1921 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1921.

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Top Popular Recordings 1921[edit]

The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1921:[3] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1 Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra "Wang Wang Blues"[4] Victor 18694 August 19, 1920 (1920-08-19) December 1920 (1920-12) US Billboard 1921 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, 457,000 sold 1921, later RCA Victor announced 1,000,000[5]
2 Isham Jones Orchestra "Wabash Blues"[6] Brunswick 5065 August 1, 1921 (1921-08-01) October 1921 (1921-10) US Billboard 1921 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,750,000 sold 1921-1922[5]
3 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Cherie"[7] Victor 18758 August 9, 1920 (1920-08-09) July 1921 (1921-07) US Billboard 1921 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 405,647 sales
4 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Song of India"[8] Victor 18777 August 23, 1921 (1921-08-23) September 1921 (1921-09) US Billboard 1921 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold
5 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "Say It with Music"[9] Victor 18803 April 21, 1921 (1921-04-21) November 12, 1921 (1921-11-12) US Billboard 1921 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks
6 Eddie Cantor "Margie"[10] Emerson 10301 December 15, 1920 (1920-12-15) January 1921 (1921-01) US Billboard 1921 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold
7 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra "My Mammy-Beautiful Faces Medley"[11] Victor 18737 March 1, 1921 (1921-03-01) May 1921 (1921-05) US Billboard 1921 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[12]
8 Ted Lewis and His Band "All by Myself"[13] Columbia 3434 June 11, 1921 (1921-06-11) September 1921 (1921-09) US Billboard 1921 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
9 Al Jolson "O-H-I-O (O My! O!)"[13] Columbia 3361 December 13, 1920 (1920-12-13) April 1921 (1921-04) US Billboard 1921 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 7 total weeks
10 Nora Bayes (Charles Prince Orchestra) "Make Believe"[14] Columbia 3392 March 1, 1921 (1921-03-01) September 1921 (1921-09) US Billboard 1921 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
11 Marion Harris "Look for the Silver Lining"[13] Columbia 3367 December 29, 1920 (1920-12-29) April 1921 (1921-04) US Billboard 1921 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
22 Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds "Crazy Blues"[15] Okeh 4169 August 10, 1920 (1920-08-10) November 1920 (1920-11) US Billboard 1920 #11, US #3 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, National Recording Registry 2005
24 Marion Harris "I Ain't Got Nobody"[13] Columbia 3371 April 21, 1920 (1920-04-21) May 1921 (1921-05) US Billboard 1921 #24, US #3 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks
28 The Original Dixieland Jazz Band "Palesteena (Lena from Palesteena)"[16] Victor 18717 December 4, 1920 (1920-12-04) February 1921 (1921-02) US Billboard 1921 #28, US #3 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks

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  1. ^ Harvard Glee Club: About Archived March 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 10 March 2014
  2. ^ Prod'homme, Jacques-Gabriel (October 1922). "Camille Saint-Saëns". The Musical Quarterly. 8 (4): 469–486. doi:10.1093/mq/viii.4.469. ISSN 0027-4631. JSTOR 737853. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  4. ^ "Victor matrix B-24392. Wang-wang blues / Ambassador Orchestra ; Paul Whiteman - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Internet Archive. London : Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 978-0-214-20512-5.
  6. ^ "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000 series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "Victor matrix B-25049. Cherie / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  8. ^ "Victor matrix B-25322. Song of India / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  9. ^ "Victor matrix B-25471. Say it with music / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "EMERSON 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000 - 10500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "Victor matrix B-24863. My mammy / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "Jazz History: The Standards (1920s)". www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  13. ^ a b c d "Columbia A Series 78rpm numerical listing discography: A3000 - A3500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  14. ^ "Columbia matrix 79723. Make believe / Nora Bayes - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  15. ^ "OKEH 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4000 - 4500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  16. ^ "Victor matrix B-24590. Palesteena / Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  17. ^ Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-67437-299-3.
  18. ^ Grigory Pantyelev Paisov (2001). "Berberov, Rostislav Nikolayevich". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48266.
  19. ^ Evelyn Mack Truitt (1977). Who was who on Screen. Bowker. p. 332. ISBN 978-0-8352-0914-4.
  20. ^ Ewen, David (1978). Musicians Since 1900: Performers in Concert and Opera. New York: Wilson. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-82420-565-2.
  21. ^ "Grant Johannesen – Obituaries – News". The Independent. April 30, 2005. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2013.