Theodore Raph The American Song Treasury

Theodore Raph: The American Song Treasury

First published in 1964, this book collects lyrics and offers commentary for 100 American favorites from 1620 to 1958. The book presents the songs in chronological order but I have re-ordered the songs based on how many total lists these songs appear on in the Dave’s Music Database of standards. Publication years for songs are indicated, but no specific artist is attached to each song. Click here to see other lists from critics and individuals and here to see other lists from publications and/or organizations. 1. “When the Saints Go Marching In” (1880) 2. “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (1906) 3. “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home?” (1902) 4. “Home on the Range” (1873) 5. “America the Beautiful” (1895) 6. “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1904) 7. “Yankee Doodle Boy” (1905) 8. “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (1754) 9. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” (1806) 10. “Oh! Susanna” (1846) 11. “Hello Ma Baby” (1899) 12. “After the Ball” (1892) 13. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (1863) 14. “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” (1894) 15. “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis” (1904) 16. “Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night)” (1850) 17. “In the Good Old Summertime” (1902) 18. “The Yellow Rose of Texas” (1853) 19. “Auld Lang Syne” (1799) 20. “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)” (1892) 21. “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” (1873) 22. “On Top of Old Smoky” (1841) 23. “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (1870) 24. “Clementine” (1884) 25. “My Old Kentucky Home” (1853) 26. “Jimmy Crack Corn (The Blue Tail Fly)” (1846) 27. “The Sidewalks of New York” (1894) 28. “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean” (1881) 29. “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” (1927) 30. “In My Merry Oldsmobile” (1905) 31. “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie” (1905) 32. “Skip to My Lou” (1832) 33. “My Gal Sal” (1905) 34. “Pop Goes the Weasel” (1853) 35. “The Marines’ Hymn” (1919) 36. “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” (1893) 37. “Polly Wolly Doodle (All the Day)” (1843) 38. “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (1867) 39. “Beautiful Dreamer” (1864) 40. “The Band Played On” (1895) 41. “Red River Valley” (1896) 42. “Shenandoah” (1837) 43. “On the Banks of the Wabash” (1897) 44. “Hail Columbia (The President’s March)” (1789) 45. “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)” (1855) 46. “My Wild Irish Rose” (1899) 47. “Buffalo Gals (Will You Come Out Tonight)” (1844) 48. “Mighty Like a Rose (aka ‘Mighty Lak a Rose’)” (1901) 49. “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” (1875) 50. “Froggie Went A-Courtin’” (1549) 51. “I Love You Truly” (1906) 52. “Greensleeves” (1580) 53. “Because” (1902) 54. “The Little Brown Jug” (1869) 55. “Dem Golden Slippers” (1879) 56. “Mary's a Grand Old Name” (1906) 57. “Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)” (1861) 58. “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?” (1740) 59. “Sweet Betsy from Pike” (1851) 60. “When You and I Were Young, Maggie” (1866) 61. “Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?” (1792) 62. “Billy Boy” (1800) 63. “Vive la Compagnie (Vive l’Amour)” (1818) 64. “Oh Promise Me” (1889) 65. “Tom Dooley” (1929) 66. “Long, Long Ago” (1843) 67. “The Rosary” (1898) 68. “The Girl I Left Behind” (1650) 69. “Blow the Man Down” (1849) 70. “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” (1616) 71. “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (1887) 72. “Wait for the Wagon” (1851) 73. “The Wayfaring Stranger” (1807) 74. “The Foggy, Foggy Dew” (1804) 75. “I Gave My Love a Cherry” (1785) 76. “Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mademoiselle from Armentieres)” (1918) 77. “There’s a Tavern in the Town” (1883) 78. “Wabash Cannonball” (1882) 79. “We Gather Together (Thanksgiving Song)” (1630) 80. “Barbara Allen” (1622) 81. “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949) 82. “While Strolling Through the Park One Day (The Fountain in the Park)” (1884) 83. “Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms” (1808) 84. “The Wearing of the Green” (1797) 85. “Bell Bottom Trousers” (1945) 86. “Flow Gently Sweet Afton” (1838) 87. “The Blue Bells of Scotland” (1800) 88. “The Campbells Are Coming” (1847) 89. “Dear Old Girl” (1903) 90. “Where Did You Get That Hat?” (1888) 91. “Down in the Valley (Birmingham Jail)” (1835) 92. “Careless Love Blues” (1925) 93. “Aura Lee” (1861) 94. “Annie Laurie” (1838) 95. “St. Patrick’s Day” (1865) 96. “All Through the Night” (1825) 97. “John Peel” (1820) 98. “Charlie Is My Darling” (1830) 99. “Cindy” (1857) 100. “Ida” (1903) Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: lists from critics and individuals Dave’s Music Database: lists from publications and/or organizations Theodore Raph (1964). The American Song Treasury: 100 Favorites First posted 12/17/2025.

 

Billy Murray: Top 100 Songs

First posted 11/26/2017; updated 5/25/2019.

Tenor singer known as “The Denver Nightingale.” Born William Thomas Murray on 5/25/1877 to Irish immigrants in Philadelphia, PA. His family moved to Denver, Colorado in 1882. Died 8/17/1954. His popularity lasted through the first quarter of the 20th century, a time when, what he called his “hammering” style of shouting into an acoustic recording horn, was the technology prior to the rise of the electric microphone, which ushered in the era of crooners.

He joined a vaudeville troupe in 1893 and performed in minstrel shows early in his career. He started recording regularly in New York in 1903. He became the definitive interpreter of George M. Cohan, recording the hit version of nearly every Cohan song from 1905 on. In addition to his solo recordings, he worked with the Haydn Quartet (1898-1914), Columbia Comedy Trio (1907), with Ada Jones (1907-22), American Quartet (1910-25?) and the Heidelberg Quintet (1911-15).

Murray has eight songs (“You’re a Grand Old Flag,” “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “By the Light of the Silvery Moon,” Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis,” “Yankee Doodle Boy,” “Casey Jones,” and “In My Merry Oldsmobile”) featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Pre-Rock Era, 1890-1953.

For a complete list of this act’s songs and albums honored by the DMDB, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry.

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Top 100 Songs

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Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

AQ = American Quartet, HQ = Haydn Quartet, AJ = Ada Jones. Songs which hit the top of the U.S. pop charts are noted (#1).

DMDB Top 1%:

1. You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”) (1906) #1
2. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (w/ HQ, 1908) #1
3. Give My Regards to Broadway (1905) #1
4. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (w/ HQ, 1910) #1
5. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis (1904) #1
6. Yankee Doodle Boy (1905) #1
7. Casey Jones (w/ AQ, 1910) #1
8. In My Merry Oldsmobile (1905) #1
9. Harrigan (1907) #1

10. Oh, You Beautiful Doll (w/ AQ, 1911) #1
11. Come Josephine in My Flying Machine (w/ AJ, 1911) #1
12. Pretty Baby (1916) #1
13. Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine (w/ AJ, 1908) #1
14. That Old Gang of Mine (w/ Ed Smalle, 1923) #1
15. Navajo (1904) #1
16. K-K-K-Katy (Stammering Song) (1918)
17. Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee (w/ AJ, 1912) #1

DMDB Top 5%:

18. Everybody Works But Father (1905) #1
19. Come Take a Trip in My Air Ship (1905) #1
20. Let’s Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (w/ AJ, 1907) #1

21. I Love a Piano (1916) #1
22. Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1911)
23. Shine on, Harvest Moon (w/ AJ, 1909) #1
24. Under the Anheuser Busch (1904)
25. Alexander (Don’t You Love Your Baby No More?) (1904) #1
26. Under Any Old Flag at All (1908) #1
27. When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D (w/ AJ, 1908) #1
28. Teasing (I Was Only Teasing You) (1904)
29. Waltz Me Around Again, Willie (w/ HQ, 1906)
30. Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (1906)

31. I’ll See You in C-U-B-A (1920)
32. He’d Have to Get Under, Get Out to Get Under, to Fix Up His Automobile (1914)
33. Play a Simple Melody (w/ Edna Brown, 1916)
34. Bedelia (1904) #1
35. Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry) (1910) #1
36. Make Believe (w/ AJ, 1908)
37. No Wedding Bells for Me (1907)
38. All Alone (w/ AJ, 1911)
39. Down by the O-hi-O (I’ve Got the Sweetest Little O, My! O!) (w/ Billy Jones, 1921)
40. Camptown Races (Gwine to Run All Night) (1911)

41. I’m Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1908)
42. Cheyenne (Shy Anne) (1906)
43. The Gaby Glide (1912)
44. He’s a Devil in His Own Home Town (1914)
45. College Life (1906)
46. I’ve Taken Quite a Fancy to You (w/ AJ, 1908)
47. He Goes to Church on Sunday (1907)
48. Smarty (w/ AJ, 1908)
49. Over There (1917)
50. Wouldn’t You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart? (w/ AJ, 1908) #1

51. Up in a Cocoanut Tree (1903)
52. When You’re All Dressed Up and No Place to Go (1914)
53. What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? (w/ AJ, 1917)
54. It Looks Like a Big Night Tonight (1908)
55. For Me and My Gal (1917)
56. San Antonio (Cowboy Song) (1907)
57. What’s the Matter with Father? (1910)
58. Won’t You Be My Honey? (w/ AJ, 1907)
59. Bagdad (1913)
60. The Vamp (w/ Joseph C. Smith & Harry MacDonough, 1919)

61. They Were All Out of Step But Jim (1918)
62. I’m Awfully Glad I Met You (w/ AJ, 1909)
63. I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now (1910)
64. Tessie (You Are the Only Only) (1903)
65. I Can’t Do the Sum (1904)
66. On San Francisco Bay (1907)
67. Take Me Around Again (1907)
68. Not Because Your Hair Is Curly (1906)

DMDB Top 10%:

69. I Wish I Had a Girl (1909)
70. It Had to Be You (w/ Aileen Stanley, 1924)

71. Yes! We Have No Bananas (w/ Great White Way Orchestra, 1923)
72. Just As We Used To (1919)
73. There’s No Moon Like the Honeymoon (w/ AJ, 1908)
74. Any Place the Old Flag Flies (1912)
75. The Twentieth Century Rag (1914)
76. Alcoholic Blues (1919)
77. Take Me Up with You, Dearie (w/ HQ, 1909)
78. After You’ve Gone (w/ Gladys Rice, 1919)
79. Ain’t It Funny What a Difference a Few Hours Can Make (1904)
80. The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (1915)

81. Keep on Smiling (w/ HQ, 1908)
82. Streets of New York (1907)
83. Dance of the Grizzly Bear (w/ AQ, 1911)
84. Because I’m Married Now (1907)
85. Any Little Girl That’s a Nice Girl Is the Right Little Girl for Me (w/ the AQ, 1910)
86. The Wedding Glide (w/ AJ, 1912)
87. My Sweetie Went Away (w/ Ed Salle, 1923)
88. Bon Bon Buddy (1908)
89. The Game of Peek-a-Boo (I’d Like to See a Little More of You) (1907)
90. It’s Nice to Have a Sweetheart (w/ AJ, 1907)

91. Dixie Land, I Love You (1909)
92. Stumbling (1922)
93. Yankee Doodle Blues (w/ Ed Smalle, 1922)
94. It’s Great to Be a Soldier Man (1907)
95. Hello Hawaii, How Are You? (1916)
96. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight (w/ Henry Burr, 1926)
97. The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick’s Day (w/ HQ, 1909)
98. Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo (Mademoiselle from Armentieres) (w/ Ed Smalle, 1924)
99. Keep on the Sunny Side (1906)
100. Are You from Dixie? ‘Cause I’m from Dixie Too (w/ Irving Kaufman, 1916)

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George M. Cohan Was Born: July 3, 1878

One of America’s greatest patriotic songwriters was, at least by his account, born on the 4th of July. Many sources confirm that date and even his mother claimed he was an Independence Day baby. However, the Irish Music Archive confirms that his official birth certificate indicates July 3, ^IM although it also lists the wrong first name for his mother. ^WK

Among Cohan’s most notable compositions were “Over There” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag” (originally called “You’re a Grand Old Rag”). The songs were so associated with patriotism during World War I that Cohan earned a Congressional Medal of Honor in 1936 for his contributions to boosting wartime morale. He was the first artist to receive the honor. “Flag” was also given the Towering Song Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame and is in the National Recording Registry.


Sheet music cover for “You’re a Grand Old Flag” featuring Cohan dressed as George Washington. Click to hear Billy Murray’s performance of the song.

Cohan also has two entries in the Grammy Hall of Fame with “Yankee Doodle Boy” and “Give My Regards to Broadway”. The four songs already mentioned and “Harrigan” rate in the top 1000 songs of the 20th century list by Dave’s Music Database.

Cohan got an early start in musical theater. At age 9, he was appearing on stage with his vaudevillian family. By age 13, he was writing songs and plays for the act. He went on to write, produce, direct, and star in more than 40 Broadway musicals. He wrote more than 500 songs and acted in over 1000 performances. ^IM He has been referred to as the father of American musical comedy and “the man who owned Broadway”. ^WK He was the subject of the 1942 Academy-Award-winning biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney as Cohan.



Cohan was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and is rated one of the top 100 songwriters of all time by Dave’s Music Database.

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Resources:

• George M. Cohan’s DMDB music maker encyclopedia entry
  
• ^IM Irish Music Archive
  
• ^SH Songwriters Hall of Fame
  
• ^WK Wikipedia entry on Cohan
  

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50 years ago: My Fair Lady opened on Broadway

My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner (music), Frederick Loewe (lyrics)

The Musical

Opened on Broadway: March 15, 1956 Number of Performances: 2717 Opened at London’s West End: April 30, 1958 Number of Performances: 2281

Cast Album

Charted: April 28, 1956 Peak: 115 US, 119 UK Sales (in millions): 8.0 US Genre: show tunes

Soundtrack

Charted: October 10, 1964 Peak: 14 US, 19 UK Sales (in millions): 1.5 US Genre: show tunes

Songs: Overture: Orchestra/ Why Can’t the English? Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? * I’m an Ordinary Man With a Little Bit of Luck ** Just You Wait The Rain in Spain I Could Have Danced All Night Ascot Gavotte On the Street Where You Live You Did It Show Me Get Me to the Church on Time A Hymn to Him Without You I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face * 2 versions back-to-back on cast album ** appears only on soundtrack Singles/Hit Songs: As was common in the pre-rock era, songs from musicals were often recorded by artists not associated with the musical and released as singles. Here are some of the most notable hit singles resulting from the show: “On the Street Where You Live” – Vic Damone (#4, 1956), Eddie Fisher (#18, 1956), Lawrence Welk (#96, 1956), Andy Williams (328, 1964) ”I Could Have Danced All Night” – Sylvia Syms (#20, 1956), Rosemary Clooney (#49, 1956), Dinah Shore (#93, 1956), Ben E. King (#72, 1963), Biddu Orchestra (#72, 1976) ”I’ve Grown Accustomed to Your Face” – Rosemary Clooney (#70, 1956), Gordon MacRae (#96, 1956) ”With a Little Bit of Luck” – Percy Faith (#82, 1956), Jo Stafford (#85, 1956) ”Get Me to the Church on Time” – Julius LaRosa (#89, 1956)

Rating: 4.462 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings for cast album and soundtrack combined) Quotable: “The most perfect stage musical ever” – Colin Larkin, Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums Awards (Cast Album): (Click on award to learn more). Awards (Soundtrack): (Click on award to learn more).

About the Show: My Fair Lady is “the crowning achievement” AZ for lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. In fact, some consider it to be “the most perfect stage musical ever.” CL “It boasts a magnificent score…witty, intelligent, beautiful, and romantic.” NRR This is “a collection of performances that long ago became a ubiquitous and indispensable fixture of American musical theater.” AZ Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner After several productions in the 1940s, Lerner and Loewe first tasted major Broadway success with 1947’s Brigadoon. They next worked together on 1951’s Paint Your Wagon before adapting George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion into My Fair Lady. It was a story about “the mythic Greek figure who falls in love with his sculpture.” TM In My Fair Lady, the story focuses on “the relationship between an elocutionist” R-C and “pre-World War I London flower girl Eliza Doolittle, who aspires to a better accent and the social advantages that will come with it.” R-S The show opened on Broadway on March 15, 1956. It ran for 2717 performances, closing on September 29, 1962. It had what was then the longest run in history for a major musical. W-M The production has been called “the perfect musical.” W-M Julie Andrews was a “twenty-year-old revelation” ZS as “the fairest of all ladies,” ZS making the “loverly…score soar” ZS with her “glorious voice and emotional range.” ZS Rex Harrison is “effortlessly charming” ZS in his recreation of the stage role as “Professor Henry Higgins (he had also appeared in the film adaptation of…Pygmalion.” R-S He “enjoys every wink of his ironies: When he describes himself, in I’m an Ordinary Man, his exaggerated demeanor suggests his character is anything but ordinary. That Harrison caught this specific dynamic so early in what became a historic extended run is remarkable.” TM “The show yielded an astounding number of songs that became standards, including the luminous I Could Have Danced All Night and I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.” TM Among the other gems in this “embarrassment of riches,” AZ including The Rain in Spain, Wouldn’t It Be Loverly, Why Can’t the English?, and On the Street Where You Live. As was common in the 1950s, the cast album “was recorded in one marathon fourteen-hour session on March 25, 1956.” TM “Producers tried to schedule the sessions as close to the opening of the musical as possible, thinking that the nuances of the work would be fresh in the performers’ minds.” TM This sometimes backfired, but here Harrison and Andrews “are beyond lively… and the supporting cast – which, as was often the case with Lerner and Loewe, got the meatiest songs – positively sparkles.” TM “The recording established a new relationship between Broadway productions and record companies; the album’s critical success and popularity with the public were unrivaled at the time of its release.” NRR The cast album spent fifteen weeks atop the Billboard album chart, making it one of the biggest #1 albums in U.S. chart history. What’s incredible, however, is that those chart-topping weeks were spread out over four years time. Billboard magazine named it album of the year – in 1957 and 1958. The album stuck around on the charts for a total of 480 weeks. Only Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Johnny Mathis’ Johnny’s Greatest Hits have logged more weeks. For the film version, Harrison and Holloway were back, but since they were making their third recordings of the score, they didn’t have much to add…The result was an acceptable recording that did not surpass the Broadway or London cast albums.” R-S However, despite starring in the Broadway and London stage productions, Julie Andrews was deemed “not enough of a star to carry the movie. (Embarrassingly, by the time the movie opened, Mary Poppins had made her more than enough of a star to do so.) Instead, Audrey Hepburn stepped into the role.” R-S Hepburn’s singing voice was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who “was an accomplished Hollywood voice ghost, having previously sung for Deborah Kerr in The King and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Rosalind Russell in Gypsy.” R-S She “was fine…lacked the flair that Andrews would have given it.” R-S A “1965 Best Picture Oscar capped the show’s decade of prominence.” AZ

Resources and Related Links: R-C All Music Guide review of cast album by William Ruhlmann R-S All Music Guide review of soundtrack by William Ruhlmann AZ Amazon.com review of the cast album by Jerry McCulley CL Colin Larkin (1998). Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books: London, England. Page 201. TM Tom Moon (2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company, Inc.: New York, NY. NRR National Recording Registry ZS Zagat Survey (2003). Music Guide: 1,000 Top Albums of All Time. Coordinator: Pat Blashill. Music Editor: Holly George-Warren. Editors: Betsy Andrews and Randi Gollin. Zagat Survey, LLC: New York, NY. Page 170. Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 3/7/2011; last updated 12/23/2021.

George M. Cohan born 100 years ago. His Top 30 Songs

George M. Cohan Top 30 Songs

Songwriter born George Michael Cohan was born 100 years ago today on 7/3/1878 in Providence, RI. Died 11/5/1942. One of America’s most successful songwriters. His songs were often recorded by Billy Murray, one of the most successful singers of the first quartet of the 20th century. Cohan was known for introducing a new style to American musical comedy and wrote, produced, directed, and starred in more than 40 musicals on Broadway. “Over There” and “You’re a Grand Old Flag” are featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Pre-Rock Era, 1890-1953. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

Awards:

Top 30 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. Songs which hit #1 on various charts are noted. (Click for codes to singles charts.) DMDB Top 1%: 1. Over There (American Quartet, 1917) #1 2. You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”) (Billy Murray, 1906) #1 3. Give My Regards to Broadway (Billy Murray, 1905) #1 4. Yankee Doodle Boy (Billy Murray, 1905) #1 5. Harrigan (Billy Murray, 1907) #1 DMDB Top 5%: 6. That Haunting Melody (Al Jolson with Walter B. Rogers’ Orchestra, 1912) #1 7. So Long Mary (Corrinne Morgan, 1906) #1 8. Under Any Old Flag at All (Billy Murray, 1908) #1 9. When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D (Ada Jones with Billy Murray, 1908) #1 10. Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway (Billy Murray, 1906) 11. Mary’s a Grand Old Name (1906) DMDB Top 10%: 12. I Guess I’ll Have to Telegraph My Baby (Arthur Collins, 1899) #1 13. When You Come Back (And You Will Come Back) (John McCormack, 1918) 14. Always Leave Them Laughing (Billy Murray, 1907) 15. San Francisco Sadie (Dan Quinn, 1900) 16. Any Place the Old Flag Flies (Billy Murray, 1912) 17. If I’m Goin’ to Die, I’m Goin’ to Have Some Fun (Arthur Collins, 1907) 18. When a Fellow’s on the Level with a Girl Who’s on the Square (Billy Murray, 1909) 19. I Want You (Henry Burr, 1908) 20. Nellie Kelly, I Love You (American Quartet, 1923) 21. You Remind Me of My Mother (Henry Burr, 1923) DMDB Top 20%: 22. Popularity (Vess Ossman, 1907) 23. Little Johnny Jones Medley (Vess Ossman, 1905) 24. You Can Have Broadway (Billy Murray, 1907) 25. Sullivan (Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet, 1909) 26. ABC’s of the U.S.A. (Ada Jones & Billy Murray, 1908) 27. American Ragtime (Billy Murray, 1909) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 28. Venus, My Shining Love (1894) 29. The Warmest Baby in the Bunch (1897) 30. If I Were Mister Morgan (1903) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for George M. Cohan Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 12/8/2019; last updated 6/6/2022.