USA-THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 1900-1909

These are the top 100 songs from the first decade (1900-1909) of the 20th century according to Dave’s Music Database.

1. You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)…Billy Murray (1906)
2. Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)…Haydn Quartet (1904)
3. Take Me Out to the Ball Game…Haydn Quartet (1908)
4. I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now…Henry Burr (1909)
5. School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)…Byron Harlan (1907)
6. My Gal Sal…Byron Harlan (1907)
7. Give My Regards to Broadway…Billy Murray (1905)
8. The Glow-Worm…Victor Orchestra (1908)
9. Shine on, Harvest Moon…Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton (1909)
10. In the Good Old Summer Time…J.W. Myers (1902)
11. Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis…Billy Murray (1904)
12. In My Merry Oldsmobile…Billy Murray (1905)
13. Yankee Doodle Boy…Billy Murray (1905)
14. Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie…Byron Harlan (1906)
15. Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet…Haydn Quartet (1909)
16. Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home…Arthur Collins (1902)
17. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree…Henry Burr (1905)
18. The Preacher and the Bear…Arthur Collins (1905)
19. A Bird in a Gilded Cage…Steve Porter (1900)
20. Bedelia…Haydn Quartet (1904)
21. The Stars and Stripes Forever…John Philip Sousa’s Band (1901)
22. Tell Me, Pretty Maiden…Harry MacDonough with Grace Spencer (1901)
23. On a Sunday Afternoon…J.W. Myers (1902)
24. Nobody…Bert Williams (1906)
25. Pagliacci, Act I: Vesti La Giubba (On with the Play) (LEONCAVALLO)…Enrico Caruso (1907)
26. Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha)…Harry MacDonough (1903)
27. Harrigan…Billy Murray (1907)
28. Under the Bamboo Tree…Arthur Collins (1902)
29. Hello Central, Give Me Heaven…Byron Harlan (1901)
30. Mighty Like a Rose (aka “Mighty Lak a Rose”)…George Alexander (1903)
31. Arkansaw Traveler…Len Spencer (1902)
32. When You Were Sweet Sixteen…George J. Gaskin (1900)
33. Maple Leaf Rag…U.S. Marine Band (1907)
34. Toyland…Haydn Quartet with Corrine Morgan (1904)
35. Down Where the Wurzburger Flows…Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan (1903)
36. Goodbye, Dolly Gray…Big Four Quartet (1901)
37. The Yama Yama Man…Ada Jones with the Victor Light Orchestra Co. (1909)
38. Under the Anhauser Bush…Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan (1904)
39. Silver Threads Among the Gold…Richard Jose (1904)
40. Navajo…Billy Murray (1904)
41. Love Me and the World Is Mine…Henry Burr (1906)
42. Everybody Works But Father…Billy Murray (1905)
43. I’ve Got Rings on My Fingers…Blanche Ring (1909)
44. Goodbye, My Lady Love…Henry Burr (1904)
45. The Mansion of Aching Hearts…Harry MacDonough (1902)
46. Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine…Billy Murray & Ada Jones (1908)
47. Ma Blushin’ Rosie…Albert Campbell (1900)
48. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot…Fisk Jubilee Singers (1909)
49. Waltz Me Around Again Willie (‘Round, ‘Round, ‘Round)…Billy Murray with the Haydn Quartet (1906)
50. Waiting at the Church (My Wife Won’t Let Me)…Ada Jones (1906)
51. Sunbonnet Sue…Haydn Quartet (1908)
52. Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway…Billy Murray (1906)
53. Will You Love Me in December As You Do in May?...Haydn Quartet (1906)
54. Come Down, Ma Evening Star…Mina Hickman (1903)
55. Blue Bell…Byron Harlan with Frank Stanley (1904)
56. Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder…Harry MacDonough (1901)
57. Any Rags?...Arthur Collins (1903)
58. Come Take a Trip in My Air-Ship…Billy Murray (1905)
59. I Love a Lassie (My Scotch Bluebell)…Harry Lauder (1907)
60. The Caissons Go Rolling Along (1906)
61. I Can’t Tell You Why I Love You But I Do…Harry MacDonough (1900)
62. In the Sweet Bye and Bye…Harry MacDonough with John Bieling (1903)
63. Honey Boy…Columbia Male Quartet (1907)
64. Alexander (Don’t You Love Your Baby No More?)…Billy Murray (1904)
65. Teasing (I Was Only Teasing You)…Billy Murray (1904)
66. Dear Old Girl…J.W. Myers (1903)
67. A Coon Band Contest…Vess Ossman (1900)
68. Red Wing (An Indian Fable)…Frank Stanley with Henry Burr (1907)
69. The Bird on Nellie’s Hat…Helen Trix (1907)
70. He’s a Cousin of Mine…Bert Williams (1907)
71. How’d You Like to Spoon with Me?...Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet (1906)
72. Down in Jungle Town…Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan (1908)
73. Ma Tiger Lily…Arthur Collins (1900)
74. When It’s All Goin’ Out and Nothin’ Comin’ In…Bert Williams (1902)
75. So Long, Mary…Corrine Morgan (1906)
76. Daddy’s Little Girl…Byron Harlan (1906)
77. Are You Sincere?...Elise Stevenson (1908)
78. What You Goin’ to Do When the Rent Comes ‘Round? (Rufus Rastas Johnson Brown)…Arthur Collins (1905)
79. Good Morning, Carrie…Bert Williams with George Walker (1902)
80. Coax Me…Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan (1905)
81. My Pony Boy…Ada Jones (1909)
82. As Long As the World Rolls On…Alan Turner (1908)
83. Down Under the Sugar Cane…Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan (1909)
84. The Entertainer…Scott Joplin (1902)
85. Would You Care?...Byron Harlan (1905)
86. I Love, I Love, I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid!...Arthur Collins (1909)
87. Lift Every Voice and Sing…Johnson & Johnson (1900)
88. Any Old Place I Hang My Hat Is “Home Sweet Home”…Will Denny (1901)
89. Hurrah for Baffin’s Bay…Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan (1903)
90. Way Down in Old Indiana…J.W. Myers (1902)
91. Where the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door…Byron Harlan (1905)
92. When Chloe Sings a Song…George J. Gaskin (1900)
93. I Love you So (Merry Widow Waltz)…Victor Orchestra (1907)
94. Goodbye, Eliza Jane…Arthur Collins (1903)
95. The Tale of the Bumblebee…Harry MacDonough (1901)
96. The Good Old U.S.A….Byron Harlan (1906)
97. Good Evening, Caroline…Frank Stanley with Elise Stevens (1909)
98. Dearie…Corrine Morgan with the Haydn Quartet (1905)
99. When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D…Billy Murray & Ada Jones (1908)
100. The Blue and the Gray (The Mother’s Gift to Her Country)…Byron Harlan (1900)