1926 in music

Events

• First recordings by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers

Top Hits: Printed Music

• "Play Gypsy" by Harry B. Smith[?]
• "Because I Love You" by Irving Berlin
• "Desert Song" by Otto Harbach
• "Baby Face" Bennie Davis & Harry Akst[?]
• "When Day Is Done" by B.G. DeSylva
• "Bye Bye Blackbird" by Ray Henderson & Mort Dixon[?]
• "Animal Crackers" by Fred Rich[?]
• "Cross Your Heart" by B.G. DeSylva
• "Say It Again" by Harry Richman[?]

Top Hits: Recordings

• "Some of These Days" by Sophie Tucker[?] with Ted Lewis's Jazz Band
• "Valencia (A Song of Spain)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along" Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "He's The Last Word" by Ben Pollock[?] & His Californians
• "When My Baby Smiles At Me" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band
• "In A Little Spanish Town" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Red Hot Henry Brown" by Margaret Young[?]
• "Ya Gotta Know How To Love" by Esther Walker[?]
• "Black Bottom" by Johnny Hamp[?]'s Kentucky Serenaders
• "Do, Do, Do" by Gertrude Lawrence[?]

Other important recordings

• "Heebie Jeebies" by Louis Armstrong & His Hot 5
• "Black Bottom Stomp" by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
• "Sidewalk Blues" by Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers
• "Snag It" by King Oliver & His Dixie Syncopators

Births

• January 3 - Sir George Martin, record producer for the Beatles
• May 25 - Miles Davis
• July 19 - Sue Thompson[?]
• August 3 - Tony Bennett
• August 12 - Joe Jones[?]
• September 23 - John Coltrane, musician
• October 18 - Chuck Berry
• December 11 - Big Mama Thornton[?]

Deaths