1890-1899: Top 100 Songs

Top 100 Songs of the Decade: 1890-1899

These are the songs which kicked off the recorded music era and the debut of charts to track the popularity of songs. Often a song’s popularity in this era had more to do with sheet music than specific recorded performances by individual artists. As such, there are multiple songs repeated here. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, airplay, awards, and appearances on best-of lists. Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here. DMDB Top 1%: 1. Katharine Lee Bates (lyrics) & Samuel A. Ward (music) “America the Beautiful” (1895) 2. George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (1893) 3. James M. Black & Katharine E. Purvis (songwriters) “When the Saints Go Marching In” (1896) 4. Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby” (1899) 5. Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill (composers) “Happy Birthday to You” (1893) 6. Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899) 7. Billy Golden “Turkey in the Straw” (1891) 8. John Philip Sousa “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (1897) 9. Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1893) 10. Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay” (1892) 11. Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1896) 12. “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1894) 13. Dan Quinn “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895) 14. Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (1895) 15. Edison Male Quartette “My Old Kentucky Home” (1898) 16. George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897) 17. Frank Kidson (first published by) “Scarborough Fair” (1891) 18. traditional “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (1899) 19. John Yorke Atlee “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1891) 20. Len Spencer “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1892) 21. U.S. Marine Band “The Washington Post March” (1890) 22. Dan Quinn “At a Georgia Camp Meeting” (1898) 23. traditional “Red River Valley” (1896) 24. Silas Leachman “Dem Golden Slippers” (1894) 25. Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1894) 26. Albert Campbell “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899) 27. Len Spencer “Hello Ma Baby” (1899) 28. Len Spencer “Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose” (1897) 29. John Yorke Atlee “After the Ball” (1893) 30. George J. Gaskin “Drill, Ye Terriers, Drill” (1891) 31. George Washington Johnson “The Laughing Song” (1891) 32. George J. Gaskin “Break the News to Mother” (1898) 33. U.S. Marine Band “Semper Fidelis” (1890) DMDB Top 2%: 34. Arthur Collins “I’d Leave My Happy Home for You” (1899) 35. Jules Levy “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1893) 36. Len Spencer “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1897) 37. George J. Gaskin “Oh Promise Me” (1893) 38. George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (1898) 39. George J. Gaskin “The Fatal Wedding” (1893) 40. Gilmore’s Band “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1892) 41. Sousa’s Band “El Capitan March” (1895) 42. J.W. Myers “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895) 43. Dan Quinn “In the Baggage Coach Ahead” (1896) 44. George J. Gaskin “The Sidewalks of New York” (1895) 45. Tom Turpin (writer) “Harlem Rag” (1897) 46. Steve Porter “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1898) 47. United States Marine Band “The Liberty Bell” (1894) 48. Dan Quinn “The Little Lost Child” (1895) 49. J.W. Myers “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” (1895) 50. Len Spencer “Smoky Mokes” (1899) 51. James Thornton (music/lyrics) “When You Were Sweet Sixteen” (1898) 52. George J. Gaskin “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” (1897) 53. George J. Gaskin “Down in Poverty Row” (1896) 54. John Yorke Atlee “Home Sweet Home” (1891) 55. U.S. Marine Band “The Thunderer” (1890) 56. Arthur Collins “I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby” (1899) 57. Dan Quinn “Curse of the Dreamer” (1899) 58. George Washington Johnson “The Whistling Coon” (1891) 59. Bill Dooley “Frankie and Johnny” (1899) 60. Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (new version, 1897) 61. George J. Gaskin “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899) 62. Eubie Blake “Charleston Rag” (1899) 63. George J. Gaskin “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1897) 64. Sousa’s Band “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1898) 65. Len Spencer “The Bully (aka ‘Dat New Bully’)” (1895) 66. Emile Berliner “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1890) 67. Len Spencer “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (1893) 68. Dan Quinn “Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow” (1892) 69. Edward M. Favor “Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye” (1894) 70. Manhansett Quartette “Sally in Our Alley” (1892) 71. Len Spencer “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon But You’ve Done Broke Down” (1896) 72. Edward M. Favor “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1894) 73. J.W. Myers “Goodbye Dolly Gray” (1897) 74. Emile Berliner “Auld Lang Syne” (1890) 75. Sousa’s Band “The Washington Post March” (1895) 76. Harry MacDonough & S.H. Dudley “Mid the Green Fields of Virginia” (1899) 77. Issler’s Orchestra “Tiger Rag” (1895) 78. Vess Ossman “At a Georgia Camp Meeting” (1898) 79. George J. Gaskin “Sweet Marie” (1894) 80. J.W. Myers “Two Little Girls in Blue” (1893) 81. Vess Ossman “Whistling Rufus” (1899) 82. Russell Hunting “Michael Casey Taking the Census” (1892) 83. Roger Harding “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1898) 84. Russell Hunting “Michael Casey at the Telephone” (1892) 85. Joe Belmont “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1899) 86. Billy Golden “Bye Bye My Honey” (1898) 87. Len Spencer “My Gal Is a High-Born Lady” (1897) 88. Charles Marsh “Throw Him Down, McCloskey” (1892) 89. George J. Gaskin “The Sunshine of Paradise Valley” (1896) 90. George J. Gaskin “She Was Bred in Old Kentucky” (1898) 91. George J. Gaskin “She May Have Seen Better Days” (1896) 92. William F. Hooley “Gypsy Love Song (Slumber on, My Little Gypsy Sweetheart)” (1899) 93. Dan Quinn “The Bowery” (1893) DMDB Top 5%: 94. Russell Hunting “Michael Casey As a Physician” (1891) 95. Dan Quinn “And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back” (1894) 96. Manhansett Quartette “The Picture Turned to the Wall” (1892) 97. Manhansett Quartette “The Old Oaken Bucket” (1894) 98. Dan Quinn “My Mother Was a Lady” (1897) 99. Thomas Bott “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (1892) 100. Steve Porter “My Creole Sue” (1899) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Decade’ lists” Dave’s Music Database: “‘Albums of the Decade’ lists” First posted 7/27/2018; last updated 11/29/2025.

The Top Songs by Decade, 1800-2029

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Top Songs by Decade: 1800-2029

Dave’s Music Database has compiled the best songs of all-time into a variety of lists over the years. Check out the full array of DMDB best-of lists here. However, this page – which at 72,000+ hits is the second most visited on the DMDB blog – offers snapshots of the top 10 songs of each decade from 1890 to present. Click here to see ‘Top 100 Songs of the Decade’ lists or click on the corresponding badges below. 1. Harry Styles “As It Was” (2022) 2. Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (2023) 3. The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay” (2021) 4. Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating” (2020) 5. Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (2020) 6. Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License” (2021) 7. The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears” (2020) 8. Adele “Easy on Me” (2021) 9. Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U” (2021) Leave the Door Open” (2021) 1. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014) 2. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017) 3. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010) 4. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013) 5. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017) 6. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011) 7. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013) 8. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011) 9. Adele “Hello” (2015) 10. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018) 1. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003) 2. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009) 3. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002) 4. Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (2004) 5. Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love” (2003) 6. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006) 7. Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (2008) 8. Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella” (2007) 9. Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (2007) 10. Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (2005) 1. Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (1992) 2. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991) 3. Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” (1991) 4. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990) 5. Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (1997) 6. Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (1997) 7. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991) 8. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995) 9. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (1995) 10. U2 “One” (1991) 1. Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (1982) 2. The Police “Every Breath You Take” (1983) 3. Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (1987) 4. Prince “When Doves Cry” (1984) 5. Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll” (1981) 6. U2 “With or Without You” (1987) 7. Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” (1986) 8. Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love” (1981) 9. Van Halen “Jump” (1984) 10. Michael Jackson “Beat It” (1983) 1. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975) 2. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971) 3. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977) 4. Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970) 5. Eagles “Hotel California” (1976) 6. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971) 7. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971) 8. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970) 9. Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972) 10. Derek & the Dominos “Layla” (1970) 1. The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (1965) 2. The Beatles “Hey Jude” (1968) 3. Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968) 4. Aretha Franklin “Respect” (1967) 5. The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963) 6. The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations” (1966) 7. The Beatles “Yesterday” (1965) 8. Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965) 9. Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” (1968) 10. The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun”(1964) 1. Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock” (1954) 2. Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife” (1959) 3. Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (1956) 4. Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (1956) 5. Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (1956) 6. Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957) 7. Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958) 8. Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (1950) 9. Ray Charles “What’d I Say” (1959) 10. The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (1958) 1. Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (1942) 2. Artie Shaw “Stardust” (1941) 3. Gene Autry “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1949) 4. Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo” (1941) 5. Les Brown with Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945) 6. Nat “King” Cole “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (1946) 7. Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & The Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940) 8. Cliff Edwards “When You Wish Upon a Star” (1940) 9. Duke Ellington “Take the ‘A’ Train” (1941) 10. Dooley Wilson “As Time Goes By” (1942) 1. Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow” (1939) 2. Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (1939) 3. Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman “Night and Day” (1932) 4. Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman “Cheek to Cheek” (1935) 5. Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine” (1938) 6. Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)” (1933) 7. Fred Astaire with Johnny Green “The Way You Look Tonight” (1936) 8. Bing Crosby with the Guardsmen Quartette “Silent Night” (1935) 9. Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (1938) 10. Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “All the Things You Are” (1939) 1. Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong “St. Louis Blues” (1925) 2. Al Jolson “Swanee” (1920) 3. Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (1927) 4. Thomas “Fats” Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1929) 5. Paul Whiteman “Whispering” (1920) 6. Al Jolson "April Showers” (1922) 7. Marion Harris “Tea for Two” (1925) 8. Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (1925) 9. Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (1920) 10. Isham Jones “It Had to Be You” (1924) 1. Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (1911) 2. American Quartet “Over There” (1917) 3. Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (1911) 4. Al Jolson “You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)” (1913) 5. Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon” (1910) 6. American Quartet “Moonlight Bay” (1912) 7. Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag” (1918) 8. Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days” (1911) 9. Marion Harris “After You’ve Gone” (1919) 10. Al Jolson “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” (1918) 1. Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” (1908) 2. Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906) 3. Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (1904) 4. Billy Murray “Yankee Doodle Boy” (1905) 5. Arthur Collins “Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home” (1902) 6. Billy Murray “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1905) 7. Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton “Shine on Harvest Moon” (1909) 8. Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime” (1903) 9. Billy Murray “Meet Me in St. Louis Louis” (1904) 10. Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (1907) 1. George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (1893) 2. Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby” (1899) 3. John Philip Sousa “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (1897) 4. John Yorke Atlee “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1891) 5. Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay” (1892) 6. Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (1896) 7. Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1893) 8. Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899) 9. Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (1895) 10. George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897) 1880-1889: 1. “Away in a Manger” (1882) 2. “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1881) 3. “Rock-a-Bye Baby” (1884) 4. “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881) 5. “How Great Thou Art” (1885) 6. “The Farmer in the Dell” (1883) 7. “Ring Around the Rosie” (1881) 8. “Funcili Funicula” (1880) 9. “While Strolling Through the Park One Day (The Fountain in the Park)” (1884) 10. “Where Did You Get That Hat” (1888) 1870-1879: 1. “Home on the Range” (1873) 2. “She'll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain” (1870) 3. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1872) 4. “Onward Christian Soldiers” (1871) 5. “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875) 6. “Alouette” (1879) 7. “Chopsticks” (1877) 8. “Grandfather’s Clock” (1876) 9. “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” (1876) 10. “Silver Threads Among the Gold” (1873) 1860-1869: 1. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1861) 2. “Dixie” (aka “Dixie Land” and “I Wish I Was in Dixie Land”) (1859) 3. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again” 1963) 4. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (1868) 5. “Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me” (1869) 6. “Clementine” (aka “Oh My Darling Clementine”) (1863) 7. “O Where, O Where Has My Little Dog Gone” (1864) 8. “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1868) 9. “Michael Row the Boat Ashore” (1867) 10. “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864) 1850-1859: 1. “Jingle Bells” (1857) 2. “Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night)” (1850) 3. “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” (1855) 4. “We Three Kings of Orient Are” (1857) 5. “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (1850) 6. “Ave Maria” (1859) 7. “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1856) 8. “Pop Goes the Weasel” (1852) 9. “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (1851) 10. “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” (1852) 1840-1849: 1. “Oh! Susanna” (1847) 2. “O Holy Night (Minuit, Chrétiens)” (1847) 3. “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843) 4. “On Top of Old Smoky” (1841) 5. “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1848) 6. “Buffalo Gals (Buffalo Girls Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844) 7. “Long Long Ago” (aka “The Long Ago”) (1843) 8. “Old Dan Tucker” (1843) 9. “Goodnight Ladies” (1847) 10. “This Old Man (Nick Nack Paddiwak)” (1842) 1830-1839: 1. “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (1831) 2. “Skip to My Lou” (1832) 3. “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (1830) 4. “I Saw Three Ships” (1833) 5. “Shenandoah” (1837) 6. “Woodman, Spare That Tree” (1837) 7. “Down in the Valley (Birmingham Jail)” (1835) 8. “Charlie Is My Darling” (1830) 9. “A Life on the Ocean Wave” (1838) 10. “Near the Lake Where Drooped the Willow” (1839) 1820-1829: 1. “The First Noel” (1823) 2. “Home Sweet Home” (1823) 3. “William Tell Overture” (1829) 4. “O Christmas Tree (O Tannenbaum)” (1824) 5. “Hokey Pokey” (1826) 6. “Turkey in the Straw” (1834) 7. “All Through the Night” (1825) 8. “The Hunters of Kentucky” (1826) 9. “The Muffin Man (Do You Know the Muffin Man?)” (1829) 10. “Eeney Meeney Miney Moe” (1820) 1810-1819: 1. “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) 2. “Hail to the Thief” (1810) 3. “Silent Night, Holy Night (Stille Nacht, Heilge Nacht)” (1818) 4. “Au Clair de Lune” (1811) 5. “Tis the Last Rose of Summer” (1813) 6. “The Blue Bells of Scotland” (1815) 7. “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms” (1810) 8. “Blow Boys, Blow” (1815) 9. “A Hundred Years Ago” (1815) 10. “La Gazza Ladra” (1817) 1800-1809: 1. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1806) 2. “Billy Boy” (1800) 3. “The Wayfaring Stranger” (1807) 4. “Little Miss Muffet” (1805) 5. “A Foggy, Foggy Dew” (1804) 6. “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” (1805) 7. “Green Grow the Lilacs” (1800) 8. “Polly Put the Kettle On” (1803) 9. “The Harp That Once Thro’ Tara’s Halls” (1807) 10. “Old Mother Hubbard” (1805) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Best-of Lists” Dave’s Music Database: “Best-of Song Lists by Era” Dave’s Music Database: “Songs of the Year” First posted 4/9/2012; last updated 10/13/2024.

USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-1899

USA’s #1 Pop Songs: 1890-1899

These are the #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1890 to 1899. These songs topped the pre-Hot 100 pop charts, which ran from 1890-1955. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of weeks at #1. Click here to access a full list of #1 songs from 1890 to present. See other chart-based lists here. 1890: 8/2: U.S. Marine Band “Semper Fidelis” (2 weeks) 9/13: U.S. Marine Band “The Washington Post March” (6) 10/25: U.S. Marine Band “The Thunderer” (4) 1891: 3/7: Len Spencer “Little ‘Liza Loves You” (4) 4/4: George Washington Johnson “The Laughing Song” (10) 6/13: Russell Hunting “Michael Casey As a Physician” (4) 7;11: George Washington Johnson “The Whistling Coon” (5) 8/22: John Yorke Atlee “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (6) 9/19: Dan Kelly “Pat Kelly As a Police Justice” (4) 10/17: Billy Golden “Turkey in the Straw” (7) 12/5: George J. Gaskin “Drill, Ye Terriers, Drill” (5) 1892: 1/9: George J. Gaskin “Slide Kelly Slide” (3) 1/30: Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay” (8) 3/26: Manhansett Quartette “The Picture Turned to the Wall” (6) 5/7: Manhansett Quartette “Sally in Our Alley” (3) 5/28: Joe Natus “The Song That Reached My Heart” (3) 6/18: Charles Marsh “Throw Him Down, McCloskey” (3) 7/9: Russell Hunting “Michael Casey at the Telephone” (5) 8/13: Len Spencer “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (6) 9/24: Will Denny “The Pretty Red Rose” (2) 10/8: Russell Hunting “Michael Casey Taking the Census” (6) 11/19: Len Spencer “Near It” (2) 12/3: Thomas Bott “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (4) 12/31: Dan Quinn “Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow” (4) 1893: 1/28: Dan Quinn “The Bowery” (5) 3/4: George J. Gaskin “Oh Promise Me” (8) 4/29: George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (10) 7/8: Jules Levy “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” (3) 7/29: Len Spencer “Mamie Come and Kiss Your Honey Boy” (3) 8/19: J.W. Myers “Two Little Girls in Blue” (4) 9/16: Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (9) 11/18: George J. Gaskin “The Fatal Wedding” (8) 1894: 1/13: Russell Hunting “Casey As Insurance Agent” (3) 2/3: George J. Gaskin “Sweet Marie” (5) 3/10: U.S. Marine Band “The Liberty Bell” (5) 4/14: Edward M. Favor “Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye” (7) 6/2: Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle” (4) 6/30: Silas Leachman “Dem Golden Slippers” (4) 7/28: George J. Gaskin “We Were Sweethearts, Nell and I” (3) 8/18: Dan Quinn “Lindley, Does You Love Me?” (3) 10/6: Dan Quinn “My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl” (4) 11/3: Russell Hunting “Casey at Denny Murphy’s Wake” (3) 11/24: Dan Quinn “And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back” (6) 1895: 1/5: Len Spencer “Little Alabama Coon” (5) 2/9: Dan Quinn “The Sidewalks of New York” (9) 3/21: Edward M. Favor “My Best Girl’s a New Yorker” (5) 4/13: J.W. Myers “The Sidewalks of New York” (4) 4/25: Len Spencer “The Bully (aka ‘Dat New Bully’)” (5) 5/30: Vess Ossman “Cocoanut Dance” (3) 6/15: Sousa’s Band “El Capitan March” (7) 8/1: J.W. Myers “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me” (6) 8/3: Sousa’s Band “The Washington Post March” (3) 8/24: Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (10) 11/2: Dan Quinn “Little Lost Child” (5) 1896: 1/4: George J. Gaskin “The Sunshine of Paradise Alley” (6) 2/15: George J. Gaskin “She May Have Seen Better Days” (5) 6/20: Len Spencer with Vess Ossman “A Hot Time on the Levee” (3) 9/12: George J. Gaskin “Down in Poverty Roy” (4) 10/10: George J. Gaskin “On the Benches in the Park” (4) 11/7: Dan Quinn “In the Baggage Coach Ahead” (5) 12/12: Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (7) 1897: 1/30: Len Spencer “A Hot Time in the Old Town” (3) 2/20: Len Spencer “Oh, Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose” (4) 3/20: Len Spencer “My Gal Is a Highborn Lady” (4) 4/17: Dan Quinn “My Mother Was a Lady” (5) 5/22: George J. Gaskin “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” (8) 7/17: Sousa’s Band “The Stars and Stripes Forever” (8) 9/11: Dan Quinn “There’s a Little Star Shining for You” (4) 11/6: George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (10) 1898: 1/15: Steve Porter “On the Banks of the Wabash” (4) 2/12: Edison Male Quartette “My Old Kentucky Home” (3) 4/2: George J. Gaskin “Break the News to Mother” (7) 5/21: Cal Stewart “Uncle Josh’s Arriva in New York” (5) 6/25: Len Spencer “I Don’t Like No Cheap Man” (3) 7/16: George J. Gaskin “She Was Bred in Old Kentucky” (6) 8/27: Steve Porter “She’s More to Be Pitied Than Censured” (4) 9/24: Cal Stewart “I’m Old But I’m Awfully Tough (Laughing Song)” (3) 10/15: Dan Quinn “She Was Happy Till She Met You” (4) 11/12: Dan Quinn “At a Georgia Camp Meeting” (4) 12/10: George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (10) 1899: 2/18: Arthur Collins “Kiss Me, Honey, Do” (4) 3/18: Arthur Collins “When you Ain’t Go No More Money, Well, You Needn’t Come Around” (2) 4/1: Arthur Collins “I Guess I’ll Have to Telegraph My Baby” (4) 4/29: Arthur Collins “Hello, Ma Baby” (4) 5/27: Len Spencer “Hello! Ma Baby” (6) 7/8: George J. Gaskin “My Wild Irish Rose” (3) 7/29: George J. Gaskin “My Wild Irish Rose” (6) 9/9: William F. Hooley “Gypsy Love Song” (5) 10/14: Steve Porter “A Picture No Artist Can Paint” (2) 10/28: Dan Quinn “Curse of the Dreamer” (7) 12/16: Arthur Collins “I’d Leave My Happy Home for You” (7) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-Present” Dave’s Music Database: “United States: Biggest #1 Songs” Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Songs for Each Decade” Joel Whitburn (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, WI; Record Research, Inc. Pages 642-657. First posted 2/24/2021; last updated 12/1/2022.