Editing 1926 in music

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{{YYYY music|1926}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1926.

==Specific locations==
*[[1926 in British music]]
*[[1926 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1926 in country music]]
*[[1926 in jazz]]

==Events==
[[Image:ParamountLabelBLJefferson.jpg|thumb|right|Blind Lemon Jefferson record]]
* January – [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]] makes his first recordings.
* [[April 9]] – [[Leopold Stokowski]] conducts the world premiere of [[Edgar Varèse]]'s ''[[Amériques]]'', with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]].
* [[May 12]] – [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]'s [[Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 1]] premières in Leningrad. The composer is 19 years old.
* c. May – Socialist English composer [[Rutland Boughton]] stages a performance of his Nativity opera ''Bethlehem'' ([[1915 in music|1915]]) at [[Church House, Westminster]], in a staging explicitly referencing the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hurd|authorlink=Michael Hurd (composer)|first=Michael|year=1983|title=Rutland Boughton (1878–1960), The Immortal Hour|publisher=[[Hyperion Records|Hyperion]]|url=http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/al.asp?al=CDD22040|accessdate=2014-09-01}}</ref>
* [[June 26]] – [[Václav Talich]] conducts the world première of [[Leoš Janáček]]'s ''[[Sinfonietta (Janáček)|Sinfonietta]]'' in [[Prague]]
* [[October 21]] – [[Carl Nielsen]]'s [[Flute Concerto (Nielsen)|Flute Concerto]] is given its world première in [[Paris]]
* [[October 28]] – [[Bing Crosby]] cuts his first record, a recording of "I've Got the Girl".
* [[November 4]] – [[Wanda Landowska]] gives the world première of [[Manuel de Falla]]'s ''[[Harpsichord Concerto (De Falla)|Harpsichord Concerto]]'' in [[Barcelona]]
* [[November 27]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[The Miraculous Mandarin]]'' is premièred in [[Cologne]]. Further performances are prohibited on moral grounds by the city's mayor, [[Konrad Adenauer]].<ref>{{citation|first=Ivan|last=Hewett|authorlink=Ivan Hewett|chapter=Rolling with the Punches|title=BBC Proms 2022|pages=20–4}}</ref>
* [[December 18]] – The [[Estonian National Symphony Orchestra]] gives its first concert.
* [[December 26]] – World première of [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]'s [[tone poem]] ''[[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]]'' by [[Walter Damrosch]] and the [[New York Philharmonic]], the last substantial composition to be made public by the composer for the remaining 30 years of his life.
* First recordings by [[Jelly Roll Morton]] & His Red Hot Peppers.
* Opening of the [[Salzburger Festspielhaus]].
* [[Virgilio Savona]] begins studying music.
* The Société de Musique de Chambre de Genève is founded by [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]].
* The [[National Conservatoire (Greece)|National Conservatoire]] is founded in Athens by composer [[Manolis Kalomiris]] and others.
* Operatic baritone [[Leslie Rands]] marries his D'Oyly Carte co-star [[Marjorie Eyre]].
* American all-girl harmony singing trio [[Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce]] tour briefly with another female music group, Jerry and her Baby Grands (Geraldine Vallerie).
* [[John Serry Sr.]] is accepted for studies at the noted [[Pietro Deiro]] accordion studio in [[Greenwich Village]] starting his education as an instrumentalist at the age of 11.

==Published popular music==
* "[[(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry]]" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|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 (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]]
* "[[Baby Face (1926 song)|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]].  Introduced by [[Harry Richman]] in the [[revue]] ''[[George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1926]]''
* "Black Bottom" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]].  Introduced by [[Ann Pennington (Ziegfeld star)|Ann Pennington]], [[The McCarthy Sisters]], [[Frances Williams (composer)|Frances Williams]] and [[Tom Patricola]] in the [[revue]] ''[[George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1926]]''
* "[[Black Bottom Stomp]]" m. [[Jelly Roll Morton]]
* "[[Blue Room (1926 song)|The Blue Room]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]].  Introduced by [[Eva Puck]] and [[Sammy White (actor)|Sammy White]] in the musical ''[[The Girl Friend]]''
* "[[Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)|Blue Skies]]" w&m [[Irving Berlin]] from Broadway musical "Betsy," published 1926. Written to commemorate the birth of Berlin's first born, [[Mary Ellin Barrett]]
* "[[Breezin' Along With The Breeze]]" w.m. Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simons & [[Richard A. Whiting|Richard Whiting]]
* "But I Do – You Know I Do" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "By The Tamarisk" m. [[Eric Coates]]
* "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]" w. [[Mort Dixon]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "[[Charmaine (song)|Charmaine]]" w. Lew Pollack m. Erno Rapee
* "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]].  Introduced by [[Vivienne Segal]] and Robert Halliday in the operetta ''[[The Desert Song]]''
* "The Devil Is Afraid Of Music" w.m. [[Willard Robison]]
* "Do, Do, Do" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Gertrude Lawrence]] and [[Oscar Shaw]] in the musical ''[[Oh, Kay!]]''
* "Doctor Jazz" w. [[Walter Melrose]] m. [[Joe "King" Oliver]]
* "Don't Have Any More, Mrs Moore" Castling, Walsh
* "[[East St. Louis Toodle-Oo]]" 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]]
* "[[The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart]]" w.m. [[Ben Ryan (composer)|Ben Ryan]]
* "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Georgia Grind]]" w.m. [[Spencer Williams]]
* "Get Away, Old Man, Get Away" w.m. [[Frank Crumit]]
* "Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh?" w. Roy Turk & [["Whispering" Jack Smith (music)|Jack Smith]] m. [[Maceo Pinkard]]
* "The Girl Friend" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]].  Introduced by [[Eva Puck]] & [[Sammy White (actor)|Sammy White]] in the musical ''[[The Girl Friend]]''
* "The Girl Is You And The Boy Is Me" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Hawaiian Wedding Song" (originally "Ke Kali Nei Au") w. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning m. [[Charles E. King]] (Words written 1959.)
* "[[Heebie Jeebies (composition)|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]]
* "[[Hesitation Blues]]" w.m. Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, & [[Art Gillham – The Whispering Pianist]]
* "Hi-Diddle-Diddle" w.m. Hal Keidel & [[Carleton A. Coon]]
* "Horses" w. Byron Gay m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "How Could Red Riding Hood (Have Been So Very Good)?," w.m. A.P. 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 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]]
* "I'm A One-Man Girl" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. Richard Myers
* "I'm Coming, Virginia" w. Will Marion Cook & Donald Heywood<ref>[http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-2/imcomingvirginia.htm Jazz Standards]. Accessed 22 April 2013</ref>
* "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 (lyricist)|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 (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "Jack In The Box" m. [[Zez Confrey]]
* "Jersey Walk" w. Eddie Dowling & [[Henry Creamer]] m. James F. Hanley<ref>[http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C255 Songwriters Hall of Fame: James F Hanley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430130124/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C255 |date=2013-04-30 }}. Accessed 22 April 2013</ref>
* "The Kinkajou" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|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 Steiger.  Introduced by [[Jack Osterman]] in the revue ''[[A Night in Paris (revue)|A Night in Paris]]''
* "Lucky Day" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Maybe" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "[[Me Too (Ho Ha! Ho Ha!)|Me Too]]" w. [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Al Sherman]] m. [[Harry M. Woods]]
* "Moonlight On The Ganges" w. [[Chester Wallace]] (''pseudonym'' for [[Huntley Trevor]]) m. Sherman Myers (''pseudonym'' for [[Montague Ewing]]
* "The More We Are Together" w.m. Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
* "[[Mountain Greenery]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Sterling Holloway]] and [[Bobbie Perkins]] in the [[revue]] ''[[The Garrick Gaieties]]''.
* "Muddy Water" w. [[Jo Trent]] m. Peter DeRose & [[Harry Richman]]<ref>[http://www.gelbermusic.com/music.html Gelber Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130924071528/http://gelbermusic.com/music.html |date=2013-09-24 }}. Accessed 22 April 2013</ref>
* "[[Muskrat Ramble]]"  m. [[Kid Ory|Edward "Kid" Ory]]
* "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 M. Woods]]
* "The Rangers' Song" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|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 (lyricist)|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" [[Milton Ager|Ager]], [[Jack Yellen|Yellen]], [[Lew Pollack|Pollack]]
* "Shut The Door" w.m. Billy Mann, Wally Ives, Dick Howard & Jim Kern
* "Sleepy Head" w. [[Benny Davis]] m. Jesse Greer
* "[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone To Watch Over Me]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Song Of The Wanderer" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Neil Moret]]
* "Static Strut" m. [[Jack Yellen]] & Phil Wall
* "Sunday" w.m. [[Chester Conn]], Ned Miller,  [[Jule 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 (songwriter)|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 (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "Ting-A-Ling" w. Andy Britt m. [[Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]
* "[[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 (song)|Valencia]]" w. Lucien Jean Boyer & Jacques Charles (Fr) [[Clifford Grey]] (Eng) m. [[José Padilla (composer)|José Padilla]]
* "When Day Is Done" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] m. {{ill|Robert Katscher|de}}
* "When Do We Dance?" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]" w.m. [[Harry M. 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 (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
*"Why Do I" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers.  Introduced by [[Francis X. Donegan]] & [[June Cochran]] in the musical ''[[The Girl Friend]]''
* "Ya Gotta Know How To Love" w. Bud Green m. [[Harry Warren]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1926==

The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1926:<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>Chart Positions</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[Valencia (song)|Valencia]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35242. Valencia / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009482/BVE-35242-Valencia |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20007  || {{Start date|1926|3|30}} || {{Start date|1926|6}} || US Billboard 1926 #1, US Pop #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,012,687 sales<ref name=victor />
|-
| 2 || [[Vernon Dalhart]] || "[[The Prisoner's Song]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800004795/B-30633-The_prisoners_song |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19427 || {{Start date|1924|8|13}} || {{Start date|1925|12|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #2, US Pop #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930,<ref name=victor>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || [[Jan Garber|Jan Garber and His Orchestra]] || "[[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35558. Baby face / Jan Garber Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009798/BVE-35558-Baby_face |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20105 || {{Start date|1926|9|29}} || {{Start date|1926|9}} || US Billboard 1926 #3, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[George Olsen|George Olsen and His Music]] || "[[Who? (song)|Who?]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-33856. Who / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008130/BVE-33856-Who |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19840 || {{Start date|1925|11|6}} || {{Start date|1926|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #4, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>  
|-
| 5 || [[Ben Bernie|Ben Bernie and His Orchestra]] || "Sleepy Time Gal"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E17061-E17063. Sleepy time gal / Ben Bernie; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220501/E17061-E17063-Sleepy_time_gal |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 2992 || {{Start date|1926|1}} || {{Start date|1926|2}} || US Billboard 1926 #5, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 6 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[The Birth of the Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36036. The birth of the blues / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010281/BVE-36036-The_birth_of_the_blues |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20138 || {{Start date|1926|3|30}} || {{Start date|1926|10}} || US Billboard 1926 #6, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35354. Bye bye blackbird / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009594/BVE-35354-Bye_bye_blackbird |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20044 || {{Start date|1926|4|29}} || {{Start date|1926|7|31}} || US Billboard 1926 #7, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 414,494 sales<ref name=victor />  
|-
| 8 || George Olsen and His Music || "[[Always (Irving Berlin song)|Always]]"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu">{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix 74008. Always (Waltz) / Casa Lopez Orchestra; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000206172/74008-Always_Waltz |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19955 || {{Start date|1926|2|5}} || {{Start date|1926|4}} || US Billboard 1926 #8, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks  
|-
| 9 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[I'm Sitting on Top of the World]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E17172-E17173. I'm sitting on top of the world / Carl Fenton's Orchestra; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220563/E17172-E17173-Im_sitting_on_top_of_the_world |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3014 || {{Start date|1925|12|21}} || {{Start date|1925|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #9, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Johnny Marvin]] || "[[Breezin' Along with the Breeze]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W142355. Breezin' along with the breeze / Johnny Marvin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032116/W142355-Breezin_along_with_the_breeze |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 699 || {{Start date|1926|8}} || {{Start date|1926|9}} ||  US Billboard 1926 #10, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12
|-
| 11 || [[Vincent Lopez|Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra]] || "Always"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu"/> || Okeh 40567 || {{Start date|1926|2}} || {{Start date|1926|4}} || US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Al Jolson || "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E19418-E19420. When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along / Carl Fenton's Orchestra; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000221690/E19418-E19420-When_the_red_red_robin_comes_bob_bob_bobbin_along |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3222 || {{Start date|1926|6|1}} || {{Start date|1926|7}} || US Billboard 1926 #12, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 13 || [[Whispering Jack Smith]] || "Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya Huh?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34683. Gimme a little kiss (Will ya? Huh?) / Jack Smith - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008921/BVE-34683-Gimme_a_little_kiss_Will_ya_Huh |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19978 || {{Start date|1926|3|5}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 14 || Gene Austin || "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34103. Five foot two, eyes of blue (Has anybody seen my girl) / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008356/BVE-34103-Five_foot_two_eyes_of_blue_Has_anybody_seen_my_girl |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19899 || {{Start date|1925|12|11}} || {{Start date|1926|2}} || US Billboard 1926 #14, US Pop #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 15 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Moonlight on the Ganges]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36044. Moonlight on the Ganges / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010289/BVE-36044-Moonlight_on_the_Ganges |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20139 || {{Start date|1926|8|13}} || {{Start date|1926|10}} || US Billboard 1926 #15, US Pop #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 16 || George Olsen and His Music || "Sunny"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-33855. Sunny / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008129/BVE-33855-Sunny |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19840 || {{Start date|1925|11|6}} || {{Start date|1926|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #16, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks  
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| 17 || [[Ethel Waters]] || "[[Dinah (song)|Dinah]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W141164. Dinah / Ethel Waters - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000030928/W141164-Dinah |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 487 || {{Start date|1925|12}} || {{Start date|1926|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #17, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 18 || Ben Bernie and His Orchestra || "Reaching for the Moon"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E18754-E18756. Reaching for the moon / Ben Bernie; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000221379/E18754-E18756-Reaching_for_the_moon |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3170 || {{Start date|1926|4|11}} || {{Start date|1926|6}} || US Billboard 1926 #18, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 6 total weeks
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| 19 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "[[I've Found a New Baby]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W141673. I've found a new baby / Ted Lewis and his Band - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000031437/W141673-Ive_found_a_new_baby |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 600-D || {{Start date|1926|2|11}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #19, US Pop #2 for 1 week, 6 total weeks
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| 20 || George Olsen and His Music || "Horses"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34676. Horses / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008914/BVE-34676-Horses |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19977 || {{Start date|1926|3|4}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #20, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks  
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| 21 || Vernon Dalhart || "[[Andrew Jenkins (songwriter)|The Death of Floyd Collins]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-33374. Death of Floyd Collins / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800007650/BVE-33374-Death_of_Floyd_Collins |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19779 || {{Start date|1925|9|9}} || {{Start date|1925|11}} || US Billboard 1926 #21, US Pop #3 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1925 #4, 403,055 sales<ref name=victor />
|}

==Other important recordings==
*"[[East St. Louis Toodle-Oo]]" by [[Duke Ellington]]
*"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 [[Joe "King" Oliver|King Oliver]] & His Dixie Syncopators
*"Early Morning Blues" – [[Blind Blake]]
*"Jack O' Diamond Blues" – [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]]

==Classical music==
* [[George Antheil]] – ''[[Ballet Mécanique#Ballet Mécanique as a score|Ballet mécanique]]''
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|Piano Concerto No. 1]]
*[[Arnold Bax]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Bax)|Symphony No. 2]]
*[[Aaron Copland]] – [[Piano Concerto (Copland)|Piano Concerto]]
*[[Jens Laursen Emborg]] – Concerto for violin and orchestra
*[[Manuel de Falla]] – Concerto for harpsichord
*[[Louis Glass]] – Symphony No. 6, Op. 60, "Skjoldungeaet"
*[[Jakov Gotovac]] – ''Simfonijsko kolo'', Op. 12
*[[Ferde Grofé]] – ''Theme and Variations on Music from a Garage''
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – Klaviermusik, Op. 37, Second book
*[[Leoš Janáček]] 
**''Říkadla'' (Nursery Rhymes), Introduction and 18 Songs for Chamber Choir and Chamber Ensemble (JW V/17)
**[[Sinfonietta (Janáček)|Sinfonietta]]
**''Violin Concerto “Putování dušičky”'' (“Pilgrimage of the Soul”)
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]] 
**Symphony No. 9, Op. 28
**Symphony No. 10, Op. 30
*[[Carl Nielsen]]
**[[Flute Concerto (Nielsen)]]
*[[Willem Pijper]]
**Symphony No. 3
**''De Boufon'', ''Het Patertje Langs den Kant'', ''Scharmoes'' for piano solo
* [[Harald Sæverud]] – Symphony in B-flat minor
* [[Jean Sibelius]] – ''[[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]]''
* [[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''Pater Noster''
* [[Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners|Gerald Tyrwhitt]] – ''The Triumph of Neptune'' (ballet)
* [[Peter Warlock]] – ''[[Capriol Suite]]''

==[[Opera]]==
* [[Paul Hindemith]] – ''[[Cardillac]]'', 9 November, Dresden
* [[Leoš Janáček]] – ''[[The Makropulos Affair (opera)|The Makropulos Affair]]''
* [[Zoltán Kodály]] – ''[[Háry János]]''
* [[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[Turandot]]'', 25 April, [[Teatro alla Scala]], Milan
* [[Karol Szymanowski]] – ''[[King Roger (opera)|King Roger]]''

==Film==
* [[William Axt]], David Mendoza – ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)]]''
* [[Ernesto Halffter]] – ''[[Carmen (1926 film)]]''
* [[Werner Richard Heymann]] – ''[[Faust (1926 film)]]''
* [[Richard Strauss]] – ''[[Der Rosenkavalier (1926 film)]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1926 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Blackbirds of 1926]]'' production opened at the [[Café des Ambassadeurs|Les Ambassadeurs]] on 28 May 1926 in Paris.
* ''[[Americana (revue)|Americana]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Belmont Theatre]] on July 26 and ran for 224 performances
* ''[[Bare Facts of 1926]]'' ( Music: [[Charles M. Schwab]] Lyrics: [[Henry Myers (musician)|Henry Myers]]  Book: [[Stuart Hamill]]) Broadway revue opened at the [[Triangle Theatre]] on July 16 and ran for 107 performances.
* ''[[Blackbirds of 1926]]'' production opened at the [[London Pavilion]] on September 11 and ran for 279 performances.
* ''[[By the Way]]'' London production opened at the [[Apollo Theatre]] on January 22 and ran for 45 performances
* ''[[Countess Maritza]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on September 18 and ran for 321 performances
* ''[[The Desert Song]]'' ([[Sigmund Romberg]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on November 30 and ran for 471 performances
*''[[The Girl Friend]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Vanderbilt Theatre]] on March 17 and ran for 301 performances
* ''[[The Great Temptations]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on May 18 and ran for 223 performances.  Starring [[Hazel Dawn]], [[Miller and Lyles]], [[:fr:Florenz Ames|Florenz Ames]], [[Jay C. Flippen]] and [[Jack Benny]].
* ''[[Honeymoon Lane (play)|Honeymoon Lane]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on September 20 and ran for 364 performances
* ''[[Just a Kiss (musical)|Just a Kiss]]'' London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on September 8
* ''[[Lady Be Good (musical)|Lady, Be Good!]]'' ([[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]]) – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theatre]] on April 14 and ran for 326 performances
* ''[[Lido Lady]]'' London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on December 1 and ran for 259 performances
* ''[[A Night in Paris (revue)|A Night in Paris]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Casino de Paris]] on January 5 and ran for 208 performances.  Starring [[Jack Osterman]], [[Jack Pearl]], [[Norma Terris]] and [[Yvonne George]].
* ''[[No Foolin']]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on June 24 and ran for 108 performances
* ''[[Oh, Kay!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on November 8 and ran for 256 performances
* ''[[Peggy-Ann]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Vanderbilt Theatre]] on December 27 and ran for 333 performances
* ''[[Princess Charming (operetta)|Princess Charming]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on October 21 and ran for 362 performances
* ''[[Queen High]]'' (Music: [[Lewis E. Gensler]], Lyrics: [[B.G. DeSylva]], Book: [[Laurence Schwab]] & [[B.G. DeSylva]] adapted from ''A Pair of Sixes'' by [[Edward Peple]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] on September 8 and ran for 367 performances
* ''[[The Student Prince]]'' (Sigmund Romberg) -London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]]on February 3 and ran for 96 performances
* ''[[Sunny (musical)|Sunny]]'' London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on October 7 and ran for 363 performances
* ''[[Tip-Toes]]'' London production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on August 31 and ran for 182 performances
* ''[[Wildflower (musical)|Wildflower]]'' London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on February 17 and ran for 114 performances
* ''[[Vaudeville Vanities]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on November 16.  Starring [[Bobby Howes]].
* ''[[Yvonne (musical)|Yvonne]]'' London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on May 22 and ran for 280 performances

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Claudio Villa]], Italian singer (d. 1987)
*[[January 3]] – Sir [[George Martin]], [[record producer]] for [[The Beatles]] (d. 2016)
*[[January 4]] – [[Eddie Cusic]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
*[[January 9]] – [[Bucky Pizzarelli]], American jazz guitarist (d. 2020)
*[[January 11]] – [[Giusto Pio]], Italian musician, songwriter (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Morton Feldman]], composer (d. 1987)
*[[January 21]] – [[Brian Brockless]], English organist, composer and conductor (d. 1995)
*[[January 29]] – [[Franco Cerri]], guitarist (d. 2021)
*[[February 10]] – [[Nico Carstens]], South African accordionist and songwriter (d. 2016)
*[[February 17]] – [[Friedrich Cerha]], composer (d. 2023)
*[[February 19]]
**[[Michael Kennedy (music critic)|Michael Kennedy]], writer on music (d. 2014)
**[[György Kurtág]], composer
*[[March 9]] – [[Jerry Ross (composer)|Jerry Ross]], lyricist and composer (d. 1955)
*[[March 15]] – [[Ben Johnston (composer)|Ben Johnston]], American composer (d. 2019)
*[[March 24]] – [[Ventsislav Yankov]], Bulgarian pianist (d. 2022)
*[[April 6]] – [[Sergio Franchi]], tenor/actor (d. 1990)
*[[April 10]] – [[Jacques Castérède]], French composer (d. 2014)
*[[April 11]] – [[Gervase de Peyer]], English classical clarinetist and conductor (d. 2017)
*[[April 28]] – [[Blossom Dearie]], jazz singer and pianist (d. 2009)
*[[May 16]] – [[Mordechai Rechtman]], Israeli bassoonist and conductor (d. 2023)
*[[May 25]] – [[Miles Davis]], American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (d. 1991)
*[[June 1]] — [[Marilyn Monroe]], US actress and singer (d. 1962)
*[[June 8]] – [[Anatol Vieru]], composer (d. 1998)
*[[July 1]] – [[Hans Werner Henze]], composer (d. 2012)
*[[August 3]] – [[Tony Bennett]], singer (d. 2023)
*[[August 7]] – [[Stan Freberg]], comedy singer and actor (d. 2015)
*[[August 10]]
**<!--August 10-->[[Marie-Claire Alain]], organist (d. 2013)
**<!--August 10-->[[Edwin Carr (composer)|Edwin Carr]], composer and conductor (d. 2003)
*[[August 12]] – [[Joe Jones (singer)|Joe Jones]], singer (d. 2005)
*[[August 14]] – [[Buddy Greco]], US pop singer (d. 2017)
*[[August 21]] – [[Carolyn Leigh]], US lyric writer (d. 1983)
*[[September 5]] – [[Carmen Petra Basacopol]], Romanian musician (d. 2023)
*[[September 6]] – [[Arthur Oldham]], English composer and choirmaster (d. 2003)
*[[September 17]] – [[Bill Black]], American musician (d. 1965)
*[[September 23]] – [[John Coltrane]], American saxophonist, bandleader and composer (d. 1967)
*[[September 26]] – [[Julie London]], American singer and actress (d. 2000)
*[[October 5]] – [[Gottfried Michael Koenig]], German-Dutch composer (d. 2021)
*[[October 13]] – [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]], jazz bassist (d. 2002)
*[[October 18]]
**[[Chuck Berry]], guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2017)
**[[John Morris (composer)|John Morris]], film and TV composer (d. 2018)
*[[October 25]] – [[Galina Vishnevskaya]], operatic soprano (d. 2012)
*[[October 29]] – [[Jon Vickers]], Canadian operatic tenor (d. 2015)
*[[November 7]] – [[Joan Sutherland]], Australian operatic soprano (d. 2010)
*[[December 11]] – [[Big Mama Thornton]], blues singer (d. 1984)
*[[December 21]] – [[Freddie Hart]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
*[[December 25]] – [[Enrique Jorrín]], Cuban violinist and composer (d. 1987)
*[[December 26]]
**[[Earle Brown]], American composer (d. 2002)
**[[Champ Butler]], American singer (d. 1992)<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Down Yonder With|last=Dales|first=Ossie|date=June 2012|type=booklet|publisher=Jasmine Records|id=JASCD 724|location=London, England|others=Champ Butler}}</ref>
*[[December 30]] – [[Stan Tracey]], jazz pianist and composer (d. 2013)

==Deaths==
*[[January 4]] – [[Franz Stockhausen]], choral conductor (b. 1839)
*[[January 6]] – [[Émile Paladilhe]], composer, 81
*[[January 23]] – [[Joseph Carl Breil]], American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor, 55 (heart disease)
*[[January 26]] – [[Franz Kneisel]], violinist, 61
*[[January 31]] – [[Arthur Ivan Allin]], violinist, 78
*[[February 5]] – [[André Gedalge]], composer and music teacher, 69
*[[March 3]]
**[[Julius Epstein (pianist)|Julius Epstein]], pianist, 93
**[[Eugenia Mantelli]], operatic contralto, 65
*[[March 15]] – [[Aglaja Orgeni]], coloratura soprano, 84
*[[March 26]] – [[Franz Kneisel]], violinist, 61
*[[May 8]] – [[Rida Johnson Young]], songwriter and librettist (b. 1869)
*[[May 16]] - [[Joe Slater (composer)]] Songwriter and vaudeville artist
*[[May 21]] – [[Georgy Catoire]], composer (b. 1861)
*[[May 23]] – [[Hans von Koessler]], composer (b. 1853)
*[[May 29]] – [[Antonín Bennewitz]], violinist, 93
*[[June 4]] – [[Carolina Ferni]], violinist and operatic soprano, 79
*[[June 6]] – [[Henry Tate (poet)|Henry Tate]], poet and musician, 52
*[[June 11]] – [[Louis Fleury]], flautist (b. 1878)
*[[June 22]] – [[Hermann Suter]], conductor and composer, 56
*[[July 12]] – [[Charles Wood (composer)|Charles Wood]], composer, 60
*[[July 26]] – [[Ella Adayevskaya]], pianist, composer and ethnomusicologist, 80
*[[September 27]] – [[Marcelle Lender]], French singer-dancer and entertainer, 64
*[[October 15]] – [[Mathilde Bauermeister]], opera singer, 77
*[[November 2]] – [[John Le Hay]], singer and actor, 72
*[[November 4]] – [[Robert Newman (impresario)|Robert Newman]], co-founder of the Proms, 68
*[[December 25]] – [[Pablo Valenzuela]], Cuban cornet player and bandleader, 67
*[[December 27]] – [[Amalia Riégo]], operatic soprano, 76
*''date unknown''
**[[Edmund Jenkins]], composer (b. 1894)
**[[Veene Sheshanna]], [[Veena]] player (b. 1852)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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