No. Song-Artist-Peak month
1 MY OLD NEW HAMPSHIRE HOME-ARTHUR COLLINS-DECEMBER
2 BREAK THE NEWS TO MOTHER-GEORGE J.GASKIN-April
3 SHE WAS BRED IN OLD KENTUCKY-GEORGE J.GASKIN-August
4 UNCLE JOSH'S ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK-CAL STEWART-June
5 AT A GEORGIA MEETING CAMP-DAN QUINN-November
6 ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH-STEVE PORTER-January
7 SHE WAS HAPPY TILL SHE MET YOU-DAN QUINN-October
8 SHE'S MORE TO BE PITIED THAN CENSURED-Steve Porter-September
9 I DON'T LIKE NO CHEAP MAN-Len Spencer-July
10 I'M OLD BUT I'M AWFULLY TOUGH (LAUGHING SONG)-Cal Stewart-October
11 My Old Kentucky Home-Edison Male Quartette-February
12 Break The News To Mother-Edison Male Quartette-April
13 Soldiers In The Park-Dan Quinn-November
14 Uncle Josh At The Opera-Cal Stewart-May
15 Little Old New York Is Good Enough For Me-George J.Gaskin-December
16 All I Wants Is My Chickens-Len Spencer-July
17 Poor O' Hoolihan-Dan Quinn-November
18 She Was Bred In Old Kentucky-Albert Campbell-September
19 The Moth And The Flame-Albert Campbell-October
20 Uncle Josh At The Department Stewart-Cal Stewart-June
21 Uncle Josh On A Fifth Avenue Bus-Cal Stewart-September
22 Zizzy Ze Zum Zum-Arthur Collins-December
23 On The Banks Of The Wabash-Roger Harding-February
24 At Georgia Camp Meeting-Vess Ossman-December
25 When We Are Married-Estella Mann & John Havens-November
26 Break The News To My Mother-Steve Porter-September
27 Uncle Josh On A Bicycle-Cal Stewart-August
28 Uncle Josh On A Street Car-Cal Stewart-July
29 Jack's The Boy-S.H. Dudley-July
30 Casey As A Fortune Teller-Russell Hunting-April
31 She Was Bred In Old Kentucky-Haydn Quartet-September
32 Bye Bye,My Honey-Billy Golden-June
* 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:
Phonoscope (1896-1899:monthly lists of the top records)
Sheet Music Sales
ASCAP and other lists of top period songs
Record label catalogs:Edison,Columbia,Berliner & regional labels
Jim Walsh columns for Hobbies Magazine on pioneer recording artists
