No. Song-Artist-Peak month
1 TA-RA-RA-BOOM-DER-E.-LEN SPENCER-FEBRUARY
2 MICHAEL CASEY TAKING THE CENSUS-RUSSELL HUNTING-October
3 THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME-LEN SPENCER-September
4 THE PICTURE TURNED TOWARD THE WALL-MANHANSETT QUARTETTE-April
5 MICHAEL CASEY AT THE TELEPHONE-RUSSELL HUNTING-July
6 DADDY WON'T BUY ME A BOW-WOW-DAN QUINN-December
7 LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG-THOMAS BOTT-December
8 THROW HIM DOWN,McCLOSKEY-Charles Marsh-June
9 THE SONG THAT REACHED MY HEART-Joe Natus-June
10 SALLY IN OUR ALLEY-Manhansett Quartette-May
11 Slide,Kelly,Slide-George J.Gaskin-January
12 Near It-Len Spencer-November
13 The Pretty Red Rose-Will Denny-October
14 Ta-Ra-Boom (Medley)-U.S. Marine Band-April
15 Volunteers March-Gilmore's Band-February
16 The Star-Spangled Banner-Gilmore's Band-July
17 Sing Those Pretty Songs Again-J.W. Myers-March
* 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
