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1926 in music

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

Events

• First recordings by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers

Published Songs

• "(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"     w. Ray Gilbert m. [[Edward "Kid" Ory]] (Words written in 1950.)
• "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, Jules 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

Top Hits: Recordings

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

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

Musical theater

• Americana     Broadway production
• Blackbirds     London production
• Countess Maritza     Broadway production
• The Desert Song     Broadway production
• Lady, Be Good!     London production
• No Foolin'     Broadway production
• Oh, Kay!     Broadway production
• Peggy-Ann     Broadway production
• The Student Prince     London production
• Sunny     London production
• Tip-Toes     London production
• Wildflower     London production

Births

• January 3 - Sir George Martin, record producer for the Beatles
• May 25 - Miles Davis
• July 19 - Sue Thompson
• August 3 - Tony Bennett
• August 12 - Joe Jones
• September 23 - John Coltrane, musician
• October 18 - Chuck Berry
• December 11 - Big Mama Thornton

Deaths

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