This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1925.
Specific locations 1925 in British music 1925 in Norwegian music
Specific genres 1925 in country music 1925 in jazz
Events January 1 – First day of radio broadcasting in Sweden: Gaston Borch conducts the Skandia Cinema Orchestra in the country's first broadcast of orchestral music. February 25 – 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). February 26 – Eight Popular Victor Artists record "A Miniature Concert," the first recorded (cf March 16 entry below) electrical recording by the Victor Talking Machine; the artists are Billy Murray, Frank Banta, Henry Burr, Albert Campbell, Frank Croxton, John Meyer, Monroe Silver, and Rudy Wiedoeft.Victor Recording Book log, pp. 4761A, 4783, 4791. March 1 – Edgard Varèse's Intégrales is premiered in New York City. March 16 – 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, is recorded March 20 by the International Novelty Orchestra, also directed by Shilkret.Gelatt, Roland, The Fabulous Phonograph, MacMillan, New York, 1954. March 20 – Charles Wakefield Cadman's opera The Garden of Mystery is premiered in New York City. March 21 – Maurice Ravel's L'Enfant et les sortilèges is premiered in Monte Carlo. April 3 – Gustav Holst's opera At the Boar's Head is premiered in Manchester. May 16 – The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1639–40) takes place in Paris. May 21 – Ferruccio Busoni's opera Doktor Faust, unfinished at his death in 1924, is premiered at the Sächsisches Staatstheater in Dresden. June 6 – Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 2 is premiered in Paris. November 28 – The weekly country music radio program Grand Ole Opry is first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, as the "WSM Barn Dance". December 11 – Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 6, the Sinfonia semplice, is premiered in Copenhagen. December 14 – Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck is given its first complete performance, in Berlin, conducted by Erich Kleiber. Joseph Canteloube founds a group called La Bourrée in Paris to publicize the folklore and other attractions of the Auvergne. Victor, Columbia, and His Master's Voice phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology, one of the most important advances in recording history (see ShilkretShilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. for a first-hand account of its benefits). 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 and His Hot Five.
Published popular music "Adios, Mariquita Linda" w. (Eng 1939) Ray Gilbert (Sp) Marcos A. Jimenez m. Marcos A. Jimenez "Alone at Last" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito "Always" w.m. Irving Berlin "Bam, Bam, Bamy Shore" w. Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson "Boneyard Shuffle" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer "By the Light of the Stars" w.m. Arthur Sizemore, George A. Little, & Larry Shay "Bye and Bye" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Cecilia" w. Herman Ruby m. Dave Dreyer "Cheatin' on Me" w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack "Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!" w. Billy Rose & Ballard MacDonald m. Joseph Meyer "Collegiate" w.m. Moe Jaffe & Nat Bonx "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You" w. Billy Rose & Al Dubin m. Joseph Meyer "Davenport Blues" m. Bix Beiderbecke "Dinah" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Akst "Don't Bring Lulu" w. Billy Rose & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson "Down by the Winegar Works" w.m. Don Bestor, Roger Lewis & Walter Donovan "Drifting and Dreaming" w. Haven Gillespie, m. Egbert Van Alstyne, Erwin R. Schmidt & Loyal Curtis "D'Ye Love Me?" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Marilyn Miller in the musical Sunny "Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson "Flamin' Mamie" w.m. Fred Rose & Paul Whiteman "Freshie" w. Harold Berg m. Jesse Greer "Grandpa's Spells" m. Jelly Roll Morton "Headin' for Louisville" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer "Here in My Arms" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "I Found a New Baby" w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams "I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg" w. Fritz Löhner-Beda & Ernst Neubach m. Fred Raymond "I Love My Baby" w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren "I Miss My Swiss" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer "I Never Knew" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson "Ida, I Do" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones "If I Had a Girl Like You" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson "If You Knew Susie" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer "I'm A Little Bit Fonder of You" w.m. Irving Caesar "I'm Gonna Charleston Back to Charleston" w.m. Roy Turk & Lou Handman "I'm Gonna Cry" Martha Boswell "I'm in Love Again" w.m. Cole Porter "I'm Knee-Deep in Daisies (And Head Over Heels In Love)" Ash, Shay, Goodwin, Little, Stanley "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson "In Your Green Hat" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager "I've Confessed to the Breeze" w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans, from the musical No, No, Nanette. "Jalousie" (a.k.a. "Jealousy") w. Vera Bloom m. Jacob Gade "Just a Cottage Small" w. B. G. De Sylva m. James F. Hanley "Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson "Leander" w. Harry Graham m. Jean Gilbert from the musical theater production 'Katja The Dancer' "Let It Rain! Let It Pour!" w. Cliff Friend m. Walter Donaldson "Looking For a Boy" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Queenie Smith in the musical Tip-Toes "Love Me Tonight" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml "Manhattan" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Moonlight and Roses" w. Ben Black m. Neil Moret (adapted without permission from a composition by Edwin Lemare) "My Bundle of Love" w.m. Georgie Price & Abner Silver "My Sweetie Turned Me Down" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson "My Yiddishe Momme" w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack "Neapolitan Nights (Nights Of Splendour)" w. Harry D. Kerr m. J. S. Zumecnik "No, No, Nanette" w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" w.m. Benny Davis, Joe Burke & Mark Fisher "Only a Rose" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml "Paddlin' Madelin Home" w.m. Harry M. Woods "Pal of My Cradle Days" w. Marshall Montgomery m. Al Piantadosi "The Pearls" m. Jelly Roll Morton "Poor Little Rich Girl" w.m. Noël Coward "Remember" w.m. Irving Berlin "Roll 'Em Girls" w.m. Archie Fletcher & Bobby Heath "Rose of Samarkand" m. Eric Coates "Save Your Sorrow (for Tomorrow)" w. B. G. De Sylva m. Al Sherman "See See Rider Blues" by Ma Rainey "Sentimental Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Shake That Thing" Charlie Jackson "Show Me the Way to Go Home" w.m. Irving King "Sleepy Time Gal" w. Joseph R. Alden & Raymond B. Egan m. Ange Lorenzo & Richard A. Whiting "Some Day" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml "Sometime" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito "Song of the Flame" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. George Gershwin & Herbert Stothart, from the operetta Song of the Flame. "Song of the Vagabonds" w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml "Sunny" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern, from the musical Sunny. "Sweet and Low-Down" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Sweet Georgia Brown" w.m. Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey "Tea for Two" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans "That Certain Feeling" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "That Certain Party" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson "That Saxophone Waltz" w. Jules Mingo & Berry J. Sisk m. Berry J. Sisk "Then I'll Be Happy" w. Sidney Clare & Lew Brown m. Cliff Friend "Too Many Rings Around Rosie" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans "Two Little Bluebirds" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern "Ukulele Lady" w. Gus Kahn m. Richard Whiting "Valentine" w. Albert Willemetz (Fr) Herbert Reynolds (Eng) m. Henri Christin "Waters of the Perkiomen" w. Al Dubin m. F. Henri Klickmann "When the Sergeant Major's on Parade" w.m. Ernest Longstaffe "Who Takes Care of the Caretaker's Daughter?" w.m. Chick Endor "Who?" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern, from the musical Sunny. "Why Do I Love You?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "The Wreck of the Shenandoah" w.m. Vernon Dalhart, Carson Robison, and Elmer S. Hughes. "Yearning" w. Benny Davis m. Joe Burke "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
Top Popular Recordings 1925
The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1924: Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions 1 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor With Ray Miller's Orchestra "I'll See You in My Dreams" Brunswick 2788 US BB 1925 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks 2 Gene Austin "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" Victor 19656 US BB 1925 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 17 total weeks 3 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra "Sweet Georgia Brown" Vocalion 15002 US BB 1925 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks 4 Vernon Dalhart "The Prisoner's Song" Victor 19427 US BB 1925 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930, 7 more weeks at #1 1926 5 Eddie Cantor "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" Columbia 364 US BB 1925 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks 6 Al Jolson "All Alone" Brunswick 2743 US BB 1925 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks 7 The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) "Manhattan" Columbia 422 US BB 1925 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks 8 The Cavaliers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" Columbia 359 US BB 1925 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks 9 Marion Harris "Tea for Two" Brunswick 2747 US BB 1925 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks 10 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "All Alone" Victor 19487 US BB 1925 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks, 835,586 sales (possibly combined 10 & 11) 11 John McCormack "All Alone" Victor Red Seal 1067 US BB 1925 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks 12 Ted Lewis and His Band "O, Katharina" Columbia 295 US BB 1925 #12, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks 13 Isham Jones Orchestra "Remember" Brunswick 2963 US BB 1925 #13, US #1 for 7 weeks, 11 total weeks 14 Gene Austin "Yearning (Just For You)" Victor 19625 US BB 1925 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks 15 Nick Lucas "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?" Brunswick 2961 US BB 1925 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks 16 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Victor 19551 US BB 1925 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks 17 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Indian Love Call" Victor 19517 US BB 1925 #22, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 526,884 sales 18 Bessie Smith "The Saint Louis Blues" Columbia 14064 US BB 1925 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 6 total week, 225,000 sales 19 Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra "I Want to Be Happy" Okeh 40175 US BB 1925 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks 20 Vernon Dalhart "The Wreck of the Old 97" Victor 19427 US BB 1925 #36, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales thru 1930
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