This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1921.
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 1921:[3] 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 | "Wang Wang Blues"[4] | Victor 18694 | US Billboard 1921 #1, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, 457,000 sold 1921, later RCA Victor announced 1,000,000 | ||||
2 | "Wabash Blues"[5] | Brunswick 5065 | US Billboard 1921 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,750,000 sold 1921-1922[6] | ||||
3 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Cherie"[7] | Victor 18758 | US Billboard 1921 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 405,647 sales | |||
4 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Song of India"[8] | Victor 18777 | US Billboard 1921 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold | |||
5 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Say It with Music"[9] | Victor 18803 | US Billboard 1921 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks | |||
6 | "Margie"[10] | Emerson 10301 | US Billboard 1921 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold | ||||
7 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "My Mammy-Beautiful Faces Medley"[11] | Victor 18737 | US Billboard 1921 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[12] | |||
8 | "All by Myself"[13] | Columbia 3434 | US Billboard 1921 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks | ||||
9 | "O-H-I-O (O My! O | )" | Columbia 3361 | US Billboard 1921 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 7 total weeks | |||
10 | Nora Bayes (Charles Prince Orchestra) | "Make Believe"[14] | Columbia 3392 | US Billboard 1921 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks | |||
11 | "Look for the Silver Lining" | Columbia 3367 | US Billboard 1921 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks | ||||
22 | "Crazy Blues"[15] | Okeh 4169 | US Billboard 1920 #11, US #3 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, National Recording Registry 2005 | ||||
24 | Marion Harris | "I Ain't Got Nobody" | Columbia 3371 | US Billboard 1921 #24, US #3 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks | |||
28 | "Palesteena (Lena from Palesteena)"[16] | Victor 18717 | US Billboard 1921 #28, US #3 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks |
See main article: 1921 in jazz.