1932 in music

Contents

1 Events

2 Published popular music

3 Top hit records

Events

January 14 - Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto is premiered in Paris
October 19 - Frankie Laine and Ruthie Smith set the all-time dance marathon record of 3,501 hours (145 days) at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey
October 31 - Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 5 is premiered in Berlin
Henry Hall becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra.
Thomas Beecham founds the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Published popular music

"After You, Who?" w.m. Cole Porter
"Alone Together" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"And Love Was Born" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"And So To Bed" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"April In Paris" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Vernon Duke
"As You Desire Me" w.m. Allie Wrubel
"Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear" w.m. Al Hoffman, Ed G. Nelson, Al Goodhart & Milton Ager
"Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
"Chinese Laundry Blues" Cottrell
"The Clouds Will Soon Roll By" w.m. Billy Hill & Harry Woods
"Dance Of The Cuckoos" w.m. T. Marvin Hatley & Harry Steinberg
"Darkness On The Delta" w. Marty Symes & Al Neiburg m. Jerry Livingston
"Eadie Was A Lady" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Richard Whiting & Nacio Herb Brown
"The Echo Of A Song" Peter Mendoza
"Eres Tu by" Miguel Sandoval
"Fit As A Fiddle" w.m. Arthur Freed, Al Hoffman & Al Goodhart
"The Flies Crawled Up The Window" w.m. Douglas Furber & Vivian Ellis
"Give Her A Kiss" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Goodnight Vienna" w.m. Holt Marvell & George Posford
"Got The South In My Soul" w.m. Ned Washington, Victor Young & Lee Wiley
"Happy-Go-Lucky You (And Broken-Hearted Me)" w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & J. F. Murray
"Have You Ever Been Lonely?" w. Billy Hill (as George Brown) m. Peter De Rose
"Here Lies Love" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
"How Deep Is The Ocean?" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You" w. Bing Crosby & Ned Washington m. Victor Young
"I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"If It Ain't Love" w.m. Andy Razaf, Don Redman & Fats Waller
"I'll Do My Best To Make You Happy" w.m. Ray Noble
"I'll Never Be The Same" w. Gus Kahn m. Matty Malneck & Frank Signorelli from the revue After Dinner
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" w. Ned Washington m. George Bassman
"In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" w. Joe Young m. Ira Schuster & Jack Little
"In Egern On The Tegern See" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Isn't It Romantic?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" w. Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
"It Was So Beautiful" w. Arthur Freed m. Harry Barris
"I've Got The World On A String" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"I've Got You On My Mind" w.m. Cole Porter
"I've Told Every Little Star" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Just An Echo In The Valley" w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
"Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now" w. Andy Razaf m. Fats Waller
"Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long" w. Sam M. Lewis m. Isham Jones
"Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing" w. Robert Hargreaves & Stanley J. Damerell m. Tolchard Evans & H. Tilsley
"Let's Call It A Day" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep" w.m. Herman Hupfeld
"A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet" w. Gus Kahn m. Harry Woods
"Look What You've Done" w. Bert Kalmar & Irving Caesar m. Harry Ruby & Harry Akst
"Looking On The Bright Side" w.m. Howard Flynn
"Louisiana Hayride" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
"Love Is The Sweetest Thing" w.m. Ray Noble
"Love Me Tonight" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Lover" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Mad About The Boy" w.m. Noel Coward
"A Million Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. J. C. Lewis Jr
"Mimi" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Mine" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Minnie The Moocher's Wedding Day" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen
"My Silent Love" w. Edward Heyman m. Dana Suesse
"My Sweet Virginia" w.m. Vincent Rose
"Night And Day" w.m. Cole Porter
"Oh! That Mitzi" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
"Old Yazoo" w. Andy Razaf m. Fats Waller
"One Hour With You" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
"The Party's Over Now" w.m. Noel Coward
"Pink Elephants" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
"Play, Fiddle, Play" w. Jack Lawrence m. Emery Deutsch & Arthur Altman
"Please" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
"The Poor Apache" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Precious Lord Take My Hand" by Thomas A. Dorsey, first major gospel music hit
"Pu-leeze! Mr Hemingway" w. Walter Kent & Milton Drake m. Abner Silver
"Say It Isn't So" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia" w. Mitchell Parish m. Frank Perkins
"Sleep, Come On And Take Me" w.m. Joe Young & Boyd Bunch
"Smoke Rings" w. Ned Washington m. Gene Gifford
"Snuggled On Your Shoulder" w. Joe Young m. Carmen Lombardo
"So Do I" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Vincent Youmans
"Soft Lights And Sweet Music" w.m. Irving Berlin
"The Song Is You" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Street Of Dreams" w. Sam M. Lewis m. Victor Young
"The Sun Has Got His Hat On" w.m. Ralph Butler & Noel Gay
"Three's a Crowd" w. Al Dubin & Irving Kahal m. Harry Warren
"Too Many Tears" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"Try A Little Tenderness" w.m. Harry Woods, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
"Underneath The Harlem Moon" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
"Wanderer" w.m. Bud Flanagan
"We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" w.m. Harry Woods
"We've Got The Moon And Sixpence" Oscar Levant, Clifford Grey
"We've Got To Put That Sun Back In The Sky" Kahal, Meyer
"What More Can I Ask?" w. A. E. Wilkins m. Ray Noble
"What Would You Do?" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
"Why Don't Women Like Me?" Cottrell, Bennett, Formby
"Willow Weep For Me" w.m. Ann Ronell
"Wintergreen For President" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"You Are Too Beautiful" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"The Younger Generation" w.m. Noel Coward
"You're An Old Smoothie" w.m. B. G. De Sylva, Richard A. Whiting & Nacio Herb Brown
"You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
"You've Got What Gets Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin

Top hit records

"All Of Me" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra; also version by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" - Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee
"Got The South In My Soul" by Paul Robeson
"I Can't Get Mississippi Off My Mind" by Billy Cotton Band
"In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" by Ted Lewis & His Band
"Love Is The Sweetest Thing" by Al Bowlly
"Love Me Tonight" by Jeanette MacDonald
"Mad Dogs And Englishmen" by Noel Coward
"Mah Lindy Lou" by Paul Robeson
"Ooh That Kiss" by Frances Day
"Please" by Bing Crosby
"Say It Isn't So" by George Olsen & His Music
"The Thrill Is Gone" by Rudy Vallee
"Was That the Human Thing To Do?" by The Boswell Sisters
"Where The Blue Of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" by Bing Crosby
"The Younger Generation" by Ray Noble and Al Bowlly