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1917 in music
See also:
1916 in music
,
other events of 1917
,
1918 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
First
Jazz
recordings made by the
Original Dixieland Jass Band
First
African American
jazz recordings made by
Wilber Sweatman
's Band
Top Hits
"Rockaway" by
Howard Johnson[?]
"Huckleberry Finn" by
Cliff Hess[?]
"My Sunshine Jane" by
Keirn Brennan[?]
"The Bombo-Shay" by
Henry Creamer
"Indiana" by
Ballard MacDonald[?]
"Hawaiian Butterfly" by
George Little[?]
"Lily of the Valley" by L.W. Gilbert
"Some Sunday Morning" by
Gus Kahn[?]
"Livery Stable Blues" by
Alcide Nunez
&
Ray Lopez[?]
"At the Darktown Strutters Ball" by
Shelton Brooks
Hit Recordings
"Livery Stable Blues/Dixie Jass One Step" by the
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Births
January 10
-
Jerry Wexler[?]
,
record producer
March 17
-
Nat King Cole
(+
1965
)
March 26
-
Rufus Thomas[?]
May 28
-
Papa John Creach[?]
,
Hot Tuna
June 30
-
Lena Horne[?]
August 22
-
John Lee Hooker
October 6
-
Bob Neal[?]
, ex-Presley manager
October 10
-
Thelonius Monk
October 21
-
Dizzy Gillespie
Deaths
April 1
-
Scott Joplin
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