EDWARD FOOTE GARDNER TOP US SINGLES FOR 1919*
No. Song-Artist-Month Peak 1 I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES-BEN SELVIN'S NOVELTY ORCHESTRA-JUNE 1500 2 I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS-CHARLES HARRISON-January 1244 3 HOW YA GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM (AFTER THEY'VE SEEN PAREE)-NORA BAYES-May 1224 4 WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE HEART OF A ROSE-JOHN MCCORMACK-August 1224 5 TILL WE MEET AGAIN-HENRY BURR & ALBERT CAMPBELL-February 1186 6 A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY-JOHN STEEL-September 1128 7 JA-DA (JA DA,JA DA,JING,JING,JING)-ARTHUR FIELDS-March 1120 8 MANDY-Van And Schenck-October 1118 9 TELL ME (WHY NIGHTS ARE LONELY)-Al Jolson-November 1074 10 SMILIN' THROUGH-Reinald Werrenrath-September 1064 11 Beautiful Ohio-Henry Burr-March 1052 12 Chong,He Come From Hong Kong-Columbia Saxophone Sextette-May 1036 13 I'll Say She Does-Al Jolson-June 1012 14 That Wonderful Mother Of Mine-Henry Burr-April 1000 15 Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me)-Ted Lewis & His Band-September 984 16 Mammy O'mine-Yerkes Jazarimbra Orchestra-July 944 17 Kentucky Dream Waltz-Nicholas Orlando's Orchestra-May 888 18 Oh! What a pal was Mary-Henry Burr-December 830 19 Missouri Waltz(Hush-A-Bye,Ma Baby)-Elsie Baker-May 820 20 Nobody Knows (And Nobody Seems To Care)-Irving & Jack Kaufman-December 812 21 Dear Little Boy Of Mine-Charles Harrison-February 806 22 Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight-Vivian Holt & Lillian Rosedale-July 804 23 The Vamp-Joseph C.Smith Orchestra-October 768 24 It's Nobody's Business But My Own-Bert Williams-August 756 25 Madelon-Victor Military Band-April 708 26 I'll Be Happy When The Preacher Makes You Mine-Irving and Jack Kaufman-December 662 27 A Good Man Is Hard To Find-Marion Harris-May 654 28 Rose Of No Man's Land-Charles Hart-January 586 29 Tulip Time-Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra-October 576 30 Come On,Papa-Avon Comedy Four-April 540 31 I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now-Al Jolson-November 538 32 Mickey-Henry Burr-February 502 33 And He'd Say Oo-La-La! Wee Wee!-Billy Murray-November 470 34 Carolina Sinshine-Sterling Trio-December 434 35 Wait Till You Get Them Up In The Air Boys-Billy Murray-December 434 36 The Bells Of St.Mary's-Frances Alda-September 432 37 Alexander's band is back in Dixie Land-Harry Fox-November 430 38 Kisses,The Sweetest Kisses Of All-Lynn Cowan-March 428 39 Sipping Cider Through A Straw-Carey Morgan-October 388 40 Dear Old Pal Of Mine-Sascha Jacobsen-February 384 41 Chinese Lullaby-Bix Beiderbecke,Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra-October 380 42 Daddy Long Legs-Marshall Neilan-September 348 43 Everybody Shimmies Now-Victor Batwing-March 332 44 The Alcoholic Blues-Billy Murray-July 316 45 Would You Rather Be A Colnel With An Eagle On Your Shoulder Or A Private With A Chicken On...-Arthur Fields-January 234 46 That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone-Sterling Trio-May 210 47 Salvation Lassie Of Mine-Jack Caddigan & Chick Story-April 192 48 You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me-Henry Burr-December 190 49 Take Me To The Land Of Jazz-Marion Harris-November 176 50 Dreamy Alabama-Ballard MacDonald-November 164 51 Don't Cry,Frenchy,Don't Cry-Walter Donaldson-May 144 52 Me-Ow-Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra-July 136 53 I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry-Chas. R. McCarron & Carey Morgan-January 108 54 My Barney Lies Over The Ocean (Just The Way He Lied To Me-Billy Murray-July 100 55 They're All Sweeties-Billy Murray & Henry Burr-December 92 56 Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar-Bert Williams-September 88 57 O Death,Where Is Thy Sting?-Bert Williams-February 88 58 Every Day Will Be Sunday When The Town Goes Dry-Edward Meeker-April 44 *Edward Foote Gardner ia a mathematician who used data to compile bi-monthly US single charts between 1899 and 1949.

