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1 Events

• May 3 - Francis Poulenc's Concert champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra is premiered in Paris
• May 17 - Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 3 is premiered in Paris
• December 31 - Guy Lombardo plays " Auld Lang Syne" for the first time
• Cab CallowayCab Calloway ( December 25, 1907 November 18, 1994), born Cabell Calloway III was a famous jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States most popular African American big bands from the start's musical career begins
• Charley PattonCharley Patton ( May 1, 1891 April 28, 1934) was an American delta blues musician, and one of the first mainstream stars of the genre. He was extremely popular across the U. South, and was invited to perform at plantations and taverns (in contrast to most's musical career begins
• T-Bone WalkerAaron Thibeaux Walker or T-Bone Walker ( May 28, 1910 March 16, 1975) was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the most influential musicians of the early 20th century. He was born in Linden, Texas of African American and Cherok's musical career begins
• Memphis MinnieMemphis Minnie Blues Musician (b. Lizzie Douglas Algiers, Louisiana June 3, 1897 d. Memphis, Tennessee August 6, 1973) Memphis Minnis was one of the most influential and pioneering female blues musicians and guitarists of all time. She recorded for forty's musical career begins
• Gene AutryGene Autry ( September 29, 1907 October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. Born as Orvon Gene Autry in Tioga, Texas, his family moved to Ravia, Oklahoma in the 1920s. After l's musical career begins

2 Published popular music

• "Adios Muchachos" Raven, Cesar Vedani m. Julio Sanders
• " Ain't Misbehavin'Ain't Misbehavin is a song by Fats Waller, dating from 1929. The singer is not cheating on a lover: "Ain't misbehavin', I'm savin' my love for you". This title was later used for a Broadway show (see below). For the 1955 movie of this title starring Mamie" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" WallerFats Waller ( May 21, 1904 December 15, 1943) was a jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. African American by race, he was born Thomas Wright Waller in New York City. Waller studied classical piano and organ before apprenticing himself & Harry Brooks
• "Am I Blue?" w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst
• "Any Old Time" w.m. Jimmie RodgersFor the singer of "Honeycomb", see Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer). Jimmie Rodgers ( September 8, 1897 May 26, 1933) James Charles "Jimmie" Rodgers was the first country music superstar. Rodgers, known as The Singing Brakeman and The Blue Yodeler was born in
• "Around The Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. Art Kassel
• "The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Barnacle Bill The Sailor" w.m. Carson Robison & Frank Luther
• "Big City Blues" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler & Con Conrad
• "Bilbao Song" w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer w. (Ger) Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill English lyrics 1961
• "Black And Blue" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
• "Bolero" m. Maurice Ravel
• "Broadway Melody" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Can Broadway Do Without Me?" w.m. Jimmy Durante
• "Can't We Be Friends?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
• "Chant Of The Jungle" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Corrine, Corrina" w. J. Mayo Williams & Bo Chatman
• "Cross Your Fingers" w. Arthur Swanstrom & Benny Davis m. J. Fred Coots
• "Cryin' For The Carolines" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
• "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. Sam Coslow
• "Dear Little Cafe" w.m. Noel Coward
• "Deep Night" w. Rudy Vallee m. Charlie Henderson
• "Do Something" w. Bud Green m. Sam H. Stept
• "Do What You Do" w. Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn m. George Gershwin
• "Don't Ever Leave Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "Dream Lover" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "Every Little Moment" w.m. Vivian Ellis
• "Feeling Sentimental" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Find Me A Primitive Man" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do" w.m. Charles Straight, Joe Bennett & George Little
• "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" w. Andy Razaf & Don Redman m. Don Redman
• "Great Day!" w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
• "Happy Days Are Here Again" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "Have A Little Faith In Me" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
• "Here Am I" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "He's A Good Man To Have Around" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "High And Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "Honeysuckle Rose" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
• "How Am I To Know?" w. Dorothy Parker m. Jack King
• "I Got A Code In My Dose" w.m. Arthur Fields, Fred Hall & Billy Rose
• "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "I Have To Have You" Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
• "I Lift Up My Finger" w.m. Leslie Sarony
• "I May Be Wrong" w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan
• "If I Can't Have You" w. Al Bryan m. George W. Meyer
• "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "If Love Were All" w.m. Noel Coward
• "I'll See You Again" w.m. Noel Coward
• "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "I'm A Gigolo" w.m. Cole Porter
• "I'm In Seventh Heaven" w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
• "I'm Just A Vagabond Lover" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Leon Zimmerman
• "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling" w. Billy Rose m. Fats Waller & Harry Link
• "Kansas City Kitty" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
• "Keepin' Myself For You" w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans
• "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Little By Little" w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan
• "The Little Things You Do" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Liza" w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Looking At You" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Louise" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Lovable And Sweet" w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant
• "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
• "March Of The Grenadiers" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "Maybe Who Knows" John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting
• "Mean To Me" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
• "The Minor Drag" m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
• "Miss Hannah" w.m. Don Redman & John Nesbitt
• "Miss You" w.m. Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias & Henry Tobias
• "Moanin' Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Ralph Rainger
• "More Than You Know" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
• "My Ideal" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase
• "My Kinda Love" w. Jo Trent m. Louis Alter
• "My Love Parade" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "My Mother's Eyes" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
• "My Sin" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Nobody's Using It Now" Clifford Grey, Victor Schertzinger
• "On The Amazon" w. Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Vivian Ellis
• "Orange Blossom Time" w. Joe Goodwin m. Gus Edwards
• "Pagan Love Song" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Painting the Clouds With Sunshine" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
• "Paris, Stay the Same" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "Piccolo Pete" w.m. Phil Baxter
• " Puttin' on the Ritz" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Raisin' the Roof" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
• "Reaching For Someone" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
• "Rockin' Chair" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
• "Romance" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
• "Satisfied!" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
• "Serenade of Love" by Irving Caesar
• "Seventh Heaven" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack
• "She's Such A Comfort To Me" w. Douglas Furber, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief & Donovan Parsons m. Arthur Schwartz
• "She's Wonderful" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
• "A Ship Without A Sail" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Should I?" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Siboney" w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
• "Singin' In the Bathtub" w.m. Herb Magidson, Ned Washington & Michael H. Cleary
• "Singin' In The Rain" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
• "S'posin"' w. Andy Razaf m. Paul Denniker
• "Spread A Little Happiness" w.m. Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers & Greatrex Newman
• " Star Dust" w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael Music 1927.
• "Sunny Side Up" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Thank Your Father" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Then You've Never Been Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted Fiorito
• "Thinking Of You" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
• "True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
• "Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Waiting At The End Of The Road" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Wake Up And Dream" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Walk Right In" Cannon, Woods, Darling, Suanoe
• "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine" w. Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin m. Sammy Fain
• "The Wedding Of The Painted Doll" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "What Is This Thing Called Love?" w.m. Cole Porter
• "What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
• "When It's Springtime In The Rockies" w. Mary Hale Woolsey & Milton Taggert m. Robert Sauer
• "Why Can't I?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Why Do You Suppose?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Why Was I Born?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "With A Song in My Heart" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Without A Song" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
• "You Do Something To Me" w.m. Cole Porter
• "You Were Meant For Me" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Yours Sincerely" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "You've Got That Thing" w.m. Cole Porter
• "Zigeuner" w.m. Noël Coward