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* [[October 28]] – [[Bing Crosby]] cuts his first record, a recording of "I've Got the Girl".

* [[November 4]] – [[Wanda Landowska]] gives the world première of [[Manuel de Falla]]'s ''[[Harpsichord Concerto (De Falla)|Harpsichord Concerto]]'' in [[Barcelona]]

* [[November 27]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[The Miraculous Mandarin]]'' is premièred in [[Cologne]]. Further performances are prohibited on moral grounds by the city's mayor, [[Konrad Adenauer]].<ref>{{citation|first=Ivan|last=Hewett|authorlink=Ivan Hewett|chapter=Rolling with the Punches|title=BBC Proms 2022|pages=20-4.20–4}}</ref>

* [[December 18]] – The [[Estonian National Symphony Orchestra]] gives its first concert.

* [[December 26]] – World première of [[Jean Sibelius|Sibelius]]'s [[tone poem]] ''[[Tapiola (Sibelius)|Tapiola]]'' by [[Walter Damrosch]] and the [[New York Philharmonic]], the last substantial composition to be made public by the composer for the remaining 30 years of his life.

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==Published popular music==

* "(I Love You) Sweetheart of All My Dreams" w.m. Art Finch, Kay Finch, & Bert Lowe

* "[[(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry]]" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]] & Abe Lyman

* "Alabama Stomp" w. [[Henry Creamer]] m. [[James P. Johnson]]

* "All Alone Monday" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]]

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* "Big Butter And Egg Man" w.m. Sidney Clare, [[Cliff Friend]] & Joseph H. Santly

* "[[The Birth Of The Blues]]" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]. Introduced by [[Harry Richman]] in the [[revue]] ''[[George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1926]]''

* "Black Bottom" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]. Introduced by [[Ann Pennington (Ziegfeld star)|Ann Pennington]], [[The McCarthy Sisters]], [[Frances Williams (composer)|Frances Williams]] and [[Tom Patricola]] in the [[revue]] ''[[George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1926]]''

* "[[Black Bottom Stomp]]" m. [[Jelly Roll Morton]]

* "[[Blue Room (1926 song)|The Blue Room]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Eva Puck]] and [[Sammy White (actor)|Sammy White]] in the musical ''[[The Girl Friend]]''

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* "Bridget O'Flynn" King, Sterling

* "Bring Back Those Minstrel Days" w. Ballard MacDonald m. Martin Broones

* "But I Do – You Know I Do" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]

* "By The Tamarisk" m. [[Eric Coates]]

* "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]" w. [[Mort Dixon]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]

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* "[[Charmaine (song)|Charmaine]]" w. Lew Pollack m. Erno Rapee

* "Cherie, I Love You" w.m. [[Lillian Rosedale Goodman]]

* "[[Clap Yo' Hands]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]

* "Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love" w. Raymond Klages m. Jesse Greer

* "Cossack Love Song" Harbach, Hammerstein, Stothart & Gershwin

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* "[[In A Little Spanish Town]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. Mabel Wayne

* "[[It All Depends On You]]" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]

* "I've Got The Girl" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]

* "Jack In The Box" m. [[Zez Confrey]]

* "Jersey Walk" w. Eddie Dowling & [[Henry Creamer]] m. James F. Hanley<ref>[http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C255 Songwriters Hall of Fame: James F Hanley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430130124/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C255 |date=2013-04-30 }}. Accessed 22 April 2013</ref>

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* "Maybe" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]

* "[[Me Too (Ho Ha! Ho Ha!)|Me Too]]" w. [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Al Sherman]] m. [[Harry M. Woods]]

* "Moonlight On The Ganges" w. [[Chester Wallace]] (''pseudonym'' for [[Huntley Trevor]]) m. Sherman Myers (''pseudonym'' for [[Montague Ewing]] [[:de:Montague Ewing|(de)]]; 1890–1957)

* "The More We Are Together" w.m. Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly

* "[[Mountain Greenery]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Sterling Holloway]] and [[Bobbie Perkins]] in the [[revue]] ''[[The Garrick Gaieties]]''.

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* "Sunny Disposish" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. Philip Charig

* "Tamiami Trail" w.m. Cliff Friend & Joseph H. Santly

* "There Ain't No Maybe In My Baby's Eyes" w. [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Raymond B. Egan]] m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]

* "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight – Rudolph Valentino" w. J. Keirn Brennan & Irving Mills m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]

* "Thinking Of You" w. Paul Ash m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]

* "Ting-A-Ling" w. Andy Britt m. [[Jack Little (songwriter)|Jack Little]]

* "[[Tonight You Belong To Me]]" w. [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Lee David]]

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* "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]" w.m. [[Harry M. Woods]]

* "Where Do You Work-A, John?" w. Mortimer Weinberg & Charley Marks m. [[Harry Warren]]

* "Where'd You Get Those Eyes?" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson (songwriter)|Walter Donaldson]]

*"Why Do I" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by [[Francis X. Donegan]] & [[June Cochran]] in the musical ''[[The Girl Friend]]''

* "Wistful And Blue" Davidson, Etting

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The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1926:<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref>

Numerical Rankingsrankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"

! <big>Rank</big>

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| 7 || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35354. Bye bye blackbird / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009594/BVE-35354-Bye_bye_blackbird |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20044 || {{Start date|1926|4|29}} || {{Start date|1926|7|31}} || US Billboard 1926 #7, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 414,494 sales<ref name=victor />

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| 8 || George Olsen and His Music || "[[Always (Irving Berlin song)|Always]]"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu">{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix 74008. Always (Waltz) / Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000206172/74008-Always_Waltz |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19955 || {{Start date|1926|2|5}} || {{Start date|1926|4}} || US Billboard 1926 #8, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks

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| 9 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[I'm Sitting on Top of the World]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E17172-E17173. I'm sitting on top of the world / Carl Fenton’sFenton's Orchestra ; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220563/E17172-E17173-Im_sitting_on_top_of_the_world |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3014 || {{Start date|1925|12|21}} || {{Start date|1925|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #9, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks

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| 10 || [[Johnny Marvin]] || "[[Breezin' Along with the Breeze]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W142355. Breezin' along with the breeze / Johnny Marvin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032116/W142355-Breezin_along_with_the_breeze |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 699 || {{Start date|1926|8}} || {{Start date|1926|9}} || US Billboard 1926 #10, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12

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| 11 || [[Vincent Lopez|Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra]] || "Always"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix 74008. Always (Waltz) / Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000206172/74008-Always_Waltz |access-date=2022-08-19 |websitename="adp.library.ucsb.edu}}<"/ref> || Okeh 40567 || {{Start date|1926|2}} || {{Start date|1926|4}} || US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks

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| 12 || Al Jolson || "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E19418-E19420. When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’bobbin' along / Carl Fenton’sFenton's Orchestra ; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000221690/E19418-E19420-When_the_red_red_robin_comes_bob_bob_bobbin_along |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3222 || {{Start date|1926|6|1}} || {{Start date|1926|7}} || US Billboard 1926 #12, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks

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| 13 || [[Whispering Jack Smith]] || "Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya Huh?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34683. Gimme a little kiss (Will ya? Huh?) / Jack Smith - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008921/BVE-34683-Gimme_a_little_kiss_Will_ya_Huh |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19978 || {{Start date|1926|3|5}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks

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* ''[[Princess Charming (operetta)|Princess Charming]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on October 21 and ran for 362 performances

* ''[[Queen High]]'' (Music: [[Lewis E. Gensler]], Lyrics: [[B.G. DeSylva]], Book: [[Laurence Schwab]] & [[B.G. DeSylva]] adapted from ''A Pair of Sixes'' by [[Edward Peple]]). Broadway production opened at the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] on September 8 and ran for 367 performances

* ''[[The Student Prince]]'' (Sigmund Romberg) -London production opened at [[HerHis Majesty's Theatre, London|His Majesty's Theatre]] on February 3 and ran for 96 performances

* ''[[Sunny (musical)|Sunny]]'' London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on October 7 and ran for 363 performances

* ''[[Tip-Toes]]'' London production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on August 31 and ran for 182 performances

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==Births==

*[[January 1]] – [[Claudio Villa]], Italian singer (d. 1987)

*[[January 3]] – Sir [[George Martin]], [[record producer]] for [[The Beatles]] (d. 2016)

*[[January 4]] – [[Eddie Cusic]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

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*[[January 12]] – [[Morton Feldman]], composer (d. 1987)

*[[January 21]] – [[Brian Brockless]], English organist, composer and conductor (d. 1995)

*[[January 29]] – [[Franco Cerri]], guitarist (d. 2021)

*[[February 10]] – [[Nico Carstens]], South African accordionist and songwriter (d. 2016)

*[[February 17]] – [[Friedrich Cerha]], composer (d. 2023)

*[[February 19]]

**[[Michael Kennedy (music critic)|Michael Kennedy]], writer on music (d. 2014)

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*[[April 11]] – [[Gervase de Peyer]], English classical clarinetist and conductor (d. 2017)

*[[April 28]] – [[Blossom Dearie]], jazz singer and pianist (d. 2009)

*[[May 2516]] – [[MilesMordechai DavisRechtman]], jazzIsraeli trumpeterbassoonist and bandleaderconductor (d. 19912023)

*[[May 25]] – [[Miles Davis]], American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader (d. 1991)

*[[June 1]] — [[Marilyn Monroe]], US actress and singer (d. 1962)

*[[June 8]] – [[Anatol Vieru]], composer (d. 1998)

*[[July 1]] – [[Hans Werner Henze]], composer (d. 2012)

*[[August 3]] – [[Tony Bennett]], singer (d. 2023)

*[[August 7]] – [[Stan Freberg]], comedy singer and actor (d. 2015)

*[[August 10]]

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*[[August 14]] – [[Buddy Greco]], US pop singer (d. 2017)

*[[August 21]] – [[Carolyn Leigh]], US lyric writer (d. 1983)

*[[September 65]] – [[ArthurCarmen OldhamPetra Basacopol]], composer andRomanian choirmastermusician (d. 20032023)

*[[September 176]] – [[BillArthur BlackOldham]], USEnglish musiciancomposer and choirmaster (d. 19652003)

*[[September 2317]] – [[JohnBill ColtraneBlack]], American musician (d. 19671965)

*[[September 2623]] – [[JulieJohn LondonColtrane]], USAmerican singersaxophonist, bandleader and actresscomposer (d. 20001967)

*[[OctoberSeptember 526]] – [[GottfriedJulie Michael KoenigLondon]], German-DutchAmerican singer and actress (d. composer2000)

*[[October 5]] – [[Gottfried Michael Koenig]], German-Dutch composer (d. 2021)

*[[October 13]] – [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]], jazz bassist (d. 2002)

*[[October 18]]

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**[[Edmund Jenkins]], composer (b. 1894)

**[[Veene Sheshanna]], [[Veena]] player (b. 1852)

**[[Henry Tate (poet)]] composer

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==

* {{Commons category|Music in 1926-inline}}

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