1938 in music

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Composer and jazz pianist Fats Waller in 1938

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

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Events

Albums released

The twenty popular records listed below were extracted from Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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<
1 Chick Webb Orchestra (vocal Ella Fitzgerald) "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Decca 1840 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986, 250,000 sales<ref name=Variety>Template:Cite news</ref>
2 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain) "My Reverie"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 26006 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 100,000 sales<ref name=Variety/>
3 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal Edythe Wright) "Music, Maestro, Please"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Victor 25866 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks
4 Artie Shaw and his Orchestra "Begin the Beguine" Bluebird 7746 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1977, National Recording Registry 2012, Jazz Standards 1935
5 Horace Heidt And His Brigadiers "Ti-Pi-Tin" Brunswick 8078 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
6 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra "Don't Be That Way" Victor 25792 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
7 The Andrews Sisters "Bei Mir Bistu Shein" Decca 1562 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
8 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain) "Cry, Baby, Cry" Victor 25819 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 25 total weeks
9 Bing Crosby "I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams" Decca 1562 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks
10 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "Thanks for the Memory" Bluebird 7318 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938
11 Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey) "Says My Heart" Brunswick 8135 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
12 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" Brunswick 8108 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks
13 Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra "Love Walked In" Vocalion 4017 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks
14 Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra "Cathedral in the Pines" Bluebird 7533 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
15 Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey) "Please Be Kind" Brunswick 8088 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
16 Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra "Rosalie" Vocalion 4017 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
17 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" Decca 1936 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
18 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra "Change Partners" Decca 2002 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
19 Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy "I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)" Decca 2127 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
20 Bing Crosby "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" Decca 2147 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
21 Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Decca 1887 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
22 Fats Waller and his Rhythm "Two Sleepy People" Bluebird 10000 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
23 Fred Astaire "Change Partners" Brunswick 8189 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
24 Fred Astaire "Nice Work if You Can Get It" Brunswick 7983 Template:Start date Template:Start date US Billboard 1938 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937
25 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra "Heart and Soul" Victor 26046 Template:Start date Template:Start date 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

Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Barber, Samuel Adagio for Strings 1938-11-05 New York City NBC Symphony – Toscanini<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Britten, Benjamin Piano Concerto 1938-08-18 London (BBC Proms) Britten / BBC Symphony – Wood<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Bush, Alan Piano Concerto, with baritone and chorus 1938-03-04 London Bush, Noble / BBC Symphony – Boult<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Copland, Aaron An Outdoor Overture 1938-12-16 New York City High School of Music & Art Orchestra, Alexander Richter (conductor)<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Copland, Aaron Signature 1938-02-23 New York City High-Low Chamber Orchestra – Karman<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Dallapiccola, Luigi Sei cori di Michelangelo Buonarroti il giovane 1938-04-26 Prague [unknown ensemble] – Kabelác<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Enescu, George Piano Sonata No. 3 1938-12-06 Salle Gaveau, Paris Marcel Ciampi<ref>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.</ref>
Ginastera, Alberto Cantos del Tucumán 1938-07-26 Buenos Aires Frías de López Buchardo, [unknown ensemble] <ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Ouverture Rondeau for four ondes Martenot, two pianos and percussion 1938-06-02 Paris Lesur, Steytler, Berthier, Breitner, Stein, Chapiro, Carasso – Evrard<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Poèmes pour le enfant 1938-05-12 Paris Croiza / [unknown ensemble] – Désormière<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Jolivet, André Suite for String Trio 1938-11-24 Paris Trio Pasquier<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Krenek, Ernst Piano Concerto No. 2 1938-03-17 Amsterdam Krenek / Concertgebouw Orchestra – Walter<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Piston, Walter Symphony No. 1 1938-04-08 Boston Boston Symphony – Piston <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Revultas, Silvestre Sensemayá 1938-12-15 Mexico City [unknown orchestra] – Revueltas <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Rubbra, Edmund Symphony No. 2 1938-12-16 London BBC Symphony – Rubbra<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Schoenberg, Arnold Orchestration of Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet 1938-05-07 Los Angeles Los Angeles Philharmonic – Klemperer<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Shostakovich, Dmitri String Quartet No. 1 1938-10-10 Leningrad Glazunov Quartet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shostakovich, Dmitri Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 1938-11-28 Moscow USSR State Jazz Band<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Stravinsky, Igor Dumbarton Oaks Concerto 1938-05-08 Washington DC [unknown ensemble] – Boulanger<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Tippett, Michael Piano Sonata No. 1 1938-11-11 London Sellick<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>
Webern, Anton Das Augenlicht 1938-06-17 London (ISCM 38) BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Scherchen<ref>Template:IRCAM work</ref>

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