudios/2015/02/05/paul-hindemith-der-schwanendreher-1935/ American Viola Society]</ref>
|-
| [[Jacques Ibert|Ibert, Jacques]] || ''[[Concertino da camera (Ibert)|Concertino da camera]]'' || 1935-12-11 || Winterthur, Switzerland || [[Sigurd Rascher|Rascher]] / [[Winterthur Musikkollegium Orchestra|Musikkollegium Orchestra]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref name="Alfredo Casella - Introduzione, Corale e Marcia" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clintonsymphony.org/ibert-concertino2k15.htm |title=Clinton Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820041338/http://clintonsymphony.org/ibert-concertino2k15.htm |archive-date=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[L'ascension]]'' || 1935-02-09 || Paris, France || [[Concerts Siohan Orchestra]] – [[Robert Siohan|Siohan]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|10594|Olivier Messiaen: '' L'ascension''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud, Darius]] || [[Cello Concerto No. 1 (Milhaud)|Cello Concerto No. 1]] || 1935-06-28 || Paris, France || [[Maurice Maréchal|Maréchal]] / [unknown orchestra] – [[Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht|Inghelbrecht]]<ref>Darius Milhaud: Catalogue des oeuvres publiées par Durand, Eschig, Ricordi, Salabert. Page 37</ref>
|-
| [[Darius Milhaud|Milhaud, Darius]] || ''[[Concertino de printemps]]'' || 1935-03-21 || Paris, France || [[Yvonne Astruc|Astruc]] / [unknown ensemble] – Milhaud <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDH55168|title=Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix & other works|via=www.hyperion-records.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] || 1935-12-01 || Madrid || [[Robert Soetens|Soetens]] / [[Madrid Symphony Orchestra|Madrid Symphony]] – [[Enrique Fernández Arbós|Fernández Arbós]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/SHOSTAKOVICH-Violin-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor,-Opus.aspx |title=San Francisco Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2016-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527124253/http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/SHOSTAKOVICH-Violin-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor,-Opus.aspx |archive-date=2016-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || [[Concerto for Two Pianos (Stravinsky)|Concerto for Two Pianos]] || 1935-11-21 || Paris, France || I. Stravinsky, [[Soulima Stravinsky|S. Stravinsky]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12188|Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos}}</ref>
|-
| [[Michael Tippett|Tippett, Michael]] || {{ill|String Quartet No. 1 (Tippett)|lt=String Quartet No. 1|fr|Quatuor à cordes no 1 de Tippett}} || 1935-12-09 || London, UK || [[Brosa Quartet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12425|Michael Tippett: String Quartet No. 1}}</ref>
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| [[Jules Van Nuffel|Van Nuffel, Jules]] || ''[[Laetatus sum (Nuffel)|Laetatus sum]]'' || 1935-07 || Mechelen, Belgium || [[St. Rumbold's Cathedral]] Choir & organ
|-
| [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos, Heitor]] || ''[[Uirapuru (Villa-Lobos)|Uirapuru]]'' || 1935-05-25 || Buenos Aires || [[Teatro Colón]] orchestra & corps de ballet – [[Heitor Villa-Lobos|Villa-Lobos]]<ref>''[http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf Villa-Lobos, sua obra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016170347/http://museuvillalobos.org.br/ingles/bancodad/VLSO_1.0.pdf |date=2016-10-16 }}'', Version 1.0. MinC / IBRAM, and the Museu Villa-Lobos 2009, 38–39.</ref>
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| [[William Walton|Walton, William]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Walton)|Symphony No. 1]] || 1935-11-06 || London, UK || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Hamilton Harty|Harty]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWfNcDTDtCEC&dq=walton+symphony+1+harty+bbc+1935&pg=PA297|title=William Walton: Muse of Fire|first=Stephen|last=Lloyd|date=May 31, 2001|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=9780851158037 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
| [[Anton Webern|Webern, Anton]] || [[Concerto for Nine Instruments (Webern)|Concerto for Nine Instruments]] || 1935-09-04 || Prague ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM]]) || [unknown ensemble] – [[Heinrich Jalowetz|Jalowetz]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|12639|Anton Webern: Concerto for Nine Instruments}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Alban Berg]] – [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''Statements'' for Orchestra
*[[Ernst von Dohnányi]] – [[Sextet (Dohnányi)|Sextet for piano, violin, viola, cello, clarinet and horn]], Op. 37
*Sir [[George Dyson (composer)|George Dyson]] – ''Belshazzar's Feast''
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – ''Lenin Requiem''
*[[George Enescu]]
**[[Cello Sonata No. 2 (Enescu)|Cello Sonata No. 2]] in C major, Op. 26, No. 2
**[[Piano Sonata No. 3 (Enescu)|Piano Sonata No. 3]] in D major, Op. 24, No. 3
*[[Rudolf Escher]] – Piano Sonata No. 1
*[[Pierre-Octave Ferroud]] – ''Sonnerie pour le Hérault ''
*[[Vittorio Giannini]] – Piano Concerto
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – ''[[Der Schwanendreher]]'' for Viola and Orchestra
*[[André Hossein]] – ''Towards the Light'' (ballet)
*[[Akira Ifukube]] – ''Japanese Rhapsody''
*[[Uuno Klami]] – ''Psalmus'' (oratorio)
*[[Hans Pfitzner]] – Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Major
*[[Francis Poulenc]] – ''[[Suite française (Poulenc)|Suite française]]''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor]], Op. 63
*[[Roger Sessions]] – [[Violin Concerto (Sessions)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Petar Stojanović (composer)|Petar Stojanović]] – ''Sava'' (symphonic poem)
*[[William Walton]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Walton)|Symphony No. 1]]

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Brian Easdale]] – ''The Corn King''
*[[Reynaldo Hahn]] – ''[[Le marchand de Venise]]''
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] – ''Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend'' (composed between 1934 and 1936; performance of Hartmann's works banned by the Nazis after 1933)
*[[Arthur Honegger]] – ''[[Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher]]'' (dramatic oratorio)
*[[Pietro Mascagni]] – ''Nerone''
*[[Alexander Zemlinsky]] – ''[[Der König Kandaules]]'' (first performance 1996)

==Film==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Coal Face]]''
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''Men Behind the Meters''
*[[Aram Khachaturian]] – ''[[Pepo (film)]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)]]''
*[[Franz Waxman]] – ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1935 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Anything Goes]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on June 14 and ran for 261 performances
* ''[[The Gay Deceivers]]'' London production opened at the [[London Coliseum|Coliseum]] on September 7 and ran for 123 performances
* ''[[Glamorous Night]]'' (w. [[Christopher Hassall]] m. [[Ivor Novello]]) – London production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Theatre Royal]] on May 2 and ran for 243 performances
*''[[Jubilee (musical)|Jubilee]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on October 12 and ran for 169 performances.
* ''[[Jumbo (musical)|Jumbo]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Hippodrome Theatre, New York City|Hippodrome]] on November 16 and ran for 233 performances.
* ''[[May Wine]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on December 5 and ran for 213 performances.
* ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' ([[George Gershwin]]) – [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on October 10 and ran for 124 performances
* ''[[Stop Press (revue)|Stop Press]]'' London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on February 21.

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Antonia (1935 film)|Antonia]]'', starring [[Marcelle Chantal]], [[Fernand Gravey]] and [[Josette Day]], with music by [[Paul Abraham]] and [[Alfred Rode]]
* ''[[Be Careful, Mr Smith]]'' starring [[Bobbie Comber]]
* ''[[The Bird Seller (1935 film)|The Bird Seller]]'' (''Der Vogelhändler''), starring [[Maria Andergast]], [[Wolf Albach-Retty]] and [[Lil Dagover]], based on the operetta by [[Carl Zeller]].<ref>Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. ''The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.</ref>
* ''[[Bright Lights (1935 film)|Bright Lights]]'' starring [[Joe E. Brown]], [[Ann Dvorak]] and [[Patricia Ellis]]. Directed by [[Busby Berkeley]].
* ''[[Broadway Gondolier]]'' released July 27 starring [[Dick Powell]] and [[Joan Blondell]], and featuring [[The Mills Brothers]] and [[Ted Fio Rito]] & his Band.
* ''[[Broadway Melody of 1936]]'' starring [[Jack Benny]], [[Eleanor Powell]], [[Una Merkel]] and [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] and featuring [[Frances Langford]]
* ''[[Casta Diva (1935 film)|Casta diva]]'', starring [[Mártha Eggerth]], with music by [[Vincenzo Bellini]]
* ''Curly Top'' released August 2 starring [[Shirley Temple]]
* ''[[Dizzy Dames]]'' starring [[Marjorie Rambeau]], [[Inez Courtney]], [[Fuzzy Knight]] and [[Kitty Kelly]]
* ''[[El caballo del pueblo]]'', starring [[Irma Córdoba]]
* ''[[El día que me quieras (1935 film)|El día que me quieras]]'', starring [[Carlos Gardel]], [[Rosita Moreno]] and [[Tito Lusiardo]], with music by Gardel and lyrics by [[Alfredo Le Pera]]<ref>Piazzolla, Ástor. A Memoir, Natalio Gorin, Amadaeus, 2001.</ref>
* ''[[Estudantes]]'', starring [[Carmen Miranda]], [[Mesquitinha]] and [[Mário Reis (singer)|Mário Reis]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qf-SAAAAQBAJ&q=Estudantes+1935&pg=PT61|title=Os reis da voz
|work= Ronaldo Conde Aguiar|isbn=9788577343997
|access-date=September 3, 2014|last1=Aguiar
|first1=Ronaldo Conde
|date=August 2013
}}</ref> with music by [[João de Barro]], [[Alberto Ribeiro]] and others
* ''[[Every Night at Eight]]'' starring [[Alice Faye]], [[Frances Langford]] and [[Patsy Kelly]]
* ''[[First a Girl]]'' starring [[Jessie Matthews]] and [[Sonnie Hale]]
* ''[[George White's 1935 Scandals]]'' starring [[Alice Faye]], [[Cliff Edwards]] and [[Eleanor Powell]]
* ''[[Go into Your Dance]]'' released April 20 starring [[Al Jolson]] and [[Ruby Keeler]]
* ''[[Heart's Desire (1935 film)|Heart's Desire]]'' starring [[Richard Tauber]]
* ''[[Hooray for Love (film)|Hooray for Love]]'' starring [[Ann Sothern]], [[Gene Raymond]] and [[Pert Kelton]], and featuring [[Bill Robinson]] and [[Fats Waller]]
*''[[In Caliente]]'' starring [[Dolores del Río]], [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]], [[Leo Carrillo]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]] and featuring [[Wini Shaw]]
* ''[[Invitation to the Waltz (film)|Invitation to the Waltz]]'', starring [[Lilian Harvey]]
* ''[[King Solomon of Broadway]]'' starring [[Edmund Lowe]], [[Dorothy Page (actress)|Dorothy Page]] and [[Pinky Tomlin]]
* ''[[Königswalzer (1935 film)|Königswalzer]]'', starring [[Paul Hörbiger]], [[Curd Jürgens]] and [[Carola Höhn]]
* ''[[Naughty Marietta (film)|Naughty Marietta]]'' starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Nelson Eddy]] and [[Elsa Lanchester]]
* ''[[The Night Is Young]]'' starring [[Ramon Novarro]], [[Evelyn Laye]], [[Charles Butterworth (actor)|Charles Butterworth]], [[Una Merkel]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]]
* ''[[Paddy O'Day]]'' starring [[Jane Withers]], [[Pinky Tomlin]] and [[Rita Hayworth]]
* ''[[Princesse Tam Tam]]'', starring [[Josephine Baker]] and [[Albert Préjean]]<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|page=C13 (69)|title=''Tam Tam'', Starring Baker|author-link=Vincent Canby|author=Canby, Vincent|date=February 10, 1989|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/10/movies/review-film-tam-tam-starring-baker.html|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>
* ''[[Reckless (1935 film)|Reckless]]'' starring [[Jean Harlow]] and [[William Powell]] and featuring [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] and [[Nina Mae McKinney]].
* ''[[Redheads on Parade]]'' starring [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]], [[Dixie Lee]] and [[Jack Haley]]
* ''[[Roberta (1935 film)|Roberta]]'' starring [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Irene Dunne]] and [[Randolph Scott]].
* ''[[She Shall Have Music]]'' starring [[Jack Hylton]], [[June Clyde]] and [[Brian Lawrance]]. Directed by [[Leslie S. Hiscott]].
* ''[[Shipmates Forever]]'' starring [[Dick Powell]] and [[Ruby Keeler]]
* ''[[Stars Over Broadway]]'' (released November 5), starring [[Jane Froman]] and [[James Melton]]
* ''[[Sweet Music]]'' starring [[Rudy Vallée]], [[Ann Dvorak]] and [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]]
* ''[[Thanks a Million]]'' starring [[Dick Powell]] and [[Ann Dvorak]]
* ''[[Top Hat]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]]
* ''[[Two for Tonight]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Joan Bennett]] and [[Thelma Todd]]
* ''[[Two Hearts in Harmony]]'' starring [[Bernice Claire]] and [[George Curzon (actor)|George Curzon]] and featuring [[Chick Endor]], [[Charles Farrell]] and [[Jack Harris (bandleader)|Jack Harris]] & his Orchestra. Directed by [[William Beaudine]].

==Births==
*[[January 8]] – [[Elvis Presley]], rock & roll singer (died [[1977 in music|1977]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Matthew-Walker|title=Elvis Presley: A Study in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzxLAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-7119-0086-8|page=2}}</ref>
*[[January 10]] 
** [[Sherrill Milnes]], American operatic baritone<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KfgZAAAAYAAJ|year=1971|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=297}}</ref>
** [[Ronnie Hawkins]], American rockabilly singer (died [[2022 in music|2022]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/29/obituaries/ronnie-hawkins-dead.html|title=Ronnie Hawkins, Rockabilly Road Warrior, Is Dead at 87|last=Applebome|first=Peter|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 29, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>
*[[January 19]] – [[Johnny O'Keefe]], Australian singer-songwriter (died [[1977 in music|1978]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Dorothy Provine]], American actress, singer and dancer (died [[2010 in music|2010]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Dorothy Provine obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/may/06/dorothy-provine-obituary |access-date=June 22, 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 6, 2010}}</ref>
*[[January 24]] – [[Gaqo Çako]], Albanian opera singer (died 2018)
*[[February 3]] – [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], African-American singer-songwriter and musician (died [[1996 in music|1996]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lee Cotten|title=The Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll: Reelin' & rockin', 1956-1959|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSHaAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Pierian Press|isbn=978-1-56075-039-0|page=415}}</ref>
*[[February 5]] – [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]], rock singer (died [[1982 in music|1982]])
*[[February 11]]
**<!--February 11-->[[Bent Lorentzen (composer)|Bent Lorentzen]], Danish composer (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
**<!--February 11-->[[Gene Vincent]], American rock & roll singer (died [[1971 in music|1971]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Henderson | first = Derek | title = Gene Vincent: a companion | publisher = Spent Brothers Productions | location = Southampton | year = 2005 | isbn = 9780951941676 | page=3}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Gene McDaniels]], American singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*[[February 16]] – [[Sonny Bono]], American singer, actor and record producer (died [[1998 in music|1998]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Book of Golden Discs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxRAAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Barrie & Jenkins|isbn=978-0-214-20480-7|page=197}}</ref>
*[[February 18]]
**[[Ciarán Bourke]], Irish folk musician (died [[1988 in music|1988]])
**[[Gennady Gladkov]], Soviet and Russian composer
*[[February 27]] – [[Mirella Freni]], operatic soprano (died [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/arts/music/mirella-freni-dead.html|title=Mirella Freni, Matchless Italian Prima Donna, Dies at 84|first=Anthony|last=Tommasini|work=The New York Times |date=9 February 2020|access-date=9 February 2020|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
*[[March 17]] – [[Adam Wade (singer)|Adam Wade]], singer, drummer and actor (died 2022)
*[[March 20]] - [[Aviva Semadar]], Israeli folklore and chanson singer 
*[[March 29]] – [[Ruby Murray]], singer (died 1996)
*[[March 30]] – [[Gordon Mumma]], composer
*[[March 31]] – [[Herb Alpert]], American trumpeter and bandleader<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA198|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=198}}</ref>
*[[April 5]] – [[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]], manager and record executive (Led Zeppelin) (died 1995)
*[[April 6]] – [[Fred Bongusto]], Italian light music singer=songwriter and composer (died [[2019 in music|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KhmAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Who's Who in Italy|isbn=978-88-85246-08-9|page=242}}</ref>
*[[April 7]] – [[Bobby Bare]], American singer/songwriter
*[[April 9]] – [[Aulis Sallinen]], [[Finland|Finnish]] composer
*[[April 10]] – [[Jerzy Milian]], Polish jazz vibraphonist (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[April 16]] – [[Bobby Vinton]], singer
*[[April 19]] – [[Dudley Moore]], [[England|English]] composer, jazz pianist and comic actor (died [[2002 in music|2002]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNlkAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Screen International, King Publications|page=114| isbn=9780900925214 }}</ref>
*[[April 22]] – [[Paul Chambers]], jazz bassist (died [[1969 in music|1969]])<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=1st|isbn=0-85112-580-8|pages=82–83}}</ref>
*[[April 23]] – [[Ray Peterson]], singer (died 2005)
*[[May 9]] – [[Nokie Edwards]], American guitarist and actor ([[The Ventures]]) (died 2018)
*[[May 10]] – [[Larry Williams]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
*[[May 13]] – [[Teddy Randazzo]], American singer-songwriter and accordion player (died [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[May 15]] – [[Akihiro Miwa]], Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen
*[[May 27]] – [[Ramsey Lewis]], African-American jazz musician and composer (died [[2022 in music|2022]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/arts/music/ramsey-lewis-dead.html|title=Ramsey Lewis, Jazz Pianist Who Became a Pop Star, Dies at 87|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Keepnews|first=Peter|date=September 12, 2022|access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref>
*[[June 1]] – [[Hazel Dickens]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died [[2011 in music|2011]])
*[[June 17]] – [[Peggy Seeger]], American folk singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Virginia L. Grattan|title=American Women Songwriters: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpOfAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-28510-3|page=155}}</ref>
*[[June 24]] – [[Terry Riley]], American minimalist composer
*[[June 26]] – [[Dwight York]], American singer ([[Passion (New York band)|Passion]])
*[[July 1]] – [[James Cotton]], African-American harmonica player and singer-songwriter (died [[2017 in music|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sandra B. Tooze|title=Muddy Waters: The Mojo Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jgQ6AQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-296-8|page=138}}</ref>
*[[July 5]] – [[Shirley Collins]], English folk singer
*[[July 8]] – [[Steve Lawrence]], American singer ([[Steve and Eydie]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Celebrity Register: An Irreverent Compendium of American Quotable Notables|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fggSAAAAIAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Harper & Row|page=361}}</ref>
*[[July 9]]
** [[Mercedes Sosa]], Argentine singer (died [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Hao Huang|title=Music in the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2CkKAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-8012-9|page=588}}</ref>
** [[Mighty Sparrow]], Grenadian singer
*[[July 12]] – [[Barry Mason]], English songwriter (died [[2021 in music|2021]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark White|title="You Must Remember This--": Popular Songwriters, 1900–1980|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kRoKAQAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=F. Warne|isbn=978-0-7232-3177-6|page=192}}</ref>
*[[July 17]]
** [[Diahann Carroll]], American actress and singer (died [[2019 in music|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|author=James Monaco|title=The Encyclopedia of Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kqcYAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA101|year=1991|publisher=Perigee Books|isbn=978-0-399-51604-7|pages=101}}</ref>
** [[Peter Schickele]], American composer and classical music parodist
*[[July 24]] – [[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]], English songwriter and light orchestra leader (died 2019)
*[[July 29]]
**[[Jacques Levy]], songwriter (died 2004)
**[[Morella Muñoz]], mezzo-soprano (died 1995)
*[[August 2]] – [[Hank Cochran]], country music singer/songwriter (died 2010)
*[[August 10]] – [[Giya Kancheli]], Soviet and Georgian composer (died 2019)<ref>{{cite news|last1=n.a.|title=Giya Kancheli obituary|url= https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/giya-kancheli-obituary-h58w67b5f?region=global|access-date=30 October 2019|work=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=28 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[August 15]] – [[Jim Dale]], singer-songwriter and actor
*[[August 16]] – [[Bobby Mitchell (singer)|Bobby Mitchell]], New Orleans do-wop and R&B singer (died 1986)
*[[August 18]] – Sir [[Howard Morrison]], concert singer (died 2009)
*[[August 21]] – [[Lord Creator]], born Kentrick Patrick, calypso singer (died 2023)
*[[August 30]] – [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], singer, guitarist and songwriter ([[The Mamas & the Papas]]) (died [[2001 in music|2001]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sharon Davis|title=The Sixties|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmPLPGrPyCgC|year=1997|publisher=Mainstream|isbn=978-1-85158-836-7|page=228}}</ref>
*[[September 1]] – [[Seiji Ozawa]], Japanese [[Conducting|conductor]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Janny de Jong|title=The Great Symphonies: The Great Orchestras, the Great Conductors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nL8IAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|isbn=978-0-283-99694-8|page=174}}</ref> (died 2024)
*[[September 2]] – [[Vladimír Válek]], Czech conductor (died 2025)<ref>[https://english.radio.cz/czech-radio-mourns-vladimir-valek-longtime-conductor-its-symphony-orchestra-8843409 Czech Radio mourns Vladimír Válek, longtime conductor of its symphony orchestra]</ref>
*[[September 7]] – [[Ronnie Dove]], American pop and country singer with several chart records throughout the 60s and 70s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ihopeidiebeforeigetold.com/september-7-birthdays|title=September 7 Birthdays - Singers & Musicians}}</ref>
*[[September 9]] – [[Chaim Topol]], Israeli singer and performer (''[[Fiddler on the Roof (film)|Fiddler on the Roof]]'')<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=British Film and Television Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJFmAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=King Publications|page=402}}</ref> (died [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[September 11]] – [[Arvo Pärt]], Estonian classical composer<ref>{{cite book|last=Sitsky|first=Larry|author-link=Larry Sitsky|title=Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sgDJKVXraE0C&pg=PA358|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29689-5|page=358}}</ref>
*[[September 14]] – [[Ángel Medardo Luzuriaga]], Ecuadorian musical artist (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[September 19]] – [[Nick Massi]], American rock bass singer/guitarist ([[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]]) (died [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[September 20]] – [[László Aradszky]], Hungarian singer (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[September 21]] – [[Henry Gibson]], American actor and singer-songwriter (died [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{cite news| last=McLellan| first=Dennis| title=Actor was original cast member of 'Laugh-In'| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=September 17, 2009| page=A24| url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-henry-gibson17-2009sep17,0,5650124,full.story| access-date=September 14, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923121638/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-henry-gibson17-2009sep17,0,5650124,full.story| archive-date=September 23, 2009}}</ref>
*[[September 22]] – [[Virgilijus Noreika]], Lithuanian tenor (died [[2018 in music|2018]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/mire-virgilijus-noreika.d?id=77322643|title=Mirė Virgilijus Noreika|author=Lithuanian National Radio and Television|author-link=Lithuanian National Radio and Television|publisher=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]|date=3 March 2018|access-date=3 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died [[2022 in music|2022]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/arts/music/jerry-lee-lewis-dead.html|title=Jerry Lee Lewis, a Rock 'n' Roll Original, Dies at 87|last=Grimes|first=William|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>
*[[September 30]]
**<!--September 30-->[[Z. Z. Hill]], American blues singer (died 1984)
**<!--September 30-->[[Johnny Mathis]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy A. Marco|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-4782-5|page=421}}</ref>
*[[October 1]] – [[Julie Andrews]], singer and actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's Annual Events: The Day-By-Day Directory to 1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQoBM1qCk5wC|year=1993|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=395}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – [[Khayyam Mirzazade]], Azerbaijani composer and teacher (died [[2018 in music|2018]])<ref>{{Cite news| title = Живу так, как мечтал – композитор Хайям Мирзазаде| url=http://www.trend.az/life/interview/1555118.html| publisher=Trend}}</ref>
*[[October 12]]
**<!--October 12-->[[Samuel David Moore]], Southern soul and R&B singer ([[Sam and Dave]])
**<!--October 12-->[[Luciano Pavarotti]], operatic tenor (died [[2007 in music|2007]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy A. Marco|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-4782-5|page=520}}</ref>
*[[October 14]] – [[La Monte Young]], composer{{sfn|Sitsky|2002|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=sgDJKVXraE0C&pg=PA246 246]}}
*[[October 15]] – [[Barry McGuire]], singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=822–823}}</ref>
*[[October 17]] – [[Michael Eavis]], English dairy farmer, founder of the [[Glastonbury Festival]]
*[[October 20]] – [[Jerry Orbach]], musical theatre actor (died 2004)
*[[October 21]] – [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]], harpist and composer (died [[2002 in music|2002]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The American Harp Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIcJAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=American Harp Society|page=44}}</ref>
*[[November 4]] – [[Laila Sari]], Indonesian comedian and singer (died [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[November 13]] – [[P. Susheela]], Indian playback singer
*[[November 17]] 
**[[Imrat Khan]], sitar player (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
** [[Masatoshi Sakai]], Japanese record producer<ref>[https://news.1242.com/article/107044 11/17は日本歌謡史の流れを変えた名ディレクター・酒井政利の誕生日【大人のMusic Calendar】]. News Online. Nippon Broadcasting System. 17 November 2016.</ref><ref>[https://hochi.news/articles/20210719-OHT1T51066.html?page=1 音楽プロデューサー・酒井政利さん、死去 85歳]. Sports Hochi. 19 July 2021.</ref>
*[[November 18]] – [[Alain Barrière]], French singer (died [[2019 in music|2019]])<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/mort-du-chanteur-alain-barriere-a-l-age-de-84-ans-20191219 |title= Mort du chanteur Alain Barrière à l'âge de 84 ans |language=fr |newspaper=[[Le Figaro]] |date=18 December 2019|access-date=August 5, 2021}}</ref>
*[[November 27]] – [[Al Jackson, Jr.]], R&B drummer, producer and songwriter ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]]) (died 1975)
*[[November 30]] – [[Usha Mangeshkar]], Indian singer
*[[December 23]] – [[Little Esther Phillips]], R&B singer (died 1984)
*[[December 26]] – [[Abdul "Duke" Fakir]], soul singer ([[Four Tops]]) (died 2024)
*''date unknown'' – [[Mogens Ellegaard]], accordionist (died 1995)

==Deaths==
*[[January 8]]
**[[Jesse Garon Presley]], stillborn twin of Elvis Presley
**[[Rauf Yekta]], Turkish musicologist and author (born 1871)
*[[January 9]] – [[Dina Edling]], operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1854)
*[[January 11]] – [[Marcella Sembrich]], coloratura soprano (born 1858)
*[[January 13]] – [[Heinrich Schenker]], music theorist (born 1868)
*[[January 22]] – [[Zequinha de Abreu]], musician and composer (born 1880)
*[[January 28]] – [[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]], composer (born [[1859 in music|1859]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iuZ6HaEMmoC&pg=PA328|year=1999|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-00084-1|pages=328}}</ref>
*February – [[Alice Esty (soprano)|Alice Esty]], operatic soprano (born 1864)
*[[February 2]] – [[Clara Smith]], blues singer (born c. 1894)
*[[February 28]] – [[Chiquinha Gonzaga]], composer (born [[1847 in music|1847]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3kQOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4065-1|page=361}}</ref>
*[[April 2]] – [[Bennie Moten]], jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1894)
*[[April 5]] – [[Emil Młynarski]], violinist, conductor and composer (born 1870)
*[[April 9]] – [[Israel Schorr]], cantor (born 1886)
*[[April 16]] – [[Victor Ewald]], composer (born 1860)
*[[April 23]] – [[Georgina Stirling]], operatic soprano (born 1866)
*[[April 24]] – [[Paul Klengel]], pianist, violinist, composer (born 1854)
*[[April 29]] – [[Leroy Carr]], blues musician (born 1905)
*[[May 3]] – [[Charles Manners (musician)|Charles Manners]], operatic bass (born 1857)
*[[May 10]] – [[Herbert Witherspoon]], operatic bass and opera manager (born 1873)
*[[May 16]] – [[Leopold Lichtenberg]], violinist (born 1861)
*[[May 17]] – [[Paul Dukas]], composer (born [[1865 in music|1865]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger Nichols|title=The Harlequin Years: Music in Paris 1917-1929|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8COCvbKc5c4C&pg=PP271|year=2002|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-23736-0|pages=271}}</ref>
*[[May 19]] – [[Charles Martin Loeffler]], American composer (born [[1861 in music|1861]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago Symphony Orchestra|title=Program Notes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuEEAAAAMAAJ|year=1942|publisher=Orchestral Association|page=260}}</ref>
*[[May 28]] – [[Jelka Rosen]], wife of [[Frederick Delius]] (born [[1868 in music|1868]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Burke | first = John | title = Musical landscapes | publisher = Webb & Bower | location = Exeter, England | year = 1983 | isbn = 9780906671603 | page=114}}</ref>
*[[May 29]] – [[Josef Suk (composer)|Josef Suk]], composer (born [[1874 in music|1874]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Cleveland Orchestra|title=Program|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeYEAAAAMAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Musical Arts Association|page=147}}</ref>
*[[June 6]] – [[Jacques Urlus]], operatic tenor (born 1867)
*[[June 24]] – in an air crash in Colombia:
**[[Carlos Gardel]], tango singer (born 1890)<ref>Clavell, M. (1996) (in Spanish), Biografía. In: ''Los Mejores Tangos de Carlos Gardel''. Alfred Publ. Van Nuys, California.</ref>
**[[Alfredo Le Pera]], lyricist (born 1900)
*[[July 21]] – [[Honoré Dutrey]], jazz trombonist (born c. 1894)
*[[August 2]] – [[Isidore de Lara]], composer (born [[1858 in music|1858]])<ref>Nigel Burton, Susan Thach Dean: "Isidore de Lara", ''Grove Music Online'' ed. L. Macy (Retrieved 30 January 2009), [http://www.grovemusic.com (subscription access)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516041031/http://www.grovemusic.com/ |date=2008-05-16 }}</ref>
*[[August 20]] – [[Otakar Ostrčil]], composer and conductor (born 1879)
*[[August 21]] – [[Marjorie White]], actress, singer and dancer (born 1904) (in a car crash)
*[[September 11]] – [[Evelyn Hoey]], torch singer (born 1910) (suicide)
*[[September 20]] – [[Amy Sherwin]], operatic soprano (born 1855)
*[[September 23]] – [[DeWolf Hopper]], US actor and singer (born 1858)
*[[October 4]] – [[Marie Gutheil-Schoder]], operatic soprano (born 1874)
*[[October 13]] – [[Dranem]], French singer and music hall entertainer (born 1869)
*[[October 22]] – [[Komitas]], exiled Armenian priest and ethnomusicologist (born 1869)
*[[November 16]] – [[Kurt Schindler]], conductor and composer (born 1882)
*[[November 18]] – [[Anton Hekking]], cellist (born 1856)
*[[November 27]] – [[Charlie Green (musician)|Charlie Green]], jazz trombonist (born c. 1900)
*[[November 28]] – [[Erich von Hornbostel]], musicologist (born [[1877 in music|1877]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Gerald Norris|title=A Musical Gazetteer of Great Britain & Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KcMXAQAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=978-0-7153-7845-8|page=12}}</ref>
*[[December 4]] – [[Johan Halvorsen]], violinist, conductor and composer (born 1864)<ref>{{cite book|author=Norman E. Smith|title=Program Notes for Band|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hBMKAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=GIA Publications|isbn=978-1-57999-147-0|page=266}}</ref>
*[[December 9]] – [[Nina Grieg]], soprano and wife of [[Edvard Grieg]] (born [[1845 in music|1845]])<ref>{{cite book | last = Grieg | first = Edvard | title = Grieg and Delius: a chronicle of their friendship in letters | publisher = M. Boyars | location = London New York | year = 1993 | isbn = 9780714529615 | page=213}}</ref>
*[[December 12]] – [[Cora S. Briggs]], organist and composer (born 1859)
*[[December 24]] – [[Alban Berg]], composer (born [[1885 in music|1885]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bryan R. Simms|author2=bryan Simms|title=Alban Berg: A Guide to Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jiyTksUucIC&pg=PA8|year=1996|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8153-2032-6|pages=8}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition]] – [[Ginette Neveu]]

==References==
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