PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1916*

https://playback.fm/year/1916

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING-JOHN McCORMACK-FEBRUARY
  2 PRETTY BABY-BILLY MURRAY-October
  3 I SENT MY WIFE TO THE THOUSAND ISLES-AL JOLSON-September
  4 I LOVE A PIANO-BILLY MURRAY-May
  5 THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE-JOHN McCORMACK-December
  6 AMERICA-COLUMBIA MIXED DOUBLE QUARTET-September
  7 THE LIGHTS OF MY HOME TOWN-PEERLESS QUARTET-April
  8 THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER-Prince's Orchestra-August
  9 TURN BACK THE UNIVERSE AND GIVE ME YESTER DAY-Harry MacDonough & Orpheus Quartet-December
 10 EVERYBODY'S CRAZY ON THE FOXTROT-Walter Jeffries-July
 11 Flor do Mal-Vicente Celestino-July
 12 Birds In The Night (A Lullaby)-Sophie Braslau-July
 13 You're A Dangerous Girl-Al Jolson-October
 14 O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)-Enrico Caruso-July
 15 Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Folk Song)-Enrico Caruso-December
 16 There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-August
 17 The Girl On The Magazine-Harry MacDonough-May
 18 If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly (It Would Still be Kelly to Me)-Marguerite Farrell-October
 19 Good-Bye,Good Luck,God Bless You(Is All That I Can Say)-Henry Burr-July
 20 M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)-Henry Burr-March
 21 Hello,Hawaii,How are You?-Prince's Orchestra-May
 22 Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love In Honolulu)-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-December
 23 Ireland Must Be Heaven,For My Mother Came From There-Charles Harrison-November
 24 My Old Kentucky Home-Alma Gluck-July
 25 Down Where the Swanne River Flows-Al Jolson-July
 27 Aida:Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida)-Hipolito Lazaro-November
 28 Spanish Dance-Mischa Elman-February
 29 Broken Doll-Al Jolson-July
 30 Caraboo-Os Geraldos-July
 31 He's Got A Bungalow-Arthur Fields-December
 32 Wake Up, America!-James F.Harrison-June
 33 Is There Still Room For Me 'Neath The Old Apple Tree-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-March
 34 The Old Refrain-John McCormack-June
 35 All I Want Is A Cottage,Some Roses And You-Geoffrey O'Hara-July
 36 At The End Of A Beautiful Day-Elizabeth Wheeler-September
 37 We'll Build A Little Home In The USA-March
 38 Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula-Al Jolson-July
 39 You Were Just Made To Order For Me-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-December
 40 Hello Hawaii,How Are You?-Billy Murray-April

*This list was compiled with charts from various 
western industrialized  nations (primarily the USA and UK).