1933 in music

Events

• Billie Holliday's musical career begins

Top Hit Songs

• "Shadow Waltz" by Al Dubin[?]
• "Easter Parade" by Irving Berlin
• "On the Trail" by Ferdie Grofe[?]
• "Tony's Wife" by Harold Adamson[?]
• "I Wanna Be Loved" by Billy Rose[?]
• "Dinner at Eight" by Dorothy Fields[?]
• "It Isn't Fair" by Richard Himber[?]
• "Temptation" by Arthur Freed
• "Stormy Weather" by Harold Arlen[?] & Ted Koehler[?]

Top Hit Recordings

• "Night and Day" by Eddy Duchin
• "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" by Eddy Duchin
• "Stormy Weather" by Ethel Waters
• "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" by Bing Crosby with Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians
• "Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" by Ben Bernie[?]
• "Shadow Waltz" by Bing Crosby
• "Lazy Bones" by Ted Lewis Band; also version by Don Redman's Band
• "Just An Echo In the Valley" by Bing Crosby; also version by Rudy Vallee

Births

• January 17 - Dalida
• January 20 - Ron Townson[?], The Fifth Dimension
• February 5 - Claude King[?]
• February 17 - Bobby Lewis[?]
• February 18 - Yoko Ono (Lennon)
• February 21 - Nina Simone
• March 9 - Lloyd Price
• March 13 - Mike Stoller[?], songwriter
• March 14 - Quincy Jones
• March 15 - Roy Clark[?]
• March 30 - Willie Nelson
• April 12 - Tiny Tim
• April 14 - Buddy Knox[?]
• April 24 - Freddie Scott[?]
• July 27 - Nick Reynolds[?], The Kingston Trio[?]
• August 8 - Joe Tex[?]
• August 15 - Bill Pinckney[?], The Drifters
• August 15 - Bobby Helms[?]
• September 1 - Conway Twitty[?]
• September 15 - Pat Barrett[?], The Crewcuts[?]
• September 18 - Jimmie Rodgers
• September 25 - Ian Tyson[?], Ian & Sylvia[?]
• October 27 - Floyd Cramer[?]
• November 6 - Joseph Pope[?], The Tams[?]
• November 16 - Garnett Mimms[?]
• November 29 - John Mayall
• December 15 - Jesse Belvin[?]

Deaths