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Songs from the Year 1913

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This page lists the top songs of 1913 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.

There are almost no charts from before 1920 so this list is heavily determined by very few entries.

The top ten song artists of 1913 were:

1:Chauncy Olcott3:Henry Burr5:Peerless Quartet7:Enrico Caruso9:Various Artists
2:Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan4:Al Jolson6:American Quartet8:Billy Murray10:Charles Harrison
# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 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)
2 Charles Harrison Peg o' My Heart 1913 US Billboard 1 - Nov 1913 (14 weeks), Brazil 5 of 1915
3 Al Jolson The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life 1913 US Billboard 1 - May 1913 (9 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1914
4 Walter Van Brunt & Helen Clark Sympathy 1913 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1913 (8 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1914
5 Henry Burr When I Lost You 1913 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1913 (15 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1914
6 Walter Van Brunt & Maurice Burkhardt Ghost of the Violin 1913 US Billboard 3 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1914
7 Chauncy Olcott Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra 1913 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1913 (13 weeks)
8 Ada Jones Row! Row! Row! 1913 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1913 (9 weeks)
9 Henry Burr Last Night Was the End of the World 1913 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1913 (22 weeks)
10 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam' 1913 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1913 (12 weeks)
11 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1913 US Billboard 1 - Jun 1913 (10 weeks)
12 Al Jolson You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) 1913 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1913 (13 weeks)
13 Patricio Teixeira Caboca di Caxanga 1913 Brazil 1 of 1913
14 Enrico Caruso Ave Maria 1913 Brazil 6 of 1914, US Billboard 7 - Aug 1913 (4 weeks)
15 Haydn Quartet In the Evening by the Moonlight, Dear Louise 1913 US Billboard 2 - May 1913 (8 weeks)
16 Manuel Romain When I Lost You 1913 US Billboard 2 - May 1913 (5 weeks)
17 Henry Burr Peg o' My Heart 1913 US Billboard 2 - Dec 1913 (11 weeks)
18 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay 1913 US Billboard 2 - Nov 1913 (10 weeks)
19 Harry MacDonough There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland 1913 US Billboard 2 - Oct 1913 (12 weeks)
20 Will Oakland The Curse of an Aching Heart 1913 US Billboard 2 - Sep 1913 (10 weeks)
21 Bert Williams Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree 1913 US Billboard 2 - Jul 1913 (7 weeks)
22 Peerless Quartet The Ghost of the Violin 1913 US Billboard 2 - Jan 1913 (8 weeks)
23 American Quartet That Old Girl of Mine 1913 US Billboard 2 - Mar 1913 (6 weeks)
24 Billy Murray Bagdad 1913 US Billboard 2 - Feb 1913 (9 weeks)
25 Elsie Baker Daddy Has a Sweetheart & Mother is Her Name 1913 US Billboard 2 - May 1913 (7 weeks)
26 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan Melinda's Wedding Day 1913 US Billboard 2 - Apr 1913 (5 weeks)
27 Christie MacDonald Sweethearts 1913 US Billboard 2 - Aug 1913 (9 weeks)
28 Harry Lauder It's Nicer to Be in Bed 1913 Peel list 2 of 1913
29 Banda da Casa Edison Lingua de Preto 1913 Brazil 2 of 1913
30 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan The International Rag 1913 US Billboard 3 - Dec 1913 (9 weeks)
31 Christie MacDonald & Reinald Werrenrath The Angelus 1913 US Billboard 3 - Jul 1913 (9 weeks)
32 American Quartet Parisienne 1913 US Billboard 3 - Feb 1913 (6 weeks)
33 John McCormack Where the River Shannon Flows 1913 US Billboard 3 - Mar 1913 (6 weeks)
34 American Quartet On the Mississippi 1913 US Billboard 3 - Feb 1913 (6 weeks)
35 Frank Croxton The Road to Mandalay 1913 US Billboard 3 - Mar 1913 (6 weeks)
36 Mario Pinheiro O Rouxinol 1913 Brazil 3 of 1913
37 Europe's Society Orchestra Down Home Rag 1913 aceterrier.com 6 of 1900-19 (1913)
38 Nellie Melba Mandoline 1913 aceterrier.com 39 of 1900-19 (1913)
39 John McCormack Foggy Dew 1913 aceterrier.com 50 of 1900-19 (1913)
40 Henry Burr & Andrea Sarto There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland 1913 US Billboard 4 - Oct 1913 (6 weeks)
41 Enrico Caruso Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know 1913 US Billboard 4 - Aug 1913 (5 weeks)
42 Billy Murray Snookey Ookums 1913 US Billboard 4 - May 1913 (4 weeks)
43 Peerless Quartet You're a Great Big Blue-Eyed Baby 1913 US Billboard 4 - Jul 1913 (3 weeks)
44 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan Snookey Ookums 1913 US Billboard 4 - Jul 1913 (4 weeks)
45 Enrico Caruso Because 1913 US Billboard 4 - Feb 1913 (8 weeks)
46 John McCormack Take, Oh Take, Those Lips Away 1913 US Billboard 4 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks)
47 Olive Kline Say Not Love is a Dream 1913 US Billboard 4 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks)
48 Elsie Baker & James F Harrison Sunshine & Roses 1913 US Billboard 4 - Aug 1913 (4 weeks)
49 Walter Van Brunt And the Green Grass Grew All Around 1913 US Billboard 4 - Apr 1913 (4 weeks)
50 Henry Burr To Have, To Hold, To Love 1913 US Billboard 4 - Jul 1913 (4 weeks)
51 Harry Fragson Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend? 1913 Peel list 4 of 1913
52 Grupo Chiquinha Gonzaga Pudesse Essa Paixao 1913 Brazil 4 of 1913
53 Fritz Kreisler Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow) 1913 US Billboard 5 - Apr 1913 (5 weeks)
54 Billy Murray Good-Night, Nurse 1913 US Billboard 5 - Apr 1913 (4 weeks)
55 Billy Murray Oh! Oh! Delphine 1913 US Billboard 5 - Jan 1913 (4 weeks)
56 John McCormack Say Au Revoir But Not Goodbye 1913 US Billboard 5 - Jun 1913 (4 weeks)
57 Helen Clark When I Waltz with You 1913 US Billboard 5 - May 1913 (6 weeks)
58 Elsie Baker & James F Harrison The Land of Golden Dreams 1913 US Billboard 5 - Jul 1913 (4 weeks)
59 Harry MacDonough On the Banks of the Wabash 1913 US Billboard 5 - Oct 1913 (5 weeks)
60 American Quartet Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay 1913 US Billboard 5 - Dec 1913 (7 weeks)
61 Peerless Quartet Good-by, Summer! So Long Fall! Hello, Winter Time! 1913 US Billboard 5 - Nov 1913 (3 weeks)
62 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan Down in Dear Old New Orleans 1913 US Billboard 5 - Mar 1913 (4 weeks)
63 Elsie Baker & James F Harrison When It's Apple Blossom time in Normandy 1913 US Billboard 5 - Nov 1913 (4 weeks)
64 Al Jolson Pullman Porter Blues 1913 US Billboard 5 - Oct 1913 (4 weeks)
65 Olive Kline When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Door 1913 US Billboard 5 - May 1913 (5 weeks)
66 Al Jolson That Little German Band 1913 US Billboard 5 - Sep 1913 (4 weeks)
67 Bach Avec Bidasse 1913 France (Historical) 5 of the 1900s & 1910s (1913)
68 Orestes de Matos Recorda-te de Mim 1913 Brazil 5 of 1913
69 Peerless Quartet At the Devil's Ball 1913 US Billboard 6 - May 1913 (4 weeks)
70 Grace Kerns Sweethearts 1913 US Billboard 6 - Oct 1913 (2 weeks)
71 Walter Van Brunt Where Did You Get That Girl? 1913 US Billboard 6 - Nov 1913 (3 weeks)
72 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan On the Honeymoon Express 1913 US Billboard 6 - Dec 1913 (2 weeks)
73 Will Oakland With All Her Faults, I Love Her Still 1913 US Billboard 6 - Aug 1913 (3 weeks)
74 Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan Here Comes My Daddy Now (Oh Pop-Oh Pop-Oh Pop) 1913 US Billboard 6 - May 1913 (3 weeks)
75 Walter Van Brunt In My Harem 1913 US Billboard 6 - Jun 1913 (3 weeks)
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9 Sep 2020

Oh Lord It’s Hard To Be Humble

+For the person looking for the song Oh Lord It’s Hard to Be Humble, it wassung by +Mac Davis in 1969. I wish I had seen your post before now!

29 Mar 2020

A song, a long shot

Only have one line or maybe it's title but I've been searching all day. +Itwas being whistled by a great uncle in France 1916, the significance being his brother that he hadn't seen for 2 years heard it and started whistling too. +The brother was killed in action 3 days later. +"Where the devil are we", +Thanks Polly

8 Feb 2018

Thanks for the source!

I'm writing a story which involves popular music and culture of 1913. Though I'm more concerned with British music, I find this list very helpful. The references to Peelenium also helped direct me to another source. Does BBCmusic archive have a list of such songs?

The BBC doesn't AFAIK, but you might have a look at The Internet Archive (at https://archive.org/)

Tracking which songs were popular in the UK in 1913 is... rather hard (we've tried). If anyone knows of a reliable listing we would like to hear about it

15 May 2017

a song made in 1913

I have a song in a magazine called Memory of a rose. (this rose Ill alwayscherish). I wanted to hear what it sound like. is there a way to do that?

14 Apr 2013

audio

I would like to get some audio from the top 10 from june 1913 and june 1963 to play for a high school reunion (50 years) for the class of 1963, which is to be held 26 october 2013. we are going to compare the 50 years before graduating to the 50 years since graduating.

thank you,

ken carter

We would normally suggest that the best source for audio files would be Amazon or iTunes, and that is true for 1963.

However while those two are good sources for the hits of 1963 they are not so good for 1913. Legal audio files for that era can be found from a number of sources. For example you could try http://archive.org/details/audio

29 Oct 2011

Queston for Chart

Hello, sorry if my english is not perfect!

With Google I found this very interesting site.

I would be very happy if you could help me!

At our library we have Billboard magazines in mikrofiche-format and I researched the issues from 1913 to 1921. In this page I readed that there was no chart before 1920 and I can remember that a few years ago I have found a website with weekly U.S. Top 10-charts beginning in 1920, but now I couldn't find it again.

Can you tell me please where or from which sources I can find weekly Top 10-lists (it don't matter if Sales-chart or Sheet-music-chart) since 1920?

In Billboard I have not found it, because there was only a list of "Popular songs" but no chart.

Would be very thankful if you could help me, please!

Much of this information is covered by the "Song Charts" listing for Billboard, if you look that page has a link to the source data you want.

From the 1890s (when the Billboard magazine started) until the 1950s (when the weekly song chart was initiated) there are, as you have mentioned, a number of occasional "Popular Song" charts. However these were not a regular feature and had a variety of different forms.

A researcher called Joel Whitburn analysed these various charts and created a retrospective chart that covers 1890 to the start of the regular charts. This information has been published in a range of books and other source. It has been consolidated, corrected and published by a group of researchers that call themselves "Bullfrog". This is the data that we use (and you can find listed on the "Song Charts" page)

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