1925 in music

Events

• Victor, Columbia, and HMV phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology
• Jimmie Rodgers begins performing
• Blind Lemon Jefferson's recording career begins
• Lonnie Johnson[?]'s recording career begins
• Louis Armstrong leaves Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, returns to Chicago, and makes his first records under his own name, leading Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Top Hits: Printed Music

• "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Maceo Pinkard[?], Ben Bernie[?], & Kenneth Casey[?]
• "The Charleston" by James P. Johnson & Cecil Mack[?]
• "I Miss My Swiss" by L.W. Gilbert[?]
• "Always" by Irving Berlin
• "Freshie" by Jesse Greer[?]
• "Sleepy Time Gal" by Joseph R. Alden[?]
• "Collegiate" by Moe Jaffe[?] & Nat Bonx[?]
• "5 Foot 2, Eyes of Blue" by Lewis & Young[?]
• "Don't Bring Lulu" by Ray Henderson, Billy Rose[?] & Lew Brown
• "Neapolitan Nights" by Harry D. Kerr[?]
• "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn[?]

Top Hits: Recordings

• "Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now" by The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks[?]
• "Charleston" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Dinah" by Ethel Waters
• "Ah-Ha!" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith
• "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" by Ace Brigode[?] & His Fourteen Virginians
• "While We Danced 'Til Dawn" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie[?] & His Orchestra
• "Everybody Loves My Baby" by Blossom Seeley[?]
• "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ethel Waters
• "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" by Eddie Cantor

Births

• April 26 - Jorgen Ingmann[?], Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar
• June 27 - Doc Pomus
• July 6 - Bill Haley, (+ 1981)
• August 15 - Oscar Peterson
• September 6 - Jimmy Reed
• September 13 - Mel Torme[?]
• September 16 - B.B. King
• October 15 - Mickey Guitar Baker[?], Mickey & Sylvia[?]

Deaths