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File:Il Trovatore.jpg
1937 Works Progress Administration production of Il trovatore

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.

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The twenty popular records in the United States listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954,<ref>Template:Cite book</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.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions
1 Bing Crosby "Sweet Leilani" Decca Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Once In A While" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937
3 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "The Dipsy Doodle" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
4 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
5 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "Boo Hoo" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
6 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "September in the Rain" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
7 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "That Old Feeling" Bluebird Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks
8 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra "Whispers in the Dark" Decca Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
9 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Ella Fitzgerald) Goodnight, My Love Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
10 Bing Crosby "The Moon Got in My Eyes" Decca Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks
11 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "This Year's Kisses"<ref name=Brunswick>Template:Cite web</ref> Brunswick Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks
12 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
13 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) "Carelessly"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
14 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Satan Takes a Holiday" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
15 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Margaret McCrae) "This Year's Kisses" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #15, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
16 Bing Crosby Remember Me? Decca Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #16, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
17 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra "It's De-Lovely" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
18 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
19 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Marie" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 150,000 sales<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
20 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" Bluebird Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
21 Fats Waller and his Rhythm "(You Know it All) Smarty" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
22 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra "The Big Apple" Victor Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
23 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) "You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
24 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra "Where or When"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1936 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks
27 Fred Astaire "They Can't Take That Away From Me"<ref name=Brunswick/> Brunswick Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #27, US #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2005, Jazz Standards 1937
28 Bing Crosby Too Marvelous for Words Decca Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #28, US #1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks
29 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Caravan Master Template:Start date Template:Start date US BB 1937 #60, US #4 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009, Jazz Standards 1936

Number one hit songs (in order)

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Classical music

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Premieres

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Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Bartók, Béla Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta 1937-01-21 Basel, Switzerland Basel Chamber Orchestra – Sacher<ref>Chicago Symphony Orchestra</ref>
Benjamin, Arthur Overture to an Italian Comedy 1937-03-02 London [unknown ensemble] – Jacob<ref>Contraclassics</ref>
Bloch, Ernest Voice in the Wilderness 1937-01-21 Los Angeles Borisoff / Los Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer<ref>Ernest Bloch Legacy Template:Webarchive</ref>
Britten, Benjamin On this Island 1937-11-19 London Wyss, Britten <ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Reveille 1937-04-12 London Brosa, Reizenstein<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge 1937-08-27 Salzburg, Austria (Festival) Boyd Neel Orchestra – Neel<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Copland, Aaron El Salón México 1937-08-27 Mexico City Mexico Symphony – Chávez<ref>New York Philharmonic</ref>
Copland, Aaron Prairie Journal 1937-07-25 New York City Columbia Symphony – Barlow<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Dallapiccola, Luigi Tre laudi 1937-09-08 Venice (Festival) Vivante / Grupo Strumentale Italiano – Sanzogno<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Farkas, Ferenc Harp Concertino 1937-03-11 Budapest Molnár / [unknown ensemble] – Kenessey<ref>Ferenc Farkas officialk website</ref>
Ginastera, Alberto Danzas Argentinas 1937-10-27 Buenos Aires De Raco<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Ginastera, Alberto Suite from Panambí 1937-11-27 Buenos Aires [unknown ensemble] – Castro<ref>Naxos Records</ref>
Ives, Charles Psalm 67 (1899) 1937-05-06 New York City The Madrigal Singers – Engel<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Romantiques 1937-03-20 Paris Gérar, D'Aleman<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Trois Chants des Hommes 1937-06-04 Paris Bastard / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Modesti
Khachaturian, Aram Piano Concerto 1937-07-12 Moscow Oborin / Moscow Philharmonic – Steinberg<ref>Eclassical</ref>
Messiaen, Olivier Fêtes des belles eaux 1937-07-25 Paris (Expo 37) [unknown ensemble] <ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Messiaen, Olivier Poèmes pour Mi 1937-06-04 Paris Bunlet / Paris Conservatory Concerts Society Orchestra – Désormière<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Milhaud, Darius Suite provençale 1937-09-12 Venice (Festival) [unknown ensemble] – Milhaud <ref>Your Classical</ref>
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Symphony No. 17 1937-12-17 Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1">Nikolay Myaskovsky: The Conscience of Russian Music</ref>
Myaskovsky, Nikolay Symphony No. 18 1937-10-01 Moscow USSR State Symphony – Gauk<ref name="WPCleanerAuto1" />
Prokofiev, Sergei Suite No. 2 from Romeo and Juliet 1937-04-15 Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky<ref>Sikorski</ref>
Roussel, Albert Cello Concertino 1937-02-06 Paris Fournier / Concerts Poulet Orchestra – Siohan<ref>Allmusic</ref>
Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 1 1937-04-30 London BBC Symphony – Boult<ref>Two Centuries of British Symphonies: From the Beginnings to 1945</ref>
Schoenberg, Arnold String Quartet No. 4 1937-01-08 Los Angeles Kolisch Quartet<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Sessions, Roger String Quartet No. 1 1937-04-10 Washington D.C. Coolidge Quartet<ref>Naxos Records</ref>
Shostakovich, Dmitri Symphony No. 5 1937-11-21 Leningrad Leningrad Philharmonic – Mravinsky<ref>The Symphony: A Listener's Guide</ref>
Webern, Anton Variations for Piano 1937-10-26 Vienna Stadlen<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>

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File:George Gershwin 1937.jpg
George Gershwin in 1937, the year of his death.

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