1915 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1916 ,
1917 In Music and the
List Of 'years In Music' .
- "Allah's Holiday" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "And They Called It Dixieland" w. Raymond Egan m. Richard A. Whiting
- "Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
- "At Finnigan's Ball" w.m. Bert Lee
- "Baby Shoes" by Joe Goodwin
- "Beale Street Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy
- "A Broken Doll" w.m. James W. Tate & Clifford Harris
- "Bugle Call Rag" w.m. Eubie Blake & Carey Morgan
- "Bull Frog Blues" Tom Brown, Guy Shrigley
- "The Cobbler's Song" w. Oscar Asche m. Frederic Norton
- "La Cumparsita" w. Carol Raven m. G. H. Matos Rodriguez (words written 1932)
- "Don't Leave Me, Daddy" Joe Verges
- "Down In Honky Tonky Town" w. Charles McCarron m. Chris Smith
- "Down Where The Swanee River Flows" w. Charles McCarron m. Charles S. Alberte
- "For Dixie And Uncle Sam" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
- ""Forever" Is A Long, Long Time" w. Darl MacBoyle m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "From Here To Shanghai" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Give Me All Of You" Schwartzwald
- "Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
- "Green Hills Of Somerset" w. Fred E. Weatherly m. Eric Coates
- "Have A Heart" w. Gene Buck m. Jerome Kern
- "Homesickness Blues" w.m. Cliff Hess
- "The Honolulu Blues" w. Grant Clarke & Eddie Cox m. James V. Monaco
- "How's Every Little Thing In Dixie?" w. Jack Yellen m. Albert Gumble
- "I Ain't Got Nobody" w. Roger Graham & Dave Peyton m. Spencer Williams
- "I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife" w. Joseph Cawthorn & John Golden m. John Golden
- "I Sent My Wife To The Thousand Isles" w. Andrew B. Sterling & Ed Moran m. Harry Von Tilzer
- "I Want To Marry A Male Quartette" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "If I Knock The "L" Out Of Kelly" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
- " If You Were The Only Girl In The World " w. Clifford Grey m. Nat D. Ayer
- "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" w.m. N. J. Clesi
- "Ireland Must Be Heaven, For My Mother Came From There" w. Joseph McCarthy & Howard Johnson m. Fred Fisher
- "I've A Shooting Box In Scotland" w.m. Thomas Lawrason Riggs & Cole Porter
- "Joe Turner Blues" w. Walter Hirsch m. W. C. Handy
- "Katinka" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "Keep Your Eye On The Girlie You Love" w. Howard Johnson & Alex Gerber m. Ira Schuster
- "The Laddies Who Fought And Won" w.m. Harry Lauder
- "Li'l Liza Jane" w.m. Countess Ada De Lachau
- "Livery Stable Blues" m. Marvin Lee
- "Love Me At Twilight" w. William Jerome & Joe Young m. Bert Grant
- "Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose" w. Richard Egan m. Richard Whiting
- "M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I" w, Bert Hanlon & Benny Ryan m. Harry Tierney
- "Movie Trot" m. Harry H. Raymond
- "My Hawaiian Sunrise" w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert & Carey Morgan
- "My Syncopated Melody Man" w.m. Blanche Merrill & Eddie Cox
- "Nat'an, For What Are You Waitin', Nat'an" w.m. James Kendris
- "Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!" w. Joe Goodwin & William Tracey m. Nat Vincent
- "Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice" w.m. Cecil Mack & Chris Smith
- "O'Brien Is Tryin' To Learn To Talk Hawaiian" w. Al Dubin m. Rennie Cormack
- "Oh! How She Could Yacki, Hacki, Wicki, Wacki, Woo" w. Stanley Murphy & Charles McCarron m. Albert Von Tilzer
- "Operatic Rag" J. Lensberg
- "Poor Butterfly" w. John Golden m. Raymond Hubbell
- " Pretty Baby " w. Gus Kahn m. Tony Jackson & Egbert Van Alstyne
- "Rackety Coo!" w. Otto Harbach m. Rudolf Friml
- "Rolling Stones - All Come Rolling Home Again" w. Edgar Leslie m. Archie Gottler
- "Roses Of Picardy" w. Frederick E. Weatherley m. Haydn Wood
- "Shamrock Rag" m. Euday L. Bowman
- "She Is The Sunshine Of Virginia" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Harry Carroll
- "Sierra Sue" w.m. Joseph Buell Carey
- "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Sweet Cider Time When You Were Mine" w. Joe McCarthy m. Percy Wenrich
- "Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty" w.m. A. J. Mills, Fred Godfrey & Bennett Scott
- "That Funny Jas Band From Dixieland" w.m. Henry I. Marshal
- "There's A Little Bit Of Bad In Every Good Little Girl" w. Grant Clarke m. Fred Fisher
- "There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town" w. David Berg m. Alfred Solman
- "They're Wearing 'Em Higher In Hawaii" w. Joe Goodwin m. Halsey K. Mohr
- "Throw Me A Rose" w. P. G. Wodehouse & Herbert Reynolds m. Emmerich Kallman
- "Turn Back The Universe And Give Me Yesterday" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. Ernest R. Ball
- "Walkin' The Dog" Shelton Brooks
- "What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?" w. Joseph McCarthy & Howard Johnson m. James V. Monaco
- "When John McCormack Sings A Song" w. William Jerome & E. Ray Goetz m. Jean Schwartz
- "When You're Down In Louisville" w.m. Irving Berlin
- "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. George W. Meyer
- "Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow" w. Dave Radford m. Richard Whiting
- "Yaacka Hula Hickey Dula" w.m. E. Ray Goetz , Joe Young & Pete Wendling
- "You Belong To Me" w. Harry B. Smith m. Victor Herbert
- "You Can't Get Along With 'Em Or Without 'Em" w. Grant Clarke m. Fred Fisher
- "You're In Love" w. Otto Harbach & Edward Clark m. Rudolf Friml
- " O Sole Mio " by Enrico Caruso
- "Santa Lucia" by Enrico Caruso
- "Somewhere a Voice is Calling" by John McCormack
- "Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night?" by Al Jolson
- "I Love A Piano" by Billy Murray
- "Pretty Baby" by Billy Murray
- "I'm Gonna Make Hay While the Sun Shines in Virginia" by Marion Harris
- "Keep the Home Fires Burning ('Till the Boys Comes Home)" by James F. Harrison
- "There's A Long Long Trail A-Winding" by James F. Harrison
- "Ireland Must Be Heaven, For My Mother Came From There" by Charles Harrison
- January 4 - Slim Gaillard
- January 22 - Henri Dutilleux , French composer
- February 29 - Dinah Shore , singer
- March 15 - Harry James , bandleader
- March 17 - Ray Ellington , singer
- April 11 - Alberto Ginastera , Argentinian composer (d. 1983)
- April 14 - Denis ApIvor , composer
- April 22 - Yehudi Menuhin , violinist (d. 1999)
- April 30 - Robert Shaw , conductor
- May 6 - Adriana Caselotti , voice (and model) for Snow White
- May 10 - Milton Babbitt , composer
- May 14 - Skip Martin , US singer
- June 17 - Einar Englund , Finnish composer (died 1999)
- July 24 - Bob Eberly , US singer with Jimmy Dorsey 's Orchestra
- July 29 - Charlie Christian
- August 3 - Claude Demetrius , songwriter
- August 24 – Léo Ferré , singer, songwriter and composer
- August 27 - Martha Raye , US singer and actress
- September 13 - Dick Haymes , Argentinian-born US singer and actor
- October 2 - George Siravo arranger and saxophonist
- October 19 - Emil Gilels , Ukrainian Classical Pianist (d.1985)
- October 28 - Bill Harris , jazz trombonist
- October 29 - Hadda Brooks , pianist, singer and composer
- November 6 - Ray Conniff , trombonist and bandleader
- November 8 - June Havoc , actress and singer
- November 10 - Billy May
- December 11 - Perez Prado , Cuban bandleader and composer
- December 15 - Buddy Cole , jazz musician
- December 18 - Betty Grable , star of many Hollywood musicals
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