Editing 1924 in music

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[[File:King_Oliver_at_Boyd's_Studio_Madison_Wisc_1924.jpg | thumb | right | alt=Text at top: "King Oliver Taught Isham Jones' Cornet Player Plenty of His Stuff" Caricature illustration of Joe Oliver in robe and crown, silhouettes of band musicians in background. | King Oliver at Boyd's Studio Madison Wisc 1924]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1924.

==Specific locations==
*[[1924 in British music]]
*[[1924 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1924 in country music]]
*[[1924 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 12]] – ''An Experiment In Modern Music'' concert at [[Aeolian Hall (Manhattan)]] – premiere of Gershwin's ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]''.
*[[February 15]] – The inaugural concert of microtonal music in Mexico City by the Grupo Sonido 13, directed by [[Julián Carrillo]], including the premiere of ''[[Preludio a Colón]]'' and four other of Carrillo's compositions, along with several works by his students, {{ill|Rafael Adame|es}}, Elvira Larios and Soledad Padilla.
*[[February 18]] – First recordings by [[Bix Beiderbecke]].
*[[March 24]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world premiere of his ''[[Symphony No. 7 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 7]]'' as ''Fantasia sinfonica No. 1'' in [[Stockholm]]. The single-movement work will be the last symphony he completes.
*April – [[Jimmy Blythe]]'s recording of "Chicago Stomps", sometimes called the first complete [[boogie-woogie]] piano solo record.
*[[May 8]] – The revised version of [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s ''[[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Piano concerto No.2 in G minor]]'' is performed in Paris with [[Serge Koussevitzky]] conducting. [[Arthur Honegger]]'s ''[[Pacific 231]]'' is also premiered at this concert.
*June – [[Alexander von Zemlinsky]]'s ''[[Lyric Symphony]]'' is premiered in Prague.
*Summer – American all-girl harmony singing trio [[Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce]] formed by Pearl B. Hamilton and departs on a 'Stars of the Future' tour.
*[[October 17]] – [[Leoš Janáček]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 1 (Janáček)|String Quartet No. 1]]'', ''Kreutzer Sonata'', is premiered in [[Prague]].
*[[Richard Terry (musicologist)|Richard Terry]] resigns as organist of [[Westminster Cathedral]].
*First recordings by [[George Olsen]].
*First [[national anthem of Mongolia]] introduced.

==Published popular music==
* "[[Alabamy Bound]]" w. [[Buddy DeSylva]] & Bud Green m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "[[All Alone (1924 song)|All Alone]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]].  Introduced by [[Grace Moore]] and [[Oscar Shaw]] in ''[[Music Box Revue|The Music Box Revue of 1924]]''
* "[[Amapola (song)|Amapola]]" w. Joseph M. Lacalle (Sp) Albert Gamse (Eng) m. Joseph M. Lacalle
* "[[Bagdad (Jack Yellen song)|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]]
* "[[California, Here I Come]]" w.m. [[Al Jolson]], [[Buddy DeSylva]] and [[Joseph Meyer (songwriter)|Joseph Meyer]].  Introduced by [[Al Jolson]] in the musical ''[[Bombo (musical)|Bombo]]''
* "The Call Of The South" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Charley, My Boy]]" w.m. [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Ted Fio Rito]]
* "[[Copenhagen (song)|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|The Student Prince in Heidelberg]]''
* "[[Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On The Bedpost Over Night)|Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Over Night]]" w. [[Billy Rose]] & Marty Bloom m. Ernest Breuer
* "Doodle Doo Doo" w.m. [[Art Kassel]] & [[Mel Stitzel]]
* "[[Drinking Song|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 (composer)|Jack Palmer]] & [[Spencer Williams]]
* "[[Fascinating Rhythm]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Cliff Edwards]] and [[Fred Astaire|Fred]] and [[Adele Astaire]] in the musical ''[[Lady, Be Good (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|The Student Prince in Heidelberg]]''
* "[['The Half of it, Dearie' Blues|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 (musical)|Lady, Be Good!]]''
* "[[Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)]]" w.m. [[Jack Yellen]], Bob Bigelow, & Charles Bates
* "Honest And Truly" w. [[Leo Wood]] m. [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]]
* "[[How Come You Do Me Like You Do?]]" w.m. [[Gene Austin]] & Roy Bergere
* "[[I Want to Be Happy|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 (1924 song)|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. Meyer]] & 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 (song)|It Had To Be You]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Isham Jones]]
* "Jealous" w. [[Tommy Malie]] & Dick Finch m. [[Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]
* "June Night" w. [[Cliff Friend]] m. [[Abel Baer]]
* "Just We Two" w. [[Dorothy Donnelly]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "Keep Smiling At Trouble" w. [[Al Jolson]] & [[Buddy DeSylva]] m. Lewis E. Gensler
* "[[King Porter Stomp]]", [[Jelly Roll Morton]]
* "[[Lazy (Irving Berlin song)|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 (song)|The Man I Love]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" w. Grant Clarke & Roy Turk m. [[George W. Meyer]]
* "Memory Lane" w. [[Buddy DeSylva]] m. Larry Spier & Con Conrad
* "The Mounties" w. [[Otto Harbach]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Rudolf Friml]]
* "My Best Girl" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago" w. [[Rida Johnson Young]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "[[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!|Oh Lady, Be Good]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Walter Catlett]] in the musical ''[[Lady, Be Good (musical)|Lady, Be Good!]]''
* "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)|The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Isham Jones]]
* "Parisian Pierrot" w.m. [[Noël 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 & [[Buddy DeSylva]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Some Other Day, Some Other Girl" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones published {{Start date|1924|10|10}} by Milton Weil Music Co., Chicago.
* "[[South (composition)|South]]" m. [[Bennie Moten]] & [[Thamon Hayes]]
* "Spain" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Isham Jones]] published {{Start date|1924|5|5}} by Milton Weil Music Co., Chicago.
* "[[Stack O'Lee]] Blues" w.m. by [[Ray Lopez]] & [[Lew Colwell]]
* "Sweet Little You" w.m. [[Irving Bibo]]
* "[[Tea for Two (song)|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]]
* "[[What'll I Do]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]].  Introduced by [[Grace Moore]] and [[John Steel (singer)|John Steel]] in the ''[[Music Box Revue]] of 1923''
* "[[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]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1924==

The following recordings are said to have achieved the greatest success and highest record sales (reported on the [[Discography of American Historical Recordings]] website) in America during 1924.<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> Numerical rankings are approximate; they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Sales information</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Wendell Hall]] || "[[It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo']]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800002783/B-28741-It_aint_gonna_rain_no_mo |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19171 || {{Start date|1923|10|12}} || {{Start date|1923|11|23}} || 2,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Al Jolson]] with [[Isham Jones|Isham Jones Orchestra]] || "[[California, Here I Come]]" || Brunswick 2569 || {{Start date|1924|1|17}} || {{Start date|1924|3|14}} ||
|-
| 3 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "Memory Lane" || Victor 19303 || {{Start date|1924|3|26}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} ||
|-
| 4 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[It Had to Be You (song)|It Had to be You]]" || Brunswick 2614 || {{Start date|1924|4|24}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} ||
|-
| 5 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[What'll I Do]]" || Victor 19299 || {{Start date|1924|3|18}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} || 538,434 sold (Victor 1920s memo)<ref name=Victormemo>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
|-
| 6 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems and His Orchestra]] || "[[Somebody Stole My Gal]]" || Victor 19212 || {{Start date|1923|11|20}} || {{Start date|1924|1|11}} || 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 7 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Somebody Loves Me]]" || Victor 19414 || {{Start date|1924|7|11}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} ||
|-
| 8 || Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians || "Sleep" || Victor 19172 || {{Start date|1923|10|16}} || {{Start date|1923|11|30}} ||
|-
| 9 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Linger Awhile" || Victor 19211 || {{Start date|1923|11|22}} || {{Start date|1924|1|11}} || 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 10 || Al Jolson || "I Wonder What's Become of Sally?" || Brunswick 2671 || {{Start date|1924|8|6}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} ||
|-
| 11 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "Spain" || Brunswick 2600 || {{Start date|1924|4|24}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} ||
|-
| 12 || Arthur Gibbs & His Gang	 || "[[Charleston (1923 song)|Charleston]]" || Victor 19165 || {{Start date|1923|10|10}} || {{Start date|1923|11|23}} ||
|-
| 13 || Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra || "I'm Goin' South" || Brunswick 5021 || {{Start date|1924|6|1}} || {{Start date|1924|9}} ||
|-
| 14 || Al Jolson with Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else)]]" || Brunswick 2567 || {{Start date|1924|1|17}} || {{Start date|1924|3|14}} ||
|-
| 15 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "June Night" || Columbia 157 || {{Start date|1924|5|24}} || {{Start date|1924|8}} ||
|-
| 16 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "Some Other Day, Some Other Girl" || Brunswick 2678 || {{Start date|1924|9|15}} || {{Start date|1924|11}} ||
|-
| 17 || [[Fiddlin' John Carson]] || "Fare You Well, Old Joe Clark"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72016. Fare you well, old Joe Clark / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204166/S-72016-Fare_you_well_old_Joe_Clark |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 40038 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|4}} ||  1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 18 || Fiddlin' John Carson || "You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She is Gone"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix S-72011. You will never miss your mother until she is gone / Fiddlin' John Carson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000204161/S-72011-You_will_never_miss_your_mother_until_she_is_gone |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 4994 || {{Start date|1923|11|7}} || {{Start date|1924|2}} ||  1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 19 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[Nobody's Sweetheart Now|Nobody's Sweetheart]]" || Brunswick 2578 || {{Start date|1924|2|22}} || {{Start date|1924|5}} ||
|-
| 20 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Last Night on the Back Porch]]" || Victor 19139 || {{Start date|1924|9|4}} || {{Start date|1924|10|19}} || 427,784 sold (Victor 1920s memo)<ref name=Victormemo/>
|-
| 21 || Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra ([[George Gershwin|The Composer at the piano]]) || "[[Rhapsody in Blue|Rhapsody in Blue, Parts 1 & 2]]" || Victor 55225 || {{Start date|1924|6|10}} || {{Start date|1924|10}} ||
|-
| 26 || [[Marion Harris]] || "It Had to Be You" || Brunswick 2610 || {{Start date|1924|3|28}} || {{Start date|1924|6}} || 427,784 sales
|-
| 27 || Al Jolson with Abe Lyman's California Orchestra || "Mandalay" || Brunswick 2650 || {{Start date|1924|7|2}} || {{Start date|1924|9|27}} ||
|}

=== Top Christmas hits===
*"Santa Claus Blues" – [[Louis Armstrong]]

==Classical music==
*[[Aaron Copland]] – [[Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (Copland)|Symphony for Organ and Orchestra]]
*[[George Enescu]] – [[Piano Sonata No. 1 (Enescu)|Piano Sonata No. 1]] in F-sharp minor, Op. 24, No. 1
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – [[String Quartet (Fauré)|String Quartet]] in E minor, Op. 121 (his last work)
*[[George Gershwin]] – ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]''
*[[Jacques Ibert]] – ''Escales''
*[[Joseph Jongen]] – Sonata for Flute and Piano
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – ''[[Pines of Rome]]'' (''I Pini di Roma'')
*[[Carl Ruggles]] – ''Men and Mountains''
*[[Erik Satie]] – ''[[Relâche (ballet)|Relâche]]'' (ballet)
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Sibelius)|Symphony no. 7 in C major, Opus 105]] premieres on March 24 in Stocholm, the composer conducting
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – 
**''[[Chôros No. 2]]''
**''[[Chôros No. 7]]''
*[[Arthur Wood (composer)|Arthur Wood]] – ''My Native Heath'' (orchestral suite, including the [[maypole]] dance "[[Barwick Green]]")

==Opera==
*[[Leoš Janáček]] – ''[[The Cunning Little Vixen]]''
*[[Henri Sauguet]] – ''{{Lang|fr|Le plumet du colonel}} (The Colonel's Helmet)''
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – ''[[Die glückliche Hand]]'' (first performance){{Where|date=September 2017}}

==Film==
*[[Gottfried Huppertz]] – ''[[Die Nibelungen]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1924 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
*''[[Bob et Moi]]'' – music by [[Charles Cuvillier]]
* ''[[Charlot's Revue]] of 1924'' [[West End theatre|London]] revue opened at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]] on September 23 and ran for 518 performances
* ''[[The Duenna]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] revival opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on October 23 and ran for 141 performances
* ''[[Gräfin Mariza]]'' (''Countess Maritza'') – Vienna production opened at the [[Theater an der Wien]] on February 28 and ran for 396 performances
* ''[[Lady Be Good (musical)|Lady, Be Good!]]'' ([[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Liberty Theatre (New York City)|Liberty Theatre]] on December 1 and ran for 330 performances
* ''[[Leap Year (revue)|Leap Year]]''  [[West End theatre|London]] revue opened at the London Hippodrome on March 20 and ran for 471 performances
* ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]'' Broadway production opened on November 11 at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] and ran for 79 performances
* ''[[Midsummer Madness (musical)|Midsummer Madness]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on July 3 and ran for 115 performances
* ''[[Music Box Revue|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.
* ''[[Our Nell]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on April 16 and ran for 140 performances
* ''[[Patricia (1924 musical)|Patricia]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at Her Majesty's Theatre on October 31 and ran for 160 performances
* ''[[Poppy (1924 musical)|Poppy]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 4 and ran for 188 performances
* ''[[Primrose (musical)|Primrose]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on September 11 and ran for 255 performances
* ''The Punch Bowl'' [[West End theatre|London]] revue opened at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] on May 21
* ''[[Puppets (revue)|Puppets]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on January 2 and ran for 254 performances
* ''[[Rose-Marie]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on September 2 and ran for 557 performances
* ''[[Sitting Pretty (musical)|Sitting Pretty]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Fulton Theatre]] on April 8 and moved to the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on June 9 for a total run of 95 performances
* ''[[The Street Singer (musical)|The Street Singer]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the Lyric Theatre on June 27 and ran for 360 performances
* ''[[The Student Prince|The Student Prince In Heidelberg]]'' ([[Sigmund Romberg]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[New Century Theatre|Jolson's 59th Street Theatre]] on December 2 and ran for 608 performances
* ''[[The Three Graces (1924 musical)|The Three Graces]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the Empire Theatre on January 26 and ran for 121 performances
* ''[[Toni (1924 musical)|Toni]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on May 12 and ran for 248 performances
* ''[[Yoicks!]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Novelty Theatre|Kingsway Theatre]] on June 11 and ran for 271 performances.

==Births==
*[[January 1]] (nominal date) – [[Pino Rucher]], Italian guitarist (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
*[[January 3]] – [[Nell Rankin]], operatic mezzo-soprano (d. 2005)
*[[January 6]] – [[Earl Scruggs]], banjo player (d. 2012)
*[[January 8]] – [[Ron Moody]], star of ''Oliver!'' (d. 2015)
*[[January 10]] – [[Max Roach]], jazz drummer (d. 2007)
*[[January 11]]
** [[Don Cherry (singer)|Don Cherry]], singer (d. 2018)
** [[Slim Harpo]], blues musician (d. 1970)
*[[January 16]] – [[Achille Togliani]], singer and actor (d. 1995)
*[[January 20]] – [[Slim Whitman]], country musician (d. 2013)
*[[January 25]] – [[Speedy West]], American guitarist and producer (d. 2003)
*[[January 29]] – [[Luigi Nono]], composer (d. 1990)
*[[February 2]] 
** [[Elfi von Dassanowsky]], Austrian-born U.S. musician/producer (d. 2007)
** [[Sonny Stitt]], jazz saxophonist (d. 1982)
*[[February 19]] – [[André Popp]], composer, arranger and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*[[February 22]] – [[Hassan Aziz Hassan]], Egyptian prince and pianist (d. 2000)
*[[February 26]] – [[Freda Betti]], French mezzo-soprano opera singer (d. 1979)
*[[February 27]] – [[Trevor Duncan]], English composer (d. 2005)
*[[March 3]] – [[Lys Assia]], born Rosa Schärer, Swiss singer, first winner of [[Eurovision Song Contest]] (1956) (d. 2018)
*[[March 8]] – [[Alan Dell]], BBC radio DJ (d. 1995)
*[[March 10]] – [[Angela Morley]], born Walter "Wally" Stott, light music composer, arranger and conductor (d. 2009)
*[[March 27]] – [[Sarah Vaughan]], jazz singer (d. 1990)
*[[April 14]] – [[Shorty Rogers]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1994)
*[[April 15]] – Sir [[Neville Marriner]], conductor and violinist (d. 2016)
*[[April 16]]
**<!--April 16-->[[Henry Mancini]], composer (d. 1994)
**<!--April 16-->[[Rudy Pompilli]], saxophonist ([[Bill Haley & His Comets]]) (d. 1976)
*[[April 20]] – [[Orlando DiGirolamo]], accordionist and pianist (d. 1998)
*[[April 21]] – [[Clara Ward]], gospel singer (d. 1973)
*[[April 28]] – [[Alakbar Taghiyev]], Azerbaijani composer and author (d. 1981)
*[[April 30]] – [[Sheldon Harnick]], lyricist (d. 2023)
*[[May 1]] 
** [[Big Maybelle]], R&B singer (d. 1972)
** [[Gamal Abdel-Rahim]], Egyptian composer (d. [[1988 in music|1988]])
*[[May 4]] – [[Tatiana Nikolayeva]], pianist, composer and teacher (d. 1993)
*[[May 10]] – [[Teddy Riley (trumpeter)|Teddy Riley]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1992)
*[[May 19]] – [[Sandy Wilson]], composer of ''The Boyfriend'' (d. 2014)
*[[May 22]] 
**<!--May 22-->[[Charles Aznavour]], French singer and songwriter (d. 2018)
**<!--May 22-->[[Claude Ballif]], French composer (d. 2004)
*[[May 25]] – [[Marshall Allen]]
*[[May 31]] – [[Ida Presti]], French classical guitarist (d. 1967)
*[[June 5]] – [[John Tooley]], English opera director and manager (d. 2020)
*[[June 5]] – [[Serge Nigg]], composer (d. 2008)
*[[June 20]] – [[Chet Atkins]], guitarist (d. 2001)
*[[June 21]] – [[Wally Fawkes]], jazz clarinettist and cartoonist (d. 2023)
*[[June 29]] 
**[[Ezra Laderman]], American composer (d. 2015)
**[[Flo Sandon's]], Italian singer (d. 2006)
*[[July 5]] – [[János Starker]], cellist (d. 2013)
*[[July 9]] – [[Pierre Cochereau]], organist, improviser, composer (d. 1984)
*[[July 13]] – [[Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)|Carlo Bergonzi]], operatic tenor (d. 2014)
*[[July 19]] – [[Al Haig]], jazz pianist (d. 1982)
*[[July 20]] – [[Mort Garson]], Canadian-American songwriter and composer (d. 2008)
*[[July 22]] – [[Margaret Whiting]], singer (d. 2011)
*[[July 28]] – [[Irving Burgie]] (aka Lord Burgess), composer (d. 2019)
*[[August 3]] – [[Connie Converse]], folk singer-songwriter (disappeared 1974)
*[[August 6]] – [[Ella Jenkins]], children's folk singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
*[[August 14]]
**[[Lee Adams]], lyricist
**[[Georges Prêtre]], French conductor (d. 2017)
*[[August 20]] – [[Jim Reeves]], country singer (d. 1964)
*[[August 28]] – [[Berislav Klobučar]], Croatian opera conductor (d. [[2014]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diepresse.com/3821211/dirigent-klobucar-im-alter-von-89-jahren-gestorben|title=Dirigent Klobucar in alter von 89 Jahren gestorben|date=13 June 2014|website=Die Presse|language=de|access-date=6 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[August 29]] – [[Dinah Washington]], singer (d. 1963)
*[[September 7]] – [[Hugh Aitken]], American composer (d. 2012)
*[[September 12]] – [[Ella Mae Morse]], singer (d. 1999)
*[[September 19]] – [[Ernest Tomlinson]], light music composer (d. 2015)
*[[September 20]] – [[Jackie Paris]], jazz singer (d. 2004)
*[[September 27]] – [[Bud Powell]], jazz pianist and composer (d. 1966)
*[[September 28]] – [[Rudolf Barshai]], conductor and violist (d. 2010)
*[[October 1]] (probable) – [[Roger Williams (pianist)|Roger Williams]], pianist (d. 2011)
*[[October 3]] – [[Joe Allison]], songwriter and country music executive (d. 2002)
*[[October 10]] – [[Buddy MacMaster]], American fiddler (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[October 12]] – [[Erich Gruenberg]], Austrian-British violinist (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[November 14]] – [[Leonid Kogan]], violinist (d. 1982)
*[[November 16]] – [[Michèle Auclair]], violinist and teacher (d. 2005)
*[[November 25]] – [[Paul Desmond]], jazz saxophonist (d. 1977)
*[[November 30]]
** [[Klaus Huber]], composer (d. 2017)
** [[Allan Sherman]], musical parodist (d. 1973)
*[[December 7]] – [[Bent Fabric]], Danish composer and pianist (d. 2020)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |date=July 29, 2020 |title=Bent Fabric, Pianist and Composer Known for 'Alley Cat,' Dies at 95 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/arts/music/bent-fabric-dead.html |access-date=July 29, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[December 24]] 
** [[Lee Dorsey]], singer (d. 1986)
** [[Mohammed Rafi]], Indian [[playback singer]] (d. [[1980 in music|1980]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Nagendra Kr Singh|title=Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: Muh-R|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RhJuAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7648-234-9|page=481}}</ref>
*[[December 25]] – [[Noël Lee]], classical pianist and composer (d. 2013)

==Deaths==
*[[January 2]] – [[Sabine Baring-Gould]], hymn-writer and collector of folk songs (b. 1834)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sabine Baring-Gould|title=Curious Myths of the Middle Ages|url=https://archive.org/details/curiousmythsmid00barigoog|year=1978|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-520078-2}}</ref>
*[[January 4]] – [[Alfred Grünfeld]], pianist and composer (b. 1852)
*February – [[Ada Adini]], operatic soprano (b. 1855)
*[[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)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lappalainen |first1=Seija |title=Merikanto, Oskar (1868–1924) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1440 |website=Kansallisbiografia |access-date=7 July 2020 |date=2 August 2018|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[Antonio Pasculli]], oboist and composer (b. 1842)
*[[February 25]] – [[Mária Royová]], songwriter (b. 1858)<ref>[http://www.staratura.sk/item/maria-royova/ Staratura official website (Slovak)]. Accessed 13 October 2013</ref>
*[[March 18]] – [[Frederick Bridge]], organist and composer (b. 1844)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Maggie Humphreys|author2=Robert Evans|title=Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WSLUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|date=1 January 1997|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-7201-2330-2|pages=42}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – Sir [[Walter Parratt]], English composer, Master of the King's Musick (born 1841)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stanley Sadie|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1MNAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|isbn=978-0-333-23111-1|page=241}}</ref>
*[[March 29]] – [[Charles Villiers Stanford]], composer (b. [[1852 in music|1852]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Rodmell|first=Paul|year=2002|title=Charles Villiers Stanford|location=Aldershot|publisher=Scolar Press|isbn=1-85928-198-2|pages=330–333}}</ref>
*[[April 1]] – [[Melville Collins]], composer, pianist, and baritone (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6vzuAMabkEIC&dq=%22Melville+Collins%22&pg=RA5-PA14|date=April 18, 1924|volume=32|number=6|work=The New York Star|title=Obituary: Collins|page=14}}</ref>
*[[April 5]] – [[Rosalind Ellicott]], composer (b. 1857)
*[[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 6]] – [[Black Benny]], bass drummer (b. c. 1890)<ref>[http://www.hurricanebrassband.nl/Musician%20Black%20Benny%20Williams.htm Hurricane Brassband: Black Benny Williams]. Accessed 13 October 2013</ref>
*[[July 27]] – [[Ferruccio Busoni]], pianist and composer (b. 1866; kidney disease)<ref>Antony Beaumont. Busoni the Composer. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1985.</ref>
*[[August 18]] – [[Laura Lemon]], composer (b. 1866)
*[[August 23]] – [[Heinrich Berté]], Austrian operetta composer (b. [[1858 in music|1858]])
*[[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 in music|1845]])<ref>{{cite book|last= Duchen |first= Jessica |author-link= Jessica Duchen |year= 2000 |title= Gabriel Fauré |location= London |publisher= Phaidon |isbn= 0-7148-3932-9|page=212}}</ref>
*[[November 21]] – [[Paul Milliet]], opera librettist (b. 1848)
*[[November 26]] – [[Rose Hersee]], operatic soprano (b. 1845)
*[[November 29]] – [[Giacomo Puccini]], composer (b. [[1858 in music|1858]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2012/11/29/the-death-of-giacomo-puccini-brussels-29-november-1924/ |title=The Death of Giacomo Puccini |publisher=The British Newspaper Archive |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=16 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[December 5]] – [[W. H. Neidlinger]], organist and composer (b. 1863)
*[[December 8]] – [[Xaver Scharwenka]], pianist and composer (b. 1850)
*''date unknown''
**[[Elkan Naumburg]], businessman, musicologist and patron of the arts (b. 1835)
**[[Mark Walker (songwriter)|Mark Walker]], songwriter (b. 1846)

==References==
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