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.

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.



