1917 In Music

Events

• May 12 - Bla Bartk's ballet The Wooden Prince is premiered in Budapest
• First Jazz recordings made by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
• First African American jazz recordings made by Wilber Sweatman's Band

Published popular music

• "All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me" w. Al Dubin m. Ernest R. Ball
• "Any Time Is Kissing Time" w. Oscar Asche m. Frederic Norton
• "Are You From Heaven?" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Anatol Friedland
• "A Bachelor Gay" w. (F.) Clifford Harris & (Arthur) Valentine m. James W. Tate
• "Barnyard Blues" w.m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
• "The Bells Of St Mary's" w. Douglas Furber m. A. Emmett Adams
• "The Bombo-Shay" by Henry Creamer
• "Bring Back My Daddy To Me" w. William Tracey & Howard Johnson
• "Bring Me A Rose" w.m. Charles Shisler
• "Cheer Up, Liza" John L. Golden, Raymond Hubbell
• "Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band" w. Jack Coogan m. Jimmy Morgan
• "Come To The Fair" w. Helen Taylor m. Easthope Martin
• "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" w.m. Shelton Brooks
• "Dixie Jass Band One-Step" Original Dixieland Jass Band
• "Down In The Valley" trad US
• "Eileen (Alanna Asthore)" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "For Me And My Gal" w. Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz m. George W. Meyer
• "For Your Country And My Country" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Give A Man A Horse He Can Ride" w. James Thomson m. Geoffrey O'Hara
• "Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "Going Up" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch
• "Good Luck And God Be With You, Laddie Boy" w. Will D. Cobb m. Gus Edwards
• "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" w. C. Francis Reisner & Benny Davis m. Billy Baskette
• "Goodbye Ma! Goodbye Pa! Goodbye Mule!" w. William Herschell m. Barclay Walker
• "Good-bye-ee" w.m. R. P. Weston & Bert Lee
• "Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here" w. D. A. Esrom m. Theodore F. Morse & Arthur Sullivan
• "Have A Heart" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
• "Hawaiian Butterfly" w. George A. Little m. Billy Baskette & Joseph H. Santley
• "Homing" w. Arthur L. Salmon m. Teresa del Riego
• "How Can I Forget When There's So Much To Remember" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Huckleberry Finn" by Cliff Hess
• "I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way" w.m. George Fairman
• "I Don't Want To Get Well" w. Howard Johnson & Harry Pease m. Harry Jentes
• "I May Be Gone For A Long, Long Time" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer
• "I'd Love To Be A Monkey In The Zoo" w. Bert Hanlon m. Willie White
• "I'll Take You Back To Italy" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I'm All Bound Round With The Mason-Dixon Line" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Jean Schwartz
• "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Carroll
• "Indiana" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
• "Indianola" m. Henry R. Stern & Domenico Savino
• "Joan Of Arc They Are Calling You" w. Alfred Bryan & Willie Weston m. Jack Wells
• "Johnson Rag" m. Guy H. Hall & Henry Kleinhauf
• "Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. M. K. Jerome
• "Leave It To Jane" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
• "Let's All Be Americans Now" w.m. Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie & George W. Meyer
• "Lily Of The Valley" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Anatole Friedland
• "Little Mother Of Mine" w. Walter H. Brown m. Harry T. Burleigh
• "Little Sir Echo" w. Laura R. Smith m. J. S. Fearis

• "Livery Stable Blues" Alcide Nunez & Ray Lopez
• "Lorraine My Beautiful Alsace Lorraine" w. Alfred Bryan m. Fred Fisher
• "Love Will Find A Way" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson
• "Mad'moiselle From Armentieres" w.m. anon
• "McNamara's Band" w. John J. Stamford m. Shamus O'Connor
• "The Modern Maiden's Prayer" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley
• "My Sunshine Jane" by Keirn Brennan
• "My Sweetie" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "'N' Everything" w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. DeSylva & Gus Kahn
• "Napoleon" w. P.G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
• "Nesting Time In Flatbush" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
• "Oh It's A Lovely War" w.m. Maurice Scott
• "Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh" w. Ed Rose m. Abe Olman
• "Ole Miss Rag" w.m. W. C. Handy
• "On The Road To Home Sweet Home" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert van Alstyne
• "Ostrich Walk" m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
• "Out Where The West Begins" w. Arthur Chapman m. Estelle Philleo
• "Over There" w.m. George M. Cohan
• "Paddy McGinty's Goat" w.m. R.P. Weston, Bert Lee & The Two Bobs
• "A Paradise For Two" w. Clifford Harris & Valentine m. James W. Tate
• "Regretful Blues" w. Grant Clarke m. Cliff Hess
• "The Road To Paradise" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Sigmund Romberg from the musical Maytime
• "Rockaway" by Howard Johnson
• "Rolled Into One" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
• "Rose Room" w. Harry Williams m. Art Hickman
• "Sailin' Away On The Henry Clay" w. Gus Kahn m. Egbert Van Alstyne
• "Say A Prayer For The Boys Out There" w. Bernie Grossman m. Alex Marr
• "Send Me Away With A Smile" w.m. Louis Weslyn & Al Piantadosi
• "Shave 'em Dry" m. Sam Wishnuff
• "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble" m. Spencer Williams
• "Sing Me Love's Lullaby" w. Dorothy Terris m. Theodore F. Morse
• "The Siren's Song" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern
• "Six Times Six Is Thirty-Six" w. Bert Hamlon m. William White
• "Slippery Hank" F. H. Losey
• "Smile And Show Your Dimple" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Smiles" w. J. Will Callahan m. Lee S. Roberts
• "Some Sunday Morning" w. Gus Kahn & Raymond Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Somewhere In France" Ivey
• "Somewhere In France (Is The Lily)" Howard
• "Southern Gals" Yellen, Gumble
• "The Story Book Ball" w.m. Billie Montgomery & George Perry
• "Sweet Emalina My Gal" w.m. Henry Creamer & Turner Layton
• "That's The Kind Of Baby For Me" w.m. Jack Egan & Alfred Harrison
• "There Are Fairies At The Bottom Of Our Garden" w.m. Liza Lehmann
• "There's A Lump Of Sugar Down In Dixie" w. Alfred Bryan & Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble
• "There's Something Nice About The South" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
• "Thine Alone" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "The Tickle Toe" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis Hirsch
• "Tiger Rag" w. Harry De Costa m. Edwin B. Edwards, Nick La Rocca, Tony Spargo & Larry Shields
• "Till The Clouds Roll By" w. P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton & Jerome Kern m. Jerome Kern
• "Ugly Chile" w.m. Clarence Williams
• "The Waggle O' The Kilt" w.m. Harry Lauder
• "Wait Till The Cows Come Home" w. Anne Caldwell m. Ivan Caryll
• "When The Boys Come Home" w. John Hay m. Oley Speaks
• "When Yankee Doodle Learns To Parlez Vous Francais" w. Will Hart m. Ed G. Nelson
• "Where Do We Go From Here?" w. Howard Johnson m. Percy Wenrich
• "Where The Morning Glories Grow" w. Gus Kahn & Richard Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
• "Why Am I Always The Bridesmaid?" w.m. Fred Leigh, Charles Collins & Lily Morris
• "Will You Remember?" w. Rida Johnson Young m. Sigmund Romberg
• "Wonder Eyes" m. Percy E. Fletcher
• "Yah-De-Dah" M. B. Kaufman
• "You Brought Ireland Right Over To Me" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
• "You Never Knew About Me" w. P. G. Wodehouse m. Jerome Kern

Hit recordings

• "Livery Stable Blues/Dixie Jass One Step" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band
• "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" by the American Quartet
• "Over There" by Nora Bayes
• "Poor Butterfly" by the Victor Military Band

Classical music

• Launy Grndahl - Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major
• Charles Koechlin - Sonata for Cello and Piano
• Sergei Prokofiev - The Gambler (opera); Symphony No. 1 ("Classical")
• Ottorino Respighi - Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1
• Igor Stravinsky - Chant du Rossignol
• Karol Szymanowski - Demeter (cantata)

Opera

• Armas Launis - Kullervo

Musical theater

• The Better 'Ole London production opened at the Oxford Theatre on August 4 and ran for 811 performances
• The Boy London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 14 and ran for 801 performances
• Chu Chin Chow Broadway production opened at the Manhattan Opera House on October 22 and ran for 208 performances
• Jack O'Lantern Broadway production opened at the Globe Theatre on October 16 and ran for 265 performances
• Leave It To Jane Broadway production opened at the Longacre Theatre on August 28 and ran for 167 performances
• The Maid Of The Mountains London production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 10 and ran for 1352 performances
• Maytime Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on August 16 and ran for 492 performances
• Oh, Boy! Broadway production opened at the Princess Theatre on February 20 and ran for 463 performances

Births

• January 10 - Jerry Wexler, record producer
• March 17 - Nat King Cole (+ 1965)
• March 19 - Dinu Lipatti, pianist
• March 20 - Vera Lynn
• March 26 - Rufus Thomas
• April 29 - Paul Nero
• April 30 - Bea Wain, US band singer
• May 14 - Norman Luboff, US chorale director
• May 21 - Dennis Day, US singer
• May 28 - Papa John Creech, Hot Tuna
• June 19 - Dave Lambert, US singer and arranger
• June 30 - Lena Horne
• July 24 - Robert Farnon, composer
• August 22 - John Lee Hooker
• August 23 - Tex Williams, US country singer
• September 13 - Robert Ward, composer
• October 6 - Bob Neal, ex-Presley manager
• October 7 - June Allyson, US singer and actress
• October 10 - Thelonius Monk
• October 21 - Dizzy Gillespie

Deaths

• April 1 - Scott Joplin

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