See also: 1915 in music, other events of 1916, 1917 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

Published songs

  • "Allah's Holiday" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
  • "And They Called It Dixieland" w. Raymond Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
  • "Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
  • "At Finnigan's Ball" w.m. Bert Lee
  • "Baby Shoes" by Joe Goodwin
  • "Beale Street Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
  • "A Broken Doll" w.m. James W. Tate & Clifford Harris
  • "Bugle Call Rag" w.m. Eubie Blake & Carey Morgan
  • "Bull Frog Blues" Tom Brown, Guy Shrigley
  • "The Cobbler's Song" w. Oscar Asche m. Frederic Norton
  • "La Cumparsita" w. Carol Raven m. G. H. Matos Rodriguez Words written 1932.
  • "Down In Honky Tonky Town" w. Charles McCarron m. Chris Smith
  • "Down Where The Swanee River Flows" w. Charles McCarron m. Charles S. Alberte
  • "For Dixie And Uncle Sam" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
  • ""Forever" Is A Long, Long Time" w. Darl MacBoyle m. Albert Von Tilzer
  • "From Here To Shanghai" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Give Me All Of You" Schwartzwald
  • "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
  • "Have A Heart" w. Gene Buck m. Jerome Kern
  • "Homesickness Blues" w.m. Cliff Hess
  • "The Honolulu Blues" w. Grant Clarke & Eddie Cox m. James V. Monaco
  • "How's Every Little Thing In Dixie?" w. Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble
  • "I Ain't Got Nobody" w. Roger Graham & Dave Peyton m. Spencer Williams
  • "I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife" w. Joseph Cawthorn & John Golden m. John Golden
  • "I Sent My Wife To The Thousand Isles" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Ed Moran m. Harry von Tilzer
  • "I Want To Marry A Male Quartette" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
  • "If I Knock The "L" Out Of Kelly" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
  • "If You Were The Only Girl In The World" w. Clifford Grey m. Nat D. Ayer
  • "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" w.m. N. J. Clesi
  • "Ireland Must Be Heaven, For My Mother Came From There" w. Joseph McCarthy & Howard Johnson m. Fred Fisher
  • "I've A Shooting Box In Scotland" w.m. Thomas Lawrason Riggs & Cole Porter
  • "Joe Turner Blues" w. Walter Hirsch m. W. C. Handy
  • "Katinka" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
  • "Keep Your Eye On The Girlie You Love" w. Howard Johnson & Alex Gerber m. Ira Schuster
  • "The Laddies Who Fought And Won" w.m. Harry Lauder
  • "Li'l Liza Jane" w.m. Countess Ada De Lachau
  • "Livery Stable Blues" m. Marvin Lee
  • "Love Me At Twilight" w. William Jerome & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
  • "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose" w. Richard Egan m. Richard Whiting
  • "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I" w, Bert Hanlon & Benny Ryan m. Harry Tierney
  • "Movie Trot" m. Harry H. Raymond
  • "My Hawaiian Sunrise" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Carey Morgan
  • "My Syncopated Melody Man" w.m. Blanche Merrill & Eddie Cox
  • "Nat'an, For What Are You Waitin', Nat'an" w.m. James Kendris
  • "Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!" w. Joe Goodwin & William Tracey m. Nat Vincent
  • "Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice" w.m. Cecil Mack & Chris Smith
  • "Oh! How She Could Yacki, Hacki, Wicki, Wacki, Woo" w. Stanley Murphy & Charles McCarron m. Albert Von Tilzer
  • "Operatic Rag" J. Lensberg
  • "Poor Butterfly" w. John Golden m. Raymond Hubbell
  • "Pretty Baby" w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne
  • "Rackety Coo!" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
  • "Rolling Stones - All Come Rolling Home Again" w. Edgar Leslie m. Archie Gottler
  • "Roses Of Picardy" w. Frederick E. Weatherley m. Haydn Wood
  • "Shamrock Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman
  • "She Is The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll
  • "Sierra Sue" w.m. Joseph Buell Carey
  • "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Sweet Cider Time When You Were Mine" w. Joe McCarthy m. Percy Wenrich
  • "Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty" w.m. A. J. Mills, Fred Godfrey & Bennett Scott
  • "That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland" w.m. Henry I. Marshal
  • "There's A Little Bit Of Bad In Every Good Little Girl" w. Grant Clarke m. Fred Fisher
  • "There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town" w. David Berg m. Alfred Solman
  • "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii" w. Joe Goodwin m. Halsey K. Mohr
  • "Throw Me A Rose" w. P. G. Wodehouse & Herbert Reynolds m. Emmerich Kallman
  • "Turn Back The Universe And Give Me Yesterday" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
  • "Walkin' The Dog" Shelton Brooks
  • "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?" w. Joseph McCarthy & Howard Johnson m. James V. Monaco
  • "When John McCormack Sings A Song" w. William Jerome & E. Ray Goetz m. Jean Schwartz
  • "When You're Down In Louisville" w.m. Irving Berlin
  • "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
  • "Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow" w. Dave Radford m. Richard Whiting
  • "Yaacka Hula Hickey Dula" w.m. E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young & Pete Wendling
  • "You Belong To Me" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
  • "You Can't Get Along With 'Em Or Without 'Em" w. Grant Clarke m. Fred Fisher
  • "You're In Love" w. Otto Harbach & Edward Clark m. Rudolf Friml

Hit recordings

  • "O Sole Mio" by Enrico Caruso
  • "Santa Lucia" by Enrico Caruso
  • "Somewhere a Voice is Calling" by John McCormack
  • "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" by Al Jolson
  • "I Love A Piano" by Billy Murray
  • "Pretty Baby" by Billy Murray
  • "I'm Gonna Make Hay While the Sun Shines in Virginia" by Marion Harris
  • "Keep the Home Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Comes Home)" by James F. Harrison
  • "There's A Long Long Trail A-Winding" by James F. Harrison
  • "Ireland Must Be Heaven, For My Mother Came From There" by Charles Harrison

Musical theater

Births

Deaths