EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1916*

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No. Song-Artist-Month 
  1 THERE'S A LONG,LONG TRAIL-CHARLES HARRISON,BILLY BURTON & HERBERT STUART-OCTOBER 1976 
  2 PRETTY BABY-BILLY MURRAY-September 1466 
  3 MY OWN IONA-ELIZABETH BRICE-September 1318 
  4 MEMORIES-JOHN BARNES WELLS-April 1316 
  5 GOOD-BYE,GOOD LUCK,GOD BLESS YOU (IS ALL THAT I CAN SAY)-HENRY BURR-May 1244 
  6 SHADES OF NIGHT-L.WOLFE GILBERT-August 1202 
  7 YAAKA HULA,HICKEY DULA-AL JOLSON-June 1188 
  8 BABY SHOES-American Quartet-August 1172 
  9 MY MOTHER'S ROSARY-Henry Burr-May 1156 
 10 HELLO HAWAII,HOW ARE YOU?-Prince's Orchestra-March 1128 
 11 The Sunshine Of Your Smile-John McCormack-September 1104 
 12 Ireland Must Be Heaven,For My Mother Came From There-Charles Harrison-November 1088 
 13 There's A Little Bit Of Bad In Every Good Girl-Billy Murray-December 1018 
 14 They Didn't Believe Me-Grace Kerns & Reed Miller-February 976 
 15 Underneath The Stars-Prince's Orchestra-March 976 
 16 A Perfect Day-Elsie Baker-August 966 
 17 Back Home In Tennessee-Prince's Orchestra-January 884 
 18 There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-August 868 
 19 Turn Back The Universe And Give Me Yesterday-Charles Hart-November 868 
 20 If I Knocked The 'L' Out Of Kelly (It Would Still be Kelly to Me)-Marguerite Farrell-September 844 
 21 You'll Always Be The Same Sweet Girl-James F.Harrison & James Reed-February 840 
 22 Arrah Go On,I'm Going Back To Oregon-Peerless Quartet-July 840 
 23 I Can Dance With Everybody But My Wife-Joseph Cawthorn-July 820 
 24 Are You From Dixie?('cause I'm From Dixie Too)-Irving Kaufman & Billy Murray-May 816 
 25 America,I Love You!-Sam Ash-January 744 
 26 M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means The World To Me)-Henry Burr-February 696 
 27 Pray For The Lights To Go Out-George O'Connor-October 688 
 28 She's The Daughter Of Mother Machree-Charles Harrison-March 656 
 29 Babes In The Wood-Prince's Orchestra-July 652 
 30 Oh! How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love In Hawaii)-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-November 642 
 31 Auf Wiederseh'n-Olive Kline-January 598 
 32 Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night-Al Jolson-June 560 
 33 On The South Sea Isle-Sterling Trio-October 488 
 34 There's A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway-Elsie Baker-April 440 
 35 What A Wonderful Mother You'd Be-Henry Burr-April 424 
 36 Along The Rocky Road To Dublin-American Quartet-February 414 
 37 You're A Dangerous Girl-Al Jolson-September 404 
 38 So Long,Letty-Prince's Orchestra-April 392 
 39 Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You-Walter Van Brunt-March 352 
 40 The Ladder Of Roses-R. H. Burnside-April 316 
 41 I've Been Floating Down The Old Green River-Sam Ash-January 304 
 42 Araby-Harry MacDonough-January 296 
 43 I Love You,That's One Thing I know-Gilbert & Friedland-May 280 
 44 Siam-American Quartet-May 280 
 45 Keep The Home Fires Burning (Till The Boys Come Home)-Frederick J.Wheeler-March 276 
 46 Molly Dear,It's You I'm After-Frank Wood & Henry E. Pether-February 266 
 47 Nat'an,For What Are You Waitin',Nat'an?-Nathan Griffin & Elijah Parr-June 260 
 48 Rackety Coo!-Alice Green-May 248 
 49 When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukulele-Peerless Quartet-January 238 
 50 I Love A Piano-Billy Murray-July 172 
 51 Kiss Me Again-Olive Kline-October 152 
 52 At The End Of A Beautiful Day-Elizabeth Wheeler-September 140 
 53 On The Beach At Waikiki-Helen Louise & Frank Ferera-July 136 
 54 Down Where The Swanee River Flows-Al Jolson-October 136 
 55 Missouri Waltz(Hush-A-Bye,Ma Baby)-Elsie Baker-August 92 
 56 My Dreamy China Lady-Lyric Quartet-June 88 
 57 When The Black Sheep Returns To The Fold-Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver-December 48 
 58 Piney Ridge-Billy Murray-January 44 

*Edward Foote Gardner ia a mathematician who used data to
compile bi-monthly US single charts between 1899 and 1949.