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1916 in music
See also:
1915 in music
,
other events of 1916
,
1917 in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Top Hits
3 Hit Recordings
4 Births
5 Deaths
Events
The
Original Dixieland Jass Band
make a hit in
Chicago
Wilber Sweatman
records his hot ragtime in
New York City
Charles Ives
finishes his Fourth Symphony
Sydney conservatorium of music
in Australia accepted first students
Top Hits
"
Pretty Baby[?]
" by
Tony Jackson
,
Egbert Van Alstyne[?]
, and
Gus Kahn[?]
"Baby Shoes" by
Joe Goodwin[?]
"I Ain't Got Nobody" by
Spencer Williams
"Li'l Liza Jane" by
Countess De Lachau[?]
"Down In Honky Tonk Town" by
Chris Smith
&
Charles McCarron
"Walkin' The Dog" by
Shelton Brooks
"The Cobbler's Song" by
Oscar Asche[?]
"Allah's Holiday" by
Otto Harbach
"Rackety Coo!" by
Otto Harbach
"Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula" by E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young & Pete Wendling
Hit Recordings
"O Sole Mio" by
Enrico Caruso
"Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" by
Al Jolson
"I Love A Piano" by
Billy Murray[?]
"I'm Gonna Make Hay While the Sun Shines in Virginia" by
Marion Harris[?]
Births
January 4
-
Slim Gaillard[?]
July 29
-
Charlie Christian
Deaths
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