1923 in music
See also:
1922 in music,
other events of 1923,
1924 in music and the
list of 'years in music'.
Events
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
- "Chimes Blues" m. Joseph "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" B. 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
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
Other important recordings
Classical music
- Madame Pompadour - Vienna production opened at the Carltheater on March 2;London production opened at Daly's Theatre on December 20 and ran for 467 performances
- The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 25 and ran for 97 performances
Births
Deaths
