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Songs from the Year 1923

This page lists the top songs of 1923 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.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are very few available charts (at that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are mostly based on subjective charts.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Bessie Smith	Down Hearted Blues	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Jun 1923 (12 weeks), RYM 1 of 1923, US BB 6 of 1923, POP 8 of 1923, Brazil 33 of 1925, RIAA 315
2	Paul Whiteman	Parade of the Wooden Soldiers	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1923 (13 weeks), US BB 2 of 1923, POP 2 of 1923, Brazil 8 of 1924, RYM 40 of 1923
3	Billy Jones	Yes! We Have No Bananas	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Jul 1923 (13 weeks), US BB 5 of 1923, POP 6 of 1923, Brazil 18 of 1924, RIAA 304
4	Isham Jones	Swingin' Down the Lane	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Aug 1923 (15 weeks), US BB 9 of 1923, Brazil 11 of 1924, POP 14 of 1923, RYM 68 of 1923
5	Eddie Cantor	No, No Nora	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Nov 1923 (9 weeks), US BB 10 of 1923, Brazil 16 of 1924, POP 16 of 1923, RYM 69 of 1923
6	Paul Whiteman	Bambalina	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Jun 1923 (8 weeks), US BB 11 of 1923, Brazil 13 of 1924, POP 18 of 1923, RYM 67 of 1923
7	Ben Selvin	Yes! We Have No Bananas	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Sep 1923 (12 weeks), POP 6 of 1923, Brazil 10 of 1924, RYM 103 of 1923
8	Van & Schenck	Carolina in the Morning	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Jan 1923 (14 weeks), US BB 8 of 1923, POP 12 of 1923, Brazil 31 of 1923
9	Carl Fenton	Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Apr 1923 (10 weeks), US BB 12 of 1923, POP 20 of 1923
10	Billy Murray & Ed Smalle	That Old Gang of Mine	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - Sep 1923 (14 weeks), POP 4 of 1923
11	Bessie Smith	Gulf Coast Blues	1923	RYM 1 of 1923, US Bullfrog 5 - Jul 1923 (4 weeks)
12	Marion Harris	Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!	1923	POP 5 of 1923, US Bullfrog 6 - Oct 1923 (3 weeks), RYM 11 of 1923
13	Isham Jones	Who's Sorry Now?	1923	US Bullfrog 3 - Aug 1923 (8 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1924, RYM 68 of 1923
14	Fiddlin' John Carson	Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane	1923	RYM 4 of 1923, US Bullfrog 9 - Dec 1923 (2 weeks), Acclaimed 874
15	Jelly Roll Morton	King Porter Stomp	1923	RYM 3 of 1923, RIAA 341, Acclaimed 1413
16	Art Landry	Dreamy Melody	1923	US BB 7 of 1923, POP 10 of 1923, Brazil 15 of 1924
17	Paul Whiteman	Carolina in the Morning	1923	US Bullfrog 5 - Feb 1923 (4 weeks), Brazil 19 of 1924, RYM 39 of 1922
18	Ethel Waters	Georgia Blues	1923	US Bullfrog 10 - Nov 1923 (1 weeks), POP 11 of 1923, RYM 13 of 1922
19	Isham Jones	Farewell Blues	1923	US Bullfrog 8 - Jun 1923 (1 weeks), POP 9 of 1923, RYM 65 of 1923
20	Eddie Cantor	He Loves It	1923	US Bullfrog 9 - Mar 1923 (1 weeks), POP 13 of 1923, RYM 34 of 1922
21	Fiddlin' John Carson	You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone	1923	US Bullfrog 2 - Mar 1924 (8 weeks), RYM 6 of 1923
22	Bessie Smith	T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do	1923	RYM 2 of 1923, US Bullfrog 9 - Oct 1923 (1 weeks)
23	Benny Krueger & His Orchestra	I Cried For You	1923	US Bullfrog 2 - Sep 1923 (10 weeks), POP 15 of 1923
24	Eddie Cantor	I've Got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues	1923	US Bullfrog 2 - Nov 1923 (6 weeks), RYM 69 of 1923
25	Orquestra Brasil-America	Tristezas do Jeca	1923	Brazil 1 of 1923
26	Art Landry & His Orchestra	Dreamy Melody	1923	US Bullfrog 1 - May 1923 (10 weeks)
27	Anne Zeigler & Webster Booth	The Second Minuet	1923	Peel list 1 of 1923
28	Henry Burr	Faded Love Letters	1923	US Bullfrog 3 - May 1923 (5 weeks), POP 7 of 1923
29	Virginians	(I Wish I Could) Shimmy Like My Sister Kate	1923	US Bullfrog 3 - Feb 1923 (7 weeks), POP 17 of 1923
30	Jelly Roll Morton	Wolverine Blues	1923	RYM 3 of 1923, US Bullfrog 19 - 1928 (1 weeks)