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January 9, 1920 () April 1920 () US Billboard 1920 #3, US #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, National Recording Registry 2004 4: Ted Lewis and His Band "When My Baby Smiles at Me" Columbia 2908: January 12, 1920 () April 1920 () US Billboard 1920 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 18 total weeks 5: John Steel "The Love Nest"
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
Their world of song was primarily that of the street, the javas and tangos of dances, weddings, and banquets and not of the Parisian high society. Parallel to this culture of elites, at the same time in Paris, existed a popular culture that was increasingly successful and came to dominate the late 1920s and early 1930s through artists such as ...
January 24 – Carl Nielsen conducts the first public performance of his Symphony No. 5 in Copenhagen. [1]May 28 – The Detroit News Orchestra, the world's first radio orchestra (a symphonic ensemble organized specifically to play on radio), begins broadcasting from radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan.
The song was based on an old blues tune called "The Boy in the Boat". [31] It was introduced by Buster Bailey. Albert Brunies's Halfway House Orchestra recorded an important instrumental version in 1925, and later the same year Williams made a popular recording with Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins and vocalist Eva Taylor. [31]
The song was published in 1927 by Leo Feist, Inc. in New York City. [1] This hit song reportedly sold more than two million disks in various versions in the late 1920s. It has been used in several movie musicals including Glorifying the American Girl , This Is the Life , Music for Millions , Margie , The Fabulous Dorseys , Love Me or Leave Me ...
March 15 – 16: Elections to the new Parliament of Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied. [7] July 24: Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907. August 31: The Anglo-Russian Convention bring an end to the Great Game in Central Asia. [8]