1914 in music
See also: \n
1913 in music, \n
other events of 1914, \n
1915 in music and the \n
list of 'years in music'.
Events
\n*October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda\n*The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad
Published popular music
- "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" w.m. Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan \n* "After The Roses Have Faded Away" w. Bessie Buchanan m. Ernest R. Ball \n* "Along Came Ruth" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "Always Treat Her Like A Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "Back To The Carolina You Love" w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz \n* "Burlington Bertie From Bow" w.m. William Hargreaves \n* "By Heck" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. S. R. Henry \n* "By The Beautiful Sea" w. Harold R. Atteridge m. Harry Carroll \n* "By The Waters Of Minnetonka" w. J. M. Cavanass m. Thurlow Lieurance \n* "California And You" Harry Puck \n* "Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caroline?" w.m. William H. Gardner & Caro Roma \n* "Cecile Waltz" by Frank McKee \n* "Chinatown, My Chinatown" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz \n* "Colonel Bogey - March" m. Kenneth J. Alford \n* "Come Over To Dover" Murphy, Botsford \n* "La Cucaracha" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams m. arr. Juan Y. D'Lorah \n* "The Darktown Poker Club" w. Jean C. Havez m. Bert Williams & Will H. Vodery \n* "The Day Is Done" w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Herman Lohr \n* "Desecration Rag" Felix Arndt \n* "Down Among The Sheltering Palms" w. James Brockman m. Abe Olman \n* "La Estrellita" m. Maurice Ponce \n* "Everybody Rag With Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace LeBoy \n* "Fido Is A Hot Dog Now" w. Charles McCarron & Thomas J. Gray m. Raymond Walker \n* "Follow The Crowd" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "Gilbert, The Filbert" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Herman Finck \n* "Goodbye Girls I'm Through" w. John Golden m. Ivan Caryll \n* "He's A Devil In His Own Home Town" w. Grant Clarke & Irving Berlin m. Irving Berlin \n* "He's A Rag Picker" w.m. Irving Berlin \n
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\n* "Hot House Rag" m. Paul Pratt \n* "I Love the Ladies" by Grant Clarke \n* "I Want To Go Back To Michigan, Down On The Farm" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "I Was A Good Little Girl Till I Met You" w. Clifford Harris m. James W. Tate \n* "If I Had You" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "If That's Your Idea Of A Wonderful Time, Take Me Home" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "If You Don't Want My Peaches" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "I'll Make A Man Of You" w.m. Arthur Wimperis & Herman Finck \n* "I'm Goin' Back To Louisiana (Where The Bright Moon Shines)" E. Clinton Keithley \n* "In An Old-Fashioned Town" w.m. Squire \n* "In Siam" Manuel Klein \n* "In The Candlelight" w.m. Fleta Jan Brown \n* "Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei is the first big kayokyoku (pop music) hit in Japan\n* "Keep the Home Fires Burning" w. Lena Guilbert Ford m. Ivor Novello \n* "Land" by Irving Berlin\n* "A Little Bit Of Heaven Sure They Call It Ireland" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball \n* "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along by Byron Gay & C.R. Foster \n* "Love's Own Sweet Song" w. C. C. S. Cushing & E. P. Heath m. Emmerich Kalman \n* "The Minstrel Parade" Irving Berlin \n* "Missouri Waltz" w. James Royce Shannon m. Frederick Knight Logan \n* "Mrs. Sippi, You're A Grand Old Girl" Belle Ashlyn \n* "Music Box Rag" Charles Luckeyth Roberts \n* "My Bird Of Paradise" Irving Berlin \n* "My Croony Melody" w.m. Joe Goodwin & E. Ray Goetz \n* "On The 5:15" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall \n* "On The Good Ship Mary Ann" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace Le Boy \n* "On The Shores Of Italy" w.m. Al Piantadosi, Dave Oppenheim & Jack Glogau \n* "Pigeon Walk" m. James V. Monaco \n* "Play A Simple Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "Poor Pauline" w. Charles McCarron m. Raymond Walker \n* "Revival Day" Berlin \n* "Roll Them Cotton Bales" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson \n* "Rufus Johnson's Harmony Band" w.m. Shelton Brooks & Maurice Abrahams \n* "Same Sort Of Girl" w. Harry B. Smith m. Jerome Kern \n* "Settle Down In A One-Horse Town" Irving Berlin \n* "Shadowland" w. Blanche Merrill m. Gus Edwards \n* "She's Dancing Her Heart Away" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Kerry Mills \n* "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers" w. R. P. Weston m. Herman E. Darewski \n* "The Springtime Of Life" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert \n* "Saint Louis Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy \n* "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "Sylvia" w. Clinton Scollard m. Oley Speaks \n* "Syncopated Walk" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "That's A Plenty" m. Lew Pollack \n* "There's A Little Spark Of Love Still Burning" w. Joe McCarthy m. Fred Fisher \n* "They Didn't Believe Me" w. Herbert Reynolds m. Jerome Kern \n* "They're On Their Way To Mexico" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "This Is The Life" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "'Twas In September" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Silvio Hein \n* "Twelfth Street Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman \n* "Vienna, City Of My Dreams" w. (Austrian) Rudolf Sieczynski m. Rudolf Sieczynski \n* "Way Out Yonder In The Golden West" w.m. Percy Wenrich \n* "What Is Love" Irving Berlin \n* "When It's Night Time In Dixieland" w.m. Irving Berlin \n* "When Mother Backed The Winner Of The Derby" Williams & Godfrey \n* "When The Angelus Is Ringing" w. Joe Young m. Bert Grant \n* "When The Grown-up Ladies Act Like Babies" w. Joe Young & Edgar Leslie m. Maurice Abrahams \n* "When You Wore A Tulip" w. Jack Mahoney m. Percy Wenrich\n* "When You're A Long, Long Way From Home" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer \n* "When You're Away" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert \n* "Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle?" Bryan, Fischer \n* "The Yellow Dog Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy \n* "You Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Love" w. J. Will Callahan m. Ernest R. Ball
Popular recordings
\n* "Aba Daba Honeymoon" by Collins & Harlan\n* "Brindisi" from La Traviata, by Enrico Caruso & Alma Gluck\n* "Ballin' the Jack" by Prince's Orchestra\n* "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along" by
Billy Murray
Classical music
\n*Marcel Dupré -
Psyche (cantata)\n*
Ralph Vaughan Williams -
A London Symphony
Opera
\n*Joaquín Turina -
Margot
Musical theater
\n* Adele London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on
May 30\n*
The Belle Of Bond Street Broadway production\n*
Business As Usual London production\n*
Chin-Chin Broadway production\n*
The Earl And The Girl London revival\n*
The Girl From Utah Broadway production\n*
The Lilac Domino Broadway production\n*
The Little Café Broadway production\n*
Papa's Darling Broadway production\n*
Tonight's The Night Broadway production\n*
When Claudia Smiles Broadway production
Births
\n*March 30 -
Sonny Boy Williamson, singer\n*
April 19 - Sylvia Froos, US singer\n*
May 26 -Ziggy Elman, US trumpet player\n*
June 28 -
Lester Flatt\n*
July 26 - Erskine Hawkins, US jazz trumpeter and bandleader\n*
July 26 - Ralph Blane, US composer and singer\n*
October 10 - Ivory Joe Hunter\n*
December 14 -
Rosalyn Tureck, pianist
Deaths
\n*September 3 -
Albéric Magnard, composer\n*
George W. Johnson, recording artist