1938 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1938.

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Composer and jazz pianist Fats Waller in 1938

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Albums released

The twenty popular records listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954,[3] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions<
1Chick Webb Orchestra (vocal Ella Fitzgerald)"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"[4]Decca 1840May 2, 1938 (1938-05-02)June 1938 (1938-06)US Billboard 1938 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986, 250,000 sales[5]
2Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain)"My Reverie"[6]Victor 26006July 16, 1938 (1938-07-16)August 3, 1938 (1938-08-03)US Billboard 1938 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 100,000 sales[5]
3Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal Edythe Wright)"Music, Maestro, Please"[7]Victor 25866May 12, 1938 (1938-05-12)June 8, 1938 (1938-06-08)US Billboard 1938 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks
4Artie Shaw and his Orchestra"Begin the Beguine"Bluebird 7746July 24, 1938 (1938-07-24)August 17, 1938 (1938-08-17)US Billboard 1938 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1977, National Recording Registry 2012, Jazz Standards 1935
5Horace Heidt And His Brigadiers"Ti-Pi-Tin"Brunswick 8078February 11, 1938 (1938-02-11)March 1938 (1938-03)US Billboard 1938 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
6Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Martha Tilton)"Don't Be That Way"Victor 25792February 16, 1938 (1938-02-16)March 2, 1938 (1938-03-02)US Billboard 1938 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
7The Andrews Sisters"Bei Mir Bistu Shein"Decca 1562November 24, 1937 (1937-11-24)December 1937 (1937-12)US Billboard 1938 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 10 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, National Recording Registry 2008, 100,000 sales, 100,000 sales[8]
8Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain)"Cry, Baby, Cry"Victor 25819March 31, 1938 (1938-03-31)April 13, 1938 (1938-04-13)US Billboard 1938 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 25 total weeks
9Bing Crosby"I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams"Decca 1562July 11, 1937 (1937-07-11)July 1937 (1937-07)US Billboard 1938 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks
10Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra"Thanks for the Memory"Bluebird 7318November 29, 1937 (1937-11-29)December 1937 (1937-12)US Billboard 1938 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938
11Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey)"Says My Heart"Brunswick 8135April 19, 1938 (1938-04-19)May 1938 (1938-05)US Billboard 1938 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
12Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"Brunswick 8108March 3, 1938 (1938-03-03)March 1938 (1938-03)US Billboard 1938 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks
13Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra"Love Walked In"Vocalion 4017March 20, 1938 (1938-03-20)April 1938 (1938-04)US Billboard 1938 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks
14Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra"Cathedral in the Pines"Bluebird 7533April 20, 1938 (1938-04-20)May 4, 1938 (1938-05-04)US Billboard 1938 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
15Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey)"Please Be Kind"Brunswick 8088February 10, 1938 (1938-02-10)March 1938 (1938-03)US Billboard 1938 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
16Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra"Rosalie"Vocalion 4017September 7, 1938 (1938-09-07)October 1938 (1938-10)US Billboard 1938 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
17Russ Morgan and His Orchestra"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams"Decca 1936July 7, 1938 (1938-07-07)August 1938 (1938-08)US Billboard 1938 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
18Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra"Change Partners"Decca 2002July 29, 1938 (1938-07-29)September 1938 (1938-09)US Billboard 1938 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
19Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy"I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)"Decca 2127September 2, 1938 (1938-09-02)October 1938 (1938-10)US Billboard 1938 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
20Bing Crosby"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"Decca 2147October 14, 1938 (1938-10-14)November 1938 (1938-11)US Billboard 1938 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
21Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell"Alexander's Ragtime Band"Decca 1887January 26, 1938 (1938-01-26)March 1938 (1938-03)US Billboard 1938 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
22Fats Waller and his Rhythm"Two Sleepy People"Bluebird 10000October 13, 1938 (1938-10-13)November 2, 1938 (1938-11-02)US Billboard 1938 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
23Fred Astaire"Change Partners"Brunswick 8189March 24, 1938 (1938-03-24)July 1938 (1938-07)US Billboard 1938 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
24Fred Astaire"Nice Work if You Can Get It"Brunswick 7983October 17, 1937 (1937-10-17)November 1937 (1937-11)US Billboard 1938 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937
25Larry Clinton and His Orchestra"Heart and Soul"Victor 26046September 1, 1938 (1938-09-01)September 21, 1938 (1938-09-21)US Billboard 1938 #25, US #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938

Top Christmas hits
  • "Don't Wait 'Till The Night Before Christmas" – Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra

Top blues records

Classical music

Premieres
ComposerCompositionDateLocationPerformers
Barber, SamuelAdagio for Strings1938-11-05New York CityNBC Symphony – Toscanini[10]
Britten, BenjaminPiano Concerto1938-08-18London (BBC Proms)Britten / BBC Symphony – Wood[11]
Bush, AlanPiano Concerto, with baritone and chorus1938-03-04LondonBush, Noble / BBC Symphony – Boult[12]
Copland, AaronAn Outdoor Overture1938-12-16New York CityHigh School of Music & Art Orchestra, Alexander Richter (conductor)[13]
Copland, AaronSignature1938-02-23New York CityHigh-Low Chamber Orchestra – Karman[14]
Dallapiccola, LuigiSei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane1938-04-26Prague[unknown ensemble] – Kabelác[15]
Enescu, GeorgePiano Sonata No. 31938-12-06Salle Gaveau, ParisMarcel Ciampi[16]
Ginastera, AlbertoCantos del Tucumán1938-07-26Buenos AiresFrías de López Buchardo, [unknown ensemble] [17]
Jolivet, AndréOuverture Rondeau for four ondes Martenot, two pianos and percussion1938-06-02ParisLesur, Steytler, Berthier, Breitner, Stein, Chapiro, Carasso – Evrard[18]
Jolivet, AndréPoèmes pour le enfant1938-05-12ParisCroiza / [unknown ensemble] – Désormière[19]
Jolivet, AndréSuite for String Trio1938-11-24ParisTrio Pasquier[20]
Krenek, ErnstPiano Concerto No. 21938-03-17AmsterdamKrenek / Concertgebouw Orchestra – Walter[21][22]
Piston, WalterSymphony No. 11938-04-08BostonBoston Symphony – Piston [23]
Revultas, SilvestreSensemayá1938-12-15Mexico City[unknown orchestra] – Revueltas [24]
Rubbra, EdmundSymphony No. 21938-12-16LondonBBC Symphony – Rubbra[25]
Schoenberg, ArnoldOrchestration of Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet1938-05-07Los AngelesLos Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer[26]
Shostakovich, DmitriString Quartet No. 11938-10-10LeningradGlazunov Quartet[27]
Shostakovich, DmitriSuite for Jazz Orchestra No. 21938-11-28MoscowUSSR State Jazz Band[28]
Stravinsky, IgorDumbarton Oaks Concerto1938-05-08Washington DC[unknown ensemble] – Boulanger[29]
Tippett, MichaelPiano Sonata No. 11938-11-11LondonSellick[30]
Webern, AntonDas Augenlicht1938-06-17London (ISCM 38)BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Scherchen[31]

Compositions

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Film

Jazz
Main article: 1938 in jazz

Musical theatre

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Births

Deaths

References
  1. "Colorful Fetes Mark Royal Wedding that will Link Egypt and Persian". The Meriden Daily Journal. March 13, 1939. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. "Frank Walker". Variety. December 21, 1938. p. 24. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Record Research.
  4. "Decca matrix 63693. A-tisket, a-tasket / Chick Webb Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  5. "Some New Highs". Variety. February 1939. p. 39. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  6. "Victor matrix BS-024049. My reverie / Larry Clinton Orchestra; Bea Wain – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  7. "Victor matrix BS-023211. Music, maestro, please / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Edythe Wright – Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  8. "Decca Records 20th Anniversary". The Billboard: 14. August 28, 1954.
  9. "photo of CD" (jpg). theatreorgans.com.
  10. "Adagio for Strings" (PDF). Library of Congress.
  11. "Piano Concerto, Benjamin Britten" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  12. "Alan Bush Music Trust – Music – Concertos / Solo Instrument and Orchestra". www.alanbushtrust.org.uk.
  13. "An Outdoor Overture, Aaron Copland" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  14. "Signature, Aaron Copland" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  15. "Sei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane, Luigi Dallapiccola" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  16. Elena Zottoviceanu, Adrian Rațiu, and Myriam Marbe, "Premiera Operei Oedip (1934–1936)", in George Enescu: Monografie, 2 vols., edited by Mircea Voicana, 739–876 (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România, 1971): 750.
  17. "Cantos del Tucumán, Alberto Evaristo Ginastera" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  18. "Ouverture Rondeau, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  19. "'Poèmes pour l'enfant, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  20. "Suite, André Jolivet" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  21. "Concerto pour piano et orchestre No. 2, Ernst Krenek" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  22. "Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest 1931–1941". May 4, 2009.
  23. "World Premieres: The 1900s". www.bso.org. Boston Symphony Orchestra. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  24. "Chicago Symphony Orchestra" (PDF).
  25. Schaarwächter, Jürgen (February 27, 2015). Two Centuries of British Symphonism: From the beginnings to 1945. A preliminary survey. With a foreword by Lewis Foreman. Volume 2. Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 9783487152288 – via Google Books.
  26. "Johannes Brahms: Klavierquartett g-Moll [original op. 25], Arnold Schoenberg" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  27. "Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 1". www.quartets.de.
  28. "Suite No. 2, Dimitri Chostakovitch" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  29. "Concerto en mi bémol, Igor Stravinsky" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  30. "Sonate No. 1, Sir Michael Tippett" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  31. "Das Augenlicht, Op. 26, Anton Webern" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
  32. "Opera Composers: A". opera.stanford.edu.
  33. The Big Broadcast of 1938 at IMDb 
  34. Gundle, Stephen. Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books, 2013. p.153
  35. Randel, Don Michael (October 30, 2002). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press. p. 866. ISBN 978-0-674-25572-2.
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