The year in music

Best Songs of 1933

Ethel Waters sings “Stormy Weather” at the Cotton Club, and Billie Holiday makes her first recordings.

Billie Holiday's first records
Play 1933

4 songs

1933 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 4 songs first released in 1933. Big Band, Jazz and Swing lead the year. Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington and Ethel Waters are among the voices of 1933.

Artists of 1933

The sound of 1933

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