TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1916*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 M-O-T-H-E-R (A WORD THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME)-HENRY BURR-MARCH 2 GOOD-BYE,GOOD LUCK,GOD BLESS YOU(IS ALL THAT I CAN SAY)-HENRY BURR-July 3 HELLO,HAWAII,HOW ARE YOU?-PRINCE'S ORCHESTRA-May 4 THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE-JOHN McCORMACK-December 5 THERE'S A LONG,LONG TRAIL-JAMES F.HARRISON & JAMES REED-February 6 TURN BACK THE UNIVERSE AND GIVE ME YESTER DAY-H. MacDONOUGH & ORPHEUS QUARTET-December
7 THE GIRL ON THE MAGAZINE-HARRY MacDONOUGH-May 8 IRELAND MUST BE HEAVEN,FOR MY MOTHER CAME FROM THERE-Charles Harrison-November 9 IF I KNOCK THE 'L' OUT OF KELLY (IT WOULD STILL BE KELLY TO ME)-Marguerite Farrell-October 10 I SENT MY WIFE TO THE THOUSAND ISLES-Al Jolson-September 11 There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-August 12 Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love In Honolulu-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-December 13 Somewhere A Voice Is Calling-John McCormack-February 14 America-Columbia Mixed Double Quartet-September 15 The Star Spangled Banner-Prince's Orchestra-August 16 Keep The Home Fires Burning (Till The Boys Come Home)-Frederick J.Wheeler-January 17 The Lights Of My Home Town-Peerless Quartet-April 18 I Love A Piano-Billy Murray-May 19 Pretty Baby-Billy Murray-October 20 Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula-Al Jolson-July 21 He's Got A Bungalow-Arthur Fields-December 22 You're A Dangerous Girl-Al Jolson-October 23 Hello Hawaii,How Are You?-Billy Murray-April 24 Is There Still Room For Me 'Neath The Old Apple Tree-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-March 25 At The End Of A Beautiful Day-Elizabeth Wheeler-September 26 We'll Build A Little Home In The USA-March 27 Wake Up, America!-James F.Harrison-June 28 The Old Refrain-John McCormack-June 29 Birds In The Night (A Lullaby)-Sophie Braslau-July 30 All I Want Is A Cottage,Some Roses And You-Geoffrey O'Hara-July 31 She Is The Sunshine Of Virginia-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-December 32 O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)-Enrico Caruso-July 33 Have A Heart-Olive Kline-October 34 Have A Heart-Eddie Morton-October 35 Missouri Waltz-Victor Military Band-August 36 Along The Rocky Road To Dublin-American Quartet-February 37 Cradle Song 1915-John McCormack-December 38 My Own Iona-Elizabeth Brice-November 39 My Own Iona-Charles King-November 40 Tales Of Hoffman:Barcolle ("Belle Nuit":Night Of Love)-John McCormack-October 41 Down Where The Swanee River Flows-Al Jolson-September 42 My Old Kentucky Home-Alma Gluck-July 43 Listen To The Mocking Bird-Alma Gluck & Charles Kellogg-June 44 Go To Sleep,My Dusky Baby-Elsie Baker,Olive Kline & Marguerite Dunlap-March 45 Araby-Harry MacDonough-February 46 Never Mo'-Bert Williams-January 47 I'll Take You Home Again,Kathleen-Walter Van Brunt-December 48 I'm Saving Up The Means To Get To New Orleans-Al Jolson-December 49 I Think We've Got Another Washington (Wilson Is His Name)-Peerless Quartet-Jamuary 50 Simple Melody-Elsie Baker,Edna Brown & Billy Murray-November 51 Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Folk Song)-Enrico Caruso-December 52 There's A Little Bit Of Bad In Every Good Girl-Billy Murray-December 53 Missouri Waltz-Prince's Orchestra-October 54 Keep The Home Fires Burning-James F.Harrison & James Reed-February 55 America,I Love You!-Sam Ash-January 56 Joe Turner Blues-Prince's Orchestra-November 57 For Dixie And Uncle Sam-Nora Bayes,Rosario Hourdan & His Orchestra-October 58 I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife-Joseph Cawthorn-September 59 The Nightingale Song-Alma Gluck-August 60 St.Louis Blues-Prince's Orchestra-May 61 Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere-John McCormack-May 62 My Mother's Rosary-Henry Burr-April 63 Neapolitan Love Song-Reinald Werrenrath-April 64 The Old Folks At Home-Taylor Trio-March 65 The Wedding Of The Sunshine And The Rose-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-March 66 There's Someone More Lonesome Than You-James F.Harrison & James Reed-September 67 Memories-John Barnes Wells-May 68 Kiss Me Again-Olive Kline-May 69 There's A Quaker In Quaker Town-Peerless Quartet-August 70 America,I Love You!-American Quartet-January 71 Through These Wonderful Glasses Of Mine-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-September 72 Babes In The Wood-Prince's Orchestra-September 73 The Battle Hymn Of The Republic-Columbia Mixed Double Quartet-August 74 Fair Hawaii-Elsie Baker,Edna Brown & James Reed-July 75 You Can't Get Along With 'Em Or Without 'Em-Anna Chandler-June 76 A Little Love,A Little Kiss-Maggie Teyte-May 77 Cohen Telephones From Bighton-Joe Hayman-March 78 Back Home In Tennessee-Prince's Orchestra-January 79 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing-Columbia Mixed Quartet-December 80 They Made It Twice As Nice As A Paradise (And They Called It Dixieland)-August 81 So Long,Letty-Prince's Orchestra-July 82 Everybody-Bert Williams-March 83 Sing Me To Sleep-Alma Gluck-December 84 Underneath The Stars-Prince's Orchestra-June 85 There's A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway-Elsie Baker-May 86 So Long,Letty-Olive Kline-May 87 So Long,Letty-Eddie Morton-May 88 Marimba March-Blue & White Martmba Band-April 89 When You're In Love With Someone Who Is Not In Love With You-Henry Burr & Helen Clark-January 90 By The Sand Luana Shore-Marguerite Farrell-November 91 The Old Refrain-Fritz Kreisler-October 92 Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night-Al Jolson-July 93 Gems From "Very,Good,Eddie-Victor Light Opera Co.-April 94 Are You From Dixie?('cause I'm From Dixie Too)-Irving Kaufman & Billy Murray-April 95 Beatrice Fairfax,Tell Me What To Do!-Ada Jones-March 96 In Florida Among The Palms-Sterling Trio-December 97 On The South Sea Isle-Sterling Trio-November 98 Dear Old Dreamy Honolulu Town-Peerless Quartet-October 99 Hill And Dale-Fred Van Eps-September 100 Hello,Hawaii.How Are You?-Nora Bayes,Rosario Hourdan & His Orchestra-August 101 Arrah Go On,I'm Going Back To Oregon-Peerless Quartet-July 102 Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-July 103 M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means The World To Me)-George Wilton Ballard-March 104 When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukelele-Peerless Quartet-February 105 Frank Tinney's First Record-January 106 I'm Gonna Make Hay While The Sun Shines In Virginia-Marion Harris-December 107 Babes In The Wood-Gladys Rice-August 108 Babes In The Wood-Walter Van Brunt-August 109 Good-Bye,Good Luck,God Bless You-Ernest Ball-July 110 When You're Down In Louisville-Anna Chandler-April 111 Underneath The Stars-Eddie Morton-April 112 They Didn't Believe Me-Grace Kerns & Reed Miller-July 113 Over The Waves Waltz-Pietro Deiro-July 114 Prologue From "Pagliacci"-Louis Gravieure-May 115 Hello Hawaii,How Are You?-Anna Chandler-May 116 My Hometown In Ireland-George MacFarlane-February 117 The Rosary-Taylor Trio-January 118 Aida:Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida)-Hipolito Lazaro-November 119 This Meditation-Kathleen Parlow-October 120 Missouri Waltz-Jaudas' Society Orchestra-October 121 If I Knocked The "L" Out Of Kelly-Ada Jones-October 122 Have A Heart:"Zigfield Follies of 1915" Medley-Conway's Band-October 123 The Honolulu Blues-Peerless Quartet-September 124 It's A Hundred To One You're In Love-M.J. O'Connell-September 125 My Dreamy China Lady-Lyric Quartet-August 126 Baby Shoes-Henry Burr-August 127 National Emblem March-Arthur Pryor's Band-July 128 My Bonny Bonny Jean-Harry Lauder-July 129 Siam-American Quartet-June 130 A Little Bit Of Heaven (Shure,They Call It Ireland)-John McCormack-May 131 She's The Daughter Of Mother Machree-Charles Harrison-May 132 Memories-Henry Burr-May 133 What A Wonderful Mother You'd Be-Henry Burr-April 134 Someday I'll Wander Back Home Again-Columbia Stellar Quartet & Margaret Keyes-April 135 When I Get Back To The U.S.A.-Billy Murray-March 136 Casey's Description Of His Fight-Russell Hunting-March 137 You'd Never Know That Old Home Town Of Mine-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-February 138 Mighty Lak' A Rose-Geraldine Farrar-February 139 Face To Face With The Girl Of My Dreams-Glen Ellison-February 140 They Didn't Believe Me-Gladys Rice-January 141 They Didn't Believe Me-Walter Van Brunt-January 142 Turn Back The Universe And Give Me Yesterday-Charles Hart-December 143 Hallelujiah Chorus-Reginald McAll-November 144 When You Drop Off At Cairo,Illinois-Billy Murray-October 145 Welcome,Honey,To Your Old Plantation Home-Peerless Quartet-October 146 Just A Wearyin' For You-Lucy Isabelle Marsh-August 147 That Hula Hula-Elizabeth Brice-July 148 That Hula Hula-Charles King-July 149 Some Sort Of Somebody-Elsie Baker,Billy Murray & Edna Brown-June 150 The Hesitating Blues-Prince's Orchestra-June 151 She's The Daughter Of Mother Machree-Manuel Romain-May 152 Stop,Look And Listen (Medley)-Victor Military Band-March 153 Love,Here Is My Heart-Reed Miller-February 154 Spanish Dance-Mischa Elman-February
* 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) Billboard (weekly lists of top songs in vaudeville 1913-18) Jim Walsh Sheet Music Sales ASCAP Record Label Publications Best-selling records information
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