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Table of contents

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

Events

June 26 - VÃÂ¡clav Talich conducts the world premiered of Leos Janacek's Sinfonietta in Prague
October 21 - Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto is given its world premiere in Paris
November 4 - Wanda Landowska gives the world premiere of Manuel de Falla's Harpsichord Concerto in Barcelona
November 9 - Paul Hindemith's opera Cardillac is premiered in Dresden
November 27 - BÃÂ©la BartÃÂ³k's The Miraculous Mandarin is premiered in Cologne
First recordings by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers

Published popular music

"(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry" w.m. Walter Donaldson & Abe Lyman
"Alabama Stomp" w. Henry Creamer m. James P. Johnson
"All Alone Monday" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
"Am I Wasting My Time On You?" w.m. Irving Bibo & Howard Johnson
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman
"Baby Face" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
"Barcelona" w. Gus Kahn m. Tolchard Evans
"Because I Love You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Big Butter And Egg Man" w.m. Sidney Clare, Cliff Friend & Joseph H. Santly
"The Birth Of The Blues" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Black Bottom" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Black Bottom Stomp" m. Jelly Roll Morton
"The Blue Room" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Breezin' Along With The Breeze" w.m. Havan Gillespie, Seymour Simons & Richard Whiting
"Bridget O'Flynn" King, Sterling
"Bring Back Those Minstrel Days" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Martin Broones
"But I Do - You Know I Do" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"By The Tamarisk" m. Eric Coates
"Bye Bye Blackbird" w. Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
"The Chant" m. Mel Stitzel
"Charmaine" w.m. Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack
"Cherie, I Love You" w.m. Lillian Rosedale Goodman
"Clap Yo' Hands" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love" w. Raymond Klages m. Jesse Greer
"Cossack Love Song" Harbach, Hammerstein, Stothart & Gershwin
"Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Cross Your Heart" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
"'Deed I Do" w. Walter Hirsch m. Fred Rose
"The Desert Song" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
"The Devil Is Afraid Of Music" w.m. Willard Robison
"The Dicky Bird Hop" w. Leslie Sarony m. Ronald Gourley
"Do, Do, Do" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Doctor Jazz" w. Walter Melrose m. Joe "King" Oliver
"Don't Have Any More, Mrs Moore" Castling, Walsh
"East St Louis Toddle-O" m. Bubber Miley & Duke Ellington
"Everything's Gonna Be All Right" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
"Fidgety Feet" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Flapperette" m. Jesse Greer
"The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart" w.m. Ben Ryan
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
"Get Away, Old Man, Get Away" w.m. Frank Crumit
"Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" w. Roy Turk & Jack Smith m. Maceo Pinkard
"The Girl Friend" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"The Girl Is You And The Boy Is Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Half A Moon" w. Eddie Dowling & Herbert Reynolds m. James F. Hanley
"Hawaiian Wedding Song" (originally "Ke Kali Nei Au") w. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning m. Charles E. King (Words written 1959.)
"Heebie Jeebies" w.m. Boyd Atkins
"Hello Bluebird" w.m. Cliff Friend
"Hello, Aloha, How Are You?" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
"Hello, Baby" w. Seymour Simons m. Richard A. Whiting
"Here I Am" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Hey Gypsy (Play Gypsy)" w.m. Emmerich Kalman, Clifford Grey, "N. Foley"
"Hi-Diddle-Diddle" w.m. Hal Keidel & Carleton Coon
"Horses" w. Byron Gay m. Richard A. Whiting
"How Could Red Riding Hood?" w.m. Randolph
"How Many Times?" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" w. Clarence Gaskill m. Jimmy McHugh
"I Know That You Know" w. Anne Caldwell m. Vincent Youmans
"I Never See Maggie Alone" w. Harry Tilsley m. Everett Lynton
"I Parted My Hair In The Middle" David, Murphy
"I Want a Big Butter and Egg Man" w.m. Percy Venable & Louis Armstrong
"I'd Climb The Highest Mountain" w.m. Lew Brown & Sidney Clare
"If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" w. Henry Creamer m. James P. Johnson
"If You Can't Land Her On The Old Verandah" w.m. Silver
"I'm A One-Man Girl" w. Leo Robin m. Richard Myers
"I'm Coming, Virginia" w. Will Marion Cook & Donald Heywood
"I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers" w.m. Fred Rich, Sam Coslow & Harry Link
"I'm Lonely Without You" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren
"In A Little Spanish Town" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Mabel Wayne
"It All Depends On You" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"I've Got The Girl" w.m. Walter Donaldson
"Jack In The Box" m. Zez Confrey
"Jersey Walk" w. Eddie Dowling & Henry Creamer m. James F. Hanley
"Katinka" w. Benee Russell m. Henry Tobias
"The Kinkajou" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
"Lay Me Down To Sleep In Carolina" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Like He Loves Me" w. Anne Caldwell m. Vincent Youmans
"A Little Birdie Told Me So" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"The Little White House" w. Eddie Dowling m. James F. Hanley
"Lonesome And Sorry" w. Benny Davis m. Con Conrad
"Look At The World And Smile" w. Anne Caldwell m. Raymond Hubbell
"Looking At The World Through Rose Coloured Glasses" w.m. Tommy Malie & Jimmy Stieger
"Lucky Day" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Mary Lou" w. Abe Lyman & George Waggner m. J. Russel Robinson
"Maybe" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Me Too" w. Charles Tobias & Al Sherman m. Harry Wood
"Moonlight On The Ganges" w. Chester Wallace m. Sherman Myers
"The More We Are Together" w.m. Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
"Mountain Greenery" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Muddy Water" w. Jo Trent m. Peter DeRose & Harry Richman
"Muskrat Ramble" m. Edward "Kid" Ory
"My Cutie's Due At Two To Two Today" w.m. Albert Von Tilzer, Irving Bilbo & Leo Robin
"My Dream Of The Big Parade" w. Al Dubin m. Jimmy McHugh
"My Pretty Girl" m. Charles Fulcher
"One Alone" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
"Our Director" m. F. E. Bigelow
"Passing Shadows" m. Raymond Loughborough
"Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies" w. Harry B. Smith m. Emmerich Kalman
"Poor Papa" w. Billy Rose m. Harry Woods
"The Rangers' Song" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
"Reaching For The Moon" w.m. Benny Davis & Jesse Greer
"The Riff Song" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
"Rio Rita" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
"Romance" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
"Say It Again" by Harry Richman
"Scatter Your Smiles" w.m. Max Kortlander & Pete Wendling
"She Knows Her Onions" Ager, Yellen, Pollack
"Shut The Door" w.m. Billy Mann, Wally Ives, Dick Howard & Jim Kern
"Sleepy Head" w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer
"Snag It" m. Joseph "King" Oliver
"So This Is Spring" Sarony
"Somebody's Lonely" Davis, Gold
"Someone To Watch Over Me" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Song Of The Wanderer" w.m. Neil Moret
"Static Strut" m. Jack Yellen & Phil Wall
"Sunday" w.m. Chester Conn, Ned Miller, Jule Styne & Bennie Krueger
"Sunny Disposish" w. Ira Gershwin m. Philip Charig
"Tamiami Trail" w.m. Cliff Friend & Joseph H. Santly
"There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond B. Egan m. Walter Donaldson
"There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" w. J. Keirn Brennan & Irving Mills m. Jimmy McHugh
"Thinking Of You" w. Paul Ash m. Walter Donaldson
"Ting-A-Ling" w. Andy Britt m. Jack Little
"Tiptoe Through The Tulips" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke
"Tonight You Belong To Me" w. Billy Rose m. Lee David
"A Tree In The Park" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Up And At 'Em" w.m. Jack Pettis & Al Goering
"Valencia" w. Lucien Jean Boyer & Jacques Charles (Fr) Clifford Grey (Eng) m. Jose Padilla
"When Day Is Done" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Roger Katscher
"When Do We Dance?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" w.m. Harry Woods
"Where Do You Work-A, John?" w. Mortimer Weinberg & Charley Marks m. Harry Warren
"Where'd You Get Those Eyes?" w.m. Walter Donaldson
"Wistful And Blue" Davidson, Etting
"Ya Gotta Know How To Love" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren

Recorded popular music

"Always" by Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra
"Black Bottom" by Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders
"Breezin' Along With the Breeze" by Johnny Marvin
"Bye Bye Bye Blackbird" by Gene Austin
"Do, Do, Do" by Gertrude Lawrence
"Gimme A Little Kiss (Will Ya', Hunh?)" by Whispering Jack Smith
"He's The Last Word" by Ben Pollock & His Californians
"I'm Sitting On Top of the World" by Al Jolson
"In A Little Spanish Town" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Red Hot Henry Brown" by Margaret Young
"Some of These Days" by Sophie Tucker with Ted Lewis's Jazz Band
"Valencia (A Song of Spain)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"When My Baby Smiles At Me" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
"When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along" Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Who" by George Olsen & His Music
"Ya Gotta Know How To Love" by Esther Walker

Other important recordings

"Heebie Jeebies" by Louis Armstrong & His Hot 5
"Black Bottom Stomp" by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
"Sidewalk Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
"Snag It" by King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators

Classical music

George Antheil - Ballet mÃÂ©canique
Igor Stravinsky - Pater Noster

Opera

Leos Janacek - The Makropulos Affair
ZoltÃÂ¡n KodÃÂ¡ly - HÃÂ¡ry JanÃÂ³s
Ernst Krenek - Johnny spielt auf

Musical theater

Americana Broadway revue opened at the Belmont Theatre on July 26 and ran for 224 performances
Blackbirds London production opened at the Pavilion on September 11.
Countess Maritza Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on September 18 and ran for 321 performances
The Desert Song Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30 and ran for 471 performances
Lady, Be Good London production opened at the Empire Theatre on April 14 and ran for 326 performances
No Foolin' Broadway revue opened at the Globe Theatre on June 24 and ran for 108 performances
Oh, Kay Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on November 8 and ran for 256 performances
Peggy-Ann Broadway production opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on December 27 and ran for 333 performances
The Student Prince London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on February 3 and ran for 96 performances
Sunny London production opened at the Hippodrome on October 7 and ran for 363 performances
Tip-Toes London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on August 31 and ran for 182 performances
Wildflower London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Februray 17

Births

January 3 - Sir George Martin, record producer for the Beatles
April 28 - Blossom Dearie
May 25 - Miles Davis
July 19 - Sue Thompson
August 3 - Tony Bennett
August 10 - Edwin Carr, composer and conductor
August 12 - Joe Jones
August 21 - Carolyn Leigh, US lyric writer
September 23 - John Coltrane, musician
October 18 - Chuck Berry
October 25 - Galina Vishnevskaya, operatic soprano
November 5 - Joan Sutherland, soprano
December 11 - Big Mama Thornton

Deaths

December 17 - Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky, composer