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TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1919*
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
1 BEAUTIFUL OHIO-HENRY BURR-JUNE
2 TILL WE MEET AGAIN-HENRY BURR & ALBERT CAMPBELL-March
3 OH! WHAT A PAL WAS MARY-HENRY BURR-December
4 I'LL SAY SHE DOES-AL JOLSON-August
5 A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY-JOHN STEEL-October
6 I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES-BEN SELVIN'S NOVELTY ORCHESTRA-November
7 AFTER YOU'VE GONE-MARION HARRIS-February
8 IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS BUT MY OWN-Bert Williams-September
9 I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-July
10 O DEATH,WHERE IS THY STING?-Bert Williams-January 11 Till We Meet Again-Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra-May 12 Beautiful Ohio-Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra-May 13 Till We Meet Again-Lewis James & Charles Hart-March 14 When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose-John McCormack-August 15 How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)-Nora Bayes-April 16 A Good Man Is Hard To Find-Marion Harris-June 17 Mandy-Van & Schenck-December 18 Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar-Bert Williams-October 19 Chong-Columbia-Saxophone Sextette-August 20 While You're Away (Pack Up Your Cares In A Bundle Of Joy)-Peerless Quartet-January 21 A Rose,A Kiss And You-John Steel-August 22 Beautiful Ohio-Prince's Quartet-February 23 Just As We Used To Do-Billy Murray-September 24 Baby's Prayer Will Soon Be Answered-Henry Burr-April 25 Tell That To The Marines-Al Jolson-January 26 The Vamp-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-October 27 Jazz Baby-Marion Harris-August 28 Yearning-Prince's Quartet-November 29 That Wonderful Mother Of Mine-Henry Burr-July 30 That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone-Sterling Trio-July 31 When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose-Charles Harrison-June 32 Madelon-Victor Military Band-May 33 Good-Bye,France-Nora Bayes-March 34 Dreaming Of Home,Sweet Home-Charles Harrison-February 35 Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home-Henry Burr-January 36 Hindustan-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-January 37 Yearning-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-December 38 Mandy-Shannon Four-November 39 Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight-Vivian Holt & Lillian Rosedale-November 40 Smilin' Through-Reinald Werrenrath-October 41 Spirit Of Independence March-Conway's Band-August 42 Bring Back Those Wonderful Days-Arthur Fields-July 43 Bring Back Those Wonderful Days-Bert Williams-July 44 Ja-Da (Ja Da,Ja Da,Jing,Jing,Jing)-Arthur Fields-March 45 Slide,Kelly,Slide-Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band-December 46 Calling Me Home To You-John McCormack-June 47 Sand Dunes-Earl Fuller's Novelty Orchestra-May 48 A Little Birch Canoe And You-Elsie Baker-March 49 When You Come Back-John McCormack-February 50 I Want To Hold You In My Arms-Al Bernard & Ernest Hare-October 51 I'll Say She Does-Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band-September 52 Take Your Girlie To The Movies (If You Can't Make Love At Home)-October 53 You Can't Get Lovin' Where There Ain't No Love-Nora Bayes-December 54 Beautiful Ohio-Marguerite Dunlap & Olive Kline-April 55 Uncle Josh And Aunt Nancy Put Up The Kitchen Stove-Cal Stewart & Ada Jones-October 56 Take Me To The Land Of Jazz-Marion Harris-October 57 Friends-Sterling Trio-August 58 A Good Man Is Hard To Find-Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band-July 59 The Alcoholic Blues-Billy Murray-March 60 Mandy-Ben Selvin & His Orchestra-December 61 My Swanee Home-Vivian Holt & Lillian Rosedale-September 62 On The Road To Calais-Al Jolson-June 63 In The Land Of Beginning Again-Charles Harrison-September 64 Forever Is A Long,Long Time-Charles Hart-July 65 Carolina Sunshine-Sterling Trio-December 66 I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now-Billy Murray-December 67 Oh!How She Can Sing-Van & Schenck-November 68 Dear Heart-John Steel-November 69 And He'd Say Oo-La-La! Wee Wee!-Billy Murray-November 70 Juanita-Emilio DeGogorza-July 71 Arabian Nights-Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra-May 72 I'll Say She Does-All-Star Trio-April 73 Would You Rather Be A Colnel With An Eagle On Your Shoulder Or A Private With A Chicken On...-Arthur Fields-Mar. 74 Hindustan-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-February 75 Oh My Dear!-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-August 76 Tears-Sam Ash-June 77 Sometime-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-May 78 Marche Lorraine-French Army Band-February 79 Mary-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-February 80 Rose Of No Man's Land-Charles Hart-January 81 I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles-Charles Hart-July 82 Smile And The Whole World Smiles With You-Lewis James & Peerless Quartet-June 83 A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody-Sam Ash-December 84 The Vamp-Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra-September 85 Beautiful Ohio-Fritz Kreisler-September 86 Dear Little Boy Of Mine-Will Oakland-September 87 Oh,Susy,Behave-Fred Van Eps-August 88 Kiss Me Again-Victor Herbert & His Orchestra-August 89 How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)-Arthur Fields-May 90 Come On,Papa-Avon Comedy Four-April 91 Christmas Time At Pumpkin Center-Ada Jones,Cal Stewart & Peerless Quartet--December 92 Poor Little Butterfly Is A Fly Gal Now--Belle Baker-December 93 Dear Old Pal Of Mine-Sascha Jacobsen-September 94 Mammy O'mine-Yerkes Jazarimbra Orchestra-August 95 Somebody's Waiting For Someone-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-August 96 After All-Reinald Werrenrath-June 97 The Old Folks At Home-Oscar Seagle & Columbia Stellar Quartet-February 98 Golden Gate-Charles Hart-December 99 Beautiful Ohio-Waldorf-Sam Ash-April 100 Don't Cry,Little Girl,Don't Cry-Henry Burr-March 101 When The Boys Come Home-Louis Gravieure-June 102 Till We Meet Again-Vernon Dalhart & Gladys Rice-April 103 Bring Back My Bonnie To Me-Orpheus Quartet-March 104 Garibaldi's Hymn-Enrico Caruso-February 105 Peer Gynt Suite No.1 (Anitra's Dance)-Philadelphia Orchestra (Leopold Stokowski,Conductor)-January 106 Roses Of Picardy-John McCormack-December 107 You Don't Need The Wine To Have A Wonderful Time-Eddie Cantor-November 108 Anything Is Nice If It Comes From Dixie-American Quartet-September 109 It's Nobody's Business But My Own-Arthur Collins-September 110 The St.Louis Blues-Al Bernard-June 111 Samson et Dalila:Je Viens Celebrer La Victore (I Come To Celebrate Victory-Enrico Caruso-June 112 Samson et Dalila:Je Viens Celebrer La Victore (I Come To Celebrate Victory-Louise Homer-June 113 How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen Paree)-Byron G.Harlan-May 114 After You've Gone-Billy Murray,Gladys Rice & Rachel Grant-March 115 Rose Of No Man's Land-Charles Harrison-March 116 Goodbye,France-Peerless Quartet-March 117 Dreaming Of Home,Sweet Home-Sterling Trio-February 118 Cohen On His Honeymoon-Monroe Silver-February 119 When You Come Back,And You Will Come Back-Orpheus Quartet-January 120 Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me)-American Quartet-November 121 Where The Lanterns Glow-Columbia-Saxophone Sextette-October 122 Take Your Girlie To The Movies(If You Can't Make Love At Home)-Irving Kaufman-October 123 I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles-George Wilton Ballard & Helen Clark-September 124 Egyptland-Earl Fuller's Novelty Orchestra-August 125 Marche Francaise-Victor Military Band-May 126 Till We Meet Again-Prince's Quartet-May 127 Bring Back My Bonnie To Me-Alma Gluck-March 128 A Good Man Is Hard To Find-Ernest Hare-March 129 There's A Long,Long Trail-Riccardo Stracciari-February 130 Hatikva (Our Hope)-Alma Gluck-January 131 The Bluebird-Elizabeth Spencer-January 132 They'll Be Mighty Proud In Dixie Of Their Old Black Joe-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-January
* This list was compiled by data from the book titled "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954"
(1986) by Billboard Publications,Inc.
Whitburn's book used data from:
Talking Machine World (published monthly listsof record labels' top sellers from 1914-21)
Jim Walsh
Sheet Music Sales
ASCAP
Record Label Publications
Best-selling records information
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