Editing 1927 in music

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[[File:The Jazz Singer 1927 Poster.jpg|right|thumb|[[Al Jolson]] in his hit 1927 sound film, ''[[The Jazz Singer]]''.]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1927.

==Specific locations==
*[[1927 in British music]]
*[[1927 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1927 in country music]]
*[[1927 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 8]] – [[Alban Berg]]'s ''[[Lyric Suite (Berg)|Lyric Suite]]'' is premiered in [[Vienna]].
*[[April 21]] – Electric re-recording of [[George Gershwin]]'s ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'' by [[Paul Whiteman]]'s Orchestra directed by [[Nathaniel Shilkret]] with Gershwin at the piano.
*May – American all-girl harmony singing trio The [[Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce]] set out by air from New York with the American portion of New York's Savoy Orpheans band for a tour of English variety theatres. In June they record "[[My Heart Stood Still]]" (Rodgers and Hart) and "[[The Birth of the Blues]]" and with [[Bert Ambrose]] and others in London. On December 10 they take ship for France to visit [[Paris]] before returning to the United States.
*[[July 1]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Bartók)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] is premiered in [[Frankfurt]] with the composer at the piano and [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]] conducting.
*[[August 4]] – Country singer [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] records his first sides for Victor in [[Camden, New Jersey]].
*[[August 13]] – [[The Proms]] concert season opens in London under management of the [[BBC]], music publishers [[Chappell & Co.]] having withdrawn their financial support and disbanded the New Queen's Hall Orchestra after a symphony concert on March 19.
*[[December 5]] – [[Leoš Janáček]]'s ''[[Glagolitic Mass]]'' is premiered in [[Brno]].
*[[December 31]] – The original [[Savoy Orpheans]] and [[Savoy Havana Band|Savoy Havana]] London dance bands are disbanded.
*[[Charles Ives]] one day early in the year comes downstairs with tears in his eyes and tells his wife he can compose no more: "nothing sounds right".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Burkholder|first1=J. Peter|last2=Sinclair|first2=James B.|author2-link=James Sinclair (conductor)|last3=Sherwood|first3=Gayle|year=2001|title=Ives, Charles (1874–1954), composer – Last works, 1918–1927|editor-last=Macy|editor-first=L.|encyclopedia=[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|Grove Music Online]]}}</ref> [[Jean Sibelius]] has also just entered a similar period of musical silence.
*[[Benjamin Britten]] is introduced to [[Frank Bridge]] at the [[Norfolk and Norwich Festival]] and becomes his pupil of at age 14.
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] enters the [[Warsaw]] conservatory.
*Recording careers begin for
**[[Louis Armstrong]] and his Hot Seven.
**[[Big Bill Broonzy]].
**[[The Carter Family]].
**[[Jim Jackson (musician)|Jim Jackson]].
**[[Blind Willie McTell]].
**[[The Soul Stirrers]].

==Published popular music==
* "[[I Get Ideas|Adios Muchachos]]" w. Cesar Felipe Vedani m.  Julio Cesar Sanders (aka Lenny Sanders)
* "[[Ain't She Sweet]]" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "[[Among My Souvenirs]]" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Horatio Nicholls]]
* "[[Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song)|Are You Lonesome Tonight?]]" w. [[Roy Turk]] m. [[Lou Handman]]
* "[[At Sundown]]" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "The Babbitt And The Bromide" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "[[The Best Things in Life Are Free (Ray Henderson song)|The Best Things In Life Are Free]]" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "[[Black and Tan Fantasy|Black And Tan Fantasy]]" m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "[[Bless This House (song)|Bless This House]]" w. Helen Taylor m. [[May Brahe]]
* "[[Blue Skies (1926 song)|Blue Skies]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Broken Hearted" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "[[Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]].  Introduced by [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]] in the musical ''[[Show Boat]]''
* "Changes" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Charles N. Daniels (music)|Neil Moret]]
* "[[Creole Love Call]]" w.m. [[Duke Ellington|Edward "Duke" Ellington]] with vocal by [[Adelaide Hall]]
* "[[Dew-Dew-Dewy Day]]" w.m. [[Al Sherman]], [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]]
* "[[Diane (1927 song)|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 (songwriter)|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 (1927 song)|Funny Face]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Girl Of My Dreams" w.m. Sunny Clapp
* "[[Good News (musical)|Good News]]" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Hallelujah!" w. Leo Robin & Clifford Grey m. Vincent Youmans
* "[[He Loves and She Loves]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Adele Astaire]] and [[Allen Kearns]] in the musical ''[[Funny Face]]''.  Performed in the 1957 film version by [[Fred Astaire]].
* "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
* "[[Ice Cream (I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream)|(I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream]]" 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. [[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]]
* "[[Funny Face (musical)|Let's Kiss And Make Up]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]].  Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Adele Astaire]] in the musical ''[[Funny Face (musical)|Funny Face]]''
* "[[Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)]]" w.m. [[Al Sherman]] & [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|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 (songwriter)|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 (song)|My Blue Heaven]]" w. [[George A. Whiting]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]
* "My Heart Stood Still" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[My One and Only (1927 song)|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 (Song)" w. [[L. Wolfe Gilbert]] m. [[Mabel Wayne]]
* "The Rangers' Song" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] m. [[Harry A. Tierney]].  Introduced in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Rio Rita (musical)|Rio Rita]]'' by [[J. Harold Murray]], [[Harry Ratcliffe]], [[Don Douglas (actor)|Donald Douglas]] and chorus.  Performed in the [[1929 in music|1929]] film version by [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and chorus.
* "A Room with a View" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Rosy Cheeks" w.m. [[Seymour Simons]] & [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "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 (song)|Side By Side]]" w.m. Harry Woods
* "[[Sometimes I'm Happy]]" w. [[Irving Caesar]] m. [[Vincent Youmans]] from the musical ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit the Deck]]''
* "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]].  Introduced by [[William Gaxton]] and [[Constance Carpenter]] in the musical ''[[A Connecticut Yankee (musical)|A Connecticut Yankee]]''.  Performed in the 1948 film ''[[Words and Music (1948 film)|Words and Music]]'' by [[June Allyson]] and [[The Blackburn Twins]].
* "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

[[File:BlackPattiLabel.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The short lived [[Black Patti Records]] label appeared in 1927]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1927==

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 1927:<ref name=whitburn>{{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>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Label
! Recording Date
! Release Date
! Chart Positions
|-
| 1 || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-39179. My blue heaven / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013441/BVE-39179-My_blue_heaven |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20964 || {{Start date|1927|9|14}} || {{Start date|1927|11}} || US Billboard 1927 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 26 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=whitburn />
|-
| 2 || [[Two Black Crows|Moran And Mack]] || "Two Black Crows|Two Black Crows Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches The Worm)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W143602. Two black crows / Moran and Mack - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033337/W143602-Two_black_crows |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 935 || {{Start date|1927|3|14}} || {{Start date|1927|5}} || US Billboard 1927 #2, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 2,500,000 sold
|-
| 3 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[In a Little Spanish Town]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36067. In a little Spanish town ('Twas on a night like this) / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010312/BVE-36067-In_a_little_Spanish_town_Twas_on_a_night_like_this |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20266 || {{Start date|1926|9|9}} || {{Start date|1926|12}} || US Billboard 1927 #3, US #1 for 8 weeks, 15 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales
|-
| 4 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[Charmaine (song)|Charmaine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W144324. Charmaine! / Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians ; Weston Vaughn - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000034040/W144324-Charmaine |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1048 || {{Start date|1927|6|13}} || {{Start date|1927|8}} || US Billboard 1927 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Sophie Tucker]] with [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "[[Some of These Days]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W142955. Some of these days / Ted Lewis and his Band ; Sophie Tucker - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032713/W142955-Some_of_these_days |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 826 || {{Start date|1926|11|23}} || {{Start date|1927|10}} || US Billboard 1927 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 938,466 sales 
|-
| 6 || [[Whispering Jack Smith]] || "[[Me and My Shadow]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-38704. Me and my shadow / Whispering Jack Smith - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012964/BVE-38704-Me_and_my_shadow |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20626 || {{Start date|1927|4|28}} || {{Start date|1927|7}} || US Billboard 1927 #6, US #1 for 4 week, 14 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Ben Bernie|Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra]] || "[[Ain't She Sweet]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E21355-E21357. Ain't she sweet? / Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000223022/E21355-E21357-Aint_she_sweet |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3444 || {{Start date|1927|1|28}} || {{Start date|1927|3}} || US Billboard 1927 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks  
|-
| 8 || [[Roger Wolfe Kahn|Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra]] || "Russian Lullaby"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-38468. Russian lullaby / Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012728/BVE-38468-Russian_lullaby |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21308 || {{Start date|1927|3|8}} || {{Start date|1927|6}} || US Billboard 1927 #8, US #1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Red Nichols|Red Nichols and His Five Pennies]] || "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E24230-E24232. Ida! Sweet as apple cider / Five Pennies ; Red Nichols - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000224555/E24230-E24232-Ida_Sweet_as_apple_cider |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1471 || {{Start date|1927|7|3}} || {{Start date|1927|9}} || US Billboard 1927 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 10  || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Tonight You Belong To Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36989. To-night you belong to me / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800011242/BVE-36989-To-night_you_belong_to_me |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20371 || {{Start date|1927|6|26}} || {{Start date|1927|9|7}} || US Billboard 1927 #10, US #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[George Olsen|George Olsen and His Music]] || "At Sundown (When Love is Calling Me Home)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-37741. At sundown (When love is calling me home) / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800011998/BVE-37741-At_sundown_When_love_is_calling_me_home |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20476  || {{Start date|1927|2|4}} || {{Start date|1927|7}} || US Billboard 1927 #11, US #1 for 3 week, 12 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[Ben Selvin|The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra)]] || "[[Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)|Blue Skies]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W143312. Blue skies / Charles Kaley ; The Knickerbockers - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000033066/W143312-Blue_skies |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 860-D || {{Start date|1927|1|15}} || {{Start date|1927|5}} || US Billboard 1927 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 13 || Paul  Whiteman and His Orchestra || "My Blue Heaven"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-39627. My blue heaven / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013882/BVE-39627-My_blue_heaven |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> ||  Victor 20828 || {{Start date|1927|7|6}} || {{Start date|1927|10}} || US Billboard 1927 #13, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 14 || Gene Austin with ([[Nat Shilkret|Nat Shilkret Orchestra]]) || "Forgive Me"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-38172. Forgive me / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012430/BVE-38172-Forgive_me |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20561 || {{Start date|1927|3|15}} || {{Start date|1927|6}} || US Billboard 1927 #14, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 15 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra]] || "When Day Is Done"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-39227. When day is done / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013489/CVE-39227-When_day_is_done |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 35828 || {{Start date|1927|7|6}} || {{Start date|1927|9}} || US Billboard 1927 #15, US #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36571. It made you happy when you made me cry / Pennsylvanians ; Fred Waring ; Tom Waring - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010845/BVE-36571-It_made_you_happy_when_you_made_me_cry |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20315 || {{Start date|1926|10|7}} || {{Start date|1927|1}} || US Billboard 1927 #16, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 17 || [[Nick Lucas]] || "[[I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E21304-E21306. I'm looking over a four leaf clover / Nick Lucas - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000222996/E21304-E21306-Im_looking_over_a_four_leaf_clover |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3439 || {{Start date|1927|1|25}} || {{Start date|1927|3}} || US Billboard 1927 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 18 || George Olsen and His Music || "Blue Skies"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-37549. Blue skies / Bob Borger ; Fran Frey ; George Olsen and his Music ; Bob Rice - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800011806/BVE-37549-Blue_skies |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20455  || {{Start date|1927|1|19}} || {{Start date|1927|4}} || US Billboard 1927 #18, US #2 for 2 week, 10 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Ruth Etting]] || "[[Deed I Do]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W142974. 'Deed I do / Ruth Etting - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032732/W142974-Deed_I_do |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 865 || {{Start date|1926|12|1}} || {{Start date|1927|1}} || US Billboard 1927 #19, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 20 || Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (vocal [[Johnny Marvin]])|| "All Alone Monday"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36802. All alone Monday / Johnny Marvin ; Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800011049/BVE-36802-All_alone_Monday |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20259 || {{Start date|1926|10|8}} || {{Start date|1926|12}} || US Billboard 1927 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 21 || [[Gertrude Lawrence]] || "[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36654. Someone to watch over me / Gertrude Lawrence - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010900/BVE-36654-Someone_to_watch_over_me |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20331 || {{Start date|1926|10|29}} || {{Start date|1927|2}} || US Billboard 1927 #21, US #2 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|}

==Classical music==
[[File:Bartók Béla 1927.jpg|right|thumb|[[Béla Bartók|Bartók]] in 1927]]
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[String Quartet No. 3 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 3]]
*[[Havergal Brian]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Havergal Brian)|Symphony No. 1 "Gothic"]]
*[[Frank Bridge]] – ''Rhapsody: Enter Spring''
*[[John Alden Carpenter]] – String Quartet
*[[Aaron Copland]] – [[Piano Concerto (Copland)|Piano Concerto]]
*[[Pierre-Octave Ferroud]] – Sérénade pour orchestre
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – Violin Concerto
*[[André Fleury (organist)|André Fleury]] – ''Allegro symphonique''
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – ''[[The Red Poppy]]''
*[[Leopold Godowsky]] – ''4 Poems'' (no. 1–3)
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] – Two Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – 8 Pieces for Solo Flute
*[[Dmitri Kabalevsky]] – Piano Sonata No. 1
*[[Albert Ketèlbey]] – ''[[By the Blue Hawaiian Waters]]''
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – Suite from the opera ''[[Háry János]]''
*[[Józef Koffler]] – ''Musique. Quasi una sonata''; ''15 variations on a 12 tone series (15 variations d'après une suite de douze tons)'' (opp. 8 & 9)
*[[Bohuslav Martinů]] – ''La Revue de Cuisine''
*[[Darius Milhaud]]
**Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 93
**''3 Caprices de Paganini'' for violin and piano, Op. 97
**Sonatina for clarinet and piano, Op. 100
*[[Carl Nielsen]] – ''[[An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands]]'' (orchestral)
*[[Dane Rudhyar]] – ''Paeans''
*[[Henri Sauguet]] – ''La Chatte'' (ballet)
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – [[String quartets (Schoenberg)|String Quartet No. 3]]
*[[Roger Sessions]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Sessions)|Symphony No. 1]]
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 2 in B major]], Op. 14
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus Rex]]''
*[[Karol Szymanowski]] – [[String Quartet No. 2 (Szymanowski)|String Quartet No. 2]]
*[[Alexander Tcherepnin]] 
**Symphony No. 1, Op. 42
**Quintet, for Piano and Strings, Op. 44
*[[Edgard Varèse]] – [[Arcana (Varèse)|''Arcana'']] (1925–27)
*[[Anton Webern]] – String Trio, Op. 20

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – ''[[Hin und zurück]]''
*[[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]] – ''[[Das Wunder der Heliane]]''
*[[Ernst Krenek]] – ''[[Jonny spielt auf]]''
*[[Franz Lehár]] – ''Der Zarewitsch''
*[[Darius Milhaud]] – 3 Opéras-minutes
** ''L'enlèvement d'Europe'', Op. 94; 1 act, 8 scenes; libretto by [[Henri Hoppenot]]
** ''[[L'abandon d'Ariane]]'', Op. 98; 1 act, 5 scenes; libretto by [[Henri Hoppenot]]
** ''La délivrance de Thésée'', Op. 99; 1 act, 6 scenes; libretto by [[Henri Hoppenot]]
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – [[The Fiery Angel (opera)|''The Fiery Angel'']]
*[[Jaromír Weinberger]] – ''[[Švanda the Bagpiper]]''

==Film==
*[[Gottfried Huppertz]] – ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)]]''
*[[Edmund Meisel]] – ''[[Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis|Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt]]''
*[[Henri Rabaud]] – ''[[The Chess Player|Le joueur d'échecs]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1927 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Burlesque (musical)|Burlesque]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]] on [[September 1]] and ran for 372 performances
* ''[[Clowns in Clover]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on [[December 1]] and ran for 508 performances
* ''[[The Desert Song]]'' ([[Sigmund Romberg]]) – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on [[April 7]] and ran for 432 performances
* ''[[Enchanted Isle]]'' (Music, Lyrics and Book: [[Ida H. Chamberlain]]).  Broadway production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (1903 New York City)|Lyric Theatre]] on [[September 19]] and ran for 32 performances.  Starring [[Marga Waldron]] and [[Greek Evans]].
* ''[[The Five O'Clock Girl]]'' opened at the [[44th Street Theatre]] on [[October 10]] and transferred to the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on April 16, 1928, for a total run of 280 performances
* ''[[Funny Face (musical)|Funny Face]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on [[November 22]] and ran for 250 performances
* ''[[Golden Dawn (operetta)|Golden Dawn]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] operetta opened at the [[Hammerstein Theatre]] on [[November 30]] and ran for 184 performances
* ''[[Good News (musical)|Good News!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] on [[September 6]] and ran for 557 performances
* ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit The Deck]]'' ([[Vincent Youmans]] and [[Clifford Grey]])
**Broadway production opened at the [[Belasco Theatre]] on [[April 25]] and ran for 532 performances
**London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on [[November 3]] and ran for 277 performances
* ''[[Just Fancy]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on [[October 11]] and ran for 79 performances.  Starring [[Blanche Whiffen|Mrs Thomas Whiffen]], [[Peggy O'Neill (Broadway actress)|Peggy O'Neill]], [[Ivy Sawyer]], [[Joseph Santley]], [[Eric Blore]] and [[Raymond Hitchcock (actor)|Raymond Hitchcock]].
* ''[[The Merry Malones]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Erlanger's Theatre]] on [[September 26]] and ran for 216 performances
* ''[[My Maryland]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Jolson Theatre]] on [[September 12]] and ran for 312 performances
* ''[[Oh, Kay!]]'' London production opened at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on [[September 21]] and ran for 214 performances
* ''[[One Dam Thing After Another]]'' London production opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion Theatre]] on [[May 20]]
* ''[[Peggy-Ann]]'' London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre]] on [[July 27]] and ran for 130 performances
* ''[[Polly of Hollywood]]'' Broadway production opened at [[George M. Cohan's Theatre]] on [[February 21]] and ran for 24 performances.  Starring [[Midge Miller]].
* ''[[Rio Rita (musical)|Rio Rita]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] on [[February 2]] and ran for 494 performances
* ''[[Show Boat]]'' ([[Jerome Kern]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)|Ziegfeld Theatre]] on [[December 27]] and ran for 572 performances
* ''[[The Vagabond King]]'' London production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on [[April 19]] and ran for 480 performances
* ''[[The White Eagle]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on [[December 26]] and ran for 48 performances
* ''[[Yes, Yes, Yvette]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Sam H. Harris Theatre]] on [[October 3]] and ran for 40 performances

==[[Musical film]]==
* ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'' released [[October 6]], starring [[Al Jolson]]

==Births==
*[[January 10]] 
**<!--Jan 10-->[[Johnnie Ray]], singer, pianist and songwriter (d. [[1990 in music|1990]])
**<!--Jan 10-->[[Guillermo Rubalcaba]], Cuban musician and bandleader (d. [[2015 in music|2015]]) 
*[[January 14]] – [[Zuzana Růžičková]], Czech harpsichord player (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[January 17]] – [[Eartha Kitt]], singer (d. [[2008 in music|2008]])
*[[January 18]] – [[S. Balachander]], Indian actor, singer and veena player (d. [[1990 in music|1990]])
*[[January 27]] – [[Billy Barnes (composer)|Billy Barnes]], American actor and composer (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[January 28]] – [[Ronnie Scott]], jazz saxophonist and club owner (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
*[[February 2]]
**<!--Feb 2-->[[Stan Getz]], jazz musician (d. [[1991 in music|1991]])
**<!--Feb 2-->[[Richard Maxfield]], composer (d. [[1969 in music|1969]])
*[[February 3]] – [[Val Doonican]], singer (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[February 7]]
**[[Juliette Gréco]], cabaret singer and actress (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])
**[[Laurie Johnson]], television theme composer and arranger (d. [[2024 in music|2024]])
*[[February 9]] – [[Joe Maneri]], composer (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[February 10]] – [[Leontyne Price]], opera singer
*[[February 11]] – [[Michel Sénéchal]], French tenor (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[February 21]] – [[Walter Hartley]], American composer (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[February 23]]
**<!--Feb 23-->[[Régine Crespin]], French operatic soprano (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])
**<!--Feb 23-->[[Ivan Hrušovský]], composer (d. [[2001 in music|2001]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Ralph Stanley]], [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]] banjo player and vocalist (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[February 27]] – [[Guy Mitchell]], singer (d. [[1999 in music|1999]])
*[[March 1]] – [[Harry Belafonte]], mento and crossover pop singer (d. [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[March 3]] – [[Junior Parker]], blues musician (d. [[1971 in music|1971]])
*[[March 16]] – [[Ruby Braff]], jazz trumpeter (d. [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[March 18]] – [[John Kander]], composer of musicals
*[[March 20]] – [[John Joubert (composer)]], composer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[March 27]] – [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], cellist (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[April 3]] – [[Ladislav Burlas]], Slovak composer (d. [[2024 in music|2024]])
*[[April 6]] – [[Gerry Mulligan]], American jazz saxophonist (d. [[1996 in music|1996]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Junior Collins]], American-French horn player (d. [[1976 in music|1976]])
*[[April 22]] – [[Laurel Aitken]], Cuban-Jamaican ska singer (d. [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[May 1]] – [[Gary Bertini]], conductor (d. [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[May 5]] – [[Beverley Sisters]] Babs (d. [[2018 in music|2018]]) and Teddie, close harmony singers
*[[May 13]] – [[Fred Hellerman]], folk singer (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[May 26]] – [[Rafael Escalona]], [[vallenato]] composer and performer (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[June 3]] – [[Boots Randolph]], session musician (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[June 11]] – [[Ronald Barnes (carillonist)|Ronald Barnes]], carillonist (d. [[1997 in music|1997]])
*[[June 17]] – [[Martin Böttcher]], German composer, arranger, conductor (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[June 23]] – [[Bob Fosse]], choreographer (d. [[1987 in music|1987]])
*[[July 3]] – [[Ken Russell]], controversial director of composer biopics (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])
*[[July 4]] – [[Wilfred Josephs]], composer (d. [[1997 in music|1997]])
*[[July 6]] 
**<!--July 6-->[[Dolores Claman]], Canadian composer and pianist (d. [[2021 in music|2021]])
**<!--July 6-->[[Alan Freeman]], Australian radio DJ (d. [[2006 in music|2006]])
*[[July 7]]
**<!--July 7-->[[Charlie Louvin]], country singer and songwriter (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])
**<!--July 7-->[[Doc Severinsen]], jazz trumpeter
*[[July 9]] – [[Ed Ames]], American singer and actor ([[Ames Brothers]])
*[[July 11]] - [[Herbert Blomstedt]], Swedish conductor
*[[July 16]] – [[Mindy Carson]], singer
*[[July 18]]
**<!--July 18-->[[Don Bagley]], American bassist (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
**<!--July 18-->[[Kurt Masur]], Silesian-born orchestral conductor (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[July 20]] – [[Michael Gielen]], conductor (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[July 27]] – [[Guy Carawan]], American folk musician and musicologist (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[July 30]] – [[Tony Hiller]], songwriter and record producer (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
* [[August 4]]
** [[Eddie Kamae]], American ukuleleist (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
** [[Johnny Maddox]], American pianist (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
** [[Del Shankel]], American microbiologist, academic administrator (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
** [[Jess Thomas]], American tenor (d. [[1993 in music|1993]])
*[[August 11]] – [[Raymond Leppard]], conductor (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[August 12]] – [[Porter Wagoner]], country singer (d. [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[September 11]] – [[Vernon Corea]], Sri Lankan radio DJ, "Golden Voice of Radio Ceylon" (d. [[2002 in music|2002]])
*[[September 13]] – [[Melitta Muszely]], Austrian soprano (d. [[2023 in music|2023]])
*[[September 19]] – [[Peter Van Wood]], Dutch guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and astrologer (d. [[2010 in music|2010]])
*[[September 21]] – [[Ward Swingle]], American-born vocalist (d. [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[September 25]] – Sir [[Colin Davis]], orchestral conductor (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[September 27]] – [[Red Rodney]], jazz trumpeter (d. [[1994 in music|1994]])
*[[October 4]] – [[Guy A. Marco]], musicologist and librarian (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Siegmund Levarie|date=2001|entry=Marco, Guy A(nthony)  |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47661}}</ref>
*[[October 7]] – [[Al Martino]], singer (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Anita Kerr]], singer and arranger (d. [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[October 25]] – [[Barbara Cook]], singer and actress (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[October 27]] – [[Dominick Argento]], composer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[October 28]] – [[Cleo Laine]], singer
*[[November 3]] – [[Jan Stoeckart]], Dutch composer, conductor, trombonist and radio producer (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/de-componist-van-de-vara-bbc-en-het-simplistisch-verbond~b5845b96/?referrer=https://nl.wikipedia.org/|title=Nieuws, achtergronden en colum|website=deVolksgrant|access-date=30 January 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
*[[November 5]] – [[Ellie Mannette]], Trinidadian steel pan musician (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[November 8]] – [[Patti Page]], singer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[November 10]] 
** [[Richard Connolly (composer)|Richard Connolly]], Australian [[hymnodist]] (d. 2022)
** [[Sabah (singer)|Sabah]], Lebanese esinger (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[November 11]] – [[Mose Allison]], jazz pianist (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[November 16]] – [[Dolo Coker]], American jazz pianist and composer (d. [[1983 in music|1983]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Hank Ballard]], R&B singer (d. [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[November 19]] – [[Allan Smethurst]], "The Singing Postman", folk singer (d. [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[November 21]] – [[Charlie Palmieri]], salsa musician (d. [[1988 in music|1988]])
*[[November 22]] – [[Jimmy Knepper]], jazz trombonist (d. [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[December 5]] – [[W. D. Amaradeva]], Sri Lanka maestro (d. [[2016 in Asian music|2016]])
*[[December 9]] – [[Pierre Henry]], musique concrète composer (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Alexander Vedernikov (bass)|Alexander Vedernikov]], Russian singer and teacher (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[December 25]] – [[Ram Narayan]], Indian sarangi player
*[[December 26]] – [[Denis Quilley]], musical theatre actor (d. [[2003 in music|2003]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 29]] – [[Grace Van Studdiford]], operatic singer (born 1873)
*[[January 30]] – [[Friedrich Koch]], operatic singer (born 1862)<ref>{{cite book|title=Pierre Key's Music Year Book: The Standard Music Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wp7k3JOgXkoC|year=1925|publisher=Pierre Key, Incorporated|page=471}}</ref>
*[[February 9]] – [[James Warren York]], businessman and musical instrument maker (b. 1839)
*[[February 19]] – [[Robert Fuchs (composer)|Robert Fuchs]], composer and teacher (b. 1847)
*[[February 23]] – [[Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson]], composer (b. 1847)
*[[February 26]] – [[Isabel Jay]], singer and actress with the [[d'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] (b. 1879)
*[[March 3]] – [[Alberto Zelman]], musician and conductor (b. 1874)
*[[March 17]] – [[James Scott Skinner]], violinist (b. 1843)
*[[March 31]] – [[Edward Lloyd (tenor)|Edward Lloyd]], concert and oratorio tenor (b. 1845)
*[[April 16]] – [[Rosa Sucher]], Soprano opera singer (b. 1849)
*[[May 3]] – [[Ernest Ball]], singer and songwriter (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newenglandballproject.com/g2/p2666.htm#i66642|title=The New England Ball Project – Person Page|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref>
*[[May 4]] – [[Jakob Aljaž]], priest and composer (b. 1845)
*[[May 16]] – [[Sam Bernard]], star of vaudeville and comic opera (b. 1863)
*[[May 29]] – [[Francis Grierson|Jesse Shepard]], composer and pianist (b. 1848)
*[[July 2]] – [[Frank Curzon]], theatre manager (b. 1869)
*[[July 17]] – [[Luise Adolpha Le Beau]], composer (b. 1850)
*[[August 13]]
**<!--August 13-->[[Hermann Abert]], music historian (b. 1871) 
**<!--August 13-->[[Árpád Doppler]], composer (b. 1857)
*[[August 20]] – [[Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler]], pianist (b. 1863)
*[[September 4]] – [[Isadora Duncan]], dancer (b. 1877) (strangled in freak accident)
*[[September 18]] – [[Marie Mattfeld]], opera singer (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite book|page=2990|chapter=Mattfeld, Marie|title=Großes Sängerlexikon| publisher = [[De Gruyter]]| edition = 4th| language = de| date = 2012| isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5| last1 = Kutsch| first1 = K. J.| author-link = Karl Josef Kutsch| last2 = Riemens| first2 = Leo| author-link2 = Leo Riemens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&q=Marie%20Mattfeld}}</ref>
*[[October 1]] – [[Wilhelm Harteveld]], composer (b. 1859)
*[[October 4]] – [[John William Boone]], composer and pianist (born 1864)
*[[October 21]] – [[John Stillwell Stark]], music publisher (b. 1841)
*[[November 2]] – [[Fred Billington]], Baritone opera singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte (b. 1854)
*[[November 3]] – [[George Dallas Sherman]], bandleader (b. 1844)
*[[November 9]] – [[Ole Olsen (musician)|Ole Olsen]], organist, composer and conductor (b. 1850)
*[[November 18]] – [[Emma Carus]], contralto (b. 1879)
*[[November 20]] – [[Wilhelm Stenhammar]], composer, pianist and conductor (b. 1871)
*[[December 21]] – [[Courtice Pounds]], singer and actor with the d'Oyly Carte (b. 1862)
*''date unknown''
**[[Bulbuljan]], Azerbaijani folk musician (b. 1841)
**[[Haldane Burgess]], writer and musician (b. 1862)
**[[Pierre-Émile Engel]], operatic tenor (b. 1847)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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