TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1893*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 AFTER THE BALL-GEORGE J.GASKIN-MAY 2 DAISY BELL-DAN QUINN-October 3 THE FATAL WEDDING-GEORGE J.GASKIN-December 4 O PROMISE ME-GEORGE J.GASKIN-April 5 THE BOWERY-DAN QUINN-February 6 TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE-J.W. MYERS-September 7 MAMIE,COME AND KISS YOUR HONEY BOY-LEN SPENCER-August 8 MY COUNTRY 'TIS OF THEE-Jules Levy-July 9 CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY-Len Spencer-October 10 AFTER THE BALL-John Yorke Atlee-July 11 Casey At The Bat-Russell Hunting-February 12 Rastus And The Watermillion-D.C. Bangs-December 13 A Trip To Chinatown:Selection-U.S. Marine Band-August 14 Michael Casey Departing From New York En Route To Boston Via Steamboat-Russell Hunting-April 15 The Rosary-Henry Burr-June 16 To My First Love-Henry Burr-November * 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: Phonogram (early 1890s record industry periodical) Sheet Music Sales ASCAP and other lists of top period songs Record label catalogs:Edison,Columbia,Berliner & regional labels Jim Walsh columns for Hobbies Magazine on pioneer recording artists