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  • Early 1900s: The 100 Most Popular Songs

    Early 1900s: The 100 Most Popular Songs

    The 1900s: 1900-1919 Pop Song Hits

    1. I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy – 1904 (by George M Cohen)
    2. America the Beautiful – 1910
    3. Danny Boy – 1913
    4. Take Me Out To The Ball Game – 1908 (by Jack Norworth & Albert Von Tilzer )
    5. Pomp and Circumstance – 1902 (by Elgar)
    6. The Grand Old Rag (aka “You’re a Grand Old Flag”) – 1906 (by George M. Cohan)
    7. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling – 1912 (by Chauncey Olcott & George Graff Jr, . Ernest R. Ball)
    8. Daddy’s Little Girl – 1905 (by Edward Madden & Theodore F. Morse)
    9. The Bells Of St Mary’s – 1917 (by Douglas Furber & A. Emmett Adams)
    10. Give My Regards to Broadway – 1904 (by George M. Cohan )
    11. Swanee – 1919
    12. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That’s An Irish Lullaby) – 1913 (by James R. Shannon )
    13. I Ain’t Got Nobody – 1916 (by Roger Graham, Dave Peyton & Spencer Williams)
    14. I Want To Be In Dixie (I’m Going Back To Dixie) – 1911 (by Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder)
    15. The Entertainer – 1902 (by Scott Joplin)
    16. Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor) – 1900
    17. Anchors Aweigh – 1906 (by Alfred Hart Miles & R. Lovell and Charles A. Zimmerman)
    18. The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous – 1903 (by Dan McAvoy)
    19. Colonel Bogey March – 1914 (by Kenneth J. Alford)
    20. Melody Of Love – 1903 (by Tom Glazer & H. Engelmann)
    21. Flight of the Bumble Bee – 1900 – (by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
    22. Rite of Spring – 1913 (by Stravinsky)
    23. Over There – 1917 (by George M. Cohan)
    24. Yale Boola! (March and Two-Step) – 1901
    25. Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo – 1919 (by Edward Rowland)
    26. March of the Toys – 1903 (by Victor Herbert, heard in Babes In Toyland)
    27. Frankie and Johnny – 1912
    28. Dardanella – 1919 (by Fred Fisher & Felix Bernard, Johnny S. Black)
    29. You Belong To Me – 1916 (by Harry B. Smith & Victor Herbert)
    30. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – 1911(?)
    31. Hail! Hail! The Gang’s All Here – 1917 (by D. A. Esrom, Theodore F. Morse & Arthur Sullivan)
    32. Fascination – 1915 (by Harold Atteridge & Sigmund Romberg)
    33. McNamara’s Band – 1917 (by John J. Stamford & Shamus O’Connor)
    34. Peg O’ My Heart – 1913 (by Alfred Bryan & Fred Fisher)
    35. Saint Louis Blues – 1914 (by W. C. Handy)
    36. The Glow-Worm – 1902 (by Lilla Cayley Robinson, Heinz Bolten-Backers, Paul Lincke)
    37. Scott Joplin’s New Rag – 1912 (by Scott Joplin)
    38. Hail Hail the Gang’s All Here – 1917
    39. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet – 1909 (by Stanley Murphy & Percy Wenrich)
    40. Bye, Bye My Honey – Billy Golden (1911)
    41. Joe Turner Blues – 1915 (by Walter Hirsch & W. C. Handy)
    42. It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary – 1912
    43. Ragtime Cowboy Joe – 1912 (by Grant Clarke, Lewis F. Muir & Maurice Abrahams)
    44. Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning – 1918 (by Irving Berlin)
    45. The Whiffenpoof Song – 1909 (by Meade Minnigerode & George S. Pomeroy, Tod B. Galloway)
    46. Alabama Jubilee – 1915 (by Jack Yellen & George L. Cobb)
    47. The Darktown Strutters’ Ball – 1916 (by Shelton Brooks)
    48. Harrigan – 1907 (by George M. Cohan)
    49. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home – 1902
    50. Let Me Call You Sweetheart – 1910
    51. Keep On The Sunny Side – 1906 (by Jack Drislane & Theodore F. Morse)
    52. Because – 1902
    53. Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha) – 1903
    54. Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider – 1903 (by Eddie Leonard & Eddie Munson)
    55. The Aba Daba Honeymoon – 1914 (by Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan)
    56. Play a Simple Melody – 1914 (by Irving Berlin)
    57. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life – 1910 (by Rida Johnson Young & Victor Herbert)
    58. Ballin’ The Jack – 1913 (by James Henry Burris & Chris Smith)
    59. The Memphis Blues – 1912
    60. American Patrol – 1901(?)
    61. On a Sunday Afternoon – 1902
    62. The Saint Louis Blues – 1914
    63. The Rose Of Tralee – 1912 (by C. Mordaunt Spencer m. Charles W. Glover)
    64. K-K-K-Katy – 1918 (by Geoffrey O’Hara)
    65. There’s A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway – 1915 (by Howard Johnson & Fred Fisher)
    66. Syncopated Walk – 1914 (by Irving Berlin)
    67. My Melancholy Baby – 1912 (by George A. Norton & Ernie Burnett)
    68. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis – 1904
    69. Give Us Just Another Lincoln – 1900
    70. I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now – 1909 (by Will M. Hough & Frank R. Adams, Joseph E. Howard & Harold Orlob)
    71. In the Good Old Summer Time – 1902
    72. Twelfth Street Rag – 1914 (by Euday L. Bowman)
    73. A Little Bit of Heaven – 1915
    74. Casey Jones – 1909 (by T. Lawrence Seibert & Eddie Newton)
    75. Blame It on the Blues – 1914
    76. By the Light of the Silvery Moon – 1909 (by Edward Madden & Gus Edwards)
    77. Waltz Around Again Willie – 1906 (‘Round, ‘Round, ‘Round)
    78. Alcoholic Blues – 1919 (by Edward Laska & Albert Von Tilzer)
    79. I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier – 1915 (by Alfred Bryan & Al Piantadosi )
    80. Shine On Harvest Moon – 1907 (by Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth)
    81. I Can’t Tell Why I Love You But I Do – 1900
    82. Hungarian Rag – 1913 (by Julius Lenzberg)
    83. In My Merry Oldsmobile -1905 (by Vincent P. Bryan & Gus Edwards)
    84. And Then – 1913 (by Alfred Bryan & Herman Paley)
    85. Good Morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip! – 1918
    86. Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You – 1916 (by J. Keirn Brennan & Ernest R. Ball)
    87. Mary’s a Grand Old Name – 1905 (from the musical play Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway)
    88. Un Bel Di Madame Butterfly – 1904 (by Puccini)
    89. My Gal Sal – 1905
    90. Concerto for Piano #2 – 1901 (by Rachmaninoff)
    91. Topsy Song – 1910
    92. I’m Always Chasing Rainbows – 1918 (from the Musical Comedy Oh Look!)
    93. On The Road To Mandalay – 1907 (by Rudyard Kipling & Oley Speaks)
    94. Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby) – 1914
    95. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree – 1905
    96. Beans! Beans!! Beans!!! – 1912 (by Elmer Bowman & Chris Smith)
    97. Tell Me Pretty Maiden (English Girls and Clerks) – 1900 (featured in Florodora)
    98. A Good Man Is Hard To Find – 1919(?)
    99. The Caissons Go Rolling Along – 1906 (by Edmund L. Gruber)
    100. Uncle Josh in Society – 1909
  • 1901 History, Facts and Trivia

    1901 History, Facts and Trivia

    1901 History, Facts and Trivia

    Top Ten Baby Names of 1901

    Mary, Helen, Anna, Margaret, Ruth, John, William, James, George, Charles

    US Life Expectancy

    (1901) Males: 47.6 years, Females: 50.6 years

    Firsts, Inventions and Wonders:

    The United States Army Nurse Corps was established as a permanent part of the U.S. Army’s Medical Department, allowing women to join the US Army.

    The Cadillac Motor Company was founded.

    Founded in 1865, the US Secret Service was initially formed to combat (rampant) counterfeit currency. It wasn’t until 1901, after the assassination of President William McKinley, that their responsibilities broadened to presidential protection.

    John Nordstrom opened his first retail store in 1901.

    Aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead flew a motor-powered aircraft in Connecticut. Many consider this the first manned, powered, controlled flight.

    The College Board introduced its first standardized test, later becoming the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).

    Nikola Tesla’s “Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant Energy” was patented (#685,957).

    The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.

    US Politics

    March 4, 1901 (Monday): Second inauguration of William McKinley
    September 14, 1901 (Saturday): First inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt

    The Most Popular Singers and Artists of 1901 include

    Joe Belmont, Arthur Collins, Emilio DeGogorza, Will Denny, S.H. Dudley, George J. Gaskin, The Georgia Minstrel Company, The Gilmore’s Band, Billy Golden, Byran G. Harlan, Mina Hickman, Silas Leachman, Harry Macdonough, J.W. Meyers, Vess Ossman, Dan Quinn, John Philip Sousa’s Band, Len Spencer, Cal Stewart

    Pop Culture Facts & History

    The world’s longest burning light bulb was turned on in 1901, at Fire Station No. 6 in Livermore, CA, and has been working, last we heard.

    Sixty-nine coal miners at the Wellington Colliery Company, near Cumberland, British Columbia, were killed in an explosion.

    Since Abraham Lincoln’s first burial in 1865, his coffin has been moved 17 times and opened six times. On the last time the coffin was opened (1901), reports say his face was still recognizable.

    The last Passenger Pigeon in the wild was shot in 1901. The previous in captivity, Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914.

    Things you taste are spread throughout your whole mouth, and the idea that you taste sweet or sour on different areas of the tongue is based on a misinterpretation of one experiment in 1901, Zur Psychophysik des Geschmackssinnes, by German scientist David P Hänig.

    Charlotte Anne Moberly and Eleanor Jourdain claimed to have traveled back in time while in the Palace of Versailles, seeing 18th-century gardens and Marie Antoinette.

    The first known person ever to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive was Annie Taylor on October 24, 1901.

    Teddy Roosevelt presented his “Controlling the Trusts” speech to Congress on December 3, 1901. In the speech, he asked Congress to curb the corporation’s power to “within reasonable limits.”

    The Year 2038 Problem is that because of the way that many computer systems (32-bit) track time, they cannot go past January 19, 2038, and will instead go back to 1901.

    The Horrible

    Blanche Monnier (1849–1913) was held captive by her mother for over 24 years before she was rescued by police in 1901. Her mother disapproved of the man she wanted to marry in 1874.

    The assassination of President William McKinley on September 6, 1901, at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY.

    The Quote

    “The role of a newspaper, however, is not limited solely to the dissemination of ideas, to political education, and to the enlistment of political allies. A newspaper is not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, it is also a collective organizer.”
    – Vladimir Lenin

    Predictions for America in 2001

    There will be no “C,” “B,” or “Q” in our alphabet.
    There will be no more flies or mosquitoes.
    Strawberries will be as large as Apples.
    University Education will be free for everybody.
    Trains will go 150 miles per hour.
    Rats and Mice will be exterminated, and Horses will be nearly extinct.
    Ready-cooked meals will be available by walk-in or car.

    Nobel Prize Winners

    Physics – Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
    Chemistry – Jacobus Henricus van ‘t Hoff
    Medicine – Emil Adolf von Behring
    Literature – Sully Prudhomme
    Peace – Jean Henri Dunant and Frédéric Passy

    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1901

    Fiction Bestsellers

    1. The Crisis by Winston Churchill
    2. Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
    3. The Helmet of Navarre by Bertha Runkle
    4. The Right of Way by Gilbert Parker
    5. Eben Holden by Irving Bacheller
    6. The Visits of Elizabeth by Elinor Glyn
    7. The Puppet Crown by Harold MacGrath
    8. Richard Yea-and-Nay by Maurice Hewlett
    9. Graustark by George Barr McCutcheon
    10. D’ri and I by Irving Bacheller

    Other Books of Note

    The Octopus by Frank Norris
    Social Control by E. A. Ross
    Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
    Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
    New Epoch for Faith by George A. Gordon
    Kim by Rudyard Kipling

    Sports

    American League Baseball Champions: Chicago White Sox
    National League Baseball Champions: Pittsburg Pirates
    Challenge Cup Champs: Montreal Shamrocks
    U.S. Open Golf: Willie Anderson
    U.S. Tennis (Men/Ladies): William Larned/Elisabeth Moore
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Arthur Gore/Charlotte Sterry
    NCAA Football Champions: Michigan
    Kentucky Derby Winner: His Eminence
    Boston Marathon Winner: John “Jack” Caffery Time: 2:29:23

    More 1901 History Resources

    Most Popular Baby Names (BabyCenter.com)
    Popular and Notable Books (popculture.us) 
    Broadway Shows that opened in 1901
    1901 Calendar, courtesy of Time and Date.com 
    Fact Monster 
    Wikipedia 1901

  • First Transatlantic Radio Transmission by Guglielmo Marconi

    First Transatlantic Radio Transmission by Guglielmo Marconi

    Transatlantic Radio Transmission by Guglielmo Marconi

    The first transatlantic radio transmission by Guglielmo Marconi is a significant milestone in the history of wireless communication. This achievement paved the way for modern radio, television, and telecommunications systems.

    Details:

    • In 1895, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi successfully demonstrated the first wireless telegraphy.
    • On December 12, 1901, Marconi achieved the first transatlantic radio transmission between Poldhu, Cornwall, England, and Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, a distance of about 2,200 miles (3,540 km).
    • The transmission sent by Marconi was Morse code for the letter “S” (three short dots).
    • Marconi initially struggled to find investors and support for his experiments, so he moved to England to continue his work.
    • Marconi’s early radio devices were referred to as “wireless telegraphs” because they could send Morse code signals without wires.
    • Marconi’s mother, Annie Jameson, was from a prominent Irish family that owned the Jameson Whiskey distillery.
    • Marconi shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy.
    • In 1912, the Titanic disaster highlighted the importance of radio communication, as the ship could send distress signals via Marconi’s wireless telegraphy system.
    • Marconi’s invention was initially met with skepticism, as many scientists believed that radio waves could only travel in straight lines and would not follow Earth’s curvature.
    • Marconi’s early experiments involved using kites and balloons to elevate antennas for better signal reception.

    Effects on Pop Culture:

    • The success of Marconi’s transatlantic transmission led to the widespread adoption of radio technology, impacting news, entertainment, and communication.
    • Radio broadcasting became a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s, with families gathering around their radio sets to listen to music, news, and radio dramas.
    • The invention of the transistor in 1947 made portable radios more accessible, further integrating radio into everyday life.

    Prominent People and Countries:

    • Guglielmo Marconi was crucial in developing and popularizing wireless telegraphy and radio communication.
    • England and Canada were the two countries directly involved in the first transatlantic radio transmission, with the signal sent from Cornwall, England, to St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
    • Marconi’s achievements inspired a new generation of inventors, scientists, and engineers to further develop radio and telecommunications technology.