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1940 in music

See also: 1939 in music, other events of 1940, 1941 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Contents
1 Events
2 Top hit records
3 Published popular music
4 Classical music
5 Opera
6 Musical theater
7 Musical films
8 Births
9 Deaths

Events

Top hit records

Published popular music

  • "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
  • "Give a Little Whistle" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
  • "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, from the film Pinocchio
  • "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" "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
  • "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. Introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Panama Hattie
  • "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
  • "When You Wish Upon a Star" w.m. Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, from the film Pinocchio
  • "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. In the role of reporter Melba Snyder in the Broadway production of Pal Joey, Jean Casto explained that the musings of a striptease artiste may be on a somewhat higher intellectual plane than those of her devotees.

Classical music

Opera

  • Manuel Camacho Vega - Tonatiuh

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

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