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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1925.

Recordings made by the new electric microphone process are released in 1925; Art Gillham is featured on this one

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Specific genres[edit]

Events[edit]

Published popular music[edit]

Top Popular Recordings 1925[edit]

The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1924:[5] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor With Ray Miller's Orchestra "I'll See You in My Dreams"[6] Brunswick 2788 December 4, 1924 (1924-12-04) February 1925 (1925-02) US BB 1925 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks
2 Gene Austin "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"[7] Victor 19656 April 24, 1924 (1924-04-24) July 1925 (1925-07) US BB 1925 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 17 total weeks
3 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra "Sweet Georgia Brown"[8] Vocalion 15002 March 19, 1925 (1925-03-19) June 1925 (1925-06) US BB 1925 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
4 Vernon Dalhart "The Prisoner's Song"[9] Victor 19427 August 13, 1924 (1924-08-13) November 1924 (1924-11) US BB 1925 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930,[10] 7 more weeks at #1 1926
5 Eddie Cantor "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)"[11] Columbia 364 July 18, 1925 (1925-07-18) September 1925 (1925-09) US BB 1925 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
6 Al Jolson "All Alone"[12] Brunswick 2743 October 2, 1924 (1924-10-02) December 1924 (1924-12) US BB 1925 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks
7 The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) "Manhattan"[13] Columbia 422 July 15, 1925 (1925-07-15) August 1925 (1925-08) US BB 1925 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
8 The Cavaliers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"[14] Columbia 359 April 11, 1925 (1925-04-11) June 1925 (1925-06) US BB 1925 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
9 Marion Harris "Tea for Two"[15] Brunswick 2747 October 15, 1924 (1924-10-15) January 1925 (1925-01) US BB 1925 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
10 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "All Alone"[16] Victor 19487 September 12, 1924 (1924-09-12) December 1924 (1924-12) US BB 1925 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks, 835,586 sales (possibly combined 10 & 11)[10]
11 John McCormack "All Alone"[17] Victor Red Seal 1067 December 17, 1924 (1924-12-17) March 1925 (1925-03) US BB 1925 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
12 Ted Lewis and His Band "O, Katharina"[18] Columbia 295 January 29, 1925 (1925-01-29) April 1925 (1925-04) US BB 1925 #12, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
13 Isham Jones Orchestra "Remember"[19] Brunswick 2963 October 1, 1925 (1925-10-01) November 1925 (1925-11) US BB 1925 #13, US #1 for 7 weeks, 11 total weeks
14 Gene Austin "Yearning (Just For You)"[20] Victor 19625 February 12, 1925 (1925-02-12) May 1925 (1925-05) US BB 1925 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks
15 Nick Lucas "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?"[21] Brunswick 2961 September 29, 1925 (1925-09-29) October 1925 (1925-10) US BB 1925 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
16 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Oh, Lady Be Good!"[22] Victor 19551 December 29, 1924 (1924-12-29) March 1925 (1925-03) US BB 1925 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
17 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Indian Love Call"[23] Victor 19517 November 17, 1924 (1924-11-17) January 1925 (1925-01) US BB 1925 #22, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 526,884 sales[10]
18 Bessie Smith "The Saint Louis Blues"[24] Columbia 14064 January 14, 1925 (1925-01-14) June 13, 1925 (1925-06-13) US BB 1925 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 6 total week, 225,000 sales
19 Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra "I Want to Be Happy"[25] Okeh 40175 July 31, 1924 (1924-07-31) August 1925 (1925-08) US BB 1925 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
20 Vernon Dalhart "The Wreck of the Old 97"[26] Victor 19427 August 13, 1924 (1924-08-13) October 3, 1924 (1924-10-03) US BB 1925 #36, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales thru 1930

Classical music[edit]

  • Isidor Achron – Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Pedro Humberto Allende –
    • Mientras baja la nieve, for voice and piano
    • El surtidor, for voice and piano
    • A las nubes, for voice and piano
    • Ojitas de pena, for voice and piano
    • Tres Tonadas, for orchestra
    • Tempo di minuetto in C major, for piano
    • Tempo de vals, for harp
  • Béla Bartók – Dance Suite (version for piano of an orchestral work written in 1923)
  • Ernest Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1, for piano and strings
  • Frank Bridge –
    • "Golden Hair", for voice and piano
    • "Journey's End", for tenor or high baritone and piano
    • The Pneu World, for cello and piano
    • Songs of Rabindranath Tagore (3), for voice and piano, or voice and orchestra
    • Vignettes de Marseille, for piano
    • Winter Pastorale, for piano
  • Carlos Chávez –
    • Cake Walk, for piano
    • Los cuatro soles, ballet, for soprano and chamber orchestra
    • Energía, for nine instruments
    • Foxtrot, for piano
    • 36, for piano
  • Aaron Copland – Music for the Theatre, for chamber orchestra
  • Henry Cowell –
    • The Banshee, for string piano
    • Ensemble, for two violins, two cellos, and thundersticks
    • Slow Jig, for piano
  • Frederick Delius – A Late Lark, for voice and orchestra
  • Edward Elgar –
    • "The Herald", part-song, SATB
    • "The Prince of Sleep", part-song, SATB
  • Eduardo Fabini –
    • A mi río, for mixed choir and orchestra
    • Luz mala, for soprano and orchestra
    • Triste No. 1, version for orchestra
  • John Fernström – Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Jacob Gade – Jalousie, for cello and piano
  • George Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F
  • Leopold Godowsky – Java Suite
  • William Henry Harris – Faire Is the Heaven
  • Gustav Holst –
    • "God Is Love, His the Care", for choir
    • Hymns (4) for Songs of Praise, for choir
    • Motets (2), for choir
    • Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana, for choir
    • Terzetto for flute, oboe, and viola
  • Herbert Howells – Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Jacques Ibert – Concerto for cello and wind instruments
  • John Ireland – Two Pieces for Piano 1925
  • Ernst Krenek –
    • Die Jahreszeiten, Op. 35, for choir
    • Mammon, Op. 37, ballet, for orchestra
    • Der vertauschte Cupido, Op. 38, ballet, for orchestra
  • Bohuslav Martinů – String Quartet No. 2
  • Carl Nielsen – Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia Semplice
  • Juan Carlos Paz –
    • Chorale in F-sharp major, for piano
    • Cuatro fugas sobre un tema, for piano
    • Piano Sonata No. 2, in B-flat minor
  • Sergei Prokofiev – Symphony No. 2, Iron and Steel
  • Ottorino Respighi –
    • Concerto in modo misolidio, for piano and orchestra
    • Poema autunnale, for violinand orchestra
    • Rossiniana, suite for orchestra
  • Albert Roussel –
    • Duo, for bassoon and contrabass
    • Segovia, Op. 29, for guitar
    • Serenade, Op. 30, for flute, string trio, and harp
  • Arnold Schoenberg –
    • Drei Satiren, Op. 28, for SATB choir with viola, cello, and piano
    • Vier Stücke, Op. 27, for SATB choir with clarinet, mandolin, violin, and cello
  • Erwin Schulhoff – Symphony No. 1, String Quartet No. 2 ([1])
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger –
    • The Adventures of Tom Thumb, for piano
    • Piano Preludes Nos. 1–5
  • Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1
  • Jean Sibelius –
    • Ett ensamt skidspår, for reciting voice and piano
    • Herran siunaus, for choir and organ
    • Intrada, for organ, Op. 111, No. 1
    • Kolme johdantovuorolaulua, for choir and organ
    • Morceau romantique sur un motif de M. Jacob de Julin, for orchestra
    • Narciss, for voice and piano
    • Skolsång, for choir
    • Skyddskårsmarsch, for choir
    • Stormen [The Tempest], Op. 109, incidental music for Shakespeare's play
  • Igor Stravinsky –
    • Serenade in A, for piano
    • Suite No. 1, for small orchestra
    • Suite, "d’après thèmes, fragments et pièces de Giambattista Pergolesi", for violin and piano
  • Marcel Tournier – Images No. 1, Op. 29; Etude de Concert "Au Matin"
  • Joaquín Turina –
    • La oración del torero, Op. 34, for lute quartet, also arranged for string quartet or string orchestra
    • La venta de los gatos, Op. 32, for piano
  • Edgard Varèse – Intégrales
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams –
    • Concerto Accademico for violin and strings
    • Flos Campi, for viola, wordless choir, and small orchestra
    • Hymns (5) for Songs of Praise, for choir
    • Two Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan, for voice and piano
    • Three Songs from Shakespeare, for voice and piano
    • Three Poems by Walt Whitman, for baritone and piano
  • Heitor Villa-Lobos –
    • Chôros No. 3 ("Pica-páo"), for male choir or seven wind instruments, or both together
    • Chôros No. 5 ("Alma brasileira"), for piano
    • Chôros No. 8, for large orchestra and two pianos
    • Cirandinhas, for piano
    • O Martírio dos Insetos, for violin and orchestra
    • Sul America, for piano
  • William Walton – Portsmouth Point, concert overture
  • Kurt Weill – Violin Concerto
  • Alberto Williams –
    • Canciones pasionales, for voice and piano
    • Piezas modernas para los niños, for piano
  • Stefan Wolpe – Three Songs by Heinrich von Kleist

Opera[edit]

Film[edit]

Jazz[edit]

Main article: 1925 in jazz

Musical theater[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Historia: Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester". Sveriges Radios. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. ^ a b Victor Recording Book log, pp. 4761A, 4783, 4791.
  3. ^ Gelatt, Roland, The Fabulous Phonograph, MacMillan, New York, 1954. ISBN 0-02-542960-4
  4. ^ Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5128-8
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  6. ^ "Brunswick matrix 14389-14392. I'll see you in my dreams / Isham Jones ; Ray Miller Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  7. ^ "Victor matrix B-32469. Yes sir, that's my baby / Gene Austin ; Billy "Uke" Carpenter - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  8. ^ "Brunswick matrix 573W-576W. Sweet Georgia Brown / Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  9. ^ "Victor matrix B-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  10. ^ a b c "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  11. ^ "Columbia matrix W140499. If you knew Susie (Like I know Susie) / Eddie Cantor - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  12. ^ "Brunswick matrix 13864-13867. All alone / Al Jolson ; Ray Miller Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  13. ^ "Columbia matrix W140765. Manhattan / The Knickerbockers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  14. ^ "Columbia matrix W140518. Oh, how I miss you tonight / The Cavaliers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  15. ^ "Brunswick matrix 13957-13959. Tea for two / Marion Harris - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  16. ^ "Victor matrix B-30817. All alone waltz / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  17. ^ "Victor matrix B-31523. All alone / John McCormack - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  18. ^ "Columbia matrix 140374. O Katharina! / Ted Lewis and his Band - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  19. ^ "Brunswick matrix E16467-E16469. Remember / Isham Jones Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  20. ^ "Victor matrix B-32092. Yearning (Just for you) / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  21. ^ "Brunswick matrix E16456. Brown eyes—why are you blue? / Nick Lucas - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  22. ^ "Victor matrix B-31555. Oh, lady be good! / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  23. ^ "Victor matrix B-31415. Indian love call / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  24. ^ "Columbia matrix 140241. St. Louis blues / Bessie Smith - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  25. ^ "OKeh matrix S-72717. I want to be happy / Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  26. ^ "Victor matrix B-30632. Wreck of the Old 97 / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  27. ^ Gushee, Lawrence (2005). Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band. Oxford University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-19-973233-3.
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