1923 in music

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1 Events
2 Published popular music
3 Hit songs on record
4 Other important recordings
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Births
9 Deaths

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Events

November 19 - At a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the union of Buda and Pest (thus creating Budapest), Béla Bartók's Dance Suite and Zoltán Kodály's Psalmus hungaricus both receive their world premieres
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.
George Enescu makes his debut as a conductor with the Philadelphia Orchestra in New York City.

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Published popular music

"Annabelle" w. Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
"Back To Croa-Jingo-Long" w.m. Pat Dunlop
"Bambalina" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Vincent Youmans
"Barney Google" w.m. Billy Rose & Con Conrad
"Beside A Babbling Brook" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
"Charleston" w.m. Cecil Mack & James P. Johnson. Inspiration for a dance craze.
"Chimes Blues" m. Joe "King" Oliver
"Come On, Spark Plug!" w.m. Billy Rose & Con Conrad
"Covered Wagon Days" w.m. Will Morrisey & Joe Burrows
"Dizzy Fingers" m. Zez Confrey
"Frasquita Serenade" m. Franz Lehár
"Gulf Coast Blues" w.m. Clarence Williams
"Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up" w.m. Walter Hirsch & Bert Kaplan
"I Cried For You" w. Arthur Freed m. Gus Arnheim & Abe Lyman
"I Love Life" w. Irwin M. Cassel m. Mana-Zucca
"I Love You" w. Harlan Thompson m. Harry Archer
"I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't" w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
"I'm Goin' South" w.m. Abner Silver & Harry Woods
"I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City" w.m. Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer
"Indiana Moon" w. Benny Davis m. Isham Jones
"It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" w.m. Wendell Hall
"I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" w. Lew Brown m. James F. Hanley & Robert King
"Just A Girl That Men Forget" w. Al Dubin & Fred Rath m. Joe Garron
"Just One More Chance" m. Steiger
"King Porter Stomp" m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
"Last Night On The Back Porch" w. Lew Brown m. Carl Schraubstader
"Linger Awhile" w. Harry Owens m. Vincent Rose
"Louisville Lou" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
"Mama Loves Papa" w.m. Cliff Friend & Abel Baer
"March Of The Cameron Men" w.m. Campbell
"Mexicali Rose" w. Helen Stone m. Jack B. Tenney
"Milenberg Joys" m. Leon Rappolo, Paul Mares & Jelly Roll Morton
"Mon Paradis (Sérénade d'Aujourd'hui)" m. Cuthbert Clarke
"Moon Love" w. George Grossmith & P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
"My Sweetie Went Away" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman
"Nashville Nightingale" w. Irving Caesar m. George Gershwin
"No, No, Nora" w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito & Ernie Erdman
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out" w.m. Jimmy Cox
"Oh Didn't It Rain" w.m. Eddie Leonard
"Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" w. Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson m. Ernest Breuer
"Old Fashioned Love" w. Cecil Mack m. James P. Johnson
"Old King Tut" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer
"On The Mall" m. Edwin Franko Goldman
"Once In A Blue Moon" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
"An Orange Grove In California" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Out Where The Blue Begins" Graff, McHugh, Grant
"(Home In) Pasadena" w.m. Harry Warren, Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
"Raggedy Ann" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern
"Rememb'ring" w.m. Vivian Duncan & Rosetta Duncan
"La Rosita" w. Allan Stuart m. Paul Dupont
"Seven Or Eleven" w. Lew Brown m. Walter Donaldson
"Sittin' In A Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. George W. Meyer
"Sleep" w.m. Earl Lebieg
"A Smile Will Go A Long Long Way" w. Benny Davis m. Harry Akst
"Snake Rag" m. King Oliver
"Sobbin' Blues" w.m. Art Kassel
"Some Sweet Day" w. Gene Buck m. Dave Stamper & Louis A. Hirsch
"Stella" w.m. Al Jolson, Benny Davis & Harry Akst
"Swingin' Down The Lane" w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones
"Tell Me With A Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
"That Old Gang Of Mine" w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson
"Tin Roof Blues" m. Paul Mares, Walter Melrose, Ben Pollack, Mel Stitzel, George Brunies & Leon Roppolo
"Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" Billy Baskette
"When Clouds Have Vanished And Skies Are Blue" w. William R. Clay m. Charles L. Johnson
"When It's Night-Time In Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here" w.m. James Kendis & Lew Brown
"When June Comes Along With A Song" w.m. George M. Cohan from the musical The Rise Of Rosie O'Reilly
"When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Who'll Buy My Violets" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Jose Padilla
"Who's Sorry Now?" w. Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby m. Ted Snyder
"Wild Flower" w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Vincent Youmans & Herbert Stothart
"Wolverine Blues" w.m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Benjamin Spikes & John C. Spikes
"Yes! We Have No Bananas" w.m. Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
"You Can't Do What My Last Man Did" w.m. J. C. Johnson & Allie Moore
"You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night" w.m. Con Conrad & Billy Rose

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Hit songs on record

"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
"Yes, We Have No Bananas" by Billy Murray
"Yes, We Have No Bananas" by Billy Jones
"Yes, We Have No Bananas" by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
"No No Nora/I've Got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues" by Eddie Cantor
"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
"(Nothing Could Be Finer Than to be in) Carolina in the Morning" by Van & Schenck
"Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses" by Carl Fenton & His Orchestra
"Dreamy Melody" by Art Landry & His Orchestra

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Other important recordings

"Dippermouth Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
"Milenburg Joys" by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings with Jelly Roll Morton
"Wild Cat Blues/Kansas City Man Blues" by Clarence Williams Blue 5, featuring Sidney Bechet

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