1920er

Ereignisse

• Einführung des Rundfunk - Langwelle, Mittelwelle
• Goldene Zwanziger
• 25. Oktober 1929 - am schwarzen Freitag kommt es zu drastischen Kursverlusten an der New Yorker Börse. Als Folge darauf stürzt die Welt in die Weltwirtschaftskrise

Übersicht: Hits der 1920er

1920
Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues
Charles Harrison - I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time
Jerome Kern - Look for the Silver Lining
Ted Lewis Jazz Band - When My Baby Smiles at Me
Ben Selvin - The Charleston

1921
Ted Snyder - Sheik of Araby
Vaughn De Leath - I'm Just Wild About Harry
Paul Whiteman and Orchestra - Song of India
Van and Schenck - Ain't We Got Fun

1922
Jazzbos Carolina Serenaders - Chicago (That Toddlin Town)
Al Jolson - Toot, Toot, Tootsie Goodbye
Blossom Seeley - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Fats Waller - I Wish I Could Shimmy Like Sister Kate
Van and Schenck - Carolina in the Morning

1923
Louis Prima - Yes! We Have No Bananas!
Ted Snyder - Who's Sorry Now?
Ray Henderson - That Old Gang of Mine
Bessie Smith - Down-Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith - Gulf Coast Blues

1924
Louis Armstrong & Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues
Paul Whiteman and Orchestra - Indian Love Call
George Gershwin - Fascinatin' Rhythm
It Had To Be You - Harry Conick Jr.
Marion Harris - Tea for Two
Benny Goodman - California Here I Come

1925
Art Gillham - I'm Sittin' On Top of the World
Goofus Five - Alabamy Bound
Eddie Cantor - If You Knew Susie Like I Knew Susie
Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown
Goofus Five - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Fats Waller - Squeeze Me

1926
Al Jolson - Are You Lonesome Tonight
Duke Ellington - Bye, Bye Blackbird
Jean Goldkette - Tip Toe Through the Tulips
Gertrude Lawrence - Someone to Watch Over Me

1927
Paul Robeson - Old Man River
Fats Waller - The Digah's Stomp
Gene Austin - My Blue Heaven
Henry James Allen Jr. - Swonderful
Johnny Marvin - Me and My Shadow

1928
Cliff Edwards - I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Ben Selvin - You're the Cream in My Coffee
Eddie Cantor - Makin' Whoopee
Helen Kane - I Wanna Be Loved by You

1929
Fred Astaire - Puttin' On the Ritz
Fats Waller & Douglas Watt - Ain't Misbehavin'
Cliff Edwards, The Brox Sisters, Charles King, Gus Edwards, Marie Dressler, Bessie Love, Polly Moran - Singin' in the Rain
Howard Carmichael - Star Dust

1930
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Boogie Woogie
Count Basie - I Got Rhythm
Red Nichols - Embraceable You
Sunny Side of the Street - Ted Lewis