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Songs from the Year 1913 |
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This page lists the top songs of 1913 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 1913 were: | ||||
| 1:Chauncy Olcott | 3:Henry Burr | 5:Peerless Quartet | 7:Enrico Caruso | 9:Various Artists |
| 2:Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | 4:Al Jolson | 6:American Quartet | 8:Billy Murray | 10:Charles Harrison |
| # | Artist | Song Title | Year | Chart Entries |
| 1 | Chauncy Olcott | When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1913 (16 weeks), Peel list 3 of 1913, Music Imprint 4 of 1910s, Daily Deuce 14, RIAA 105, Acclaimed 1508 (1913) |
| 2 | Charles Harrison | Peg o' My Heart | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Nov 1913 (14 weeks), Brazil 5 of 1915 |
| 3 | Al Jolson | The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - May 1913 (9 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1914 |
| 4 | Walter Van Brunt & Helen Clark | Sympathy | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Mar 1913 (8 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1914 |
| 5 | Henry Burr | When I Lost You | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Apr 1913 (15 weeks), Brazil 32 of 1914 |
| 6 | Walter Van Brunt & Maurice Burkhardt | Ghost of the Violin | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1914 |
| 7 | Chauncy Olcott | Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Dec 1913 (13 weeks) |
| 8 | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Jun 1913 (10 weeks) |
| 9 | Henry Burr | Last Night Was the End of the World | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Aug 1913 (22 weeks) |
| 10 | Ada Jones | Row! Row! Row! | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Jan 1913 (9 weeks) |
| 11 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam' | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Feb 1913 (12 weeks) |
| 12 | Al Jolson | You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) | 1913 | US Billboard 1 - Sep 1913 (13 weeks) |
| 13 | Patricio Teixeira | Caboca di Caxanga | 1913 | Brazil 1 of 1913 |
| 14 | Enrico Caruso | Ave Maria | 1913 | Brazil 6 of 1914, US Billboard 7 - Aug 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 15 | Henry Burr & Albert Campbell | Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Nov 1913 (10 weeks) |
| 16 | Christie MacDonald | Sweethearts | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Aug 1913 (9 weeks) |
| 17 | American Quartet | That Old Girl of Mine | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Mar 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 18 | Elsie Baker | Daddy Has a Sweetheart & Mother is Her Name | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - May 1913 (7 weeks) |
| 19 | Peerless Quartet | The Ghost of the Violin | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Jan 1913 (8 weeks) |
| 20 | Billy Murray | Bagdad | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Feb 1913 (9 weeks) |
| 21 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Melinda's Wedding Day | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Apr 1913 (5 weeks) |
| 22 | Harry MacDonough | There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Oct 1913 (12 weeks) |
| 23 | Henry Burr | Peg o' My Heart | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Dec 1913 (11 weeks) |
| 24 | Bert Williams | Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Jul 1913 (7 weeks) |
| 25 | Will Oakland | The Curse of an Aching Heart | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - Sep 1913 (10 weeks) |
| 26 | Haydn Quartet | In the Evening by the Moonlight, Dear Louise | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - May 1913 (8 weeks) |
| 27 | Manuel Romain | When I Lost You | 1913 | US Billboard 2 - May 1913 (5 weeks) |
| 28 | Harry Lauder | It's Nicer to Be in Bed | 1913 | Peel list 2 of 1913 |
| 29 | Banda da Casa Edison | Lingua de Preto | 1913 | Brazil 2 of 1913 |
| 30 | Frank Croxton | The Road to Mandalay | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Mar 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 31 | Christie MacDonald & Reinald Werrenrath | The Angelus | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Jul 1913 (9 weeks) |
| 32 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | The International Rag | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Dec 1913 (9 weeks) |
| 33 | American Quartet | Parisienne | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Feb 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 34 | John McCormack | Where the River Shannon Flows | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Mar 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 35 | American Quartet | On the Mississippi | 1913 | US Billboard 3 - Feb 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 36 | Mario Pinheiro | O Rouxinol | 1913 | Brazil 3 of 1913 |
| 37 | Europe's Society Orchestra | Down Home Rag | 1913 | aceterrier.com 6 of 1900-19 (1913) |
| 38 | Nellie Melba | Mandoline | 1913 | aceterrier.com 39 of 1900-19 (1913) |
| 39 | John McCormack | Foggy Dew | 1913 | aceterrier.com 50 of 1900-19 (1913) |
| 40 | Olive Kline | Say Not Love is a Dream | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 41 | Walter Van Brunt | And the Green Grass Grew All Around | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Apr 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 42 | Henry Burr & Andrea Sarto | There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Oct 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 43 | Enrico Caruso | Because | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Feb 1913 (8 weeks) |
| 44 | Henry Burr | To Have, To Hold, To Love | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Jul 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 45 | Peerless Quartet | You're a Great Big Blue-Eyed Baby | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Jul 1913 (3 weeks) |
| 46 | Elsie Baker & James F Harrison | Sunshine & Roses | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 47 | John McCormack | Take, Oh Take, Those Lips Away | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Jan 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 48 | Enrico Caruso | Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Aug 1913 (5 weeks) |
| 49 | Billy Murray | Snookey Ookums | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - May 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 50 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Snookey Ookums | 1913 | US Billboard 4 - Jul 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 51 | Harry Fragson | Hello! Hello! Who's Your Lady Friend? | 1913 | Peel list 4 of 1913 |
| 52 | Grupo Chiquinha Gonzaga | Pudesse Essa Paixao | 1913 | Brazil 4 of 1913 |
| 53 | American Quartet | Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Dec 1913 (7 weeks) |
| 54 | Billy Murray | Oh! Oh! Delphine | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Jan 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 55 | Harry MacDonough | On the Banks of the Wabash | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Oct 1913 (5 weeks) |
| 56 | Peerless Quartet | Good-by, Summer! So Long Fall! Hello, Winter Time! | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Nov 1913 (3 weeks) |
| 57 | Al Jolson | That Little German Band | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Sep 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 58 | John McCormack | Say Au Revoir But Not Goodbye | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Jun 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 59 | Olive Kline | When a Maid Comes Knocking at Your Door | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - May 1913 (5 weeks) |
| 60 | Al Jolson | Pullman Porter Blues | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Oct 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 61 | Helen Clark | When I Waltz with You | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - May 1913 (6 weeks) |
| 62 | Fritz Kreisler | Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow) | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Apr 1913 (5 weeks) |
| 63 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Down in Dear Old New Orleans | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Mar 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 64 | Billy Murray | Good-Night, Nurse | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Apr 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 65 | Elsie Baker & James F Harrison | When It's Apple Blossom time in Normandy | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Nov 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 66 | Elsie Baker & James F Harrison | The Land of Golden Dreams | 1913 | US Billboard 5 - Jul 1913 (4 weeks) |
| 67 | Bach | Avec Bidasse | 1913 | France (Historical) 5 of the 1900s & 1910s (1913) |
| 68 | Orestes de Matos | Recorda-te de Mim | 1913 | Brazil 5 of 1913 |
| 69 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | Here Comes My Daddy Now (Oh Pop-Oh Pop-Oh Pop) | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - May 1913 (3 weeks) |
| 70 | Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Homeland | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - Jan 1913 (3 weeks) |
| 71 | Enrico Caruso | Rigoletto - Deh! Non Parlare Al Misero (Recall Not the Past) | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - Apr 1913 (2 weeks) |
| 72 | Charles Harrison | Last Night Was the End of the World | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - Oct 1913 (3 weeks) |
| 73 | Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan | On the Honeymoon Express | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - Dec 1913 (2 weeks) |
| 74 | Grace Kerns | Sweethearts | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - Oct 1913 (2 weeks) |
| 75 | Elsie Baker | Perfect Day | 1913 | US Billboard 6 - Oct 1913 (2 weeks) |
Previous Comments (newest first)
9 Sep 2020
Oh Lord It’s Hard To Be Humble
+For the person looking for the song Oh Lord It’s Hard to Be Humble, it wassung by +Mac Davis in 1969. I wish I had seen your post before now!
29 Mar 2020
A song, a long shot
Only have one line or maybe it's title but I've been searching all day. +Itwas being whistled by a great uncle in France 1916, the significance being his brother that he hadn't seen for 2 years heard it and started whistling too. +The brother was killed in action 3 days later. +"Where the devil are we", +Thanks Polly
8 Feb 2018
Thanks for the source!
I'm writing a story which involves popular music and culture of 1913. Though I'm more concerned with British music, I find this list very helpful. The references to Peelenium also helped direct me to another source. Does BBCmusic archive have a list of such songs?
The BBC doesn't AFAIK, but you might have a look at The Internet Archive (at https://archive.org/)
Tracking which songs were popular in the UK in 1913 is... rather hard (we've tried). If anyone knows of a reliable listing we would like to hear about it
15 May 2017
a song made in 1913
I have a song in a magazine called Memory of a rose. (this rose Ill alwayscherish). I wanted to hear what it sound like. is there a way to do that?
14 Apr 2013
audio
I would like to get some audio from the top 10 from june 1913 and june 1963 to play for a high school reunion (50 years) for the class of 1963, which is to be held 26 october 2013. we are going to compare the 50 years before graduating to the 50 years since graduating.
thank you,
ken carter
We would normally suggest that the best source for audio files would be Amazon or iTunes, and that is true for 1963.
However while those two are good sources for the hits of 1963 they are not so good for 1913. Legal audio files for that era can be found from a number of sources. For example you could try http://archive.org/details/audio
29 Oct 2011
Queston for Chart
Hello, sorry if my english is not perfect!
With Google I found this very interesting site.
I would be very happy if you could help me!
At our library we have Billboard magazines in mikrofiche-format and I researched the issues from 1913 to 1921. In this page I readed that there was no chart before 1920 and I can remember that a few years ago I have found a website with weekly U.S. Top 10-charts beginning in 1920, but now I couldn't find it again.
Can you tell me please where or from which sources I can find weekly Top 10-lists (it don't matter if Sales-chart or Sheet-music-chart) since 1920?
In Billboard I have not found it, because there was only a list of "Popular songs" but no chart.
Would be very thankful if you could help me, please!
Much of this information is covered by the "Song Charts" listing for Billboard, if you look that page has a link to the source data you want.
From the 1890s (when the Billboard magazine started) until the 1950s (when the weekly song chart was initiated) there are, as you have mentioned, a number of occasional "Popular Song" charts. However these were not a regular feature and had a variety of different forms.
A researcher called Joel Whitburn analysed these various charts and created a retrospective chart that covers 1890 to the start of the regular charts. This information has been published in a range of books and other source. It has been consolidated, corrected and published by a group of researchers that call themselves "Bullfrog". This is the data that we use (and you can find listed on the "Song Charts" page)