1925 in music

Events

• Victor, Columbia, and HMV phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology
• Jimmie Rodgers begins performing
• Blind Lemon Jefferson's recording career begins
• Lonnie Johnson's recording career begins
• Louis Armstrong leaves Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, returns to Chicago, and makes his first records under his own name, leading Louis Armstrong & 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
• “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. Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke
• “The Death Of Floyd Collins”     w. Andrew Jenkins m. Irene Spain
• “Dinah”     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Akst
• “Dipper Mouth Blues”     m. Joseph "King" Oliver
• “Don't Bring Lulu”     w. Billy Rose & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• “Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream”     w. L.. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne
• “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
• “Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue”     w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson
• “Flamin' Mamie”     w.m. Fred Rose & Paul Whiteman
• “Footloose”     Rupp
• “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
• “The Hills Of Home”     w. Floride Calhoun m. Oscar J. Fox
• “I Found A New Baby”     w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
• “I Love My Baby”     w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren
• “I Might Have Known”     Lucas
• “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
• “Jalousie” (aka “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
• “Love Me Tonight”     w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
• “Manhattan”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “Masculine Women! Feminine Men!”     w. Edgar Leslie m. James V. Monaco
• “Moonlight And Roses”     w. Ben Black m. Neil Moret
• “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 Woods
• “Pal Of My Cradle Days”     w. Marshall Montgomery m. Al Piantadosi
• “The Pearls”     m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
• “Poor Little Rich Girl”     w.m. Noel 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
• “Sentimental Me”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “Shake That Thing”     Charlie Jackson
• “She Showed Him This, She Showed Him That”     Stone & David
• “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
• “Sometimes I'm Happy”     w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans
• “Song Of The Flame”     w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. George Gershwin & Herbert Stothart
• “Song of The Vagabonds”     w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml
• “Stack O'Lee Blues”     trad w.m. Lopez, Colwell
• “Sugar Foot Stomp” (aka “Dipper Mouth Blues”)     w. Walter Melrose m. Joseph "King" Oliver
• “Sunny”     w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• “Sweet And Low-Down”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Sweet Georgia Brown”     w.m. Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Ken Casey
• “Thanks For The Buggy Ride”     w.m. Jules Buffano
• “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
• “Why Do I Love You?”     w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Yearning”     w. Benny Davis m. Joe Burke
• “Yes Sir! That's My Baby”     w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson

Top Hits: Recordings

• "Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now" by The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
• "Charleston" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Dinah" by Ethel Waters
• "Ah-Ha!" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith
• "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" by Ace Brigode & His Fourteen Virginians
• "While We Danced 'Til Dawn" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie & His Orchestra
• "Everybody Loves My Baby" by Blossom Seeley
• "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ethel Waters
• "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" by Eddie Cantor
• "All Alone" by John McCormack
• "All Alone" by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
• "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart
• "Remember" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra

Musical theater

• Big Boy     Broadway production
• The Cocoanuts     Broadway production
• The Dollar Princess     London revival
• Garrick Gaieties     Broadway production
• Mercenary Mary     Broadway production
• No, No, Nanette     London production
• No, No, Nanette     Broadway production
• On With The Dance     London production
• Rose-Marie     London production
• Sunny     Broadway production
• Tip-Toes     Broadway production
• The Vagabond King     Broadway production

Births

• April 26 - Jorgen Ingmann, Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar
• June 27 - Doc Pomus
• July 6 - Bill Haley, (+ 1981)
• August 15 - Oscar Peterson
• September 6 - Jimmy Reed
• September 13 - Mel Torme
• September 16 - B.B. King
• October 15 - Mickey Guitar Baker, Mickey & Sylvia

Deaths

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