Please Enter Your Search Term Below:
 Websearch   Directory   Dictionary   FactBook 
  Wikipedia: 1940 in music

Wikipedia: 1940 in music
1940 in music
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

See also: 1939 in music, other events of 1940, 1941 in music and the

list of 'years in music'.

Events

Top hit records

Published popular songs

  • "Ain't It A Shame About Mame"     w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
  • "All Over The Place"     w.m. Noel Gay
  • "All This And Heaven Too"     w. Eddie De Lange m. James Van Heusen
  • "Along The Santa Fe Trail"     w. Al Dubin & Edwina Coolidge m. Will Grosz
  • "April Played The Fiddle"     w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
  • "Arm In Arm"     Church, Bradbury
  • "The Bad Humour Man"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar"     w.m. Don Raye, Hugie Prince & Eleanore Sheehy
  • "Because Of You"     w. Arthur Hammerstein m. Dudley Wilkinson
  • "Beneath The Lights Of Home"     Grossman, Jurmann
  • "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Bless 'Em All"     w.m. Jimmie Hughes & Frank Lake
  • "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind"     Arthur Young, William Shakespeare, Evans
  • "Blueberry Hill"     w.m. Al Lewis, Larry Stock & Vincent Rose
  • "Boog It"     w.m. Jack Palmer, Cab Calloway & R. "Buck" Ram
  • "The Breeze And I"     w. Al Stillman m. Ernesto Lecuona
  • "Buds Won't Bud"     w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen
  • "Cabin In The Sky"     w. John Latouche m. Vernon Duke
  • "The Call Of The Canyon"     w.m. Billy Hill
  • "Can't Get Indiana Off My Mind"     w. Robert De Leon m. Hoagy Carmichael
  • "Celery Stalks At Midnight"     m. Will Bradley & George Harris
  • "Concerto For Cootie"     m. Duke Ellington
  • "Contrasts"     m. Jimmy Dorsey
  • "Cotton Tail"     m. Duke Ellington
  • "Den Of Iniquity"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "Devil May Care"     w. Johnny Burke m. Harry Warren
  • "Do I Worry?"     w.m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth
  • "Dolores"     w. Frank Loesser m. Louis Alter
  • "Down The Road Apiece"     w.m. Don Raye
  • "Falling Leaves"     w. Mack David m. Frankie Carle
  • "Ferry Boat Serenade"     w. (Eng) Harold Adamson (Ital) Mario Panzeri m. Eldo di Lazzaro
  • "The Five O'Clock Whistle"     w.m. Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon & Gene Irwin
  • "Flamingo"     w. Edmund Anderson m. Ted Grouya
  • "Fools Rush In"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Rube Bloom
  • "Friendship"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Good For Nothin' Joe"     Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom
  • "Harlem Nocturne"     w. Dick Rogers m. Earle Hagen
  • "Hear My Song, Violetta"     w. (Ger) Ermenegildo Carosio & Othmar Klose (Eng) Buddy Bernier & Bob Emmerich m. Rudolf Luckesch & Othmar Klose
  • "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee"     w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
  • "High On A Windy Hill"     w.m. Joan Whitney & Alex Kramer
  • "How High The Moon"     w. Nancy Hamilton m. Morgan Lewis
  • "I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire"     w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
  • "I Hear A Rhapsody"     w.m. George Fragos, Jack Baker & Dick Gasparre
  • "I Hear Music"     w. Frank Loesser m. Burton Lane
  • "I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town"     w.m. William Weldon & Andy Razaf
  • "I'm Looking For A Guy Who Plays Alto And Baritone And Doubles On A Clarinet And Wears A Size 37 Suit"     w.m. Ozzie Nelson
  • "I'm Stepping Out With A Memory Tonight"     w. Herb Magidson m. Allie Wrubel
  • "Imagination"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
  • "Intermezzo"     w. Robert Henning m. Heinz Provost
  • "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?"     w.m. Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
  • "It Never Entered My Mind"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
  • "It Was A Lover And His Lass"     w. William Shakespeare m. Arthur Young
  • "It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World"     w.m. John Rox
  • "It's A Great Day For The Irish"     w.m. Roger Edens
  • "It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "It's Always You"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
  • "It's The Same Old Shillelagh"     w.m. Pat White
  • "I've Got No Strings"     w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline
  • "Java Jive"     w. Milton Drake m. Ben Oakland
  • "Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina"     w.m. Sunny Skylar, Bette Cannon & Arthur Shaftel
  • "The Last Time I Saw Paris"     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
  • "Let The People Sing"     w.m. Noel Gay, Ian Grant & Frank Eyton
  • "Let There Be Love"     w. Ian Grant m. Lionel Rand
  • "Let's Be Buddies"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Louisiana Purchase"     w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "Make-Believe Island"     w. Charles Kenny & Nick Kenny m. Will Grosz & Sam Coslow
  • "Mamma"     w. B. Cherubini m. C. A. Bixio
  • "Mister Meadowlark"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Never No Lament"     m. Duke Ellington
  • "New San Antonio Rose"     w.m. Bob Wills
  • "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square"     w. Eric Maschwitz m. Manning Sherwin
  • "On Behalf Of The Visiting Firemen"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Walter Donaldson
  • "Only Forever"     w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
  • "Our Love Affair"     w. Arthur Freed m. Roger Edens
  • "Outside Of That, I Love You"     Irving Berlin
  • "The Pessimistic Character"     w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco
  • "Playmates"     w.m. Saxie Dowell
  • "Polka Dots And Moonbeams"     w. Johnny Burke m. James Van Heusen
  • "Pompton Turnpike"     w.m. Will Osborne & Dick Rogers
  • "Practice Makes Perfect"     w.m. Don Roberts & Ernest Gold
  • "Rhumboogie"     w.m. Don Raye & Hughie Prince
  • "Room 504"     Posford, Maschwitz
  • "Say It (Over And Over Again)"     w. Frank Loesser m. Jimmy McHugh
  • "Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat"     w.m. Don Raye
  • "The Singing Hills"     w.m. Mack David, Sammy Mysels & Dick Sanford
  • "Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga"     w. Charles Newman m. James V. Monaco
  • "Summit Ridge Drive"     m. Artie Shaw
  • "Taking A Chance On Love"     w. John Latouche & Ted Fetter m. Vernon Duke
  • "There I Go"     w. Hy Zaret m. Irving Weiser
  • "There's A Boy Coming Home On Leave"     w.m. Jimmy Kennedy
  • "Trade Winds"     w. Charles Tobias m. Cliff Friend
  • "Two Dreams Met"     w. Mack Gordon m. Harry Warren
  • "Wabash Cannon Ball"     w.m. A. P. Carter
  • "Walkin' Through Mockin' Bird Lane"     Lowell Peters, Clarence Jones, John Turner
  • "Waltzing In The Clouds"     w. Gus Kahn m. Robert Stolz
  • "We Could Make Such Beautiful Music"     w. Robert Sour m. Henry Manners
  • "We Three"     w.m. Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels & Dick Robertson
  • "Well, Did You Evah?"     w.m. Cole Porter
  • "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano"     w.m. Leon René
  • "Whispering Grass"     w. Fred Fisher m. Doris Fisher
  • "The Woodpecker Song"     w. (Eng) Harold Adamson (Ital) C. Bruno m. Eldo di Lazzaro
  • "Worried Mind"     w.m. Jimmie Davis & Ted Daffan
  • "Yes, Indeed!"     w.m. Sy Oliver
  • "Yes, My Darling Daughter"     w.m. Jack Lawrence
  • "You Are My Sunshine"     w.m. Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
  • "You Stepped Out Of A Dream"     w. Gus Kahn m. Nacio Herb Brown
  • "Zip"     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers

Musical theater

  • All In Fun
  • Apple Sauce     London production
  • The Beggar's Opera     London revival
  • Cabin In The Sky     Broadway production
  • Higher And Higher
  • Hold On To Your Hats
  • John Henry
  • Keep Off The Grass
  • Louisiana Purchase     Broadway production
  • Pal Joey     Broadway production
  • Panama Hattie     Broadway production
  • White Horse Inn     London revival

Musical films

Births

Deaths


 		  

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 
Modified by Geona