This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1925.
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The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1924:[5] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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1 | Isham Jones, Guest Conductor With Ray Miller's Orchestra | "I'll See You in My Dreams"[6] | Brunswick 2788 | December 4, 1924 | February 1925 | US BB 1925 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks |
2 | Gene Austin | "Yes Sir, That's My Baby"[7] | Victor 19656 | April 24, 1924 | July 1925 | US BB 1925 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 17 total weeks |
3 | Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | "Sweet Georgia Brown"[8] | Vocalion 15002 | March 19, 1925 | June 1925 | US BB 1925 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks |
4 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Prisoner's Song"[9] | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | November 1924 | US BB 1925 #3, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930,[10] 7 more weeks at #1 1926 |
5 | Eddie Cantor | "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)"[11] | Columbia 364 | July 18, 1925 | September 1925 | US BB 1925 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks |
6 | Al Jolson | "All Alone"[12] | Brunswick 2743 | October 2, 1924 | December 1924 | US BB 1925 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks |
7 | The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) | "Manhattan"[13] | Columbia 422 | July 15, 1925 | August 1925 | US BB 1925 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks |
8 | The Cavaliers (Ben Selvin Orchestra) | "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight"[14] | Columbia 359 | April 11, 1925 | June 1925 | US BB 1925 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
9 | Marion Harris | "Tea for Two"[15] | Brunswick 2747 | October 15, 1924 | January 1925 | US BB 1925 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
10 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "All Alone"[16] | Victor 19487 | September 12, 1924 | December 1924 | US BB 1925 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks, 835,586 sales (possibly combined 10 & 11)[10] |
11 | John McCormack | "All Alone"[17] | Victor Red Seal 1067 | December 17, 1924 | March 1925 | US BB 1925 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks |
12 | Ted Lewis and His Band | "O, Katharina"[18] | Columbia 295 | January 29, 1925 | April 1925 | US BB 1925 #12, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks |
13 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "Remember"[19] | Brunswick 2963 | October 1, 1925 | November 1925 | US BB 1925 #13, US #1 for 7 weeks, 11 total weeks |
14 | Gene Austin | "Yearning (Just For You)"[20] | Victor 19625 | February 12, 1925 | May 1925 | US BB 1925 #14, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks |
15 | Nick Lucas | "Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?"[21] | Brunswick 2961 | September 29, 1925 | October 1925 | US BB 1925 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks |
16 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Oh, Lady Be Good!"[22] | Victor 19551 | December 29, 1924 | March 1925 | US BB 1925 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
17 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Indian Love Call"[23] | Victor 19517 | November 17, 1924 | January 1925 | US BB 1925 #22, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks, 526,884 sales[10] |
18 | Bessie Smith | "The Saint Louis Blues"[24] | Columbia 14064 | January 14, 1925 | June 13, 1925 | US BB 1925 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 6 total week, 225,000 sales |
19 | Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra | "I Want to Be Happy"[25] | Okeh 40175 | July 31, 1924 | August 1925 | US BB 1925 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
20 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Wreck of the Old 97"[26] | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 | October 3, 1924 | US BB 1925 #36, US #4 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 1,085,985 sales thru 1930 |