The year in music

Best Songs of 1926

Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers record in Chicago, and Louis Armstrong’s “Heebie Jeebies” makes scat singing famous.

Turandot premieres
Play 1926

4 songs

1926 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 4 songs first released in 1926. Jazz, Big Band and Blues lead the year. Ben Selvin, Fred and Adele Astaire and Gene Austin are among the voices of 1926.

Artists of 1926

The sound of 1926

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