1927 in music

Events

• 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
• Carter Family recording career begins

Published popular music

• “Ain't She Sweet”     w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
• “Among My Souvenirs”     w. Edgar Leslie m. Horatio Nicholls
• “At Sundown”     w.m. Walter Donaldson
• “The Babbitt And The Bromide”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “The Best Things In Life Are Free”     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• “Black And Tan Fantasy”     m. Duke Ellington
• “Bless This House”     w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe
• “Blue Skies”     w.m. Irving Berlin
• “Broken Hearted”     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• “Changes”     w.m. Walter Donaldson
• “Chlo-e”     w. Gus Kahn m. Neil Moret
• “Creole Love Call”     w.m. Edward “Duke” Ellington
• “Dew-Dew-Dewy Day”     w.m. Al Sherman, Charles Tobias & Howard Johnson
• “Diane”     w.m. Ernie Rapee & Lew Pollack
• “Did You Mean It?”     w. Abe Lyman & Sid Silvers m. Phil Baker
• “The Doll Dance”     m. Nacio Herb Brown
• “Everywhere You Go”     w.m. Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin & Mark Fisher
• “Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong”     w. Willie Raskin & Billy Rose m. Fred Fisher
• “Four Or Five Times”     w.m. Byron Gay
• “Funny Face”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Girl Of My Dreams”     w.m. Sunny Clapp
• “Good News”     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• “Hallelujah!”     w. Leo Robin & Clifford Grey m. Vincent Youmans
• “High Hat”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Hoosier Sweetheart”     w.m. Billy Baskette, Paul Ash & Joe Goodwin
• “I Don't Know How”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “I Feel At Home With You”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain”     w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain
• “I Scream You Scream”     w.m. Robert King, Howard Johnson & Billy Moll
• “I Still Suits Me”     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• “I'll Take Care Of Your Cares”     w. Mort Dixon m. James V. Monaco
• “I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now”     w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer
• “I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover”     w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
• “I'm Proud Of A Baby Like You”     Schoenberg, Stevens, Helmick
• “In A Mist”     m. Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke
• “It All Belongs To Me”     w.m. Irving Berlin
• “Just Like A Butterfly”     w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods
• “Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella”     w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler m. Sammy Fain
• “Let's Kiss And Make Up”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Lindbergh”     w.m. Al Sherman & Howard Johnson
• “The Lonesome Road”     w. Gene Austin m. Nathaniel Shilkret
• “Lucky Lindy”      w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
• “Mary, (What Are You Waiting For)”     w.m. Walter Donaldson
• “Maybe It's Me”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “Me And My Shadow”     w.m. Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose & Al Jolson
• “Miss Annabelle Lee”     w.m. Lew Pollack, Sidney Clare & Harry Richman
• “Mississippi Mud”     w. James Cavanaugh m. Harry Barris
• “My Blue Heaven”     w. George Whiting m. Walter Donaldson
• “My Heart Stood Still”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “My One And Only”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Ol' Man River”     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• “Plenty Of Sunshine”     w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• "Preludes" by George Gershwin
• “Rain”     w.m. Eugene Ford, Carey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom
• “Ramona”     w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne
• “A Room With A View”     w.m. Noel Coward
• “Russian Lullaby”     w.m. Irving Berlin
• “'S Wonderful”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Shaking The Blues Away”     w.m. Irving Berlin
• “Side By Side”     w.m. Harry Woods
• “The Song Is Ended”     w.m. Irving Berlin
• “Strike Up The Band”     w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
• “Struttin' With Some Barbecue”     w.m. Louis Armstrong & Lillian Hardin Armstrong
• “Thou Swell”     w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “The Varsity Drag”     w. B. G. de Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
• “Washboard Blues”     m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills
• "What Does It Matter?"     w.m. Irving Berlin
• “Where's That Rainbow?” Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
• “Why Do I Love You?”     w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
• “You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo”     w.m. Leslie Sarony
• “Your Land And My Land”     w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg
• “You're Always In My Arms”     w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney

Musical theater

• The Desert Song     London production
• Funny Face     Broadway production
• Good News     Broadway production
• Hit The Deck     Broadway production
• Hit The Deck     London production
• My Maryland     Broadway production
• Oh, Kay! London production
• One Dam Thing After Another London production
• Peggy-Ann London production
• Rio Rita Broadway production
• Show Boat Broadway production
• The Vagabond King London production
• Yes, Yes, Yvette Broadway production

Musical film

• The Jazz Singer

Popular Hit Recordings

• "Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" by Ted Lewis & His Band
• "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin
• "Mine, All Mine" by the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks
• "Mary (What Are You Waiting For?)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Changes" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Blue Skys/Falling In Love With You" by Jesse Crawford
• "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" by Sophie Tucker with Miff Mole & His Little Molers
• "Shaking The Blues Away" by Ruth Etting
• "Varsity Drag" by Ruth Etting
• "It All Belongs To Me" by Ruth Etting
• "In A Little Spanish Town" by Carson Robison
• "My Pretty Girl" by Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra
• "Back Water Blues" by Bessie Smith
• "I'm Coming, Virginia" by Bix Beiderbecke
• "Lucky Lindy" by Nat Shilkret
• "I'm Gona Meet My Sweetie Now" by Jane Green
• "Black and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Other important recordings

• "Singin' The Blues" by Frankie Trumbauer's Orch., with Bix & Lang
• "Potato Head Blues" by Louis Armstrong
• "Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael
• "Honky Tonk Train Blues" recorded Meade Lux Lewis (not released until 1930)

Births

• February 2 - Stan Getz
• February 27 - Guy Mitchell
• March 3 - Junior Parker
• April 30 - Johnny Horton
• November 8 - Patti Page

Deaths

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