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Songs from the Year 1908 |
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This page lists the top songs of 1908 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 1908 were: | ||||
| 1:Ada Jones & Billy Murray | 3:Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet | 5:Haydn Quartet | 7:Henry Burr | 9:Elise Stevenson |
| 2:Billy Murray | 4:Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | 6:Mario Pinheiro | 8:Peerless Quartet | 10:Victor Orchestra |
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet | Take Me Out To The Ball Game | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1908 (16 weeks), RIAA 8, Brazil 20 of 1909 |
| 2 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Shine on Harvest Moon | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - May 1909 (11 weeks), aceterrier.com 18 of 1900-19 (1908) |
| 3 | Victor Orchestra | The Glow-Worm | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - May 1908 (9 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1909 |
| 4 | Lucy Isabelle Marsh | The Glow-Worm | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1908 (10 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1909 |
| 5 | Elise Stevenson | Are You Sincere? | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Jul 1908 (10 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1909 |
| 6 | Nat Wills | No News, Or What Killed the Dog | 1908 | Library of Congress artifact added 2008 (1908), US Billboard 4 - Jan 1909 (1 week) |
| 7 | Edward Meeker | Take Me Out To The Ball Game | 1908 | Library of Congress artifact added 2010 (1908), US Billboard 5 - Oct 1908 (1 week) |
| 8 | Emilio DeGogorza | O Sole Mio | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Aug 1908 (3 weeks), Brazil 4 of 1909 |
| 9 | Harvey Hindermyer | Take Me Out To The Ball Game | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Nov 1908 (4 weeks), aceterrier.com 14 of 1900-19 (1908) |
| 10 | George M Cohan | The Small Town Gal | 1908 | Peel list 3 of 1908, US Billboard 8 - Dec 1911 (2 weeks) |
| 11 | Billy Murray | Under Any Old Flag at All | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1908 (11 weeks) |
| 12 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1908 (9 weeks) |
| 13 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Cuddle Up a Little Closer | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1908 (10 weeks) |
| 14 | Haydn Quartet | Sunbonnet Sue | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Oct 1908 (14 weeks) |
| 15 | Alan Turner | As Long as the World Rolls On | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1908 (14 weeks) |
| 16 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Wouldn't You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? | 1908 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1908 (8 weeks) |
| 17 | Grace Cameron | Adam & Eve | 1908 | Peel list 1 of 1908 |
| 18 | Mario Pinheiro | Os Namorados da Lua | 1908 | Brazil 1 of 1908 |
| 19 | Enrico Caruso & Geraldine Farrar | Madama Butterfly - Finale Act I: O Quantiocchi Fisi (O Kindly Heavens) | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Jul 1908 (2 weeks), Brazil 10 of 1909 |
| 20 | Maude Raymond | The Dusky Salome | 1908 | Peel list 4 of 1908, Brazil 35 of 1917 |
| 21 | Enrico Caruso | Rigoletto - La Donna E' Mobile (Woman is Fickle) | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Jul 1908 (1 week), Brazil 19 of 1909 |
| 22 | Enrico Caruso & Louise Homer | Il Trovatore - Ai Nostri Monti (Home to Our Mountains) | 1908 | US Billboard 8 - Aug 1908 (1 week), Brazil 13 of 1909 |
| 23 | Will Oakland | When You & I Were Young, Maggie | 1908 | US Billboard 7 - Dec 1908 (1 week), Brazil 31 of 1914 |
| 24 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | I've Taken Quite a Fancy to You | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Sep 1908 (6 weeks) |
| 25 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Smarty | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Aug 1908 (5 weeks) |
| 26 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | My Gal Irene | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - May 1908 (6 weeks) |
| 27 | Reinald Werrenrath | As Long as the World Rolls On | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Jan 1908 (5 weeks) |
| 28 | Frank Stanley | Any Old Port in a Storm | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Oct 1908 (4 weeks) |
| 29 | Harry MacDonough & John Bieling | Over the Hills & Far Away | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Sep 1908 (5 weeks) |
| 30 | Frank Stanley & Henry Burr | She's the Fairest Little Flower Old Dixie Ever Grew | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Jun 1908 (8 weeks) |
| 31 | Jack Norworth | Take Me Out To The Ball Game | 1908 | Music Imprint 2 of 1900s |
| 32 | Haydn Quartet | Keep On Smiling | 1908 | US Billboard 2 - Apr 1908 (4 weeks) |
| 33 | Mario Pinheiro | O Que Tu es | 1908 | Brazil 2 of 1908 |
| 34 | Maude Raymond | Goodbye Molly Brown | 1908 | Peel list 2 of 1908 |
| 35 | Byron G Harlan | There Never was a Girl Like You | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Apr 1908 (4 weeks) |
| 36 | Harry MacDonough & Elise Stevenson | I Love You So | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Feb 1908 (6 weeks) |
| 37 | Albert Campbell | School Day | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Mar 1908 (3 weeks) |
| 38 | Billy Murray | It Looks Like a Big Night To-Night | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Nov 1908 (3 weeks) |
| 39 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | There's No Moon Like the Honeymoon | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Dec 1908 (6 weeks) |
| 40 | Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Make Believe | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Jan 1908 (6 weeks) |
| 41 | Henry Burr | You Have Always Been the Same Old Pal | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Nov 1908 (4 weeks) |
| 42 | Elise Stevenson | The Vilia Song | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - May 1908 (3 weeks) |
| 43 | Harry MacDonough & Elise Stevenson | Kiss Duet (Sweetest Maid of All) | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Jun 1908 (5 weeks) |
| 44 | Billy Murray | I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Mar 1908 (3 weeks) |
| 45 | Henry Burr | I Love, & the World is Mine | 1908 | US Billboard 3 - Aug 1908 (3 weeks) |
| 46 | Aristide Bruant | Nini Peau D'chien | 1908 | France (Historical) 3 of the 1900s & 1910s (1908) |
| 47 | Eduardo das Neves | Bolim Bolacho | 1908 | Brazil 3 of 1908 |
| 48 | Cal Stewart | Uncle Josh's Letter from Home | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 49 | Enrico Caruso | Dorn Sebastian - In Terra Solo (On Earth Alone) | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Apr 1908 (3 weeks) |
| 50 | Frank Stanley & Harry MacDonough | Some Day You'll Come Back to Me | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Mar 1908 (1 week) |
| 51 | Byron G Harlan | Sunbonnet Sue | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Nov 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 52 | Arthur Collins | The Old-Time Rag | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Nov 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 53 | Peerless Quartet | Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 54 | Harry MacDonough | Maxim's | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - May 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 55 | Eddie Morton | The Right Church, but the Wrong Pew | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Oct 1908 (1 week) |
| 56 | Arthur Pryor's Band | International March | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Feb 1908 (5 weeks) |
| 57 | Harry MacDonough | Sweetheart Days | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Jun 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 58 | Alan Turner | Toreador's Song | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - May 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 59 | Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson | Cavaliere | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - May 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 60 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Down in Jungle Town | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Oct 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 61 | Billy Murray | I'm Glad I'm Married | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Dec 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 62 | Eddie Morton | Don't Take Me Home | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Oct 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 63 | Frank Stanley & Henry Burr | Rainbow | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Dec 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 64 | Arthur Pryor's Band | Red Wing Medley | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 65 | Geraldine Farrar & Antonio Scotti | La Boheme - Quartetto: Addio, Dolce Svegliare (Farewell, Sweet Love) | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 66 | Arthur Collins | Dixie Dan | 1908 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 67 | Alan Turner & Haydn Quartet | Here's to the Girl! | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Dec 1908 (1 week) |
| 68 | Alan Turner | Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Apr 1908 (1 week) |
| 69 | Frederic Rose | If You Cared for Me | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Dec 1908 (1 week) |
| 70 | Len Spencer & Ada Jones | Jimmie & Maggie at The Merry Widow | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - May 1908 (2 weeks) |
| 71 | Victor Orchestra | The Dream Waltz | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - May 1908 (1 week) |
| 72 | Haydn Quartet | When It's Moonlight on the Prairie | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Jul 1908 (1 week) |
| 73 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Come on & Kiss Yo' Baby | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Mar 1908 (1 week) |
| 74 | George Stehl, Marshall Lufsky & Paul Surth | The Herd Girl's Dream | 1908 | US Billboard 5 - Dec 1908 (1 week) |
| 75 | Banda do num 1 Regimento da Forca Policial | Sonho das Flores | 1908 | Brazil 5 of 1908 |
Previous Comments (newest first)
4 Jun 2015
#1 Billy Murry & Hayden Quartet
Over the years numerous discographies have attributed this recording to BillyMurray and the Haydn Quartet. However, the record label as well as the Victor catalog only list the Hayden Quartet. Billy Murray had a very distinctive tenor voice and it is quite easy for anyone familiar with it to determine that it is not Murray on this recording. Several articles have been written on this subject and the general consensus is that it is Harry MacDonough. He had a less distinctive voice than Murray, but the voice on the recording sounds like it could be him. Both he and Murray made numerous recordings with the Haydn Quartet around that time.
We are sure your information is correct, but in this case we have to follow the Billboard chart (even when it is probably incorrect).
We've posted this message on the pages of all those you mention so any users will be able to see your information.
11 Jan 2013
Lost Somg
I want to say hello, I want to see you smile, I want to hold you in my arms again, I want to do the little things we did to do before, Honey I can't live without you anymore, I won't be satisfied until you're by my side, I'm yearning for that moment when, I'll say hello,I'll see you smile, I'll hold you in my arms again.
My memory of of it being sung Louis Armstrong style.
30 Sep 2011
Lost song found
I believe it's "I WANNA SAY HELLO". It has been sung by Pee Wee King, The Four Knights, and Chas & Dave. I believe many other people sing it as well. Memories like those are the greatest. I hope I helped
:D
2 Sep 2011
Lost Song ... my Father used to sing
I am looking for a song that my father used to sing when I was a child in the 1950's. I believe the song may have been in the 1920's (or prior) or later to the 1940's.
The title, I do not know but the lyrics are along this line:
"I want to say hello, I want to see you smile, I want to hold you in my arms again ..... I want to do the little things we used to do before, Honey, I can't live without you anymore"
unfortunately, that is all that I can recollect
Please help me .... thank you