1 January: First day of radio broadcasting in Sweden: GASTON BORCH conducts the Skandia Cinema Orchestra in the country's first broadcast of orchestral music.
25 February:ART GILLHAM - The Whispering Pianist records the first electrical recordings to be released for Columbia using the Western Electric system (Master 140125-7 issued on Columbia 328-D).
26 February: Eight Popular Victor Artists record "A Minature Concert", the first recorded (cf March 16 entry below) electrical recording by the Victor Talking Machine; the artists were BILLY MURRAY, FRANK BANTA, HENRY BURR, ALBERT CAMPBELL, FRANK CROXTON, JOHN MEYER, MONROE SILVER, and RUDY WIEDOEFT.
1 March: EDGARD VARÈSE's Intégrales is premiered in New York City.
16 March: The Mask and Wig Club Double Male Quartet, with orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret record "Joan of Arkansas," the first issued (cf February 26 entry above) electrical recording by the Victor Talking Machine, with catalog number 19626-A; the B-side, from the same Mask and Wig Club production, was recorded March 20, 1925 by the International Novelty Orchestra, also directed by Shilkret.
21 March: MAURICE RAVEL's L'Enfant et les sortilèges is premiered in Monte Carlo.
3 April:GUSTAV HOLST's opera At the Boar's Head is premiered in Manchester.
6 June: SERGEI PROKOFIEV's Symphony No. 2 is premiered in Paris.
28 November: The weekly country music radio program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "WSM Barn Dance".
11 December: CARL NIELSEN's Symphony No. 6, the Sinfonia semplice, is premiered in Copenhagen.
14 December:ALBAN BERG's opera Wozzeck is given its first complete performance, in Berlin, conducted by ERICH KLEIBER.
Also in 1925:-
JOSEPH CANTELOUBE founds a group called La Bourrée in Paris to publicize the folklore and other attractions of the Auvergne.
Victor, Columbia, and HMV phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology; this was one of the most important advances in recording history.
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON's recording career begins.
LONNIE JOHNSON's recording career begins.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG leaves FLETCHER HENDERSON's Orchestra, returns to Chicago, Illinois, and makes his first records under his own name, leading Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five.
Published Popular Music
"Adios, Mariquita Linda" = Spanish lyrics by MARCOS A. JIMENEZ, English lyrics (1939) by RAY GILBERT; music by MARCOS A. JIMENEZ
"Alone at Last" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by TED FIO RITO
"Always" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Bam, Bam, Bamy Shore" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Boneyard Shuffle" = music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL & IRVING MILLS
"Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" = lyrics by ALFRED BRYAN; music by GEORGE W. MEYER
"Bye and Bye" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Cecilia" = lyrics by HERMAN RUBY; music by DAVE DREYER
"Cheatin' on Me" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by LEW POLLACK
"Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & BALLARD MacDONALD; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"Collegiate" = lyrics & music by MOE JAFFE & NAT BONX
"A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & AL DUBIN; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"Davenport Blues" = music by BIX BEIDERBECKE
"The Death of Floyd Collins" = lyrics by ANDREW JENKINS; music by IRENE SPAIN
"Dinah" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by HARRY AKST
"Dipper Mouth Blues" = music by JOE "KING" OLIVER
"Don't Bring Lulu" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by MABEL WAYNE
"Down by the Winegar Works" = lyrics & music by DON BESTOR, ROGER LEWIS & WALTER DONOVAN
"Drifting and Dreaming" = lyrics by HAVEN GILLESPIE; music by EGBERT VAN ALSTYNE, ERWIN R. SCHMIDT & LOYAL CURTIS
"D'Ye Love Me?" Introduced by MARILYN MILLER in the musical 'Sunny' = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Flamin' Mamie" = lyrics & music by FRED ROSE & PAUL WHITEMAN
"Footloose" = by RUPP
"Freshie" = lyrics by HAROLD BERG; music by JESSE GREER
"Grandpa's Spells" = music by JELLY ROLL MORTON
"Headin' for Louisville" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"Here in My Arms" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"The Hills of Home" = lyrics by FLORIDE CALHOUN; music by OSCAR J. FOX
"I Found a New Baby" = lyrics & music by JACK PALMER & SPENCER WILLIAMS
"I Love My Baby" = lyrics by BUD GREEN; music by HARRY WARREN
"I Might Have Known" = by LUCAS
"I Miss My Swiss" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by ABEL BAER
"I Never Knew" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by TED FIO RITO
"I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Ida, I Do" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by ISHAM JONES
"If I Had a Girl Like You" = lyrics by BILLY ROSE & MORT DIXON; music by RAY HENDERSON
"If You Knew Susie" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by JOSEPH MEYER
"I'm A Little Bit Fonder of You" = lyrics & music by IRVING CAESAR
"I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston" = lyrics & music by ROY TURK & LOU HANDMAN
"I'm Gonna Cry" = by MARTHA BOSWELL
"I'm in Love Again" = lyrics & music by COLE PORTER
"I'm Knee-Deep in Daisies (And Head Over Heels In Love)" = by ASH, SHAY, GOODWIN, LITTLE, STANLEY
"I'm Sitting on Top of the World" = lyrics by SAM M. LEWIS & JOE YOUNG; music by RAY HENDERSON
"In Your Green Hat" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON
"I've Confessed to the Breeze" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Jalousie" (aka "Jealousy" = lyrics by VERA BLOOM; music by JACOB GADE
"Just a Cottage Small" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by JAMES F. HANLEY
"Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann" = lyrics by ANDREW B. STERLING; music by ROBERT A. KING & RAY HENDERSON
"Leander" from the musical theater production 'Katja The Dancer' = lyrics by HARRY GRAHAM; music by JEAN GILBERT
"Let It Rain! Let It Pour!" = lyrics by CLIFF FRIEND; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Looking For a Boy" introduced by QUEENIE SMITH in the musical 'Tip-Toes' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Love Me Tonight" = lyrics by BRIAN HOOKER; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"Manhattan" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Masculine Women! Feminine Men!" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"Moonlight and Roses" = lyrics by BEN BLACK; music by NEIL MORET
"My Bundle of Love" = lyrics & music by GEORGIE PRICE & ABNER SILVER
"My Sweetie Turned Me Down" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"My Yiddishe Momme" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by LEW POLLACK
"Neapolitan Nights (Nights Of Splendour)" = lyrics by HARRY D. KERR; music by J. S. ZUMECNIK
"No, No, Nanette" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" = lyrics & music by BENNY DAVIS, JOE BURKE & MARK FISHER
"Only a Rose" = lyrics by BRIAN HOOKER; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"Paddlin' Madelin Home" = lyrics & music by HARRY M. WOODS
"Pal of My Cradle Days" = lyrics by MARSHALL MONTGOMERY; music by AL PIANTADOSI
"The Pearls" = music by JELLY ROLL MORTON
"Poor Little Rich Girl" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"Remember" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Roll 'Em Girls" = lyrics & music by ARCHIE FLETCHER & BOBBY HEATH
"Rose of Samarkand" = music by ERIC COATES
"Save Your Sorrow (for Tomorrow)" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA; music by AL SHERMAN
"See See Rider Blues" = by MA RAINEY
"Sentimental Me" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Shake That Thing" = by CHARLIE JACKSON
"She Showed Him This, She Showed Him That" = by STONE & DAVID
"Show Me the Way to Go Home" = lyrics & music by IRVING KING
"Sleepy Time Gal" = lyrics by JOSEPH R. ALDEN & RAYMOND B. EGAN; music by ANGE LORENZO & RICHARD A. WHITING
"Some Day" = lyrics by BRIAN HOOKER; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"Sometime" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by TED FIO RITO
"Song of the Flame" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN & HERBERT STOTHART
"Song of the Vagabonds" = lyrics by BRIAN HOOKER; music by RUDOLF FRIML
"Stack O'Lee Blues" = lyrics & music by LOPEZ, COLWELL (trad)
"Sugar Foot Stomp" (aka "Dipper Mouth Blues") = lyrics by WALTER MELROSE; music by JOE "KING" OLIVER
"Sunny" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Sweet and Low-Down" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Sweet Georgia Brown" = lyrics & music by BEN BERNIE, MACEO PINKARD & KENNETH CASEY
"Tea for Two" = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Thanks for the Buggy Ride" = lyrics & music by JULES BUFFANO
"That Certain Feeling" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"That Certain Party" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"That Saxophone Waltz" = lyrics by JULES MINGO & BERRY J. SISK; music by BERRY J. SISK
"Then I'll Be Happy" = lyrics by SIDNEY CLARE & LEW BROWN; music by CLIFF FRIEND
"Too Many Rings Around Rosie" = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"Two Little Bluebirds" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Ukulele Lady" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by RICHARD WHITING
"Valentine" = French lyrics by ALBERT WILLEMETZ, English lyrics by HERBERT REYNOLDS; music by HENRI CHRISTIN
"Waters of the Perkiomen" = lyrics by AL DUBIN; music by F. HENRI KLICKMANN
"When the Sergeant Major's on Parade" = lyrics & music by ERNEST LONGSTAFFE
"Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?" = lyrics & music by CHICK ENDOR
"Who?" = lyrics by OTTO HARBACH & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Why Do I Love You?" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Yearning" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by JOE BURKE
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by WALTER DONALDSON
Top Hits on Record
"Ah-Ha!"
recorded by TED LEWIS & HIS JAZZ BAND
"All AloneU"
recorded by JOHN McCORMACK
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
"Charleston"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & HIS ORCHESTRA
"Dinah"
recorded by ETHEL WATERS
"Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now"
recorded by THE COON-SANDERS NIGHTHAWKS
"If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)"
recorded by EDDIE CANTOR
recorded by JACK SHILKRET AND HIS ORCHESTRA
"June Brought the Roses"
recorded by THE TROUBADOURS, directed NAT SHILKRET
"Let It Rain, Let It Pour"
recorded by THE INTERNATIONAL NOVELTY ORCHESTRA, directed NAT SHILKRET, vocal VERNON DALHART
"Let's All Go to Mary's House"
recorded by SAVOY ORPHEANS
"The Prisoner's Song"
recorded by VERNON DALHART
"Remember"
recorded by ISHAM JONES & HIS ORCHESTRA
"St. Louis Blues"
recorded by BESSIE SMITH
"Sweet Georgia Brown"
recorded by BEN BERNIE & HIS ORCHESTRA
recorded by ETHEL WATERS
"While We Danced 'Til Dawn"
recorded by TED LEWIS & HIS JAZZ BAND
"Yes Sir, That's My Baby"
recorded by ACE BRIGODE & HIS FOURTEEN VIRGINIANS
Classical Music
ISIDOR ACHRON
Violin Concerto No. 1
BÉLA BARTÓK
Dance Suite
ERNEST BLOCH
Concerto Grosso No. 1, for piano and strings
JOHN FERNSTRÖM
Violin Concerto No. 1
JACOB GADE
Jalousie, for cello and piano
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Piano Concerto in F
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY
Java Suite
SIR WILLIAM HENRY HARRIS
Faire is the Heaven
HERBERT HOWELLS
Piano Concerto No. 2
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
String Quartet No. 2
CARL NIELSEN
Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia Semplice
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 2, Iron and Steel
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Symphony No. 1, String Quartet No. 2
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1
MARCEL TOURNIER
Images No. 1, Op. 29; Etude de Concert "Au Matin"
EDGARD VARÈSE
Intégrales
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Concerto Accademico for Violin and Strings, Flos Campi
WILLIAM WALTON
Portsmouth Point, concert overture
KURT WEILL
Violin Concerto
STEFAN WOLPE
Three Songs by Heinrich von Kleist
Opera
ALBAN BERG
Wozzeck
ARMSTRONG GIBBS
Blue Peter
MAURICE RAVEL
L'enfant et les sortilèges
Musical Theatre
BIG BOY
Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 7 and later moved to the 44th Street Theatre for a total run of 168 performances
BOODLE
London production opened at the Empire Theatre on March 10 and ran for 94 performances
BY THE WAY Starring Cicely Courtneidge.
Broadway revue opened at the Gaiety Theatre on December 28 and ran for 176 performances
THE COCOANUTS
Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 8 and ran for 375 performances
DEAREST ENEMY Starring Helen Hart and Charles Purcell.
(Music: Richard Rodgers, Lyrics: Lorenz Hart, Book: Herbert Fields)
Broadway production opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre on September 18 and ran for 286 performances
THE DOLLAR PRINCESS
London revival
GARRICK GAIETIES
Broadway revue opened at the Garrick Theatre on June 8 and ran for 211 performances
KATJA THE DANCER
London production opened on February 21 at the Gaiety Theatre and ran for 505 performances
MERCENARY MARY
Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on April 13 and ran for 136 performances
NO, NO, NANETTE
(Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, and Vincent Youmans)
London production opened at the Palace Theatre on March 11 and ran for 665 performances
Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on September 16 and ran for 321 performances
ON WITH THE DANCE
London revue opened at the Pavilion on April 30 and ran for 229 performances
ROSE-MARIE
London production opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on March 20 and ran for 851 performances
SUNNY
Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on September 22 and ran for 517 performances
TIP-TOES
Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 28 and ran for 194 performances
THE VAGABOND KING
Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on September 21 and ran for 511 performances
Please address any comments concerning this page to The Music Maestro
Mark Chard BSc, PLY
Page created: 22nd May 2011
Last edited: 21st December 2023
