1937 in Music History Music Events: 01-21 - Count Basie band makes its first recording, Honeysuckle Rose, in 1937. 01-21 - Paul Sacher conducts the world premiere of Béla Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta in Basel 02-08 - Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records the first of all his All-Star sessions 03-07 - Boogie-woogie pianist Meade "Lux" Lewis records Honky Tonk Train Blues 03-22 - Xylophonist Red Norvo’s band records Eddie Sauter’s arrangement of Remember 05-17 - Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie makes his first recordings (King Porter Stomp) with Teddy Hill’s band 06-01 - Vocalist Billie Holiday records I’ll Never Be The Same with a band led by pianist Teddy Wilson, including tenor saxophonist Lester Young 06-02 - First performance of first and second acts of Alban Berg's opera Lulu at the Stadtstheater in Zürich. 06-04 - Pee Wee King & the Golden West Cowboys debuted on the Grand Ole Opry 06-08 - First performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the Opernhaus in Frankfurt. 06-08 - Bob Wills recorded "Never No More Hard Times Blues" 06-09 - Bob Wills recorded "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (from Dumas)" 06-11 - Pianist Fats Waller records I Ain’t Got Nobody piano solo 06-15 - Jimmie Lunceford ’s band records Sy Oliver’s For Dancers Only 06-16 - First performance of American composer and pianist Marc Blitzstein 's opera-review The Cradle Will Rock. He was pianist in this performance in NYC. 06-17 - The Carter Family recorded "Lover's Lane" 06-17 - The Carter Family recorded "Hold Fast to the Right" 06-17 - The Carter Family recorded "Funny When You Feel That Way" 06-17 - The Carter Family recorded "In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain" 06-18 - The Carter Family recorded "'Little Girl That Played Upon My Knee" 06-18 - The Carter Family recorded "You Better Let That Liar Alone" 06-18 - The Carter Family recorded "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" 06-20 - First televised operetta by W2XBS (WCBS-TV)NYC, Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan was televised to a very small audience of TV viewers. 07-01 - First performance of Darius Milhaud 's Scaramouche Suite for Two Pianos, in Paris.
07-03 - The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down recorded by Russell Hunting begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts. 07-07 - Count Basie records One O’Clock Jump 07-10 - 13-year-old Hank Williams moved from Greenville to Montgomery, Alabama with his family 07-12 - America mourns as they hear about the death of American composer George Gershwin at the age of 38 previous day in Hollywood.
07-13 - First Pan-American Chamber Music Festival in Mexico City. 07-17 - The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down recorded by Shep Fields begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts. 07-24 - Where or When recorded by Hal Kemp begins a run of 1 week at #1 on the US charts. 07-25 - First performance of Aaron Copland's Music For Radio in CBS radio broadcast, he later renamed it Prairie Journal.
07-25 - First performance of Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 1 at Salzburg Festival, with the Vienna Philharmonic, Arthur Rodzinski conducting.
07-31 - Smarty recorded by Fats Waller begins a run of 2 weeks at #1 on the US charts. 07-31 - Gone with the Wind recorded by Hoarce Heidt begins a run of 1 week at #1 on the US charts. 08-02 - The Benny Goodman Quartet records Smiles 08-05 - Trumpeter Frankie Newton and bassist John Kirby record Emperor Jones with Charlie Barnet 08-07 - A Sailboat in the Moonlight recorded by Guy Lombardo begins a run of 3 weeks at #1 on the US charts. 08-16 - Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records Drum Stomp 08-17 - First performance of John Ireland's "A London Overture" at a Proms Concert conducted by Sir Henry Wood 08-21 - Satan Takes a Holiday recorded by Tommy Dorsey begins a run of 3 weeks at #1 on the US charts. 08-27 - Premiere of Copland's "El Salon Mexico," in Mexico City, with Carlos Chávez conducting. 09-12 - Premiere of Milhaud's "Suite Provençale" in Venice, conducted by the composer 09-13 - Billie Holiday records He’s Funny That Way 09-20 - Duke Ellington records Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue 11-05 - Jimmie Lunceford’s band records Sy Oliver’s version of Annie Laurie featuring trombonist/vocalist Trummy Young Popular Recordings: Date Peak Weeks Artist - Title Label_&_Number
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