1928 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1928.

1928 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in music (table)
Maurice Ravel at the piano with Éva Gauthier in 1928; George Gershwin listens at right.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

Top hits on record

Other important recordings

Classical music

Opera

Jazz
Main article: 1928 in jazz

Musical theater
  • Angela Broadway production
  • Blackbirds of 1928 Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on May 9 and ran for 518 performances
  • Blue Eyes London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on April 27 and ran for 278 performances
  • Casanova Berlin production
  • Hello, Daddy (Music: Jimmy McHugh, Lyrics: Dorothy Fields, Book: Herbert Fields) Broadway production opened at Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre on December 26, transferred to George M. Cohan's Theatre on January 21, 1929, and transferred to Erlanger's Theatre on May 6, 1929, for a total run of 198 performances
  • Here's Howe Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 1 and ran for 71 performances.
  • Hold Everything! Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 10 and ran for 409 performances.
  • Keep Shufflin' Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 27 and ran for 104 performances
  • The New Moon (Sigmund Romberg) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on September 19, transferred to the Casino Theatre on November 18 and ran for a total of 509 performances.
  • Paris (Cole Porter) Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on October 8 and ran for 195 performances.
  • Present Arms (Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers) Broadway production opened at Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre on April 26 and ran for 155 performances.
  • Rain or Shine Broadway production opened at George M. Cohan's Theatre on February 9 and ran for 356 performances
  • Rainbow Broadway production opened at the Gallo Opera House on November 21 and ran for 29 performances
  • Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – London production
  • So This Is Love London production opened on April 25 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 321 performances
  • Sunny Days Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on February 8 and ran for 101 performances. It re-opened at the Century Theatre on October 1 for a further run of 32 performances.
  • This Year of Grace
  • Ups-a-Daisy Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 8 and ran for 64 performances. Starring Marie Saxon, Luella Gear, William Kent, Bob Hope and Roy Royston.
    • London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 22 and ran for 316 performances.
    • Broadway production opened at the Selwyn Theatre on November 7 and ran for 158 performances.
  • The Three Musketeers Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on March 13 and ran for 319 performances.
  • Treasure Girl Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 8 and ran for 68 performances
  • Virginia London production opened at the Palace Theatre on October 24.
  • White Lilacs opened at the Shubert Theatre on September 10 and transferred to Jolson's 59th Street Theatre on October 8 for a total run of 136 performances
  • Whoopee! Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 4 and ran for 407 performances

Births

Deaths

References
  1. Paxman, Jon (2014). Classical Music 1600–2000: A Chronology. London: Omnibus. ISBN 978-1-84449-773-7.
  2. http://www.musicvf.com/1928.year "Top Songs of 1928. Music VF.com
  3. Top songs from the 1920s. Acclaimed Music http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/1920-29s.htm Archived 2014-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-172225171/view?partId=nla.obj-172225183
  5. "The Most Popular Song Hits And Performers Of 1928". http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Charts/1928.php Pop Culture Madness
  6. Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 520/1. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
  7. "Loie Fuller, Dancer, Dies From Pneumonia". The Cornell Daily Sun. 3 January 1928. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  8. Alan Hyman (1 January 1978). Sullivan and His Satellites: A Survey of English Operettas 1860–1914. Chappell. ISBN 978-0-903443-24-1.
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