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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1935.

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Events

  • February 26 - Georges Bizet's Symphony in C (1855) is performed for the first time, under Felix Weingartner, in Basel, Switzerland.
  • April 8 - Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5 is premièred in Washington, DC
  • April 23 - Your Hit Parade is broadcast for the first time on radio.
  • June 14 - Three X Sisters "2000 requests for the number (The Three Little Pigs Are Porkchops Now), over W1XBS (radio), Waterburians went into a spin. Many from this city." Song also performed June 3, on WJZ (CBS) by the trio, guest appearance on the popular radio program 'One Night Stand.'
  • December 1 - Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 is premièred in Madrid
  • Soprano Bidu Sayão marries baritone Giuseppe Danise.
  • Swing music achieves popularity.
  • Frank Sinatra begins his professional singing career as a member of the Hoboken Four.
  • Natalino Otto makes his debut on US radio.
  • Brussels Philharmonic is founded as Groot Symfonie-Orkest within Dutch-language public broadcaster NRI/INR.

    • Albums released

  • Highlights from Porgy and Bess - Various Artists

    • Biggest hit songs

    The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1935.

  • "About A Quarter To Nine" words: Al Dubin music: Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
  • "According To The Moonlight" w. Jack Yellen & Herb Magidson m. Joseph Meyer
  • "Alone" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced by Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle in the film A Night at the Opera
  • "Animal Crackers in My Soup" w. Ted Koehler & Irving Caesar m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Shirley Temple in the film Curly Top
  • "A Beautiful Lady In Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis m. J. Fred Coots
  • "Begin the Beguine" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Bess Oh Where Is My Bess" George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dubose Heyward
  • "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "The Blues Jumped A Rabbit" w.m. Jimmie Noone
  • "Broadway Rhythm" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "The Broken Record" w.m. Cliff Friend, Charles Tobias & Boyd Bunch
  • "But Where Are You?" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "The Buzzard" m. Bud Freeman
  • "Buzzard Song" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
  • "Casino De Paree" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
  • "Cheek To Cheek" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
  • "Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers" w.m. A. A. Milne & Harold Fraser-Simson
  • "Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
  • "The Cockeyed Mayor Of Kaunakakai" w. R. Alex Anderson & Al Stillman m. R. Alex Anderson
  • "Cosi Cosa" w. Ned Washington m. Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann
  • "Curly Top" w. Ted Koehler m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by John Boles in the film Curly Top
  • "Darling, Je Vous Aime, Beaucoup" w.m. Anna Sosenko
  • "Dese Dem Dose" m. Glenn Miller
  • "Dinner For One, Please James" w.m. Michael Carr
  • "The Dixieland Band" m. Johnny Mercer m. Bernard Hanighen
  • "Don't Give Up The Ship" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Don't Mention Love To Me" Oscar Levant & Dorothy Fields
  • "Down By The River" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Dust Off That Old Pianna" w.m. Irving Caesar, Sammy Lerner & Gerald Marks
  • "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" w.m. Brooks Bowman
  • "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Matt Malneck
  • "Every Little Moment" w. Dorothy Fields m.Jimmy McHugh
  • "Every Now and Then" w.m. Al Sherman, Abner Silver and Al Lewis.
  • "Everything's Been Done Before" w.m. Harold Adamson, Jack King & Edwin H. Knopf
  • "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart" w.m. Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman & Maurice Sigler
  • "Fanlight Fanny" George Formby, Harry Gifford and Frederick E. Cliffe
  • "From The Top Of Your Head" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
  • "Got A Bran' New Suit" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "Harlem Chapel Chimes" m. Glenn Miller
  • "(Lookie, Lookie, Lookie) Here Comes Cookie" w.m. Mack Gordon
  • "Honky Tonk Train" m. Meade Lux Lewis
  • "Hooray For Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Gene Raymond in the film Hooray for Love
  • "I Built a Dream One Day" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Walter Slezak, Walter Woolf King and Robert C. Fischer in the musical May Wine.
  • "I Can't Get Started" w. Ira Gershwin m. Vernon Duke
  • "I Dream Too Much (Alone)" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jerome Kern
  • "I Feel A Song Coming On" w. Dorothy Fields & George Oppenheimer m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
  • "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" w. Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
  • "I Loves You Porgy" w. DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "I Wish I Were Aladdin" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel
  • "I Wished on the Moon" w. Dorothy Parker m. Ralph Rainger
  • "I Won't Dance" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
  • "I'd Love To Take Orders From You" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "I'd Rather Lead A Band" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Follow the Fleet
  • "I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again" w.m. Harry M. Woods
  • "I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown" w. Johnny Mercer m. Fred Astaire
  • "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" w. Joe Young m. Fred E. Ahlert
  • "I'm in the Mood for Love" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Frances Langford in the film Every Night at Eight.
  • "I'm Living In A Great Big Way" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Bill Robinson and Jeni Le Gon in the film Hooray for Love.
  • "I'm Shooting High" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "I'm Sitting High On A Hilltop" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston
  • "I'm Wearin' My Green Fedora" Al Sherman, Al Lewis, Joseph Meyer.
  • "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
  • "In A Sentimental Mood" w. Manny Kurtz & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington
  • "In The Middle Of A Kiss" w.m. Sam Coslow
  • "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
  • "It Ain't Necessarily So" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "It's An Old Southern Custom" w. Jack Yellen m. Joseph Meyer
  • "It's Easy To Remember" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "I've Got My Fingers Crossed" w. Ted Koehler m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Just One of Those Things" w.m. Cole Porter
  • "The Lady In Red" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel. Introduced in the film In Caliente by Wini Shaw, Edward Everett Horton, George Humbert and Judy Canova.
  • "Last Night When We Were Young" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
  • "Let's Dance" w.m. Fanny Baldridge, Gregory Stone & Joseph Bonime
  • "Life Is A Song (Let's Sing It Together)" w. Joe Young m. Frank E. Ahlert
  • "Lights Out" by Billy Hill
  • "A Little Bit Independent" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
  • "Little Girl Blue w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Gloria Grafton in the musical Billy Rose's Jumbo.
  • "A Little White Gardenia" w.m. Sam Coslow
  • "Love Is a Dancing Thing" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
  • "Love Me Forever" by Gus Kahn
  • "Lovely to Look at" w. Dorothy Fields & Jimmy McHugh m. Jerome Kern
  • "Lullaby of Broadway" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
  • "Lulu's Back In Town" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell and The Mills Brothers in the film Broadway Gondolier.
  • "Maybe" w.m. Allan Flynn & Frank Madden
  • "Men About Town" w.m. Noël Coward
  • "Miss Brown To You" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger & Richard A. Whiting
  • "Moon Over Miami" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke
  • "Moonburn" w. Edward Heyman m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Donald Novis and Gloria Grafton in the musical Jumbo.
  • "Mrs Worthington" w.m. Noël Coward
  • "The Music Goes 'Round And Around" w. "Red" Hodgson m. Edward Farley & Michael Riley
  • "My Heart And I" w. Leo Robin m. Frederick Hollander
  • "My Man's Gone Now" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
  • "My Romance" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "My Very Good Friend The Milkman" w. Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina
  • "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
  • "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" w.m. Jimmie Davis
  • "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" w.m. Al Sherman, Abner Silver, Jack Meskill
  • "On Treasure Island" w. Edgar Leslie m. Joe Burke, Myers, Wendling
  • "Paris in the Spring" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Mary Ellis in the film Paris in Spring
  • "The Piccolino" by Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Top Hat
  • "A Picture Of Me Without You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by June Knight and Charles Walters in the musical Jubilee
  • "Red Sails In The Sunset" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Will Grosz
  • "Roll Along, Prairie Moon" w.m. Albert Von Tilzer, Harry McPherson & Ted Fiorito
  • "The Rose In Her Hair" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell in the film Broadway Gondolier.
  • "Say "Si Si"" w. (Eng) Al Stillman (Sp) Francia Luban m. Ernesto Lecuona
  • "Shadow Play" w.m. Noël Coward
  • "She's A Latin From Manhattan" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Al Jolson in the film Go Into Your Dance
  • "Shoe Shine Boy" w. Sammy Cahn m. Saul Chaplin
  • "So Long, It's Been Good To Know You" w.m. Woody Guthrie
  • "Solo Hop" m. Glenn Miller
  • "Soon (Maybe Not Tomorrow)" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Summertime" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
  • "Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle" w.m. Walter G, Samuels, Leonard Whitcup & Teddy Powell
  • "Thanks a Million" w. Gus Kahn m. Arthur Johnston. Introduced by Dick Powell in the film Thanks a Million.
  • "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
  • "There's No One With Endurance Like The Man Who Sells Insurance" Frank Crumit, Curtis
  • "These Foolish Things" w. Holt Marvell m. Jack Strachey & Harry Link
  • "This Time It's Love" by Sam M. Lewis
  • "Tomorrow's Another Day" w.m. Glenn Miller
  • "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat
  • "When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" w.m. Glenn Miller
  • "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful" Harry M. Woods
  • "Who's Been Polishing The Sun" w.m. Noel Gay
  • "Why Shouldn't I?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Margaret Adams in the musical Jubilee.
  • "Why Stars Come Out At Night" w.m. Ray Noble
  • "With All My Heart" w. Gus Kahn m. Jimmy McHugh. Introduced by Peggy Conklin in the 1936 film Her Master's Voice
  • "A Woman Is A Sometime Thing" w. DuBose Heyward m. George Gershwin
  • "You Are My Lucky Star" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "You Hit the Spot" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Performed by Frances Langford in the 1936 musical film Collegiate.
  • "You Let Me Down" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Jane Froman in the film Stars Over Broadway
  • "Your Feet's Too Big" w.m. Ada Benson & Fred Fisher
  • "You're an Angel" by Jimmy McHugh
  • "You're an Eyeful of Heaven" w. Mort Dixon m. Allie Wrubel. Introduced by Patricia Ellis in the film Bright Lights.
  • "You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)" w.m. Gene Autry

    • Christmas songs

  • "När ljusen tändas därhemma" - translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström
  • "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie

    • Top hit recordings

  • "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" by Nelson Eddy, accompanied Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra, from film version of Naughty Marietta
  • "Blue Moon" by Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra
  • "Chasing Shadows" by The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
  • "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" by Nelson Eddy, accompanied Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra, from film version of Naughty Marietta
  • "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" by Fats Waller & His Rhythm
  • "I'm in the Mood for Love" by Frances Langford
  • "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" by Bob Crosby & His Orchestra
  • "It's A Sin to Tell a Lie" by Fats Waller & His Rhythm
  • "The Lady In Red" by Louis Prima
  • "The Object Of My Affection" by the Boswell Sisters
  • "On the Isle Of Capri" by Ray Noble & His Orchestra
  • "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" by Henry "Red" Allen
  • "Red Sails In the Sunset" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
  • "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", recorded by:
  • Nelson Eddy, accompanied by the Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra
  • Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra

    • Top Christmas Recordings

  • "Jingle Bells" by Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
  • "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
  • "Silent Night" by Bing Crosby

    • Compositions

  • Alban Berg - Violin Concerto
  • Sir George Dyson - Belshazzar's Feast
  • Hanns Eisler - Lenin Requiem
  • Rudolf Escher - Piano Sonata No. 1
  • Pierre-Octave Ferroud - Sonnerie pour le Hérault
  • Vittorio Giannini - Piano Concerto
  • Paul Hindemith - Der Schwanendreher for Viola and Orchestra
  • André Hossein - Towards the Light (ballet)
  • Akira Ifukube - Japanese Rhapsody
  • Uuno Klami - Psalmus (oratorio)
  • Hans Pfitzner - Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Major
  • Sergei Prokofiev - Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
  • Roger Sessions - Violin Concerto in B minor
  • Petar Stojanović - Sava (symphonic poem)
  • William Walton - Symphony No. 1

    • Opera

  • Brian Easdale - The Corn King
  • Reynaldo Hahn - Le marchand de Venise
  • Karl Amadeus Hartmann - Simplicius Simplicissimus Jugend (composed between 1934 and 1936; performance of Hartmann's works banned by the Nazis after 1933)
  • Arthur Honegger - Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (dramatic oratorio)
  • Pietro Mascagni - Nerone
  • Alexander Zemlinsky - Der Konig Kandaules (first performance 1996)

    • Musical theater

  • Anything Goes London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 14 and ran for 261 performances
  • The Gay Deceivers London production opened at the Coliseum on September 7 and ran for 123 performances
  • Glamorous Night (w. Christopher Hassall m. Ivor Novello) - London production opened at the Theatre Royal on May 2 and ran for 243 performances
  • Jubilee Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on October 12 and ran for 169 performances.
  • Jumbo Broadway production opened at the Hippodrome on November 16 and ran for 233 performances.
  • May Wine Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on December 5 and ran for 213 performances.
  • Porgy And Bess (George Gershwin) - Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 10 and ran for 124 performances
  • Stop Press London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 21.

    • Musical films

  • Be Careful, Mr Smith starring Bobbie Comber
  • Bright Lights starring Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak and Patricia Ellis. Directed by Busby Berkeley.
  • Broadway Gondolier released July 27 starring Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, and featuring The Mills Brothers and Ted Fio Rito & his Band.
  • Broadway Melody of 1936 starring Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Una Merkel and Robert Taylor and featuring Frances Langford
  • Casta diva, starring Mártha Eggerth
  • Curly Top released August 2 starring Shirley Temple
  • Dizzy Dames starring Marjorie Rambeau, Inez Courtney, Fuzzy Knight and Kitty Kelly
  • El caballo del pueblo, starring Irma Córdoba
  • Every Night at Eight starring Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly
  • First a Girl starring Jessie Matthews and Sonnie Hale
  • George White's 1935 Scandals starring Alice Faye, Cliff Edwards and Eleanor Powell
  • Go Into Your Dance released April 20 starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler
  • Heart's Desire starring Richard Tauber
  • Hooray for Love starring Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond and Pert Kelton, and featuring Bill Robinson and Fats Waller
  • In Caliente starring Dolores Del Rio, Pat O'Brien, Leo Carillo and Edward Everett Horton and featuring Wini Shaw
  • Invitation to the Waltz, starring Lilian Harvey
  • King Solomon of Broadway starring Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Page and Pinky Tomlin
  • Königswalzer, starring Paul Hörbiger, Curd Jürgens and Carola Höhn
  • Naughty Marietta starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and Elsa Lanchester
  • The Night Is Young starring Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Laye, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel and Edward Everett Horton
  • Paddy O'Day starring Jane Withers, Pinky Tomlin and Rita Hayworth
  • Reckless starring Jean Harlow and William Powell and featuring Allan Jones and Nina Mae McKinney.
  • Redheads on Parade starring John Boles, Dixie Lee and Jack Haley
  • Roberta starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott.
  • She Shall Have Music starring Jack Hylton, June Clyde and Brian Lawrance. Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott.
  • Shipmates Forever starring Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler
  • Stars Over Broadway released November 5 starring Jane Froman and James Melton
  • Sweet Music starring Rudy Vallee, Ann Dvorak and Helen Morgan
  • Thanks a Million starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak
  • Top Hat starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
  • Two for Tonight starring Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett and Thelma Todd
  • Two Hearts in Harmony starring Bernice Claire and George Curzon and featuring Chick Endor, Charles Farrell and Jack Harris & his Orchestra. Directed by William Beaudine.

    • Births

  • January 8 - Elvis Presley, rock & roll singer (died 1977)
  • January 10 - Sherrill Milnes, operatic baritone
  • January 11 - Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly singer (The Hawks)
  • January 19 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
  • February 5 - Alex Harvey, rock singer (died 1982)
  • February 11
  • Gene Vincent, rock & roll singer (died 1971)
  • Bent Lorentzen, composer
  • February 12 - Gene McDaniels, singer and songwriter
  • February 16 - Sonny Bono, singer, actor and record producer (died 1998)
  • February 18 - Ciarán Bourke, folk musician (died 1988)
  • February 27 - Mirella Freni, operatic soprano
  • March 29 - Ruby Murray, singer (died 1996)
  • March 31 - Herb Alpert, trumpeter and bandleader
  • April 5 - Peter Grant, manager and record executive Led Zeppelin (died 1995)
  • April 7 – Bobby Bare, American singer/songwriter
  • April 9 - Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer
  • April 16 - Bobby Vinton, singer
  • April 19 - Dudley Moore, English composer, jazz pianist and actor (died 2002)
  • April 22 - Paul Chambers, jazz bassist (died 1969)
  • April 23 - Ray Peterson, singer (died 2005)
  • May 9 - Nokie Edwards, American guitarist and actor (The Ventures)
  • May 10 - Larry Williams, American singer, songwriter and pianist (died 1980)
  • May 27 - Ramsey Lewis, African American jazz musician and composer
  • June 1 - Hazel Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
  • June 24 - Terry Riley, American minimalist composer
  • June 25 - Eddie Floyd, African American soul singer and songwriter
  • June 26 - Dwight York, American singer (Passion)
  • July 5 - Shirley Collins, English folk singer
  • July 8 - Steve Lawrence, American singer (Steve and Eydie)
  • July 15 - Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer
  • July 17 - Peter Schickele, American composer and classical music parodist
  • July 24 - Les Reed, songwriter and light orchestra leader
  • July 29
  • Jacques Levy, songwriter (died 2004)
  • Morella Muñoz, mezzo-soprano (died 1995)
  • August 2 - Hank Cochran, country music singer/songwriter (died 2010)
  • August 15 - Jim Dale, singer, songwriter and actor
  • August 16 - Bobby Mitchell, New Orleans do-wop and R&B singer (died 1986)
  • August 18 - Sir Howard Morrison, concert singer
  • August 30 - John Phillips, singer, guitarist and songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas) (died 2001)
  • September 1 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
  • September 9 - Chaim Topol, singer and performer (Fiddler on the Roof)
  • September 11 - Arvo Pärt, classical composer
  • September 19 - Nick Massi, rock bass singer/guitarist (The Four Seasons) (died 2000)
  • September 29 - Jerry Lee Lewis, singer, songwriter and pianist
  • September 30
  • Johnny Mathis, singer
  • Z. Z. Hill, blues singer
  • October 1 - Julie Andrews, singer and actress
  • October 12
  • Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor (died 2007)
  • Samuel David Moore, Southern soul and R&B singer (Sam and Dave)
  • October 14 - La Monte Young, composer
  • October 15 - Barry McGuire, singer and songwriter
  • October 20 - Jerry Orbach, musical theatre actor (died 2004)
  • October 21 - Derek Bell, harpist and composer (died 2002)
  • November 27 - Al Jackson, Jr., R&B drummer, producer and songwriter (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
  • December 23 - Little Esther Phillips, singer (died 1984)
  • December 26 - Abdul "Duke" Fakir, singer (Four Tops)

    • Deaths

  • January 8 - Jesse Garon Presley, newborn twin of Elvis Presley
  • January 9 - Dina Edling, operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1854)
  • January 11 - Marcella Sembrich, coloratura soprano (born 1858)
  • January 13 - Heinrich Schenker, music theorist (born 1868)
  • January 22 - Zequinha de Abreu, musician and composer (born 1880)
  • January 28 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, composer (born 1859)
  • February - Alice Esty, operatic soprano (born 1864)
  • February 2 - Clara Smith, blues singer (born c. 1894)
  • April 2 - Bennie Moten, jazz pianist and bandleader (born 1894)
  • April 5 - Emil Młynarski, violinist, conductor and composer (born 1870)
  • April 9 - Israel Schorr, cantor (born 1886)
  • April 16 - Victor Ewald, composer (born 1860)
  • April 23 - Georgina Stirling, operatic soprano (born 1866)
  • April 29 - Leroy Carr, blues musician (born 1905)
  • May 3 - Charles Manners, operatic bass (born 1857)
  • May 10 - Herbert Witherspoon, operatic bass and opera manager (born 1873)
  • May 16 - Leopold Lichtenberg, violinist (born 1861)
  • May 17 - Paul Dukas, composer (born 1865)
  • May 19 - Charles Martin Loeffler, composer
  • May 28 - Jelka Rosen, wife of Frederick Delius (born 1868)
  • May 29 - Josef Suk, composer (born 1874)
  • June 6 - Jacques Urlus, operatic tenor (born 1867)
  • June 24 - in an air crash in Colombia:
  • Carlos Gardel, tango singer (born 1887)
  • Alfredo Le Pera, lyricist (born 1900)
  • July 21 - Honoré Dutrey, jazz trombonist (born c. 1894)
  • August 2 - Isidore de Lara, composer (born 1858)
  • August 20 - Otakar Ostrčil, composer and conductor (born 1879)
  • August 21 - Marjorie White, actress, singer and dancer (born 1904) (in a car crash)
  • September 11 - Evelyn Hoey, torch singer (born 1910) (suicide)
  • September 20 - Amy Sherwin, operatic soprano (born 1855)
  • September 23 - DeWolf Hopper, US actor and singer (born 1858)
  • October 4 - Marie Gutheil-Schoder, operatic soprano (born 1874)
  • October 13 - Dranem, French singer and music hall entertainer (born 1869)
  • October 22 - Komitas, exiled Armenian priest and ethnomusicologist (born 1869)
  • November 16 - Kurt Schindler, conductor and composer (born 1882)
  • November 18 - Anton Hekking, cellist (born 1856)
  • November 27 - Charlie Green, jazz trombonist (born c. 1900)
  • November 28 - Erich von Hornbostel, musicologist (born 1877)
  • December 4 - Johan Halvorsen, violinist, conductor and composer
  • December 9 - Nina Grieg, soprano and wife of Edvard Grieg (born 1845)
  • December 24 - Alban Berg, composer (b. 1885)

    • Awards

  • Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition - Ginette Neveu

    • References

    1935 in music Wikipedia
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