1931 in music

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Top hits recordings 4 Musical theater 5 Musical films 6 Births 7 Deaths

Events

• Roy Rogers' musical career begins
• Mary Garden retires from the Chicago Opera

Published 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
• Blues In My Heart w. Irving Mills m. Benny Carter
• Brighter Than The Sun w. Anona Winn m. Ray Noble
• 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 w.m. Bernice Petkere
• 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
• 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 Apologise 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
• Lady Of Spain w.m. Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans, Stanley J. Damerell & Henry J. Tilsley
• 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
• Minnie The Moocher w.m. Cab Calloway, Clarence Gaskill & Irving Mills
• Mood Indigo w.m. Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills
• 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
• 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
• Smile, Darn Ya, Smile w. Charles O'Flynn & Jack Meskill m. Max Rich
• 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.m. Vincent Scotto, Jean Rodor, Dorcas Cochran
• Underneath The Arches w.m. Reg Connelly & Bud Flanagan
• Wabash Moon w.m. Dave Dreyer & Morton Downey
• 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
• Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams w. Ted Koehler & Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
• Yes, Yes, My Baby Said Yes, Yes Cliff Friend, Con Conrad
• You Are My Heart's Delight w. Harry Graham m. Franz Lehar 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 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. Quiereme Mucho) w. (Eng) Jack Sherr (Sp) Augustin Rodriguez m. Gonzalo Roig

Top hits recordings

• As Time Goes By by Rudy Vallee
• Dream A Little Dream Of Me by Wayne King, The Waltz King
• Goodnight, Sweetheart by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
• I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In a 5 and 10 Cent Store) by The Boswell Sisters
• Just One More Chance by Bing Crosby
• Lady, Play Your Mandolin by Nick Lucas
• Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries by Rudy Vallee
• Mood Indigo by Duke Ellington & His Jungle Band
• Out Of Nowhere by Bing Crosby
• The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero) by Don Azpiazu
• Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone by Gene Austin
• Star Dust by Bing Crosby
• Time On My Hands by Al Bowlly with The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra
• When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain by Kate Smith
• When Yuba Plays the Rumba On the Tuba by Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees
• You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) by Russ Columbo

Musical theater

• The Band Wagon Broadway production
• Bitter Sweet London revival
• The Cat And The Fiddle Broadway production
• Cavalcade London production
• Die Dubarry Berlin production
• The Land Of Smiles London production
• The Third Little Show Broadway production
• Victoria And Her Hussar London production
• White Horse Inn London production

Musical films

• Fifty Million Frenchmen

Births

• January 8 - Bill Graham, rock music entrepreneut (+ 1991)
• January 22 - Sam Cooke
• January 27 - Rudi Maugeri, The Crew Cuts
• February 14 - Phyllis McGuire, The McGuire Sisters
• March 14 - Phil Phillips
• April 29 - Lonnie Donegan
• May 4 - Ed Cassidy, Spirit
• May 7 - Teresa Brewer
• July 6 - Della Reese
• July 11 - Tab Hunter
• July 18 - Papa Dee Allen, War
• July 31 - Morey Carr, The Playmates
• August 1 - Ramblin' Jack Ellott
• August 28 - John Perkins, The Crewcuts
• September 19 - Brook Benton
• September 22 - George Chambers, The Chambers Brothers
• November 5 - Ike Turner
• December 30 - Skeeter Davis

Deaths

• February 11 - Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph
• July 4 - Buddy Petit
• August 6 - Bix Beiderbecke