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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 Original Dixieland Jazz Band Tiger Rag 1918 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1918 (11 weeks), Peel list 4 of 1919, Music Imprint 7 of 1910s, Brazil 34 of 1920, RIAA 344, Acclaimed 1029 (1918)
2 Sophie Tucker Some of These Days 1911 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 (1911), US Billboard 2 - Jul 1911 (9 weeks), Music Imprint 3 of 1910s, nuTsie 40 of 1920s, Brazil 93 of 1928, Song of 1930
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), Brazil 8 of 1919, Canada 12 - Nov 1961 (6 weeks)
4 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, RIAA 105, Acclaimed 1508 (1913)
5 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
6 Nora Bayes Over There 1917 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1917 (10 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1917), Brazil 22 of 1918
7 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan Alexander's ragtime band 1911 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1911 (17 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1911), Brazil 20 of 1912
8 American Quartet Over There 1917 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1917 (18 weeks), Music Imprint 5 of 1910s, Brazil 8 of 1918, RIAA 39
9 Peerless Quartet Let Me Call You Sweetheart 1910 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1911 (17 weeks), Music Imprint 2 of 1910s, RIAA 125
10 Louise Homer America the Beautiful 1910 Music Imprint 1 of 1910s, US Billboard 8 - Jul 1925 (1 week), RIAA 50
11 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)
12 Charles Harrison Peg o' My Heart 1913 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1913 (14 weeks), Brazil 5 of 1915
13 Alma Gluck Carry Me Back to Old Virginney 1915 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1915 (14 weeks), Brazil 10 of 1916
14 Al Jolson That Haunting Melody 1912 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1912 (11 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1913
15 Al Jolson The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life 1913 US Billboard 1 - May 1913 (9 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1914
16 John McCormack It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary 1915 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1915 (13 weeks), Brazil 16 of 1916
17 Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath Hello, Frisco! 1915 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1915 (10 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1917
18 Alice Nielsen Home Sweet Home 1915 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1915 (8 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1916
19 James F Harrison & James Reed There's a Long, Long Trail 1915 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1915 (12 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1917
20 American Quartet Moonlight Bay 1912 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1912 (16 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1913
21 Al Jolson Ragging the Baby to Sleep 1912 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1912 (12 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1913
22 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell Close To My Heart 1915 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1915 (10 weeks), Brazil 36 of 1916
23 Victor Military Band Poor Butterfly 1917 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 11 of 1918
24 Enrico Caruso Love is Mine 1912 US Billboard 1 - May 1912 (9 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1914
25 Henry Burr When I Lost You 1913 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1913 (15 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1914
26 Ben Selvin I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 1919 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1919 (11 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1920
27 Al Jolson I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles 1916 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1918
28 American Quartet It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary 1914 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1914 (13 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1915
29 Billy Murray I Love a Piano 1916 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (8 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1917
30 John McCormack The Sunshine of Your Smile 1916 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1918
31 Ada Jones & Billy Murray Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine 1911 US Billboard 1 - May 1911 (11 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1912
32 Columbia Mixed Double Quartet America 1916 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 25 of 1918
33 Elsie Baker Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby) 1917 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1917 (11 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1918
34 Peerless Quartet The Lights of My Home Town 1916 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1917
35 Heidelberg Quintet By the Beautiful Sea 1914 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1914 (11 weeks), Brazil 37 of 1915
36 Prince's Orchestra The Star Spangled Banner 1916 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1916 (8 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1917
37 Billy Murray Pretty Baby 1916 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1918
38 Van & Schenck For Me & My Gal 1917 US Billboard 1 - May 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1918
39 Orpheus Quartet Turn Back the Universe & Give Me Yesterday 1916 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1916 (10 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1918
40 Anna Wheaton & James Harrod Till the Clouds Roll By 1917 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 22 of 1920
41 Marion Harris After You've Gone 1919 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1920
42 Joseph Smith & his Orchestra Smiles 1918 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1918 (10 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1919
43 Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1910 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1910 (17 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1911
44 Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich My Own Iona 1917 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1917 (9 weeks), Brazil 26 of 1918
45 Al Jolson Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land 1918 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1918 (8 weeks), Brazil 19 of 1919
46 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 1919 US Billboard 1 - May 1919 (12 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1920
47 John McCormack Send Me Away with a Smile 1917 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1918
48 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan At the Darktown Strutter's Ball 1918 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1918 (5 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1919
49 Al Jolson I'll Say She Does 1919 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1920
50 Bert Williams Play That Barber-Shop Chord 1910 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1910 (10 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1916
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