Another recent thread asked for "WWI Songs." I think these are the right years, but I'm surprised that nothing much made #1 that I remember as being that kind. There are a few, but not as many as I would have expected.

1913
1. 1/04 3 Till The Sands Of The Desert Grow Cold ... Alan Turner
2. 1/25 3 Row!Row!Row!... Ada Jones
3. 2/15 6 When The Midnight Choo Choo Leaves For Alabam'... Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
4. 3/29 2 Sympathy ... Walter Van Brunt & Helen Clark
5. 4/12 7 When I Lost You ... Henry Burr
6. 5/31 5 The Spaniard That Blighted My Life ... Al Jolson
7. 7/05 3 The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine ... Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
8. 7/26 7 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling... Chauncey Olcott
9. 9/13 6 Last Night Was The End Of The World ... Henry Burr
10. 10/04 7 You Made Me Love You, I Didn't Want To Do It.. .Al Jolson
11. 12/12 7 Peg O' My Heart... Charles Harrison

1914
1. 1/31 4 Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby) ... Chauncey Olcott
2. 2/28 6 I'm On My Way To Mandalay ... Henry Burr, Albert Campbell & Will Oakland
3. 4/11 6 Rebecca Of Sunny-brook Farm ... American Quartet
4. 5/23 3 I Love The Ladies ... Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
5. 6/13 7 The Song That Stole My Heart Away ... Henry Burr
6. 8/01 6 By The Beautiful Sea ...Heidelberg Quintet
7. 9/12 5 Cohen On The Telephone .. .Joe Hayman
8. 9/26 2 By The Beautiful Sea ...Ada Jones & Billy Watkins
9. 10/31 3 Ballin' The Jack ... Prince's Orchestra
10. 11/21 2 The Aba Daba Honeymoon... Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
11.12/05 7 It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary ... American Quartet

1915
1. 1/23 8 It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary .. . John McCormack
2. 3/20 2 Chinatown, My Chinatown ... American Quartet
3. 4/03 5 Carry Me Back To Old Virginny ... Alma Gluck
4. 4/24 3 I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier .. . Morton Harvey
5. 5/29 4 I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier... PeerlessQuartet
6. 6/26 5 A Little Bit Of Heaven ("Shure, They Call It Ireland")... George MacFarlane
7. 7/31 2 Home, Sweet Home .. . Alice Nielsen
8. 8/14 4 My Bird Of Paradise...Peerless Quartet
9. 9/11 2 My Little Dream Girl...James F. Harrison & James Reed
10. 9/25 Hello, Frisco!... Olive Kline & Reinald Werrenrath
11. 11/06 Close To My Heart... Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
12. 11/20 They Didn't Believe Me ...Harry MacDonough & Olive Kline

1916
1. 1/08 2 Keep The Home Fires Burning (Till The Boys Come Home)... Frederick J. Wheeler
2. 1/22 3 There's A Long, Long Trail ... James F. Harrison & James Reed
3. 2/12 2 Somewhere A Voice Is Calling .. . John McCormack
4. 2/26 6 M-0-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means The World To Me) ... Henry Burr
5. 4/08 2 The Lights Of My Home Town ... Peerless Quartet
6. 4/22 5 Hello, Hawaii, How Are You? ... Prince's Orchestra
7. 5/06 1 I Love A Piano ... Billy Murray
8. 5/13 3 The Girl On The Magazine ... Harry MacDonough
9. 6/17 6 Good-Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)... Henry Burr
10. 7/29 3 There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town .. . Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
11. 8/19 2 The Star-Spangled Banner ... Prince's Orchestra
12. 9/02 2 America ... Columbia Mixed Double Quartet
13. 9/16 3 I Sent My Wife To The Thousand Isles ... Al Jolson
14. 10/07 3 If I Knock The 'L' Out Of Kelly (It Would Still Be Kelly To Me)... Marguerite Farrell
15. 10/28 1 Pretty Baby ... Billy Murray
16. 11/04 3 Ireland Must Be Heaven, For My Mother Came From There ... Charles Harrison
17. 11/25 2 Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love In Hawaii)...Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
18. 12/09 3 Turn Back The Universe And Give Me Yester Day ... Harry MacDonough & Orpheus Quartet
19. 12/30 4 The Sunshine Of Your Smile... John McCormack

1917
1. 1/27 4 My Own lona... Hoarce Wright & Rene Dietrich
2. 2/24 6 Poor Butterfly .. . Victor Military Band
3. 4/07 4 Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby (The Missouri Waltz)... Elsie Baker
4. 5/05 5 Pack Up Tour Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag (And Smile, Smile, Smile)...Knickerbocker Quartet
5. 6/09 3 The Star-Spangled Banner ... John McCormack
6. 6/30 3 For Me And My Gal... Van & Schenck
7. 7/21 3 Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! ... American Quartet
8. 8/11 2 Lookout Mountain .. . Henry Burr & Albert Campbell
9. 8/25 6 Till The Clouds Roll By ...Anna Wheaton & James Harrod
10. 10/06 1 Good -Bye Broadway, Hello France... American Quartet
11. 10/13 9 Over There ... American Quartet
12. 11/03 2 Over There ... Peerless Quartet
13. 12/01 3 Over There... Nora Bayes

1918
1. 1/19 4 Send Me Away With A Smile .. John McCormack
2. 2/16 2 I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way... Peerless Quartet
3. 3/02 1 The Battle Hymn Of The Republic .. . Charles Harrison & Columbia Stellar Quartet
4. 3/09 4 Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here ... Irving Kaufman & Columbia Quartet
5. 4/06 3 I'm All Bound Round With The Mason Dixon Line .. .Al Jolson
6. 4/13 1 Dark Town Strutters' Ball... Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
7. 4/27 11 Just A Baby's Prayer At Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)... Henry Burr
8. 7/13 2 I'm Sorry I Made You Cry... Henry Burr
9. 7/20 3 Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land ... Al Jolson
10. 8/17 8 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody... Al Jolson
11. 9/07 1 Smiles ... Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra
12. 10/26 3 Over There ... Enrico sCaruso
13. 11/12 2 Tiger Rag ... Original Dixieland Jazz Band
14. 11/16 4 Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning .. . Arthur Fields
15. 12/14 5 I'm Always Chasing Rainbows ... Charles Harrison

Maybe the US charts (or the people who had a radio/phonograph) just didn't notice there was a war going on?

John