22 July:MARGARET WHITING = American singer = [died: 2011]
14 August:
LEE ADAMS = American lyricist
GEORGES PRÊTRE = French conductor
20 August:JIM REEVES = American country singer = [died: 1964]
29 August:DINAH WASHINGTON = American singer = [died: 1963]
12 September:ELLA MAE MORSE = American singer = [died: 1999]
20 September:JACKIE PARIS = American jazz singer = [died: 2004]
1 October:ROGER WILLIAMS = American pianist = [died: 2011]
3 October:JOE ALLISON = American songwriter and country music executive = [died: 2002]
24 November:EILEEN BARTON = American singer = [died: 2006]
25 November:PAUL DESMOND = American jazz saxophonist = [died: 1977]
30 November:
KLAUS HUBER = Swiss composer
ALLAN SHERMAN = American musical parodist = [died: 1973]
24 December:LEE DORSEY = African American singer = [died: 1986]
Timeline of Musical Events
18 February: First recordings by BIX BEIDERBECKE
24 February: An Experiment In Modern Music concert at Aeolian Hall, New York - premiere of Rhapsody in Blue.
June: ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY's Lyric Symphony is premiered in Prague.
17 October: LEOŠ JANÁCEK's String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata, is premiered in Prague
Also in 1924:-
Radio broadcasting gains popularity in 1924, with programing such as The Eveready Hour broadcasting live music.
RICHARD RUNCIMAN TERRY resigns as organist of Westminster Cathedral because of criticism of his choice of music.
Mongolia introduces a national anthem.
Published Popular Music
"Adoring You" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by HARRY TIERNEY
"Alabamy Bound" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & BUD GREEN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"All Alone" introduced by GRACE MOORE and OSCAR SHAW in 'The Music Box Revue of 1924' = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Amapola" = Spanish lyrics by JOSEPH M. LACALLE, English lyrics by ALBERT GAMSE; music by JOSEPH M. LACALLE
"At The End of The Road" = lyrics by BALLARD MacDONALD; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Bagdad" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"Big Boy" = music by MILTON AGER
"The Blues Have Got Me" = by SILVER, TURK
"California, Here I Come" introduced by AL JOLSON in the musical 'Bombo' = lyrics & music by AL JOLSON, BUDDY DE SYLVA and JOSEPH MEYER
"The Call Of The South = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Charley, My Boy = lyrics & music by GUS KAHN & TED FIO RITO
"Copenhagen" = lyrics by WALTER MELROSE; music by CHARLIE DAVIS
"Cover Me Up With The Sunshine Of Virginia" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"Deep In My Heart, Dear" introduced by HOWARD MARSH and ILSE MARVENGA in the operetta 'The Student Prince in Heidelberg' = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Does The Spearmint Lose Its Flavour On The Bedpost Over Night" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & MARTY BLOOM; music by ERNEST BREUER
"Doo Wacka Doo" = lyrics by CLARENCE GASKILL & WILL DONALDSON; music by GEORGE HORTHER
"Doodle Doo Doo = lyrics & music by ART KASSEL & MEL STITZEL
"Drinking Song (Drink! Drink! Drink!)" = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"The End Of The Road = lyrics & music by HARRY LAUDER & WILLIAM DILLON
"Everybody Loves My Baby = lyrics & music by JACK PALMER & SPENCER WILLIAMS
"Fascinating Rhythm" introduced by CLIFF EDWARDS and FRED & ADELE ASTAIRE in the musical 'Lady, Be Good!' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Follow The Swallow" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & MORT DIXON; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Golden Days" introduced by GREEK EVANS and HOWARD MARSH in the operetta 'The Student Prince in Heidelberg' = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"The Half Of It Dearie Blues" introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and KATHLENE MARTYN in the musical 'Lady, Be Good!' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp Of Savannah)" = lyrics & music by MILTON AGER, CHARLES BATES, BOB BIGELOW & JACK YELLEN
"He's The Hottest Man In Town" = by OWEN MURPHY, JAY GORNEY
"Honest And Truly" = lyrics by LEO WOOD; music by FRED ROSE
"How Come You Do Me Like You Do? = lyrics & music by GENE AUSTIN & ROY BERGERE
"I Want To Be Happy" introduced by CHARLES WINNIGER and LOUISE GROODY in the musical 'No, No, Nanette' = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"I Wonder What's Become Of Sally" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"I'll See You In My Dreams" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ISHAM JONES
"I'm A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird" = lyrics by GRANT CLARKE & ROY TURK; music by GEORGE W. MEYER & ARTHUR JOHNSON
"I'm Coming At Your Call" = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"In Shadowland" = lyrics by SAM W. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by RUTH BROOKS & FRED E. AHLERT
"Indian Love Call" (first published as "The Call") = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"It Had To Be You" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ISHAM JONES
"Jealous" = lyrics by TOMMY MALIE & DICK FINCH; music by JACK LITTLE
"Jimtown Blues = lyrics & music by FRED ROSE
"June Brought The Roses" = lyrics by RALPH STANLEY; music by JOHN OPENSHAW
"June Night" = lyrics by CLIFF FRIEND; music by ABEL BAER
"Just We Two" = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Keep Smiling At Trouble" = lyrics by AL JOLSON & B. G. DE SYLVA; music by LEWIS E. GENSLER
"King Porter Stomp" = by JELLY ROLL MORTON
"Lazy = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Let Me Linger Longer In Your Arms" = lyrics by CLIFF FRIEND; music by ABEL BAER
"Little Jazz Bird" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Mama's Gone, Goodbye" = lyrics & music by A. J. PIRON & PETER BOCAGE
"The Man I Love" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Mandalay = lyrics & music by EARL BURTNETT, ABE LYMAN & GUS ARNHEIM
"Mandy Make Up Your Mind" = lyrics by GRANT CLARKE & ROY TURK; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"Memory Lane" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by LARRY SPIER & CON CONRAD
"The Mounties" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"My Best Girl = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"My Dream Girl, I Loved You Long Ago" = lyrics by RIDA JOHNSON YOUNG; music by VICTOR HERBERT
"My Time Is Your Time" = lyrics by ERIC LITTLE; music by LEO DANCE
"A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me = lyrics & music by SIDNEY CLARE & FLATOW
"Nobody's Sweetheart" = lyrics by GUS KAHN & ERNIE ERDMAN; music by ELMER SCHOEBEL & BILLY MEYERS
"O, Katharina" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by RICHARD FALL
"Oh Lady, Be Good" introduced by WALTER CATLETT in the musical 'Lady, Be Good!' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Oh! Mabel" = by GUS KAHN, TED FIO RITO
"Oh! Miss Hannah" = lyrics by THEKLA HOLLINGSWORTH; music by JESSIE L. DEPPEN
"The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ISHAM JONES
"Parisian Pierrot = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"Prince Of Wails" = music by ELMER SCHOEBEL
"The Prisoner's Song = lyrics & music by GUY MASSEY
"Red Hot Mama = lyrics & music by GILBERT WELLS, BUD COOPER & FRED ROSE
"Rhapsody In Blue" = music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Riverboat Shuffle" = music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL & IRVING MILLS
"Rose Marie" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"See See Rider = lyrics & music by MA RAINEY
"Serenade from The Student Prince In Heidelberg" = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"Shanghai Shuffle = lyrics & music by LARRY CONLEY & GENE RODEMICH
"Shine" = lyrics by CECIL MACK & LEW BROWN; music by FORD T. DABNEY
"So Am I" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Somebody Loves Me" = lyrics by BALLARD MacDONALD & B. G. DE SYLVA; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"South" = music by BENNIE MOTEN & THAMON HAYES
"Spain" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ISHAM JONES
"Stack O'Lee Blues" = lyrics & music by RAY LOPEZ & LEW COLWELL
"Sweet Little You = lyrics & music by IRVING BIBO
"Tea For Two" = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Tell Her In The Springtime = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"There's Life In The Old Girl Yet = lyrics & music by NOËL COWARD
"There's Yes! Yes! In Your Eyes" = lyrics by CLIFF FRIEND; music by JOSEPH H. SANTLY
"Totem Tom-Tom" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II & OTTO HARBACH; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"Two Little Babes In The Wood = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"Wait'll You See My Gal" = by SULLIVAN, WILBER
"What'll I Do introduced by GRACE MOORE and JOHN STEEL in 'The Music Box Revue of 1923' = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"When My Sugar Walks Down The Street = lyrics & music by GENE AUSTIN, JIMMY McHUGH & IRVING MILLS
"When You And I Were Seventeen" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by CHARLES ROSOFF
"Where The Lazy Daisies Grow = lyrics & music by CLIFF FRIEND
"Why Did I Kiss That Girl?" = lyrics by LEW BROWN; music by ROBERT A. KING & RAY HENDERSON
Top Hits on Record
"Arkansaw Blues/Blue Blues"
recorded by THE MOUND CITY BLUE BLOWERS
"Charley, My Boy"
recorded by BILLY MURRAY, accompanied INTERNATIONAL NOVELTY ORCHESTRA, directed NAT SHILKRET
"The Prisoner's Song"
recorded by VERNON DALHART
"Rhapsody In Blue"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN'S ORCHESTRA with GEORGE GERSHWIN
"San"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS JAZZ BAND
"San/Red Hot!"
recorded by THE MOUND CITY BLUE BLOWERS & FRANK TRUMBAUER
"Show Me The Way (To Go Home)"
recorded by TED LEWIS & HIS JAZZ BAND
"Tell Me You'll Forgive Me"
recorded by INTERNATIONAL NOVELTY ORCHESTRA, directed NAT SHILKRET, vocal ELLIOT SHAW
"What'll I Do?"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
Classical Music
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue
JACQUES IBERT
Escales
JOSEPH JONGEN
Sonata for Flute and Piano
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2
CARL RUGGLES
Men and Mountains
ERIK SATIE
Relâche (ballet)
JEAN SIBELIUS
Symphony no. 7 in C major, opus 105
EDGARD VARÈSE
Octandre
Opera
LEOŠ JANÁCEK
The Cunning Little Vixen
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Turandot
HENRI SAUGUET
Le plumet du colonel (The Colonel's Helmet)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Die Gluckliche Hand
Musical Theatre
BOB ET MOI
(music by Charles Cuvillier)
GRÄFIN MARIZA (COUNTESS MARITZA)
Vienna production opened at the Theater an der Wien on February 28 and ran for 396 performances
LADY, BE GOOD!
(George and Ira Gershwin)
Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 1 and ran for 330 performances
MADAME POMPADOUR
Broadway production opened on November 11 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 79 performances
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.
PRIMROSE
London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 11 and ran for 255 performances
ROSE-MARIE
Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on September 2 and ran for 557 performances
SITTING PRETTY
Broadway production opened at the Fulton Theatre on April 8 and moved to the Imperial Theatre on June 9 for a total run of 95 performances
THE STUDENT PRINCE IN HEIDELBERG
(Sigmund Romberg)
Broadway production opened at the Jolson's 59th Street Theatre on December 2 and ran for 608 performances
YOICKS!
London revue opened at the Kingsway Theatre on June 11 and ran for 271 performances.
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 21st May 2011
Last edited: 21st December 2023
