Editing 1936 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1936.

==Specific locations==
*[[1936 in British music]]
*[[1936 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1936 in country music]]
*[[1936 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 4]] – ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' magazine publishes its first music [[hit parade]]
*[[January 28]] – An article "[[Muddle Instead of Music]]" is published anonymously, almost certainly with [[Stalin]]'s approval, in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] newspaper ''[[Pravda]]'', denouncing [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakovich's]] [[opera]] ''[[Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)|Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District]]''.
*[[March 28]] – Inaugural concert of the {{ill|São Paulo City Symphony Orchestra|pt|Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de São Paulo}}, conducted by [[Ernst Mehlich]]
*[[April 19]] – In [[Barcelona]], [[Alban Berg]]'s ''[[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]]'' is given its premiere, by [[Louis Krasner]]
*[[May 2]] – ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' (Петя и волк, ''Petya i volk''), a Russian fairy tale of [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s composition, is premiered at the Nezlobin Theater in Moscow, [[Soviet Union]], but attracts little attention at this time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Prokofiev |first=Sergei |title=Autobiography, Articles, Reminiscences |date=2000|publisher=University Press of the Pacific|location=Honolulu, Hawaii|isbn=0-89875-149-7|editor-last=Shlifstein|editor-first=S.|page=89|translator-last=Prokofieva |translator-first=Rose}}</ref>
*May – Shostakovich completes composition of his [[Symphony No. 4 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 4]], but is persuaded to withdraw it from its planned premiere on December 11 and it is not first performed until [[1961 in music|1961]].
*[[December 24]] – Release of the film ''[[Natalka Poltavka (opera)|Natalka Poltavka]]'' in [[Ukraine]], the first filmed Russian opera.
*[[Nat King Cole]]'s recording career begins.
*[[Count Basie]] begins recording with his own band, which includes [[Lester Young]].
*[[José Iturbi]] becomes conductor of the [[Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra]] in the United States.
*[[John Serry Sr.]] begins extended appearances at the Star Light Roof in the [[Waldorf Astoria Hotel]] with the [[Lester Lanin Orchestra]] in New York City.

==Published popular music==
* "At The Codfish Ball" words: Sidney D. Mitchell, music: [[Lew Pollack]]. Introduced by [[Shirley Temple]] and [[Buddy Ebsen]] in the film ''[[Captain January (1936 film)|Captain January]]''
* "Au Revoir (But Not Goodbye)" w.m. Joe Gilbert
* "Awake in a Dream" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]]. Introduced by [[Marlene Dietrich]] in the film ''[[Desire (1936 film)|Desire]]''.
* "Bojangles Of Harlem" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''.
* "[[By Strauss]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]. Introduced by [[Gracie Barrie]] and [[Robert Shafter]] in the [[revue]] ''[[The Show Is On]]''
* "Christopher Columbus" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. Leon Berry
* "Cloudy" m. [[Mary Lou Williams]]
* "[[Cool Water (song)|Cool Water]]" w.m. [[Bob Nolan]]
* "Does Your Heart Beat For Me?" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Russ Morgan]]
* "[[Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Ethel Merman]] in the [[Musical theater|musical]] ''[[Red, Hot and Blue]]''.
* "[[You'd Be So Easy to Love|Easy To Love]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[James Stewart]] and reprised by [[Frances Langford]] in the film ''[[Born to Dance]]''
* "[[Empty Saddles (in the Old Corral)]]" w. [[J. Keirn Brennan]] m. [[Billy Hill (songwriter)|Billy Hill]]
* "Everybody Swing" w. [[Sidney Clare]] m. [[Harry Akst]]
* "Fancy Meeting You" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Dick Powell]] and [[Jeanne Madden]] in the film [[Stage Struck (1936 film)|Stage Struck]].
* "Farewell To Dreams" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "[[A Fine Romance (song)|A Fine Romance]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]] in the film ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''.
* "[[Gee, But You're Swell|Gee! But You're Swell]]" w. [[Charles Tobias]] m. [[Abel Baer]]
* "[[Get Thee Behind Me Satan]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Harriet Hilliard]] in the film ''[[Follow the Fleet]]''
* "[[Glad to Be Unhappy|Glad To Be Unhappy]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Doris Carson]] and [[David Morris (stage actor)|David Morris]] in the musical ''[[On Your Toes]]''
* "[[Gloomy Sunday]]" w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis m. Rezső Seress
* "[[The Glory of Love (Benny Goodman song)|The Glory of Love]]" w.m. Billy Hill
* "[[Goodnight, Irene]]" w.m. Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
* "[[Goodnight My Love (1936 song)|Goodnight My Love]]" w. [[Harry Revel]] m. [[Mack Gordon]]
* "[[Goody Goody]]" w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]] & [[Matty Malneck]]
* "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "He Ain't Got Rhythm" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Alice Faye]] in the film ''[[On the Avenue]]''.
* "He Hasn't a Thing Except Me" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Vernon Duke]]. Introduced by [[Fanny Brice]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1936]]''.
* "I Can't Escape From You" w.m. [[Leo Robin]] & [[Richard A. Whiting]]. Introduced by [[Bing Crosby]] in the film ''[[Rhythm on the Range]]''.
* "[[I Love to Singa|I Love To Sing-a]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Al Jolson]] and [[Cab Calloway]] in the film ''[[The Singing Kid]]''.
* "[[If I Should Lose You]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]]. Introduced by [[Gladys Swarthout]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] in the film ''[[Rose of the Rancho (1936 film)|Rose of the Rancho]]''.
* "[[I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)]]" w.m. [[Johnny Mercer]]. Introduced by [[Bing Crosby]] in the film ''[[Rhythm on the Range]]''.
* "[[I'm in the Mood for Love]]" Introduced by [[Darla Hood]] in a clubhouse and [[Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer]] on a radio in the ''Our Gang'' (Little Rascals) short, ''[[The Pinch Singer]]'' (1936).
* "[[I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]] in the film ''[[Follow the Fleet]]''.
* "[[In the Chapel in the Moonlight]]" w.m. Billy Hill
* "[[Is It True What They Say About Dixie?]]" w. [[Irving Caesar]] & Sammy Lerner
* "[[It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]]" w.m. Billy Mayhew
* "[[It's De-Lovely]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Ethel Merman]] and [[Bob Hope]] in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Red, Hot and Blue]]''
* "It's Got to Be Love" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Ray Bolger]] and [[Doris Carson]] in the musical ''[[On Your Toes]]''.
* "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* "[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Virginia Bruce]] in the film ''[[Born to Dance]]''.
* "Keep a Twinkle In Your Eye" [[Johnny Mercer]], [[Rube Bloom]]
* "[[Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin song)|Let Yourself Go]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Ginger Rogers]] in the film ''[[Follow the Fleet]]''
* "Let's Call a Heart a Heart" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]] from the film ''[[Pennies from Heaven (1936 film)|Pennies From Heaven]]''
* "[[Let's Face the Music and Dance]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Follow the Fleet]]''.
* "Life Begins at Forty" [[Jack Yellen|Yellen]], Shapiro
* "Little Old Lady" w. Stanley Adams m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "The Love Bug Will Bite You" w.m. Pinky Tomlin
* "Me and the Moon" w. Walter Hirsch m. [[Lou Handman]]
* "[[Moonburn]]" w. [[Edward Heyman]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]. Introduced by [[Bing Crosby]] in the film ''[[Anything Goes (1936 film)|Anything Goes]]''
* "Moonlight and Shadows" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]]. Introduced by [[Dorothy Lamour]] in the film ''[[The Jungle Princess]]''
* "Music in May" w. [[Christopher Hassall]] m. [[Ivor Novello]]. Introduced by [[Dorothy Dickson]] in the [[Musical theater|musical]] ''[[Careless Rapture]]''
* "[[Never Gonna Dance (song)|Never Gonna Dance]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''
* "The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful" w. Billy Rose & Irving Kahal m. Dana Suesse
* "[[On the Beach at Bali-Bali|On The Beach At Bali-Bali]]" w.m. [[Al Sherman]], Jack Meskill & Abner Silver
* "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" w.m. Del Lyon & Lani McIntyre
* "One, Two, Button Your Shoe" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]
* "Oooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty?" w. Clarence Todd m. [[Carmen Lombardo]]
* "[[Organ Grinder's Swing]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] & [[Irving Mills]] m. Will Hudson
* "[[Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Arthur Johnston (composer)|Arthur Johnston]]
* "[[Pick Yourself Up]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]] in the film ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''
* "Play, Orchestra, Play" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Poinciana" w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) [[Buddy Bernier]] m. Nat Simon
* "Poor Little Angeline" w.m. Will Grosz & [[Jimmy Kennedy]]
* "Rainbow on the River" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. Louis Alter
* "[[Ridin' High (song)|Ridin' High]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[Theme from San Francisco|San Francisco]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Bronislaw Kaper]] & [[Walter Jurmann]]
* "Sing Me A Swing Song" w. Stanley Adams m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[Sing, Sing, Sing]]" w.m. [[Louis Prima]]
* "[[Slaughter on Tenth Avenue]]" m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "There's A Bridle Hangin' On The Wall" w.m. [[Carson Robison]]
* "[[There's a Small Hotel]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "To You, Sweetheart, Aloha" w.m. Harry Owens
* "Too Good for the Average Man" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "The Touch Of Your Lips" w.m. [[Ray Noble (musician)|Ray Noble]]
* [[Until the Real Thing Comes Along]] w. [[Sammy Cahn]], Mann Holiner m. [[Saul Chaplin]], [[Alberta Nichols]], L.E. Freeman. (A substantially different version of the song by Nichols and Holiner appeared in the 1931 Broadway revue ''Rhapsody in Black'' as "Till the Real Thing Comes Along".)
* "Waltz In Swingtime" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[The Way You Look Tonight]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]''
* "We Saw The Sea" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[Follow the Fleet]]''
* "When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South" w.m. Michael Cleary, Jacques Krakeur & David Oppenheim
* "When Did You Leave Heaven?" w. Walter Bullock m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "When I'm With You" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Revel]]. Introduced by [[Shirley Temple]] and [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]] in the film ''[[Poor Little Rich Girl (1936 film)|Poor Little Rich Girl]]''.
* "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" w.m. [[Cliff Friend]] & Dave Franklin
* "[[The Window Cleaner]]" [[George Formby, Jr.|George Formby]], Gifford, Cliffe
* "With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" w.m. Billy O'Brien & [[Huntley Trevor|Raymond Wallace]]
* "With Plenty of Money and You" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Would You?" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* "You (Gee But You're Wonderful)" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes" w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Newman & Murray Mencher
* "You Gotta S-M-I-L-E to Be H-A-P-P-Y" w.m. [[Mack Gordon]] & [[Harry Revel]]
* "[[You Turned The Tables On Me]]" w. [[Sidney D. Mitchell]] m. [[Louis Alter]]
* "You Were There" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)]]" w.m. [[Sam Coslow]]

==Top popular recordings 1936==

The twenty popular records listed below were extracted 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, they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 463. Pennies from heaven / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266886/DLA_463-Pennies_from_heaven |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 947 || {{Start date|1936|7|24}} || {{Start date|1936|11}} || US BB 1936 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1936|Jazz Standards 1936]]
|-
| 2 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[The Way You Look Tonight|The Way You Look To-night]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 7717 || {{Start date|1936|7|26}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Jazz Standards 1936
|-
| 3 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Ward (singer)|Helen Ward]]) || "[[The Glory of Love (Benny Goodman song)|The Glory Of Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-100381. The glory of love / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023520/BS-100381-The_glory_of_love |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25316 || {{Start date|1936|4|23}} || {{Start date|1936|5|6}} || US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Alone (1935 song)|Alone]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98102. Alone / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Cliff Weston – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022559/BS-98102-Alone |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25191 || {{Start date|1935|11|7}} || {{Start date|1935|12}} || US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Ward (singer)|Helen Ward]]) || "[[Goody Goody]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-96569. Goody-goody / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022346/BS-96569-Goody-goody |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25245 || {{Start date|1936|1|24}} || {{Start date|1936|2}} || US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[A Fine Romance (song)|A Fine Romance]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 7716 || {{Start date|1936|7|28}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven]] || "[[The Music Goes 'Round and Around|The Music Goes Round and Round]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98363. The music goes 'round and 'round / Clambake Seven; Tommy Dorsey; Edythe Wright – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022665/BS-98363-The_music_goes_round_and_round |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25201 || {{Start date|1936|5|25}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "Did I Remember?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-102338. Did I remember / Charles Chester; Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023991/BS-102338-Did_I_remember |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 6476 || {{Start date|1936|7|3}} || {{Start date|1936|7|31}} || US BB 1936 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Fats Waller|Fats Waller and his Rhythm]] || "[[It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-101667. It's a sin to tell a lie / Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023819/BS-101667-Its_a_sin_to_tell_a_lie |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25342 || {{Start date|1936|6|5}} || {{Start date|1936|6|17}} || US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Is It True What They Say About Dixie?]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 319. Is it true what they say about Dixie? / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266742/DLA_319-Is_it_true_what_they_say_about_Dixie |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 768 || {{Start date|1936|3|29}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Jan Garber|Jan Garber and His Orchestra]] || "Melody from the Sky"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix C 90619. Melody from the sky / Jan Garber Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000281970/C_90619-Melody_from_the_sky |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 761 || {{Start date|1936|2|27}} || {{Start date|1936|4}} || US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Moon Over Miami (song)|Moon Over Miami]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98456. Moon over Miami / Eddy Duchin Orchestra; Lew Sherwood – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022725/BS-98456-Moon_over_Miami |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25212 || {{Start date|1935|12|23}} || {{Start date|1935|12|27}} || US BB 1936 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 13 || [[Mike Riley (musician)|Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Band]] || "The Music Goes 'Round and Around"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 60110. The music goes 'round and around / Mike Riley, Eddie Farley and their Onyx Club Boys – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000288223/60110-The_music_goes_round_and_around |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 578 || {{Start date|1935|10|24}} || {{Start date|1935|11}} || US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 sales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=14}}</ref>
|-
| 14 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "[[In the Chapel in the Moonlight]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-02192. In the chapel in the moonlight / Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200025061/BS-02192-In_the_chapel_in_the_moonlight |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 6640 || {{Start date|1936|10|22}} || {{Start date|1936|11|4}} || US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks 
|-
| 15 || [[Hal Kemp|Hal Kemp and His Orchestra]] || "[[There's a Small Hotel]]"<ref name=Brunswick>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick 78rpm numerical listing discography: 7500–8000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN7500.htm |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick 7634 || {{Start date|1936|3|12}} || {{Start date|1936|4}} || US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "When Did You Leave Heaven"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-100766. When did you leave heaven? / Carmen Lombardo; Guy Lombardo; Royal Canadians – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023545/BS-100766-When_did_you_leave_heaven |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25357 || {{Start date|1936|7|2}} || {{Start date|1936|7|17}} || US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks 
|-
| 17 || Jan Garber and His Orchestra || "A Beautiful Lady in Blue"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98362. A beautiful lady in blue / Al Bowlly; Ray Noble Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022664/BS-98362-A_beautiful_lady_in_blue |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 651 || {{Start date|1935|12|16}} || {{Start date|1936|1}} || US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 18 || Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal [[Helen Ward (singer)|Helen Ward]]) || "It's Been So Long"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-96567. It's been so long / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022344/BS-96567-Its_been_so_long |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25245 || {{Start date|1936|1|24}} || {{Start date|1936|2}} || US BB 1936 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 19 || Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) || "[[These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)|These Foolish Things Remind Me of You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-101256. These foolish things remind me of you / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023701/BS-101256-These_foolish_things_remind_me_of_you |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25351 || {{Start date|1936|6|15}} || {{Start date|1936|7|1}} || US BB 1936 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1935|Jazz Standards 1935]]
|-
| 20 || Hal Kemp and His Orchestra || "When I'm with You"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 7681 || {{Start date|1936|5|13}} || {{Start date|1936|7}} || US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|}

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[String Quartet (Barber)|String Quartet]] || 1936-12-14 || Rome || [[Pro Arte Quartet]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">[https://books.google.com/books?id=rF9pAgAAQBAJ&dq=augusteo+philharmonic&pg=PA168 Samuel Barber: A Thematic Catalogue of the Complete Works]</ref>
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || ''[[Symphony in One Movement (Barber)|Symphony in One Movement]]'' (Symphony No. 1) || 1936-12-13 || Rome || [[Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia|Augusteo Philharmonic]] – [[Bernardino Molinari|Molinari]]<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
|-
| [[Alban Berg|Berg, Alban]] || [[Violin Concerto (Berg)|Violin Concerto]] || 1936-04-19 || Barcelona ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM]]) || [[Louis Krasner|Krasner]] / [[Orquestra Pau Casals|Pau Casals Orchestra]] – [[Hermann Scherchen|Scherchen]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rWNW-eveSQAC&dq=alban+berg+1936+barcelona+krasner&pg=PA111 Style and Idea in the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[Three Divertimenti for String Quartet (Britten)|Three Divertimenti for String Quartet]] || 1936-02-25 || London || [[Stratton Quartet]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GDm5pSp-YMYC&dq=britten+three+divertimenti+premiere+wigmore&pg=PA166 Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Our Hunting Fathers]]'' || 1936-09-25 || Norwich, UK || [[Sophie Wyss|Wyss]] / [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|London Philharmonic]] – Britten<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=GDm5pSp-YMYC&dq=britten+our+hunting+fathers+premiere&pg=PA314 Journeying Boy: The Diaries of the Young Benjamin Britten 1928–1938]</ref>
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| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[Suite for Violin and Piano (Britten)|Suite for Violin and Piano]] || 1936-04-21 || Barcelona ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM]]) || [[Antonio Brosa|Brosa]], Britten<ref>[http://www.orcam.org/media/docs/Notas%202006-2007%2016%20Enero.pdf Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrdi]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Temporal Variations]]'' || 1936-12-12 || London || [[Natalie Caine|Caine]], [[Adolph Hallis|Hallis]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|22988|Benjamin Britten: ''Temporal Variations''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Carlos Chávez|Chávez, Carlos]] || ''[[Sinfonía india]]'' (Symphony No. 2) || 1936-04-10 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – Chávez<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx/MobileContentPage |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=February 14, 2016 |archive-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331071605/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx/MobileContentPage |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || ''[[Statements (Copland)|Statements]]'' || 1936-01-09 || Minneapolis || [[Minneapolis Symphony]]
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Musica per tre pianoforti]]'' || 1936-03-30 || Geneva || Dallapiccola, Orloff, Pasche<ref>{{IRCAM work|7578|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Musica per tre pianoforti''}}</ref>
|-
| [[David Diamond (composer)|Diamond, David]] || ''[[Psalm for Orchestra (Diamond)|Psalm for Orchestra]]'' || 1936-12-10 || Rochester, New York || [[Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra|Rochester Philharmonic]] – [[Howard Hanson|Hanson]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160222112947/http://www.stephlandra.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/History-Paper.pdf Stephlandra.com]</ref>
|-
| [[George Enescu]] || [[Cello Sonata No. 2 (Enescu)|Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano]], Op. 26, No. 2 || 1936-3-4 || Paris || [[Diran Alexanian|Alexanian]], [[George Enescu|Enescu]]<ref>Elena Zottoviceanu, Adrian Rațiu, and [[Myriam Marbe]], "Premiera Operei Oedip (1934–1936)", in ''George Enescu: Monografie'', 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 739–876 (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1971): 764.</ref>
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| [[George Gershwin|Gershwin, George]] || ''[[Catfish Row]]'' || 1936-01-21 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Alexander Smallens|Smallens]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sydneysymphony.com/media/81289/PROG16_20120518_GershwinTribute_SSO.pdf |title=Sydney Symphony Orchestra |access-date=February 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190831/http://www.sydneysymphony.com/media/81289/PROG16_20120518_GershwinTribute_SSO.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || ''[[Trauermusik]]'' || 1936-01-21 || London || Hindemith / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W13291_GBAJY1177409 Hyperion Records]</ref>
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| [[Akira Ifukube|Ifukube, Akira]] || ''[[Japanese Rhapsody (Ifukube)|Japanese Rhapsody]]'' || 1936-04-05 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Fabien Sevitzky|Sevitzky]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080622212729/http://www.akiraifukube.org/biography_part_three.htm Akira Ifukube official website]</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || [[Andante for Strings (Jolivet)|Andante for Strings]] || 1936-05-25 ||Paris || [[Jane Evrard]] Orchestra<ref>{{IRCAM work|35224|André Jolivet: Andante for Strings}}</ref>
|-
| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Danse incantatoire]]'' || 1936-06-03 || Paris || [[Orchestre symphonique de Paris|Paris Symphony]] – [[Roger Désormière|Désormière]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|34878|André Jolivet: ''Danse incantatoire''}}</ref>
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| [[André Jolivet|Jolivet, André]] || ''[[Prélude apocalyptique]]'' || 1936-12-06 || Paris || [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|35060|André Jolivet: ''Prélude apocalyptique''}}</ref>
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| [[Dmitri Kabalevsky|Kabalevsky, Dmitri]] || [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Kabalevsky)|Piano Concerto No. 2]] || 1936-05-12 || Moscow<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.557683&catNum=557683&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref> || [Unknown performers]
|-
| [[Zoltán Kodály|Kodály, Zoltán]] || ''[[Te Deum (Kodály)|Budavári Te Deum]]'' || 1936-09-02 || Budapest || [[Irén Ritter|Ritter]], [[Melanie Kisfaludy|Kisfaludy]], [[István Laczó|Laczó]], [[Zsigmond Mezey|Mezey]], [[Antál Varhelyi|Varhelyi]] / [[Saint Matthew Church Orchestra and Choir|St. Matthew Church]] – [[Viktor Sugár|Sugár]]<ref>[http://www.universaledition.com/Zoltan-Kodaly/composers-and-works/composer/378/work/5243 Universal Edition]</ref>
|-
| [[Ernst Krenek|Krenek, Ernst]] || ''Fragment from [[Karl V (opera)|Karl V]]'' || 1936-04-19 || Barcelona ([[ISCM World Music Days|ISCM]]) || [[Leonore Meyer|Meyer]] / [[Orquestra Pau Casals|Pau Casals Orchestra]] – [[Ernest Ansermet|Ansermet]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|33791|Ernst Krenek: ''Fragment from Karl V''}}</ref>
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| [[Constant Lambert|Lambert, Constant]] || ''[[Summer's Last Will and Testament]]'' || 1936-01-29 || London || [[Roy Henderson (baritone)|Henderson]] / [[Charles Kennedy Scott#Philharmonic Choir|Philharmonic Choir]], [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – Lambert<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/conway/lambert.htm Musicweb International]</ref>
|-
|[[Louis Lavater]]||'By Starlight' Serenade for piano and string ||1936|| Melbourne||unknown orchestra<ref>{{Citation
 | title=Friday 24th February radio program|page=38
 | date=1936
 | journal=[[Wireless Weekly]]
 | author1=Australasian Radio Relay League
 | publisher=Wireless Press
 | language=English
 | url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-589648812
}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bohuslav Martinů|Martinů, Bohuslav]] || [[Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orchestra (Martinů)|Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orch.]] || 1936-12-27 || Paris || [[Marcel Moyse|M. Moyse]], [[Blanche Honegger Moyse|B. Moyse]] / [[Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire|Paris Concerts Society Orchestra]] – [[Philippe Gaubert|Gaubert]]<ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W10501_67671 Hyperion Records]</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas]]'' || 1936-04-25 || Paris || [[Joaquín Nin-Culmell|Nin-Culmell]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|19462|Olivier Messiaen: ''Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas''}}</ref>
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| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Vocalise-Étude (Messiaen)|Vocalise-Étude]]'' || 1936-05-18 || Paris || [[Henriette Quéru-Bedel|Quéru-Bedel]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|19463|Olivier Messiaen: ''Vocalise-Étude''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nikolai Myaskovsky|Myaskovsky, Nikolai]] || ''[[Symphony No. 16 (Myaskovsky)|Aviation Symphony]]'' (Symphony No. 16) || 1936-10-24 || Moscow || [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – [[Eugen Szenkar|Szenkar]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605083544/http://home.online.nl/ovar/miasopus.htm Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & other Soviet composers page]</ref>
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| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || ''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' || 1936-05-02 || Moscow || [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – Prokofiev<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140819033226/http://orchestratoronto.ca/wp/programme-notes Orchestra Toronto]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || Suite No. 1 from ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' || 1936-11-24 || Moscow || [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – [[Georges Sébastian|Sebestyén]]<ref>[http://www.sikorski.de/media/files/1/2/1381/7212/7394/7239/7240/prokofjew_werkverzeichnis.pdf Sikorski]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PTSsAAAAIAAJ&dq=prokofiev+russian+overture+moscow+philharmonic+1936&pg=PA286 Prokofiev, by Israel V. Nestyev]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff, Sergei]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1936-11-06 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Leopold Stokowski|Stokowski]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150204095818/http://culturecatch.com/music/rachmaninoff-third-symphony Culture Catch]</ref>
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| [[Silvestre Revueltas|Revueltas, Silvestre]] || ''[[Homenaje a Federico García Lorca]]'' || 1936-11-14 || Mexico City || Musicians from the [[Conservatorio Nacional de Música (Mexico)|National Conservatory]] – Revueltas<ref>[https://www.orsymphony.org/concerts/0809/programnotes/cl2.aspx Oregon Symphony Orchestra|Oregon Symphony]</ref>
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| [[Richard Strauss|Strauss, Richard]] || ''[[Olympische Hymne]]'' || 1936-08-01 || Berlin ([[1936 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]) || [[Berlin Philharmonic]], [[National Socialist Symphony Orchestra|National Socialist Symphony]] – Strauss<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9rlYCwAAQBAJ&dq=olympische+hymne+strauss+1936+berlin+philharmonic&pg=PT80 Sport, Music, Identities]</ref>
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| [[Edgard Varèse|Varèse, Edgard]] || ''[[Density 21.5]]'' || 1936-02-16 || New York City || [[Georges Barrère|Barrère]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.carnegiehall.org/History/Timeline/Timeline.aspx?id=4294968782 |title=Carnegie Hall |access-date=February 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222091344/http://www.carnegiehall.org/History/Timeline/Timeline.aspx?id=4294968782 |archive-date=February 22, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]] || ''[[Dona nobis pacem (Vaughan Williams)|Dona nobis pacem]]'' || 1936-10-02 || Huddersfield, UK || [[Renée Flynn|Flynn]], [[Roy Henderson (baritone)|Henderson]] / [[Huddersfield Choral Society|Huddersfield Society]], [[Hallé Orchestra]] – [[Albert Coates (musician)|Coates]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lIfhsSoI-9YC&dq=vaughan+williams+dona+nobis+pacem+2+october+1936&pg=PA245 A Conductor's Guide to Choral-Orchestral Works]</ref>
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===Compositions===
*[[Grażyna Bacewicz]] – Trio for Oboe, Violin and Piano
*[[Samuel Barber]] –
**[[Symphony in One Movement (Barber)|Symphony No. 1]], Op. 9
**String Quartet, Op. 11
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta]]
*[[Arnold Bax]] –
**Threnody and Scherzo
**String Quartet No. 3 in F major
*[[Ernest Bloch]] – ''Voice in the Wilderness''
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – Three Divertimenti for String Quartet
*[[Carlos Chávez]] – ''[[Sinfonía india]]'' (Symphony No. 2)
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''[[El Salón México]]''
*[[Henry Cowell]] – String Quartet No. 4, "United"
*[[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]] –
**Violin Concerto No. 1
**Concerto for String Quartet
*[[John Fernström]] – Clarinet Concerto
*[[Berthold Goldschmidt]] – String Quartet No. 2
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – ''Trauermusik'' (Funeral Music)
*[[Alan Hovhaness]] – Cello Concerto
*[[Aram Khachaturian]] – [[Piano Concerto (Khachaturian)|Piano Concerto]]
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] – Concerto for Flute, Violin and Chamber Orchestra
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Poèmes pour Mi]]'', song cycle for piano and soprano
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] –
**''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'', for narrator and orchestra
**[[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|''Romeo and Juliet'']] (ballet)
**''Russian Overture'' for orchestra
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Symphony No. 3]]
*[[Albert Roussel]] – Concertino for Cello and Orchestra
*[[Edmund Rubbra]] –
**Sinfonia Concertante
**Symphony No. 1, Op. 44
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] –
**[[Violin Concerto (Schoenberg)|Violin Concerto]], Op. 36 (1935–36)
**[[String quartets (Schoenberg)|String Quartet No. 4]], Op. 37
*[[Roger Sessions]] – String Quartet No. 1
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 4 in C minor]], Op. 43 (1935–1936)
*[[Edgard Varèse]] – ''Density 21.5''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[Dona nobis pacem (Vaughan Williams)|Dona Nobis Pacem]]''
*[[Anton Webern]] – Variations for Piano (1935–1936)
*[[Percy Whitlock]] – Sonata for Organ in C minor

==Opera==
*[[Franco Alfano]] – ''[[Cirano di Bergerac|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''
*[[George Enescu]] – ''[[Œdipe (opera)|Œdipe]]'', op. 23 (completed by 1931); first staged March 13, 1935, at the [[Paris Opera]]
*[[Emmerich Kálmán]] – ''[[Kaiserin Josephine]]''
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] – ''Divadlo za branou (Theater Behind the Gate)''
*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[Amelia Goes to the Ball]]''

==Film==
*[[Arthur Bliss]] – ''[[Things to Come]]''
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''Peace of Britain''
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[The Way to the Sea]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[Anthony Adverse]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1936 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Balalaika (musical)|Balalaika]]'' London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on December 22 and ran for 570 performances.
* ''[[Careless Rapture]]'' ([[Ivor Novello]]) – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Theatre Royal]] on September 11 and ran for 295 performances.
* ''[[New Faces Of 1936]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Vanderbilt Theatre]] on May 19 and ran for 193 performances.
* ''[[On Your Toes]]'' Broadway production opened on April 11 at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] and ran for 315 performances.
* ''[[Over She Goes]]'' (Music: [[Billy Mayerl]] Lyrics: [[Desmond Carter]] & [[Frank Eyton]] Book: [[Stanley Lupino]]) London production opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on September 23 and ran for 248 performances
* ''[[Red, Hot and Blue]]'' Broadway production opened on October 29 at the [[Alvin Theatre]] and ran for 183 performances.
* ''[[The Show Is On]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on December 25 and ran for 237 performances.
* ''[[Swing Along (musical)|Swing Along]]'' London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on September 2 and ran for 311 performances
* ''[[This'll Make You Whistle (musical)|This'll Make You Whistle]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on September 15 and transferred to [[Daly's Theatre]] on January 21, 1937, for a total run of 190 performances. Starred [[Jack Buchanan]] and [[Elsie Randolph]]
* ''[[Tonight at 8.30]]'' London production opened at the [[Phoenix Theatre, London|Phoenix Theatre]] on January 9 and ran for 157 performances.
* ''[[The White Horse Inn (operetta)|The White Horse Inn]]'' Broadway production opened on October 1 at the [[Center Theatre (New York City)|Center Theatre]] and ran for 223 performances.

==Musical films==
* ''[[Anything Goes (1936 film)|Anything Goes]]'' starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Ethel Merman]]
* ''[[Born to Dance]]'' released November 27 starring [[Eleanor Powell]], [[Virginia Bruce]], [[James Stewart]], [[Frances Langford]], [[Buddy Ebsen]] and the vocal group [[The Foursome]].
* ''[[Cain and Mabel]]'' starring [[Marion Davies]], [[Clark Gable]] and [[Allen Jenkins]]
* ''[[Can This Be Dixie?]]'' starring [[Jane Withers]], [[Slim Summerville]], [[Helen Wood (actress)|Helen Wood]] and [[Thomas Beck (actor)|Thomas Beck]]. Directed by [[George Marshall (director)|George Marshall]]
* ''[[Captain January (1936 film)|Captain January]]'' starring [[Shirley Temple]], [[Guy Kibbee]] and [[Slim Summerville]]. Directed by [[David Butler (director)|David Butler]].
* ''[[Circus (1936 film)|Circus]]'', starring [[Lyubov Orlova]] and directed by [[Grigori Aleksandrov]], with music by [[Isaak Dunayevsky]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Rimgaila Salys|author-link=Rimgaila Salys|title=The Musical Comedy Films of Grigorii Aleksandrov: Laughing Matters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cDk8d2UMRLwC&q=Tsirk%2C+Circus+Aleksandrov&pg=PA121|year=2009|publisher=Intellect Books|isbn=978-1-841-50282-3|pages=121–197}}</ref>
* ''[[Collegiate (1936 film)|Collegiate]]'' released January 22 starring [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Frances Langford]] and featuring songwriters [[Mack Gordon]] and [[Harry Revel]].
* ''[[Dancing Pirate]]'' starring [[Charles Collins (actor)|Charles Collins]], [[Frank Morgan]] and [[Steffi Duna]]
* ''[[Everybody Dance (film)|Everybody Dance]]'' starring [[Cicely Courtneidge]]
* ''[[Everything Is Rhythm]]'' starring [[Harry Roy]] and [[Princess Pearl (actress)|Princess Pearl]] and featuring [[Mabel Mercer]]
* ''[[Follow the Fleet]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]]
* ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' starring [[William Powell]], [[Myrna Loy]], [[Luise Rainer]], [[Frank Morgan]], [[Fanny Brice]], [[Virginia Bruce]] and [[Ray Bolger]].
* ''[[Hats Off (1936 film)|Hats Off]]'' starring [[Mae Clark]] and [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]]. Directed by [[Boris Petroff]].
* ''[[Her Master's Voice]]'' starring [[Edward Everett Horton]] and [[Peggy Conklin]]
* ''[[King of Burlesque]]'' starring [[Alice Faye]], [[Jack Oakie]] and [[Warner Baxter]] and featuring [[Fats Waller]] and [[Kenny Baker (singer/actor)|Kenny Baker]]
* ''[[Pigskin Parade]]'' starring [[Stuart Erwin]], [[Patsy Kelly]], [[Jack Haley]], [[Betty Grable]], [[Dixie Dunbar]] and [[Judy Garland]] and featuring [[The Yacht Club Boys]]
* ''[[Poor Little Rich Girl (1936 film)|Poor Little Rich Girl]]'' released July 24 starring [[Shirley Temple]], [[Alice Faye]], [[Jack Haley]] and featuring [[Tony Martin (entertainer)|Tony Martin]].
* ''[[Public Nuisance No. 1]]'' starring [[Frances Day]].
* ''[[Rhythm on the Range]]'' released July 1 starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Frances Farmer]].
* ''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[Nelson Eddy]]
* ''[[Show Boat (1936 film)|Show Boat]]'' starring [[Irene Dunne]], [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]], [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], [[Paul Robeson]] and [[Hattie McDaniel]]
* ''[[Soft Lights and Sweet Music]]'', [[film revue]] featuring [[Ambrose (bandleader)|Ambrose]] & his Orchestra, [[Evelyn Dall]], [[Turner Layton]] and [[Elisabeth Welch]]
*''[[Stage Struck (1936 film)|Stage Struck]]'' starring [[Dick Powell]], [[Joan Blondell]], [[Frank McHugh]], [[Jeanne Madden]] and [[The Yacht Club Boys]].
* ''[[Suzy (1936 film)|Suzy]]'' starring [[Jean Harlow]], [[Franchot Tone]], [[Cary Grant]] and [[Inez Courtney]]
* ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Ginger Rogers]]
* ''[[Three Smart Girls]]''
* ''[[Variety Parade]]''

==Published Writings==
* {{cite book |last=Spaeth |first=Sigmund |author-link=Sigmund Spaeth |date=1936 |title=Great Symphonies: How to Recognize and Remember Them |location=New York |publisher=Gard City Publishing Co., Inc.}}

==Births==
*[[January 2]]
**[[Iván Erőd]], Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist (died 2019)
**[[Roger Miller]], American country singer (died 1992)
*[[January 8]] – [[Zdeněk Mácal]], Czech-American conductor (died 2023)
*[[January 12]] – [[Raimonds Pauls]], Latvian composer and piano player
*[[January 13]] – [[Renato Bruson]], Italian baritone{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
*[[January 14]] – [[Clarence Carter]], American soul singer
*[[January 19]] – [[Tonny Koeswoyo]], Indonesian rock musician (died 1987)
*[[January 23]] – [[Cécile Ousset]], French pianist
*[[January 24]]
**<!--January 24-->[[Doug Kershaw]], American fiddle player
**<!--January 24-->[[Jack Scott (singer)|Jack Scott]], Canadian-born American rock singer-songwriter (died 2019)
**<!--January 24-->[[Bobby Wellins]], Scottish saxophonist (died 2016)
*[[January 29]] &ndash; [[James Jamerson]], American bass guitarist for [[Motown#Major divisions|Motown Records]] (died 1983)
*[[February 6]] – [[Donnie Brooks]], singer (died 2007)
*[[February 8]] – [[Larry Verne]], American novelty singer (died 2013)
*[[February 9]] – [[Stompin' Tom Connors]], folk musician (died 2013)
*[[February 15]] – [[Richard Jackson (musicologist)|Richard Jackson]], musicologist<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |date=2001 |title=Jackson, Richard (Hammel)|encyclopedia=[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Music Online]] |series=Oxford Music Online |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|author=Paula Morgan|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47105}}</ref>
*[[February 19]] – Bob Engermann ([[The Lettermen]]) (died 2013)
*[[February 22]] – [[Ernie K-Doe]], R&B singer (died 2001)
*[[February 24]] – [[Luis Aguilé]], Argentine singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)
*[[March 4]] – [[Aribert Reimann]], pianist and composer (died 2024)
*[[March 6]] – [[Elmira Zherzdeva]], Soviet singer and voice actress
*[[March 17]] – [[Ladislav Kupkovič]], composer (died 2016)
*c. [[March 20]] – [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], reggae artist, composer (died 2021)
*[[March 22]] – [[Roger Whittaker]], singer-songwriter (died 2023)
*[[March 26]] – Fred Parris ([[The Five Satins]])
*[[March 29]] – [[Richard Rodney Bennett]], composer and pianist (died 2012)
*[[April 10]] – [[Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer)|Bobby Smith]], R&B singer ([[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]]) (died 2013)
*[[April 13]] – [[Dieter Klöcker]], clarinetist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr2/index.jsp?rubrik=13286&key=standard_document_27288586|url-status=dead|title=Musiker der Woche: Dieter Klöcke<!-- sic -->|date=16–20 October 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930193225/http://www.hr-online.de/website/radio/hr2/index.jsp?rubrik=13286&key=standard_document_27288586|archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref> (died 2011)
*[[April 17]] – Alexander Walton (Pete Graves), R&B singer ([[The Moonglows]]) (died 2006)
*[[April 22]] – [[Glen Campbell]], country singer ([[The Beach Boys]]) (died 2017)
*[[April 23]] – [[Roy Orbison]], singer-songwriter (died 1988)
*[[April 29]] – [[Zubin Mehta]], conductor
*[[May 2]] – [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], born Arnold George Dorsey, pop singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Sylvia Robinson]], hip hop singer ([[Mickey & Sylvia]]) (died 2011)
*[[May 14]] – [[Bobby Darin]], singer (died 1973)
*[[May 23]] – [[Ingeborg Hallstein]], German opera singer
*[[May 24]] – [[Harold Budd]], American avant-garde composer (died 2020)
*[[May 25]] – [[Tom T. Hall]], country singer-songwriter (died 2021)
*[[May 28]] – [[Maki Ishii]], Japanese composer (died 2003)
*[[June 6]] – [[Levi Stubbs]], vocalist ([[Four Tops]]) (died 2008)
*[[June 8]] – [[James Darren]], American actor and singer
*[[June 15]] – [[Alexandru Hrisanide]], Romanian pianist and composer (died 2018)
*[[June 19]]
**<!--June 19-->[[Tommy DeVito (musician)|Tommy DeVito]], rock singer ([[The Four Seasons (band)|The Four Seasons]]) (died 2020)
**<!--June 19-->[[Shirley Goodman]], R&B singer ([[Shirley & Lee]], [[Shirley & Company]]) (died 2005)
*[[June 20]] – [[Billy Guy]], R&B singer ([[The Coasters]]) (died 2002)
*[[June 22]]
**<!--June 22-->[[Kris Kristofferson]], country singer-songwriter and film actor (died 2024)
**<!--June 22-->[[Hermeto Pascoal]], composer and instrumentalist
*[[June 30]] – [[Dave Van Ronk]], folk singer (died 2002)
*[[July 10]] – [[David Zinman]], violinist and conductor
*[[July 13]] – Vaza Azarasvili, [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] composer
*[[July 30]] – [[Buddy Guy]], blues guitarist
*[[August 4]] – Elsbeary Hobbs ([[The Drifters]]) (died 1996)
*[[August 7]] – Charles Pope ([[The Tams]]) (died 2013)
*[[August 23]] – [[Rudy Lewis]] ([[The Drifters]]) (died 1964)
*[[August 29]] – [[Gilbert Amy]], French composer and conductor
*[[August 31]] – [[Igor Zhukov]], Russian pianist (died 2018)
*[[September 7]]
**<!--September 7-->[[Buddy Holly]], rock and roll singer-songwriter (died 1959)
**<!--September 7-->[[George Cassidy (jazz musician)|George Cassidy]], Northern Irish tenor saxophonist (died 2023)
*[[September 14]] – [[John Boyden]], classical music administrator (died 2021)
*[[September 18]] – [[Big Tom]], Irish country music singer (died 2018)
*[[September 21]] – [[Dickey Lee]], country singer-songwriter
*[[October 3]] – [[Steve Reich]], American minimalist composer
*[[October 7]] – [[Charles Dutoit]], Swiss conductor
*[[October 24]] – [[Bill Wyman]], English rock bassist and producer ([[The Rolling Stones]])
*[[October 26]] – [[György Pauk]], Hungarian violinist (died 2024)
*[[October 28]]
**<!--October 28-->[[Charlie Daniels]], American Southern rock singer-songwriter and string player (died 2020)
**<!--October 28-->[[Carl Davis]], American-born British film and TV composer and conductor (died 2023)
*[[November 11]] – [[Jack Keller (songwriter)|Jack Keller]], songwriter (died 2005)
*[[November 14]]
**<!--November 14-->[[Antonio Gades]], flamenco dancer (died 2004)
**<!--November 14-->[[Cornell Gunter]], R&B singer ([[The Coasters]], [[The Flairs]]) (died 1990)
*[[November 18]] – [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]], jazz musician (died 1995)
*[[November 19]] – [[Ray Collins (musician)|Ray Collins]], rock musician ([[The Mothers of Invention]]) (died 2012)
*[[November 22]] – [[Hans Zender]], conductor (died 2019)
*[[December 14]] – [[Arve Tellefsen]], violinist
*[[December 17]]
**[[Tommy Banks (musician)|Tommy Banks]], Canadian jazz pianist, composer and politician (died [[2018]])
**[[Tommy Steele]], British pop singer

==Deaths==
*[[January 1]] – [[Harry B. Smith]], US songwriter, 75
*[[January 2]] – [[Earl Burtnett]], bandleader and songwriter, 39
*[[January 7]] – [[Guy d'Hardelot]], composer and pianist, 77
*[[January 22]] – [[Louis Glass]], composer, 71
*[[January 23]] – Dame [[Clara Butt]], contralto opera singer, 63
*[[January 25]] – [[Hermann Bischoff]], composer, 68
*[[February 11]] – [[Florence Smithson]], singer, 51.<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of Miss Florence Smithson|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|date=1936-02-13|page=10}}</ref>
*[[March 6]] – [[Rubin Goldmark]], pianist and composer, 63
*[[March 21]] – [[Alexander Glazunov]], composer, 70
*[[March 26]] – [[Maximilian Maksakov]], opera singer (born 1869)
*[[April 7]] – [[Marilyn Miller]], US actress, dancer and singer, 37
*[[April 18]] – [[Ottorino Respighi]], composer, 56
*[[April 24]] – [[Bernard van Dieren]], composer, 48
*[[May 5]] – [[Eva von der Osten]], operatic soprano, 54
*[[May 24]] – [[Claudia Muzio]], opera singer, 47
*[[May 25]] – [[Ján Levoslav Bella]], composer and conductor, 92
*[[June 4]] – [[Mathilde Verne]], English pianist and educator, 71<ref>{{cite book|last=Schonberg|first=Harold C.|author-link=Harold C. Schonberg|title=The Great Pianists|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1998|isbn=978-0-67164-200-6|page=524}}</ref>
*[[June 27]] – [[Mike Bernard (musician)|Mike Bernard]], ragtime musician, 61
*[[August 15]] – Sir [[Henry Lytton]], Gilbert & Sullivan comic baritone singer and actor, 71
*[[August 19]] – [[Harry Plunket Greene]], baritone concert singer, 71
*[[August 28]] – [[Albert Périlhou]], French composer, organist and pianist, 90
*[[September 5]] – [[Béla Szabados (composer)|Béla Szabados]], composer, 69
*[[September 11]] – [[Byron G. Harlan]], singer, 75
*[[October 11]] – [[Antonio José Martínez Palacios]], Spanish composer, 33
*[[October 22]] – [[Anne Caldwell]], playwright and lyricist, 68
*[[November 11]] – Sir [[Edward German]], composer, 74
*[[November 17]] – [[Ernestine Schumann-Heink]], [[contralto]] singer, 75
*[[December 6]] – [[Emil Adamič]], composer, 58
*[[December 31]] – [[Oreste Riva]], composer, 76
*Date unknown
**Albert Gorter, conductor and composer (born 1862)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.operone.de/komponist/gorter.html|title=Gorter, Albert|language=German|accessdate=2016-02-24}}</ref>
**[[Herbert De Pinna]], songwriter and composer (born 1883)

==References==
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