1924 in music
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[edit] Events
- February 18 - First recordings by Bix Beiderbecke
- February 24 - An Experiment In Modern Music concert at Aeolian Hall, New York - premiere of Rhapsody in Blue.
- June - Alexander von Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony is premiered in Prague.
- October 17 - Leoš Janáček's String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata, is premiered in Prague
[edit] Published popular music
- "Adoring You" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
- "Alabamy Bound" w. B. G. De Sylva & Bud Green m. Ray Henderson
- "All Alone" w.m. Irving Berlin. Introduced by Grace Moore and Oscar Shaw in The Music Box Revue of 1924
- "Amapola" w. Joseph M. Lacalle (Sp) Albert Gamse (Eng) m. Joseph M. Lacalle
- "At The End of The Road" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
- "Bagdad" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
- "Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
- "Big Boy" m. Milton Ager
- "The Blues Have Got Me" Silver, Turk
- "California, Here I Come" w.m. Al Jolson, Buddy de Sylva and Joseph Meyer . Introduced by Al Jolson in the musical Bombo
- "The Call Of The South" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Charley, My Boy" w.m. Gus Kahn & Ted Fio Rito
- "Copenhagen" w. Walter Melrose m. Charlie Davis
- "Cover Me Up With The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
- "Deep In My Heart, Dear" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Howard Marsh and Ilse Marvenga in the operetta The Student Prince in Heidelberg
- "Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Over Night" w. Billy Rose & Marty Bloom m. Ernest Breuer
- "Doo Wacka Doo" w. Clarence Gaskill & Will Donaldson m. George Horther
- "Doodle Doo Doo" w.m. Art Kassel & Mel Stitzel
- "Drinking Song (Drink! Drink! Drink!)" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
- "The End Of The Road" w.m. Harry Lauder & William Dillon
- "Everybody Loves My Baby" w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
- "Fascinating Rhythm" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Cliff Edwards and Fred and Adele Astaire in the musical Lady, Be Good!
- "Follow The Swallow" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
- "Golden Days" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Greek Evans and Howard Marsh in the operetta The Student Prince in Heidelberg
- "The Half Of It Dearie Blues" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Kathlene Martyn in the musical Lady, Be Good!
- "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)" w.m. Milton Ager, Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow & Jack Yellen
- "He's The Hottest Man In Town" Owen Murphy, Jay Gorney
- "Honest And Truly" w. Leo Wood m. Fred Rose
- "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" w.m. Gene Austin & Roy Bergere
- "I Want To Be Happy" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Charles Winniger and Louise Groody in the musical No, No, Nanette
- "I Wonder What's Become Of Sally" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
- "I'll See You In My Dreams" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
- "I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyers & Arthur Johnson
- "I'm Coming At Your Call" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
- "In Shadowland" w. Sam W. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ruth Brooks & Fred E. Ahlert
- "Indian Love Call" (first published as "The Call") w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
- "It Had To Be You" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
- "Jealous" w. Tommy Malie & Dick Finch m. Jack Little
- "Jimtown Blues" w.m. Fred Rose
- "June Brought The Roses" w. Ralph Stanley m. John Openshaw
- "June Night" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
- "Just We Two" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
- "Keep Smiling At Trouble" w. Al Jolson & B. G. De Sylva m. Lewis E. Gensler
- King Porter Stomp, Jelly Roll Morton
- "Lazy" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Let Me Linger Longer In Your Arms" w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer
- "Little Jazz Bird" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Mama's Gone, Goodbye" w.m. A. J. Piron & Peter Bocage
- "The Man I Love" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Mandalay" w.m. Earl Burtnett, Abe Lyman & Gus Arnheim
- "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. George W. Meyer
- "Memory Lane" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Larry Spier & Con Conrad
- "The Mounties" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
- "My Best Girl" w.m. Walter Donaldson
- "My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert
- "My Time Is Your Time" w. Eric Little m. Leo Dance
- "A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me" w.m. Sidney Clare & Flatow
- "Nobody's Sweetheart" w. Gus Kahn & Ernie Erdman m. Elmer Schoebel & Billy Meyers
- "O, Katharina" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Richard Fall
- "Oh Lady Be Good" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Oh! Mabel" Gus Kahn, Ted Fio Rito
- "Oh! Miss Hannah" w. Thekla Hollingsworth m. Jessie L. Deppen
- "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
- "Parisian Pierrot" w.m. Noel Coward
- "Prince Of Wails" m. Elmer Schoebel
- "The Prisoner's Song" w.m. Guy Massey
- "Red Hot Mama" w.m. Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper & Fred Rose
- "Rhapsody In Blue" m. George Gershwin
- "Riverboat Shuffle" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
- "Rose Marie" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Rudolf Friml
- "See See Rider" w.m. Ma Rainey
- "Serenade from The Student Prince In Heidelberg" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
- "Shanghai Shuffle" w.m. Larry Conley & Gene Rodemich
- "Shine" w. Cecil Mack & Lew Brown m. Ford T. Dabney
- "So Am I" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
- "Somebody Loves Me" w. Ballard MacDonald & B. G. De Sylva m. George Gershwin
- "South" m. Bennie Moten & Thamon Hayes
- "Spain" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
- "Stack O'Lee Blues" w.m. by Ray Lopez & Lew Colwell
- "Sweet Little You" w.m. Irving Bibo
- "Tea For Two" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
- "Tell Her In The Springtime" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "There's Life In The Old Girl Yet" w.m. Noël Coward
- "There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes" w. Cliff Friend m. Joseph H. Santly
- "Totem Tom-Tom" w. Oscar Hammerstein II & Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "Two Little Babes In The Wood" w.m. Cole Porter
- "Wait'll You See My Gal" Sullivan, Wilber
- "What'll I Do?" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "When My Sugar Walks Down The Street" w.m. Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh & Irving Mills
- "When You And I Were Seventeen" w. Gus Kahn m. Charles Rosoff
- "Where The Lazy Daisies Grow" w.m. Cliff Friend
- "Why Did I Kiss That Girl?" w. Lew Brown m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson
[edit] Top hits on record
- "Arkansaw Blues/Blue Blues" by the Mound City Blue Blowers
- "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
- "Rhapsody In Blue" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra with George Gershwin
- "San" by Paul Whiteman & His Jazz Band
- "San/Red Hot!" by the Mound City Blue Blowers & Frank Trumbauer
- "Show Me The Way (To Go Home)" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
- "What'll I Do?" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
[edit] Classical music
- George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
- Jacques Ibert - Escales
- Joseph Jongen - Sonata for Flute and Piano
- Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
- Carl Ruggles - Men and Mountains
- Erik Satie - Relâche (ballet)
- Jean Sibelius - Symphony no. 7 in C major, opus 105
- Edgard Varèse - Octandre
[edit] Opera
- Leoš Janáček - The Cunning Little Vixen
- Henri Sauguet - Le plumet du colonel (The Colonel's Helmet)
- Arnold Schoenberg - Die Gluckliche Hand
- Giacomo Puccini - Turandot
[edit] Musical theater
- Bob et Moi - music by Charles Cuvillier
- Gräfin Mariza (Countess Maritza) - Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on February 28 and ran for 396 performances
- Lady, Be Good! (George and Ira Gershwin) - Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 1 and ran for 330 performances
- Madame Pompadour Broadway production opened on November 11 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 79 performances
- The Music Box Revue of 1924 Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on December 1 and ran for 184 performances
- No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, and Vincent Youmans) - Chicago production. Pre-Broadway tryout started in April.
- Primrose London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 11 and ran for 255 performances
- Rose Marie Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on September 2 and ran for 557 performances
- Sitting Pretty Broadway production opened at the Fulton Theatre on April 8 and moved to the Imperial Theatre on June 9 for a total run of 95 performances
- The Student Prince In Heidelberg (Sigmund Romberg) - Broadway production opened at the Al Jolson Theatre on December 2 and ran for 608 performances
- Yoicks! London revue opened at the Kingsway Theatre on June 11 and ran for 271 performances.
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Earl Scruggs, banjo player
- January 8 - Ron Moody, star of Oliver!
- January 10 - Max Roach, jazz drummer (d. 2007)
- January 11:
- Don Cherry, singer
- Slim Harpo, jazz musician (d. 1970)
- January 16 - Achille Togliani, singer and actor (d. 1995)
- January 20 - Slim Whitman, country musician
- January 29 - Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990)
- February 2 - Sonny Stitt, jazz saxophonist (d. 1982)
- February 22 - Hassan Aziz Hassan, Egyptian prince and pianist (d. 2000)
- February 27 - Trevor Duncan, English composer (d. 2005)
- March 8 - Alan Dell, BBC radio DJ (d. 1995)
- March 27 - Sarah Vaughan, jazz singer (d. 1990)
- April 3 - Doris Day, actress and singer
- April 14 - Shorty Rogers, jazz trumpeter (d. 1994)
- April 15 - Sir Neville Marriner, conductor and violinist
- April 16:
- Henry Mancini, composer (d. 1994)
- Rudy Pompilli, saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1976)
- May 1 - Big Maybelle, R&B singer (d. 1972)
- May 10 - Teddy Riley, jazz trumpeter (d. 1992)
- May 19 - Sandy Wilson, composer of The Boyfriend
- May 22 - Charles Aznavour, singer and songwriter
- June 20 - Chet Atkins, guitarist (d. 2001)
- June 29 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
- July 5 - János Starker, cellist
- July 13 - Carlo Bergonzi, operatic tenor
- July 19 - Al Haig, jazz pianist (d. 1982)
- July 22 - Margaret Whiting, singer
- August 14 - Lee Adams, lyricist
- August 20 - Jim Reeves, country singer (d. 1964)
- August 29 - Dinah Washington, singer (d. 1963)
- September 12 - Ella Mae Morse, singer (d. 1999)
- September 20 - Jackie Paris, jazz singer (d. 2004)
- October 3 - Joe Allison, songwriter and country music executive (d. 2002)
- November 25 - Paul Desmond, jazz saxophonist (d. 1977)
- November 30 - Allan Sherman, musical parodist (d. 1973)
- December 24 - Lee Dorsey, singer (d. 1986)
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 - Sabine Baring-Gould, hymn-writer and collector of folk songs (b. 1834)
- January 4 - Alfred Grünfeld, pianist and composer (b. 1852)
- February 10 - Charles Collette, composer and actor (b. 1842)
- February 15 - Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
- February 17 - Oskar Merikanto, pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1868)
- February 23 - Antonio Pasculli, oboist and composer (b. 1842)
- March 18 - Frederick Bridge, organist and composer (b. 1844)
- March 29 - Charles Villiers Stanford, composer (b. 1852)
- April 15 - Eduard Caudella, violinist and composer (b. 1841)
- April 26 - Josef Labor, pianist, organist and composer (b. 1842)
- May 13 - Louis Hirsch, composer and songwriter (b. 1887)
- May 26 - Victor Herbert, composer (b. 1859)
- June 11 - Théodore Dubois, composer (b. 1837)
- June 17 - Victor-Charles Mahillon, musician and collector of instruments (b. 1841)
- June 23 - Cecil Sharp, folk song and dance revivalist (b. 1859)
- July 27 - Ferruccio Busoni, pianist and composer (b. 1866)
- August 29 - Francis Barraud, designer of HMV logo (b. 1856)
- September 25 - Lotta Crabtree, all-round entertainer (b. 1847)
- September 29 - Eduardo Arolas, tango musician and composer (b. 1892)
- November 4 - Gabriel Fauré, French composer (b. 1845)
- November 21 - Paul Milliet, opera librettist (b. 1848)
- November 29 - Giacomo Puccini, composer (b. 1858)
- December 8 - Xaver Scharwenka, pianist and composer (b. 1850)
- date unknown
- Black Benny, bass drummer (b. c. 1890)
- Elkan Naumburg, businessman, musicologist and patron of the arts (b. 1835)
- Mária Royová, songwriter (b. 1858)
- Mark Walker, songwriter (b. 1846)