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1939 ...
"Moon Love" by Glenn Miller
1938 ...
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" by Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
1937 ...
"Smarty" by Fats Waller
1936 ...
"It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" by Fats Waller
1935 ...
"Rhythm Is Our Business" by Jimmie Lunceford
1934 ... "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble
1933 ... "Lazybones" by Ted Lewis
1932 ... "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" by Ted Lewis
1931 ... "At Your Command" by Bing Crosby
1930 ... "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" by Nat Shilkret
THE 1920s
1929 ... "Pagan Love Song" by Copley
Plaza Orchestra (Bob Haring)
1928 ... "My Angel" by Paul Whiteman
1927 ... "Forgive Me" by Gene Austin
1926 ... "Valencia" by Paul Whiteman
1925 ... "If You Knew Susie" by Eddie Cantor
1924 ... "What'll I Do?" by Paul Whiteman
1923 ... "Down Hearted Blues" by Bessie Smith
1922 ... "Stumbling" by Paul Whiteman
1921 ... "Cherie" by Paul Whiteman
1920 ... "Hold Me" by Art Hickman
THE 1910s
1919 ... "Beautiful Ohio" by
Henry Burr
1918 ... "Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land" by Al Jolson
1917 ... "Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!" by American Quartet
1916 ... "There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town" by Henry Burr & Albert
Campbell
1915 ... "Home, Sweet Home" by Alice Nielsen
1914 ... "By the Beautiful Sea" by Heidelberg Quintet
1913 ... "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" by Chauncey Olcott
1912 ... "Ragging the Baby to Sleep" by Al Jolson
1911 ... "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" by John McCormack
1910 ... "Casey Jones" by Billy Murray & American Quartet
THE 1900s
1909 ... "The Yama Yama Man" by Ada Jones
& Victor Light Opera Co.
1908 ... "Are You Sincere?" by Elise Stevenson
1907 ... "Nobody's Little Girl" by Byron G. Harlan
1906 ... "Nobody" by Bert Williams
1905 ... "Give My Regards to Broadway" by Billy Murray
1904 ... "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis" by Billy Murray
1903 ... "Come Down, Ma Ev'ning Star" by Henry Burr
1902 ... "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" by Arthur Collins
1901 ... "Jim Lawson's Horse Trade with Deacon Witherspoon" by
Cal Stewart
1900 ... "Ma Tiger Lily" by
Len Spencer
THE 1890s
1899 ... "My Wild Irish Rose" by Albert
Campbell
1898 ... "She Was Bred in Old Kentucky" by
George J. Gaskin
1897 ... "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by
Sousa's Band
1896 ... "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" by J.W. Myers
1895 ... "Washington Post March" by
Sousa's Band
1894 ... "We Were Sweethearts, Nell and I" by George J. Gaskin
1893 ... "Mamie, Come and Kiss Your Honey Boy" by Len Spencer
1892 ... "Michael Casey at the Telephone" by Russell Hunting
1891 ... "The Whistling Coon" by George Washington Johnson
1890 ... "Semper Fidelis" by U.S. Marine Band
