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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
  • 1800-1899: The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1800-1899: The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1800s Pop Song Hits

    1. Good Morning to All (Happy Birthday To You) – 1893
    2. Amazing Grace – 1800
    3. Jingle Bells – 1857 (by James Pierpont)
    4. Old MacDonald Had A Farm – 1859
    5. Camptown Races* – 1850 (Stephen Foster)
    *actual title is Gwine to Run All Night
    6. Mary Had a Little Lamb – (1830 Lyrics)
    7. Rock-a-bye Baby – 1884 (by Effie I. Canning)
    8. Alphabet Song – 1834 (copyrighted by C. Bradlee, it’s probably older)
    9. Wedding March – 1844 (by Felix Mendelssohn, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
    10. William Tell Overture – 1829
    11. Semper Fidelis – 1886 (by John Philip Sousa)
    12. (Oh Dem) Golden Slippers – 1879
    13. Stars and Stripes Forever – 1897 (by John Philip Sousa)
    14. When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again – 1863 (by Louis Lambert & Patrick Gilmore)
    15. Chopsticks – 1877
    16. The Battle Hymn of the Republic – 1862 (by Julia Ward Howe)
    17. While Strolling Through The Park One Day – 1884 (by Ed Haley)
    18. Can Can – 1858 (by Offenbach)
    19. When The Saints Go Marching In – 1896 (by Katherine E. Purvis & James M. Black)
    20. Row Row Row Your Boat – 1881
    21. Funeral March (Pray For The Dead and the Dead Will Pray For You…) – 1840
    22. Fur Elise – 1810 (by Beethoven)
    23. I’ve Been Working on the Railroad – 1894
    24. She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain – 1899
    25. Oh! Susanna – 1848 (by Stephen Foster)
    26. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! – 1861
    27. America (God Shed His Grace On Thee) words – 1832
    28. I’ve Been Working On The Railroad – 1894 (copyright is probably older)
    29. Dixie’s Land (aka Dixie) – 1860
    30. Home, Sweet Home – 1823 (by John Howard Payne)
    31. Joy to the World – 1839 (by Handel)
    32. A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight – 1896
    33. Alouette -1879
    34. O Where O Where Has My Little Dog Gone – 1864 (by James Bland)
    35. Turkey In De Straw – 1834
    36. Funiculi Funicula – 1880
    37. Polly Wolly Doodle (All The Day) – 1883 (copyright, is probably older)
    38. Reveille – 1890
    39. Gloria – 1890 (by Mozart)
    40. (Oh My Darling) Clementine – 1863 (by Percy Montrose & H S. Thompson)
    41. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – 1872
    42. Onward, Christian Soldiers – 1871 (by Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould & Sir Arthur Sullivan)
    43. The Yellow Rose of Texas – 1858
    44. O Little Town of Bethlehem – 1868
    45. Buffalo Gals – 1844 (heard in the film It’s a Wonderful Life. Malcolm McClaren did it in the 1980s too)
    46. My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean – 1881
    47. Blue Danube Waltz – 1867 (by J.S. Strauss)
    48. Shoo-Fly Don’t Bother Me – 1869
    49. Rock of Ages – 1832 (by Hastings)
    50. Au Clair de la Lune – 1811
    51. Morning – 1890 (by Luse)
    52. Home on the Range – 1873 (by Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley)
    53. King Cotton March – 1895
    54. (I Dream Of) Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair – 1854 (by Stephen Foster)
    55. (Gimme That) Old Time Religion – 1865
    56. Song Of India – 1897 (by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov)
    57. The Man on the Flying Trapeze – 1868
    58. Hail to the Chief – 1820 (by Sir Walter Scott & James Sanderson)
    59. Barber of Seville – 1813
    60. Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) – 1851 (by Stephen Foster)
    61. The Thunderer – 1889 (by John Philip Sousa)
    62. Skip To My Lou – 1844
    63. The Merry, Merry Month of May – 1862 (by Stephen Foster)
    64. Frankie and Johnny – 1869
    65. Grandfather’s Clock – 1876 (by Henry Clay Work)
    66. Beautiful Dreamer – 1864 (by Stephen Foster )
    67. Away In a Manger – 1887
    68. Flying Dutchman Overture – 1844 (by Wagner)
    69. The Washington Post – 1889 (by John Philip Sousa)
    70. A Night on Bald Mountain – 1887 (by Mussorgsky)
    71. Hello! Ma Baby – 1899
    72. Git Along Little Dogies – 1893
    73. Pictures at an Exhibition – 1887 (by Mussorgsky)
    74. I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen – 1876
    75. Hark the Herald Angels Sing – 1855
    76. Sleeping Beauty Waltz – 1890
    77. Peer Gynt Suite – 1888
    78. Mazel Tov – 1894
    79. Baa Baa Black Sheep – 1865
    80. Liberty Bell March – 1893 (by John Philip Sousa)
    81. Red River Valley – 1896
    82. Maple Leaf Rag – 1899 (by Scott Joplin)
    83. Goodnight Ladies – 1853
    84. King Cotton March – 1895 (by John Philip Sousa)
    85. Home on the Range – 1873
    86. Coronation March – 1849 (by Meyerbeer)
    87. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny – 1878
    88. At A Georgia Camp Meeting – 1897 (by Kerry Mills)
    89. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – 1838
    90. Good Night – 1899 (by Mendelssohn)
    91. Dance of the Hours – 1876 (by Ponchielli)
    92. Gypsy Love Song – 1898 (by Harry B. Smith & Victor Herbert (From the musical The Fortune Teller)
    93. Prelude in C# Minor – 1893 (by Rachmaninoff)
    94. Hush-a-bye Baby – 1884
    95. El Capitan – 1896 (by John Philip Sousa)
    96. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – 1850
    97. Romeo and Juliet – 1871 (by Tchaikovsky)
    98. Three Little Kittens – 1885
    99. Good King Wenceslas – 1860ish (words)
    100. I Gave My Love a Cherry – 1850 (heard in 1979 film, Animal House)