This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1935.
Specific locations 1935 in British music 1935 in Norwegian music
Specific genres 1935 in country music 1935 in jazz
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, D.C. 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.' June 27 --John Serry appears onstage at the Radio City Music Hall under the direction of Ernö Rapée in "The Magazine Rack" revue as choreographed by Russell Markert, founder of The Rockettes. July 15 – Alban Berg finishes his Violin Concerto.as Berg tells a friend in a letter the next day. December 1 – Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 is premièred in Madrid date unknown 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. John Serry Sr. begins regular appearances at the Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza, New York City.
Published popular music "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 "Cidade Maravilhosa" by André Filho "Clouds" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson "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 "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 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 "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 "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. "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 "Noche de ronda", by Agustin Lara "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Top Hat "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 "Tic-tac do Meu Coração" by Alcyr Pires Red and Walfrido Silva "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 "Trois Fables de Lafontaine" w.m. Marcelle de Manziarly "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 "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
Top popular recordings 1935
The top popular records of 1935 listed below were compiled from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954, record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, there were no Billboard charts in 1935, the numbers are only used for a frame of reference.