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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Recorded popular music
4 Classical music
5 Opera
6 Musical theater
7 Births
8 Deaths

Events

November 28 - Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premiered in New York City

Published popular music

"Ace In The Hole" w.m. George D. Mitchell & James E. Dempsey

"And Now Assemble" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall

"Beautiful Eyes, Beautiful Lies" w. George Whiting & Carter De Haven m. Ted Snyder

"A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti
"Boiled Beef And Carrots" w.m. Charles Collins & Fred Murray
"By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
"Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)" w. Juni McCree m. Albert von Tilzer
"Casey Jones" w. T. Lawrence Seibert m. Eddie Newton
"Chewska" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
"Christmas-Time Seems Years And Years Away" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
"The Cubanola Glide" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Harry Von Tilzer
"The Dollar Princesses" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
"Dublin Daisies" m. Percy Wenrich
"Fickle Fortune" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Lionel Monckton & Howard Talbot
"For You Alone" w. P. J. O'Reilly m. Henry E. Geehl
"From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water" w. Nelle Richmond Eberhart m. Charles Wakefield Cadman
"The Garden of Roses" by J.E. Dempsey
"Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" w.m. C. W. Murphy, Will Letters, John Charles Moore & William C. McKenna
"Heaven Will Protect The Working Girl" w. Edgar Smith m. A. Baldwin Sloane
"How Do You Do?" w. Adrian Ross m. Leo Fall
"I Just Came Back To Say Good Bye" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid" w.m. Harry Armstrong & Billy Clark
"I Wish That You Was My Gal, Molly" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard & Harold Orlob
"If The Wind Had Only Blown The Other Way" w.m. Edna Williams & Bessie Wynn
"I'm A Member Of The Midnight Crew" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"I'm Awfully Glad I Met You" w. Jack Drislane m. George W. Meyer
"I'm Glad I'm A Boy/ I'm Glad I'm A Girl" w.m. Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
"I'm Going To Do What I Please" w. Alfred Bryan m. Ted Snyder
"I've Got A Pain In My Sawdust" w. Henry Edward Warner m. Herman Avery Wade
"I've Got Rings On My Fingers" w. R. P. Weston & F. J. Barnes m. Maurice Scott
"Let's All Go Down The Strand" w.m. Harry Castling & C. W. Murphy

"Kissing-Bug" m. Charles L. Johnson
"Let's Go Into A Picture Show" w.m. Junie McCree & Albert von Tilzer
"The Letter Song" w. Stanislaus Stange m. Oscar Straus
"Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland" w. Beth Slater Whitson m. Leo Friedman
"Moonstruck" w.m. Lionel Monckton
"Moving Day In Jungle Town" w. A. Seymour Brown m. Nat D. Ayer
"My Cousin Caruso" w. Edward Madden m. Gus Edwards
"My Hero" w. (Eng) Stanislaus Stange (Ger) Rudolf Bernauer & Leopold Jacobson m. Oscar Straus
"My Motter" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Howard Talbot
"My Pony Boy" w. Bobby Health m. Charles O'Donnell
"My Southern Rose" by Earl Taylor
"My Wife's Gone To The Country" w. George Whiting & Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
"Next To Your Mother Who Do You Love" w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
"No One Could Do It Like My Father" w.m. Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
"Nobody Knows Nobody Cares" w.m. Charles K. Harris
"Oh! You Candy Kid" w.m. Bob Adams & John Golden
"Oh, What I Know About You" Irving Berlin, Joseph H. McKeon, Harry M. Piano, W. Raymond Walker
"On Wisconsin" w. Carl Beck m. W. T. Purdy
"Only a Dream of You" w. Carol Loveland m. Harry J. Lincoln
"Our Farm" Caryll & Monckton
"Pork And Beans" m. Theron C. Bennett
"Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" w. Stanley Murphy m. Percy Wenrich
"Rainbow" w. Alfred Bryan m. Percy Wenrich
"Sadie Salome Go Home" w.m. Irving Berlin & Edgar Leslie
"She Was A Dear Little Girl" w. Irving Berlin m. Ted Snyder
"Ship Ahoy!" w.m. A. J. Mills & Bennett Scott
"Stop That Rag (Keep On Playing, Honey)" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
"Take Me Up With You, Dearie" w. Junie McCree m. Albert Von Tilzer
"Temptation Rag" m. Henry Lodge
"That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune" w.m. Irving Berlin
"That's A Plenty" w. Henry Creamer m. Bert A. Williams
"When I Dream In The Gloaming Of You" w.m. Herbert Ingraham
"When You First Kissed The Last Girl You Loved" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard
"Where My Caravan Has Rested" w. Edward Teschemacher m. Herman Lohr
"The Whiffenpoof Song" w. Meade Minnigerode & George S. Pomeroy m. Tod B. Galloway
"The White Wash Man" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"Wild Cherries (Coony, Spoony Rag)" Irving Berlin, Ted Snyder
"Yiddle On Your Fiddle" w.m. Irving Berlin
"You Taught Me How To Love You Now Teach Me To Forget" w. Jack Drislane & Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer

Recorded popular music

"Beautiful Eyes, Beautiful Lies" - Ada Jones

"Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" - Nellie Melba
"Black And White Rag" - Victor Dance Orchestra
"Black And White Rag" - Prince's Band
"By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" - Billy Murray & Haydn Quartette
"Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)" - Billy Murray
"College Life" - Billy Murray
"Dill Pickles Rag" - Pryor's Band
"Down Among The Sugar Cane" - Collins and Harlan
"Down In Jungle Town" - Peter Dawson (as Charles Handy)
"Face To Face" - Frank C. Stanley
"Good Evening, Caroline" - Billy Murray
"Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" - Florrie Forde
"I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
"I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" - Mark Sheridan
"I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" - Florrie Forde
"I Just Came Back To Say Good Bye" - Amy Butler
"I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid" - Billy Murray
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" - Billy Murray
"If The Wind Had Only Blown The Other Way" - Grace Cameron
"I'm A Member Of The Midnight Crew" - Eddie Morton
"I'm Going To Do What I Please" - Stella Tobin
"I've Got Rings On My Fingers" - Ada Jones
"I've Got Rings On My Fingers" - Blanche Ring
"Just Before The Battle, Mother" - Will Oakland
"Let's Go Into A Picture Show" - Harry Tally with O/Walter B. Rogers
"Let's Go Into A Picture Show" - Pete Murray
"The Longest Way 'Round Is The Sweetest Way Home" - Will Oakland
"Maple Leaf Rag" - United States Marine Band
"Meet Me In Rose-Time, Rosie" - Peter Dawson (as Mr C. Handy)
"My Pony Boy" - Ada Jones & Peerless Quartette
"My Wife's Gone To The Country" - Collins & Harlan
"Not For Me" - Bessie Wynn
"Now I Have To Call Him Father" - Florrie Forde
"Oh You Kid!" - Billy Murray & Ada Jones
"Oh! You Candy Kid" - Ada Jones
"Oh, Dem Golden Slippers" - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
"Old Black Joe" - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
"Put Me Upon An Island" - Wilkie Bard
"Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet" - Haydn Quartette
"Rainbow" - Frank C. Stanley and Henry Burr
"She Sells Sea-Shells" - Billy Murray
"The Star Spangled Banner" - Geraldine Farrar w. male chorus (Harry Macdonough, Reed Miller, Reinald Werrenrath and Frank C.Stanley)
"Sweet Simplicitas" - Peter Dawson (as Charles Handy) w. Chorus (Ernest Pike, Harold Wilde & Stewart Gardner)
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
"Take Me Up With You, Dearie" - Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet
"That's A Plenty" - Arthur Collins
"When I Dream In The Gloaming Of You" - Harry Tally with O/Charles A. Prince
"When I Dream In The Gloaming Of You" - Walter Van Brunt
"The Whole Damm Family" - Billy Murray
"The Yama Yama Man" - Ada Jones
"Ye Banks And Braes O' Bonnie Doon" - Nellie Melba
"Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!" - George Grossmith Jr
"Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!" - Blanche Ring with O/Walter B. Rogers

Classical music

Ferruccio Busoni - An die Jugend

Opera

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - The Golden Cockerel
Richard Strauss - Elektra
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari - Il segreto di Susanna

Musical theater

Rudolf Friml - The Chocolate Soldier Broadway production
The Dollar Princess London production
The Dollar Princess Broadway production
Der GrÃÂ¡f Von Luxemburg (The Count Of Luxembourg) Vienna production
The Midnight Sons Broadway production
Our Miss Gibbs London production

Births

January 3 - Victor Borge, musician, actor (+ 2000)
January 15 - Gene Krupa, drummer (+ 1973)
January 16 - Ethel Merman, singer, actress (+ 1984)
February 9 - Carmen Miranda, Brazilian singer, actress (+ 1955)
May 1 - George Melachrino, English conductor, singer and composer (+ 1965)
May 10 - Maybelle Carter nee Addington, US country singer and musician, member of the Carter Family (+1978)
May 13 - Ken Darby, US chorale director
May 30 - Benny Goodman, musician, actor (+ 1986)
June 12 - Archie Bleyer, US arranger and bandleader (+ 1989)
June 14 - Burl Ives (+ 1995)
July 18 - Harriet Hilliard, US singer and actress, wife of Ozzie Nelson and mother of Rick Nelson
August 25 - Ruby Keeler, dancer, actress (d. 1993)
November 10 - Johnny Marks, US songwriter
November 18 - Johnny Mercer, songwriter