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1923 in music
See also:
1922 in music
,
other events of 1923
,
1924 in music
and the
list of 'years in music'
.
Table of contents
1 Events
2 Top Hit Songs
3 Hit Recordings
4 Births
5 Deaths
Events
Explosion of recordings of
African American
musicians;
Bessie Smith
,
Ida Cox[?]
,
Joe "King" Oliver
,
Louis Armstrong
,
Jelly Roll Morton
,
Sidney Bechet
, many others make their first recordings.
Top Hit Songs
"Yes, We Have No Bananas" by
Frank Silver[?]
&
Irving Cohn[?]
"Last Night, On the Back Porch" by
Lew Brown
&
Carl Schraubstander[?]
"Mexicali Rose" by
Helen Stone[?]
"Barney Google" by
Billy Rose[?]
,
Billy De Beck[?]
, &
Con Conrad[?]
.
"Indiana Moon" by
Benny Davis[?]
&
Isham Jones[?]
"Dizzy Fingers" by
Zez Confrey[?]
"Charleston" by
James P. Johnson
&
Cecil Mack[?]
"Annabelle" by
Ray Henderson
&
Lew Brown
"I Love Life" by
Mana-Zucca[?]
&
Irwin Cassel[?]
"No, No, Nora" by
Gus Kahn[?]
,
Ted Fiorito[?]
&
Ernie Erdman[?]
"When it's Night Time in Italy it's Wednesday Over Here" by
James Kendis[?]
&
Lew Brown
Hit Recordings
"Everything is K.O. in K.Y." by
Paul Whiteman
& His Orchestra
"Swinging Down The Lane" by
Isham Jones[?]
& His Orchestra
"Down Hearted Blues" by
Bessie Smith
"Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" by
Al Bernard[?]
"Cut Yourself A Piece of Cake (and Make Yourself at Home) by
Billy Jones[?]
"I Love Me (I'm Wild About Myself)" by
Billy Murray[?]
"No No Nora/I've Got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues" by
Eddie Cantor
Births
January 5
-
Sam Phillips
, founder of
Sun Records
March 2
-
Doc Watson
April 25
-
Albert King[?]
July 31
-
Amhet Ertegun[?]
, record executive
September 17
-
Hank Williams
October 16
-
Bert Kaempfert[?]
Deaths
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