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Thread #153732 Message #3602723
Posted By: JohnInKansas
19-Feb-14 - 12:33 AM
Thread Name: When Does it Get to Be Folk?
Subject: RE: When Does it Get to Be Folk?
Continuing the llist of #1s:
1920 1. 1/17 2 I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now .. . Al Jolson 2. 1/31 13 Dardanella ... Ben Selvin's Novelty Orchestra 3. 5/01 1 Alice Blue Gown ... Edith Day 4. 5/08 9 Swanee ... Al Jolson 5. 7/03 7 When My Baby Smiles At Me... Ted Lewis & His Band 6. 8/07 3 Hold Me ... Art Hickman 7. 9/18 4 The Love Nest... John Steel 8. 9/25 3 St. Louis Blues ... Marion Harris 9. 10/16 2 The Love Nest... Art Hickman 10. 10/30 11 Whispering ... Paul Whiteman 11. 12/11 2 The Japanese Sandman ...Paul Whiteman
1921 1. 1/29 6 Wang Wang Blues .. . Paul Whiteman 2. 3/12 5 Margie ... Eddie Cantor 3. 4/16 4 O-H-I-O (O-My! O!)... Al Jolson 4. 5/14 3 Look For The Silver Lining... Marion Harris 5. 6/04 5 My Mammy .. . Paul Whiteman 6. 7/08 3 Make Believe ... Nora Bayes 7. 7/30 6 Cherie ... Paul Whiteman 8. 9/10 2 Ain't We Got Fun? .. . Van & Schenck 9. 9/24 5 Song Of India ... Paul Whiteman 10. 10/22 4 All By Myself... Ted Lewis 11. 11/26 5 Say It With Music .. . Paul Whiteman 12. 12/31 6 Wabash Blues... Isham Jones
1922 1. 2/11 11 April Showers ... Al Jolson 2. 3/25 1 My Man ... Fanny Brice 3. 5/06 5 Angel Child ... Al Jolson 4. 6/10 4 On The Alamo .. . Isham Jones 5. 7/08 2 Do It Again .. . Paul Whiteman 6. 7/22 6 Stumbling .. . Paul Whiteman 7. 9/02 2 Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean ... Ernest Hare & Billy Jones 8. 9/16 6 Hot Lips ... Paul Whiteman 9. 10/28 6 Mr. Gallagher And Mr. Shean ... Gallagher & Shean 10. 12/09 1 My Buddy ... Henry Burr 11. 12/16 8 Three O'clock In The Morning ... Paul Whiteman
1923 1. 1/06 1 I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise ... Paul Whiteman 2. 1/13 4 Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye) ... Al Jolson 3. 3/10 3 Carolina In The Morning ...Van & Schenck 4. 4/07 7 Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers ... Paul Whiteman 5. 5/26 3 Love Sends A Little Gift Of Roses ... Carl Fenton 6. 6/16 1 Bambalina .. . Paul Whiteman 7 6/23 3 Dreamy Melody... Art Landry 8. 7/14 4 Down Hearted Blues ...Bessie Smith 9. 8/11 6 Swingin' Down The Lane...Isham Jones 10. 9/01 5 Yes! We Have No Bananas... Billy Jones 11. 10/27 2 Yes! We Have No Bananas ... Ben Selvin 12. 11/10 6 That Old Gang Of Mine...Billy Murray & Ed Smalle 13. 12/22 2 No, No, Nora ... Eddie Cantor
1924 1. 1/05 5 Sleep ... Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians 2. 1/26 1 Charleston ... Arthur Gibbs 3. 2/16 6 It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' ... Wendell Hall 4. 3/01 4 Linger Awhile ... Paul Whiteman 5. 3/29 5 Somebody Stole My Gal...Ted Weems 6. 5/24 6 California, Here I Come!...Al Jolson 7. 7/19 2 Spain ... Isham Jones 8. 8/02 5 What'll I Do? ... Paul Whiteman 9. 9/06 5 It Had To Be You ... Isham Jones 10. 10/11 5 Memory Lane ... Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians 11. 11/15 3 I Wonder What's Become Of Sally?... Al Jolson 12. 12/06 5 Somebody Loves Me ... Paul Whiteman
1925 1. 1/10 5 All Alone ... Al Jolson 2. 2/07 3 All Alone ... Paul Whiteman 3. 2/28 3 Tea For Two ... Marion Harris 4. 3/21 2 All Alone ... John McCormack 5. 4/04 7 I'll See You In My Dreams ... Isham Jones with Ray Miller's Orchestra 6. 5/23 1 O! Katharina ... Ted Lewis 7. 5/30 5 The Prisoner's Song .. .Vernon Dalhart (see #14 below) 8. 7/04 5 Sweet Georgia Brown ..Ben Bernie 9. 8/01 5 If You Knew Susie ... Eddie Cantor 10. 9/12 7 Yes Sir! That's My Baby .. .Gene Austin 11. 10/31 3 Oh, How I Miss You Tonight... Ben Selvin (Cavaliers) 12.11/21 4 Manhattan ... Ben Selvin (Knickerbockers) 13. 12/19 1 Remember ... Isham Jones 14. 12/26 7 The Prisoner's Song ...Vernon Dalhart (total: 12 weeks at #1)
The early-to-mid 20s gets to about the time my parents' generation began getting out of high school, and about the time I susupect my dad bought? acquired his mandolin, so the songs - and dome of the artists - are beginning to be a little more familiar.