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Thread #153732   Message #3602397
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Feb-14 - 07:33 PM
Thread Name: When Does it Get to Be Folk?
Subject: RE: When Does it Get to Be Folk?
More complete lists are available on line, starting at year 1900, for example, year 1900 at http://tsort.info/music/yr1900.htm
These are the Billboard Chart entries.

Joel Whitburn's book is probably the best for pre-1900, although longer lists are available on line.

A longer list for 1890:
1. Maple Leaf Rag (piano roll, Scott Joplin)
2. Hello Ma Baby
3. Stars and Stripes Forever
4. Whistling Rufus
5. The Laughing Song
6. Turkey in the Straw
7. Hot Time in the old Town
8. My Old Kentucky Home
9. Washington Post March
10. Mammas Black Baby Boy
11. El Capitan March
12. Liberty Bell March

From a site called rate your music. Hal Leonard's book also lists songs of the decades.