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Top popular recordings of 1923[edit]

The following songs r reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1923.^[2] 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 Orchestra	"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"[3]	Victor 19007	October 21, 1921	April 7, 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 1, US No. 1 for 7 weeks, 13 total weeks, 722,895 sold (Victor 1920s memo)[4]
2	Isham Jones Orchestra	"Swingin' Down the Lane"[5]	Brunswick 2438	May 4, 1923	July 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 2, US No. 1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
3	Billy Murray & Ed Smalle	"That Old Gang of Mine"[6]	Victor 19095	June 5, 1923	September 1923	US Billboard 1922 No. 3, US No. 1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
4	Billy Jones	"Yes! We Have No Bananas"[7]	Edison 51183	June 8, 1923	July 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 4, US No. 1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
5	Bessie Smith	"Down Hearted Blues"[8]	Columbia 3844	February 16, 1923	May 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 5, US No. 1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold[9]
6	Al Jolson	"Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)"[10]	Columbia 3705	September 11, 1922	December 1922	US Billboard 1922 No. 6, US No. 1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
7	Van and Schenck	"Carolina in the Morning"[11]	Columbia 3712	September 18, 1922	December 1922	US Billboard 1922 No. 7, US No. 1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
8	Carl Fenton and His Orchestra	"Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses"[5]	Brunswick 2392	January 15, 1923	March 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 8, US No. 1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
9	Art Landry & His Orchestra	"Dreamy Melody"[12]	Gennett 5255	February 12, 1923	May 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 9, US No. 1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 1,500,000 sales[13][9]
10	Ben Selvin's Dance Orchestra	"Yes! We Have No Bananas"[14]	Vocalion 14590	May 15, 1923	August 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 10, US No. 1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
11	Eddie Cantor	"No, No, Nora"[15]	Columbia 3964	July 26, 1923	October 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 11, US No. 1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
12	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	"I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise"[16]	Victor 18949	September 1, 1922	November 22, 1922	US Billboard 1923 No. 12, US No. 1 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks
13	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	"Bambalina"[17]	Victor 19035	September 1, 1922	June 22, 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 13, US No. 1 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks
14	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	"Crinoline Days"[18]	Victor 18983	February 20, 1923	March 17, 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 14, US No. 2 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks
15	Eddie Cantor	"I've Got the Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues"[19]	Columbia 3964	July 26, 1923	October 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 15, US No. 2 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
22	Isham Jones Orchestra	"Who's Sorry Now"	Brunswick 2438	May 4, 1923	July 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 22, US No. 3 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks
25	Great White Way Orchestra (vocal Billy Murray)	"Yes! We have No Bananas"	Victor 19068	April 26, 1923	July 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 25, US No. 3 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, 610,101 sales (Victor 1920s memo)[4]
28	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	"Wonderful One"	Victor 19019	January 25, 1923	April 1923	US Billboard 1923 No. 28, US No. 3 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks, 800,005 sold (Victor 1920s memo)[4]

Other important recordings[edit]

• "Dippermouth Blues" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
• "High Society" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
• "Milenburg Joys" by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings with Jelly Roll Morton
• "Wild Cat Blues/Kansas City Man Blues" by Clarence Williams Blue 5, featuring Sidney Bechet

Classical music[edit]

• Béla Bartók – Dance Suite
• Ferruccio Busoni – Prélude et étude en arpèges, BV 297
• Henry Cowell – Aeolian Harp
• Frederick Delius – Hassan, RT I/9, incidental music for play premiering June 1 in Darmstadt
• Gerald Finzi – A Severn Rhapsody
• Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
• Josef Matthias Hauer – Atonale Musik, Op.20
• Paul Hindemith – String Quartet No.5, Op.32, premiered October 26 in Vienna
• Jenö Hubay – 5 Konzertetüden, Op.115
• Joseph Jongen – 3 Études de concert, Op.65
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert
  • Cathedral Windows, Op.106
  • 3 Compositions for Organ, Op.108
• Darius Milhaud – La création du monde (ballet)
• Hans Pfitzner – Concerto for Violin in B minor
• Arnold Schoenberg
  • Fünf Stücke [Five Pieces] for Piano, Op. 23 (1920/1923)
  • Serenade, Op. 24 (1920/1923)
  • Suite for Piano, Op. 25 (1921/1923)
• Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 6 was premiered by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, on 19 February 1923
• Igor Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
• Germaine Tailleferre – Ballade for Piano and Orchestra; Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
• Joaquín Turina – Jardin de Oriente
• Edgard Varèse
  • Hyperprism (1922–23)
  • Octandre
• Heitor Villa-Lobos – Nonet ("Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil")
• William Walton – Toccata for Violin and Piano
• Leó Weiner – Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
• Alexander von Zemlinsky – Lyric Symphony

Opera[edit]

• Alfred Bruneau – Le Jardin du paradis
• Hans Gál – Die heilige Ente
• Franz Grillparzer - König Ottokars Glück und Ende (written 1923, premiered February 19, 1825 in Vienna's Burgtheater).
• Reynaldo Hahn – Ciboulette
• Joaquín Turina – Jardin de Oriente

Jazz[edit]

Main article: 1923 in jazz

Musical theater[edit]

• The Beauty Prize (Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics and Book: P. G. Wodehouse and George Grossmith). London production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on September 5 and ran for 214 performances
• Catherine London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on September 22 and ran for 217 performances
• The Cousin from Nowhere London production opened at Prince's Theatre on February 24 and ran for 105 performances
• Dover Street to Dixie London revue opened at the Pavilion on May 31 and ran for 108 performances
• George White's Scandals of 1923 Broadway revue opened at the Globe Theatre on June 18 and transferred to the Fulton Theatre on November 5 for a total run of 168 performances
• Head over Heels London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on September 8 and ran for 113 performances
• Katinka London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on August 30 and ran for 108 performances
• Kid Boots Broadway production opened at the Earl Carroll Theatre on December 31 and transferred to the Selwyn Theatre on September 1, 1924 for a total run of 489 performances
• Little Nellie Kelly London production opened at the New Oxford Theatre on July 2 and ran for 265 performances
• London Calling! London revue opened at the Duke of York's Theatre on September 4 and ran for 367 performances
• Madame Pompadour
  • Vienna production opened at the Carltheater on March 2
  • London production opened at Daly's Theatre on December 20 and ran for 467 performances
• The Music Box Revue London revue opened at the Palace Theatre on May 15 and ran for 217 performances
• The Rainbow London production opened at the Empire Theatre on April 3 and ran for 113 performances
• Rats London revue opened at the Vaudeville Theatre on February 4 and ran for 285 performances
• The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on December 25 and ran for 97 performances
• "Runnin' Wild', Broadway musical with music by James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack opened October 29 and ran at the new Colonial Theatre for 228 performances. Spearheaded the Charleston dance craze.
• Stop Flirting London production opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on May 30 and ran for 418 performances
• Wildflower Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on February 7 and ran for 477 performances
• The Jilts by Philip Barry, won the Herndon Prize in 1922 as the best drama. Renamed You and I, the play opened on Broadway on February 19, 1923,
• You'd Be Surprised London production opened at the Royal Opera House on January 27 and ran for 270 performances
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 20 and ran for 233 performances

Births[edit]

• January 1 – Milt Jackson, jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
• January 4
  • Don Butterfield, classical and jazz tuba player (d. 2006)
  • Tito Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and television host (d. 1973)
• January 5 – Sam Phillips, record producer (d. 2003)
• January 25 – Rusty Draper, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
• February 2 – Julius Hegyi, American conductor and violinist (d. 2007)
• February 5 – Claude King, country singer and songwriter (d. 2013)
• March 2 – Doc Watson, guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2012)
• March 26 – Clifton Williams, composer (d. 1976)
• April 25 – Albert King, blues guitarist and singer (d. 1992)
• May 15 – John Lanchbery, composer and conductor (d. 2003)
• May 17 – Peter Mennin, American composer and administrator (d. 1983)
• May 28 – György Ligeti, composer (d. 2006)
• June 8 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (d. 1993)
• June 29 – Ronnie Ronalde, born Ronald Waldron, English yodeller and siffleur (d. 2015)
• July 22 – Mukesh, Bollywood playback singer (d. 1976)
• July 31 – Ahmet Ertegun, record industry executive (d. 2006)
• August 4 – Arthur Butterworth, English composer (d. 2014)
• August 11 – June Hutton, singer (d. 1973)
• September 15 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer, conductor (d. 1979)
• September 17 – Hank Williams, country musician (d. 1953)
• October 3 – Stanisław Skrowaczewski, orchestral conductor (d. 2017)
• October 5 – Glynis Johns, actress and singer
• October 16 – Bert Kaempfert, songwriter and orchestra leader (d. 1980)
• October 20 – Robert Craft, conductor and music writer (d. 2015)
• October 23 – Ned Rorem, composer and writer (d. 2022)
• November 1 – Antonia Apodaca, New Mexican folk musician and composer (d. 2020)
• November 2 – Pearl Carr, singer (d. 2020)
• November 10 – Anne Shelton, singer (d. 1994)
• December 2 – Maria Callas, operatic soprano (d. 1977)

Deaths[edit]

• January 5 – Emanuel Wirth, violinist (b. 1842)
• January 10 – Patsy Touhey, Irish-American piper (b. 1865)
• January 18 – Kate Santley, actress and singer (b. 1837)
• January 25 – Alfons Petzold, Austrian lyricist (b. 1882)
• February 2 – Vassily KW Brandt, composer (b. 1869)
• February 19
  • Gerónimo Giménez, Spanish composer (b. 1854)
  • Josef Pembaur, American composer (b. 1848)
• February 27 – Léon Roques, translator (b. 1839)
• March 5 – Dora Pejačević, composer (b. 1885)
• March 8 – Krišjānis Barons, collector of Latvian folk songs (b. 1835)
• March 16 – August Göllerich, Austrian conductor (born 1859)
• March 20 – Henry Edward Krehbiel, musicologist (b. 1854)
• April 17 – Anthony J. Stastny, composer (b. 1885)
• May 7 – Sadie Martinot, actress and soprano singer (b. 1861)
• May 30 – Camille Chevillard, composer
• June 11 – Julia Ettie Crane, music educator (b. 1855)
• June 20
  • Joseph Leopold Röckel, composer (born 1838)
  • Charitie Lees Smith, hymn-writer (b. 1841)
• June 30 – Claude Terrasse, composer of operettas (b. 1867)
• July 10 – Albert Chevalier, English actor, singer, songwriter and music hall performer (b. 1861)^[20]
• July 13 – Asger Hamerik, composer (b. 1843)
• August 15 – Vali von der Osten, operatic soprano (b. 1882)
• August 31 – Ernest van Dyck, operatic tenor (b. 1861)
• October 11 – Wilhelm Karczag, theater director (born 1857)
• October 12 – John Cadvan Davies, poet and hymn-writer (b. 1846)^[21]
• October 14 – George Elbridge Whiting, composer (born 1840)
• October 22 – Victor Maurel, operatic baritone (b. 1848)
• October 28 – Theodor Reuss, music hall singer and polymath (b. 1855)
• December 2 – Tomás Bretón, composer (b. 1850)
• December 7 – Vess Ossman, banjoist (b. 1868)
• December 19 – Gustav Dannreuther, violinist and conductor (b. 1853)
• date unknown
  • Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin, violin-maker (b. 1841)
  • Joseph Pothier, musicologist, reviver of the Gregorian chant (b. 1835)