Wikipedia: 1914 in music

1914 in music
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See also: 1913 in music, other events of 1914, 1915 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda
The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad

Geraldine Farrar in a 1914 Victrola advertisement

Published songs

"The Aba Daba Honeymoon" w.m. Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
"After The Roses Have Faded Away" w. Bessie Buchanan m. Ernest R. Ball
"Along Came Ruth" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Always Treat Her Like A Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Back To The Carolina You Love" w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz
"Burlington Bertie From Bow" w.m. William Hargreaves
"By Heck" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. S. R. Henry
"By The Beautiful Sea" w. Harold R. Atteridge m. Harry Carroll
"By The Waters Of Minnetonka" w. J. M. Cavanass m. Thurlow Lieurance
"California And You" Harry Puck
"Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caroline?" w.m. William H. Gardner & Caro Roma
"Cecile Waltz" by Frank McKee
"Chinatown, My Chinatown" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
"Colonel Bogey - March" m. Kenneth J. Alford
"Come Over To Dover" Murphy, Botsford
"La Cucaracha" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams m. arr. Juan Y. D'Lorah
"The Darktown Poker Club" w. Jean C. Havez m. Bert Williams & Will H. Vodery
"The Day Is Done" w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Herman Lohr
"Desecration Rag" Felix Arndt
"Down Among The Sheltering Palms" w. James Brockman m. Abe Olman
"La Estrellita" m. Maurice Ponce
"Everybody Rag With Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace LeBoy
"Fido Is A Hot Dog Now" w. Charles McCarron & Thomas J. Gray m. Raymond Walker
"Follow The Crowd" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Gilbert, The Filbert" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Herman Finck
"Goodbye Girls I'm Through" w. John Golden m. Ivan Caryll
"He's A Devil In His Own Home Town" w. Grant Clarke & Irving Berlin m. Irving Berlin
"He's A Rag Picker" w.m. Irving Berlin

"Hot House Rag" m. Paul Pratt
"I Love the Ladies" by Grant Clarke
"I Want To Go Back To Michigan, Down On The Farm" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I Was A Good Little Girl Till I Met You" w. Clifford Harris m. James W. Tate
"If I Had You" w.m. Irving Berlin
"If That's Your Idea Of A Wonderful Time, Take Me Home" w.m. Irving Berlin
"If You Don't Want My Peaches" w.m. Irving Berlin
"I'll Make A Man Of You" w.m. Arthur Wimperis & Herman Finck
"I'm Goin' Back To Louisiana (Where The Bright Moon Shines)" E. Clinton Keithley
"In An Old-Fashioned Town" w.m. Squire
"In Siam" Manuel Klein
"In The Candlelight" w.m. Fleta Jan Brown
"Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei is the first big kayokyoku (pop music) hit in Japan
"Keep the Home Fires Burning" w. Lena Guilbert Ford m. Ivor Novello
"Land" by Irving Berlin
"A Little Bit Of Heaven Sure They Call It Ireland" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
"The Little Ford Rambled Right Along by Byron Gay & C.R. Foster
"Love's Own Sweet Song" w. C. C. S. Cushing & E. P. Heath m. Emmerich Kalman
"The Minstrel Parade" Irving Berlin
"Missouri Waltz" w. James Royce Shannon m. Frederick Knight Logan
"Mrs. Sippi, You're A Grand Old Girl" Belle Ashlyn
"Music Box Rag" Charles Luckeyth Roberts
"My Bird Of Paradise" Irving Berlin
"My Croony Melody" w.m. Joe Goodwin & E. Ray Goetz
"On The 5:15" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall
"On The Good Ship Mary Ann" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace Le Boy
"On The Shores Of Italy" w.m. Al Piantadosi, Dave Oppenheim & Jack Glogau
"Pigeon Walk" m. James V. Monaco
"Play A Simple Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Poor Pauline" w. Charles McCarron m. Raymond Walker
"Revival Day" Berlin
"Roll Them Cotton Bales" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
"Rufus Johnson's Harmony Band" w.m. Shelton Brooks & Maurice Abrahams
"Same Sort Of Girl" w. Harry B. Smith m. Jerome Kern
"Settle Down In A One-Horse Town" Irving Berlin
"Shadowland" w. Blanche Merrill m. Gus Edwards
"She's Dancing Her Heart Away" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Kerry Mills
"Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers" w. R. P. Weston m. Herman E. Darewski
"The Springtime Of Life" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
"St Louis Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
"Stay Down Here Where You Belong" w.m. Irving Berlin
"Sylvia" w. Clinton Scollard m. Oley Speaks
"Syncopated Walk" w.m. Irving Berlin
"That's A Plenty" m. Lew Pollack
"There's A Little Spark Of Love Still Burning" w. Joe McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
"They Didn't Believe Me" w. Herbert Reynolds m. Jerome Kern
"They're On Their Way To Mexico" w.m. Irving Berlin
"This Is The Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
"'Twas In September" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Silvio Hein
"Twelfth Street Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman
"Vienna, City Of My Dreams" w. (Austrian) Rudolf Sieczynski m. Rudolf Sieczynski
"Way Out Yonder In The Golden West" w.m. Percy Wenrich
"What Is Love" Irving Berlin
"When It's Night Time In Dixieland" w.m. Irving Berlin
"When Mother Backed The Winner Of The Derby" Williams & Godfrey
"When The Angelus Is Ringing" w. Joe Young m. Bert Grant
"When The Grown-up Ladies Act Like Babies" w. Joe Young & Edgar Leslie m. Maurice Abrahams
"When You Wore A Tulip" w. Jack Mahoney m. Percy Wenrich
"When You're A Long, Long Way From Home" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer
"When You're Away" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
"Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle?" Bryan, Fischer
"The Yellow Dog Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
"You Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Love" w. J. Will Callahan m. Ernest R. Ball

Popular recordings

"Aba Daba Honeymoon" by Collins & Harlan

"Brindisi" from La Traviata, by Enrico Caruso & Alma Gluck
"Ballin' the Jack" by Prince's Orchestra
"The Little Ford Rambled Right Along" by Billy Murray

Musical theater

The Belle Of Bond Street Broadway production
Business As Usual London production
Chin-Chin Broadway production
The Earl And The Girl London revival
The Girl From Utah Broadway production
The Lilac Domino Broadway production
The Little Café Broadway production
Papa's Darling Broadway production
Tonight's The Night Broadway production
When Claudia Smiles Broadway production

Births

June 28 - Lester Flatt
October 10 - Ivory Joe Hunter

Deaths

George W. Johnson, recording artist