Events in Music History in 1925

"Big Boy"

Jan 7 James F. Hanley, Joseph Meyer, and Buddy DeSylva's musical "Big Boy", starring Al Jolson, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 56 performances

Jazz Singer and Silent Screen Actor Al Jolson

Jan 14 Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck" premieres in Berlin
Feb 28 "Tea For Two" by Marion Harris hits #1
Mar 14 James F. Hanley, Joseph Meyer, and Buddy DeSylva's musical "Big Boy", starring Al Jolson, closes at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC, after 56 performances

Fallen Angels

Apr 21 Noël Coward's controversial comedy play "Fallen Angels" premieres in London, after initially being refused a license due to the loose morals of the female characters

Playwright, Director and Singer Noël Coward

Frasquita

Apr 23 1st London performance of Franz Lehár’s operetta "Frasquita" staged

Lady, Be Good!

Sep 12 George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's 1st collaborative musical "Lady, Be Good!", featuring siblings Fred Astaire and Adelle Astaire as a brother and sister dance team, closes at the Liberty Theatre, NYC, after 330 performances

Music History

Oct 2 Josephine Baker first performs in Paris in La Revue Nègre at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Dancer, Singer, Spy and Civil Rights Activist Josephine Baker

Oct 15 Willem Landré's opera "Beatrice" premieres in The Hague

Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five

Nov 11 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five begin their first recording session at Okeh Records in Chicago

Nov 28 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
Dec 7 Noël Coward's play "Easy Virtue" premieres in NYC

The Cocoanuts

Dec 8 George S. Kaufman and Irving Berlin's musical "The Cocoanuts" starring the Marx Brothers opens at the Lyric Theatre, NYC; runs for 276 performances