1937 in music

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Events

Biggest hit songs

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the limited set of charts available for 1937.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Count Basie One O'Clock Jump 1937 United States US BB 1 of 1937, POP 1 of 1937, Scrobulate 13 of swing, RYM 21 of 1937, RIAA 211, Acclaimed 824
2 Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing 1937 United States US BB 3 of 1938, Peel list 3 of 1937, POP 3 of 1938, RIAA 205, Acclaimed 526, WXPN 766
3 Bing Crosby Sweet Leilani 1937 United States Oscar in 1937, US BB 7 of 1937, POP 7 of 1937, Europe 29 of the 1930s
4 Fred Astaire They Can't Take That Away From Me 1937 United States US BB 3 of 1937, POP 3 of 1937, RYM 34 of 1937, Europe 89 of the 1930s, Acclaimed 2182
5 Robert Johnson Hellhound on My Trail 1937 United States RYM 1 of 1937, Peel list 4 of 1937, Acclaimed 630

Top hit recordings

Published popular music

Top Blues Records

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

George Gershwin in 1937, the year of his death.

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Scaramouche (music)
The Complete Benny Goodman, Vol. 6 (1938) (1938 Album by Benny Goodman)
Ivor Gurney (Classical Musician)