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 McCormack3:Prince's Orchestra5:Peerless Quartet7:Henry Burr9:Alma Gluck
2:Al Jolson4:Billy Murray6:Henry Burr & Albert Campbell8:Enrico Caruso10: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 Harry MacDonough The Girl on the Magazine 1916 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (9 weeks)
19 Prince's Orchestra Hello, Hawaii, How are You? 1916 US Billboard 1 - Apr 1916 (12 weeks)
20 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)
21 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)
22 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town 1916 US Billboard 1 - Jul 1916 (6 weeks)
23 Charles Harrison Ireland Must be Heaven, for My Mother Came from There 1916 US Billboard 1 - Oct 1916 (8 weeks)
24 Henry Burr M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) 1916 US Billboard 1 - Feb 1916 (11 weeks)
25 Henry Burr Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You 1916 US Billboard 1 - Jun 1916 (10 weeks)
26 John McCormack & Walter Rogers Il mio Tesoro 1916 Library of Congress artifact added 2006 (1916)
27 Vicente Celestino Flor do Mal 1916 Brazil 1 of 1916
28 Walter Jeffries Everybody's Crazy On The Foxtrot 1916 Peel list 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 John McCormack The Old Refrain 1916 US Billboard 2 - May 1916 (6 weeks)
33 James F Harrison & James Reed We'll Build a Little Home in the USA 1916 US Billboard 2 - Mar 1916 (5 weeks)
34 Elizabeth Wheeler At the End of a Beautiful Day 1916 US Billboard 2 - Sep 1916 (5 weeks)
35 Al Jolson Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula 1916 US Billboard 2 - Jun 1916 (7 weeks)
36 Arthur Fields He's Got a Bungalow 1916 US Billboard 2 - Feb 1916 (6 weeks)
37 Billy Murray Hello, Hawaii, How are You? 1916 US Billboard 2 - Apr 1916 (6 weeks)
38 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell You Were Just Made to Order for Me 1916 US Billboard 2 - Dec 1916 (6 weeks)
39 James F Harrison Wake Up, America! 1916 US Billboard 2 - May 1916 (4 weeks)
40 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell Is There Still Room for Me 'Neath the Old Apple Tree? 1916 US Billboard 2 - Feb 1916 (6 weeks)
41 Geoffrey O'Hara All I Want is a Cottage, Some Roses, & You 1916 US Billboard 2 - Jul 1916 (4 weeks)
42 Os Geraldos Caraboo 1916 Brazil 2 of 1916
43 Al Jolson Broken Doll 1916 Peel list 2 of 1916
44 Peerless Quartet I Think We've Got Another Washington (Wilson is His Name) 1916 US Billboard 3 - Jan 1916 (4 weeks)
45 American Quartet Along the Rocky Road to Dublin 1916 US Billboard 3 - Jan 1916 (6 weeks)
46 Victor Military Band Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby) 1916 US Billboard 3 - Jul 1916 (6 weeks)
47 Charles King & Elizabeth Brice My Own Iona 1916 US Billboard 3 - Oct 1916 (5 weeks)
48 John McCormack Tales of Hoffman: Barcolle (Belle Nuit - Oh Night of Love) 1916 US Billboard 3 - Sep 1916 (5 weeks)
49 Al Jolson I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans 1916 US Billboard 3 - Dec 1916 (4 weeks)
50 Olive Kline & Lambert Murphy Have a Heart 1916 US Billboard 3 - Oct 1916 (6 weeks)
51 Harry MacDonough Araby 1916 US Billboard 3 - Feb 1916 (5 weeks)
52 Olive Kline & Marguerite Dunlap Go to Sleep, My Dusky Baby 1916 US Billboard 3 - Mar 1916 (5 weeks)
53 John McCormack The Cradle Song 1916 US Billboard 3 - Nov 1916 (5 weeks)
54 Alma Gluck Listen to the Mocking Bird 1916 US Billboard 3 - May 1916 (5 weeks)
55 Walter Van Brunt I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen 1916 US Billboard 3 - Dec 1916 (4 weeks)
56 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell She is the Sunshine of Virginia 1916 US Billboard 3 - Nov 1916 (8 weeks)
57 Jack Pleasants Watching The Trains Come In 1916 Peel list 3 of 1916
58 Mario Pinheiro Teu Pe 1916 Brazil 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 John Barnes Wells Memories 1916 US Billboard 4 - Apr 1916 (3 weeks)
62 Henry Burr My Mother's Rosary 1916 US Billboard 4 - Mar 1916 (4 weeks)
63 James F Harrison & James Reed There's Someone More Lonesome Than You 1916 US Billboard 4 - Sep 1916 (3 weeks)
64 Billy Murray There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl 1916 US Billboard 4 - Nov 1916 (5 weeks)
65 Henry Burr & Albert Campbell The Wedding of the Sunshine & the Rose 1916 US Billboard 4 - Feb 1916 (4 weeks)
66 Joseph Cawthorn I Can Dance with Everybody but my Wife 1916 US Billboard 4 - Aug 1916 (4 weeks)
67 Nora Bayes For Dixie & Uncle Sam 1916 US Billboard 4 - Oct 1916 (4 weeks)
68 Prince's Orchestra Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby) 1916 US Billboard 4 - Sep 1916 (5 weeks)
69 James F Harrison & James Reed Keep the Home Fires Burning 1916 US Billboard 4 - Jan 1916 (5 weeks)
70 Alma Gluck The Nightingale Song 1916 US Billboard 4 - Aug 1916 (4 weeks)
71 John McCormack Beautiful Isle of Somewhere 1916 US Billboard 4 - Apr 1916 (4 weeks)
72 Prince's Orchestra Joe Turner Blues 1916 US Billboard 4 - Nov 1916 (4 weeks)
73 Taylor Trio Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) 1916 US Billboard 4 - Mar 1916 (4 weeks)
74 Sam Ash America, I Love You! 1916 US Billboard 4 - Jan 1916 (5 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

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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.