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1937 in music

1937 in music

Overview of the events of 1937 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1937.

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1937 Works Progress Administration production of Il trovatore

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

The twenty popular records in the United States listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954,[8] 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.

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Number one hit songs (in order)

Top blues records

Classical music

Premieres

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Compositions

Opera

Film

Jazz

Main article: 1937 in jazz

Musical theatre

Musical films

Births

Deaths

George Gershwin in 1937, the year of his death.

References

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