1927 in music

Events

• Blind Willie McTell's recording career begins
• The Soul Stirrers' recording career begins
• Big Bill Broonzy's recording career begins
• Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven record
• Carter Family recording career begins

Top Hits: Printed Music

• "Strike Up the Band" by Ira Gershwin
• "Old Man River" by Oscar Hammerstein[?]
• "Sometimes I'm Happy" by Irving Caesar[?]
• "Why Do I Love You?" by Oscar Hammerstein[?]
• "Ain't She Sweet?" by Jack Yellen[?] & Milton Ager[?]
• "Crazy Words, Crazy Tune" by Jack Yellen[?] & Milton Ager[?]
• "Preludes" by George Gershwin
• "My Heart Stood Still" by Lorenz Hart
• "Russian Lullaby" by Irving Berlin
• "What Does It Matter?" by Irving Berlin
• "My Blue Heaven" by Richard Whiting[?] & Walter Donaldson

Top Hits: Recordings

• "Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi" by Ted Lewis & His Band
• "My Blue Heaven" by Gene Austin[?]
• "Mine, All Mine" by the Coon-Sanders Nighthawks[?]
• "Mary (What Are You Waiting For?)" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Changes" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra
• "Blue Skys/Falling In Love With You" by Jesse Crawford[?]
• "Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong" by Sophie Tucker[?] with Miff Mole[?] & His Little Molers
• "Shaking The Blues Away" by Ruth Etting[?]
• "Varsity Drag" by Ruth Etting
• "It All Belongs To Me" by Ruth Etting
• "In A Little Spanish Town" by Carson Robison[?]
• "My Pretty Girl" by Jean Goldkette[?] & His Orchestra
• "Back Water Blues" by Bessie Smith
• "I'm Coming, Virginia" by Bix Beiderbecke
• "Lucky Lindy" by Nat Shilkret[?]
• "I'm Gona Meet My Sweetie Now" by Jane Green[?]
• "Black and Tan Fantasy" by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
• "Honky Tonk Train Blues" by Meade Lux Lewis, first boogie woogie hit

Other important recordings

• "Singin' The Blues" by Frankie Trumbauer[?]'s Orch., with Bix & Lang
• "Potato Head Blues" by Louis Armstrong

Births

• February 2 - Stan Getz[?]
• February 27 - Guy Mitchell[?]
• March 3 - Junior Parker[?]
• April 30 - Johnny Horton[?]
• November 8 - Patti Page[?]

Deaths