Events in Music History in February 1917

Music History

Feb 13 Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari is arrested in Paris on suspicion that she is a German spy

Oh, Boy!

Feb 20 Jerome Kern, Guy Bolton & P. G. Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!" opens at the Princess Theatre, NYC; runs for 463 performances

  • Feb 26 1st jazz records recorded - "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" by Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company in NYC