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Merge
Homestar Runner is a notable topic, but this notability doesn't extend to its fictional subtopics. Notability in fiction is defined by the amount of non-trivial information that pertains to the real world that a topic can have (per WP:FICT and WP:WAF). Besides Trogdor, this information is unavailable, and Trogdor's information can be placed into this article fairly easily. The Homestar Runner Wiki is a much better place for the more in-universe information. TTN 22:38, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to do the same thing as we did with Pokemon? Maybe just one page with a list of main characters with a brief description? If there isn't, merging to the main page is fine to me. -WarthogDemon 19:00, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It really depends if there is enough information on the characters as a whole or not. I honestly don't see any real potential at all. It's probably just better to have it spread throughout the article (Strong Bad will be split through a possible characters section, the history section, the SBEM section, and possibly a few others, for example). TTN 19:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I say do it, fewer articles means a stronger topic in this case. 69.253.238.27 22:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)Judgesurreal777 22:27, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually I'm thinking that the characters Homestar Runner is good enough for his own article; and I'm thinking if we lumped Strong Mad and Strong Sad, there would be enough to keep Strong Bad's article. (I'm not sure about Homestar Runner, but Strong Bad has made at least one "appearance" in puppetform.) Not sure if that'd be sufficient though. -WarthogDemon 22:10, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * There really isn't enough real world information on the characters. Anything that talks about the site really only talks about the site in general. If they focus on anything special, it'll likely only be the Strong Bad Emails. The few bits on the characters would be better utilized here. TTN 22:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Look, I know the current trend in Wikipedia is the obliteration of articles, but the characters in Homestar Runner are significant enough to at least have their own character page. That and this page is already gigantic.  To keep it in a manageable size would require pairing down information to only the most superficial of information, and hurt the topic as a whole.  Brevity is a virtue, but not brevity in spite of information. Rebochan 17:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with you 100%. Also, Strong Keep Legolas1987
 * I wouldn't say we're "obliterating" articles. -WarthogDemon 22:10, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I would lean toward opposing this merge, as I tend to think the characters are notable enough to have articles. More importantly, as it stands, this article is already too long. If we're going to make a merge into it at all, the article itself badly needs to be trimmed down. Until that is done, I firmly oppose any merge. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 13:57, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Notability comes from real world information backed by sources, not personal views. Something notable to one person may not be notable to an other person, so sources have to prove that they are actually notable to a wide spectrum. Nothing is actually going to be merged. A "Characters" section may be added, but that won't add much. I'll probably end up cutting this down anyways. TTN 16:33, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * While that is true, how can you even define sources for any of this? Surely you can't say Strong Bad isn't significant - he has his own cartoon series with over 150 episodes! I definitely oppose any merge whatsoever... Now, if the articles were stubs, I would support a merge. However, they aren't. That means that someone found enough information and sources to make a full article. And not everyone knows about HR Wiki... a lot of people expect Wikipedia to provide detailed articles. A merge would hurt that. 65.19.65.72 03:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I know perfectly well how notability is defined, TTN. If I see this merge is actually going somewhere, I'll work on making a more solid case. Meanwhile, I am in support of finding ways to cut down the length of this article, and merging seems to me to be a step very much in the wrong direction on that. I am not sure I understand what you mean when you say "nothing is going to merged", so maybe you can elaborate on that. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 12:57, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Most people who say that don't, so certainly don't blame me. Anyways, I have started trimming it, and it should be able to be cut down pretty far. Just as I said, nothing will actually be merged. A new character section will be added, and the rest of the sections will add on to them. The articles only contain fancruft and other junk that cannot actually be included. Maybe something from the world article will make it, but that is it. TTN 13:30, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, probably only Trogdor will need to be merged as it currently lacks any coverage here. TTN 13:45, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I mostly like the trimming that was done. Just a few things: The section on HRWiki was merged here as a result of this AFD discussion, so it probably shouldn't be unceremoniously removed. For my part, although I am an admin at HRWiki, I have no particular attachment to this section and have always felt it was a bit out of place in the article. Anyway, mostly good, though I'm going to think about it and if I find I don't agree with some, I'll come back to discuss more. Good work! Heimstern Läufer (talk) 13:48, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the actual merging is usually up to the editors of the articles. There should be no obligation to keep it there if they find it to not fit. Though, as this gets reformatted, a mention somewhere probably isn't out of the question. TTN 14:04, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * These articles desperately need to be consolidated and made into a decent good article. Judgesurreal777 19:43, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

No merge for Homsar. Yes, Homsar is sad and pathetic and worthless and a stupid loser and a sad pathetic worthless stupid loser, but his article is really good and very informative. I for one am glad somebody took the time to write it.72.207.38.164 11:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Mergedadid!! I agree with the proposed merge. Pare down and bring it all here. spazure  (contribs) 09:11, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm actually pro-keeping Trogdor as a seperate article with maybe a summary that links to the main one on the HR page. The Trogdor article is easily long and in-depth enough to be worth it's own page, plus the character itself is much more widespread in terms of popularity and appearances than say any of the other cast. I mean, come on, Buffy and Guitar Hero? =P  Overlord 11001001  13:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, keep Trogdor, it might work on its own, but the others should be merged, its a good compromise. Judgesurreal777 00:07, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. Trogdor was an internet phenomenon even apart from the H*R and StrongBad fans, so it could probably survive on its own. The rest should be very much have trivial stuff cut away and get merged in. spazure  (contribs) 05:32, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * After you remove the totally trivial stuff, Trogdor doesn't have anything to define itself. The GH is really the only real world part, and that can fit here easily. TTN 00:19, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess it would bolster this article and he would have his own little section. I say, go for it! Merge away so we can copyedit/reference! Judgesurreal777 00:30, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - Although I understand your opinion on the matter of merging all the Home Star articles together, I also can foresee how large the combined article would be. Such a large article would appear unprofessional. TheInfinityZero 05:22, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep - I'm agreeing with TheInfinityZero on this one. I mean, we don't want to make this article more complicated than it is now.Bad-Gy 03:17, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * It helps to read the discussion before commenting. All that will be added is a few paragraph characters section, not whatever you're thinking of. TTN 03:19, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I've thought about it a bit, and I'm starting to feel that the merge is pretty consistent with our guidelines for fiction and may very well be the best way to follow them. That said, I admit I'm starting to really question whether our fiction guidelines are really for the best of Wikipedia. It seems to me that they're likely to result in the removal of useful, interesting info. All around, I'm starting to feel people are forgetting that it's not paper.
 * Anyway, I realize, of course, that whether or not I like our guidelines is not really what matters here, and as I'm too lazy to go suggest changes in the guidelines, I'm just going to say that I don't thoroughly support the merge, but I won't oppose, either. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 03:25, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't really see any reason to merge the individual character articles into the main page. The Strong Bad page is pretty good and easily stands on its own. Let's not do any merging quite yet.--Tainter 15:10, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * How does it stand on its own? Does it in any way meet the criteria of writing about fiction? Check the criteria, you will be surprised. Judgesurreal777 05:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * KEEP. Do I even need a reason? --Jnelson09 01:35, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Uhh, yeah, you do actually, as this is a discussion not a vote tallying exercise. Judgesurreal777 05:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

 * Very Strong Keep How could we merge all of those articles into one? There is so much information on each of the pages that even if we cut them down the page would be huge. Jedibob5 18:52, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge Teen Girl Squad if it still exists. Weak merge all character articles except Homestar Runner (character), Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Trogdor.  Strong Keep the four aformentioned articles because they have more out of universe significance than any Drawn Together character, or any minor Simpsons character. -- Sir Crazyswordsman  19:18, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep as Crazyswordsman suggests. That, and the page is just too long to merge into Homestar Runner or List of Homestar Runner characters, although I would merge the minor characters like Strong Sad into List of Homestar Runner characters as they do not have notability outside HSR. --Jon Terry 01:17, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Keep Kuralyov 02:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * This isn't a vote, please explain your reasoning. — Malcolm (talk) 21:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Isn't there a Wikipedia policy guideline saying that if an article starts to get too long, you should subdivide the page? Unless we can find a way to trim this article down—way, way down—then I'm not for the merging (yes, I know this is my first edit as a user, but don't let that deter my vote). Anecdote 06:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Correction: Changing my view to reflect Crazyswordsman's comment. IT'S DA... Ανέκδοτο 19:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

I'd support the merge. Considering the very small amount of real-world sources on most of the articles. Why is everyone bolding? This isn't a vote. — Malcolm (talk) 21:18, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Somewhat Maybe Main charaters, such as homestar and strong bad, are well enough known to have their own pages.The rest deserve a seperate list page. That way the article isn't too big, but we don't trim too much either. Oystermind 22:36, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

I'll probably go ahead and redirect these soon, and just copy over the "Principal Characters" section from the world article to start off with. After that, it should be shaped into a general description of the characters and their interactions. There may be a majority "keep", but they're mostly WP:ILIKEIT and the ever strange "They won't fit" comments (Is it that hard to realize that they'll be downsized?), which have no baring on the discussion. TTN 21:28, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, as with any discussion on wikipedia, the arguments that count are the ones that actually use policy's we observe, not "I like it" Judgesurreal777 21:48, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Also agreed. A tiny shame, perhaps, but we're not losing anything that can't be found on the Homestar Wiki as I said. - Warthog Demon  22:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I remain neutral on this matter (after all, HRWiki will always be a better place for this info than Wikipedia, not to mention the all-around better wiki), but I do think it interesting how little regard people have for those opposing the merge. Here's a question: If indeed there is so much opposition to such merges, is this WP:FICT guide really supported by the community at all? Heimstern Läufer (talk) 02:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If we didn't disregard WP:ILIKEITs, we would have articles on every non-notable military personnel that people want to memorialize, every single topic people feel like advertising, and other crap like that. This all goes back to WP:N, WP:V, and WP:RS, so yes, WP:FICT is the consensus until those are changed or removed. TTN 02:41, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, now I have an argument: There is clearly enough information in the separate articles to keep them separate. I've noticed how long articles are often suggested to be split. I don't think this should be one of those if it can be avoided. --Jnelson09 22:09, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There is a Homestar Runner wiki for that information. It doesn't belong here without real world information, so that is not a valid argument. TTN 22:13, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
 * They haven't merged Strong Bad Sings yet. I don't know why they haven't! But that article should redirect here as well if all the others have!

HERE IS A COMPROMISE How about we have 3-4 sentence descriptions for most of the characters, and revive Homestar, Strong Bad, and Trogdor to their former glory. And maybe a main article on SBEmails. Strongbad717 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.202.131 (talk) 21:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I concur I would like to see Homestar, Trogdor, and Strong Bad revived, and I think that a main page for the SBEmails is very much in order. Also, just for kicks, I think we should have a tongue-in-cheak one-liner on Buscuitdoughhandsman, stating that he is not real, and that he was made up by Coach Z. .. . Just a thought. . . Jdaniels15 (talk) 11:10, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Hem Hem...
Wasn't The Ugly One who died by getting arrow'd? --68.248.158.216 23:59, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it was. 65.19.65.72 03:52, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Unfair
If HR can keep its article i think Bonus Stage hould be able to keep theirs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * HR is more notable than BS. --Æ AUSSIE evil Æ 18:09, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * What aussie said + WP:WAX spazure  (contribs) 01:35, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, Bonus Stage has the initials "BS" which is just pathetic.
 * So true, so true. 71.79.243.109 (talk) 23:03, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Image:Everybody-poster.PNG
I have removed Image:Everybody-poster.PNG from the article, which used to have the caption "The multiplicity of characters from the cartoon." This is an example of unfair use; you can't use an image of a commercial product to illustrate what's on the product. For example, if John Galt was on the cover of Time magazine, we couldn't use a scan of the cover in his infobox; however, if we wrote about the magazine article in our encyclopedia article, then we could include a low-resolution copy alongside the commentary in most cases. Since this article doesn't talk about the Homestar poster at all, it's inappropriate to have a picture of it in the article. I hope this helps. Cheers, ➪ Hi DrNick ! 04:30, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

But they have a picture of it on the site. We could just use that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.212.98.5 (talk) 05:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Sbemail Section
The "episode" section is completely worthless. Deleted? Oystermind 22:30, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Deleted. — Malcolm (talk) 21:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Don't you mean DELETED! (?) 75.82.236.235 (talk) 05:35, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I LOL'd. 24.123.0.130 (talk) 17:19, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Sblounskched!??
Merging means cutting, not nuking. -- Sir Crazyswordsman  01:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

TROGDOR's proper capitalization..
I was wondering why my edit kept gettinfg reverted. The manual of style REQUIRES that capitalization be consistant, yet I only changed the title intor TROGDOR the BURNiNATOR, and left everything else as "Trogdor" :ds: 71.251.130.4 11:56, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

(Guest saying this) I have the same problem it keeps reverting back to Trogdor, the Burninator when its just suposed to be TROGDOR THE BURNiNATOR. besides, there has never been a comma there in anything —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.154.26 (talk) 19:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do (Chazzmcspazz (talk) 16:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC))

Poopsmith
I know that this may not be important but doesn't the poopsmith shrug in the cartoon from time to time? However, in this it says that he doesn't ever show emotion, should this be corrected or just left alone since it is so minor? --Nogain 03:14, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Senor Cardgage loopbacks
'Senor Cardgage' redirects to this article, however he does not appear in the list of charatcers (I would add him but I've no idea what to say about him). The only mention of him in this article is the bit about Senorial Day, just after this there is a link that says 'Senor Cardgage' in the text but it links to the article 'List of Homestar Runner Characters' which also links back to this article. Quite a mess. -AndrewBuck 03:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Also, taking out the link will just get it put back in, However it happens, it needs to stop 24.177.154.26 (talk) 00:28, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Characters section
There is no way that section would be better in prose. Seriously, are there twelve different characters or one complicated, confusing one? --Jnelson09 23:38, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Use subsections. They are more encyclopedic than bullets. —Akrabbimtalk 16:05, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Prose would be appropriate in this case. A well written paragraph that synthesizes the main characters is what is needed, and both subsections and bullet points would have to be changed since they are unencyclopedic for that kind of material.Judgesurreal777 20:23, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I have attempted to convert the existing character list into a less "list-like" form. It is difficult to synthesize into one paragraph all the characters but it may be an improvement. Matches10 (talk) 00:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't really like it like that, it seems like it's trying to find excuses to link the characters to each other, and it gives very little information anyway. 99.226.10.146 (talk) 22:15, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Someone should add The Paper and New Paper to the character list. Although technically not "characters," they pose an important position in the SBemails. I would myself, but not without some form of consent from the message board. And besides, I'm not very "linguistically adept." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.47.8 (talk) 20:21, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

 * This page doesn't need a laundry list of every character from the website. It should be limited to the main, important characters. The rest can stay at the HRWiki. Parsecboy 23:33, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

The Papers are very important, without them how would we email SB? at least express SBshate of the inkjet 24.177.154.26 (talk) 00:25, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

sloshy
I just wanted to make it clear that sloshy is not capitalized and that it is a alternative rock band, not an emo one. 216.126.209.88 16:25, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

It also is spelled upside down, I keep trying to make that point, but it gets changed back 24.177.154.26 (talk) 19:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

 * You would be incorrect; the logo is spelled upside down, but all other occurances of the band name are right-side-up. Take a look at Limozeen vs. sloshy. It's also spelled right-side-up in the listing. Parsecboy (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Homestar Runner Wiki
I'm curious as to why the section about the Homestar Runner Wiki was removed. In my opinion, the Homestar Runner Wiki is one of the more stable and well-run and popular fan Wikis on the internet. Why it cannot even have a brief mention in the Wikipedia article about its subject while train wrecks like Memory Alpha continue to have large articles dedicated to them is beyond me.BassBone (talk) 10:13, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I actually would like to know this, too. JuJube (talk) 10:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Good point. HRWiki is very well designed. It deserves its own article on Wikipedia. I'm going to start making one right now.Oxguy3 (talk) 00:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The Homestar Runner Wiki is a Homestar Runner fansite running on MediaWiki software. It attempts to thoroughly document the various characters and Flash cartoons on homestarrunner.com. Founded on October 7, 2003, it was originally powered by WikkiTikkiTavi wiki software. After users began signing up, and content grew, it was moved to its own domain, and upgraded to its current format running MediaWiki on July 16, 2004.[31] Although the wiki is not run or officially endorsed by the Chapman brothers, they have used it, and donated money on at least one occasion.[32] In addition, every episode of SBCG4AP has thanked the Homestar Runner Wiki in the credits.

It is not only a wiki, it is used by TBC many times and is perhaps one of the biggest wikis on the net. It's not the wiki that you want to vandalize, trolls go down in about 3 minutes, usually. If it doesn't get a part in this article, than it should have its own. If SNPedia gets its article, than why not the HRWiki? -A fan and contributor. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.80.178.109 (talk) 18:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

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Where's an Egg? and Strong Bad Sings merger
This is a hopeless stub should be merged in here to build up this article. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 01:43, 5 January 2008 (UTC) So, how do we close this?, since it's safe to say most people want to merge Where's an Egg but want to keep Strong Bad Sings seperate. Especially considering it survived deletion before. GEM036 (talk) 05:15, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Actually, since Where's An Egg has been merged, I'm going to remove the tags from Strong Bad Sings.GEM036 (talk) 05:29, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The same goes for Strong Bad Sings. 138.217.145.45 (talk) 21:46, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed, both of them are stubbish and should be added here. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:03, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
 * While I agree for Where's an Egg?, Strong Bad Sings is an actual production CD, which for like any artist Wikipedia thoroughly documents. I do not see that article as stubbish and a lot of its information (and external links) is "compressed" within its templates. --Stux (talk) 22:07, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I just re-looked at it, and it is a bit long and seems to have a lot of references, perhaps we should try to expand it first and then take another look. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * The CD deserves a separate page, as all notable CDs do. 71.127.7.184 (talk) 23:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It deserves its own page as much as any other audio CD.Seanor3 (talk) 15:57, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Personally, I would want to be able, as a fan, to find ALL inormation about a website (product, tv show, ect) under one heading. So mergin the cd here would be ideal IMHO. NashvilleCMA (talk) 23:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
 * While I agree for Where's an Egg?, Strong Bad Sings is an legitamate CD. Doing what Nashville is suggesting would be like merging all album articles with the articles for their artists. GEM036 (talk) 02:19, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree Strong Bad Sings should be separate.--Darknus823 (talk) 23:22, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Reinforcements
Why is it that Reinforcements direct to this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.44.120 (talk) 02:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

 * It apparently used to redirect to the old cheat commandos page, but when that page got deleted, someone just redirected it here, to avoid a double redirect. Is there something you were looking for in particular, that would be a better place for "reinforcements" to point? Parsecboy (talk) 04:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

episode list
Why don't we have a page that lists all the Homestar cartoons (like for Weebl and Bob)? I have started one on my userpage. Imjustheretomakebonusstage (talk) 06:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems unnecessary; please read Fancruft and WP:NOT. — Malcolm (talk) 19:48, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it anymore unnecasary than a Weebl and Bob episode list? Or having an induvidual page for every single episode of South Park? If Weebl and Bob can have an episode list, H*R deserves one too. Imjustheretomakebonusstage (talk) 23:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Homestar Runner does not come in sequential episodes. There are some exceptions, but for the most part the toons are not to be taken in any real order. JuJube (talk) 03:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, so I guess there really isn't a need for an episode list. On the other hand, what about a list of Strong Bad emails? 71.212.88.85 (talk) 03:29, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

HRWiki
Shouldn't it be a separate article? It wasn't created by The Brothers Chaps, and most every wiki has it's own article.-- 20:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I'll direct you to the AfD that resulted in the HRWiki's deletion. That should shed some light as to why it was deleted in the first place. Parsecboy (talk) 21:39, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Recreating a Characters of Homestar Runner article?
The HRWiki has an archive of interviews, see here. Most of them are linked externally. There should be encyclopedic information there, that all of you extreme mergists ignored. -- Sir Crazyswordsman  20:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Come now CSM, when we were talking about this I don't think anyone knew where they were, but I will happily help construct such a page if there is enough information. Is there? Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:28, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Look at what we have in the article right now. One paragraph related to ALL the characters.  And here I have a plethora of sources, and I bet most of them are WP:RS.  This will be our project for next week. -- Sir Crazyswordsman  00:17, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * One paragraph for every Homestar Runner character is nowhere near enough. Wo ought to make a whole article for the characters. I am in agreement. The characters are extremely deep and complex, and need their own article. And SBEmail need an article, too. EmailBoot42 (talk) 23:15, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I love HSR, but the idea that the characters are deep and complex is ridiculous on its face. They're gag characters that are made to deliver jokes.  I'm not against a "Characters of Homestar Runner" article, but going back to the way it was with fancruft-filled articles on everybody, everybody?  Nunh-nunh. JuJube (talk) 23:24, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I think having one article for all main characters sounds like a good idea (if we don't have an article for each character, which I would like better). There is a lot of things you can say about each character, and one sentence cannot say it all. – Homestar-winner 12:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have started creating an article here. I will keep improving the article and adding more information on some of the characters. I will also fix the references to look better. If anyone else thinks they can improve it, they can. Also, this doesn't mean that now we have to keep the article, but it will help people to see how the article would look like. – Homestar-winner 14:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Upcoming Wii game?
What about the upcoming wii game by the company that made the sam and max games Thats notableAtomic1fire (talk) 00:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the Citations......
Can I help out on what are the references that have to be placed (if so what), and for the characters section, can this group shot do? Bad-Gy (talk) 19:04, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Personal Pages
Alrite now, I'm positive that by now at least Homestar and Strongbad have earned their own articles. It's kinda ridiculous that they don't. And Marzipan too by now. These are actual characters just like each member of Gorillaz. And each of those members has their own page. I will certainly contribute massively as possible to these articles once created, once I am sure enough people won't delete it in the name of all thats holy. Let's step it up. 76.27.215.219 (talk) 19:44, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

SBCGFAP
Shouldn't this get its own article now? It's a game, not part of the website content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.236.235 (talk) 05:37, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It does have one. See Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. – Homestar-winner 19:05, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

About this Image
The image in the history section isn't early Homestar art, it says on the site it's of Kick the Can Homestar, made 4 years after Homestar was designed.
 * Would the "Various Homestar Drawings" be better? It's the 12th image in the sketchbook section of the museum. ZXS9465 (talk) 22:46, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It would be better, but it shouldn't be labeled "Early sketches of Homestar Runner".Luigifan1985 (talk) 19:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
Someone deleted the infobox. i restored it. is there any reason it was deleted? ZXS9465 (talk) 14:37, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Thing I'd like to know is why someone keeps replacing the Internet Cartoon infobox with the Television infobox. The Brothers Chaps tried to sell their cartoon idea for TV, but when they were turned down they went to Flash and started a website. With the exception of a few clips shown on other shows, Homestar Runner cartoons have never been aired on television. --Lukeonia1 (talk) 08:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

GA Reassessment

 * This discussion is transcluded from Talk:Homestar Runner/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the reassessment.

In order to uphold the quality of Good articles, all articles listed as Good articles are being reviewed against the GA criteria as part of the GA project quality task force. While all the hard work that has gone into this article is appreciated, unfortunately, as of October 16, 2008, this article fails to satisfy the criteria, as detailed below. For that reason, the article has been delisted from WP:GA. However, if improvements are made bringing the article up to standards, the article may be nominated at WP:GAN. If you feel this decision has been made in error, you may seek remediation at WP:GAR.

 * The article needs to be thoroughly copyedited to meet 1a of the good article criteria. Some examples chosen at random:
 * "...the creators pay for everything through merchandise sales, which includes a line of T-shirts."
 * "... which he has gotten annoyed with."
 * "Merchandise sales pay for all of the costs of running the website as well as living costs of the creators, whose retired parents managed many of the business aspects." Why the switch in tense? What's the significance of the conjunction of the two ideas?

 * "A very important note; Coach Z's mispronunciation of the Cheat's name as "the Chort" actually was confirmed to be a nickname combining short, and cohort." Why is this a "very important note", rather than just another piece of trivia?

 * "As of September 23, 2008, there are 200 sbemails." Inline citations need to be provided for all statistics.

 * There are almost no inline citations in the latter half of the article, from Characters onwards.

 * "The fact that it takes place on December 25, the same day as Christmas, has been presented as just a coincidence, and it's been stated that Decemberween traditionally takes place "55 days after Halloween". It's been stated where? Who by?

 * The article does not meet 3a of the GA criteria, in that it does not cover the major aspects of its topic. We're told that there are games, yet nothing about their reception. What is the volume of online sales? Is it just T-shirts?

--Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 21:58, 16 October 2008 (UTC) Why bother putting who by for the 55 days after halloween Every character said it in one of their Decmebrween cartoons 24.223.154.154 (talk) 15:47, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Portable Media Player edits
There have been a number of edits about the podcasts, which seem a bit strange. I deleted that podcasts were available "for the micorsoft Zune", as I couldn't see any evidence of this. Now someone has changed "a video-enabled iPod" to "a video-enabled portable media player (such as an iPod)", for which, again, I can't see any evidence. I'll revert, because I don't believe it is supported. cojoco (talk) 21:56, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

4 Gregs
I don't think 4 Gregs is an official spinoff yet. It's only had one cartoon thus far. 169.233.58.87 (talk) 19:15, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Notable?
Umm, is this really notable? Ive nevur herad of it. (Parden my english, i am still learning) 172.165.129.163 (talk) 22:26, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * it is notable. It's been around for a long time and received lots of media coverage. - Raziel  teatime 23:25, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
 * If you've never heard of it, why were you on its page?! jc iindyysgvxc  (my contributions) 22:55, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Episode list
Should we create an article containing a list of episodes? jc iindyysgvxc  (my contributions) 22:23, 6 January 2010 (UTC) I guess. We can also create a list of episodes for SBemails. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.119.71 (talk) 12:49, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

Defunct?
Shouldn't there now be some mention of the fact that the site is apparently defunct and no longer updated? ---98.223.194.120 (talk) 16:32, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

 * No, they update sparatically every few months. Hold your horses until Monster Safari is out this Summer; it takes 2 Chaps to make a series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.123.254 (talk) 11:25, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

 * "Defunct" would be inaccurate, anyway--the site is still there, the cartoons and games work, merchandise is available and occasionally goes on sale (sales are pretty much the only "updates" that have happened this year...). They haven't put up any new content since December 2010, but that's all of five months, folks.  We got to get out of caffeine-jittery Internet time here.--158.111.4.55 (talk) 14:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

 * SPORADICALLY, geez 38.99.136.166 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:22, 24 August 2011 (UTC).

Offering help
I am with WikiProject internet culture and am volunteering to help with peer review and cutting external links. There are also many grammatical issues to resolve. Synergee (talk) 21:30, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

Z'Nuff?
Why on earth does "Z'Nuff" redirect here? It's half of a band name that Strong Bad referenced one time. Is there any rationale for this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.240.254 (talk) 10:18, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Past tense
Is it appropriate for this article to use the past tense? It's obvious that this site hasn't been updated in a few years, but it didn't cease to be, nor was it ever formally announced over. Adrian Malacoda (talk) 02:02, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Dozens?
"While Homestar and Strong Bad are the main characters, the site has grown to encompass dozens of other characters over the years."

Are there really "dozens"? On the List of Homestar Runner characters there are a dozen listed... 01:50, 15 April 2013 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.130.113 (talk)

Empty Store?
There is certainly mention of the Store itself, and that it's still up and running.. but perhaps it should be noted that nothing is actually available anymore. I've been unable to purchase anything from it for months, always told the item I've clicked on is Sold Out. This has apparently caused the DVDs to shoot up in price, if Amazon.com is any evidence. I have no idea how you'd properly "source" any of that except by going and trying it yourself, which Wikipedia doesn't seem to take kindly to things like that. Basically, I'm saying that maybe a note after discussion of the store, in the Hiatus/Downtime section, about how the Store, while still running, is completely sold out and does not restock.--68.6.234.179 (talk) 08:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * If someone else reports it, sure, but otherwise it's original research. Trivialist (talk) 12:04, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

The Return of Strong Bad at Wootstock 5.0
Hey, it looks like we saw some new Homestar Runner stuff from the last Wootstock. They just uploaded the scene from the event. I dunno if this is worthy of being added to the article, but I thought I might give you a heads up since this is the first we heard from them in 2 years. 68.41.196.132 (talk) 05:20, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I hope Homestar Runner gets a new update soon. Such a shame that Homestar Runner is on hiatus. The Brothers Chaps have been doing some minor hiatuses to Homestar Runner since December 2005, and there is still no new content as of July 29, 2024. I hope we get to see something soon. Areusure4 (talk) 17:36, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

Website is showing as down
Hey, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but the website homestarrunner.com is showing up as 'server down' on isitdownrightnow.com and .downforeveryoneorjustme.com

I'm not sure who the editor of the page is (I know nothing about editing wikipedia), but this may be something to keep an eye on! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.2.40.111 (talk) 06:09, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

 * homestarrunner.com is owrking.  The Homestar Runner Wiki does a way better job than this page.  You should visit that.  Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 21:05, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Over-Emphasis
I've been overhauling the page lately to streamline years of inconsistent, outdated elements. The page reads of being the product of many authors with conflicting writing styles, and an unnecessary focus on a handful of irrelevant details, giving a false impression of what Homestar Runner is. In the "Cartoons" section, I feel the level of detail given to minor spin-off series is unnecessary but am unsure how else to cover these elements. Perhaps bunching some together under a single "alternate universes" subheader? It just feels wrong to give the impression of Cheat Commandos being equally important as Strong Bad Email.

Atreem (talk) 11:31, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

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Fancruft
This article contains a lot of unnecessary WP:FANCRUFT, i.e. website features, and it needs to be removed per the guideline. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 05:04, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

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1929 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1929.

Specific locations

 * 1929 in British music
 * 1929 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

 * 1929 in country music
 * 1929 in jazz

Events

 * January 1 – Pianist and composer Abram Chasins makes his professional debut playing his own piano concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
 * January 11 – Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater is premiered.
 * January 22 – Gordon Jacob's First String Quartet is premiered by the Spencer Dyke Quartet in London.
 * February 4 – First recording of George Gershwin's An American in Paris, by Nathaniel Shilkret and the Victor Symphony Orchestra
 * February 19 – UK première of Béla Bartók's still-unpublished Third String Quartet, by The Hungarian String Quartet at the Wigmore Hall, London.
 * April 29 – Sergei Prokofiev's opera The Gambler premiers in Brussels, based on the story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
 * May 17 – Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 3 is premiered in Paris.
 * May 21
 * Season opening of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, in Paris, with the first performances of Igor Stravinsky's Renard and Sergei Prokofiev's Le Fils prodigue.
 * First recording date for a commercially issued RCA Victor $33 1/3$ rpm LP: Victor Salon Suite No. 1 arranged and directed by Nathaniel Shilkret
 * May 22 – Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly establish music publishing house Campbell, Connelly & Co, Ltd.
 * June 13 – Eugene Goosens conducts the UK premieres of Igor Stravinsky's Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, with the composer as soloist, and of Ottorino Respighi's Feste Romane, at the Queen's Hall, London.
 * June 27 – First London performances of two ballets by Igor Stravinsky, Apollon musagète and Le Baiser de la fée, conducted by the composer at the Kingsway Hall and broadcast on the wireless.
 * September 11 – Louis Armstrong records his hit song "When You're Smiling".
 * October 14 – the London Symphony Orchestra opens its winter season, conducted by Alfred Coates, in a programme including Bach's Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor orchestrated by Alexander Goedicke, Respighi's Roman Festivals, Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto (with soloist Shura Cherkassky), and Brahms's Fourth Symphony.
 * December 31 – Guy Lombardo plays "Auld Lang Syne" for the first time.
 * December – Release in the United States of short film The Singing Brakeman starring country singer Jimmie Rodgers.
 * Charley Patton's musical career begins.
 * T-Bone Walker's recording career begins.
 * Memphis Minnie's recording career begins.
 * Amédé Ardoin makes the first recordings of zydeco in Louisiana.
 * Manuel de Falla relocates to Granada.
 * The Musashino Academia Musicae is founded in Tokyo, Japan.
 * Edison Records closes, ending production of Diamond Discs and Blue Amberols.
 * Bessie Smith shoots a short film for "St Louis Blues", which would become her only known film appearance.

Published popular music

 * "Ain't Misbehavin'" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller & Harry Brooks
 * "After A Million Dreams" w.m. Walter Donaldson and Edgar Leslie
 * "All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" w.m. Benny Davis and Joe Burke
 * "Am I Blue?" w. Grant Clarke m. Harry Akst
 * "Any Old Time" w.m. Jimmie Rodgers
 * "Around The Corner" w. Gus Kahn m. Art Kassel
 * "The Banjo (That Man Joe Plays)" w.m. Cole Porter
 * "Barnacle Bill The Sailor" w.m. Carson Robison & Frank Luther
 * "Big City Blues" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Archie Gottler & Con Conrad
 * "Black and Blue" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
 * "Blue, Turning Grey Over You" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
 * "Broadway Melody" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
 * "Can Broadway Do Without Me?" w.m. Jimmy Durante
 * "Can't We Be Friends?" w. Paul James m. Kay Swift
 * "Chant Of The Jungle" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown. Introduced by Joan Crawford in the film Untamed.
 * "Corrine, Corrina" w. J. Mayo Williams & Bo Chatman
 * "Cross Your Fingers" w. Arthur Swanstrom & Benny Davis m. J. Fred Coots
 * "Cryin' For The Carolines" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
 * "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?" w.m. Sam Coslow
 * "Dear Little Cafe" w.m. Noël Coward
 * "Deep Night" w. Rudy Vallee m. Charlie Henderson
 * "Do Something" w. Bud Green m. Sam H. Stept
 * "Do What You Do" w. Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn m. George Gershwin
 * "Don't Ever Leave Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "Dream Lover" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
 * "Every Little Moment" w.m. Vivian Ellis
 * "Feeling Sentimental" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin
 * "Find Me A Primitive Man" w.m. Cole Porter
 * "Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do" w.m. Charles Straight, Joe Bennett & George Little
 * "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?" w. Andy Razaf & Don Redman m. Don Redman
 * "Great Day!" w. Billy Rose & Edward Eliscu m. Vincent Youmans
 * "Happy Days Are Here Again" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
 * "Have A Little Faith In Me" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Warren
 * "Here Am I" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "He's A Good Man To Have Around" w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager
 * "He's So Unusual" w.m. Al Sherman, Al Lewis and Abner Silver
 * "High And Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz
 * "Honeysuckle Rose" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
 * "How Am I To Know?" w. Dorothy Parker m. Jack King
 * "I Got A Code In My Dose" w.m. Arthur Fields, Fred Hall & Billy Rose
 * "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" w. Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz. Introduced by Clifton Webb in the revue The Little Show
 * "I Have To Have You" Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting
 * "I Lift Up My Finger" w.m. Leslie Sarony
 * "I May Be Wrong" w. Harry Ruskin m. Henry Sullivan. Introduced in the revue John Murray Anderson's Almanac by Trixie Friganza and Jimmie Savo.
 * "If I Can't Have You" w. Al Bryan m. George W. Meyer
 * "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "If Love Were All" w.m. Noël Coward
 * "I'll Always Be In Love With You" w. Herman Ruby, Bud Green, & Sam H. Stept m. Sam H. Stept
 * "I'll See You Again" w.m. Noël Coward
 * "I'll Still Go On Wanting You" w.m. Bernie Grossman
 * "I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All?" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "I'm A Gigolo" w.m. Cole Porter
 * "I'm In Seventh Heaven" w.m. Al Jolson, B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
 * "I'm Just A Vagabond Lover" w.m. Rudy Vallee & Leon Zimmerman
 * "I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling" w. Billy Rose m. Fats Waller & Harry Link
 * "Just You, Just Me" w. Raymond Klages m. Jesse Greer. Introduced in the film Marianne by Lawrence Gray and reprised by Marion Davies and Cliff Edwards.
 * "Kansas City Kitty" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Keepin' Myself For You" w. Sidney Clare m. Vincent Youmans.
 * "Lady Divine" w.m. Nathaniel Shilkret and Richard Kountz
 * "Let Me Sing And I'm Happy" w.m. Irving Berlin
 * "Little By Little" w.m. Walter O'Keefe & Robert Emmet Dolan. Introduced by Sally O'Neil and Eddie Quillan in the film The Sophomore
 * "The Little Things You Do" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
 * "Liza" w. Gus Kahn & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Nick Lucas in the musical Show Girl
 * "Looking At You" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Jessie Matthews and Dave Fitzgibbon in the musical Wake Up and Dream
 * "Louise" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film Innocents of Paris
 * "Lovable And Sweet" w. Sidney Clare m. Oscar Levant. Introduced by Jack Oakie, John Harron and Ned Sparks in the film Street Girl
 * "Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere" w. Elsie Janis m. Edmund Goulding
 * "March Of The Grenadiers" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger Introduced by Jeanette MacDonald in the film The Love Parade
 * "Maybe Who Knows" John Tucker, Joe Schuster, Ruth Etting
 * "Mean to Me" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
 * "The Minor Drag" m. Thomas "Fats" Waller
 * "Miss Hannah" w.m. Don Redman & John Nesbitt
 * "Miss You" w.m. Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias & Henry Tobias
 * "Moanin' Low" w. Howard Dietz m. Ralph Rainger. Introduced by Libby Holman in the revue The Little Show
 * "More Than You Know" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans. Introduced by Mayo Methot in the musical Great Day
 * "My Ideal" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting & Newell Chase. Introduced by Maurice Chevalier in the film Playboy of Paris
 * "My Kinda Love" w. Jo Trent m. Louis Alter
 * "My Love Parade" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
 * "My Mother's Eyes" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer
 * "My Sin" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "Nobody's Using It Now" Clifford Grey, Victor Schertzinger
 * "On The Amazon" w. Clifford Grey & Greatrex Newman m. Vivian Ellis
 * "Orange Blossom Time" w. Joe Goodwin m. Gus Edwards
 * "Pagan Love Song" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
 * "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" w. Al Dubin m. Joe Burke. Introduced by Nick Lucas in the film Gold Diggers of Broadway.
 * "Paris, Stay the Same" w. Clifford Grey m. Victor Schertzinger
 * "Piccolo Pete" w.m. Phil Baxter
 * "Puttin' on the Ritz" w.m. Irving Berlin
 * "Raisin' the Roof" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh
 * "Reaching For Someone" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Rock Island Line" w.m. Clarence Wilson (written)
 * "Rockin' Chair" w.m. Hoagy Carmichael
 * "Romance" w. Edgar Leslie m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Satisfied!" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
 * "Serenade of Love" by Irving Caesar
 * "Seventh Heaven" w. Sidney D. Mitchell m. Lew Pollack
 * "She's Such A Comfort To Me" w. Douglas Furber, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief & Donovan Parsons m. Arthur Schwartz
 * "She's Wonderful" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
 * "A Ship Without A Sail" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Jack Whiting in the musical Heads Up!.  Performed in the film version by Charles "Buddy" Rogers.
 * "Should I?" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
 * "Canto Siboney" w. Dolly Morse m. Ernesto Lecuona
 * "Singin' in the Bathtub" w. Herb Magidson & Ned Washington m. Michael H. Cleary
 * "Singin' in the Rain" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
 * "So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together" w. Billy Moll m. Harry Barris
 * "S'posin'" w. Andy Razaf m. Paul Denniker
 * "Spread A Little Happiness" w.m. Vivian Ellis, Richard Myers & Greatrex Newman
 * "Star Dust" w. Mitchell Parish m. Hoagy Carmichael Music 1927.
 * "Sunny Side Up" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "Too Wonderful For Words" w.m. Dave Stamper
 * "Thank Your Father" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "Then You've Never Been Blue" w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ted Fiorito
 * "Thinking of You" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby
 * "True Blue Lou" w.m. Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
 * "Turn on the Heat" w. B. G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Sharon Lynn and Frank Richardson in the film Sunny Side Up
 * "Wait 'Til You See Ma Cherie" w. Leo Robin m. Richard A. Whiting
 * "Waiting At The End Of The Road" w.m. Irving Berlin
 * "Wake Up And Dream" w.m. Cole Porter
 * "Walk Right In" Cannon, Woods, Darling, Suanoe
 * "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine" w. Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin m. Sammy Fain
 * "The Wedding Of The Painted Doll" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
 * "Weary River" w. Grant Clarke m. Louis Silvers. Introduced by Johnny Murray in the film Weary River
 * "What Is This Thing Called Love?" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Elsie Carlisle in the musical Wake Up and Dream
 * "What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Jay Gorney
 * "When It's Springtime In The Rockies" w. Mary Hale Woolsey & Milton Taggert m. Robert Sauer
 * "Why Can't I?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
 * "Why Do You Suppose?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
 * "Why Was I Born?" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "With A Song in My Heart" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
 * "Without A Song" w. Edward Eliscu & Billy Rose m. Vincent Youmans
 * "You Do Something To Me" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by William Gaxton in the musical Fifty Million Frenchmen
 * "You Were Meant For Me" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown
 * "Yours Sincerely" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
 * "You've Got That Thing" w.m. Cole Porter
 * "Zigeuner" w.m. Noël Coward

Top popular recordings 1929
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 1929: Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

1929 Harlem Hit Parade + Blues
(created with Popular Music Chart Entries and Blues records)

Classical music
• Kurt Atterberg – Symphonic Poem Älven, Op. 33

• Béla Bartók

• * Rhapsody No. 1, for violin and orchestra

• * Twenty Hungarian Folksongs, for voice and piano

• Arnold Bax

• * Symphony No. 3

• * Sonata for Two Pianos

• * Legend, for Viola and Piano

• Amy Beach – String Quartet, Op. 89

• Conrad Beck – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra

• Boris Blacher – Jazz Koloraturen

• Ernest Bloch

• * Helvetia (Symphonic Poem)

• * Abodah for Violin

• Benjamin Britten – Rhapsody for String Quartet

• Alan Bush – Dialectic Op. 15 for String Quartet

• Carlos Chávez – Sonata for four horns

• Aaron Copland – Symphonic Ode

• Henry Cowell – Piano Concerto

• Cornelis Dopper – Incidental Music to Vondel's Lucifer

• Pierre-Octave Ferroud – Violin Sonata

• Alexander Gretchaninov – String Quartet No. 4 in F Op. 124

• Roy Harris

• *American Portraits, for orchestra

• *String Quartet No. 1

• Paul Juon – Litaniae for Piano, Violin and Cello in C sharp minor

• Wilhelm Kempff – Symphony No. 2

• Ernst Krenek

• * Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen, op. 62

• * Triophantasie, op. 63

• Igor Markevitch

• * Sinfonietta in F

• * Piano Concerto

• Bohuslav Martinů

• * String Quartet No. 3 H.183

• * Violin Sonata No. 1 H.355

• Olivier Messiaen – Diptyque pour orgue

• Darius Milhaud – Concerto No. 1 for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 108

• Ildebrando Pizzetti – Rondo Veneziano

• Francis Poulenc – Aubade

• Sergei Prokofiev – Prodigal Son, op. 46 (1928–29, ballet)

• Silvestre Revueltas – Pieza para Orquesta

• Julius Röntgen – Piano Concerto in E major

• Albert Roussel

• * Petite Suite, op. 39, for orchestra

• * Prelude and Fughetta, op. 41, for organ

• * Trio, for flute, viola and cello, op. 40

• Arnold Schoenberg – Piano Piece Op. 33a

• Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 3 E flat major, Op. 20

• Jean Sibelius – 5 Esquisses, Op. 114, for piano

• Igor Stravinsky

• * Capriccio, for piano and orchestra

• * Berceuse, for violin and piano (arr. from ballet The Firebird)

• Ernst Toch

• * Bunte Suite, Op. 48

• * Cello Sonata, Op. 50

• * Kleine Ouvertüre zu der Fächer (Little Overture to the (opera the) Fan), Op. 51

• Joaquín Turina

• * Recuerdos de la antigua España, Op. 48, for piano

• * Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 51

• * Miniaturas, Op. 52, for piano

• * Ráfaga, Op. 53, for guitar

• Heitor Villa-Lobos

• * Chôros No. 9 for orchestra

• * Chôros No. 12 for orchestra

• * Chôros No. 13 for 2 orchestras & band

• * Introdução aos Chôros (Introduction to the Chôros), for guitar and orchestra

• *Chôros bis, for violin and cello

• * Mômo Precoce, fantasy for piano and orchestra

• * 12 Etudes for guitar

• William Walton – Viola Concerto

• Egon Wellesz – String Quartet No. 4 Op. 28

Opera

 * Hans Chemin-Petit – Der gefangene Vogel
 * Umberto Giordano – Il re (La Scala, January 12)
 * Paul Hindemith – Neues vom Tage (June 8, 1929, Kroll Opera House, Berlin)
 * Sergei Prokofiev – The Gambler (first performance)
 * Arnold Schoenberg – Von heute auf morgen (completed January 1, 1929; first performance February 1, 1930)
 * Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sir John in Love

Film

 * Dmitri Shostakovich – The New Babylon

Musical theater

 * Bitter Sweet (Noël Coward)
 * London production opened at His Majesty's Theatre on July 12 and ran for 673 performances
 * Broadway production opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre on November 5 and transferred to the Shubert Theatre on February 17, 1930, for a total run of 159 performances
 * Boom Boom Broadway production opened at the Casino Theatre on January 28 and ran for 72 performances
 * Dear Love opened at the Palace Theatre on November 14 and ran for 132 performances
 * Die Dreigroschenoper Vienna production
 * Fifty Million Frenchmen Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on November 27 and ran for 254 performances
 * Follow Thru Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre on January 9 and ran for 401 performances
 * Follow Through London production opened at the Dominion Theatre on October 3 and ran for 148 performances
 * Heads Up! Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 11 and ran for 144 performances
 * Hold Everything London production opened at the Palace Theatre on June 12 and ran for 173 performances
 * Hot Chocolates Broadway revue opened at the Hudson Theatre on June 20 and ran for 219 performances
 * The House That Jack Built London revue opened at the Adelphi Theatre on November 8 and ran for 270 performances
 * Das Land des Lächelns (Franz Lehár) – Berlin production opened at the Metropol Theater on October 10
 * The Little Show Broadway revue opened at the Music Box Theatre on April 30 and ran for 321 performances
 * Love Lies London production opened at the Gaiety Theatre on March 20 and ran for 347 performances
 * Mr. Cinders London production opened at the Adelphi Theatre on February 11 and ran for 528 performances
 * Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – Paris production
 * Spring Is Here (Music: Richard Rodgers Lyrics: Lorenz Hart Book: Owen Davis) Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on March 11 and ran for 104 performances
 * Toad of Toad Hall London production opened at the Lyric Theatre on December 17
 * Top Speed Broadway production opened at Chanin's 46th Street Theatre on December 25 and transferred to the Royale Theatre on March 10, 1930, for a total run of 104 performances
 * Wake Up and Dream (Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter)
 * London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 27 and ran for 263 performances
 * Broadway revue opened at the Selwyn Theatre on December 30 and ran for 136 performances

Musical films

 * Applause starring Helen Morgan. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
 * The Battle of Paris starring Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Ruggles, Walter Petrie, Gladys DuBois and Arthur Treacher. Directed by Robert Flory.
 * Broadway starring Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Evelyn Brent and Otis Harlan. Directed by Paul Fejos.
 * The Broadway Melody
 * The Cocoanuts
 * The Desert Song starring John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda and Myrna Loy. Directed by Roy Del Ruth.
 * Glad Rag Doll
 * Glorifying the American Girl starring Mary Eaton and Dan Healy and featuring Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan and Rudy Vallee.
 * Gold Diggers of Broadway
 * Happy Days starring Charles E. Evans and Marjorie White and featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell
 * Hollywood Revue of 1929
 * Honky Tonk starring Sophie Tucker
 * Hot for Paris starring Victor McLaglen, Fifi D'Orsay and El Brendel. Directed by Raoul Walsh.
 * The Love Parade starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth
 * Marianne starring Marion Davies, Lawrence Gray and Cliff Edwards
 * On with the Show! starring Arthur Lake, Betty Compson and Joe E. Brown, and featuring Ethel Waters
 * Paris released November 7 starring Irène Bordoni, Jack Buchanan and Zasu Pitts.
 * Pointed Heels starring William Powell, Helen Kane and Fay Wray. Directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
 * Rio Rita starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles
 * Sally starring Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray and Joe E. Brown
 * Show Boat
 * So Long Letty starring Charlotte Greenwood
 * Song of Love starring Belle Baker, Ralph Graves and Eunice Quedens
 * Sunny Side Up starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Marjorie White
 * Tanned Legs starring Ann Pennington, June Clyde, Arthur Lake, Dorothy Revier and Sally Blane. Directed by Marshall Neilan.
 * The Vagabond Lover starring Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane and Marie Dressler. Directed by Marshall Neilan.
 * Why Leave Home? starring Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Dixie Lee and Ilka Chase. Directed by Raymond Cannon.
 * Words and Music starring Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees and Tom Patricola. Directed by James Tinling.

Births

 * January 3 – Ernst Mahle, Brazilian composer and conductor
 * January 6 – Wilbert Harrison, American singer (died 1994)
 * January 15 – Lord Woodbine (Harold Adolphus Phillips), Trinidadian calypsonian (died 2000)
 * January 22 – Petr Eben, Czech composer (died 2007)
 * January 25 – Violeta Hemsy de Gainza, Argentine pianist and music teacher (died 2023)
 * January 28 – Mr Acker Bilk, English jazz clarinetist (died 2014)
 * February 4 – Stanley Drucker, American clarinetist (died 2022)
 * February 10 – Jerry Goldsmith, composer for film and television (died 2004)
 * March 4 – Bernard Haitink, violinist and conductor (died 2021)
 * March 8 – Ardis Krainik, operatic mezzo-soprano and general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (died 1997)
 * March 25 – Cecil Taylor, free jazz pianist (died 2018)
 * April 1 – Jane Powell, singer and actress (died 2021)
 * April 5 – Joe Meek, UK record producer (died 1967)
 * April 6 – André Previn, pianist and conductor (died 2019)
 * April 8 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter (died 1978)
 * April 16 – Roy Hamilton, American singer (died 1969)
 * April 17 – James Last, German bandleader (died 2015)
 * April 29
 * Halina Łukomska, soprano (died 2016)
 * Peter Sculthorpe, composer (died 2014)
 * April Stevens, singer (died 2023)
 * May 1 – Sonny James, country singer-songwriter (died 2016)
 * May 2 – Link Wray, American guitarist (died 2005)
 * May 3 – Denise Lor, singer (died 2015)
 * May 11 – Fernand Lindsay, Canadian organist and educator (died 2009)
 * May 16 – Betty Carter, jazz singer (died 1998)
 * May 25 – Beverly Sills, operatic soprano (died 2007)
 * June 2 – Jimmy Bryant, singer, arranger and composer (died 2022)
 * June 6 – Don Hassler, American saxophonist and composer (died 2013)
 * June 9 – Johnny Ace, R&B singer (died 1954)
 * June 23 – June Carter Cash, singer-songwriter, wife of Johnny Cash (died 2003)
 * June 26
 * June Bronhill, operatic soprano (died 2005)
 * Josima Feldschuh, Polish pianist and composer of Jewish origin (died 1943)
 * June 27 – Jarmila Šuláková, folk singer (died 2017)
 * June 30 – Othmar Mága, German conductor (died 2020)
 * July 3 – Pedro Iturralde, composer (died 2020)
 * July 9
 * Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and record producer (died 2007)
 * Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolin player (Jim & Jesse)
 * July 15
 * Charles Anthony, American tenor (died 2012)
 * Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist (died 2001)
 * July 18 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins, singer (died 2000)
 * August 4 – Vellore G. Ramabhadran, Mridangam performer from Tamil Nadu, India (died 2012)
 * August 12 – Buck Owens, singer and guitarist (died 2006)
 * August 16 – Bill Evans, jazz pianist (died 1980)
 * August 24 – William Winfield, doo-wop singer (The Harptones)
 * September 13 – Nicolai Ghiaurov, operatic bass (died 2004)
 * September 28 – Lata Mangeshkar, playback singer (died 2022)
 * October 2 – Kenneth Leighton, composer (died 1998)
 * October 12 – Nappy Brown, blues singer (died 2008)
 * October 24 – George Crumb, composer (died 2022)
 * October 26 – Neal Matthews Jr., (The Jordanaires) (died 2000)
 * November 7 – Benny Andersen, Danish author, poet and pianist (died 2018)
 * November 8 – Bert Berns, songwriter record producer (died 1967)
 * November 10 – Marilyn Bergman, songwriter (died 2022)
 * November 11 – LaVern Baker, R&B singer (died 1997)
 * November 12 – Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist
 * November 15 – Joe Hinton, American soul singer (died 1968)
 * November 18 – Gianna D'Angelo, American soprano and educator (died 2013)
 * November 24 – Eileen Barton, singer (died 2006)
 * November 26 – Slavko Avsenik, composer, musician and accordionist (died 2015)
 * November 28 – Berry Gordy Jr., record producer, founder of the Tamla Motown label
 * November 30 – Dick Clark, host of American Bandstand (died 2012)
 * December 4 – Wilhelm Georg Berger, composer (died 1993)
 * December 6 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor (died 2016)
 * December 23 – Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter and singer (died 1988)
 * December 25
 * Bill Horton, doo-wop singer (The Silhouettes) (died 1995)
 * Chris Kenner, R&B singer-songwriter (died 1976)
 * December 26 – Régine Zylberberg, discothèque pioneer (died 2022)

Deaths

 * January 11 – Elfrida Andrée, organist, composer and conductor (born 1841)
 * January 22 – Adolph Brodsky, violinist (born 1851)
 * January 24 – Jacques Bouhy, baritone opera singer (born 1848)
 * January 30 – La Goulue, can-can dancer (born 1866)
 * February 24 – André Messager, conductor and composer (born 1853)
 * March 15 – Pinetop Smith, jazz pianist (born 1904) (shot, during a fight in a dance hall)
 * April 3 – Sophus Hagen, composer and music publisher (born 1842)
 * April 4 – Édouard Schuré, poet and music critic (born 1841)
 * April 12 – Harry Liston, music hall performer and composer (born 1843)
 * April 15 – Antonio Smareglia, opera composer (born 1854)
 * April 30 – Birger Sjöberg, poet and songwriter (born 1885)
 * May 17 – Lilli Lehmann, operatic soprano (born 1848)
 * June 2 – Don Murray, jazz clarinettist (born 1894) (car accident)
 * June 4 – Harry Frazee, producer of Broadway musicals (born 1881)
 * July 3 – Dustin Farnum, singer, dancer and actor (born 1874)
 * August 3 – Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone (born 1851)
 * August 19
 * Sergei Diaghilev, ballet impresario (born 1872)
 * Chris Kelly, jazz musician (born c. 1890)
 * Meta Seinemeyer, operatic soprano (born 1894)
 * August 22 – Lucy Broadwood, folk song collector and researcher (born 1858)
 * September 4 – Frederick Freeman Proctor, vaudeville impresario (born 1851)
 * September 7 – Frederic Weatherly, songwriter (born 1848)
 * October 3 – Jeanne Eagels, Ziegfeld girl and actress (born 1894)
 * October 6 – Mikhail Ivanovich Mikhaylov, operatic tenor (born 1858)
 * October 14 – Henri Berger, composer and royal bandmaster of Hawaii (born 1844)
 * October 17 – Ada Crossley, singer (born 1874)
 * October 26 – Swan Hennessy, composer (born 1866)
 * October 27 – Alfred Maria Willner, composer and librettist (born 1859)
 * December 19 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues musician (born 1893)
 * December 28 – Hans Kreissig, pianist and conductor (born 1856)
 * date unknown
 * Antonio Chacón, flamenco singer (born 1869)
 * Carl Herman Unthan, disabled violinist (born 1848)

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title: 1929 in music


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1928 in music

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

Specific locations

 * 1928 in British music
 * 1928 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

 * 1928 in country music
 * 1928 in jazz

Events

 * April 27 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet Apollon musagète receives its première in Washington.
 * May 5 – Composers Alban Berg and George Gershwin meet for the first time, in Vienna.
 * June – 1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition, sponsored by the Columbia Graphophone Company to mark Schubert's death centenary, is judged in Vienna. Kurt Atterberg's Sixth Symphony is the winner and becomes probably the first major piece to be premiered on disc.
 * August 31 – The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper), adapted by Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann and composer Kurt Weill (with set designer Caspar Neher) from The Beggar's Opera, receives its première in Berlin at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm with Harald Paulsen and Lotte Lenya (Weill's wife) in the principal rôles.
 * September 11 – Leoš Janáček's String Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters, receives its première in Brno.
 * September 12 – Anton Webern's String Trio receives its première in Siena.
 * September 14 – Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto is given its first performance.
 * September 21 – Al Jolson marries Ruby Keeler.
 * November 22 – Maurice Ravel's Bolero receives its première in Paris at the Palais Garnier.
 * November 27 – Igor Stravinsky's ballet Le Baiser de la fée receives its première in Paris.
 * December 2 – Arnold Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra receives its première in Berlin
 * December 29 – Pinetop Smith records "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" in Chicago; released in 1929 (the year of Smith's death) it becomes the first hit boogie-woogie recording.
 * Edward German is knighted for services to music.
 * Eric Fenby begins work as amanuensis for Frederick Delius.
 * Maurice Ravel embarks on a concert tour of the United States, where he meets George Gershwin.
 * Tampa Red's recording career begins.
 * Scrapper Blackwell makes his first recordings for Vocalion Records.
 * Leroy Carr's recording career begins with the release of "How Long, How Long Blues".
 * The first commercial recordings of Cajun music are released.
 * The Detroit Symphony Orchestra makes its Carnegie Hall début.

Published popular music

 * "After My Laughter Came Tears" w.m. Charles Tobias & Roy Turk
 * "Alabama Song" w. Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill
 * "All By Yourself In The Moonlight" w.m. Jay Wallis
 * "Anything You Say" w.m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Baby" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh.  Recorded and sung by Adelaide Hall
 * "Back in Your Own Backyard" w.m. Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson & Billy Rose
 * "Basin Street Blues" w.m. Spencer Williams
 * "Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now" w.m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Big Rock Candy Mountain" Harry McClintock
 * "Bill" w. P.G. Wodehouse & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern. Introduced by Helen Morgan in the musical Showboat and performed by Miss Morgan in the 1929 and 1936 film versions.
 * "Blue Yodel" w. Jimmie Rodgers
 * "Bolero" m. Maurice Ravel
 * "Button Up Your Overcoat" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Ruth Etting.
 * "Calling To You" by Jack Lumsdaine
 * "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "Carolina Moon" w. Benny Davis m. Joe Burke
 * "Cherry" w.m. Don Redman
 * "Chiquita" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne
 * "C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-O-P-L-E" w.m. Harry Carlton
 * "Coquette" w. Gus Kahn m. Carmen Lombardo & John Green
 * "Cow Cow Blues" m. Cow Cow Davenport
 * "Crazy Rhythm" w. Irving Caesar m. Joseph Meyer & Roger Wolfe Kahn.  Introduced by Ben Bernie, Peggy Chamberlain and June O'Dea in the musical Here's Howe.
 * "Dance, Little Lady" w.m Noël Coward.  Introduced by Sonnie Hale in the revue This Year of Grace
 * "Diga Diga Doo" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh.  Introduced by Adelaide Hall in the revue Blackbirds of 1928
 * "Do I Hear You Saying?" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers. Introduced by Charles King and Flora Le Breton in the musical Present Arms.
 * "Doin' The New Low-Down" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh.  Introduced by Bill Robinson in the revue Blackbirds of 1928.
 * "Doin' The Raccoon" w. Raymond Klages m. J. Fred Coots
 * "Don't Look At Me That Way" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by  Irène Bordoni in the musical Paris.
 * "Dusky Stevedore" w. Andy Razaf m. J. C. Johnson
 * "Empty Bed Blues" w.m. J. C. Johnson
 * "Fancy Our Meeting" w. Douglas Furber m. Joseph Meyer & Philip Charig. Introduced by Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in the musical That's a Good Girl.
 * "Forgetting You" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "From Monday On" w. Bing Crosby m. Harry Barris
 * "A Garden In The Rain" w. James Dyrenforth m. Carroll Gibbons
 * "A Gay Caballero" w.m. Frank Crumit & Lou Klein
 * "Get Out And Get Under The Moon" w. Charles Tobias & William Jerome m. Larry Shay
 * "Glad Rag Doll" w.m. Dan Dougherty and Milton Ager
 * "De Glory Road" w. Clement Wood m. Jacques Wolfe
 * "Golden Gate" by Billy Rose & Dave Dreyer
 * "Henry's Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie" w.m. Walter O'Keefe
 * "Honey" w. Seymour Simons & Haven Gillespie m. Richard A. Whiting
 * "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby. Introduced by Zeppo Marx, Robert Greig, Margaret Dumont and Groucho Marx in the musical Animal Crackers and also performed by them in the 1930 film version.
 * "How About Me?" w.m. Irving Berlin
 * "How Long Has This Been Going On?" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Bobbe Arnst in the musical Rosalie.  Performed by Audrey Hepburn in the 1957 film Funny Face
 * "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh.  Introduced by Adelaide Hall at Les Ambassedeurs Club, Broadway, January 1928  in the revue Lew Leslie's Blackbird Revue and in May at the Liberty Theatre, Broadway in Blackbirds of 1928.
 * "I Kiss Your Hand, Madame" w. (Eng) Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young (Ger) Fritz Rotter m. Ralph Erwin
 * "I Must Have That Man" w. Dorothy Fields m. Jimmy McHugh.  Introduced by Adelaide Hall in the revue Blackbirds of 1928
 * "I Wanna Be Loved by You" w. Bert Kalmar m. Harry Ruby & Herbert Stothart.  Introduced by Helen Kane and Dan Healy in the musical Good Boy.  Performed by Miss Kane dubbing for Debbie Reynolds in the 1950 film Three Little Words.
 * "I'd Rather Be Blue Over You" w. Billy Rose m. Fred Fisher. Introduced by Fanny Brice in the film My Man.
 * "If I Had You" w.m. Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly
 * "I'll Get By" w. Roy Turk m. Fred E. Ahlert
 * "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas" w.m. Phil Baxter
 * "I'm Bringing A Red, Red Rose" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson. Introduced by Paul Gregory and Frances Upton in the musical Whoopee!
 * "I'm On The Crest Of A Wave" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson. Introduced by Harry Richman in the revue George White's Scandals of 1928
 * "I've Got a Crush on You" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay in the musical Treasure Girl.
 * "Is There Anything Wrong In That?" w.m. Michael H. Cleary & Herb Magidson
 * "It Goes Like This (That Funny Melody)" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
 * "It's Tight Like That" Georgia Tom, Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker
 * "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Nathaniel Shilkret
 * "Jimmy, the Well-Dressed Man" w.m. Jimmy Durante
 * "Let's Do It" w.m. Cole Porter. Introduced by Irene Bordoni and Arthur Margetson in the musical Paris.
 * "Let's Misbehave" w.m. Cole Porter
 * "Life Upon The Wicked Stage" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "Louisiana" w. Andy Razaf & Bob Schafer m. J. C. Johnson
 * "Lovable" Holmes, Simons, Whiting
 * "Love Me or Leave Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Lover, Come Back to Me" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
 * "Ma Belle" w. Clifford Grey m. Rudolf Friml
 * "Mack The Knife" w. (Eng) Marc Blitzstein (Ger) Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill
 * "Make Believe" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "Makin' Whoopee" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
 * "Malagueña" m. Ernesto Lecuona
 * "March Of The Musketeers" w. P. G. Wodehouse & Clifford Grey m. Rudolf Friml. Introduced by Dennis King, Douglass Dumbrille, Detmar Poppen, Joseph Macauley and chorus in the theatre musical The Three Musketeers
 * "Marie" w.m. Irving Berlin
 * "Memories of France" by Al Dubin
 * "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now" w. Irving Caesar m. Cliff Friend
 * "My Baby Just Cares for Me" w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson
 * "My Lucky Star" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "My Mammy" w. Walter Donaldson, Joe Young & Sam M. Lewis. Sung by Al Jolson.
 * "Nagasaki" w. Mort Dixon m. Harry Warren
 * "Oh, So Nice!" w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin from Treasure Girl
 * "One Kiss" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
 * "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" m. Clarence "Pine Top" Smith
 * "Pirate Jenny" w. Bertolt Brecht m. Kurt Weill
 * "A Precious Little Thing Called Love" w.m. Lou Davis & J. Fred Coots
 * "Room 1411" m. Glenn Miller & Benny Goodman
 * "'Round Evening" w. Herb Steiner & J. Fred Coots m. George Whiting
 * "She's Funny That Way" w. Richard A. Whiting m. Neil Moret
 * "Short'nin' Bread" adapt. w.m. Jacques Wolfe
 * "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by William O'Neal in the operetta The New Moon.  Performed in the 1940 film New Moon by Nelson Eddy.
 * "The Song Of The Prune" Frank Crumit, De Costa
 * "Sonny Boy" w.m. Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson
 * "St James Infirmary" w.m. Joe Primrose
 * "Stack O'Lee" trad arr. Cliff Edwards
 * "Stouthearted Men" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg
 * "Sugar (That Sugar Baby of Mine)" w.m. Maceo Pinkard & Sidney D. Mitchell
 * "Sweet Lorraine" w. Mitchell Parish m. Cliff Burwell
 * "Sweet Sue" w. Will J. Harris m. Victor Young
 * "Sweetheart Of All My Dreams" w.m. Art Fitch, Kay Fitch & Bert Lowe
 * "Sweethearts On Parade" w. Charles Newman m. Carmen Lombardo
 * "'Tain't So, Honey, 'Tain't So" w.m. Willard Robison
 * "That's My Weakness Now" w.m. Bud Green & Sam H. Stept
 * "There Ain't No Sweet Man (That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears)" w.m. Fred Fisher
 * "There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" w.m. Dave Dreyer, Billy Rose & Al Jolson
 * "Together" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "Wanting You" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Sigmund Romberg. Introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday in the operetta The New Moon.  Performed in the 1930 film version by Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett.
 * "West End Blues" w.m. Joseph Oliver & Clarence Williams
 * "When You're Smiling" w.m. Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin & Larry Shay
 * "Willow Tree" w. Andy Razaf m. Thomas Waller from the musical Keep Shufflin'
 * "World Weary" w.m. Noël Coward. Introduced by Beatrice Lillie in the revue This Year of Grace
 * "You Are Love" w. Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern
 * "You Took Advantage of Me" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers
 * "You Wouldn't Fool Me" w. B. G. De Sylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson
 * "You're The Cream In My Coffee" w. B.G. DeSylva & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson

Top popular recordings
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: Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.

1928 Harlem Hit Parade (non-official)
(created with Popular Music Chart Entries)

Other important recordings

 * "The Mooche" by Duke Ellington
 * "Muggles" by Louis Armstrong
 * "Big Bill Blues" by Big Bill Broonzy
 * "Prison Cell Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson
 * "Statesboro Blues" by Blind Willie McTell (released 1929)
 * "Playing With the Strings" by Lonnie Johnson
 * "How Long, How Long Blues" by Leroy Carr
 * "It's Tight Like That" by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
 * "I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama" by Bessie Smith
 * "Son de la Loma" by Trio Matamoros

Classical music

 * Aaron Avshalomov – Four Biblical Tableaux
 * Granville Bantock – Pagan Symphony
 * Samuel Barber – Serenade, Op. 1, for string quartet (or string orchestra)
 * Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 4
 * Werner Egk – Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
 * John Fernström – Symphony No. 2, Op. 15
 * Gerald Finzi – Grand Fantasia and Toccata
 * Roberto Gerhard – Wind Quintet
 * Karl Amadeus Hartmann – Jazz Toccata and Fugue
 * Gordon Jacob – String Quartet
 * Dmitri Kabalevsky
 * String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 8
 * Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 9
 * Wilhelm Kienzl – String Quartet No. 3 in E major
 * Uuno Klami – Karelian Rhapsody
 * George Gershwin – An American in Paris (jazz-influenced symphonic poem)
 * Ernst Krenek
 * Little Symphony
 * Piano Sonata No. 2
 * Maurice Ravel – Bolero
 * Sergei Prokofiev
 * Symphony No. 3
 * The Prodigal Son (ballet)
 * Albert Roussel – Psalm 80
 * Dmitri Shostakovich – Tahiti Trot, Op. 16
 * Roger Sessions – The Black Maskers Suite for Orchestra
 * Leo Sowerby – Symphony No. 2
 * Richard Strauss
 * Die Tageszeiten, Op.76
 * Gesänge des Orients, Op.77
 * Ernst Toch – Piano Sonata, Op. 47
 * Heitor Villa-Lobos
 * Chôros No. 11
 * Chôros No. 14
 * Quinteto (em forma de chôros)
 * Pancho Vladigerov – Bulgarische Rhapsodie "Vardar"
 * Felix Weingartner – Symphony No. 6, Op. 74

Opera

 * Cyril Scott – The Alchemist
 * Dmitri Shostakovich – The Nose (1927–28)
 * Richard Strauss – Die ägyptische Helena premiered at the Dresden Semperoper on 6 June 1928.
 * Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht – Die Dreigroschenoper premiered on 31 August 1928, at Berlin's Theater am Schiffbauerdamm.
 * Stefan Wolpe – Zeus und Elida, premiered in Berlin

Film

 * Irving Berlin – The Awakening (1928 film)
 * Willy Schmidt-Gentner – Heimkehr
 * Louis Silvers, Alois Reiser – Noah's Ark (1928 film)
 * Werner Richard Heymann – Alraune (1928 film)

Musical theater

 * Angela Broadway production
 * Blackbirds of 1928 Broadway production opened at the Liberty Theatre on May 9 and ran for 518 performances
 * Blue Eyes London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on April 27 and ran for 278 performances
 * Casanova Berlin production
 * Hello, Daddy (Music: Jimmy McHugh, Lyrics: Dorothy Fields, Book: Herbert Fields) Broadway production opened at Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre on December 26, transferred to George M. Cohan's Theatre on January 21, 1929, and transferred to Erlanger's Theatre on May 6, 1929, for a total run of 198 performances
 * Here's Howe Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on May 1 and ran for 71 performances.
 * Hold Everything! Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 10 and ran for 409 performances.
 * Keep Shufflin' Broadway production opened at Daly's Theatre on February 27 and ran for 104 performances
 * The New Moon (Sigmund Romberg) – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on September 19, transferred to the Casino Theatre on November 18 and ran for a total of 509 performances.
 * Paris (Cole Porter) Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on October 8 and ran for 195 performances.
 * Present Arms (Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers) Broadway production opened at Lew Fields' Mansfield Theatre on April 26 and ran for 155 performances.
 * Rain or Shine Broadway production opened at George M. Cohan's Theatre on February 9 and ran for 356 performances
 * Rainbow Broadway production opened at the Gallo Opera House on November 21 and ran for 29 performances
 * Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – London production
 * So This Is Love London production opened on April 25 at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran for 321 performances
 * Sunny Days Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre on February 8 and ran for 101 performances. It re-opened at the Century Theatre on October 1 for a further run of 32 performances.
 * This Year of Grace by Noël Coward opens on 22 March 1928 at the London Pavilion and ran for nearly 10 months
 * The Three Musketeers Broadway production opened at the Lyric Theatre on March 13 and ran for 319 performances.
 * Treasure Girl Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on November 8 and ran for 68 performances
 * Ups-a-Daisy Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre on October 8 and ran for 64 performances. Starring Marie Saxon, Luella Gear, William Kent, Bob Hope and Roy Royston.
 * Virginia London production opened at the Palace Theatre on October 24.
 * London revue opened at the Pavilion on March 22 and ran for 316 performances.
 * Broadway production opened at the Selwyn Theatre on November 7 and ran for 158 performances.
 * White Lilacs opened at the Shubert Theatre on September 10 and transferred to Jolson's 59th Street Theatre on October 8 for a total run of 136 performances
 * Whoopee! Broadway production opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 4 and ran for 407 performances

Births

 * January 2 – Alberto Zedda, Italian conductor and musicologist (died 2017)
 * January 7 – Emilio Pericoli, Italian singer (died 2013)
 * January 9 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer and songwriter (died 1994)
 * January 11 – Andréa Guiot, French operatic soprano (died 2021)
 * January 15 – François Pantillon, Swiss composer and conductor
 * January 16 – Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (died 1996)
 * January 17 – Jean Barraqué, composer (died 1973)
 * January 29 – Bengt Hambraeus, composer (died 2000)
 * January 30 – Ruth Brown, R&B singer (died 2006)
 * January 31
 * Miltinho, Brazilian singer (died 2014)
 * Chuck Willis, singer and songwriter (died 1958)
 * February 3
 * Saulius Sondeckis, Lithuanian violinist and conductor (died 2016)
 * Frankie Vaughan, British singer (died 1999)
 * February 8 – Osian Ellis, Welsh harpist (died 2021)
 * February 10 – Anthony Prospect, conductor from Trinidad and Tobago (died 2000)
 * February 12 – Vincent Montana, Jr., American drummer and composer (MFSB and Salsoul Orchestra) (died 2013)
 * February 16 – Porfi Jiménez, Dominican-Venezuelan musician (died 2010)
 * February 17 – Tom Jones, American lyricist (died 2023)
 * February 23 – Isabel Bigley, singer and actress (died 2006)
 * February 26 – Fats Domino, pianist and singer-songwriter (died 2017)
 * February 27 – René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)
 * March 4 – Samuel Adler, American composer and conductor
 * March 6 – Ronald Stevenson, Scottish composer and pianist (died 2015)
 * March 9 – Keely Smith, American singer (died 2017)
 * March 10 – Sara Montiel, Spanish singer, actress (died 2013)
 * March 12 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan composer and pianist (died 2007)
 * March 13 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (died 2007)
 * March 21 – Valentin Gheorghiu, Romanian pianist and composer (died 2023)
 * March 24 – Byron Janis, American pianist
 * March 31 – Lefty Frizzell, American country singer and songwriter (died 1975)
 * April 2 – Serge Gainsbourg, singer-songwriter (died 1991)
 * April 3 – Don Gibson, country singer and songwriter (died 2003)
 * April 4 – Monty Norman, singer and composer of the James Bond signature tune (died 2022)
 * April 5 – Tony Williams, vocalist (The Platters) (died 1992)
 * April 12 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (died 2013)
 * April 14 – Egil Monn-Iversen, Norwegian composer and pianist (died 2017)
 * April 19 – Alexis Korner, blues musician and historian (died 1984)
 * April 21 – Hillous Butrum, country musician (died 2002)
 * April 23
 * Sergio Tedesco, Italian actor, voice actor and tenor (died 2012)
 * Shirley Temple, actress, dancer and singer (died 2014)
 * April 29 – Carl Gardner, vocalist (The Coasters) (died 2011)
 * May 1 – Sonny James, American country singer (died 2016)
 * May 3 – Dave Dudley, country singer (died 2003)
 * May 4 – Maynard Ferguson, jazz trumpeter (died 2006)
 * May 12 – Burt Bacharach, songwriter (died 2023)
 * May 19
 * Klara Berkovich, Soviet-American violinist
 * Bak Sheut-sin, Cantonese opera singer
 * May 23 – Rosemary Clooney, singer and actress (died 2002)
 * May 27 – Thea Musgrave, composerr
 * June 7 – Charles Strouse, lyricist and composer
 * June 8 – Mimi Mariani, Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died 1971)
 * June 10 – Carl Dahlhaus, musicologist and editor (died 1989)
 * June 12
 * Vic Damone, singer (died 2018)
 * Richard M. Sherman, songwriter (died 2024)
 * June 19 – Tommy DeVito (The Four Seasons) (died 2020)
 * June 26 – Jacob Druckman, composer (died 1996)
 * July 1 – Bobby Day, singer, songwriter (died 1990)
 * July 3 – Edward Greenfield, critic (died 2015)
 * July 12 – S. R. Janakiraman, Indian Carnatic vocalist and musicologist
 * July 13 – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (died 1999)
 * July 16 – Concha Valdés Miranda, Cuban songwriter (died 2017)
 * July 22 – Keter Betts, American bassist (died 2005)
 * July 23 – Leon Fleisher, American classical pianist and teacher (died 2020)
 * July 26
 * Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (died 1981)
 * Joe Jackson, African-American manager, father of Michael Jackson (died 2018)
 * August 9
 * Camilla Wicks, American violinist (died 2020)
 * Dolores Wilson, American coloratura soprano (died 2010)
 * August 10
 * Jimmy Dean, singer (died 2010)
 * Eddie Fisher, singer (died 2010)
 * August 16 – Ann Blyth, actress and singer
 * August 18 – Sonny Til, doo-wop singer (died 1981)
 * August 21 – Art Farmer, American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player (died 1999)
 * August 22 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (died 2007)
 * August 25 – Karl Korte, American composer (died 2022)
 * August 28 – Vilayat Khan, sitar player (died 2004)
 * September 1 – Ed Summerlin, composer, arranger, jazz saxophonist and music educator (died 2006)
 * September 2 – Horace Silver, hard bop jazz pianist (died 2014)
 * September 5
 * Damayanti Joshi, Indian classical dancer of Kathak (died 2004)
 * Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz musician (died 2005)
 * September 6 – Yevgeny Svetlanov, conductor, pianist and composer (died 2002)
 * September 15 – Cannonball Adderley, jazz musician (died 1975)
 * September 24 – John Carter, jazz musician (died 1991)
 * October 3 – Erik Bruhn, dancer and choreographer (died 1986)
 * October 7 – José Messias, Brazilian musician, composer, and writer (died 2015)
 * October 9 – Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (died 2016)
 * October 22 – Clare Fischer, keyboardist, composer, arranger and bandleader (died 2012)
 * October 27
 * Waldo Holmes, American musician and songwriter
 * Gilles Vigneault, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet
 * November 10
 * Marilyn Keith Bergman, composer (died 2022)
 * Ennio Morricone, film composer (died 2020)
 * November 13 – Hampton Hawes, jazz pianist (died 1977)
 * November 14 – Bernabé Martí, Spanish operatic tenor
 * November 18
 * Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer (died 1994)
 * Sheila Jordan, American singer and pianist
 * November 23 – Jerry Bock, composer of Fiddler on the Roof (died 2010)
 * November 27 – Walter Klien, pianist (died 1991)
 * December 7
 * Zdeněk Mahler, Czech writer, musicologist, pedagogue and screenwriter (died 2018)
 * Orlando Peña, Cuban bassist and songwriter (died 1994)
 * December 15 – Ida Haendel, violinist (died 2020)
 * December 18 – Galt MacDermot, Canadian-American composer and pianist (died 2018)
 * December 28 – Moe Koffman, jazz musician (died 2001)
 * December 29
 * Bernard Cribbins, English actor, comedian and singer (died 2022)
 * December 30 – Bo Diddley, singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
 * December 31 – Tatyana Shmyga, Soviet-Russian operetta/musical theatre performer (died 2011)

Deaths

 * January 1 – Loie Fuller, dancer (born 1862)
 * January 11 – Valborg Aulin, pianist and composer (born 1860)
 * February 16 – Eddie Foy, vaudeville star (born 1856)
 * March 1 – Sir Herbert Brewer, organist and composer (born 1865)
 * March 19 – Nora Bayes, singer, comedian and actress (born 1880)
 * March 27 – Leslie Stuart, musical theatre composer (born 1863)
 * April 24 – Ferdinand Hummel, harpist, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1855)
 * April 27 – Ernst Seifert, organ builder (born 1855)
 * May 6 – Juliusz Wertheim, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1880) (heart attack)
 * May 13 – David Thomas, composer (born 1881)
 * May 19 – Henry F. Gilbert, American composer and collector of folk music (born 1868)
 * May 28 – Emma Howson, operatic soprano (born 1844)
 * June 21 – Marie Novello, pianist (born 1898)
 * July 7 – Jón Laxdal, composer (born 1865)
 * August 12 – Leoš Janáček, composer (born 1854)
 * September 12 – Howard Talbot, conductor and composer (born 1865)
 * September 13 – Olena Falkman, concert vocalist (born 1849)
 * October 9 – Frank Ellsworth Olds, brass instrument manufacturer (born 1861)
 * October 30
 * Percy Anderson, D'Oyly Carte stage designer (born 1851)
 * Oscar Sonneck, musicologist (born 1873)
 * November 7 – Mattia Battistini, operatic baritone (born 1856)
 * November 10 – Anita Berber, dancer (born 1899)
 * November 13 – Enrico Cecchetti, dancer (born 1850)
 * November 26 – Herbert Sullivan, nephew and biographer of Sir Arthur Sullivan (born 1868)
 * December 3 – Theodor von Frimmel, musicologist (born 1853)
 * December 24 – Nicolae Leonard, operatic tenor (born 1886)
 * date unknown
 * Celeste Farotti, violin-maker (born 1864)
 * Lillie de Hegermann-Lindencrone, singer (born 1844)

title: 1928 in music