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This is a summary of 1937 in music in the United Kingdom.

Events

• 24 January - Ernest John Moeran completes the revised version of his Symphony in G minor, dedicated to conductor Hamilton Harty.
• 12 May – At the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, William Walton's ceremonial march, "Crown Imperial", originally written for his predecessor, King Edward VIII, is performed for the first time.

Popular music

• "Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
• "Harbour Lights" w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Hugh Williams
• "Home Town" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
• "The Lambeth Walk" w. Douglas Furber, L. Arthur Rose m. Noel Gay
• "Leaning On A Lamp Post" w.m. Noel Gay
• "Me And My Girl" w.m. Noel Gay & Douglas Furber

Classical music: new works

• Arthur Bliss – Checkmate (ballet)
• Rutland Boughton – Symphony No. 3 in B minor
• George Dyson – Symphony in G major
• John Ireland – These Things Shall Be
• Ralph Vaughan Williams – Job: A Masque for Dancing (ballet)
• Percy Whitlock – Wessex Suite

Opera

• Benjamin Britten – Paul Bunyan

Film and Incidental music

• Richard Addinsell - Fire Over England, starring Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh.
• Ernest Irving – Feather Your Nest, starring George Formby, Polly Ward and Enid Stamp-Taylor.

Musical theatre

• 5 February - On Your Toes London production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 123 performances
• 29 March - Swing is in the Air London revue opened at the Palladium
• 16 December - Me and My Girl (Noel Gay) – London production opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre and ran for 1646 performances.

Musical films

• Gangway, starring Jessie Matthews and Alastair Sim
• Head Over Heels, starring Jessie Matthews
• The Show Goes On, starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.
• Song of the Forge, starring Stanley Holloway.

Births

• 8 January – Shirley Bassey, singer
• 27 January – John Ogdon, pianist (died 1989)
• 1 December – Gordon Crosse, composer

Deaths

• 23 July – Charles Henry Mills, composer and music teacher (b. 1873)