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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1921.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

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 1921:[3] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra"Wang Wang Blues"[4]Victor 18694August 19, 1920December 1920US Billboard 1921 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, 457,000 sold 1921, later RCA Victor announced 1,000,000[5]
2Isham Jones Orchestra"Wabash Blues"[6]Brunswick 5065August 1, 1921October 1921US Billboard 1921 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,750,000 sold 1921-1922[5]
3Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra"Cherie"[7]Victor 18758August 9, 1920July 1921US Billboard 1921 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 405,647 sales
4Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra"Song of India"[8]Victor 18777August 23, 1921September 1921US Billboard 1921 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold
5Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra"Say It with Music"[9]Victor 18803April 21, 1921November 12, 1921US Billboard 1921 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks
6Eddie Cantor"Margie"[10]Emerson 10301December 15, 1920January 1921US Billboard 1921 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold
7Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra"My Mammy-Beautiful Faces Medley"[11]Victor 18737March 1, 1921May 1921US Billboard 1921 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[12]
8Ted Lewis and His Band"All by Myself"[13]Columbia 3434June 11, 1921September 1921US Billboard 1921 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
9Al Jolson"O-H-I-O (O My! O!)"[13]Columbia 3361December 13, 1920April 1921US Billboard 1921 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 7 total weeks
10Nora Bayes (Charles Prince Orchestra)"Make Believe"[14]Columbia 3392March 1, 1921September 1921US Billboard 1921 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
11Marion Harris"Look for the Silver Lining"[13]Columbia 3367December 29, 1920April 1921US Billboard 1921 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
22Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds"Crazy Blues"[15]Okeh 4169August 10, 1920November 1920US Billboard 1920 #11, US #3 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, National Recording Registry 2005
24Marion Harris"I Ain't Got Nobody"[13]Columbia 3371April 21, 1920May 1921US Billboard 1921 #24, US #3 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks
28The Original Dixieland Jazz Band"Palesteena (Lena from Palesteena)"[16]Victor 18717December 4, 1920February 1921US Billboard 1921 #28, US #3 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks

Classical music

Opera

Film

Jazz

Musical theater

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ↑ Harvard Glee Club: About Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 10 March 2014
  2. ↑ Prod'homme, Jacques-Gabriel (October 1922). "Camille Saint-Saëns". The Musical Quarterly. 8 (4): 469–486. doi:10.1093/mq/viii.4.469. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 737853. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  4. ↑ "Victor matrix B-24392. Wang-wang blues / Ambassador Orchestra ; Paul Whiteman - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Internet Archive. London : Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 978-0-214-20512-5.
  6. ↑ "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000 series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Victor matrix B-25049. Cherie / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Victor matrix B-25322. Song of India / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Victor matrix B-25471. Say it with music / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  10. ↑ "EMERSON 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000 - 10500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Victor matrix B-24863. My mammy / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Jazz History: The Standards (1920s)". www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Columbia A Series 78rpm numerical listing discography: A3000 - A3500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Columbia matrix 79723. Make believe / Nora Bayes - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  15. ↑ "OKEH 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4000 - 4500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Victor matrix B-24590. Palesteena / Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  17. ↑ Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-67437-299-3.
  18. ↑ Grigory Pantyelev Paisov (2001). "Berberov, Rostislav Nikolayevich". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48266.
  19. ↑ Evelyn Mack Truitt (1977). Who was who on Screen. Bowker. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8352-0914-4.
  20. ↑ Ewen, David (1978). Musicians Since 1900: Performers in Concert and Opera. New York: Wilson. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-82420-565-2.
  21. ↑ "Grant Johannesen – Obituaries – News". The Independent. April 30, 2005. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
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