1926 in music

See also: 1925 in music, other events of 1926, 1927 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

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

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. Introduced by Eva Puck & Sammy White in the musical The Girl Friend
  • "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
  • "Why Do I" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Francis X. Donegan & June Cochran in the musical The Girl Friend
  • "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

Classical music

Opera

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 (Sigmund Romberg) - Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30 and ran for 471 performances
  • The Girl Friend Broadway production opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre on March 17 and ran for 301 performances
  • Lady, Be Good (Cole Porter) - 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 (Sigmund Romberg) -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

Deaths


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