1937 in music

Events

• Hank Williams' musical career begins
• Sonny Boy Williamson[?]'s musical career begins

Top Hits

• "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" (composed by Irving Berlin, sung by Dick Powell & Alice Faye[?] in the film On the Avenue[?])

Top Hit Recordings

• "That Old Feeling" by Shep Fields[?]
• "Once In Awhile" by Tommy Dorsey
• "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" by Guy Lombardo
• "September In the Rain" by Guy Lombardo
• "The Dipsy Doodle" by Tommy Dorsey
• "Sweet Leilani" by Bing Crosby
• "The Moon Got In My Eyes" by Bing Crosby
• "Boo Hoo" by Guy Lombardo
• "Goodnight, My Love" by Benny Goodman
• "Whispers In the Dark" by Bob Crosby[?]
• "Peace in the Valley" by Mahalia Jackson, gospel music hit written by Thomas A. Dorsey

Births

• January 6 - Doris Troy[?]
• January 8 - Shirley Bassey
• February 1 - Don Everly[?]
• February 1 - Ray Dr. Hook Sawyer[?], Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show[?]
• February 10 - Don Wilson[?], The Ventures[?]
• February 20 - Nancy Wilson[?]
• February 27 - David Ackles[?]
• March 17 - Adam Wade[?]
• March 20 - Jerry Reed[?]
• March 24 - Billy Stewart[?]
• May 3 - Frankie Valli
• May 4 - Dick Dale
• May 5 - Johnnie Taylor
• May 9 - Sonny Curtis[?], The Crickets
• May 9 - Dave Prater[?], Sam & Dave
• May 15 - Trini Lopez[?]
• May 22 - Kenny Ball[?], Kenny Ball & His Jazzman[?]
• June 2 - Jimmy Jones[?]
• June 4 - Freddy Fender[?]
• June 15 - Waylon Jennings
• July 6 - Gene Chandler[?]
• July 22 - Chuck Jackson[?]
• July 26 - Al Banks[?], The Turbans
• July 31 - Bonnie Brown[?], The Browns[?]
• August 2 - Garth Hudson[?], The Band
• September 17 - Phil Cracolici[?], The Mystics[?]
• October 21 - Norman Wright[?], Del Vikings[?]
• October 24 - Santo Farina[?], Santo & Johnny[?]
• October 31 - Tom Paxton[?]
• November 2 - Earl Speedo Carroll[?], The Cadillacs[?], The Coasters
• November 6 - Eugene Pitt[?], The Jive Five[?]
• November 7 - Mary Travers, Peter, Paul & Mary
• November 15 - Little Willie John
• November 19 - Ray Collins[?], The Mothers Of Invention
• November 30 - Paul Stookey[?], Peter, Paul & Mary
• November 30 - Frank Ifield[?]
• December 14 - Warren Ryanes[?], The Monotones[?]
• December 17 - Art Neville[?], The Neville Brothers
• December 25 - O'Kelly Isley[?], The Isley Brothers
• December 30 - John Hartford

Deaths