1929 in music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top blues records 3 Published popular music 4 Classical music 5 Opera 6 Musical theater 7 Musical films 8 Recorded popular music 9 Births 10 Deaths

[edit] 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
• Charley Patton's musical career begins
• T-Bone Walker's recording career begins
• Memphis Minnie's recording career begins
• Amédé Ardoin makes the first recordings of zydeco in Louisiana.
• Manuel de Falla relocates to Granada.

[edit] Top blues records

• "That Crawling Baby Blues" - Blind Lemon Jefferson
• "Travelin' Blues" - Blind Willie McTell
• "Christmas In Jail" - Leroy Carr
• "Hot Fingers" - Lonnie Johnson
• "High Water Everywhere" - Charley Patton

[edit] Published popular music

• "Ain't Misbehavin'" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks
• "Am I Blue?" w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst
• "Any Old Time" w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
• "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
• "He's So Unusual" w.m. Al Sherman, Al Lewis and Abner Silver
• "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 Plan" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by Clifton Webb in the revue The Little Show
• "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. Introduced by Sally O'Neil and Eddie Quillan in the film The Sophomore
• "The Little Things You Do" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Liza" w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Intrpoduced by Nick Lucas in the musical Show Girl
• "Looking At You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Jessie Matthews and Dave Fitzgibbon in the musical Wake Up and Dream
• "Louise" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film Innocents of Paris
• "Lovable And Sweet" w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant. Introduced by Jack Oakie, John Harron and Ned Sparks in the film Street Girl
• "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
• "March Of The Grenadiers" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger Introduced by Jeanette MacDonald in the film The Love Parade
• "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. Introduced by Libby Holman in the revue The Little Show
• "More Than You Know" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Mayo Methot in the musical Great Day
• "My Ideal" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film Playboy of Paris
• "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
• "Canto Siboney" w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
• "Singin' in the Bathtub" w. Herb Magidson & Ned Washington m. 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. Introduced by William Gaxton in the musical Fifty Million Frenchmen
• "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

[edit] Classical music

• Samuel Barber - Serenade [for quartet or string orchestra]
• Béla Bartók - Piano Concerto No. 1
• Arnold Bax - Symphony No. 3
• Henry Cowell - Piano Concerto
• Pierre-Octave Ferroud - Violin Sonata
• Paul Juon - Litaniae for Piano, Violin and Cello in C sharp minor
• Wilhelm Kempff - Symphony No. 2
• Ildebrando Pizzetti - Rondo Veneziano
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 3 E flat major, Op. 20
• William Walton - Viola Concerto

[edit] Opera

• Hans Chemin-Petit
  • Der gefangene Vogel
  • Lady Monika

[edit] Musical theater

• Bitter Sweet (Noel Coward)
  • London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 12 and ran for 673 performances
  • Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 5 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on February 17, 1930 for a total run of 159 performances
• Boom Boom Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 28 and ran for 72 performances
• Dear Love opened at the Palace Theatre on November 14 and ran for 132 performances
• Die Dreigroschenoper Vienna production
• Fifty Million Frenchmen Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 27 and ran for 254 performances
• Follow Thru Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 9 and ran for 401 performances
• Follow Through London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 3 and ran for 148 performances
• Hold Everything London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 12 and ran for 173 performances
• Hot Chocolates Broadway revue opened at the Hudson Theatre on June 20 and ran for 219 performances
• The House That Jack Built London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 8 and ran for 270 performances
• Das Land Des Lächelns (Franz Lehár) - Berlin production opened at the Metropol Theater on October 10
• The Little Show Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on April 30 and ran for 321 performances
• Love Lies London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 20 and ran for 347 performances
• Mr. Cinders London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 11 and ran for 528 performances
• Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) - Paris production
• Spring Is Here (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Owen Davis) Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 11 and ran for 104 performances
• Toad of Toad Hall London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 17
• Top Speed Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on December 25 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on March 10, 1930 for a total run of 104 performances
• Wake Up And Dream (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter)
  • London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 27 and ran for 263 performances
  • Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on December 30 and ran for 136 performances

[edit] Musical films

• Applause starring Helen Morgan. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
• The Battle of Paris starring Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Ruggles, Walter Petrie, Gladys DuBois and Arthur Treacher. Directed by Robert Flory.
• Broadway starring Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Evelyn Brent and Otis Harlan. Directed by Paul Fejos.
• The Broadway Melody
• The Cocoanuts
• The Desert Song starring John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda and Myrna Loy. Directed by Roy Del Ruth.
• The Glad Rag Doll
• Glorifying the American Girl starring Mary Eaton and Dan Healy and featuring Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan and Rudy Vallee.
• Gold Diggers of Broadway
• Happy Days starring Charles E. Evans and Marjorie White and featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell
• Hollywood Revue Of 1929
• Honky Tonk starring Sophie Tucker
• The Love Parade starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth
• Marianne starring Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray and Cliff Edwards
• On with the Show! starring Arthur Lake, Betty Compson and Joe E. Brown, and featuring Ethel Waters
• Paris released November 7 starring Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan and Zasu Pitts.
• Rio Rita starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles
• Sally starring Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray and Joe E. Brown
• Show Boat
• So Long Letty starring Charlotte Greenwood
• Song of Love starring Belle Baker, Ralph Graves and Eunice Quedens
• Sunny Side Up starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Marjorie White
• Tanned Legs starring Ann Pennington, June Clyde, Arthur Lake, Dorothy Revier and Sally Blane. Directed by Marshall Neilan.
• The Vagabond Lover starring Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane and Marie Dressler. Directed by Marshall Neilan.
• Why Leave Home? starring Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Dixie Lee and Ilka Chase. Directed by Raymond Cannon.
• Words and Music starring Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees and Tom Patricola. Directed by James Tinling.

[edit] Recorded popular music

• "Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters
• "Button Up Your Overcoat" by Helen Kane
• "Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho" by Rudy Vallee
• "He's So Unusual" by Helen Kane
• "I Want To Be Bad" by Annette Hanshaw
• "I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You" by Aileen Stanley
• "I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "If I Had A Talking Picture of You" by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
• "Louise" by Maurice Chevalier
• "Louise/So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, featuring Bing Crosby
• "Makin' Whoopie" by Eddie Cantor
• "Maybe, Who Knows?" by Kate Smith
• "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by Bessie Smith
• "Piccolo Pete" by Ted Weems & His Orchestra
• "Singin' in the Rain" by Cliff Edwards
• "Stardust" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
• "What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
• "You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?" by Rudy Vallee

[edit] Births

• January 3 - Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer and conductor
• January 6 - Wilbert Harrison, singer (d. 1994)
• January 28 - Mr Acker Bilk, jazz musician
• February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith, composer for film and television (d. 2004)
• March 4 - Bernard Haitink, violinist and conductor
• April 1 - Jane Powell, singer and actress
• April 5 - Joe Meek, UK record producer (d. 1967)
• April 6 - André Previn, pianist and conductor
• April 8 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
• April 29 - Peter Sculthorpe, composer
• May 1 - Sonny James, country singer and songwriter
• May 3 - Denise Lor, singer
• May 16 - Betty Carter, jazz singer (d. 1998)
• May 25 - Beverly Sills, operatic soprano (d. 2007)
• June 9 - Johnny Ace, R&B singer (d. 1954)
• June 23 - June Carter Cash, singer and songwriter, wife of Johnny Cash (d. 2003)
• July 3 - Pedro Iturralde, composer
• July 9 - Lee Hazlewood, singer, songwriter and record producer (d. 2007)
• July 18 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, singer (d. 2000)
• August 12 - Buck Owens, singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
• August 16 - Bill Evans, jazz pianist (d. 1980)
• August 24 - William Winfield (The Harptones)
• September 13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, operatic bass (d. 2004)
• October 2 - Kenneth Leighton, composer (d. 1998)
• October 12 - Nappy Brown, blues singer
• October 26 - Neal Matthews (The Jordanaires)
• November 10 - Marilyn Bergman, songwriter
• November 11 - LaVern Baker, R&B singer (d. 1997)
• November 12 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist
• November 24 - Eileen Barton, singer (d. 2006)
• November 28 - Berry Gordy Jr., record producer and founder of the Tamla Motown label
• November 30 - Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand
• December 6 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor
• December 23 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter and singer (d. 1988)
• December 25
  • Billy Horton (The Silhouettes)
  • Chris Kenner, R&B singer and songwriter (d. 1976)

[edit] Deaths

• January 11 - Elfrida Andrée, organist, composer and conductor
• January 22 - Adolph Brodsky, violinist (b. 1851)
• January 24 - Jacques Bouhy, operatic baritone
• January 30 - La Goulue, can-can dancer (b. 1866)
• February 24 - André Messager, conductor and composer (b. 1853)
• March 15 - Pinetop Smith, jazz pianist (b. 1904) (shot, during a fight in a dance hall)
• April 4 - Édouard Schuré, poet and music critic (b. 1841)
• April 15 - Antonio Smareglia, opera composer (b. 1854)
• April 30 - Birger Sjöberg, poet and songwriter (b. 1885)
• May 17 - Lilli Lehmann, operatic soprano (b. 1848)
• June 2 - Don Murray, jazz clarinettist (b. 1894) (car accident)
• June 4 - Harry Frazee, producer of Broadway musicals (b. 1881)
• July 3 - Dustin Farnum, singer, dancer and actor (b. 1874)
• August 3 - Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone (b. 1851)
• August 19
  • Sergei Diaghilev, ballet impresario
  • Chris Kelly, jazz musician (b. c. 1890)
  • Meta Seinemeyer, operatic soprano (born 1894)
• August 22 - Lucy Broadwood, folk song collector and researcher (b. 1858)
• September 4 - Frederick Freeman Proctor, vaudeville impresario
• October 3 - Jeanne Eagels, Ziegfeld girl and actress (b. 1894)
• October 14 - Henri Berger, composer and royal bandmaster of Hawaii (b. 1844)
• October 17 - Ada Crossley, singer (b. 1874)
• October 27 - A. M. Willner, composer and librettist (b. 1859)
• December - Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician (b. 1894)
• December 28 - Hans Kreissig, pianist and conductor (b. 1856)
• date unknown
  • Antonio Chacón, flamenco singer (b. 1869)
  • Frederick Weatherly, songwriter (b. 1848)