1927 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Published Songs
3 Musical theater
4 Musical film
5 Popular Hit Recordings
6 Other important recordings
7 Births
8 Deaths

Events

Blind Willie McTell's recording career begins
The Soul Stirrers' recording career begins
Big Bill Broonzy's recording career begins
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven record
Carter Family recording career begins

Published Songs

�Ain't She Sweet� w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
�Among My Souvenirs� w. Edgar Leslie m. Horatio Nicholls
�At Sundown� w.m. Walter Donaldson
�The Babbitt And The Bromide� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�The Best Things In Life Are Free� w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
�Black And Tan Fantasy� m. Duke Ellington
�Bless This House� w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe
�Blue Skies� w.m. Irving Berlin
�Broken Hearted� w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
�Changes� w.m. Walter Donaldson
�Chlo-e� w. Gus Kahn m. Neil Moret
�Creole Love Call� w.m. Edward �Duke� Ellington
�Dew-Dew-Dewy Day� w.m. Al Sherman, Charles Tobias & Howard Johnson
�Diane� w.m. Ernie Rapee & Lew Pollack
�Did You Mean It?� w. Abe Lyman & Sid Silvers m. Phil Baker
�The Doll Dance� m. Nacio Herb Brown
�Everywhere You Go� w.m. Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin & Mark Fisher
�Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong� w. Willie Raskin & Billy Rose m. Fred Fisher
�Four Or Five Times� w.m. Byron Gay
�Funny Face� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�Girl Of My Dreams� w.m. Sunny Clapp
�Good News� w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
�Hallelujah!� w. Leo Robin & Clifford Grey m. Vincent Youmans
�High Hat� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�Hoosier Sweetheart� w.m. Billy Baskette, Paul Ash & Joe Goodwin
�I Don't Know How� w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
�I Feel At Home With You� w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
�I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain� w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
�I Scream You Scream� w.m. Robert King, Howard Johnson & Billy Moll
�I Still Suits Me� w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
�I'll Take Care Of Your Cares� w. Mort Dixon m. James V. Monaco
�I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now� w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer
�I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover� w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
�I'm Proud Of A Baby Like You� Schoenberg, Stevens, Helmick
�In A Mist� m. Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke
�It All Belongs To Me� w.m. Irving Berlin
�Just Like A Butterfly� w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
�Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella� w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler m. Sammy Fain
�Let's Kiss And Make Up� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�Lindbergh� w.m. Al Sherman & Howard Johnson
�The Lonesome Road� w. Gene Austin m. Nathaniel Shilkret
�Lucky Lindy� w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
�Mary, (What Are You Waiting For)� w.m. Walter Donaldson
�Maybe It's Me� w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
�Me And My Shadow� w.m. Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose & Al Jolson
�Miss Annabelle Lee� w.m. Lew Pollack, Sidney Clare & Harry Richman
�Mississippi Mud� w. James Cavanaugh m. Harry Barris
�My Blue Heaven� w. George Whiting m. Walter Donaldson
�My Heart Stood Still� w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
�My One And Only� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�Ol' Man River� w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
�Plenty Of Sunshine� w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Preludes" by George Gershwin
�Rain� w.m. Eugene Ford, Carey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom
�Ramona� w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne
�A Room With A View� w.m. Noel Coward
�Russian Lullaby� w.m. Irving Berlin
�'S Wonderful� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�Shaking The Blues Away� w.m. Irving Berlin
�Side By Side� w.m. Harry Woods
�The Song Is Ended� w.m. Irving Berlin
�Strike Up The Band� w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
�Struttin' With Some Barbecue� w.m. Louis Armstrong & Lillian Hardin Armstrong
�Thou Swell� w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
�The Varsity Drag� w. B. G. de Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
�Washboard Blues� m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
"What Does It Matter?" w.m. Irving Berlin
�Where's That Rainbow?� Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
�Why Do I Love You?� w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
�You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo� w.m. Leslie Sarony
�Your Land And My Land� w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
�You're Always In My Arms� w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney

Musical theater

The Desert Song London production
Funny Face Broadway production
Good News Broadway production
Hit The Deck Broadway production
Hit The Deck London production
My Maryland Broadway production
Oh, Kay London production
One Dam Thing After Another London production
Peggy-Ann London production
Rio Rita Broadway production
Show Boat Broadway production
The Vagabond King London production
Yes, Yes, Yvette Broadway production

Musical film

The Jazz Singer

Popular Hit Recordings

"Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" by Ted Lewis & His Band
"My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
"Mine, All Mine" by the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
"Mary (What Are You Waiting For?)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Changes" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Blue Skys/Falling In Love With You" by Jesse Crawford
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" by Sophie Tucker with Miff Mole & His Little Molers
"Shaking The Blues Away" by Ruth Etting
"Varsity Drag" by Ruth Etting
"It All Belongs To Me" by Ruth Etting
"In A Little Spanish Town" by Carson Robison
"My Pretty Girl" by Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra
"Back Water Blues" by Bessie Smith
"I'm Coming, Virginia" by Bix Beiderbecke
"Lucky Lindy" by Nat Shilkret
"I'm Gona Meet My Sweetie Now" by Jane Green
"Black and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Other important recordings

"Singin' The Blues" by Frankie Trumbauer's Orch., with Bix & Lang
"Potato Head Blues" by Louis Armstrong
"Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael
"Honky Tonk Train Blues" recorded Meade Lux Lewis (not released until 1930)

Births

February 2 - Stan Getz
February 27 - Guy Mitchell
March 3 - Junior Parker
April 30 - Johnny Horton
November 8 - Patti Page