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1927 in music
See also: 1926 in music, other events of 1927, 1928 in music and the list of 'years in music'.
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Events
- January 8 - Alban Berg's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna
- July 1 - Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 1 is premired in Frankfurt, with the composer at the piano and Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting
- December 5 - Leos Janacek's Glagolitic Mass is premiered in Brno
- 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. 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
Classical music
- Reinhold Gličre - The Red Poppy (ballet)
- Bohuslav Martinu - La Revue de Cuisine
- Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 2 B major, Op. 14
- Igor Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
- Edgar Varčse - Arcana (1925-27)
- Anton Webern - String Trio, opus 20
Opera
- Franz Lehár - Der Zarewitsch
Musical theater
- The Desert Song (Sigmund Romberg) - London production opened at the Drury Lane Theatre on April 7 and ran for 432 performances
- Funny Face Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 22 and ran for 250 performances
- Good News! Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on September 6 and ran for 557 performances
- Hit The Deck (Vincent Youmans and Clifford Grey ) - Broadway production opened at the Belasco Theatre on April 25 and ran for 532 performances; London production opened at the Hippodrome on November 3 and ran for 277 performances
- The Merry Malones Broadway production opened at the Erlanger Theatre on September 26 and ran for 216 performances
- My Maryland Broadway production opened at the Jolson Theatre on September 12 and ran for 312 performances
- Oh, Kay! London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on September 21 and ran for 214 performances
- One Dam Thing After Another London production opened at the Pavilion Theatre on May 20
- Peggy-Ann London production opened at Daly's Theatre on July 27 and ran for 130 performances
- Rio Rita Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on February 2 and ran for 494 performances
- Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II - Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on December 27 and ran for 572 performances
- The Vagabond King London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on April 19 and ran for 480 performances
- Yes, Yes, Yvette Broadway production opened at the Sam H. Harris Theatre on October 3 and ran for 40 performances
Musical film
- The Jazz Singer released October 6, starring Al Jolson
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
- January 10 - Johnnie Ray, US singer, pianist and songwriter
- January 17 - Eartha Kitt
- February 2 - Stan Getz
- February 10 - Leontyne Price
- February 17 - Friedrich Cerha , composer
- February 27 - Guy Mitchell
- March 3 - Junior Parker
- March 18 - John Kander, composer of musicals
- March 27 - Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist
- April 30 - Johnny Horton
- June 23 - Bob Fosse, choreographer
- July 16 - Mindy Carson , US singer
- October 7 - Al Martino
- October 25 - Barbara Cook, US singer and actress
- November 8 - Patti Page
Deaths
- May 3 - Ernest R. Ball , US composer
- June 5 - Paul Lacombe , composer
- October 1 - Wilhelm Harteveld , composer
Last updated: 11-05-2004 17:19:58