EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1900*
No. Song-Artist-Month Peak 1 THE BLUE AND THE GRAY-BYRON G.HARLAN-MAY 1852 2 THE FATAL ROSE OF RED-JOE NATUS-September 1580 3 A BIRD IN A GILDED CAGE-STEVE PORTER-March 1436 4 I CAN'T TELL WHY I LOVE YOU BUT I DO-HARRY MACDONOUGH-October 1356 5 FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE-JERE MAHONEY-December 1254 6 A PICTURE NO ARTIST CAN PAINT-STEVE PORTER-January 1248 7 I'D LEAVE MY HAPPY HOME FOR YOU-ARTHUR COLLINS-January 1246 8 MA TIGER LILY-Len Spencer-July 1240 9 WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN-Jere Mahoney-April 1064 10 STRIKE UP THE BAND,HERE COMES THE SAILOR-Dan Quinn-August 1056 11 You Tell Me Your Dream (And I Will Tell You Mine)-Empire Quartet-November 976 12 Wait-Frank Stanley-September 940 13 Doan Ye Cry,Ma Honey-Sam Dudley-March 904 14 Ma Lady Lu-Various Artists-January 876 15 Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes-Arthur Collins-December 862 16 Always-Harry MacDonough-February 860 17 When Chloe Sings A Song-George J.Gaskin-May 828 18 The Story Of The Rose-Various Artists-January 796 19 I'm Certainly Living A Ragtime Life-Arthur Collins-June 784 20 Why-Frank Stanley-May 712 21 My Jersey Lily-Dan Quinn-June 700 22 Koonville Koonlets-Metropolitan Orchestra-June 692 23 My Heart's Tonight In Texas-Gilmore's Band/Bert Murphy-November 692 24 The Bridge Of Sighs-James Thornton-December 654 25 Ma Black Pearl-John W.Myers-November 602 26 Sing Me A Song 0f The South-Harry MacDonough-January 588 27 I Couldn't Stand To See My Baby Lose-Len Spencer-March 580 28 I Must A-Been A-Dreamin'-Arthur Collins-September 580 29 Midnight Fire Alarm-Peerless Orchestra-September 576 30 Lam' Lam' Lam'-Arthur Collins-December 562 31 (It's The)Man Behind The Gun-Sousa's Band-August 552 32 In Good Old New York Town-Samuel Dudley & Harry MacDonough-February 528 33 The Mosquito's Parade-Sousa's Band-December 512 34 Ole Eph's Vision-Edison Grand Concert Band-March 500 35 Every Race Has A Flag But The Coon-Arthur Collins-August 496 36 Wouldn't It Make You Mad,Wouldn't It Jar You-George J.Gaskin-July 488 37 Calling To Her Boy Just Once Again-Joe Natus-November 486 38 Filipino Shuffle-Various Artists-May 480 39 In Naples Fair-Camille D'Arville-April 472 40 Cakewalk In The Sky-Various Artists-January 462 41 A Coon Band Contest-Vess Osman-August 432 42 Oh,Shining Light-Frank Stanley-November 384 43 The Girls Of America March-Metropolitan Orchestra-January 348 44 Dawn Of The Century March-Various Artists-August 320 45 Just One Kiss-George J.Gaskin-August 320 46 What Is A Home Without Love?-Geroge J.Gaskin-May 288 47 Zulu Wedding Dance-Vess Osman-March 232 48 Impecunious Davis-Vess Osman-January 224 49 On The Firing Line-Various Artists-July 224 50 The Mick Who Threw The Brick-Arthur Collins-June 220 51 My Sunbeam From The South-George J.Gaskin-June 188 52 Lindy Loo-Grace Belmont-June 188 53 You Needn't Say The Kisses Came From Me-Imogene Comer-September 172 54 Hearts Are Trumps-Various Artists-April 148 55 I'm Glad I Met You,Mary-H. M. Rosenfeld-January 138 56 It' The Man Behind The Gun That Does The Work-Frank C.Stanley-December 136 57 Her Name Is Rose-Jere Mahoney-April 88 58 I've Got A White Man Working For Me-Arthur Collins-October 52 59 I'm Glad I Met You,Mary-J.Aldrich Libbey-January 52 60 Just When I Needed You Most-George J.Gaskin-October 44 61 It's The Man Behind The Gun That Does The Work-Frank C.Stanley-December 44 *Edward Foote Gardner ia a mathematician who used data to compile bi-monthly US single charts between 1899 and 1949.