1919 in music

Events

• Original Dixieland Jass Band brings New Orleans jazz to England
• The Louisiana Five[?] are advertised as playing "Modern Jazz"

Top Hit Songs

• "Oh By Jingo!" by Lew Brown & Albert Von Tilzer
• "Peggy" by Harry Williams[?]
• "Dardanella" by Felix Bernard[?] & Johnny S. Black[?], with words by Fred Fisher
• "My Isle of Golden Dreams" by Gus Kahn[?]
• "The Lamplit Hour" by Thomas Burke[?]
• "Indian Summer" by Victor Herbert
• "Ask the Stars" by Frank Stammers[?]
• "Letter Song" by William Lebaron[?]
• "Swanee" by George Gershwin & Irving Caesar[?]
• "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Jean Kenbrovin[?] & John William Kellette[?]
• "Sipping Cider Thru A Straw" by Carey Morgan & Lee David

Hit Recordings

• "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" by Al Jolson
• "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" by John Steel[?]
• "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" by Ben Selvin[?]'s Novelty Orchestra
• "The Moon Shines on the Moonshine" by Bert Williams
• "Jazz Baby" by Marion Harris[?]
• "You'd Be Surprised" by Eddie Cantor
• "The Alcoholic Blues" by the Louisiana Five[?]

Births

• January 27 - Ross Bagdasarian[?] (aka David Seville), of The Chipmunks[?]
• March 17 - Nat King Cole
• May 3 - Pete Seeger

Deaths

• Charles McCarron