This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1927.
Specific locations 1927 in British music 1927 in Norwegian music
Specific genres 1927 in country music 1927 in jazz
Events January 8 – Alban Berg's Lyric Suite is premiered in Vienna. April 21 – Electric re-recording of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret with Gershwin at the piano. May – American all-girl harmony singing trio The Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce set out by air from New York with the American portion of New York's Savoy Orpheans band for a tour of English variety theatres. In June they record "My Heart Stood Still" (Rodgers and Hart) and "The Birth of the Blues" and with Bert Ambrose and others in London. On December 10 they take ship for France to visit Paris before returning to the United States. July 1 – Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 1 is premiered in Frankfurt with the composer at the piano and Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting. August 4 – Country singer Jimmie Rodgers records his first sides for Victor in Camden, New Jersey. August 13 – The Proms concert season opens in London under management of the BBC, music publishers Chappell & Co. having withdrawn their financial support and disbanded the New Queen's Hall Orchestra after a symphony concert on March 19. December 5 – Leoš Janáček's Glagolitic Mass is premiered in Brno. December 27 – Kern and Hammerstein's musical play, Show Boat, based on Edna Ferber's novel, opens on Broadway and then goes on to become the first great classic of the American musical theater. December 31 – The original Savoy Orpheans and Savoy Havana London dance bands are disbanded. Charles Ives one day early in the year comes downstairs with tears in his eyes and tells his wife he can compose no more: "nothing sounds right". Jean Sibelius has also just entered a similar period of musical silence. Benjamin Britten is introduced to Frank Bridge at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival and becomes his pupil of at age 14. Witold Lutosławski enters the Warsaw conservatory. Recording careers begin for Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. Big Bill Broonzy. The Carter Family. Jim Jackson. Blind Willie McTell. The Soul Stirrers.
Published popular music "Adios Muchachos" w. Cesar Felipe Vedani m. Julio Cesar Sanders (aka Lenny Sanders) "Ain't She Sweet" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager "Among My Souvenirs" w. Edgar Leslie m. Horatio Nicholls "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman "At Sundown" w.m. Walter Donaldson "The Babbitt And The Bromide" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "The Best Things In Life Are Free" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson "Black And Tan Fantasy" m. Duke Ellington "Bless This House" w. Helen Taylor m. May Brahe "Blue Skies" w.m. Irving Berlin "Broken Hearted" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Helen Morgan in the musical Show Boat "Changes" w.m. Walter Donaldson "Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp)" w. Gus Kahn m. Neil Moret "Creole Love Call" w.m. Edward "Duke" Ellington with vocal by Adelaide Hall "Dew-Dew-Dewy Day" w.m. Al Sherman, Charles Tobias & Howard Johnson "Diane" w.m. Ernie Rapee & Lew Pollack "Did You Mean It?" w. Abe Lyman & Sid Silvers m. Phil Baker "The Doll Dance" m. Nacio Herb Brown "Everywhere You Go" w.m. Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin & Mark Fisher "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" w. Willie Raskin & Billy Rose m. Fred Fisher "Four Or Five Times" w.m. Byron Gay "Funny Face" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Girl Of My Dreams" w.m. Sunny Clapp "Good News" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson "Hallelujah!" w. Leo Robin & Clifford Grey m. Vincent Youmans "He Loves and She Loves" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns in the musical Funny Face. Performed in the 1957 film version by Fred Astaire. "High Hat" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Hoosier Sweetheart" w.m. Billy Baskette, Paul Ash & Joe Goodwin "I Don't Know How" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "I Feel At Home With You" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain" w. Irving Kahal m. Sammy Fain "(I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream" w.m. Robert King, Howard Johnson & Billy Moll "I Still Suits Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern "I'll Take Care Of Your Cares" w. Mort Dixon m. James V. Monaco "I'm Gonna Meet My Sweetie Now" w. Benny Davis m. Jesse Greer "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods "I'm Proud Of A Baby Like You" Schoenberg, Stevens, Helmick "In A Mist" m. Bix Beiderbecke "It All Belongs To Me" w.m. Irving Berlin "Just Like A Butterfly" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Woods "Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella" w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler m. Sammy Fain "Let's Kiss And Make Up" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the musical Funny Face "Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)" w.m. Al Sherman & Howard Johnson "The Lonesome Road" w. Gene Austin m. Nathaniel Shilkret "Lucky Lindy" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer "Mary, (What Are You Waiting For)" w.m. Walter Donaldson "Maybe It's Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Me And My Shadow" w.m. Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose & Al Jolson "Miss Annabelle Lee" w.m. Lew Pollack, Sidney Clare & Harry Richman "Mississippi Mud" w. James Cavanaugh m. Harry Barris "My Blue Heaven" w. George A. Whiting m. Walter Donaldson "My Heart Stood Still" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "My One And Only" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Ol' Man River" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern "Plenty Of Sunshine" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson "Preludes" by George Gershwin "Rain" w.m. Eugene Ford, Carey Morgan & Arthur Swanstrom "Ramona (Song)" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne "The Rangers' Song" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry A. Tierney. Introduced in the musical Rio Rita by J. Harold Murray, Harry Ratcliffe, Donald Douglas and chorus. Performed in the 1929 film version by John Boles and chorus. "A Room with a View" w.m. Noël Coward "Rosy Cheeks" w.m. Seymour Simons & Richard A. Whiting "Russian Lullaby" w.m. Irving Berlin "'S Wonderful" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Shaking the Blues Away" w.m. Irving Berlin "Side by Side" w.m. Harry Woods "Sometimes I'm Happy" w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans from the musical Hit the Deck "The Song Is Ended" w.m. Irving Berlin "Strike Up The Band" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" w.m. Louis Armstrong & Lillian Hardin Armstrong "Thou Swell" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by William Gaxton and Constance Carpenter in the musical A Connecticut Yankee. Performed in the 1948 film Words and Music by June Allyson and The Blackburn Twins. "The Varsity Drag" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson "Washboard Blues" m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills "What Does It Matter?" w.m. Irving Berlin "Where's That Rainbow?" Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Why Do I Love You?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern "You Remind Me Of A Naughty Springtime Cuckoo" w.m. Leslie Sarony "Your Land And My Land" w. Dorothy Donnelly m. Sigmund Romberg "You're Always In My Arms" w. Joseph McCarthy m. Harry Tierney
Top Popular Recordings 1927
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 1927: Numerical rankings are approximate, and only used as a frame of reference. # Artist Title Label Recording Date Release date Chart Positions 1 Gene Austin "My Blue Heaven" Victor 20964 US Billboard 1927 number 1, US number 1 for 13 weeks, 26 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 2 Moran And Mack Two Black Crows Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches The Worm)" Columbia 935 US Billboard 1927 number 2, US number 1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 2,500,000 sold 3 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "In a Little Spanish Town" Victor 20266 US Billboard 1927 number 3, US number 1 for 8 weeks, 15 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales 4 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians "Charmaine" Columbia 1048 US Billboard 1927 number 4, US number 1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks 5 Sophie Tucker with Ted Lewis and His Band "Some of These Days" Columbia 826 US Billboard 1927 number 5, US number 1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 938,466 sales 6 Whispering Jack Smith "Me and My Shadow" Victor 20626 US Billboard 1927 number 6, US number 1 for 4 week, 14 total weeks 7 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra "Ain't She Sweet" Brunswick 3444 US Billboard 1927 number 7, US number 1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks 8 Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra "Russian Lullaby" Victor 21308 US Billboard 1927 number 8, US number 1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks 9 Red Nichols and His Five Pennies "Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider" Columbia 1471 US Billboard 1927 number 9, US number 1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks 10 Gene Austin "Tonight You Belong to Me" Victor 20371 US Billboard 1927 number 10, US number 1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks 11 George Olsen and His Music "At Sundown (When Love is Calling Me Home)" Victor 20476 US Billboard 1927 number 11, US number 1 for 3 week, 12 total weeks 12 The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) "Blue Skies" Columbia 860-D US Billboard 1927 number 12, US number 1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks 13 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "My Blue Heaven" Victor 20828 US Billboard 1927 number 13, US number 1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks 14 Gene Austin with (Nat Shilkret Orchestra) "Forgive Me" Victor 20561 US Billboard 1927 number 14, US number 1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks 15 Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra "When Day Is Done" Victor 35828 US Billboard 1927 number 15, US number 2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks 16 Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians "It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry" Victor 20315 US Billboard 1927 number 16, US number 2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks 17 Nick Lucas "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover" Brunswick 3439 US Billboard 1927 number 17, US number 2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks 18 George Olsen and His Music "Blue Skies" Victor 20455 US Billboard 1927 number 18, US number 2 for 2 week, 10 total weeks 19 Ruth Etting "Deed I Do" Columbia 865 US Billboard 1927 number 19, US number 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks 20 Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (vocal Johnny Marvin) "All Alone Monday" Victor 20259 US Billboard 1927 number 20, US number 2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks 21 Gertrude Lawrence "Someone to Watch Over Me" Victor 20331 US Billboard 1927 number 21, US number 2 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
Classical music
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 3 Havergal Brian – Symphony No. 1 "Gothic" Frank Bridge – Rhapsody: Enter Spring John Alden Carpenter – String Quartet Aaron Copland – Piano Concerto Pierre-Octave Ferroud – Sérénade pour orchestre Gerald Finzi – Violin Concerto André Fleury – Allegro symphonique Reinhold Glière – The Red Poppy Leopold Godowsky – 4 Poems (no. 1–3) Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Two Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin Paul Hindemith – 8 Pieces for Solo Flute Dmitri Kabalevsky – Piano Sonata No. 1 Albert Ketèlbey – By the Blue Hawaiian Waters Zoltán Kodály – Suite from the opera Háry János Józef Koffler – Musique. Quasi una sonata; 15 variations on a 12 tone series (15 variations d'après une suite de douze tons) (opp. 8 & 9) Bohuslav Martinů – La Revue de Cuisine Darius Milhaud Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 93 3 Caprices de Paganini for violin and piano, Op. 97 Sonatina for clarinet and piano, Op. 100 Carl Nielsen – An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands (orchestral) Dane Rudhyar – Paeans Henri Sauguet – La Chatte (ballet) Arnold Schoenberg – String Quartet No. 3 Roger Sessions – Symphony No. 1 Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 2 in B major, Op. 14 Igor Stravinsky – Oedipus Rex Karol Szymanowski – String Quartet No. 2 Alexander Tcherepnin Symphony No. 1, Op. 42