No. Song-Artist-Peak month
1 AFTER THE BALL-GEORGE J.GASKIN-MAY
2 DAISY BELL-DAN QUINN-October
3 THE FATAL WEDDING-GEORGE J.GASKIN-December
4 O PROMISE ME-GEORGE J.GASKIN-April
5 THE BOWERY-DAN QUINN-February
6 TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE-J.W. MYERS-September
7 MAMIE,COME AND KISS YOUR HONEY BOY-LEN SPENCER-August
8 MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE-Jules Levy-July
9 CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY-Len Spencer-October
10 AFTER THE BALL-John Yorke Atlee-July
11 Casey At The Bat-Russell Hunting-February
12 Rastus And The Watermillion-D.C. Bangs-December
13 A Trip To Chinatown:Selection-U.S. Marine Band-August
14 Michael Casey Departing From New York En Route To Boston Via Steamboat-Russell Hunting-April
15 The Rosary-Henry Burr-June
16 To My First Love-Henry Burr-November
* 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:
Phonogram (early 1890s record industry periodical)
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