Events Mamie Smith's first blues recordings become a hit, alerting record companies to the African American market Published popular songs "After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It" w.m. Irving Berlin "All She'd Say Was "Umh Hum"" w.m. King Zany, Mac Emery, Gus Van & Joe Schenck "All The Boys Love Mary" Van & Schenck "Aunt Hagar's Blues" w.m. W. C. Handy "Avalon" w.m. B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson & Vincent Rose "Bright Eyes" w. Harry B. Smith m. Otto Motzan & M. K. Jerome "Broadway Rose" w. Eugene West m. Martin Fried & Otis Spencer "Chanson" m. Rudolf Friml "Chili Bean" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer "Crazy Blues" w.m. Percy Bradford "The Cuckoo Waltz" w. Arthur Kingsley m. J. E. Jonasson "Daddy, You've Been A Mother To Me" w.m. Fred Fisher "Do You Ever Think Of Me?" w. John Cooper & Harry D. Kerr m. Earl Burtnett "Down By The O-HI-O (I've Got The Sweetest Little O, My ! O ! )" w. Jack Yellen m. Abe Olman "Feather Your Nest" w.m. James Kendis, James Brockman & Howard Johnson "The Gipsy Warned Me" w.m. R. P. Weston & Bert Lee "He Went In Like A Lion (And Came Out Like A Lamb)" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry von Tilzer "Home Again Blues" w.m. Harry Akst & Irving Berlin "I Belong To Glasgow" w.m. Will Fyffe "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You" w.m. Tom Pitts, Raymond B. Egan & Roy Marsh "I Used To Love You, But It's All Over Now" w. Lew Brown m. Albert Von Tilzer "I'd Love To Fall Asleep And Wake Up In My Mammy's Arms" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Fred E. Ahlert "I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time" w. Neville Fleason m. Albert Von Tilzer "I'll See You In C-U-B-A" w.m. Irving Berlin "In A Persian Market" m. Albert William Ketèlbey "The Japanese Sandman" w. Raymond B. Egan m. Richard A. Whiting "Kalua" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern "Left All Alone Again Blues" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern "Little Town In The Ould County Down" w. Richard Pascoe m. Monte Carlo & Alma Saunders "Look For The Silver Lining" w. B. G. DeSylva m. Jerome Kern "The Love Boat" by Gene Buck "Love Nest" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch "Margie" w. Benny Davis m. Con Conrad & J. Russel Robinson "Mary" w. Otto Harbach m. Louis A. Hirsch "My Little Bimbo Down On A Bamboo Isle" w. Grant Clarke w. Walter Donaldson "My Mammy" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Walter Donaldson "My Man" w. (Eng) Channing Pollock (Fr) Albert Willemetz & Jacques Charles m. Maurice Yvain "O'er The Hills To Ardentinny" w.m. Harry Lauder "Old Pal Why Don't You Answer Me" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. M. K. Jerome "Pale Moon" w. Jesse Glick m. Frederick Knight Logan "Palesteena" w.m. Con Conrad & J. Russell Robinson "Polly" w. Leo Wood m. Jack Richmond "Pretty Kitty Kelly" w. Harry Pease m. Ed G. Nelson "Ritual Fire Dance" m. Manuel de Falla "Rose Of Washington Square" w. Ballard MacDonald m. James F. Hanley "San" w.m. Lindsay McPhail & Walter Michels "So Long, Oo Long" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby "Tell Me Little Gypsy" w.m. Irving Berlin "That Old Irish Mother Of Mine" w. William Jerome m. Harry Von Tilzer "La Veeda" w. Nat Vincent m. John Alden "Wang Wang Blues" w. Leo Wood m. Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson & Henry Busse "When My Baby Smiles At Me" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Billy Munro "Where Do They Go When They Row, Row, Row?" w. Bert Kalmar & George Jessel, m. Harry Ruby "Whispering" w.m. Richard Coburn, Vincent Rose & John Schonberger "Whose Baby Are You?" w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern "Wild Rose" w. Clifford Grey m. Jerome Kern "A Young Man's Fancy" w. John Murray Anderson & Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager Top hits on record "Crazy Blues" by Mamie Smith "Dardanella" by Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra "I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now" by Al Jolson "Love Nest" by John Steel "Whispering" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra Musical theater George White's Scandals Of 1920 Broadway production Irene London production Kissing Time Broadway production Sally Broadway production The Shop Girl London revival Tip Tip London production What's In A Name Broadway production The Whirligig London production Births May 6 - Peggy Lee August 17 - Georgia Gibbs August 29 - Charlie Parker December 6 - Dave Brubeck December 24 - Dave Bartholomew Deaths
