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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
  • 1909 History, Facts and Trivia

    1909 History, Facts and Trivia

    1909 History, Facts and Trivia

    Top Ten Baby Names of 1909

    Mary, Helen, Margaret, Ruth, Dorothy, John, William, James, George, Robert

    US Life Expectancy

    Men: 50.5 years Women:53.8 years  

    Firsts, Inventions and Wonders

    Condé Montrose Nast founded Condé Nast Inc..

    Maksymilian Faktorowicz founded Max Factor.

    The first pig to fly was on November 4, 1909. Pioneering English aviator John Moore-Brabazon (The 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara) passed overhead with the pig in a basket, attached to his plane.

    The “customer is always right” slogan was created by Harry Gordon Selfridge, the founder of Selfridge’s department store in London, in 1909 to provide better customer service.

    Carlisle Trust Bank opened the first Christmas Club, saving money for Christmas gifts.

    The Oval Office was constructed in 1909.

    Philadelphia’s Shibe Park (later Connie Mack Stadium) opened.

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed.

    The Hudson Motor Car Company (1909 – 1954) was founded.

    New York was first mentioned as “The Big Apple” in the 1909 book The Wayfarer in New York by Edward S. Martin.

    Soren Sorensen created the pH scale in 1909 while working for Carlsberg Beer. The development was used to control the beer’s acidity and minimize fermentation problems.

    Abercrombie & Fitch published their first catalog.

    The superstition that said “Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit” when waking on the first day of the month to bring good luck originated in 1909.

    The first president to drive an electric car was William Howard Taft.

    364,545 Pianos were sold in the United States, a record.

    The Most Popular Singers and Artists of 1909 include

    Henry Burr, Arthur Collins, Byron G. Harlan, The Hayden Quartet, Ralph Herz, Harold Jarvis, Ada Jones, Harry Lauder, Harry Macdonugh, Billy Murray, Will Oakland, The Peerless Quartet, Prince’s Orchestra, Arthur Pryor’s Band, Blanche Ring, Manuel Romain, John Philip Sousa’s Band, Frank Stanley, Elise Stevenson, Harry Tally, Nat Wills, Walter Van Brunt

    US Politics

    March 4, 1909 (Thursday) Inauguration of William Howard Taft

    Pop Culture Facts & History

    The Eiffel Tower was initially planned to be demolished in 1909 but was saved because it was re-purposed as a giant radio antenna. In 1913, the tower transmitted a signal to Washington DC.

    Alice Ramsey was the first woman to drive across the United States, in 1909. It took her 59 days.

    Harry Houdini wrote a book in 1909 called “Handcuff Secrets,” in which he revealed many of the tricks behind his famous escapes.

    Henry Ford offered his Model T automobile a few options. “Any customer can have a car painted any color they like, as long as it’s black.”

    Joan of Arc receives beatification by the Roman Catholic Church. She was canonized as a saint on May 16, 1920.

    The Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex was built in 1909, and the Indianapolis 500 started in 1911.

    Ty Cobb lead the American League in home runs, without hitting a single one over the fence.

    Warren Remedy (1905-1912), a Smooth Fox Terrier owned by Winthrop Rutherfurd, was awarded Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club for the third straight year in a row (1907, 1908, 1909), the only dog to do so.

    The 1909 T206 Honus Wagner baseball card is the highest-valued card ever, last auctioned off at over $2.1 million in 2012. He ended the production of his card because a tobacco company distributed them, and he didn’t want to be associated with smoking.

    The first International Women’s Day was a socialist political event in New York City in 1909.

    The world’s oldest operating airport, College Park, Maryland, was established when Wilbur Wright arrived to train two US Army officers.

    Founded in 1902, Cadillac joined General Motors.

    The Eton Wall Game is played on a narrow strip 110 meters long up against a wall. Moving the ball along the wall with your feet and scoring a goal at the far end is the idea. Goals are scarce; the last one scored was at the annual St Andrew’s Day match in 1909. Other matches end up with a goal every ten years or so.

    Construction of the US Navy base began at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

    Interesting…

    Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) predicted his death in 1909: “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” He died in 1910, a day after the comet returned.

    There is a conspiracy theory that Egyptian treasures and tunnels were found in the Grand Canyon in 1909 and subsequently covered up by the Smithsonian. The area in question has numerous Egyptian landmark names and is currently off-limits to all hikers.

    In 1909, the presidential salary was $75,000. Adjusting for inflation, that’s about $1.7 million, or more than four times the current presidential pay of $400,000.

    The US government had a “Conscience Fund” where people could send money if they felt guilty. The most considerable sum ever received was from 1909 when someone mailed in $18,669.

    The Tragedy

    The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster in Illinois killed 259 men and boys.

    The Legacy

    Milton Hershey’s inability to have children founded the Milton Hershey School for Orphans in 1909. He donated 30% of all future Hershey profits. It now has 7 billion in assets and continues to serve orphans in financial need. Milton also prohibited its use in any advertising.

    Nobel Prize Winners

    Physics – Guglielmo Marconi and Karl Ferdinand Braun
    Chemistry – Wilhelm Ostwald
    Medicine – Emil Theodor Kocher
    Literature – Selma Lagerlöf
    Peace – Auguste Marie François Beernaert and Paul-Henri-Benjamin d’Estournelles de Constant

    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1909

    Fiction Bestsellers

    1. The Inner Shrine by Basil King
    2. Katrine by Elinor Macartney Lane
    3. The Silver Horde by Rex Beach
    4. The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart
    5. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox Jr
    6. Truxton King by George Barr McCutcheon
    7. 54-40 or Fight by Emerson Hough
    8. The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath
    9. Peter by F. Hopkinson Smith
    10. Septimus by William J. Locke

    Other Books of Note

    The Promise of American Life by Herbert Croly
    A Pluralistic Universe by William James
    American Prose Masters by W.C. Brownell

    Sports

    World Series Champions: Pittsburgh Pirates
    Challenge Cup Champs: Ottawa Hockey Club
    U.S. Open Golf: George Sargent
    U.S. Tennis (Men/Ladies): William Larned/Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Arthur Gore/Dora Boothby
    NCAA Football Champions: Yale
    Kentucky Derby Winner: Wintergreen
    Boston Marathon Winner: Henri Renaud Time: 2:53:36

    More 1909 History Resources

    Most Popular Baby Names (BabyCenter.com)
    Popular and Notable Books (popculture.us) 
    Broadway Shows that Opened in 1909
    1909 Calendar, courtesy of Time and Date.com 
    1909 in Movies (according to IMDB) 
    Wikipedia 1909