1915 in music

Events

• Tom Brown's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago and start advertising themselves as a "Jass Band"

Top Hits

• "Nola" by Felix Arndt[?]
• "Railroad Jim" by Nat H. Vincent[?]
• "Araby" by Irving Berlin
• "Norway" by Joe McCarthy
• "The Perfect Song" by Clarence Lucas[?]
• "Close To My Heart" by A.B. Sterling[?]
• "All for You" by Henry Blossom[?]
• "M-O-T-H-E-R" by Howard Johnson[?]
• "You Can't Mend A Broken Heart" by Shelton Brooks
• "So Long Letty" by Earl Carroll[?]

Births

• April 4 - Muddy Waters (+ 1983)
• April 7 - Billie Holiday
• June 9 - Les Paul, musician, inventor of the solid body Electric Guitar
• September 3 - Memphis Slim
• December 12 - Frank Sinatra
• December 30 - Brownie McGhee

Deaths