Songs from the Year 1915

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This page lists the top songs of 1915 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 1915 were:
1:Peerless Quartet	2:Prince's Orchestra	3:James F Harrison & James Reed	4:John McCormack	5:Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
6:Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan	7:American Quartet	8:Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath	9:Debroy Somers Band	10:Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath	Hello, Frisco!	1915	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1915 (10 weeks), ASCAP song of 1915, Brazil 21 of 1917
2	Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline	They Didn't Believe Me	1915	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1915 (12 weeks), Library of Congress artifact (1916)
3	Alma Gluck	Carry Me Back to Old Virginney	1915	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1915 (14 weeks), Brazil 10 of 1916
4	John McCormack	It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary	1915	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1915 (13 weeks), Brazil 16 of 1916
5	Alice Nielsen	Home Sweet Home	1915	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1915 (8 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1916
6	James F Harrison & James Reed	There's a Long, Long Trail	1915	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1915 (12 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1917
7	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	Close To My Heart	1915	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1915 (10 weeks), Brazil 36 of 1916
8	Grupo O Passos no Choro	Apanhei-te, Cavaquinho	1915	Brazil 1 of 1915
9	Jack Norworth	Kitty The Telephone Girl	1915	Peel list 1 of 1915
10	Morton Harvey	I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier	1915	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1915 (12 weeks)
11	James F Harrison & James Reed	My Little Dream Girl	1915	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1915 (10 weeks)
12	George MacFarlane	A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure, They Call it Ireland)	1915	US Billboard 1 - May 1915 (15 weeks)
13	Peerless Quartet	I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier	1915	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1915 (13 weeks)
14	American Quartet	Chinatown, My Chinatown	1915	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1915 (11 weeks)
15	James F Harrison	You Better Keep the Home Fires Burning (Cause Your Mama's Getting Cold)	1915	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1915 (8 weeks)
16	Peerless Quartet	My Bird of Paradise	1915	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1915 (11 weeks)
17	Enrico Caruso	La Mia Canzone (My Song to Thee)	1915	Brazil 7 of 1916, US Billboard 8 - Sep 1915 (2 weeks)
18	Bert Williams	I'm Neutral	1915	US Billboard 4 - Oct 1915 (5 weeks), Brazil 38 of 1918
19	Pablo Casals	Serenade: Spanish Dance No 2	1915	Brazil 8 of 1916, US Billboard 10 - Jun 1915 (1 week)
20	John McCormack & Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Aida - O Terra Addio	1915	US Billboard 9 - Feb 1915 (1 week), Brazil 15 of 1916
21	Marie Lloyd	A Little of What You Fancy	1915	Peel list 2 of 1915
22	Bahiano	Ai, Filomena	1915	Brazil 2 of 1915
23	Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline	Auf Wiedersehen	1915	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1915 (7 weeks)
24	Peerless Quartet	Don't Take My Darling Boy Away	1915	US Billboard 2 - Jun 1915 (6 weeks)
25	Henry Burr	There's a Little Lane Without a Turning	1915	US Billboard 2 - Oct 1915 (6 weeks)
26	James F Harrison & James Reed	You'll Always be the Same Sweet Girl	1915	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1915 (6 weeks)
27	Al Jolson	Back to the Carolina You Love	1915	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1915 (8 weeks)
28	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	My Little Girl	1915	US Billboard 2 - Aug 1915 (9 weeks)
29	Charles Harrison	A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure, They Call it Ireland)	1915	US Billboard 2 - Jul 1915 (6 weeks)
30	Peerless Quartet	Tip Top Tipperary Mary	1915	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1915 (8 weeks)
31	John McCormack	Oh Come All ye Faithful	1915	US Billboard 2 - Dec 1915 (4 weeks)
32	American Quartet	On the 5:15	1915	US Billboard 2 - Mar 1915 (6 weeks)
33	Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan	Alabama Jubilee	1915	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1915 (6 weeks)
34	Prince's Orchestra	It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary	1915	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1915 (10 weeks)
35	Peerless Quartet	Jane	1915	US Billboard 4 - Aug 1915 (4 weeks), RYM 71 of 1920
36	Vesta Tilley	The Seaside Sultan	1915	Peel list 3 of 1915
37	Vesta Tilley	Following in Father's Footsteps	1915	Peel list 3 of 1915
38	Vesta Tilley	Jolly Good Luck to The Girl Who Loves a Soldier	1915	Peel list 3 of 1915
39	Eduardo das Neves	Luar do Sertao	1915	Brazil 4 of 1915
40	Debroy Somers Band	Here We Are Again	1915	Peel list 4 of 1915

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10 Feb 2012

song from 1915

Trying to find a song smoke clouds from 1915 ?????

17 Jan 2012

Looking for words to a song

In 1915 Felix Arndt wrote the song Nola and later words were added. Would it be possible for me to get the words to the song through this web site?

I Would like so much to have the word to the lovely melody.

Thank you for anything you may be able to do to help me with this search

We don't have lyrics at this site but another user may be able to suggest a source for you

1 Nov 2011

# 27 You'll Always be the Same Sweet Girl

Another duet with Reed. Harrison did record solo, but his his bigest hits were with Reed.

All the James F Harrison & James Reed songs have been identified and corrected.

1 Nov 2011

# 8 My Little Dream Girl

This is another duet with James Reed. Also, I accidentally itentified # 6 There's a Long, Long Trail as # 8 in my previous message.

Thanks for the suggestion, the data has been corrected

1 Nov 2011

# 8 There's a Long, Long Trail

This is a duet with James Reed (real name Reed Miller). Miller used the name James Reed on his duets with James F. Harrison.

The data has been fixed, thanks for the input