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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1925.
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- January 1 – First day of radio broadcasting in Sweden: Gaston Borch conducts the Skandia Cinema Orchestra in the country's first broadcast of orchestral music.[1]
- February 25 – Art Gillham (The Whispering Pianist) records the first electrical recordings to be released for Columbia using the Western Electric system (Master 140125-7 issued on Columbia 328-D).
- Victor Talking Machine; the artists are Billy Murray, Frank Banta, Henry Burr, Albert Campbell, Frank Croxton, John Meyer, Monroe Silver, and Rudy Wiedoeft.[2]
- March 1 – Edgard Varèse's Intégrales is premiered in New York City.
- L'Enfant et les sortilèges is premiered in Monte Carlo.
- April 3 – Gustav Holst's opera At the Boar's Head is premiered in Manchester.
- June 6 – Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 2 is premiered in Paris.
- November 28 – The weekly country music radio program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "WSM Barn Dance".
- December 11 – Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 6, the Sinfonia semplice, is premiered in Copenhagen.
- December 14 – Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck is given its first complete performance, in Berlin, conducted by Erich Kleiber.
- Auvergne.
- Victor, Columbia, and HMV phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology, one of the most important advances in recording history (see Shilkret[4] for a first-hand account of its benefits).
- Blind Lemon Jefferson's recording career begins.
- Lonnie Johnson's recording career begins.
- Chicago, Illinois, and makes his first records under his own name, leading Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five.
Published popular music
- "Adios, Mariquita Linda" w. (Eng 1939) Ray Gilbert (Sp) Marcos A. Jimenez m. Marcos A. Jimenez
- "Alone at Last" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito
- "Always" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Bam, Bam, Bamy Shore" w. Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
- "Boneyard Shuffle" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
- "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer
- "By the Light of the Stars" w.m. Arthur Sizemore, George A. Little, & Larry Shay
- "Bye and Bye" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Cecilia" w. Herman Ruby m. Dave Dreyer
- "Cheatin' on Me" w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack
- "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" w. Billy Rose & Ballard MacDonald m. Joseph Meyer
- "Collegiate" w.m. Moe Jaffe & Nat Bonx
- "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" w. Billy Rose & Al Dubin m. Joseph Meyer
- "Davenport Blues" m. Bix Beiderbecke
- "The Death of Floyd Collins" w. Andrew Jenkins m. Irene Spain
- "Dinah" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Akst
- "Don't Bring Lulu" w. Billy Rose & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
- "Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream" w. L.. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne
- "Down by the Winegar Works" w.m. Walter Donovan
- "Drifting and Dreaming" w. Haven Gillespie, m. Egbert Van Alstyne, Erwin R. Schmidt & Loyal Curtis
- "D'Ye Love Me?" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Marilyn Miller in the musical Sunny
- "Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson
- "Flamin' Mamie" w.m. Fred Rose & Paul Whiteman
- "Footloose" w. Hal Cochran m. Carl Rupp
- "Freshie" w. Harold Berg m. Jesse Greer
- "Grandpa's Spells" m. Jelly Roll Morton
- "Headin' for Louisville" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer
- "Here in My Arms" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "The Hills of Home" w. Floride Calhoun m. Oscar J. Fox
- "I Found a New Baby" w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
- "I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg" w. Fritz Löhner-Beda & Ernst Neubach m. Fred Raymond
- "I Love My Baby" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren
- "I Might Have Known" Lucas
- "I Miss My Swiss" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
- "I Never Knew" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito
- "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
- "Ida, I Do" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
- "If I Had a Girl Like You" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
- "B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer
- "I'm A Little Bit Fonder of You" w.m. Irving Caesar
- "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston" w.m. Roy Turk & Lou Handman
- "I'm Gonna Cry" Martha Boswell
- "I'm in Love Again" w.m. Cole Porter
- "I'm Knee-Deep in Daisies (And Head Over Heels In Love)" Ash, Shay, Goodwin, Little, Stanley
- "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson
- "In Your Green Hat" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
- "I've Confessed to the Breeze" w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans
- "Jalousie" (a.k.a. "Jealousy") w. Vera Bloom m. Jacob Gade
- "Just a Cottage Small" w. B. G. De Sylvam. James F. Hanley
- "Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson
- "Leander" w. Harry Graham m. Jean Gilbert from the musical theaterproduction 'Katja The Dancer'
- "Let It Rain! Let It Pour!" w. Cliff Friend m. Walter Donaldson
- "Looking For a Boy" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Queenie Smith in the musical Tip-Toes
- "Love Me Tonight" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
- "Manhattan" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Masculine Women! Feminine Men!" w. Edgar Leslie m. James V. Monaco
- "Moonlight and Roses" w. Ben Black m. Neil Moret (adapted without permission from a composition by Edwin Lemare)
- "My Bundle of Love" w.m. Georgie Price & Abner Silver
- "My Sweetie Turned Me Down" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
- "My Yiddishe Momme" w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack
- "Neapolitan Nights (Nights Of Splendour)" w. Harry D. Kerr m. J. S. Zumecnik
- "No, No, Nanette" w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans
- "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" w.m. Benny Davis, Joe Burke & Mark Fisher
- "Only a Rose" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
- "Paddlin' Madelin Home" w.m. Harry M. Woods
- "Pal of My Cradle Days" w. Marshall Montgomery m. Al Piantadosi
- "The Pearls" m. Jelly Roll Morton
- "Poor Little Rich Girl" w.m. Noël Coward
- "Remember" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Roll 'Em Girls" w.m. Archie Fletcher & Bobby Heath
- "Rose of Samarkand" m. Eric Coates
- "B. G. De Sylva m. Al Sherman
- "See See Rider Blues" by Ma Rainey
- "Sentimental Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
- "Shake That Thing" Charlie Jackson
- "She Showed Him This, She Showed Him That" Stone & David
- "Show Me the Way to Go Home" w.m. Irving King
- "Sleepy Time Gal" w. Joseph R. Alden & Raymond B. Egan m. Ange Lorenzo & Richard A. Whiting
- "Some Day" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
- "Sometime" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito
- "Song of the Flame" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. George Gershwin & Herbert Stothart
- "Song of the Vagabonds" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
- "Stack O'Lee Blues" trad w.m. Lopez, Colwell
- "Sugar Foot Stomp" (adapted from "Dipper Mouth Blues" (1923)) w. Walter Melrose m. Joe "King" Oliver
- "Sunny" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
- "Sweet and Low-Down" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" w.m. Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey
- "Tea for Two" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
- "Thanks for the Buggy Ride" w.m. Jules Buffano
- "That Certain Feeling" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "That Certain Party" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
- "That Saxophone Waltz" w. Jules Mingo & Berry J. Sisk m. Berry J. Sisk
- "Then I'll Be Happy" w. Sidney Clare & Lew Brown m. Cliff Friend
- "Too Many Rings Around Rosie" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
- "Two Little Bluebirds" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
- "Ukulele Lady" w. Gus Kahn m. Richard Whiting
- "Valentine" w. Albert Willemetz (Fr) Herbert Reynolds (Eng) m. Henri Christin
- "Waters of the Perkiomen" w. Al Dubin m. F. Henri Klickmann
- "When the Sergeant Major's on Parade" w.m. Ernest Longstaffe
- "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?" w.m. Chick Endor
- "Who?" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
- "Why Do I Love You?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "The Wreck of the Shenandoah" w.m. Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, and Elmer S. Hughes.
- "Yearning" w. Benny Davis m. Joe Burke
- "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
Top Popular Recordings 1925
The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1924:[5] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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1 | Isham Jones, Guest Conductor With Ray Miller's Orchestra | "I'll See You in My Dreams"[6] | Brunswick 2788 | December 4, 1924 | February 1925 | US BB 1925 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks |
2 | Gene Austin | "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"[7] | Victor 19656 | April 24, 1924 | July 1925 | US BB 1925 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 17 total weeks |
3 | Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | "Sweet Georgia Brown"[8] | Vocalion 15002 | March 19, 1925 | June 1925 | US BB 1925 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks |
4 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Prisoner's Song"[9] | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1925 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930,[10] 7 more weeks at #1 1926 |
5 | Eddie Cantor | "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)"[11] | Columbia 364 | July 18, 1925 | September 1925 | US BB 1925 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks |
6 | Al Jolson | "All Alone"[12] | Brunswick 2743 | October 2, 1924 | December 1924 | US BB 1925 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks |
7 | The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) | "Manhattan"[13] | Columbia 422 | July 15, 1925 | August 1925 | US BB 1925 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks |
8 | The Cavaliers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) | "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"[14] | Columbia 359 | April 11, 1925 | June 1925 | US BB 1925 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
9 | Marion Harris | "Tea for Two"[15] | Brunswick 2747 | October 15, 1924 | January 1925 | US BB 1925 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
10 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "All Alone"[16] | Victor 19487 | September 12, 1924 | December 1924 | US BB 1925 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks, 835,586 sales (possibly combined 10 & 11)[10] |
11 | John McCormack | "All Alone"[17] | Victor Red Seal 1067 | December 17, 1924 | March 1925 | US BB 1925 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks |
12 | Ted Lewis and His Band | "O, Katharina"[18] | Columbia 295 | January 29, 1925 | April 1925 | US BB 1925 #12, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks |
13 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "Remember"[19] | Brunswick 2963 | October 1, 1925 | November 1925 | US BB 1925 #13, US #1 for 7 weeks, 11 total weeks |
14 | Gene Austin | "Yearning (Just For You)"[20] | Victor 19625 | February 12, 1925 | May 1925 | US BB 1925 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks |
15 | Nick Lucas | "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?"[21] | Brunswick 2961 | September 29, 1925 | October 1925 | US BB 1925 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks |
16 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Oh, Lady Be Good!"[22] | Victor 19551 | December 29, 1924 | March 1925 | US BB 1925 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
17 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Indian Love Call"[23] | Victor 19517 | November 17, 1924 | January 1925 | US BB 1925 #22, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 526,884 sales[10] |
18 | Bessie Smith | " The Saint Louis Blues"[24] |
Columbia 14064 | January 14, 1925 | June 13, 1925 | US BB 1925 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 6 total week, 225,000 sales |
19 | Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra | "I Want to Be Happy"[25] | Okeh 40175 | July 31, 1924 | August 1925 | US BB 1925 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
20 | Vernon Dalhart | " The Wreck of the Old 97"[26] |
Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | October 3, 1924 | US BB 1925 #36, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales thru 1930 |
Classical music
- Isidor Achron – Violin Concerto No. 1
- Pedro Humberto Allende –
- Mientras baja la nieve, for voice and piano
- El surtidor, for voice and piano
- A las nubes, for voice and piano
- Ojitas de pena, for voice and piano
- Tres Tonadas, for orchestra
- Tempo di minuetto in C major, for piano
- Tempo de vals, for harp
- Béla Bartók – Dance Suite (version for piano of an orchestral work written in 1923)
- Ernest Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1, for piano and strings
- Frank Bridge –
- "Golden Hair", for voice and piano
- "Journey's End", for tenor or high baritone and piano
- The Pneu World, for cello and piano
- Songs of Rabindranath Tagore (3), for voice and piano, or voice and orchestra
- Vignettes de Marseille, for piano
- Winter Pastorale, for piano
- Carlos Chávez –
- Cake Walk, for piano
- Los cuatro soles, ballet, for soprano and chamber orchestra
- Energía, for nine instruments
- Foxtrot, for piano
- 36, for piano
- Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre, for chamber orchestra
- Henry Cowell –
- The Banshee, for string piano
- Ensemble, for two violins, two cellos, and thundersticks
- Slow Jig, for piano
- Frederick Delius – A Late Lark, for voice and orchestra
- Edward Elgar –
- "The Herald", part-song, SATB
- "The Prince of Sleep", part-song, SATB
- Eduardo Fabini –
- A mi río, for mixed choir and orchestra
- Luz mala, for soprano and orchestra
- Triste No. 1, version for orchestra
- John Fernström – Violin Concerto No. 1
- Jacob Gade – Jalousie, for cello and piano
- Piano Concerto in F
- Leopold Godowsky – Java Suite
- William Henry Harris – Faire Is the Heaven
- Gustav Holst –
- "God Is Love, His the Care", for choir
- Hymns (4) for Songs of Praise, for choir
- Motets (2), for choir
- Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana, for choir
- Terzetto for flute, oboe, and viola
- Herbert Howells – Piano Concerto No. 2
- Jacques Ibert – Concerto for cello and wind instruments
- Two Pieces for Piano 1925
- Ernst Krenek –
- Die Jahreszeiten, Op. 35, for choir
- Mammon, Op. 37, ballet, for orchestra
- Der vertauschte Cupido, Op. 38, ballet, for orchestra
- Bohuslav Martinů – String Quartet No. 2
- Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia Semplice
- Juan Carlos Paz –
- Chorale in F-sharp major, for piano
- Cuatro fugas sobre un tema, for piano
- Piano Sonata No. 2, in B-flat minor
- Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 2, Iron and Steel
- Ottorino Respighi –
- Concerto in modo misolidio, for piano and orchestra
- Poema autunnale, for violinand orchestra
- Rossiniana, suite for orchestra
- Albert Roussel –
- Duo, for bassoon and contrabass
- Segovia, Op. 29, for guitar
- Serenade, Op. 30, for flute, string trio, and harp
- Arnold Schoenberg –
- Drei Satiren, Op. 28, for SATB choir with viola, cello, and piano
- Vier Stücke, Op. 27, for SATB choir with clarinet, mandolin, violin, and cello
- Erwin Schulhoff – Symphony No. 1, String Quartet No. 2 ([1])
- Ruth Crawford Seeger –
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb, for piano
- Piano Preludes Nos. 1–5
- Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1
- Jean Sibelius –
- Ett ensamt skidspår, for reciting voice and piano
- Herran siunaus, for choir and organ
- Intrada, for organ, Op. 111, No. 1
- Kolme johdantovuorolaulua, for choir and organ
- Morceau romantique sur un motif de M. Jacob de Julin, for orchestra
- Narciss, for voice and piano
- Skolsång, for choir
- Skyddskårsmarsch, for choir
- Stormen [The Tempest], Op. 109, incidental music for Shakespeare's play
- Igor Stravinsky –
- Serenade in A, for piano
- Suite No. 1, for small orchestra
- Suite, "d’après thèmes, fragments et pièces de Giambattista Pergolesi", for violin and piano
- Marcel Tournier – Images No. 1, Op. 29; Etude de Concert "Au Matin"
- Joaquín Turina –
- La oración del torero, Op. 34, for lute quartet, also arranged for string quartet or string orchestra
- La venta de los gatos, Op. 32, for piano
- Edgard Varèse – Intégrales
- Ralph Vaughan Williams –
- Concerto Accademico for violin and strings
- Flos Campi, for viola, wordless choir, and small orchestra
- Hymns (5) for Songs of Praise, for choir
- Two Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, for voice and piano
- Three Songs from Shakespeare, for voice and piano
- Three Poems by Walt Whitman, for baritone and piano
- Heitor Villa-Lobos –
- Chôros No. 3 ("Pica-páo"), for male choir or seven wind instruments, or both together
- Chôros No. 5 ("Alma brasileira"), for piano
- Chôros No. 8, for large orchestra and two pianos
- Cirandinhas, for piano
- O Martírio dos Insetos, for violin and orchestra
- Sul America, for piano
- William Walton – Portsmouth Point, concert overture
- Kurt Weill – Violin Concerto
- Alberto Williams –
- Canciones pasionales, for voice and piano
- Piezas modernas para los niños, for piano
- Stefan Wolpe – Three Songs by Heinrich von Kleist
Opera
- Alban Berg – Wozzeck
- Armstrong Gibbs – Blue Peter
- Reynaldo Hahn – Mozart
- Maurice Ravel – L'enfant et les sortilèges
Film
Jazz
Musical theater
- Big Boy Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 7 and later moved to the 44th Street Theatre for a total run of 168 performances
- Boodle London production opened at the Empire Theatre on March 10 and ran for 94 performances
- Gaiety Theatre on December 28 and ran for 176 performances. Starring Cicely Courtneidge.
- Lyric Theatre on December 8and ran for 375 performances
- Charles Purcell.
- The Dollar Princess London revival
- Garrick Gaieties Broadway revue opened at the Garrick Theatre on June 8and ran for 211 performances
- Katja the Dancer London production opened on February 21 at the Gaiety Theatre and ran for 505 performances
- Mercenary Mary Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on April 13 and ran for 136 performances
- No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, and Vincent Youmans)
- London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 11 and ran for 665 performances
- Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on September 16 and ran for 321 performances
- and ran for 229 performances
- Rose-Marie London production opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on March 20 and ran for 851 performances
- Sunny Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 22 and ran for 517 performances
- Liberty Theatre on December 28and ran for 194 performances
- Casino Theatre on September 21and ran for 511 performances
Births
- January 13 – Gwen Verdon, singer and actress (d. 2000)
- February 7 – Marius Constant, composer and conductor (d. 2004)
- February 16 – Carlos Paredes, guitarist (d. 2004)
- February 17 – Ron Goodwin, film composer (d. 2003)
- February 19 – Jindřich Feld, composer and teacher (d. 2007)
- February 26 – Delkash, singer (d. 2004)
- March 4 – Paul Mauriat, French musician (Love Is Blue) (d. 2006)
- March 8 – Dennis Lotis, South African-born British singer (d. 2023)
- March 22 – Gerard Hoffnung, cartoonist, comedian, musician (d. 1959)
- March 26 – Pierre Boulez, French composer, conductor and author (d. 2016)
- April 2 – Wilf Doyle, accordionist (d. 2012)
- April 14 – Gene Ammons, jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
- April 26 – Jørgen Ingmann, guitarist (d. 2015)
- April 30 – Johnny Horton, American country music and rockabilly singer (d. 1960)
- May 14 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian composer (d. 1997)
- May 15 – Andrei Eshpai, composer (d. 2015)
- May 22 – James King, tenor (d. 2005)
- May 23 – Mac Wiseman, American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)
- May 25 – Aldo Clementi, composer (d. 2011)
- May 28 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Lieder singer (d. 2012)
- June 1 – Marie Knight, American singer (d. 2009)
- June 5 – Bill Hayes, American singer, later actor (d. 2024)
- June 25 – Clifton Chenier, zydeco accordionist (d. 1987)
- June 27
- Fiora Contino, American opera conductor (d. 2017)
- Doc Pomus, American songwriter (d. 1991)
- July 4 – Cathy Berberian, American mezzo-soprano and composer (d. 1983)
- Bill Haley, American singer (d. 1981)
- July 11
- Charles Chaynes, French classical composer (d. 2016)
- Mattiwilda Dobbs, African American coloratura soprano (d. 2015)
- Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (d. 2017)
- July 28
- Kenneth Alwyn, conductor (d. 2020)
- André Boucourechliev, composer (d. 1997)
- July 29 – Mikis Theodorakis, composer (d. 2021)
- July 30 – Antoine Duhamel, French composer (d. 2014)
- August 3 – Dom Um Romão, Brazilian jazz drummer (d. 2005)
- August 7
- Felice Bryant, American songwriter (d. 2003)
- Julián Orbón, Spanish Cuban composer (d. 1991)
- August 15
- Aldo Ciccolini, pianist (d. 2015)
- Robert Massard, French baritone
- Oscar Peterson, pianist (d. 2007)
- August 27 – Gordon Tobing, Indonesian folk singer (d. 1993 in music)
- August 28 – Donald O'Connor, dancer, singer and actor (d. 2003)
- September 1 – Art Pepper, American jazz musician (d. 1982)
- September 2 – Russ Conway, English pianist (d. 2000)
- Hank Thompson, American country musician (d. 2007)
- September 6 – Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (d. 1976)
- September 8 – Peter Sellers, English comic actor and novelty singer (d. 1980)
- September 9 – Soňa Červená, Czech mezzo-soprano (d. 2023)
- September 10 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1996)
- September 11
- Alan Bergman, American songwriter
- Cliff Hall, English folk singer (The Spinners) (d. 2008)
- Harry Somers, Canadian composer (d. 1999)
- September 13 – Mel Tormé, American singer (d. 1999)
- September 16 – B. B. King, American blues musician (d. 2015)
- September 26 – Marty Robbins, American country singer (d. 1982)
- September 28 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (d. 1991)
- October 3 – George Wein, American jazz promoter and pianist (d. 2021)
- October 5 – Herbert Kretzmer, South African-born English songwriter (d. 2020)
- October 15 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist, half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia (d. 2012)
- October 16 – Angela Lansbury, English actress and singer (d. 2022)
- October 20 – Tom Dowd, American recording engineer/record producer (d. 2002)
- October 21 – Virginia Zeani, Romanian soprano (d. 2023)
- October 24 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
- October 29 – Zoot Sims, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1985)
- November 17 – Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor (d. 2010)
- November 22 – Gunther Schuller, composer, horn player and conductor (d. 2015)
- Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer (d. 1990)
- December 13 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, dancer and comedian
- December 19 – Robert B. Sherman, songwriter, brother of Richard M. Sherman, son of songwriter Al Sherman (d. 2012)
- December 31 – Daphne Oram, composer (d. 2003)
- date unknown – Julito Collazo, percussionist (d. 2004)
Deaths
- January 6 – Ferdinand Löwe, Austrian conductor (b. 1865)
- January 8 – Jimmy Palao, African-American jazz multi-instrumentalist, leader of the Original Creole Band (born 1879)[27]
- February 11 – Aristide Bruant, French singer and nightclub owner (b. 1851)
- February 14 – Giuseppe Donati, inventor of the ocarina (b. 1836)
- February 17 – Alwina Valleria, operatic soprano (b. 1848)
- February 20 – Marco Enrico Bossi, organist and composer (b. 1861)
- Fernando de Lucia, operatic tenor (b. 1860)
- February 24 – John Palm, Curaçao-born composer (b. 1885)
- March 4 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish composer (b. 1854)
- March 22 – Marie Brema, operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1856)
- April 3 – Jean de Reszke, operatic tenor (b. 1850)
- April 22 – André Caplet, conductor and composer (b. 1878)
- April 25 – George Stephănescu, Romanian composer (b. 1843)
- May 12 – Arthur Napoleão dos Santos, Brazilian composer and pianist (b. 1843)
- May 25 – Henry W. Petrie, US songwriter (b. 1857)
- June 16 – Emmett Hardy, jazz musician (b. 1903)
- July 1 – Erik Satie, composer (b. 1866)
- Leverett DeVeber, politician and singer (b. 1849)
- August 4 – Charles W. Clark, American baritone (b. 1865)
- August 11 – Theodore Spiering, violinist and conductor (b. 1871)
- August 16 – Edna Hicks, blues singer (b. 1895) (killed in fire)
- September 16 – Leo Fall, composer (b. 1873)
- December 9 – Eugène Gigout, composer and organist (b. 1844)
- December 13 – Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim, pianist and opera singer (b. 1845)
- December 19 – José Ignacio Quintón, Puerto Rican composer and pianist (b. 1881)
- December 27 – Guido Menasci, opera librettist (b. 1867)
- date unknown – Hans Winderstein, conductor and composer (b. 1859)
References
- ^ "Historia: Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester". Sveriges Radios. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
- ^ a b Victor Recording Book log, pp. 4761A, 4783, 4791.
- ISBN 0-02-542960-4
- ISBN 0-8108-5128-8
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix 14389-14392. I'll see you in my dreams / Isham Jones ; Ray Miller Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-32469. Yes sir, that's my baby / Gene Austin ; Billy "Uke" Carpenter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix 573W-576W. Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ a b c "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
- ^ "Columbia matrix W140499. If you knew Susie (Like I know Susie) / Eddie Cantor - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix 13864-13867. All alone / Al Jolson ; Ray Miller Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Columbia matrix W140765. Manhattan / The Knickerbockers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Columbia matrix W140518. Oh, how I miss you tonight / The Cavaliers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix 13957-13959. Tea for two / Marion Harris - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-30817. All alone waltz / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-31523. All alone / John McCormack - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 140374. O Katharina! / Ted Lewis and his Band - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix E16467-E16469. Remember / Isham Jones Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-32092. Yearning (Just for you) / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix E16456. Brown eyes—why are you blue? / Nick Lucas - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-31555. Oh, lady be good! / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-31415. Indian love call / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Columbia matrix 140241. St. Louis blues / Bessie Smith - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "OKeh matrix S-72717. I want to be happy / Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ "Victor matrix B-30632. Wreck of the Old 97 / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
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