1929 in music

Table of contents

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

Events

• December 31 - Guy Lombardo plays "Auld Lang Syne" for the first time
• Cab Calloway's musical career begins
• Charley Patton's musical career begins
• T-Bone Walker's musical career begins
• Memphis Minnie's musical career begins
• Gene Autry's musical career begins

• "Adios Muchachos" Raven, Cesar Vedani m. Julio Sanders
• "Ain't Misbehavin" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks
• "Am I Blue?"     w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst
• "Any Old Time"     w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
• "Around The Corner"     w. Gus Kahn m. Art Kassel
• "The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Barnacle Bill The Sailor"     w.m. Carson Robison & Frank Luther
• "Big City Blues"     w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler & Con Conrad
• "Bilbao Song"     w. (Eng) Johnny Mercer w. (Ger) Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill English lyrics 1961
• "Black And Blue"     w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
• "Bolero"     m. Maurice Ravel
• "Broadway Melody"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Can Broadway Do Without Me?"     w.m. Jimmy Durante
• "Can't We Be Friends?"     w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
• "Chant Of The Jungle"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Corrine, Corrina"     w. J. Mayo Williams & Bo Chatman
• "Cross Your Fingers"     w. Arthur Swanstrom & Benny Davis m. J. Fred Coots
• "Cryin' For The Carolines"     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
• "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?"     w.m. Sam Coslow
• "Dear Little Cafe"     w.m. Noel Coward
• "Deep Night"     w. Rudy Vallee m. Charlie Henderson
• "Do Something"     w. Bud Green m. Sam H. Stept
• "Do What You Do"     w. Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn m. George Gershwin
• "Don't Ever Leave Me"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "Dream Lover"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "Every Little Moment"     w.m. Vivian Ellis
• "Feeling Sentimental"     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Find Me A Primitive Man"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do"     w.m. Charles Straight, Joe Bennett & George Little
• "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?"     w. Andy Razaf & Don Redman m. Don Redman
• "Great Day!"     w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
• "Happy Days Are Here Again"     w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "Have A Little Faith In Me"     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
• "Here Am I"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "He's A Good Man To Have Around"     w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• "High And Low"     w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "Honeysuckle Rose"     w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
• "How Am I To Know?"     w. Dorothy Parker m. Jack King
• "I Got A Code In My Dose"     w.m. Arthur Fields, Fred Hall & Billy Rose
• "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans"     w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
• "I Have To Have You"     Robin, Whiting
• "I Lift Up My Finger"     w.m. Leslie Sarony
• "I May Be Wrong"     w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan
• "If I Can't Have You"     w. Al Bryan m. George W. Meyer
• "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "If Love Were All"     w.m. Noel Coward
• "I'll See You Again"     w.m. Noel Coward
• "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "I'm A Gigolo"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "I'm In Seventh Heaven"     w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
• "I'm Just A Vagabond Lover"     w.m. Rudy Vallee & Leon Zimmerman
• "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling"     w. Billy Rose m. Fats Waller & Harry Link
• "Kansas City Kitty"     w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
• "Keepin' Myself For You"     w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans
• "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Little By Little"     w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan
• "The Little Things You Do"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Liza"     w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• "Looking At You"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Louise"     w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Lovable And Sweet"     w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant
• "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere"     w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
• "March Of The Grenadiers"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "Maybe Who Knows"     John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting
• "Mean To Me"     w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
• "The Minor Drag"     m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
• "Miss Hannah"     w.m. Don Redman & John Nesbitt
• "Miss You"     w.m. Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias & Henry Tobias
• "Moanin' Low"     w. Howard Dietz m. Ralph Rainger
• "More Than You Know"     w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
• "My Ideal"     w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase
• "My Kinda Love"     w. Jo Trent m. Louis Alter
• "My Love Parade"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "My Mother's Eyes"     w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
• "My Sin"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Nobody's Using It Now"     Clifford Grey, Victor Schertzinger
• "On The Amazon"     w. Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Vivian Ellis
• "Orange Blossom Time"     w. Joe Goodwin m. Gus Edwards
• "Pagan Love Song"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Painting The Clouds With Sunshine"     w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
• "Paris, Stay The Same"     w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
• "Piccolo Pete"     w.m. Phil Baxter
• "Puttin' On The Ritz"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Raisin' The Roof"     w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
• "Reaching For Someone"     w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
• "Rockin' Chair"     w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
• "Romance"     w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
• "Satisfied!"     w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
• "Serenade of Love" by Irving Caesar
• "Seventh Heaven"     w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack
• "She's Such A Comfort To Me"     w. Douglas Furber, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief & Donovan Parsons m. Arthur Schwartz
• "She's Wonderful"     w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
• "A Ship Without A Sail"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Should I?"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Siboney"     w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
• "Singin' In the Bathtub"     w.m. Herb Magidson, Ned Washington & Michael H. Cleary
• "Singin' In The Rain"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together"     w. Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
• "S'posin"'     w. Andy Razaf m. Paul Denniker
• "Spread A Little Happiness"     w.m. Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers & Greatrex Newman
• "Star Dust"     w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael Music 1927.
• "Sunny Side Up"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Thank Your Father"     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Then You've Never Been Blue"     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted Fiorito
• "Thinking Of You" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
• "True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
• "Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Waiting At The End Of The Road"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Wake Up And Dream"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Walk Right In"     Cannon, Woods, Darling, Suanoe
• "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine"     w. Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin m. Sammy Fain
• "The Wedding Of The Painted Doll"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "What Is This Thing Called Love?"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
• "When It's Springtime In The Rockies"     w. Mary Hale Woolsey & Milton Taggert m. Robert Sauer
• "Why Can't I?"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Why Do You Suppose?"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Why Was I Born?"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• "With A Song in My Heart"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "Without A Song"     w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
• "You Do Something To Me"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "You Were Meant For Me"     w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
• "Yours Sincerely"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• "You've Got That Thing"     w.m. Cole Porter
• "Ziguener"     w.m. Noël Coward

• Bitter Sweet London production
• Bitter Sweet Broadway production
• Die Dreigroschenoper     Vienna production
• Fifty Million Frenchmen     Broadway production
• Follow Thru     Broadway production
• Follow Through     London production
• Hold Everything     London production
• Hot Chocolates     Broadway production
• Das Land Des Lächelns     Berlin production
• The Little Show     Broadway production
• Mr Cinders     London production
• Show Boat     Paris production
• Spring Is Here     Broadway production
• Toad Of Toad Hall     London production
• Wake Up And Dream     London production
• Wake Up And Dream     Broadway production

• The Broadway Melody
• The Cocoanuts
• The Desert Song
• The Glad Rag Doll
• Glorifying the American Girl
• Gold Diggers Of Broadway
• Hollywood Revue Of 1929
• Honky Tonk
• The Love Parade
• Rio Rita
• Sally
• Show Boat
• Sunny Side Up

• "Am I Blue?" by Ethel Waters
• "Button Up Your Overcoat" by Helen Kane
• "Heigh-Ho, Everybody, Heigh-Ho" by Rudy Vallee
• "I Want To Be Bad" by Annette Hanshaw
• "I'll Get By, As Long As I Have You" by Aileen Stanley
• "I'm The Medicine Man For The Blues" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "If I Had A Talking Picture of You" by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
• "Louise" by Maurice Chevalier
• "Louise/So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, featuring Bing Crosby
• "Makin' Whoopie" by Eddie Cantor
• "Maybe, Who Knows?" by Kate Smith
• "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" by Bessie Smith
• "Singin' In The Rain" by Cliff Edwards
• "Stardust" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra
• "What Did I Do To Be So Black and Blue?" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
• "You'll Do It Someday, So Why Not Now?" by Rudy Vallee

• January 6 - Wilbert Harrison
• May 1 - Sonny James
• June 9 - Johnny Ace
• June 23 - June Carter Cash
• July 18 - Screaming Jay Hawkins
• August 12 - Buck Owens
• August 24 - William Winfield, The Harptones
• October 26 - Neal Matthews The Jordanaires
• November 11 - LaVern Baker
• November 28 - Berry Gordy Jr, record producer
• November 30 - Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand
• December 25 - Billy Horton, The Silhouettes
• December 25 - Chris Kenner

• June 2 - Don Murray, jazz clarinetist