See also: 1935 in music, other events of 1936, 1937 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

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

Events

Published popular music

  • "At The Codfish Ball"     w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Sam H. Stept
  • "Au Revoir (But Not Goodbye)"     w.m. Joe Gilbert
  • "Bojangles Of Harlem"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "By Strauss"     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "Christopher Columbus"     w. Andy Razaf m. Leon Berry
  • "Cloudy"     Williams
  • "Cool Water"     w.m. Bob Nolan
  • "Does Your Heart Beat For Me?"     w. Mitchell Parish m. Russ Morgan
  • "Down In The Depths (On The Ninetieth Floor)"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Easy To Love"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Empty Saddles"     w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Billy Hill
  • "Farewell To Dreams"     w. Gus Kahn m. Sigmund Romberg
  • "A Fine Romance"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "Glad To Be Unhappy"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Gloomy Sunday"     w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis m. Rezso Seress
  • "The Glory Of Love"     w.m. Billy Hill
  • "Goodnight, Irene"     w.m. Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
  • "Goody Goody"     w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matty Malneck
  • "Has Anybody Seen Our Ship?"     w.m. Noël Coward
  • "He Ain't Got Rhythm"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "I Can't Escape From You"     w.m. Leo Robin & Richard Whiting
  • "I'm An Old Cow Hand"     w.m. Johnny Mercer
  • "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "In The Chapel In The Moonlight"     w.m. Billy Hill
  • "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"     w. Irving Caesar & Sammy Lerner
  • "It's A Sin To Tell A Lie"     w.m. Billy Mayhew
  • "It's De-Lovely"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "It's Got To Be Love"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "I've Got A Feeling You're Fooling"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "I've Got You Under My Skin"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye"     Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
  • "Let Yourself Go"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Let's Call A Heart A Heart"     Burke, Johnston
  • "Let's Face The Music And Dance"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Life Begins At Forty"     Yellen, Shapiro
  • "Little Old Lady"     w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "The Love Bug Will Bite You"     w.m. Pinky Tomlin
  • "Moonlight And Shadows"     w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander
  • "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Never Gonna Dance"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful"     w. Billy Rose & Irving Kahal m. Dana Suesse
  • "On The Beach At Bali-Bali"     w.m. Al Sherman, Jack Meskill & Abner Silver
  • "The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)"     w.m. Del Lyon & Lani McIntyre
  • "One, Two, Button Your Shoe"     w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston
  • "Oooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty?"     w. Clarence Todd m. Carmen Lombardo
  • "Organ Grinder's Swing"     w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Will Hudson
  • "Pennies From Heaven"     w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur Johnston
  • "Pick Yourself Up"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "Play, Orchestra, Play"     w.m. Noël Coward
  • "Poinciana"     w. (Sp) Manuel Lliso (Eng) Buddy Bernier m. Nat Simon
  • "Poor Little Angeline"     w.m. Will Grosz & Jimmy Kennedy
  • "Rainbow On The River"     w. Paul Francis Webster m. Louis Alter
  • "Ridin' High"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "San Francisco"     w. Gus Kahn m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
  • "Sing Me A Swing Song"     w. Stanley Adams m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Sing, Sing, Sing"     w.m. Louis Prima
  • "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue"     m. Richard Rodgers
  • "There's A Bridle Hangin' On The Wall"     w.m. Carson Robison
  • "There's A Small Hotel"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "To You, Sweetheart, Aloha"     w.m. Harry Owens
  • "Too Good For The Average Man"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "The Touch Of Your Lips"     w.m. Ray Noble
  • "Waltz In Swingtime"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "The Way You Look Tonight"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "We Saw The Sea"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "When A Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South"     w.m. Michael Cleary, Jacques Krakeur & David Oppenheim
  • "When Did You Leave Heaven?"     w. Walter Bullock m. Richard A. Whiting
  • "When My Dreamboat Comes Home"     w.m. Cliff Friend & Dave Franklin
  • "The Window Cleaner"     George Formby, Gifford, Cliffe
  • "With My Shillelagh Under My Arm"     w.m. Billy O'Brien & Raymond Wallace
  • "With Plenty Of Money And You"     w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Would You?"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "You (Gee But You're Wonderful)"     w. Harold Adamson m. Walter Donaldson
  • "You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes"     w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Newman & Murray Mencher
  • "You Gotta S-M-I-L-E To Be H-A-P-P-Y"     w.m. Mack Gordon & Harry Revel
  • "You Were There"     w.m. Noël Coward
  • "You'll Have To Swing It"     w.m. Sam Coslow

Top hit recordings

Musical theater

  • Balalaika     London production
  • Careless Rapture     London production
  • New Faces Of 1936     Broadway production
  • On Your Toes     Broadway production
  • Red, Hot And Blue     Broadway production
  • Tonight At 8:30     London production
  • White Horse Inn     Broadway production

Musical films

Births

Deaths