Events in Music
- Jan 4 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
- May 2 Sergei Prokofiev's musical "Peter and the Wolf" premieres in Moscow
- Sep 4 RKO Radio Pictures releases "Swing Time", directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
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Mary TraversMusicians Married in 1936
- Jun 14 Singer and cowboy actor Roy Rogers (24) weds Arlene Wilkins in Roswell, New Mexico
Musicians Who Died in 1936
- Jan 7 Guy d'Hardelot [Helen Rhodes], French composer (Because), dies at 78
- Jan 22 Louis Glass, Danish pianist and composer, dies at 71
- Jan 23 Clara Butt, English alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at 62
- Mar 4 Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 64
- Mar 6 Rubin Goldmark, American composer, dies at 63
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