1916 in music

Events

• The Original Dixieland Jass Band make a hit in Chicago
• Wilber Sweatman records his hot ragtime in New York City
• Charles Ives finishes his Fourth Symphony
• Sydney conservatorium of music in Australia accepted first students

Top Hits

• "Pretty Baby[?]" by Tony Jackson, Egbert Van Alstyne[?], and Gus Kahn[?]
• "Baby Shoes" by Joe Goodwin[?]
• "I Ain't Got Nobody" by Spencer Williams
• "Li'l Liza Jane" by Countess De Lachau[?]
• "Down In Honky Tonk Town" by Chris Smith & Charles McCarron
• "Walkin' The Dog" by Shelton Brooks
• "The Cobbler's Song" by Oscar Asche[?]
• "Allah's Holiday" by Otto Harbach
• "Rackety Coo!" by Otto Harbach
• "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula" by E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young & Pete Wendling

Hit Recordings

• "O Sole Mio" by Enrico Caruso
• "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" by Al Jolson
• "I Love A Piano" by Billy Murray[?]
• "I'm Gonna Make Hay While the Sun Shines in Virginia" by Marion Harris[?]

Births

• January 4 - Slim Gaillard[?]
• July 29 - Charlie Christian

Deaths