1914 in music

See also: 1913 in music, other events of 1914, 1915 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Published songs 3 Popular recordings 4 Musical theater 5 Births 6 Deaths

Events

• October 15 - In Rovigo, Beniamino Gigli makes his operatic debut in Amilcare Ponchielli's La Gioconda
• The first recorded calypso music is made in Trinidad

Published songs

• "The Aba Daba Honeymoon" w.m. Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan
• "After The Roses Have Faded Away" w. Bessie Buchanan m. Ernest R. Ball
• "Along Came Ruth" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Always Treat Her Like A Baby" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Back To The Carolina You Love" w. Grant Clarke m. Jean Schwartz
• "Burlington Bertie From Bow" w.m. William Hargreaves
• "By Heck" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. S. R. Henry
• "By The Beautiful Sea" w. Harold R. Atteridge m. Harry Carroll
• "By The Waters Of Minnetonka" w. J. M. Cavanass m. Thurlow Lieurance
• "California And You" Harry Puck
• "Can't You Hear Me Callin' Caroline?" w.m. William H. Gardner & Caro Roma
• "Cecile Waltz" by Frank McKee
• "Chinatown, My Chinatown" w. William Jerome m. Jean Schwartz
• "Colonel Bogey - March" m. Kenneth J. Alford
• "Come Over To Dover" Murphy, Botsford
• "La Cucaracha" w. (Eng) Stanley Adams m. arr. Juan Y. D'Lorah
• "The Darktown Poker Club" w. Jean C. Havez m. Bert Williams & Will H. Vodery
• "The Day Is Done" w. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow m. Herman Lohr
• "Desecration Rag" Felix Arndt
• "Down Among The Sheltering Palms" w. James Brockman m. Abe Olman
• "La Estrellita" m. Maurice Ponce
• "Everybody Rag With Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace LeBoy
• "Fido Is A Hot Dog Now" w. Charles McCarron & Thomas J. Gray m. Raymond Walker
• "Follow The Crowd" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Gilbert, The Filbert" w. Arthur Wimperis m. Herman Finck
• "Goodbye Girls I'm Through" w. John Golden m. Ivan Caryll
• "He's A Devil In His Own Home Town" w. Grant Clarke & Irving Berlin m. Irving Berlin
• "He's A Rag Picker" w.m. Irving Berlin

• "Hot House Rag" m. Paul Pratt
• "I Love the Ladies" by Grant Clarke
• "I Want To Go Back To Michigan, Down On The Farm" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I Was A Good Little Girl Till I Met You" w. Clifford Harris m. James W. Tate
• "If I Had You" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "If That's Your Idea Of A Wonderful Time, Take Me Home" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "If You Don't Want My Peaches" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "I'll Make A Man Of You" w.m. Arthur Wimperis & Herman Finck
• "I'm Goin' Back To Louisiana (Where The Bright Moon Shines)" E. Clinton Keithley
• "In An Old-Fashioned Town" w.m. Squire
• "In Siam" Manuel Klein
• "In The Candlelight" w.m. Fleta Jan Brown
• "Kachusha no uta" composed by Nakayama Shimpei is the first big kayokyoku (pop music) hit in Japan
• "Keep the Home Fires Burning" w. Lena Guilbert Ford m. Ivor Novello
• "Land" by Irving Berlin
• "A Little Bit Of Heaven Sure They Call It Ireland" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
• "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along by Byron Gay & C.R. Foster
• "Love's Own Sweet Song" w. C. C. S. Cushing & E. P. Heath m. Emmerich Kalman
• "The Minstrel Parade" Irving Berlin
• "Missouri Waltz" w. James Royce Shannon m. Frederick Knight Logan
• "Mrs. Sippi, You're A Grand Old Girl" Belle Ashlyn
• "Music Box Rag" Charles Luckeyth Roberts
• "My Bird Of Paradise" Irving Berlin
• "My Croony Melody" w.m. Joe Goodwin & E. Ray Goetz
• "On The 5:15" w. Stanley Murphy m. Henry I. Marshall
• "On The Good Ship Mary Ann" w. Gus Kahn m. Grace Le Boy
• "On The Shores Of Italy" w.m. Al Piantadosi, Dave Oppenheim & Jack Glogau
• "Pigeon Walk" m. James V. Monaco
• "Play A Simple Melody" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Poor Pauline" w. Charles McCarron m. Raymond Walker
• "Revival Day" Berlin
• "Roll Them Cotton Bales" w. James Weldon Johnson m. J. Rosamond Johnson
• "Rufus Johnson's Harmony Band" w.m. Shelton Brooks & Maurice Abrahams
• "Same Sort Of Girl" w. Harry B. Smith m. Jerome Kern
• "Settle Down In A One-Horse Town" Irving Berlin
• "Shadowland" w. Blanche Merrill m. Gus Edwards
• "She's Dancing Her Heart Away" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Kerry Mills
• "Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers" w. R. P. Weston m. Herman E. Darewski
• "The Springtime Of Life" w. Robert B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
• "St Louis Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
• "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "Sylvia" w. Clinton Scollard m. Oley Speaks
• "Syncopated Walk" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "That's A Plenty" m. Lew Pollack
• "There's A Little Spark Of Love Still Burning" w. Joe McCarthy m. Fred Fisher
• "They Didn't Believe Me" w. Herbert Reynolds m. Jerome Kern
• "They're On Their Way To Mexico" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "This Is The Life" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "'Twas In September" w. Benjamin Hapgood Burt m. Silvio Hein
• "Twelfth Street Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman
• "Vienna, City Of My Dreams" w. (Austrian) Rudolf Sieczynski m. Rudolf Sieczynski
• "Way Out Yonder In The Golden West" w.m. Percy Wenrich
• "What Is Love" Irving Berlin
• "When It's Night Time In Dixieland" w.m. Irving Berlin
• "When Mother Backed The Winner Of The Derby" Williams & Godfrey
• "When The Angelus Is Ringing" w. Joe Young m. Bert Grant
• "When The Grown-up Ladies Act Like Babies" w. Joe Young & Edgar Leslie m. Maurice Abrahams
• "When You Wore A Tulip" w. Jack Mahoney m. Percy Wenrich
• "When You're A Long, Long Way From Home" w. Sam M. Lewis m. George W. Meyer
• "When You're Away" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert
• "Who Paid The Rent For Mrs Rip Van Winkle?" Bryan, Fischer
• "The Yellow Dog Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
• "You Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Love" w. J. Will Callahan m. Ernest R. Ball

Popular recordings

• "Aba Daba Honeymoon" by Collins & Harlan
• "Brindisi" from La Traviata, by Enrico Caruso & Alma Gluck
• "Ballin' the Jack" by Prince's Orchestra
• "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along" by Billy Murray

Musical theater

• The Belle Of Bond Street Broadway production
• Business As Usual London production
• Chin-Chin Broadway production
• The Earl And The Girl London revival
• The Girl From Utah Broadway production
• The Lilac Domino Broadway production
• The Little Café Broadway production
• Papa's Darling Broadway production
• Tonight's The Night Broadway production
• When Claudia Smiles Broadway production

Births

• June 28 - Lester Flatt
• October 10 - Ivory Joe Hunter

Deaths

• George W. Johnson, recording artist