- 1931 in music
Events
*
Roy Rogers ' musical career begins
*Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera
*Alberto Rabagliati 's singing career beginsPublished popular music
* "Adios" w. Eddie Wood m. Enric Madriguera
* "All of Me" w.m.Seymour Simons & Gerald Marks
* "As Time Goes By" w.m.Herman Hupfeld
* "At Your Command" w.m. Harry Barris,Bing Crosby & Harry Tobias
* "Black Jazz" m. Gene Gifford
* "Blah, Blah, Blah" w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin . Introduced byEl Brendel in the film "Delicious"
* "Blues In My Heart" w. Irving Mills m. Benny Carter
* "Brighter Than The Sun" w.Anona Winn m. Ray Noble
* "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? " w.E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
* "By The River Sainte Marie" w. Edgar Leslie m.Harry Warren
* "Call Me Darling, Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear" w. (Eng) Dorothy Dick w.m. Bert Reisfeld, Mart Fryberg & Rolf Marbet
* "Close Your Eyes" D. Carter -H. M. Tennent
* "Come to Me" w.B. G. De Sylva &Lew Brown m.Ray Henderson
* "Concentratin' On You" w. Andy Razaf m.Fats Waller
* "Crosby, Columbo And Vallee" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
* "Cuban Love Song" w.m.Dorothy Fields ,Jimmy McHugh & Herbert Stothart
* "Dancing In The Dark" w.Howard Dietz m.Arthur Schwartz
*"Delishious" w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin
* "Doin' What I Please" Waller, Razaf
* "Down Sunnyside Lane" Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly
* "Dream a Little Dream of Me " w.Gus Kahn m.Fabian Andre &Wilbur Schwandt
* "An Evening In Caroline" w.m.Walter Donaldson
* "A Faded Summer Love" w.m. Phil Baxter
* "Goodnight, Sweetheart" w.m. Ray Noble, James Campbell & Reg Connelly
* "Got A Date With An Angel" w. Clifford Grey & Sonny Miller m. Jack Waller & Joseph Tunbridge
* "Got the Bench, Got the Park " w.m.Al Sherman , Al Lewis & Fred Phillips
* "Green Eyes" w. (Eng) E. Rivera & Eddie Woods (Sp) Adolfo Utrero m. Nilo Menendez
* "Guilty" w.Gus Kahn m.Richard A. Whiting & Harry Akst
* "Hang Out The Stars In Indiana" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Woods
* "He Played His Ukulele As The Ship Went Down" w.m. Arthur LeClerq
* "Heartaches" w.John Clenner m.Al Hoffman
* "Hello, My Lover, Goodbye " w.Edward Heyman m. John Green. Introduced byFrances Langford in the musical "Here Goes the Bride "
* "Help Yourself to Happiness" w.m.Mack Gordon ,Harry Revel andHarry Richman . Introduced by Harry Richman in therevue Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
* "Hold My Hand" w. Douglas Furber m.Noel Gay
* "Home" w.m. Peter Van Steeden, Harry Clarkson & Geoff Clarkson
* "Hoops" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
* "I Apologize" w.m.Al Hoffman , Al Goodhart & Ed Nelson
* "I Don't Know Why" w.Roy Turk m.Fred E. Ahlert
* "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store) " w.Billy Rose &Mort Dixon m.Harry Warren
* "I Heard" w.m.Don Redman
* "I Love Louisa" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
* "I Surrender, Dear" w. Gordon Clifford m. Harry Barris
* "If You Should Ever Need Me" w.Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
* "I'll Be Good Because Of You" w.m. Ray Noble & Alan Murray
* "I'm All Dressed Up With A Broken Heart" Fisher, Unger, Stern
* "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" w. Alex Hill m.Fats Waller
* "I'm Gonna Get You" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
* "I'm Good For Nothing But Love" Ballard, Maltin
* "I'm Through With Love" w.Gus Kahn m.Matty Malneck &Fud Livingston
* "It's The Darndest Thing" w.Dorothy Fields m.Jimmy McHugh
* "It's The Girl" w. Dave Oppenheim m. Abel Baer
* "It's You!" Razaf, Waller
* "I've Got Five Dollars" w.Lorenz Hart m.Richard Rodgers
* "Jazz Nocturne" m. Dana Suesse
* "Just One More Chance" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston
* "Kicking The Gong Around" w. Ted Koehler m.Harold Arlen
* "A Lady Must Live" w.Lorenz Hart m.Richard Rodgers . Introduced byJeanne Aubert in the musical "America's Sweetheart"
* "Lady Of Spain" w.m. Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell & Henry J. Tilsley
* "Lies" w. George E. Springer m. Harry Barris
* "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries " w.B. G. De Sylva &Lew Brown m.Ray Henderson
* "Little Girl" w.m. Madeline Hyde & Francis Henry
* "Love Is Sweeping The Country" w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin
* "Love Letters In The Sand " w.Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny m.J. Fred Coots
* "Lullaby Of The Leaves" w. Joe Young m. Bernice Petkere
* "Mad Dogs And Englishmen" w.m.Noel Coward
* "Makin' Faces At The Man In The Moon" w.m. Max Rich, Kate Smith, Al Hoffman & Ned Washington
* "Mama Inez " w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Eliseo Grenet
* "Maria, My Own" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Ernesto Lacuona
* "Marta" w. (Eng) L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Moises Simons
* "Mausie" w. (Eng) Harry Graham m. Paul Abraham
* "Me!" w.m.Irving Berlin
* "Moonlight Saving Time" w.m. Irving Kahal & Harry Richman
* "My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes" Koehler, Pola, Golden
* "My Song" w.Lew Brown m.Ray Henderson
* "Nevertheless" w.Bert Kalmar m.Harry Ruby
* "Now's The Time To Fall In Love " w.m.Al Sherman & Al Lewis
* "Of Thee I Sing" w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin
* "Oh, Monah" w.m. Ted Weems & Joe "Country" Washburn
* "One More Time" w.m.B. G. DeSylva ,Lew Brown , andRay Henderson .
* "Ooh That Kiss" w.Mort Dixon & Joe Young m.Harry Warren
* "Out Of Nowhere" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green
* "Paradise" w. Nacio Herb Brown & Gordon Clifford m. Nacio Herb Brown
* "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" w.m. Will Jason & Val Burton
* "Pied Piper Of Hamelin" w.m.Noel Gay
* "Poor Pierrot" w. Otto Harbach m.Jerome Kern
* "Popeye The Sailor Man" w.m. Sammy Lerner
* "Prisoner Of Love" w.Leo Robin m.Russ Columbo &Clarence Gaskill
* "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
* "Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On" w.m. James McCaffrey, Eugene West & Dave Ringle
* "Running Between The Raindrops" w. James Dyrenforth m.Carroll Gibbons
* "Sally" w.m. William Haines, Harry Leon & Leo Towers
* "Shadrack" w.m. Robert MacGimsey
* "She Didn't Say Yes " w.Otto Harbach m.Jerome Kern . Introduced byBettina Hall in the musical "The Cat and the Fiddle ".
* "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile" w. Charles O'Flynn & Jack Meskill m. Max Rich
* "Somebody from Somewhere " w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin . Introduced byJanet Gaynor in the film "Delicious"
* "Sweet And Lovely" w.m. Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias & Jules Lemare
* "Thanks To You" w. Grant Clarke m.Pete Wendling
* "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" w.m. Jimmy Long &Gene Autry
* "That's My Desire" w. Carroll Loveday m. Helmy Kresa
* "This Is The Missus" w.m.Lew Brown &Ray Henderson
* "The Thrill Is Gone" w.m.Lew Brown &Ray Henderson
* "Till The Real Thing Comes Along" w.m. Mann Holiner,Alberta Nichols ,Sammy Cahn , Saul Chaplin & L. E. Freeman
* "Twentieth Century Blues" w.m. Noel Coward
* "Under The Bridges Of Paris " w. (Fr) Jean Rodor, (Eng)Dorcas Cochran m. Vincent Scotto
* "Underneath The Arches" w.m. Reg Connelly &Bud Flanagan
* "Wabash Moon" w.m. Dave Dreyer & Morton Downey
* "Was I?" w.Charles Farrell m.Chick Endor from the revue "Ziegfeld Follies Of 1931"
* "Was That The Human Thing To Do?" w. Joe Young m. Sammy Fain
* "We'll Be The Same" w.Lorenz Hart m.Richard Rodgers
* "Were You Sincere" w. Jack Meskill m. Vincent Rose
* "When I Take My Sugar To Tea" w.m. Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman Connor
* "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" w.m.Leon Rene ,Otis Rene & Clarence Muse
* "When The Bloom Is On The Sage" w.m. Nat Vincent & Fred Howard Wright
* "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain " w.m. Howard Johnson, Harry Woods & Kate Smith
* "When Your Lover Has Gone " w.m. E. A. Swan
* "When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba" w.m.Herman Hupfeld
* "Where The Blue Of The Night " w.m.Roy Turk ,Bing Crosby &Fred E. Ahlert
* "Who Cares? " w.Ira Gershwin m.George Gershwin . Introduced byWilliam Gaxton andLois Moran in the musical "Of Thee I Sing "
* "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" w.Ted Koehler &Billy Moll m.Harry Barris
* "Yes, Yes, My Baby Said Yes, Yes"Cliff Friend ,Con Conrad . Introduced byEddie Cantor in the film "Palmy Days "
* "You Are My Heart's Delight" w. Harry Graham m. Franz Lehár Music 1923
* "You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)" w.m. Con Conrad, Gladys Du Bois, Russ Columbo & Paul Gregory
* "You Can't Stop Me From Loving You" w. Mann Holiner m.Alberta Nichols
* "You Forgot Your Gloves" w. Edward Eliscu m. Ned Lehac. Introduced by Constance Carpenter and Carl Randall in therevue "The Third Little Show "
* "You Rascal You" w.m.Sam Theard
* "You Try Somebody Else" w.B. G. De Sylva &Lew Brown m.Ray Henderson
* "You're Blasé " w. Bruce Sievier m. Ord Hamilton
* "You're My Decline And Fall" George Posford
* "You're My Everything" w. Mort Dixon & Joe Young m.Harry Warren
* "Yours" (orig. "Quiéreme Mucho") w. (Eng) Jack Sherr (Sp) Augustin Rodriguez m. Gonzalo RoigBiggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1931.htm chart positions] in the limited set of charts available for 1931.
Top hits on record
*"Any Little Fish" by
Noel Coward
*"As Time Goes By" byRudy Vallee
*"Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" byCab Calloway
*"Beyond The Blue Horizon" byJack Hylton
*"Blue Again" byAmbrose
*"Dream A Little Dream Of Me ", recorded by
**Wayne King, The Waltz King
**Ozzie Nelson
*"Goodnight Sweetheart", recorded by:
**Al Bowlly
**Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
*"The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls" byJohn McCormack
*"High Water" byPaul Robeson
*"I Don't Know Why - I Just Do" byLayton and Johnstone
*"I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In a 5 and 10 Cent Store)" by TheBoswell Sisters
*"Just One More Chance" byBing Crosby andVictor Young
*"The Kiss Waltz" byGracie Fields
*"Lady, Play Your Mandolin" byNick Lucas
*"Lazy River" byLouis Armstrong
*"Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries ", recorded by
**Hutch
**Rudy Vallee
*"Linda" byCarroll Gibbons
*"Memories Of You " byDuke Ellington
*"Moanin' Low" bySophie Tucker
*"Mood Indigo " byDuke Ellington & His Jungle Band
*"My Ideal" byMaurice Chevalier
*"Nevertheless" byRuth Etting
*"Out Of Nowhere" byBing Crosby
*"The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero )" byDon Azpiazu
*"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" byGene Austin
*"River Stay 'Way From My Door" byPaul Robeson
*"Rockin' Chair" byPaul Robeson
*"Sally" byGracie Fields
*"Star Dust" byBing Crosby
*"Sweet And Lovely" byAl Bowlly with Savoy Orpheans; Howard Jacobs andCarroll Gibbons
*"Time On My Hands" byAl Bowlly with The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
*"Walkin' My Baby Back Home" byMaurice Chevalier
*"When I Take My Sugar To Tea" by Boswell Sisters and theDorsey Brothers
*"When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" byKate Smith
*"When Yuba Plays the Rumba On the Tuba" byRudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees
*"Would You Like To Take A Walk" by Annette Hanshaw includingBenny Goodman and Eddie Lang
*"Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams" byBing Crosby
*"You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)" byRuss Columbo Top
blues recordings*"Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head" -
Lonnie Johnson
*"Southern Can is Mine" -Blind Willie McTell
*"Broke Down Engine Blues" -Blind Willie McTell
*"Georgia Rag" -Blind Willie McTell Classical music
*
Joseph Achron - Quartet for Cello, Trumpet, Horn, and Piano, "Golem"
*Benjamin Britten - "String Quartet in D"
*Ruth Crawford-Seeger - String Quartet
*Samuel Feinberg - "Piano Concerto no. 1"
*Reinhold Glière - "Comedians" (ballet)
*Camargo Guarnieri - Cello Sonata No. 1
*Igor Markevitch - Serenade for Three Instruments
*Paul Paray - Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc
*Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 4, for left hand, written forPaul Wittgenstein .
*Maurice Ravel - Piano Concerto for Left Hand", written forPaul Wittgenstein .
*Dmitri Shostakovich - "Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, "First of May""
*Igor Stravinsky - "Violin Concerto in D"
*Edgard Varèse - "Ionisation" (1929-31)
*William Walton - "Belshazzar's Feast" (oratorio)Opera *
George Antheil - "Helen Retires" (not performed until 1934)
*Arthur Benjamin - "The Devil Take Her"
*Gustave Charpentier - "Orphée"
*Paul Dessau - "Das Eisenbahnspiel"
*Walter Goehr - "Malpopita"
*Gabriel von Wayditch - "Horus"
*Eugène Ysaÿe - "Peter the Miner"Musical theater * "America's Sweetheart" Broadway production opened at the
Broadhurst Theatre onFebruary 10 and ran for 135 performances.
* "The Band Wagon " Broadway production opened at theNew Amsterdam Theatre onJune 3 and ran for 260 performances
* "Bitter Sweet " (Noel Coward ) - London revival
* "The Cat and the Fiddle" Broadway production opened at theGlobe Theatre onOctober 15 and ran for 395 performances
* "Cavalcade" (Noel Coward) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre onOctober 13 and ran for 405 performances
* "Die Dubarry " Berlin production opened onAugust 14
* "Folly To Be Wise " London revue opened at thePiccadilly Theatre onJanuary 8 . StarringCicely Courtneidge .
* "Here Goes the Bride " Broadway production opened atChanin's 46th Street Theatre onNovember 3 and ran for 7 performances.
* "Hold My Hand" (Music:Noel Gay Lyrics:Desmond Carter Book:Stanley Lupino ) London production opened at theGaiety Theatre onDecember 23 . StarringJessie Matthews ,Sonnie Hale andStanley Lupino .
* "The Land of Smiles " (Franz Lehár ) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre onMay 8
* "The Laugh Parade " Broadwayrevue opened at theImperial Theatre onNovember 2 and ran for 231 performances
* "The Third Little Show " Broadway production opened at theMusic Box Theatre onJune 1 and ran for 136 performances
* "Victoria and Her Hussar" London production opened at the Palace Theatre onSeptember 17 and ran for 100 performances
* "White Horse Inn " London production opened at theColiseum Theatre onApril 8 and ran for 651 performances
* "Ziegfeld Follies of 1931" Broadwayrevue opened at theZiegfeld Theatre onJuly 1 and ran for 165 performances.Musical film s* "
Children of Dreams " starringMargaret Schilling , Paul Gregory andTom Patricola
* "The Cuban Love Song " starringLawrence Tibbett ,Lupe Velez ,Jimmy Durante andLouise Fazenda
* "Delicious" starringJanet Gaynor ,Charles Farrell andEl Brendl .
* "Her Majesty, Love " starringMarilyn Miller
* "The Hot Heiress " starringBen Lyon andOna Munson
* "Kiss Me Again" starringBernice Claire andEdward Everett Horton
* "Palmy Days " starringEddie Cantor andCharlotte Greenwood
* "Pardon Us " starringStan Laurel andOliver Hardy . Directed byJames Parrott .
* "The Prodigal" starringLawrence Tibbett
* "Sally in our Alley " starringGracie Fields
* "Showgirl's Luck " starringSusan Denis ,Arthur Tauchert , Arthur Clarke andFred Bluett
* "The Smiling Lieutenant " starringMaurice Chevalier ,Claudette Colbert andMiriam Hopkins
* "Sunshine Susie " starringRenate Müller andJack Hulbert Births
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January 5 -Alfred Brendel , pianist
*January 8 - Bill Graham, rock music entrepreneur (died 1991)
*January 12 -Roland Alphonso , saxophonist (died 1998)
*January 21 - Rudi Maugeri (The Crew Cuts )
*January 22 -Sam Cooke , singer (died 1964)
*February 14 -Phyllis McGuire , vocalist (The McGuire Sisters )
*March 15 -D. J. Fontana , drummer
*April 29 -Lonnie Donegan , skiffle musician (died 2002)
*May 4 -Ed Cassidy , drummer (Spirit)
*May 14 -Alvin Lucier , composer
*May 7 -Teresa Brewer , singer (died 2007)
*July 6 -Della Reese , actress and singer
*July 11 -Tab Hunter , actor and singer
*July 18 -Papa Dee Allen (War) (died 1988)
*July 31 - Morey Carr (The Playmates )
*August 28 :
**John Perkins (The Crewcuts )
**John Shirley-Quirk , operatic bass-baritone
*September 19 -Brook Benton , singer and songwriter (died 1988)
*September 22 - George Chambers (The Chambers Brothers )
*September 24 -Anthony Newley , English songwriter, actor and singer (died 1999)
*October 24 -Sofia Gubaidulina , composer
*November 5 -Ike Turner , musician and record producer (died 2007)
*December 24 :
**Ray Bryant , jazz pianist
**Mauricio Kagel , composer
*December 27 -Scotty Moore , guitarist
*December 30 -Skeeter Davis , country singer (died 2004)Deaths
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January 21 -Felix Blumenfeld , pianist, conductor and composer (born 1863)
*January 23 - Anna Pavlova, ballerina (born 1881)
*February 16 -Dirk Schäfer , pianist and composer (born 1873)
*February 23 - DameNellie Melba , operatic soprano (born 1861)
*April 4 -George Whitefield Chadwick , compsoer
*May 8 -Bertha Lewis , singer and actress with theD'Oyly Carte Opera Company (born 1887) (car accident)
*May 12 -Eugène Ysaÿe , violinist and composer (born 1858)
*May 13 -Josif Marinković , composer (born 1851)
*June 18 -Fanny Holland , singer and actress (born 1847)
*June 21 -Jimmy Blythe , jazz pianist (born 1901)
*July 4 -Buddy Petit , jazz cornet player (born c. 1890)
*August 6 -Bix Beiderbecke , jazz musician (born 1903)
*August 11 -Linda Loredo , dancer (born 1907)
*August 26 -Heinrich Grünfeld , cellist (born 1855)
*August 28 - Jane Green singer (born 1897)
*September 3 -Franz Schalk , conductor (born 1863)
*September 20 -Ugo Falena , opera librettist (born 1875)
*September 23 -Harry Macdonough , pioneer recording artist (born 1871)
*October 3 -Carl Nielsen , composer (born 1865)
*October 8 -Luigi von Kunits , violinist, conductor and composer (born 1870)
*October 18 -Thomas Edison , inventor of thephonograph (born 1847)
*October 20 -Emánuel Moór , pianist, composer and inventor of the Duplex-Coupler Grand Pianoforte (born 1863)
*October 21 -Barbecue Bob , blues musician (born 1902)
*October 29 -Luciano Gallet , composer (born 1893)
*November 3 -Buddy Bolden , jazz musician (born 1877)
*November 19 -Frederic Cliffe , composer (born 1857)
*November 23 -Leonora Braham , operatic soprano and actress (Gilbert & Sullivan)
*December 2 -Vincent d'Indy , composer (born 1851)
*"date unknown"
**Mario Ancona , "bel canto" baritone (born 1860)
**Georgi Atanasov, composer (born 1882)
**Tomasz Bartkiewcz , organist and composer (born 1865)
**Alfonso Rendano , pianist, inventor of the "third pedal" (born 1853)
**Joseph Tabrar , songwriter (born 1857)
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