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1928 in music

1928 in music

Overview of the events of 1928 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1928.

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Maurice Ravel at the piano with Éva Gauthier in 1928; George Gershwin listens at right.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

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 1928:[6] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

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1928 Harlem Hit Parade (non-official)

(created with Popular Music Chart Entries)[6]

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Other important recordings

Classical music

Opera

Film

Jazz

Main article: 1928 in jazz

Musical theater

Births

Deaths

References

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