See also: 1930 in music, other events of 1931, 1932 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents
1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Top hits on record
4 Musical theater
5 Musical films
6 Births
7 Deaths

Events

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 on record

  • "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

Deaths