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1938 in music
See also:
1937 in music
,
other events of 1938
,
1939 in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Top Hit Recordings
3 Births
4 Deaths
Events
January 16
-
Benny Goodman
plays
Carnegie Hall
September 22
-
Anton Webern
's
String Quartet
is premiered in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Roy Acuff[?]
's musical career begins
Sister Rosetta Tharpe[?]
's musical career begins
Pete Seeger
's musical career begins
Robert Lockwood Jr.[?]
's musical career begins
Jelly Roll Morton
speaks, sings, and plays piano for an eight-hour
Library of Congress
recorded sound documentary produced by
Alan Lomax
Top Hit Recordings
"Don't Be That Way" by
Benny Goodman
"My Reverie" by
Larry Clinton[?]
"Begin the Beguine" by
Artie Shaw
"Cry, Baby, Cry" by
Larry Clinton[?]
"Ti-Pi-Tin" by
Hoarce Heidt[?]
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by
Ella Fitzgerald
with
Chick Webb[?]
"Thanks for the Memory" by
Shep Fields[?]
"Music, Maestro, Please" by
Tommy Dorsey
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" by
The Andrews Sisters
"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" by
Bing Crosby
Births
January 14
-
Alain Toussaint[?]
January 14
-
Jack Jones[?]
January 19
-
Phil Everly[?]
January 21
-
Wolfman Jack
February 22
-
Bobby Hendricks[?]
,
The Drifters
March 18
-
Charlie Pride[?]
March 25
-
Hoyt Axton[?]
April 7
-
Freddie Hubbard
April 7
-
Spencer Dryden[?]
,
Jefferson Airplane
April 26
-
Duane Eddy
May 10
-
Henry Fambrough[?]
,
The Spinners[?]
May 13
-
John Smith[?]
,
The Monotones[?]
May 15
-
Lenny Welch[?]
July 4
-
Bill Withers
July 14
-
Bob Scholl[?]
,
The Mello-Kings[?]
July 17
-
Stanley Bronstein[?]
,
Elephant's Memory Band
July 28
-
George Cummings[?]
,
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show[?]
August 8
-
Don Jacobucci[?]
,
Regents
August 24
-
David Freiberg[?]
,
Quicksilver Messenger Service
August 24
-
Mason Williams[?]
September 11
-
Charles Patrick[?]
,
The Monotones[?]
September 28
-
Ben E. King[?]
October 3
-
Eddie Cochran
October 5
-
Carlos Mastangelo[?]
,
The Belmonts
October 15
-
Marv Johnson[?]
October 16
-
Nico[?]
,
Velvet Underground
October 18
-
Ronnie Bright[?]
,
The Coasters
November 2
-
Jay Black[?]
,
Jay & The Americans[?]
November 4
-
Harry Elston[?]
,
Friends Of Distinction[?]
November 6
-
Jim Pike[?]
,
The Lettermen[?]
November 6
-
P.J. Proby[?]
November 7
-
Dee Clark[?]
November 14
-
Cornelius Gunter[?]
,
The Flairs[?]
,
The Coasters
November 17
-
Gordon Lightfoot
November 19
-
Hank Medress[?]
,
The Tokens[?]
December 1
-
Sandy Nelson[?]
December 5
-
J.J. Cale[?]
December 12
-
Connie Francis
December 28
-
Charles Neville[?]
,
Joey Dee & The Starlighters[?]
,
The Neville Brothers
Deaths
March 2
-
Ben Harney
, ragtime composer & entertainer
August 16
-
Robert Johnson
, blues man,
August 30
-
James Scott
, ragtime composer
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