TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1891*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month
1 THE LAUGHING SONG-GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON-MAY
2 TURKEY IN THE STRAW-BILLY GOLDEN-November 3 THE MOCKING BIRD-JUOHN YORKE ATLEE-September 4 DRILL,YA TERRIERS DRILL-GEORGE J. GASKIN-December 5 THE WHISTLING COON-GEORGE WASHINGTON JOHNSON-July 6 PAT KELLY AS A POLICE JUSTICE-DAN KELLY-October 7 MICHAEL CASEY AS A PHYSICIAN-RUSSELL HUNTING-June 8 LITTLE "LIZA" LOVES YOU-Len Spencer-March 9 PAT KELLY ON A SPREE-Dan Kelly-December 10 THE PICTURE TURNED TO THE WALL-George J.Gaskin-December 11 Uncle Jefferson-Billy Golden-November 12 Home,Sweet Home-John Yorke Atlee-October 13 Pat Kelly's Plea In His Own Defense-Dan Kelly-May
* 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