1925 in music

Contents

1 Events

2 Published popular music

3 Top Hits: Recordings

Events

March 1 - Edgar Varèse's Intégrales is premiered in New York City
March 21 - Maurice Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges is premiered in Monte Carlo
April 3 - Gustav Holst's opera At the Boar's Head is premiered in Manchester
June 6 - Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 2 is premiered in Paris
December 11 - Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 6, the Sinfonia semplice, is premiered in Copenhagen
December 14 - Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck is premiered in Berlin, conducted by Erich Kleiber
Victor, Columbia, and HMV phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology
Jimmie Rodgers begins performing
Blind Lemon Jefferson's recording career begins
Lonnie Johnson's recording career begins
Louis Armstrong leaves Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, returns to Chicago, and makes his first records under his own name, leading Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Published popular music

"Adios, Mariquita Linda" w. (Eng 1939) Ray Gilbert (Sp) Marcos A. Jimenez m. Marcos A. Jimenez
"Alone At Last" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito
"Always" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Bam, Bam, Bamy Shore" w. Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
"Boneyard Shuffle" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
"Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer
"Bye And Bye" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Cecilia" w. Herman Ruby m. Dave Dreyer
"Cheatin' On Me" w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack
"Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" w. Billy Rose & Ballard MacDonald m. Joseph Meyer
"Collegiate" w.m. Moe Jaffe & Nat Bonx
"A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You" w. Billy Rose & Al Dubin m. Joseph Meyer
"Davenport Blues" m. Bix Beiderbecke
"The Death Of Floyd Collins" w. Andrew Jenkins m. Irene Spain
"Dinah" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Akst
"Dipper Mouth Blues" m. Joe "King" Oliver
"Don't Bring Lulu" w. Billy Rose & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream" w. L.. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne
"Down By The Winegar Works" w.m. Don Bestor, Roger Lewis & Walter Donovan
"Drifting And Dreaming" w. Haven Gillespie m. Egbert Van Alstyne, Erwin R. Schmidt & Loyal Curtis
"D'Ye Love Me?" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Marilyn Miller in the musical Sunny
"Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson
"Flamin' Mamie" w.m. Fred Rose & Paul Whiteman
"Footloose" Rupp
"Freshie" w. Harold Berg m. Jesse Greer
"Grandpa's Spells" m. Jelly Roll Morton
"Headin' For Louisville" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer
"Here In My Arms" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"The Hills Of Home" w. Floride Calhoun m. Oscar J. Fox
"I Found A New Baby" w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
"I Love My Baby" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren
"I Might Have Known" Lucas
"I Miss My Swiss" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
"I Never Knew" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito
"I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"Ida, I Do" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
"If I Had A Girl Like You" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
"If You Knew Susie" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer
"I'm A Little Bit Fonder Of You" w.m. Irving Caesar
"I'm Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston" w.m. Roy Turk & Lou Handman
"I'm Gonna Cry" Martha Boswell
"I'm In Love Again" w.m. Cole Porter
"I'm Knee-Deep In Daisies (And Head Over Heels In Love)" Ash, Shay, Goodwin, Little, Stanley
"I'm Sitting On Top Of The World" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson
"In Your Green Hat" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"I've Confessed To The Breeze" w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans
"Jalousie" (aka "Jealousy") w. Vera Bloom m. Jacob Gade
"Just A Cottage Small" w. B. G. De Sylva m. James F. Hanley
"Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson
"Leander" w. Harry Graham m. Jean Gilbert from the musical theater production 'Katja The Dancer'
"Let it Rain! Let It Pour!" w. Cliff Friend m. Walter Donaldson
"Looking For A Boy" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Love Me Tonight" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
"Manhattan" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Masculine Women! Feminine Men!" w. Edgar Leslie m. James V. Monaco
"Moonlight And Roses" w. Ben Black m. Neil Moret
"My Bundle Of Love" w.m. Georgie Price & Abner Silver
"My Sweetie Turned Me Down" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"My Yiddishe Momme" w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack
"Neapolitan Nights (Nights Of Splendour)" w. Harry D. Kerr m. J. S. Zumecnik
"No, No, Nanette" w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans
"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" w.m. Benny Davis, Joe Burke & Mark Fisher
"Only A Rose" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
"Paddlin' Madelin Home" w.m. Harry Woods
"Pal Of My Cradle Days" w. Marshall Montgomery m. Al Piantadosi
"The Pearls" m. Jelly Roll Morton
"Poor Little Rich Girl" w.m. Noel Coward
"Remember" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Roll 'Em Girls" w.m. Archie Fletcher & Bobby Heath
"Rose Of Samarkand" m. Eric Coates
"Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Al Sherman
"Sentimental Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
"Shake That Thing" Charlie Jackson
"She Showed Him This, She Showed Him That" Stone & David
"Show Me The Way To Go Home" w.m. Irving King
"Sleepy Time Gal" w. Joseph R. Alden & Raymond B. Egan m. Ange Lorenzo & Richard A. Whiting
"Some Day" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
"Sometime" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito
"Sometimes I'm Happy" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
"Song Of The Flame" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. George Gershwin & Herbert Stothart
"Song of The Vagabonds" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
"Stack O'Lee Blues" trad w.m. Lopez, Colwell
"Sugar Foot Stomp" (aka "Dipper Mouth Blues") w. Walter Melrose m. Joe "King" Oliver
"Sunny" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Sweet And Low-Down" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Sweet Georgia Brown" w.m. Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Ken Casey
"Thanks For The Buggy Ride" w.m. Jules Buffano
"That Certain Feeling" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"That Certain Party" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"That Saxophone Waltz" w. Jules Mingo & Berry J. Sisk m. Berry J. Sisk
"Then I'll Be Happy" w. Sidney Clare & Lew Brown m. Cliff Friend
"Too Many Rings Around Rosie" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
"Two Little Bluebirds" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Ukulele Lady" w. Gus Kahn m. Richard Whiting
"Valentine" w. Albert Willemetz (Fr) Herbert Reynolds (Eng) m. Henri Christin
"Waters Of The Perkiomen" w. Al Dubin m. F. Henri Klickmann
"When The Sergeant Major's On Parade" w.m. Ernest Longstaffe
"Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter?" w.m. Chick Endor
"Who?" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
"Why Do I Love You?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"Yearning" w. Benny Davis m. Joe Burke
"Yes Sir! That's My Baby" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson

Top Hits: Recordings

"Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now" by The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
"Charleston" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
"Dinah" by Ethel Waters
"Ah-Ha!" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
"Saint Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" by Ace Brigode & His Fourteen Virginians
"While We Danced 'Til Dawn" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
"Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie & His Orchestra
"Everybody Loves My Baby" by Blossom Seeley
"Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ethel Waters
"If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" by Eddie Cantor
"All Alone" by John McCormack
"All Alone" by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
"The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
"Remember" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra

Classical music

Isidor Achron - Concerto for Violin no 1
John Fernström - Violin Concerto no. 1
Jacob Gade - Jalousie (piano and cello)
George Gershwin - Concerto in F
Carl Neilsen - Symphony No. 6
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 F minor, Op. 10 (1924-1925)
Marcel Tournier - Images no 1, Op. 29; Etude de Concert "Au Matin"
Kurt Weill - Violin Concerto
Stefan Wolpe - Three Songs by Heinrich von Kleist
Edgar Varèse - Intégrales (1924-25)

Opera

Alban Berg - Wozzeck
Armstrong Gibbs - Blue Peter

Musical theater

Big Boy Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 7 and later moved to the 44th Street Theatre for a total run of 168 performances
The Cocoanuts Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 8 and ran for 375 performances
The Dollar Princess London revival
Garrick Gaieties Broadway revue opened at the Garrick Theatre on June 8 and ran for 211 performances
Mercenary Mary Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on April 13 and ran for 136 performances
No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, and Vincent Youmans) - London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 11 and ran for 665 performances; Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on September 16 and ran for 321 performances
On With The Dance London revue opened at the Pavilion on April 30 and ran for 229 performances
Rose-Marie London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on March 20 and ran for 851 performances
Sunny Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 22 and ran for 517 performances
Tip-Toes Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 28 and ran for 194 performances
The Vagabond King Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on September 21 and ran for 511 performances