Events
Published popular music
- "After All, You're All I'm After" words: Edward Heyman music: Arthur Schwartz
- "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
- "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
- "Build A Little Home" w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren
- "By A Waterfall" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
- "Carioca" w. Gus Kahn & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
- "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
- "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
- "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" w.m. 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
- "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
- "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. Nieburg 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 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
- "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
- "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
- "Sweetheart Darlin'" w. Gus Kahn m. Herbert Stothart. Inroduced by Marion Davies in the film Peg o' My Heart
- "Temptation (1933 song)|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
- "White Jazz" m. Gene Clifford
- "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?" w.m. Frank Churchill
- "Yesterdays" w. Otto Harbach m. Jerome Kern
- "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
Biggest hit songs
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1933.
| # |
Artist |
Title |
Year |
Country |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
Duke Ellington |
Sophisticated Lady |
1933 |
 |
RYM 1 of 1933, US BB 2 of 1933, POP 3 of 1933 |
| 2 |
Dick Powell |
Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money) |
1933 |
|
US BB 1 of 1933, POP 1 of 1933 |
| 3 |
Ethel Waters |
Stormy Weather |
1933 |
|
US BB 3 of 1933, POP 4 of 1933, RYM 8 of 1933, Acclaimed 1896 |
| 4 |
Bing Crosby |
You're Getting to Be a Habit |
1933 |
|
US BB 10 of 1933, POP 16 of 1933, Europe 42 of the 1930s |
| 5 |
Eddy Duchin |
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? |
1933 |
|
US BB 12 of 1933, POP 20 of 1933, RYM 51 of 1933 |
Top hit records
Classical music
- College Humor released July 5 starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Mary Carlisle, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Mary Kornman.
- Dancing Lady starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Toneand Robert Benchley and featuring Fred Astaire, Art Jarrett and Nelson Eddy.
- Facing the Music starring Stanley Lupino and Jose Collins
- Flying Down to Rio released December 22, starring Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.
- Footlight Parade starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell
- Going Hollywood released December 22 starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby
- Gold Diggers of 1933 starring Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers
- The Good Companions starring Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn and John Gielgud
- Happy starring Stanley Lupino, Laddie Cliff, Will Fyffe and Harry Tate.
- Hello, Everybody! starring Kate Smith, Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. Directed by William A. Seiter.
- I Am Suzanne starring Lilian Harvey, Gene Raymond and Leslie Banks. Directed by Rowland V. Lee.
- Let's Fall in Love starring Edmund Lowe, Ann Sothern and Art Jarrett
- Melody Cruise starring Charles Ruggles. Phil Harris and Helen Mack
- Moonlight And Pretzels released August 1 starring Leo Carrillo and Mary Brian
- My Weakness starring Lilian Harvey, Lew Ayres, Charles Butterworth, Sid Silvers and Harry Langdon. Directed by David Butler.
- Roman Scandals starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, David Manners and Edward Arnold. Directed by Frank Tuttle.
- The Shady Lady starring Phyllis Haver, Robert Armstrong, Louis Wolheim and Russell Gleason. Directed by Edward H. Griffith.
- She Done Him Wrong starring Mae West and Cary Grant.
- Sitting Pretty starring Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, Thelma Todd and The Pickens Sisters
- Take A Chance starring James Dunn, Cliff Edwards, June Knight, Lillian Roth, Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Marjorie Main.
- This Week of Grace starred Gracie Fields
- Too Much Harmony released on September 23 starring Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie and Kitty Kelly.
- Torch Singer starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez and Lyda Roberti
- The Way To Love starring Maurice Chevalier, Ann Dvorak and Edward Everett Horton. Directed by Norman Taurog.
Births
- January 17 - Dalida, singer (d. 1987)
- January 18 - Ray Dolby, inventor of the Dolby System
- January 23 - Chita Rivera, Broadway star
- January 29 - Sacha Distel, singer (d. 2004)
- February 7 - Stuart Burrows, operatic tenor
- February 17 - Bobby Lewis, R&B singer
- February 18 - Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon and mother of Sean Lennon
- February 21 - Nina Simone, soul singer (d. 2003)
- February 22 - Katharine, Duchess of Kent, patron of music
- March 9 - Lloyd Price, rock & roll musician
- March 13 - Mike Stoller, songwriter
- March 14 - Quincy Jones, arranger
- March 15 - Roy Clark, country musician
- March 28 - Tete Montoliu, jazz pianist (d. 1997)
- April 8 - Fred Ebb, lyricist (d. 2004)
- April 12 - Montserrat Caballé, operatic soprano
- April 14 - Buddy Knox, singer and songwriter (d. 1999)
- April 24 - Freddie Scott, songwriter and singer (d. 2007)
- April 25 - Jerry Leiber, songwriter
- April 29 - Rod McKuen, songwriter
- April 30 - Willie Nelson, country singer and songwriter
- May 3 - James Brown, soul singer (d. 2006)
- May 21 - Maurice André, trumpeter
- May 22 - Don Estelle, actor and singer (d. 2003)
- June 17 - Christian Ferras, violinist (d. 1982)
- June 26 - Claudio Abbado, conductor
- July 10 - Eileen Rodgers, US singer (d. 2003)
- July 23 - Bert Convy, entertainer (d. 1991)
- July 27 - Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio)
- July 29 - Anne Rogers, English actress, singer and dancer
- August 8 - Joe Tex, soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
- August 15
- August 17 - Mark Dinning, singer (d. 1986)
- August 21 - Dame Janet Baker, operatic mezzo-soprano
- September 1 - Conway Twitty, country singer (d. 1993)
- September 8 - Asha Bhosle, Bollywood singer
- September 14 - Harve Presnell, actor and singer
- September 15 - Pat Barrett (The Crewcuts)
- September 17 - Dorothy Loudon, US singer (d. 2003)
- September 18 - Jimmie Rodgers, US pop singer
- September 25 - Ian Tyson (Ian & Sylvia)
- October 10 - Daniel Massey, star of musical theatre (d. 1998)
- October 17 - The Singing Nun (d. 1985)
- October 21 - Georgia Brown, English actress and singer
- October 27 - Floyd Cramer, pianist (d. 1997)
- November 3 - John Barry, film score composer
- November 6 - Joseph Pope (The Tams)
- November 16 - Garnett Mimms, soul singer
- November 23 - Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
- November 26 - Robert Goulet, singer and actor (d. 2007)
- November 29 - John Mayall, blues musician
- December 6 - Henryk Górecki, composer
- December 13 - Wayne Bennett, blues guitarist (d. 1992)
Deaths
- January 6 - Vladimir de Pachmann, pianist (born 1848)
- January 10 - Roberto Mantovani, violinist (born 1854)
- January 16 - Willy Burmester, violinist (born 1869)
- January 18 - Oskar Zawisza, priest and composer (born 1878)
- February 12 - Henri Duparc, composer (born 1848)
- February 18 - Arnold Mendelssohn, composer and music teacher (born 1855)
- March 26 - Eddie Lang, jazz musician (born 1902)
- April 9 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer (born 1877)
- May 10 - Selma Kurz, operatic soprano (born 1874)
- May 26 - Jimmie Rodgers country singer, "The Singing Brakeman" (born 1897)
- June 19 - Yossele Rosenblatt, cantor and composer (born 1882)
- June 24 - Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, operatic soprano and vaudeville singer (born 1869)
- July 6 - Robert Kajanus, conductor and composer (born 1856)
- July 14 - Raymond Roussel, author and pianist (born 1877)
- July 15 - Freddie Keppard, jazz musician (born 1890)
- July 26 - Charles Tindley, gospel music composer (born 1851)
- August 29 - Georgi Conus, composer (born 1862)
- September 7 - Marcel Journet, operatic bass (born 1867)
- September 10
- October - Joan Winters, Broadway dancer (born 1909) (murdered)
- October 6 - Zakaria Paliashvili, composer (born 1871)
- October 16 - Maurice Renaud, operatic baritone (born 1860)
- October 27 - Julius Klengel, cellist (born 1859)
- December 7 - Jan Brandts Buys, composer (born 1868)
- date unknown
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