List of down beat poll winners of the 1930s
This is a list of Down Beat magazine poll winners (readers and critics) in the 1930s .
Back then there were only reader polls on Down Beat . The first election took place in 1936. The addition corn in some categories means greasy , sweet and is meant derogatory or ironic.
1936
Reader poll:
- Sweet Band: Ray Noble
- Swing Band: Benny Goodman
- Trumpet: Bix Beiderbecke
- Trumpet: Tommy Dorsey
- Clarinet: Benny Goodman
- Drums: Gene Krupa
- Bass: Pops Foster
- Guitar: Eddie Lang
- Piano: Teddy Wilson
1937
Reader poll:
- Sweet Band: Hal Kemp
- Swing Band: Benny Goodman
- Solo artist: Benny Goodman
- Recording: Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing (Victor)
- Arrangement: Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing
- Singing: Ella Fitzgerald
- Alto saxophone: Jimmy Dorsey
- Tenor saxophone: Chu Berry
- Corn Sax: Carmen Lombardo
- Trumpet: Harry James
- Corn Trumpet: Henry Busse
- Trumpet: Tommy Dorsey
- Corn Trombone: Russ Morgan
- Clarinet: Benny Goodman
- Corn Clarinet: Ted Lewis
- Drums: Gene Krupa
- Corn Drums: Abe Lyman
- Bass: Bob Haggart
- Corn Bass: Candy Candido
- Guitar: Carmen Mastren
- Corn Guitar: Harry Reser
- Piano: Teddy Wilson
- Corn Piano: Eddy Duchin
1938
Reader poll:
- Sweet Band: Casa Loma Orchestra
- Swing band: Artie Shaw
- Solo artist: Benny Goodman
- Recording: Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing (Victor)
- Quartet and Trio: Benny Goodman
- Arranger: Larry Clinton
- Singing: Ella Fitzgerald
- Alto saxophone: Jimmy Dorsey
- Tenor saxophone: Bud Freeman
- Corn Sax: Carmen Lombardo
- Trumpet: Harry James
- Corn Trumpet: Henry Busse
- Trumpet: Tommy Dorsey
- Clarinet: Benny Goodman
- Corn Clarinet: Ted Lewis
- Drums: Gene Krupa
- Corn Drums: Abe Lyman
- Bass: Bob Haggart
- Corn Bass: Candy Candido
- Guitar: Benny Heller
- Corn Guitar: Alvino Rey
- Piano: Bob Zurke
1939
Reader poll:
- Sweet Band: Tommy Dorsey
- Swing Band: Benny Goodman
- Solo artist: Benny Goodman
- Little combo: Benny Goodman sextet
- Underrated band: Woody Herman
- Underrated solo artist: Woody Herman
- King of Corn: Clyde McCoy
- Alto saxophone: Jimmy Dorsey
- Tenor saxophone: Coleman Hawkins
- Trumpet: Harry James
- Trumpet: Tommy Dorsey
- Clarinet: Benny Goodman
- Drums: Gene Krupa
- Bass: Bob Haggart
- Guitar: Charlie Christian
- Piano: Jess Stacy
- Arranger: Fletcher Henderson
- Male vocal artist: Bing Crosby
- Female vocal artist: Ella Fitzgerald