Songs from the Year 1916

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This page lists the top songs of 1916 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 1916 were:
1:John McCormack	3:Prince's Orchestra	5:Peerless Quartet	7:Henry Burr	9:Alma Gluck
2:Al Jolson	4:Billy Murray	6:Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	8:Enrico Caruso	10:Columbia Mixed Double Quartet

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	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
2	Billy Murray	Pretty Baby	1916	US Billboard 1 - Oct 1916 (6 weeks), ASCAP song of 1916, Brazil 29 of 1918
3	Al Jolson	I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles	1916	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1918
4	Billy Murray	I Love a Piano	1916	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (8 weeks), Brazil 23 of 1917
5	John McCormack	The Sunshine of Your Smile	1916	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1918
6	Columbia Mixed Double Quartet	America	1916	US Billboard 1 - Aug 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 25 of 1918
7	Peerless Quartet	The Lights of My Home Town	1916	US Billboard 1 - Mar 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1917
8	Prince's Orchestra	The Star Spangled Banner	1916	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1916 (8 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1917
9	Orpheus Quartet	Turn Back the Universe & Give Me Yesterday	1916	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1916 (10 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1918
10	Enrico Caruso	O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)	1916	US Billboard 3 - Jun 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 9 of 1917, Visconti song of 1916
11	Sophie Braslau	Birds in the Night (A Lullaby)	1916	US Billboard 2 - Jul 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 16 of 1917
12	Al Jolson	You're a Dangerous Girl	1916	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 40 of 1918
13	Enrico Caruso	Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Folk Song)	1916	US Billboard 4 - Nov 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1917
14	Elsie Baker & Billy Murray	Play a Simple Melody	1916	aceterrier.com 44 of 1900-19 (1916), US Billboard 4 - Aug 1916 (6 weeks)
15	Alma Gluck	Old Kentucky Home	1916	US Billboard 3 - Jun 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 14 of 1917
16	Marion Harris	I Ain't Got Nobody (1917)	1916	aceterrier.com 2 of 1900-19 (1916), US Billboard 5 - Jan 1917 (4 weeks)
17	Al Jolson	Down Where the Swanne River Flows	1916	US Billboard 3 - Aug 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1917
18	Henry Burr	M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)	1916	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1916 (11 weeks)
19	Prince's Orchestra	Hello, Hawaii, How are You?	1916	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (12 weeks)
20	John McCormack & Walter Rogers	Il mio Tesoro	1916	Library of Congress artifact added 2006 (1916)
21	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town	1916	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1916 (6 weeks)
22	Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan	Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Honolulu)	1916	US Billboard 1 - Oct 1916 (9 weeks)
23	Marguerite Farrell	If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly (It Would Still be Kelly to Me)	1916	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1916 (7 weeks)
24	Henry Burr	Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You	1916	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1916 (10 weeks)
25	Charles Harrison	Ireland Must be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There	1916	US Billboard 1 - Oct 1916 (8 weeks)
26	Harry MacDonough	The Girl on the Magazine	1916	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (9 weeks)
27	Walter Jeffries	Everybody's Crazy On The Foxtrot	1916	Peel list 1 of 1916
28	Vicente Celestino	Flor do Mal	1916	Brazil 1 of 1916
29	Emilio DeGogorza	Noche Serena (Calm Night)	1916	US Billboard 7 - Jan 1916 (1 week), Brazil 11 of 1916
30	Hipolito Lazaro	Aida - Celeste Aida	1916	US Billboard 9 - Nov 1916 (1 week), Brazil 10 of 1917
31	Mischa Elman	Spanish Dance	1916	US Billboard 10 - Feb 1916 (1 week), Brazil 20 of 1917
32	Arthur Fields	He's Got a Bungalow	1916	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1916 (6 weeks)
33	Billy Murray	Hello, Hawaii, How are You?	1916	US Billboard 2 - Apr 1916 (6 weeks)
34	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	Is There Still Room for Me 'Neath the Old Apple Tree?	1916	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1916 (6 weeks)
35	Elizabeth Wheeler	At the End of a Beautiful Day	1916	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1916 (5 weeks)
36	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	You Were Just Made to Order for Me	1916	US Billboard 2 - Dec 1916 (6 weeks)
37	Geoffrey O'Hara	All I Want is a Cottage, Some Roses, & You	1916	US Billboard 2 - Jul 1916 (4 weeks)
38	John McCormack	The Old Refrain	1916	US Billboard 2 - May 1916 (6 weeks)
39	James F Harrison	Wake Up, America!	1916	US Billboard 2 - May 1916 (4 weeks)
40	James F Harrison & James Reed	We'll Build a Little Home in the USA	1916	US Billboard 2 - Mar 1916 (5 weeks)
41	Al Jolson	Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula	1916	US Billboard 2 - Jun 1916 (7 weeks)
42	Al Jolson	Broken Doll	1916	Peel list 2 of 1916
43	Os Geraldos	Caraboo	1916	Brazil 2 of 1916
44	Charles King & Elizabeth Brice	My Own Iona	1916	US Billboard 3 - Oct 1916 (5 weeks)
45	Peerless Quartet	I Think We've Got Another Washington (Wilson is His Name)	1916	US Billboard 3 - Jan 1916 (4 weeks)
46	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	She is the Sunshine of Virginia	1916	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1916 (8 weeks)
47	Al Jolson	I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans	1916	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1916 (4 weeks)
48	Alma Gluck	Listen to the Mocking Bird	1916	US Billboard 3 - May 1916 (5 weeks)
49	Olive Kline & Marguerite Dunlap	Go to Sleep, My Dusky Baby	1916	US Billboard 3 - Mar 1916 (5 weeks)
50	Olive Kline & Lambert Murphy	Have a Heart	1916	US Billboard 3 - Oct 1916 (6 weeks)
51	Victor Military Band	Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby)	1916	US Billboard 3 - Jul 1916 (6 weeks)
52	Harry MacDonough	Araby	1916	US Billboard 3 - Feb 1916 (5 weeks)
53	American Quartet	Along the Rocky Road to Dublin	1916	US Billboard 3 - Jan 1916 (6 weeks)
54	John McCormack	The Cradle Song	1916	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1916 (5 weeks)
55	Walter Van Brunt	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen	1916	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1916 (4 weeks)
56	John McCormack	Tales of Hoffman: Barcolle (Belle Nuit - Oh Night of Love)	1916	US Billboard 3 - Sep 1916 (5 weeks)
57	Mario Pinheiro	Teu Pe	1916	Brazil 3 of 1916
58	Jack Pleasants	Watching The Trains Come In	1916	Peel list 3 of 1916
59	Joseph Moskowitz	Doina	1916	aceterrier.com 29 of 1900-19 (1916)
60	The Versatile Four	Circus Day In Dixie	1916	aceterrier.com 37 of 1900-19 (1916)
61	James F Harrison & James Reed	Keep the Home Fires Burning	1916	US Billboard 4 - Jan 1916 (5 weeks)
62	Sam Ash	America, I Love You!	1916	US Billboard 4 - Jan 1916 (5 weeks)
63	Taylor Trio	Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River)	1916	US Billboard 4 - Mar 1916 (4 weeks)
64	Nora Bayes	For Dixie & Uncle Sam	1916	US Billboard 4 - Oct 1916 (4 weeks)
65	John McCormack	Beautiful Isle of Somewhere	1916	US Billboard 4 - Apr 1916 (4 weeks)
66	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	The Wedding of the Sunshine & the Rose	1916	US Billboard 4 - Feb 1916 (4 weeks)
67	Billy Murray	There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl	1916	US Billboard 4 - Nov 1916 (5 weeks)
68	Henry Burr	My Mother's Rosary	1916	US Billboard 4 - Mar 1916 (4 weeks)
69	Alma Gluck	The Nightingale Song	1916	US Billboard 4 - Aug 1916 (4 weeks)
70	John Barnes Wells	Memories	1916	US Billboard 4 - Apr 1916 (3 weeks)
71	James F Harrison & James Reed	There's Someone More Lonesome Than You	1916	US Billboard 4 - Sep 1916 (3 weeks)
72	Joseph Cawthorn	I Can Dance with Everybody but my Wife	1916	US Billboard 4 - Aug 1916 (4 weeks)
73	Prince's Orchestra	Joe Turner Blues	1916	US Billboard 4 - Nov 1916 (4 weeks)
74	Reinald Werrenrath	Neapolitan Love Song	1916	US Billboard 4 - Mar 1916 (4 weeks)
75	Prince's Orchestra	St Louis Blues	1916	US Billboard 4 - May 1916 (4 weeks)

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3 Sep 2019

60 & 73 Simple Melody

These two are the same recording coupling Billy Murray & Elsie Baker as Edna Brown. It was issued on Victor 18051.

Data fixed, thanks

1 Mar 2016

Songs

Some of these songs i know i dont know which one but i like the old songs

29 Feb 2016

h hububbok

2 Sep 2013

old songd

My dad used to sing this song, called Patty Macguiness goat, l don't know if the name is spelt right. But l'm looking for the word of the song

1 Nov 2011

# 9 Turn Back the Universe & Give Me Yesterday

This is a duet with Harry MacDonough.

Thanks for the input, but...

The Bullfrog listing has "Orpheus Quartet" and we can't find any references that support your suggestion (of course there are not many places to look). We will make sure your comment is shown on the page, but we won't change the data.