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1918 in music
See also: 1917 in music, other events of 1918, 1919 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- March 3 - Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 2 is premiered in Budapest
- May 24 - Béla Bartók's opera Duke Bluebeard's Castle (composed 1911) is premiered in Budapest
- First documented racially integrated jazz recording session
- Worldwide sales of phonograph/gramophone records estimated at 100 million records this year
Published popular music
- "After You've Gone" w. Henry Creamer m. Turner Layton
- "At The Jazz Band Ball" w.m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
- "Bagdad" w.Harold Atteridge m.Al Jolson
- "Beautiful Ohio" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Mary Earl
- "Clarinet Marmalade" m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
- "Dallas Blues" w. Hart A. Wand m. Lloyd Garrett
- "Dancing 'neath the Dixie moon" w. Will J. Hart m. Ed. Nelson.
- "Dark Grows The Sky" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson
- "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" w. Monty C. Brice m. Walter Donaldson
- "Dear Little Boy Of Mine" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest Ball
- "Dear Old Pal Of Mine" w. Harold Robe m. Lt. Gitz Rice
- "Ding Dong" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Every Day" by Shelton Brooks
- "Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues, But I'm Happy" by Henry Creamer and Turner Layton
- "Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia" w. Grant Clarke m. Milton Ager
- "Fidgety Feet" m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
- "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" w.m. Eddie Green
- "Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!" w.m. Robert Lloyd
- "Good-bye, France" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Hello, Central, Give Me No Man's Land" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean Schwartz
- "Hindustan" w.m. Oliver G. Wallace & Harold Weeks
- "Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo" by Edward Rowland
- "How Can You Tell" by Ned Wayburn
- "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson
- "I Found The End Of The Rainbow" w.m. John Mears, Harry Tierney & Joseph McCarthy
- "I Want To Shimmy" by Shelton Brooks
- "If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany" w. Grant Clarke & Howard Johnson m. George W. Meyer
- "I'll Say She Does" w.m. B. G. DeSylva, Gus Kahn & Al Jolson
- "In The Land Of Beginning Again" w. Grant Clarke m. George W. Meyer
- "Ja-Da w.m. Bob Carleton
- "K-K-K-Katy" w.m. Geoffrey O'Hara
- "Madelon" w. (Eng) Alfred Bryan (Fr) Louis Bousquet m. Camille Robert
- "Mammy's Chocolate Soldier" w. Sidney Mitchell m. Archie Gottler
- "Me-Ow!" by Mel B. Kaufman
- "Mickey" w. Harold H. Williams m. Neil Moret
- "My Baby Boy" w. Will Dillon m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Home" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Pete Wendling
- "Oh! Frenchy!" w. Sam Ehrlich m. Con Conrad
- "Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "On The Road To Calais" w. Alfred Bryan m. Al Jolson
- "Original Dixieland One-Step" w.m. Joe Jordan (musician) , Nick LaRocca & J. Russell Robinson
- "Oui Oui Marie" w. Alfred Bryan & Joseph McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
- "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean Schwartz
- "The Rose Of No Man's Land" w. Jack Caddingan m. Joseph A. Brennan
- "Russian Rag" m. George L. Cobb
- "Somebody Stole My Gal" w.m. Leo Wood
- "Sometime" by Rida Johnson Young
- "Tell That To The Marines" w. Harold Atteridge & Al Jolson m. Jean Schwartz
- "That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone" w. Richard W. Pascoe m. Monte Cobb & Alma M. Saunders
- "That Wonderful Mother Of Mine" w. Clyde Hager m. Walter Goodwin
- "There's Nobody Home but Me" w. Sam Erlich m. Con Conrad
- "They Were All Out Of Step But Jim" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Those Draftin' Blues" w.m. Maceo Pinkard
- "Till We Meet Again " w. Raymond B. Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
- "Tishomigo Blues" Spencer Williams
- "Wedding Bells, Will You Ever Ring For Me?" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean Schwartz
- "We'll Do Our Share while You're Over There" w. Lew Brown & Al Herriman m. Jack Egan
- "When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band To France" w. Alfred Bryan & Edgar Leslie m. Cliff Hess
- "When Tony Goes Over The Top" w. Billy Frisch & Archie Fletcher m. Alex Marr
- "When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose" w. Marion Gillespie m. Florence Methuen
- "Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?" w. Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis m. Jean Schwartz
- "Without You" w. Nora Bayes m. Irving Fisher
- "Would You Rather Be A Colonel With An Eagle On Your Shoulder Or A Private With A Chicken On Your Knee?" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler
- "You'll Find Old Dixieland In France" w. (Eng) Grant Clarke (Fr) Louis Delamarre m. George W. Meyer
- "You're In Style When You're Wearing A Smile" w.m. Al W. Brown, Gus Kahn & Egbert van Alstyne
Top hit recordings
- "Tiger Rag/Skeleton Jangle" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
- "Over There" by Enrico Caruso
- "After You've Gone" by Marion Harris
- "Smiles" by Joseph C. Smith 's Orchestra
- "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" by Charles Harrison
- "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" by Al Jolson
- "Hello Central, Give Me No-Man's Land" by Al Jolson
- "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" by Henry Burr
Classical music
- Alexander Glazunov - Romance of Nina
- Karol Szymanowski - Songs of the Muezzin the Mad
Opera
- Giacomo Puccini - Il Trittico (consisting of Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi)
Musical theater
- As You Were London production
- The Better 'Ole Broadway production
- Buzz-Buzz London production
- The Canary Broadway production
- The Girl Behind The Gun Broadway production
- Hullo, America London production
- The Lilac Domino London production
- Phi-Phi Paris production
- Sinbad Broadway production
Births
- January 27 - Skitch Henderson, bandleader
- March 29 - Pearl Bailey, singer
- April 25 - Ella Fitzgerald
- May 15 - Eddy Arnold
- August 25 - Leonard Bernstein
- August 31 - Alan Jay Lerner, US lyricist
- September 26 - John Zacherle
- December 19 - Professor Longhair
Deaths
- March 25 - Claude Debussy, composer
- June 10 - Arrigo Boito, composer
- August 26 - Cecil Coles , composer
- October 7 - Hubert Parry, composer
- October 16 - Felix Arndt, pianist & tunewriter
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