1920 in music

Events

• Mamie Smith's first blues recordings become a hit, alerting record companies to the African American market

Top Hit Songs

• "The Love Boat" by Gene Buck[?]
• "Japanese Sandman" by Richard A. Whiting[?] & Raymond B. Egan[?]
• "Margie" by J. Russell Robinson & Benny Davis[?]
• "Whose Baby Are You?" by Jerome Kern & Anne Caldwell
• "La Veeda" by Nat Vincent[?]
• "Avalon" by Al Jolson Buddy De Sylva, & Vincent Rose[?]
• "Mah Lindy Lou" by Lily Strickland[?]
• "When My Baby Smiles at Me" by Ted Lewis, Andrew B. Sterling[?], & Bill Munro[?]
• "Whispering" by Vincent Rose[?], Richard Coburn[?], & Malvin Schoenberger[?]
• "Feather Your Nest" by Kendis, Brockman & Johnson.
• "My Little Bimbo Down On The Bamboo Isle" by Walter Donaldson & Grant Clarke[?]

Top Hit Recordings

• "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
• "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith

Births

• May 6 - Peggy Lee
• August 17 - Georgia Gibbs[?]
• August 29 - Charlie Parker
• December 6 - Dave Brubeck
• December 24 - Dave Bartholomew[?]

Deaths