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 Published songs
3 Hit recordings
4 Musical theater
5 Births
6 Deaths

Events


The first "jass" tune to be recorded.
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Published songs

  • "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
  • "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
  • "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

Musical theater

Births

Deaths