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Songs from the 1910s |
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This page lists the top songs of the 1910s in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.
The years before 1920 have very few song charts and (obviously) no album charts. The list here are really selected from the Billboard Charts (as supplied in the Bullfrog set) and the picks from John Peel. The top 10 acts of the 1910s are:
| #1: Peerless Quartet | #2: American Quartet | #3: The Prince's Orchestra | #4: Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | #5: John McCormack |
| #6: Billy Murray | #7: Henry Burr | #8: Al Jolson | #9: Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | #10: Enrico Caruso |
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Sophie Tucker | Some of These Days | 1911 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 (1911), Library of Congress artifact added 2004 (1911), US Billboard 2 - Jul 1911 (9 weeks), Music Imprint 3 of 1910s, aceterrier.com 4 of 1900-19 (1911), nuTsie 40 of 1920s, Brazil 93 of 1928, Acclaimed 1559 (1911), Song of 1930 |
| 2 | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Tiger Rag | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1918 (11 weeks), Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1918), Peel list 4 of 1919, Music Imprint 7 of 1910s, Daily Deuce 13, Brazil 34 of 1920, RIAA 344, Acclaimed 1029 (1918) |
| 3 | Al Jolson | Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody) | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1918 (14 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1918), aceterrier.com 9 of 1900-19 (1918), Brazil 8 of 1919, Canada 12 - Nov 1961 (6 weeks) |
| 4 | Marion Harris | After You've Gone | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1919 (9 weeks), ASCAP song of 1919, Library of Congress artifact added 2012 (1918), Brazil 20 of 1920 |
| 5 | Nora Bayes | Over There | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1917 (10 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1917), Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1917), Brazil 22 of 1918 |
| 6 | American Quartet | Over There | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1917 (18 weeks), ASCAP song of 1917, Music Imprint 5 of 1910s, Brazil 8 of 1918, RIAA 39 |
| 7 | Chauncy Olcott | When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1913 (16 weeks), Peel list 3 of 1913, Music Imprint 4 of 1910s, Daily Deuce 14, RIAA 105, Acclaimed 1508 (1913) |
| 8 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Alexander's ragtime band | 1911 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1911 (17 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1911), aceterrier.com 28 of 1900-19 (1911), Brazil 20 of 1912 |
| 9 | Peerless Quartet | Let Me Call You Sweetheart | 1911 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1911 (17 weeks), Library of Congress artifact added 2015 (1911), Music Imprint 2 of 1910s, RIAA 125 |
| 10 | Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath | Hello, Frisco! | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1915 (10 weeks), ASCAP song of 1915, Brazil 21 of 1917 |
| 11 | John McCormack | Somewhere a Voice is Calling | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1916 (9 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1915), Brazil 27 of 1917 |
| 12 | Billy Murray | Pretty Baby | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1916 (6 weeks), ASCAP song of 1916, Brazil 29 of 1918 |
| 13 | Charles Harrison | I'm Always Chasing Rainbows | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1918 (13 weeks), ASCAP song of 1918, Brazil 30 of 1920 |
| 14 | Heidelberg Quintet | By the Beautiful Sea | 1914 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1914 (11 weeks), ASCAP song of 1914, Brazil 37 of 1915 |
| 15 | Anna Wheaton & James Harrod | Till the Clouds Roll By | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1917 (10 weeks), aceterrier.com 3 of 1900-19 (1917), Brazil 22 of 1920 |
| 16 | Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline | They Didn't Believe Me | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1915 (12 weeks), Library of Congress artifact added 2013 (1915) |
| 17 | Louise Homer | America the Beautiful | 1910 | Music Imprint 1 of 1910s, US Billboard 8 - Jul 1925 (1 week), RIAA 50 |
| 18 | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | At the Darktown Strutter's Ball | 1917 | Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006 (1917), US Billboard 2 - Oct 1917 (7 weeks) |
| 19 | Charles Harrison | Peg o' My Heart | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1913 (14 weeks), Brazil 5 of 1915 |
| 20 | Alma Gluck | Carry Me Back to Old Virginney | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1915 (14 weeks), Brazil 10 of 1916 |
| 21 | Arthur Fields | Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1918 (12 weeks), aceterrier.com 17 of 1900-19 (1918) |
| 22 | Blanche Ring | Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine | 1910 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1911 (10 weeks), aceterrier.com 43 of 1900-19 (1910) |
| 23 | Victor Military Band | Poor Butterfly | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 11 of 1918 |
| 24 | Ben Selvin | I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1919 (11 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1920 |
| 25 | Al Jolson | That Haunting Melody | 1912 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1912 (11 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1913 |
| 26 | Al Jolson | The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - May 1913 (9 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1914 |
| 27 | John McCormack | It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1915 (13 weeks), Brazil 16 of 1916 |
| 28 | Joseph Smith & his Orchestra | Smiles | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1918 (10 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1919 |
| 29 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine | 1911 | US Billboard 1 - May 1911 (11 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1912 |
| 30 | Elsie Baker | Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby) | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1917 (11 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1918 |
| 31 | Al Jolson | Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1918 (8 weeks), Brazil 19 of 1919 |
| 32 | Al Jolson | I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1918 |
| 33 | Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet | By the Light of the Silvery Moon | 1910 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1910 (17 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1911 |
| 34 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | At the Darktown Strutter's Ball | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1918 (5 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1919 |
| 35 | Van & Schenck | For Me & My Gal | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - May 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1918 |
| 36 | Billy Murray | I Love a Piano | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (8 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1917 |
| 37 | American Quartet | Moonlight Bay | 1912 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1912 (16 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1913 |
| 38 | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - May 1919 (12 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1920 |
| 39 | Al Jolson | Ragging the Baby to Sleep | 1912 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1912 (12 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1913 |
| 40 | John McCormack | The Sunshine of Your Smile | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1918 |
| 41 | Columbia Mixed Double Quartet | America | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 25 of 1918 |
| 42 | Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich | My Own Iona | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1917 (9 weeks), Brazil 26 of 1918 |
| 43 | Henry Burr | Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There) | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1918 (15 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1919 |
| 44 | Enrico Caruso | Love is Mine | 1912 | US Billboard 1 - May 1912 (9 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1914 |
| 45 | American Quartet | It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary | 1914 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1914 (13 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1915 |
| 46 | Peerless Quartet | The Lights of My Home Town | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1917 |
| 47 | Walter Van Brunt & Helen Clark | Sympathy | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1913 (8 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1914 |
| 48 | Lillian Russell | Come Down, Ma Ev'ning Star | 1912 | Library of Congress artifact added 2011 (1912), Brazil 28 of 1913 |
| 49 | Al Jolson | I'll Say She Does | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1920 |
| 50 | Alice Nielsen | Home Sweet Home | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1915 (8 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1916 |
| 51 | Prince's Orchestra | The Star Spangled Banner | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1916 (8 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1917 |
| 52 | Enrico Caruso | Over There | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1918 (6 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1919 |
| 53 | James F Harrison & James Reed | There's a Long, Long Trail | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1915 (12 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1917 |
| 54 | John McCormack | Send Me Away with a Smile | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1918 |
| 55 | John Steel | A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1919 (15 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1924 |
| 56 | Bert Williams | Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1919 (6 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1920 |
| 57 | Bert Williams | Play That Barber-Shop Chord | 1910 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1910 (10 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1916 |
| 58 | Orpheus Quartet | Turn Back the Universe & Give Me Yesterday | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1916 (10 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1918 |
| 59 | Bert Williams | O Death, Where is Thy Sting? | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1919 (6 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1920 |
| 60 | Henry Burr | When I Lost You | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1913 (15 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1914 |
| 61 | Lewis James & Charles Hart | Till We Meet Again | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 35 of 1920 |
| 62 | Nora Bayes | Regretful Blues | 1918 | aceterrier.com 30 of 1900-19 (1918), US Billboard 5 - Jun 1918 (4 weeks), Brazil 39 of 1920 |
| 63 | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | Close To My Heart | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1915 (10 weeks), Brazil 36 of 1916 |
| 64 | Victor Herbert & his Orchestra | Dream Melody Intermezzo: Naughty Marietta | 1911 | Library of Congress artifact added 2017 (1911), US Billboard 5 - Aug 1912 (3 weeks) |
| 65 | Enrico Caruso | O Sole Mio (My Sunshine) | 1916 | US Billboard 3 - Jun 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 9 of 1917, Visconti song of 1916 |
| 66 | John McCormack | The Star Spangled Banner | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - May 1917 (8 weeks), RIAA 62 |
| 67 | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Livery Stable Blues | 1917 | aceterrier.com 16 of 1900-19 (1917), US Billboard 4 - Jun 1917 (4 weeks), Guardian Jazz 2 |
| 68 | Victor Light Opera Co | Gems from Naughty Marietta | 1911 | US Billboard 2 - Feb 1912 (8 weeks), aceterrier.com 33 of 1900-19 (1911) |
| 69 | Henry Burr | Joan of Arc | 1917 | US Billboard 2 - Sep 1917 (6 weeks), Brazil 15 of 1918 |
| 70 | Sophie Braslau | Birds in the Night (A Lullaby) | 1916 | US Billboard 2 - Jul 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 16 of 1917 |
| 71 | Van & Schenck | Mandy | 1919 | US Billboard 2 - Dec 1919 (7 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1920 |
| 72 | Nora Bayes | Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? | 1910 | US Billboard 2 - May 1910 (7 weeks), Brazil 26 of 1914 |
| 73 | Al Jolson | You're a Dangerous Girl | 1916 | US Billboard 2 - Sep 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 40 of 1918 |
| 74 | Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth | Turn Your Light Off Mister Moon Man | 1911 | Peel list 3 of 1911, US Billboard 7 - Aug 1911 (3 weeks) |
| 75 | Charles King & Elizabeth Brice | Let Me Stay & Live in Dixieland | 1911 | Peel list 4 of 1911, US Billboard 5 - Jul 1911 (3 weeks) |
| 76 | Joseph Smith & his Orchestra | Hindustan | 1918 | US Billboard 3 - Dec 1918 (5 weeks), Brazil 9 of 1919 |
| 77 | Enrico Caruso | Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Folk Song) | 1916 | US Billboard 4 - Nov 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1917 |
| 78 | Alma Gluck | Old Kentucky Home | 1916 | US Billboard 3 - Jun 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 14 of 1917 |
| 79 | Marion Harris | I Ain't Got Nobody (1917) | 1916 | aceterrier.com 2 of 1900-19 (1916), US Billboard 5 - Jan 1917 (4 weeks) |
| 80 | Walter Van Brunt & Maurice Burkhardt | Ghost of the Violin | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1914 |
| 81 | Al Jolson | Down Where the Swanne River Flows | 1916 | US Billboard 3 - Aug 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1917 |
| 82 | Art Hickman | Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) | 1919 | aceterrier.com 45 of 1900-19 (1919), US Billboard 5 - May 1920 (4 weeks) |
| 83 | Bert Williams | The Dark Town Poker Club | 1914 | US Billboard 3 - May 1914 (6 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1917 |
| 84 | Knickerbocker Quartet | Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1917 (10 weeks) |
| 85 | Columbia Stellar Quartet | Battle Hymn of the Republic | 1918 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1918 (6 weeks) |
| 86 | Prince's Orchestra | Hello, Hawaii, How are You? | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (12 weeks) |
| 87 | Al Jolson | You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1913 (13 weeks) |
| 88 | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | Till We Meet Again | 1919 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1919 (15 weeks) |
| 89 | Peerless Quartet | Over There | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1917 (10 weeks) |
| 90 | American Quartet | Chinatown, My Chinatown | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1915 (11 weeks) |
| 91 | Will Oakland | Mother Machree | 1911 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1911 (10 weeks) |
| 92 | George MacFarlane | A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure, They Call it Ireland) | 1915 | US Billboard 1 - May 1915 (15 weeks) |
| 93 | John McCormack & Walter Rogers | Il mio Tesoro | 1916 | Library of Congress artifact added 2006 (1916) |
| 94 | American Quartet | Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France | 1917 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1917 (8 weeks) |
| 95 | John McCormack | Mother Machree | 1911 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1911 (13 weeks) |
| 96 | Henry Burr | M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) | 1916 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1916 (11 weeks) |
| 97 | Frank Stanley & Byron G Harlan | Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (The Boys Are Marching) | 1910 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1910 (9 weeks) |
| 98 | Billy Murray & American Quartet | Casey Jones | 1910 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1910 (17 weeks) |
| 99 | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell & Will Oakland | I'm On My Way to Mandalay | 1914 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1914 (12 weeks) |
| 100 | Bob Roberts | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | 1912 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1912 (14 weeks) |
Previous Comments (newest first)
28 Nov 2018
jazz from early 1900s?
a lady was singing about her man had no eyes? no legs? he was cheating on herand she caught them at a table. can anyone help? I have been searching for this song for years
13 Jul 2018
#100 - Victor Herbert - Naughty Marietta Intermezzo
Per Joel Whitburn this also made the Billboard Charts - #5 - 3 weeks.
Data fixed, thanks
4 Mar 2018
old folk song
I'm trying to find a very old folk song, not Shure of the title but here's afew notes if it helps. jean ho jean don't let daddy catch you ya its the last I got to say this cloudy morning the morning star is around the bend+
14 Oct 2015
song called ...thed ending of the trail
25 Aug 2014
ur feggetry
what a fail @urfeggetry you can't even spell LOL right and you're trying to clown on someone else
3 Feb 2014
GREAT SELECTIONS - THANK YOU!
7 Jan 2014
Brazil
Under the chart entry's +to the right, what does brazil mean? Thank you!
The entries on the right show which charts each item has been in. The meaning of the various strings is described in the "Song Charts" page (that will tell you where each chart comes from).
13 Dec 2013
Thanks so much, youve helped me with my school project that I thought would never get done
Dont worry i cited you!
Thank you for telling us, hope it turned out as you wanted
5 Apr 2013
ur feggetry
ur ghey lul pak yo mada