The year in music

Best Songs of 1927

The Bristol sessions record the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, the start of country music on record. “The Jazz Singer” brings sound to the cinema, and Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club.

The Bristol Sessions
Play 1927

3 songs

1927 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 3 songs first released in 1927. Big Band and Jazz lead the year. Ben Selvin, Guy Lombardo and Hoagy Carmichael are among the voices of 1927.

Artists of 1927

The sound of 1927

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