21 November:CHARLIE PALMIERI = American salsa musician of Puerto Rican descent = [died: 1988]
22 November:JIMMY KNEPPER = American jazz trombonist = [died: 2003]
25 December:RAM NARAYAN = Indian sarangi player
26 December:DENIS QUILLEY = English musical theatre actor = [died: 2003]
Timeline of Musical Events
8 January: ALBAN BERG's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna.
21 April: Electric re-recording of GEORGE GERSHWIN's Rhapsody in Blue by PAUL WHITEMAN's Orchestra directed by NATHANIEL SHILKRET, with GERSHWIN at the piano.
1 July: BÉLA BARTÓK's Piano Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Frankfurt, with the composer at the piano and WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER conducting.
5 December: LEOŠ JANÁCEK's Glagolitic Mass is premiered in Brno.
Also in 1927:-
Publishers Chappell & Co withdraw their financial support for the Promenade Concerts, to be replaced by the BBC.
BENJAMIN BRITTEN becomes a pupil of FRANK BRIDGE.
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI enters the Warsaw conservatory.
BLIND WILLIE McTELL's recording career begins.
THE SOUL STIRRERS' recording career begins.
BIG BILL BROONZY's recording career begins.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG and His Hot Seven record.
JIM JACKSON's recording career begins.
Published Popular Music
"Adios Muchachos" = lyrics by CESAR FELIPE VEDANI; music by JULIO CESAR SANDERS (aka LENNY SANDERS)
"Ain't She Sweet" = lyrics by JACK YELLEN; music by MILTON AGER
"Among My Souvenirs" = lyrics by EDGAR LESLIE; music by HORATIO NICHOLLS
"At Sundown" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"The Babbitt And The Bromide" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"The Best Things In Life Are Free" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Black And Tan Fantasy" = music by DUKE ELLINGTON
"Bless This House" = lyrics by HELEN TAYLOR; music by MAY BRAHE
"Blue Skies" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Broken Hearted" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN. Introduced by HELEN MORGAN in the musical 'Show Boat'
"Changes" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Chlo-e" = lyrics by GUS KAHN; music by NEIL MORET
"Creole Love Call" = lyrics & music by EDWARD "DUKE" ELLINGTON
"Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN, CHARLES TOBIAS & HOWARD JOHNSON
"Diane" = lyrics & music by ERNIE RAPEE & LEW POLLACK
"Did You Mean It?" = lyrics by ABE LYMAN & SID SILVERS; music by PHIL BAKER
"The Doll Dance" = music by NACIO HERB BROWN
"Everywhere You Go" = lyrics & music by LARRY SHAY, JOE GOODWIN & MARK FISHER
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" = lyrics by WILLIE RASKIN & BILLY ROSE; music by FRED FISHER
"Four Or Five Times" = lyrics & music by BYRON GAY
"Funny Face" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Girl Of My Dreams" = lyrics & music by SUNNY CLAPP
"Good News" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Hallelujah!" = lyrics by LEO ROBIN & CLIFFORD GREY; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"He Loves and She Loves" introduced by ADELE ASTAIRE and ALLEN KEARNS in the musical 'Funny Face' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN. Performed in the 1957 film version by FRED ASTAIRE
"High Hat" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Hoosier Sweetheart" = lyrics & music by BILLY BASKETTE, PAUL ASH & JOE GOODWIN
"I Don't Know How" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I Feel At Home With You" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain" = lyrics by IRVING KAHAL; music by SAMMY FAIN
"I Scream You Scream" = lyrics & music by ROBERT KING, HOWARD JOHNSON & BILLY MOLL
"I Still Suits Me" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"I'll Take Care Of Your Cares" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by JAMES V. MONACO
"I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" = lyrics by BENNY DAVIS; music by JESSE GREER
"I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by HARRY WOODS
"I'm Proud Of A Baby Like You" = by SCHOENBERG, STEVENS, HELMICK
"In A Mist" = music by BIX BEIDERBECKE
"It All Belongs To Me" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Just Like A Butterfly" = lyrics by MORT DIXON; music by HARRY WOODS
"Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" = lyrics by IRVING KAHAL & FRANCIS WHEELER; music by SAMMY FAIN
"Let's Kiss And Make Up" introduced by FRED ASTAIRE and ADELE ASTAIRE in the musical 'Funny Face' = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)" = lyrics & music by AL SHERMAN & HOWARD JOHNSON
"The Lonesome Road" = lyrics by GENE AUSTIN; music by NATHANIEL SHILKRET
"Lucky Lindy" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by ABEL BAER
"Mary, (What Are You Waiting For)" = lyrics & music by WALTER DONALDSON
"Maybe It's Me" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Me And My Shadow" = lyrics & music by DAVE DREYER, BILLY ROSE & AL JOLSON
"Miss Annabelle Lee" = lyrics & music by LEW POLLACK, SIDNEY CLARE & HARRY RICHMAN
"Mississippi Mud" = lyrics by JAMES CAVANAUGH; music by HARRY BARRIS
"My Blue Heaven" = lyrics by GEORGE A. WHITING; music by WALTER DONALDSON
"My Heart Stood Still" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"My One And Only" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Ol' Man River" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"Plenty Of Sunshine" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Preludes" = by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Rain" = lyrics & music by EUGENE FORD, CAREY MORGAN & ARTHUR SWANSTROM
"Ramona" = lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT; music by MABEL WAYNE
"The Rangers' Song" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by HARRY A. TIERNEY. Introduced in the musical 'Rio Rita' by J. HAROLD MURRAY, HARRY RATCLIFFE, DONALD DOUGLAS and chorus. Performed in the 1929 film version by JOHN BOLES and chorus.
"A Room with a View" = lyrics & music by NOEL COWARD
"Russian Lullaby" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"'S Wonderful" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Shaking The Blues Away" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Side By Side" = lyrics & music by HARRY WOODS
"Sometimes I'm Happy" from the musical 'Hit the Deck' = lyrics by IRVING CAESAR; music by VINCENT YOUMANS
"The Song Is Ended" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Strike Up The Band" = lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN; music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
"Struttin' With Some Barbecue" = lyrics & music by LOUIS ARMSTRONG & LILLIAN HARDIN ARMSTRONG
"Thou Swell" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS. Introduced by WILLIAM GAXTON and CONSTANCE CARPENTER in the musical 'A Connecticut Yankee'. Performed in the 1948 film Words and Music by JUNE ALLYSON and THE BLACKBURN TWINS.
"The Varsity Drag" = lyrics by B. G. DE SYLVA & LEW BROWN; music by RAY HENDERSON
"Washboard Blues" = music by HOAGY CARMICHAEL & IRVING MILLS
"What Does It Matter?" = lyrics & music by IRVING BERLIN
"Where's That Rainbow?" = lyrics by LORENZ HART; music by RICHARD RODGERS
"Why Do I Love You?" = lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II; music by JEROME KERN
"You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo" = lyrics & music by LESLIE SARONY
"Your Land And My Land" = lyrics by DOROTHY DONNELLY; music by SIGMUND ROMBERG
"You're Always In My Arms" = lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY; music by HARRY TIERNEY
Popular Music on Record
"Ain't She Sweet"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"All Alone Monday"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal JOHNNY MARVIN
"Baby's Blue"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET (with Victor files showing "LEONARD JOY assistant director"), vocal JOHNNY MARVIN
"Broken Hearted"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN
"The Calinda (Boo-Joom, Boo-Joom, Boo!)" from "A La Carte"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal JACK FULTON, CHARLES GAYLORD, AUSTIN YOUNG and BING CROSBY
"Dancing Tambourine"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN
"The Desert Song" from the musical of the same name
recorded by NAT SHILKRET
"Diane (I'm in Heaven when I See You Smile)"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET as the Troubadours, vocal FRANKLYN BAUR, LEWIS JAMES and ELLIOT SHAW
"Diane (I'm in Heaven when I See You Smile)"
recorded by FRANKLYN BAUR, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"The Doll Dance"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong"
recorded by SOPHIE TUCKER with MIFF MOLE & His Little Molers
"Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal JOE SHERMAN and LEWIS JAMES
"Flapperette"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET
"Forgive Me"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied celeste NAT SHILKRET and piano JACK SHILKRET
"Hallelujah" from "Hit the Deck"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal FRANKLYN BAUR
"I Know That You Know"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal FRANKLYN BAUR
"I'm Coming, Virginia"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal Rhythm Boys (BING CROSBY, AL RINKER AND HARRY BARRIS)
"I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now"
recorded by JANE GREEN, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"In a Little Spanish Town"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal JACK FULTON
"It All Depends on You"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN
"It's a Million to One You're in Love"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal FRANKLYN BAUR
"I've Got the Girl"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied piano ABEL BAER
"Just a Memory"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN
"Lucky Lindy"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET Orchestra, directed LEONARD JOY
"Mary (What Are You Waiting For?)"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN
"Maybe" from "Oh, Kay!"
recorded by organist JESSIE CRAWFORD, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"Me and My Shadow"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal JOHNNY MARVIN
"My Blue Heaven"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"My Blue Heaven"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal JACK FULTON, CHARLES GAYLORD, AUSTIN YOUNG, BING CROSBY and AL RINKER
"Paree" American version of "Ca C'est Paris"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET as International Novelty Orchestra
"One Alone" from "The Desert Song"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET
"One Sweet Letter from You"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied piano ABEL BAER
"The Riff Song" from "The Desert Song"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal the REVELERS
"A Shady Tree"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal MILDRED HUNT
"Side by Side"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal Rhythm Boys (BING CROSBY, AL RINKER AND HARRY BARRIS)
"So Blue"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN
"Someday, Sweetheart"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied piano ABEL BAER
"Sometimes I'm Happy"
recorded by ROGER WOLFE KAHN
"Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi"
recorded by TED LEWIS & His Band
"Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"Tonight You Belong to Me"
recorded by GENE AUSTIN, accompanied NAT SHILKRET Orchestra
"What Does It Matter Now?"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal ELLIOT SHAW
"When Day Is Done"
recorded by NAT SHILKRET, vocal LEWIS JAMES
"When Day Is Done"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, trumpet solo HENRY BUSSE
"Who's That Knocking On My Door?"
recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW
"Your Land and My Land"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN, vocal CHARLES HARRISON, LEWIS JAMES, ELLIOT SHAW and WILFRED GLENN
"Mine, All Mine"
recorded by THE COON-SANDERS' NIGHTHAWKS
"Changes"
recorded by PAUL WHITEMAN & His Orchestra
"Blue Skies/Falling In Love With You"
recorded by JESSE CRAWFORD
"Shaking The Blues Away"
recorded by RUTH ETTING
"Varsity Drag"
recorded by RUTH ETTING
"It All Belongs To Me"
recorded by RUTH ETTING
"In A Little Spanish Town"
recorded by CARSON ROBISON
"My Pretty Girl"
recorded by JEAN GOLDKETTE & His Orchestra
"Back Water Blues"
recorded by BESSIE SMITH
"I'm Coming, Virginia"
recorded by BIX BEIDERBECKE
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
recorded by DUKE ELLINGTON & His Orchestra
"Singin' The Blues"
recorded by FRANKIE TRUMBAUER's Orchestra, with BIX & LANG
"Potato Head Blues"
recorded by LOUIS ARMSTRONG
"Stardust"
recorded by HOAGY CARMICHAEL
"Honky Tonk Train Blues"
recorded by MEADE LUX LEWIS (not released until 1930)
"Match Box Blues"
recorded by BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON
"Mama 'T Ain't Long Fo' Day"
recorded by BLIND WILLIE McTELL
"Roamin Rambler Blues"
recorded by LONNIE JOHNSON
"Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues"
recorded by JIM JACKSON
Classical Music
BÉLA BARTÓK
String Quartet No. 3
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Symphony No. 1 Gothic
FRANK BRIDGE
Rhapsody: Enter Spring
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
String Quartet
GERALD FINZI
Violin Concerto
ANDRÉ FLEURY
Allegro symphonique
REINHOLD GLIÈRE
The Red Poppy (ballet)
KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN
Two Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin
DMITRI KABALEVSKY
Piano Sonata No. 1
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 MARTINU
La Revue de Cuisine
CARL NIELSEN
An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands (orchestral)
DANE RUDHYAR
Paeans
HENRI SAUGUET
La Chatte (ballet)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
String Quartet No. 3
ROGER SESSIONS
Symphony No. 1
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Oedipus Rex
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
String Quartet No. 2
EDGARD VARÈSE
Arcana (1925–27)
ANTON WEBERN
String Trio, Op. 20
Opera
FRANZ LEHÁR
Der Zarewitsch
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
The Fiery Angel
JAROMÍR WEINBERGER
Švanda the Bagpiper
Musical Theatre
Opening: 3 January 1927 @ Jolson's 59th Street Theatre, New York, NY
THE NIGHTINGALE [Original "Broadway" production]
(Musical, Romance)
Music by: Armand Vecsey; Book by: Guy Bolton; Lyrics by: Clifford Grey, P. G. Wodehouse
Closing: 26 March 1927 Performance Count: 96
Opening: 4 January 1927 @ Forrest Theatre, New York, NY