TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1913*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 WHEN IRISH EYES ARE SMILING-CHAUNCEY OLCOTT-AUGUST 2 WHEN I LOST YOU-HENRY BURR-May 3 PEG 'O MY HEART-CHARLES HARRISON-December 4 YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU,I DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT-AL JOLSON-October 5 LAST NIGHT WAS THE END OF THE WORLD-HENRY BURR-October 6 WHEN THE MIDNIGHT CHOO CHOO LEAVES FOR ALABAM'-ARTHUR COLLINS & BYRON HARLAN-March 7 THE SPANIARD THAT BLIGHTED MY LIFE-AL JOLSON-June 8 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-July 9 TILL THE SANDS OF THE DESERT GROW COLD-Alan Turner-January 10 ROW!ROW!ROW!-Ada Jones-February 11 Sympathy-Walter Van Brunt & Helen Clark-April 12 There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland (With A Heart That Belongs To Me)-Harry MacDonough-November 13 The Ghost Of The Violin-Peerless Quartet-February 14 Bagdad-Billy Murray-January 15 Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-December 16 The Curse Of A Aching Heart-Will Oakland-October 17 Sweetnearts-Christie MacDonald-August 18 In The Evening By The Moonlight-Haydn Quartet-June 19 Woodman,Woodman Spare That Tree-Bert Williams-August 20 Melinda's Wedding Day-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-May 21 Daddy Has A Sweetheart And Mother Is Her Name-Elsie Baker-June 22 That Old Girl Of Mine-American Quartet-April 23 When I Lost You-Manuel Romain-May 24 The Angelus-Christie MacDonald & Reinald Werrenrath-August 25 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling-Harry MacDonough-August 26 Where The River Shannon Flows-John McCormack-April 27 On The Road To Mandalay-Frank Croxton-April 28 Parisienne-American Quartet-March 29 On The Mississippi-American Quartet-March 30 Ghost Of The Violin-Maurice Burkhardt & Walter Van Brunt-January 31 Because-Enrico Caruso-March 32 There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland-Henry Burr & Andrea Sarto-November 33 Take,Oh Take Those Lips Away-John McCormack-February 34 Say Not Love Is A Dream-Olive Kline-February 35 Your Eyes Tell Me What I Don't Know-Enrico Caruso-September 36 Sunshine And Roses-Elsie Baker,Edna Brown & James F.Harrison-August 37 Snookey Ookums-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-July 38 To Have,To Hold,To Love-Henry Burr-July 39 Nobody-Bert Williams-July 40 Snookey Ookums-Billy Murray-June 41 And The Green Grass Grew All Around-Walter Van Brunt-May 42 You're A Great Big Blue-Eyed Baby-Peerless Quartet-July 43 Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay-American Quartet-December 44 When I Waltz With You-Helen Clark-May 45 On The Banks Of The Wabash-Harry MacDonough & American Quartet-November 46 My Wild Irish Rose-Chauncey Olcott-August 47 When A Maid Comes Knockin' At your Foor-Olive Kline-June 48 Liebesleid (Lover's Sorrow)-Fritz Kreisler-May 49 When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandy-Elsie Baker-December 50 When It's Apple Blossom Time In Normandy-James F.Harrison-December 51 Pullman Porters' Parade-Al Jolson-October 52 The Little German Band-Al Jolson-October 53 The Land Of Golden Dreams-Elsie Baker & Frederick Wheeler-July 54 The Land Of Golden Dreams-James F.Harrison-July 55 Say "Au Revoir" But Not Goodbye-John McCormack-July 56 Good Night,Nurse-Billy Murray-May 57 Down In Dear Old New Orleans-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-March 58 Oh! Oh! Delphine-Billy Murray-January 59 Hitchy-Koo-American Quartet-January 60 Good-By,Summer!So Long Fall!Hello,Winter Time!-Peerless Quartet-December 61 On The Old Front Porch-Ada Jones & Billy Murray-December 62 Goodbye,Boys-Peerless Quartet-June 63 At The Devil's Ball-Peerless Quartet-May 64 Where Did You Get That Girl-Walter Van Brunt-December 65 Last Night Was The End Of The World-Charles Harrison-October 66 You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)-William J.Halley-October 67 With All My Faults,I Love Her Still-Will Oakland-September 68 In My Harem-Walter Van Brunt-June 69 Here Comes My Daddy Now ( Oh Pop-Oh Pop-Oh Pop)-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-June 70 Rigoletto:Deh! Non Parlare Al Misero (Recall Not The Past)-Enrico Caruso & Geraldine Farrar-April 71 Homeland-Lucy Isabelle Marsh-February 72 Where The Edelweiss Is Blooming-Lyric Quartet-January 73 A Perfect Day-Elsie Baker-November 74 Sweethearts-Grace Kerns-October 75 Mother Machree-Chauncey Olcott-September 76 Ave Maria-Enrico Caruso-August 77 Gems From "Sweethearts"-Victor Light Opera Co.-November 78 The Angelus-Prince's Orchestra-July 79 All Night Long-Ada Jones & Billy Murray-April 80 My Little Persian Rose-Peerless Quartet-March 81 You Can't Play Every Instrument In The Band-Joseph Cawthorn-August 82 Beautiful Doll,Good-Bye-American Quartet-April 83 Fireflies-Prince's Orchestra-February 84 Row! Row! Row!-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-February 85 Elegie:Melodie-Enrico Caruso-November 86 When I Get You Alone To-Night-Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt-March 87 A Little Girl At Home-Marguerite Dunlap & Harry MacDonough-March 88 You're A Great Big Blue-Eyed Baby-Heidelberg Quintet-October 89 Row,Row,Row-American Quartet-April 90 Long,Long Ago-Geraldine Farrar-November 91 Gems From "Lady Of The Slipper"-Victor Light Opera Co.-April 92 Every Lover Must Meet His Fate-Reed Miller-September 93 The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine-Elsie Baker-August 94 The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine-James F.Harrison-August 95 On The Mississippi-Billy Murray-May 96 The Curse Of An Aching Heart-Manuel Romain-December 97 When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam'-Victor Military Band-May 98 Till Sands Of The Desert Turn Gold-Frank Croxton-March 99 I've Got The Finest Man-Ada Jones-February 100 Oh Promise Me-Alan Turner-January 101 Venus On Earth Waltz-Sousa'Band-January 102 Come On Over-Billy Murray & Helen Clark-December 103 There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland-Walter Van Brunt-November 104 San Francisco Bound-Peerless Quartet-October 105 Turkey-Trot Dance Medley,Part II-Prince's Orchestra-September 106 Santa Lucia-Reed Miller-September 107 She's The Lass For Me-Harry Lauder-July 108 Florida Rag-Fred Van Eps-June 109 Abide With Me-Alma Gluck-June 110 Abide With Me-Louise Homer-June 111 My Little Persian Rose-"That Girl" Quartet-April 112 On The Mississippi (Medley)-Sousa'Band-April 113 Fo' De Lawd's Sake,Play A Waltz-Elsie Janis-February 114 In The Gloaming-Alice Nielsen-February 115 The Toymaker's Shop-Victor Herbert & His Orchestra-January
* This list was compiled by data from the book titled “Joel Whitburn’s Pop Memories 1890-1954”
(1986) by Billboard Publications,Inc.
Whitburn’s book used data from:
Billboard (sheet music best sellers,1913)
Billboard (weekly lists of top songs in vaudeville 1913-18)
Jim Walsh
Sheet Music Sales
ASCAP
Record Label Publications
Best-selling records information