Events January 16 - Benny Goodman plays Carnegie Hall September 22 - Anton Webern's String Quartet is premiered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Roy Acuff's musical career begins Sister Rosetta Tharpe's musical career begins Pete Seeger's musical career begins Robert Lockwood Jr's musical career begins Jelly Roll Morton speaks, sings, and plays piano for an eight-hour Library of Congress recorded sound documentary produced by Alan Lomax Top hit recordings "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb "Begin the Beguine" by Artie Shaw "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by The Andrews Sisters "Cry, Baby, Cry" by Larry Clinton "Don't Be That Way" by Benny Goodman "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" by Bing Crosby "Music, Maestro, Please" by Tommy Dorsey "My Reverie" by Larry Clinton "Thanks for the Memory" by Shep Fields "Ti-Pi-Tin" by Hoarce Heidt Published popular songs "And The Angels Sing" w. Johnny Mercer m. Ziggy Elman "At Long Last Love" w.m. Cole Porter "At The Roxy Music Hall" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Back Bay Shuffle" m. Artie Shaw & Teddy McRae "Big Noise From Winnetka" w.m. Ray Bauduc, Bob Crosby, Bob Haggart & Gil Rodin "The Biggest Aspidistra In The World" w.m. Thomas Connor, W. G. Haines & James S. Hancock "Bolero At The Savoy" w.m. Charles Carpenter, Gene Krupa & James Mundy "Boom!" w.m. E. Ray Goetz & Charles Trenet "Boomps-A-Daisy" w.m. Annette Mills "Boum" w.m. Charles Trenet "Change Partners" w.m. Irving Berlin "Cherokee" m. Ray Noble "Cinderella, Stay In My Arms" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Michael Carr "Colorado Sunset" Gilbert, Conrad "Dearest Love" w.m. Noël Coward "Deep In A Dream" w. Eddie De Lange m. James Van Heusen "Do You Wanna Jump Children?" w.m. James Van Heusen, Willie Bryant & Victor Selsman "Don't Be That Way" w. Mitchell Parish m. Edgar Sampson & Benny Goodman "Don't Let That Moon Get Away" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Double Trouble" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting "Exhibition Swing" m. Chalmers Wood "F.D.R. Jones" w.m. Harold Rome "Falling In Love With Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Ferdinand The Bull" w. Larry Morey m. Albert Hay Malotte "Flat Foot Floogie" w.m. Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart & Bud Green "Get Out Of Town" w.m. Cole Porter "Hawaiian War Chant" w. (Eng) Ralph Freed m. Johnny Noble & Prince Leleiohaku "Heart And Soul" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael "Hi-Yo Silver" Erickson, De Leath "Hold Tight - Hold Tight" w.m. Leonard Kent, Edward Robinson, Leonard Ware, Jerry Brandow & Willie Spotswood "Hong Kong Blues" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael "Hooray For Hollywood" w. Johnny Mercer m. Richard A. Whiting "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" w.m. Ray Noble "I Have Eyes" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger "I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart" w. Henry Nemo, John Redmond & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington "I Love To Whistle" Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh "I Married An Angel" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "I Must See Annie Tonight" w.m. Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin "I'll Be Seeing You" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart" w. Jimmy Eaton m. Terry Shand "I'm In Love With Vienna" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II "In A Little Toy Sailboat" Mandell, Littau "In My Little Red Book" w.m. Ray Bloch, Nat Simon & Al Stillman "I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Jeepers Creepers" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren "Joseph! Joseph!" w.(Eng) Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin m. Nellie Casman & Samuel Steinberg "Jumpin' At The Woodside" m. Count Basie "Just Let Me Look At You" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern "Love Walked In" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "March Of The Bob Cats" m. The Bob Cats "Mister Crosby And Mister Mercer" w. Johnny Mercer m. Ed Gallagher & Al Shean "Most Gentlemen Don't Like Love" w.m. Cole Porter "Music, Maestro, Please" w. Herb Magidson m. Allie Wrubel "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" w.m. Cole Porter "My Heart Is Taking Lessons" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "My Reverie" w.m. Larry Clinton "Nice People" w.m. Nat Mills & Fred Malcolm "Nightmare" m. Artie Shaw "Now It Can Be Told" w.m. Irving Berlin "Oh! Ma-Ma" w. (Eng) Lew Brown & Rudy Vallee m. Paolo Citorello "One Day When We Were Young" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Johann Strauss II arr. Tiomkin "Penny Serenade" w. Hal Halifax m. Melle Weersma "Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride" w. Johnny Mercer m. Richard A. Whiting "San Antonio Rose" m. Bob Wills "Says My Heart" w. Frank Loesser m. Burton Lane "Sent For You Yesterday, And Here You Come Today" w.m. Count Basie, Eddie Dunham & Jimmy Rushing "September Song" w. Maxwell Anderson m. Kurt Weill "Sing For Your Supper" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Small Fry" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael "Spring Is Here" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "The Stately Homes Of England" w.m. Noël Coward "This Can't Be Love" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "This Is My Night To Dream" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Ti-Pi-Tin" w.(Eng) Raymond Leveen (Sp) Maria Grever m. Maria Grever "Two Sleepy People" w. Frank Loesser m. Hoagy Carmichael "The Umbrella Man" w. James Cavanaugh m. Vincent Rose & Larry Stock "Undecided" w. Sid Robin m. Charlie Shavers "We're Off To See The Wizard" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen "Where Are The Songs We Sung?" w.m. Noël Coward "Where The Dog Sits On The Tuckerbox" w.m. Jack O'Hagan "While A Cigarette Was Burning" w.m. Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny "You Couldn't Be Cuter" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern "You Go To My Head" w. Haven Gillespie m. J. Fred Coots "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" w. Johnny Mercer m. Harry Warren "You're A Sweet Little Headache" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger "You're As Pretty As A Picture" w. Harold Adamson m. Jimmy McHugh Musical theater The Boys From Syracuse Broadway production Countess Maritza London production Hellzapoppin Broadway production I Married An Angel Broadway production Knickerbocker Holiday Broadway production Leave It To Me Broadway production Nine Sharp London production Operette London production Right This Way Broadway production Sing Out The News Broadway production You Never Know Broadway production Musical films The Great Waltz The Star Maker Sweethearts That Certain Age Births January 14 - Alain Toussaint January 14 - Jack Jones January 19 - Phil Everly January 21 - Wolfman Jack February 22 - Bobby Hendricks, The Drifters March 18 - Charlie Pride March 25 - Hoyt Axton April 7 - Freddie Hubbard April 7 - Spencer Dryden, Jefferson Airplane April 26 - Duane Eddy May 10 - Henry Fambrough, The Spinners May 13 - John Smith, The Monotones May 15 - Lenny Welch June 20 - Mickie Most July 4 - Bill Withers July 14 - Bob Scholl, The Mello-Kings July 17 - Stanley Bronstein, Elephant's Memory Band July 28 - George Cummings, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show August 8 - Don Jacobucci, Regents August 24 - David Freiberg, Quicksilver Messenger Service August 24 - Mason Williams September 11 - Charles Patrick, The Monotones September 28 - Ben E. King October 3 - Eddie Cochran October 5 - Carlos Mastangelo, The Belmonts October 15 - Marv Johnson October 16 - Nico, Velvet Underground October 18 - Ronnie Bright, The Coasters November 2 - Jay Black, Jay & The Americans November 4 - Harry Elston, Friends Of Distinction November 6 - Jim Pike, The Lettermen November 6 - P.J. Proby November 7 - Dee Clark November 14 - Cornelius Gunter, The Flairs, The Coasters November 17 - Gordon Lightfoot November 19 - Hank Medress, The Tokens December 1 - Sandy Nelson December 5 - J.J. Cale December 12 - Connie Francis December 28 - Charles Neville, Joey Dee & The Starlighters, The Neville Brothers Deaths March 2 - Ben Harney, ragtime composer & entertainer June 26 - James Weldon Johnson, US songwriter, author, diplomat and educationalist August 16 - Robert Johnson, blues man, August 30 - James Scott, ragtime composer