1932 in music

Events

• Henry Hall[?] becomes Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra[?].

Top Hit Published Songs

• "So Do I" by B.G. DeSylva
• "Eadie Was a Lady" by B.G. DeSylva
• "Fit As A Fiddle" by Al Hoffman[?], Al Goodhart[?], & Arthur Freed
• " I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues" by Harold Arlen[?] & Ted Koehler[?]
• "I've Got the World On A String" by Arlen & Koehler
• "Mimi" by Lorenz Hart
• "Willow Weep for Me" by Irving Berlin
• "Eres Tu by" Miguel Sandoval[?]
• "April in Paris" by E.G. Harburg[?]
• "Louisiana Hayride" by Howard Dietz[?]
• "Three's a Crowd" by Al Dubin[?]
• "Precious Lord Take My Hand" by Thomas A. Dorsey, first major gospel music hit

Top Hit Records

• "Where The Blue Of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)" by Bing Crosby
• "Please" by Bing Crosby
• "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" - Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee
• "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" by Ted Lewis & His Band
• "All Of Me" by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra; also version by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Say It Isn't So" by George Olsen[?] & His Music
• "Was That the Human Thing To Do?" by The Boswell Sisters

• February 26 - Johnny Cash
• March 4 - Miriam Makeba[?]
• March 15 - Arif Mardin[?], record producer
• April 9 - Carl Perkins
• April 10 - Nathaniel Nelson[?], The Flamingos
• April 27 - Maxine Brown[?], The Browns[?]
• September 8 - Patsy Cline
• November 15 - Petula Clark
• November 15 - Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters
• November 28 - Ray Perkins[?], The Crewcuts[?]
• December 12 - Charlie Rich[?]
• December 28 - Dorsey Burnette, Rockabilly pioneer (+ 1979)

Deaths

• March 1 - Frank Teschemacher[?]
• March 6 - John Philip Sousa