This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1933.
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Events January 23 – Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 2 receives its première in Frankfurt. February – Billie Holiday is "discovered" singing at Monette's club in Harlem. March 6 – Nicolas Slonimsky conducts the world première of Edgard Varèse's Ionisation at Carnegie Hall in New York City. June – No. 1 Rhythm Club, a pioneering jazz club, opens in Regent Street, London. June 12 – Florence Price's Symphony In E Minor is premièred by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the first composition by an African American woman to be played by a major orchestra. July 16 – John Jacob Niles hears the fragments of song in Appalachia that he adapts as the folk hymn "I Wonder as I Wander" completed on October 4 and first performed on December 19. Dec 31 – Leo Reisman and Fred Astaire have teamed up for the year's best-selling record, "Night and Day", which Victor reports has sold 22,811 copies (in the Depression-era market). The National Association for American Composers and Conductors is founded by Henry Hadley. Perry Como begins singing with the Freddie Carlone orchestra. Gorni Kramer forms his first jazz band. John Serry, Sr. performs as the first on stage concert accordion soloist at the Radio City Music Hall. Georges Bizet's Symphony in C is rediscovered in the library of the Conservatoire de Paris.
Published popular music "After All, You're All I'm After" words: Edward Heyman music: Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by John Ball in the play She Loves Me Not. "Ah, But Is It Love?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. Introduced by Lillian Miles and Roger Pryor in the film Moonlight And Pretzels "Annie Doesn't Live Here Any More" w. Joe Young & Johnny Burke m. Harold Spina "Are You Makin' Any Money?" w.m. Herman Hupfeld. Introduced by Lillian Miles in the film Moonlight And Pretzels "Beautiful Girl" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced in the film Stage Mother. "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" w.(English language) Sammy Cahn & Saul Chaplin (Yiddish) Jacob Jacobs m. Sholem Secunda "Black Moonlight" w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow. Introduced by Kitty Kelly in the film Too Much Harmony. "Blue Jazz" m. Gene Gifford "Blue Lou" w.m. Edgar Sampson & Irving Mills "Blue Prelude" w.m. Joe Bishop & Gordon Jenkins "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Build a Little Home" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Sung by Eddie Cantor in the film Roman Scandals. "By a Waterfall" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain. Introduced by Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell in the film Footlight Parade. "Carioca" w. Gus Kahn & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Etta Moten in the film Flying Down to Rio. "Close Your Eyes" w.m. Bernice Petkere "Coffee in the Morning, Kisses in the Night" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "The Day You Came Along" w.m. Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow "Deep Purple" (When The Deep Purple Falls) w. Mitchell Parish m. Peter De Rose. Lyrics added in 1938. "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel "Dinner at Eight" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh "Doin' the Uptown Lowdown" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Frances Williams with Abe Lyman & his Orchestra in the film Broadway Thru a Keyhole "Don't Blame Me" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh "Down the Old Ox Road" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston "Drop Me Off in Harlem" w. Nick Kenny m. Duke Ellington "Dusty Shoes" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight And Pretzels "Easter Parade" w.m. Irving Berlin "Everything I Have Is Yours" w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane "Experiment" w.m. Cole Porter "Flying Down to Rio" w. Edward Eliscu & Gus Kahn m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Flying Down to Rio "Forty-Second Street" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)" w.m. Coot Grant, Wesley Wilson "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Claudette Colbert in the film Torch Singer " Gotta Get Up and Go to Work" w.m. Herman Hupfeld. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels "A Guy What Takes His Time" w.m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Mae West in the film She Done Him Wrong. "Happy as the Day Is Long" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen "Harlem on My Mind" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Waters in the musical As Thousands Cheer. "Heat Wave" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Waters in the revue As Thousands Cheer. Performed by Marilyn Monroe in the 1954 film There's No Business Like Show Business. "Hey, Young Fella" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh "Honeymoon Hotel" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren. Introduced by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in the film Footlight Parade "How Could We Be Wrong?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Gertrude Lawrence in the musical Nymph Errant "How's Chances?" w.m. Irving Berlin, Introduced by Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb in the musical As Thousands Cheer "A Hundred Years from Today" w. Ned Washington & Joe Young m. Victor Young "Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby" w.m. Harry M. Woods "I Cover the Waterfront" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green "I Found a New Way to Go to Town" Dubois, Ellison, Harvey "I Just Couldn't Take It Baby" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols "I Like Mountain Music" w. James Cavanaugh m. Frank Weldon "I Took My Harp to a Party" w. Desmond Carter m. Noel Gay "I Wanna Be Loved" w. Edward Heyman & Billy Rose m. John Green "I'm No Angel" w.m. Gladys Du Bois, Ben Ellison & Harvey O. Brooks "I'm Satisfied" w. Mitchell Parish m. Duke Ellington "Inka Dinka Doo" w.m. Jimmy Durante & Ben Ryan "Isn't It a Pity?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by George Givot and Josephine Houston in the musical Pardon My English "Isn't It Heavenly" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Joseph Meyer "It Isn't Fair" w.m. Richard Himber, Frank Warshauer & Sylvester Sprigato "It's Only a Paper Moon" w. E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose m. Harold Arlen "It's the Talk of the Town" w. Marty Symes & Al J. Neiburg m. Jerry Livingston "I've Found the Right Girl" w.m. Stanley Lupino & Noel Gay "I've Got the World on a String" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Keep Young and Beautiful" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "The Last Round-Up" w.m. Billy Hill "Lazybones" w.m. Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael "Learn to Croon" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston "Let's Begin" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by George Murphy in the musical Roberta. "Let's Fall in Love" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen "Let's Make Love Like the Crocodiles" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels "Lorelei" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin Introduced in the musical Pardon My English by Johnny Stewart, Gerry Martin and ensemble. "Love Locked Out" w. Max Kester m. Ray Noble "Love Me" w. Ned Washington m. Victor Young "Maria Elena" w. (Eng) S. K. Russell m. Lorenzo Barclelata "The Moment I Saw You" w.m. Noel Gay "Moonlight and Pretzels" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels "Moonstruck" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston "My Hat's on the Side of My Head" w.m. Harry M. Woods & Claude Hurlburt "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" w.m. Billy Cogswell, Tom Harrison & Johnny Noble "My Moonlight Madonna" w. Paul Francis Webster m. William Scotti "My Shawl" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams (Sp) Pedro Berrios m. Xavier Cugat "My Song Goes 'Round the World" w.m. Hans May, Ernst Neubach & Jimmy Kennedy "Not for All the Rice in China" w.m. Irving Berlin "Nymph Errant" w.m. Cole Porter "Oceans of Time" w. Douglas Furber, Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Johnny Green "Old Father Thames" w.m. Raymond Wallace & Betsy O'Hogan "Old Man Harlem" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Hoagy Carmichael "On the Trail" w. Harold Adamson m. Ferde Grofe "One Morning in May" w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael "Oodles of Noodles" m. Jimmy Dorsey "Pettin' in the Park" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "I'm Popeye The Sailor Man" w.m. Sammy Lerner "The Physician" w.m. Cole Porter "The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt "Remember My Forgotten Man" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Roll Up the Carpet" w. Raymond Klages m. Raymond Klages, Al Goodhart & Al Hoffman "Shadow Waltz" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Shanghai Lil" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "She Loves Me Not" w. Edward Heyman m. Arthur Schwartz from the musical She Loves Me Not "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern "Snowball" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael "Solomon" w.m. Cole Porter from the musical Nymph Errant "Song of Surrender" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Sophisticated Lady" w. Mitchell Parish & Irving Mills m. Duke Ellington "Stormy Weather" w. Ted Koehler m. Harold Arlen "Supper Time" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Ethel Waters in the revue As Thousands Cheer "Sweetheart Darlin'" w. Gus Kahn m. Herbert Stothart. Introduced by Marion Davies in the film Peg o' My Heart "Tangmalangaloo" w. Patrick Hartigan m. Stephen Moreno "Temptation" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown "Thanks" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston "There's a Cabin in the Pines" w.m. Billy Hill "There's a Little Bit of You in Every Love Song" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Sammy Fain. From the film Moonlight and Pretzels "There's Something About a Soldier" w.m. Noel Gay "They Call Me Sister Honky Tonk" w.m. Gladys DuBois, Ben Ellison & Harvey O. Brooks "Tony's Wife" w. Harold Adamson m. Burton Lane "The Touch of Your Hand" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern "Twenty Million People" w. Sam Coslow m. Arthur Johnston from the film Hello, Everybody! "We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow" Harry M. Woods "We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown "We're in the Money" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren introduced by Ginger Rogers in the film Gold Diggers of 1933 "Weep No More, My Baby" w. Edward Heyman m. John Green. Introduced by Billy House and Una Vilon in the musical Murder at the Vanities "When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley" w.m. Joe Lyons, Sam C. Hart & The Vagabonds "When You Were the Girl on the Scooter" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Constance Cummings & Eddie Foy Jr. with Abe Lyman & his Orchestra in the film Broadway Thru a Keyhole "White Jazz" m. Gene Clifford "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" w. Frank Churchill & Ann Ronell m. Frank Churchill "Yesterdays" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern "You Are My Past, Present and Future" w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Revel. Introduced by Russ Columbo in the film Broadway Thru a Keyhole "You Gotta Be a Football Hero" w.m. Al Lewis, Al Sherman & Buddy Fields "You Ought to See Sally on Sunday" w.m. Harry M. Woods "Young and Healthy" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren "Your Mother's Son-In-Law" w. Mann Holiner m. Alberta Nichols "You're My Thrill" w. Sidney Clare m. Jay Gorney "You've Got Me Crying Again" w. Charles Newman m. Isham Jones
Top popular recordings 1933