1905 in music

Events

• December 28 : Premiere of The Merry Widow by Franz Lehar

Published popular music

• "Amoureuse Waltz" Berger
• "And The World Goes On Just The Same" w. Jean Lenox m. Harry O. Sutton
• "Bandana Land" by Glen MacDonough
• "Birth of the Flowers" m. Charles E. Roat
• "Bunker Hill" w. Sam Erlich m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Can't You See That I'm Lonely" w. Felix Feist m. Harry Armstrong
• "Carrisima" by Arthur Penn
• "Caw-Caw-Caw" w.m. by Maurice Stonehill & Joe Nathan
• "Clair De Lune" m. Claude Debussy
• "College Life" m. Hery Frantzen
• "Come Clean" by Paul Sarebresole
• "Daddy's Little Girl" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Dearie" w.m. Clare Kummer
• "Everybody Works But Father" w.m. Jean Havez
• "Farewell, Mister Abner Hemingway" Jerome, Schwartz
• "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Friends That Are Good And True" Eysler
• "G. O. P." Bryan, Hoffman
• "Gee ! But This Is A Lonesome Town" Gaston
• "The Girl Who Cares For Me" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Goodbye, Maggie Doyle" Schwartz
• "Good-bye, Sweet Old Manhattan Isle" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Harry von Tilzer
• "He's Me Pal" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
• "Hiram Green, Good-bye" w. Henry Gillespie m. Clarence M. Chapel
• "How'd You Like To Spoon With Me?" w. Edward Laska m. Jerome Kern
• "I Don't Care" w. Jean Lenox m. Harry O. Sutton
• "I Love A Lassie" w. Harry Lauder & George Grafton m. Harry Lauder
• "I Want What I Want When I Want It" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "I Would Like To Marry You" w. m. Edward Laska
• "If A Girl Like You Loved A Boy Like Me" w.m. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "I'm Getting Sleepy" w. Wilbur U. Gumm m. Joe Hollander
• "I'm The Only Star That Twinkles On Broadway" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "I'm Trying To Find A Sweetheart" w. Jean Lenox m. Henry O. Sutton
• "In Dear Old Georgia" w. Harry Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "In My Merry Oldsmobile" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
• "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "The Irish Girl I Love" w. George V. Hobart m. Max Hoffmann
• "Is Everybody Happy ?" w. Frank Williams m. Ernest Hogan & Tom Lemonier
• "It Ain't All Honey And It Ain't All Jam" w.m. Fred Murray & George Everard
• "It's Allus De Same In Dixie" Cook
• "I've Got A Little Money And I've Saved It All For You" Farrell, Silver
• "I've Sweethearts In Every Port" Keith
• "Jolly Pickaninnies" m. Ernst Rueffe
• "Just A Little Rocking Chair And You" w. Bert Fitzgibbon & Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Keep A Little Cosy Corner In Your Heart For Me" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Kiss Me Again" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "The Leader Of The German Band" w. Edward Madden m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Little Girl, You'll Do" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Alfred Solman
• "Mary's A Grand Old Name" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Meet Me Down At Luna, Lena" Brady, Johnston, Frantzen
• "The Moon Has His Eyes On You" w. Billy Johnson m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Moonlight" w. James O'Dea m. Neil Moret
• "My Dusky Rose" w.m. Thomas S. Allen
• "My Gal Sal" w.m. Paul Dresser
• "My Irish Maid" Hoffman
• "My Irish Molly O" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Nobody" w. Alex Rogers m. Bert A. Williams
• "On An Automobile Honeymoon" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "On The Banks Of The Rhine With A Stein" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer
• "One Called "Mother" And The Other "Home Sweet Home"" w. William Cahill m. Theodore F. Morse
• "Paddy's Day" Fogarty, Mullen
• "Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Léon Jessel
• "Peaches And Cream" m. Percy Wenrich
• "A Picnic For Two" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Pretty Desdamone" w.m. F. Collins Wildman
• "Put Me In My Little Cell" Woodhouse, Rosse
• "Robinson Crusoe's Isle" w.m. Benjamin Hapgood Burt
• "Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer

• "Say Yes, Honey, Do" by Sara E. Posey
• "She Is My Daisy" w.m. Harry Lauder & J. D. Harper
• "Silence And Fun" Mullen
• "Since Nellie Went Away" w.m. Herbert H. Taylor
• "So Long Mary" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Tammany" w. Vincent P. Bryan m. Gus Edwards
• "To Be Loved by the Girl You Love" Irving J. Schloss
• "The Umpire Is A Most Unhappy Man" w. Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams m. Joseph E. Howard
• "Violette" w. Dolly Jardon m. J. B. Mullen
• "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines, Nellie" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer
• "Waiting At The Church" w. Fred W. Leigh m. Henry E. Pether
• "Waltzing With The Girl You Love" w.m. George Evans & Ren Shields
• "When The Bell In The Lighthouse Rings Ding Dong" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman
• "Where The River Shannon Flows" w.m. James J. Russell
• "The Whistler And His Dog" m. Arthur Pryor
• "The Whole Damm Family" Smith, Von Tilzer
• "Why Don't You Try?" w. Harry H. Williams m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "Will You Love Me In December" w. James J. Walker m. Ernest R. Ball
• "A Woman Is Only A Woman But A Good Cigar Is A Smoke" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert

Musical theater

• The Catch Of The Season Broadway production
• The Earl And The Girl Broadway production
• Die Lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) Vienna production
• Mlle Modiste Broadway production
• The Rogers Brothers In Ireland Broadway production
• Sergeant Brue Broadway production
• The Spring Chicken London production

Births

• February 17 - Orwill Hoppy Jones, The Inkspots
• August 29 - Jack Teagarden
• November 19 - Tommy Dorsey

Deaths

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