Songs from the Year 1919

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This page lists the top songs of 1919 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 1919 were:

1:Marion Harris3:Bert Williams5:Al Jolson7:Billy Murray9:John McCormack
2:Henry Burr4:Henry Burr & Albert Campbell6:John Steel8:Joseph Smith & his Orchestra10:Ben Selvin
# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 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
2 Ben Selvin I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 1919 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1919 (11 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1920
3 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 1919 US Billboard 1 - May 1919 (12 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1920
4 Al Jolson I'll Say She Does 1919 US Billboard 1 - Aug 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1920
5 John Steel A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody 1919 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1919 (15 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1924
6 Bert Williams Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own 1919 US Billboard 1 - Sep 1919 (6 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1920
7 Bert Williams O Death, Where is Thy Sting? 1919 US Billboard 1 - Jan 1919 (6 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1920
8 Lewis James & Charles Hart Till We Meet Again 1919 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 35 of 1920
9 Van & Schenck Mandy 1919 US Billboard 2 - Dec 1919 (7 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1920
10 Art Hickman Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) 1919 aceterrier.com 45 of 1900-19 (1919), US Billboard 5 - May 1920 (4 weeks)
11 Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra Beautiful Ohio 1919 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1919 (9 weeks)
12 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell Till We Meet Again 1919 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1919 (15 weeks)
13 Henry Burr Oh! What a Pal was Mary 1919 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1919 (15 weeks)
14 Henry Burr Beautiful Ohio 1919 US Billboard 1 - May 1919 (14 weeks)
15 Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra Till We Meet Again 1919 US Billboard 1 - Mar 1919 (10 weeks)
16 Master Thomas Criddle That Old Fashioned Mother of Mine 1919 Peel list 1 of 1919
17 Bahiano Ja Te Digo 1919 Brazil 1 of 1919
18 Emilio DeGogorza Juanita 1919 US Billboard 6 - Jul 1919 (3 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1920
19 Al Jolson On the Road to Calais 1919 US Billboard 5 - May 1919 (3 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1920
20 Belle Baker Poor Little Butterfly (Is a Fly Gal Now) 1919 US Billboard 8 - Dec 1919 (2 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1920
21 John Steel A Rose, a Kiss, & You 1919 US Billboard 2 - Aug 1919 (7 weeks)
22 Billy Murray Just as We Used to Do 1919 US Billboard 2 - Aug 1919 (6 weeks)
23 Nora Bayes How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree) 1919 US Billboard 2 - Mar 1919 (7 weeks)
24 Henry Burr Baby's Prayer Will Soon Be Answered 1919 US Billboard 2 - Mar 1919 (6 weeks)
25 Bert Williams Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar 1919 US Billboard 2 - Sep 1919 (7 weeks)
26 Columbia Saxophone Sextette Chong 1919 US Billboard 2 - Jul 1919 (5 weeks)
27 Al Jolson Tell That to the Marines 1919 US Billboard 2 - Jan 1919 (5 weeks)
28 Marion Harris A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1919 US Billboard 2 - May 1919 (9 weeks)
29 John McCormack When You Look in the Heart of a Rose 1919 US Billboard 2 - Jul 1919 (7 weeks)
30 Prince's Orchestra Beautiful Ohio 1919 US Billboard 2 - Jan 1919 (7 weeks)
31 Eduardo das Neves Confessa Meu Bem 1919 Brazil 2 of 1919
32 Cal Stewart & Ada Jones Uncle Josh Sets Up the Kitchen Stove 1919 US Billboard 5 - Oct 1919 (4 weeks), RYM 105 of 1920
33 Victor Military Band Madelon 1919 US Billboard 3 - Apr 1919 (5 weeks)
34 Joseph Smith & his Orchestra Yearning 1919 US Billboard 3 - Dec 1919 (4 weeks)
35 Henry Burr That Wonderful Mother of Mine 1919 US Billboard 3 - Jun 1919 (6 weeks)
36 Charles Harrison Dreaming of Home, Sweet Home 1919 US Billboard 3 - Feb 1919 (5 weeks)
37 Nora Bayes Goodbye, France 1919 US Billboard 3 - Mar 1919 (5 weeks)
38 Marion Harris Jazz Baby 1919 US Billboard 3 - Jul 1919 (7 weeks)
39 Charles Harrison When You Look in the Heart of a Rose 1919 US Billboard 3 - May 1919 (6 weeks)
40 Prince's Orchestra Yearning 1919 US Billboard 3 - Nov 1919 (6 weeks)
41 Sterling Trio That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone 1919 US Billboard 3 - Jun 1919 (6 weeks)
42 Yerkes Flotilla Orchestra Kentucky Dreams 1919 US Billboard 3 - Apr 1919 (6 weeks)
43 Joseph Smith & his Orchestra The Vamp 1919 US Billboard 3 - Sep 1919 (8 weeks)
44 Henry Burr Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home 1919 US Billboard 3 - Jan 1919 (5 weeks)
45 Lilly Morris Don't Have Any More Mrs Moore 1919 Peel list 3 of 1919
46 Choro do Pixinguinha Rosa 1919 Brazil 3 of 1919
47 Harry T Burleigh Go Down Moses 1919 aceterrier.com 20 of 1900-19 (1919)
48 Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude In C Sharp Minor 1919 aceterrier.com 32 of 1900-19 (1919)
49 Jack Norworth I Want To Spread A Little Sunshine 1919 aceterrier.com 49 of 1900-19 (1919)
50 John McCormack When You Come Back 1919 US Billboard 4 - Feb 1919 (4 weeks)
51 Bert Williams Bring Back Those Wonderful Days 1919 US Billboard 4 - Jun 1919 (5 weeks)
52 Arthur Fields Bring Back Those Wonderful Days 1919 US Billboard 4 - Jul 1919 (5 weeks)
53 Arthur Fields Ja-Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing) 1919 US Billboard 4 - Mar 1919 (5 weeks)
54 Elsie Baker A Little Birch Canoe & You 1919 US Billboard 4 - Feb 1919 (4 weeks)
55 Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band I'll Say She Does 1919 US Billboard 4 - Sep 1919 (3 weeks)
56 Conway's Band Spirt of Independence March 1919 US Billboard 4 - Aug 1919 (5 weeks)
57 Reinald Werrenrath Smilin' Through 1919 US Billboard 4 - Sep 1919 (5 weeks)
58 Earl Fuller's Novelty Orchestra Sand Dunes 1919 US Billboard 4 - May 1919 (4 weeks)
59 Vivian Holt & Lillian Rosedale Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight 1919 US Billboard 4 - Oct 1919 (5 weeks)
60 Al Bernard & Ernest Hare I Want to Hold You in My Arms 1919 US Billboard 4 - Oct 1919 (3 weeks)
61 John McCormack Calling Me Home to You 1919 US Billboard 4 - May 1919 (4 weeks)
62 Charles Harrison & Lewis James Golden Gate 1919 US Billboard 4 - Dec 1919 (5 weeks)
63 Shannon Four Mandy 1919 US Billboard 4 - Nov 1919 (6 weeks)
64 Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band Slide, Kelly, Slide 1919 US Billboard 4 - Dec 1919 (4 weeks)
65 Jelly Roll Morton Someday Sweetheart 1919 Jazz Standard 364, RYM 55 of 1923
66 Marion Harris Take Me to the Land of Jazz 1919 US Billboard 5 - Sep 1919 (4 weeks)
67 Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1919 US Billboard 5 - Jun 1919 (4 weeks)
68 Ben Selvin Mandy 1919 US Billboard 5 - Dec 1919 (3 weeks)
69 Nora Bayes You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't No Love 1919 US Billboard 5 - Nov 1919 (5 weeks)
70 Vivian Holt & Lillian Rosedale My Swanee Home 1919 US Billboard 5 - Oct 1919 (3 weeks)
71 Billy Murray Alcoholic Blues 1919 US Billboard 5 - Mar 1919 (4 weeks)
72 Sterling Trio Friends 1919 US Billboard 5 - Aug 1919 (4 weeks)
73 Billy Murray Take Your Girlie to the Movies (If You Can't Make Love at Home) 1919 US Billboard 5 - Sep 1919 (6 weeks)
74 Olive Kline & Marguerite Dunlap Beautiful Ohio 1919 US Billboard 5 - Apr 1919 (5 weeks)
75 Grupo de Caxanga Ja Te Digo 1919 Brazil 5 of 1919

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10 Sep 2020

1919

Manilow contributed to the rebuilding of the world pst WW1!


9 Jan 2019

Rankings

Thank you for being objective and going by the charts of the time. Accuracy ismuch more important than sentiment.+


20 Aug 2018

To "My Parents Song"

That's Ottilie Patterson's "Ugly Child.


15 Aug 2011

My Parents Song

I have no idea what year this song was released, and the only lines of the lyrics I remember are: "Your teeth are yellow who's your fellow your some ugly child"

Hope someone can help !!


8 Jan 2011

rachat de credit

Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.

- Daniel


27 Nov 2010

Let The Rest Of The World Go By

I love this song and play it on the piano. It was written in 1919 and they played it briefly in the film "Out Of Africa" - - danced to it by phonograph recording.

I thought you would include "Let The Rest Of The World Go By" for the Year 1919.

Tommy

As we've mentioned elsewhere the administrators of this site don't pick any of the songs listed. We combine entries from charts round the world.

There are very few charts from before 1920 which is why this data is so sparse.

If you know of any web data that lists hit songs from before 1920 we would be glad to consider adding their input to this list.