November 1932 in Music History

Events in Music

Nov 8 "Make Mine Music" debuts

Music Premiere

Nov 29 Cole Porter's musical "Gay Divorcee" opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC, later transferred to the Schubert Theater; runs for 248 performances

Birthdays in Music

Nov 4 Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer, born in Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland (d. 2007)
Nov 6 Stonewall Jackson, American country music musician ("Waterloo"; "A Wound Time Can't Erase"), born in Tabor City, North Carolina (d. 2021)
Nov 11 Al Levitt, American jazz drummer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
Nov 14 Ramon Zupko, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (Fluxus), and educator (Western Michigan University, 1971-96), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
Nov 15 Clyde McPhatter, American R&B and doo-wop tenor vocalist, arranger and songwriter (The Dominos, 1950-53 - "Sixty Minute Man"; The Drifters, 1953-55 -"Honey Love"; solo - "Treasure My Love"), born in Durham, North Carolina (d. 1972)
Nov 15 Petula Clark, British pop singer-songwriter (Downtown; My Love; Don't Sleep in the Subway, and actress, born in Epsom, England
Nov 20 John Barnes Chance, American composer, born in Beaumont, Texas (d. 1972)
Nov 21 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (Symphony and Antiphony), born in Copenhagen; (d. 2016)
Nov 26 Alan Stout, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2018)
Nov 28 Ethel Ennis, American jazz singer (If Women Ruled The World), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2019)
Nov 28 Gato Barbieri, Latin jazz musician (Last Tango in Paris), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2016)
Nov 29 Antoine Tisné, French composer, born in Lourdes, France (d. 1998)
Nov 29 John Gary [Strader], American singer (Cold), born in Watertown, New York (d. 1998)
Nov 30 Bob Moore, American session double bassist (Patsy Cline; Elvis Presley; Roger Miller), and orchestra leader ("Mexico"), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2021)