PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1916*
https://playback.fm/year/1916 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING-JOHN McCORMACK-FEBRUARY 2 PRETTY BABY-BILLY MURRAY-October 3 I SENT MY WIFE TO THE THOUSAND ISLES-AL JOLSON-September 4 I LOVE A PIANO-BILLY MURRAY-May 5 THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE-JOHN McCORMACK-December 6 AMERICA-COLUMBIA MIXED DOUBLE QUARTET-September 7 THE LIGHTS OF MY HOME TOWN-PEERLESS QUARTET-April 8 THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER-Prince's Orchestra-August 9 TURN BACK THE UNIVERSE AND GIVE ME YESTER DAY-Harry MacDonough & Orpheus Quartet-December 10 EVERYBODY'S CRAZY ON THE FOXTROT-Walter Jeffries-July 11 Flor do Mal-Vicente Celestino-July 12 Birds In The Night (A Lullaby)-Sophie Braslau-July 13 You're A Dangerous Girl-Al Jolson-October 14 O Sole Mio (My Sunshine)-Enrico Caruso-July 15 Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Folk Song)-Enrico Caruso-December 16 There's A Quaker Down In Quaker Town-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-August 17 The Girl On The Magazine-Harry MacDonough-May 18 If I Knock the 'L' Out of Kelly (It Would Still be Kelly to Me)-Marguerite Farrell-October 19 Good-Bye,Good Luck,God Bless You(Is All That I Can Say)-Henry Burr-July 20 M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)-Henry Burr-March 21 Hello,Hawaii,How are You?-Prince's Orchestra-May 22 Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love In Honolulu)-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-December 23 Ireland Must Be Heaven,For My Mother Came From There-Charles Harrison-November 24 My Old Kentucky Home-Alma Gluck-July 25 Down Where the Swanne River Flows-Al Jolson-July 27 Aida:Celeste Aida (Heavenly Aida)-Hipolito Lazaro-November 28 Spanish Dance-Mischa Elman-February 29 Broken Doll-Al Jolson-July 30 Caraboo-Os Geraldos-July 31 He's Got A Bungalow-Arthur Fields-December 32 Wake Up, America!-James F.Harrison-June 33 Is There Still Room For Me 'Neath The Old Apple Tree-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-March 34 The Old Refrain-John McCormack-June 35 All I Want Is A Cottage,Some Roses And You-Geoffrey O'Hara-July 36 At The End Of A Beautiful Day-Elizabeth Wheeler-September 37 We'll Build A Little Home In The USA-March 38 Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula-Al Jolson-July 39 You Were Just Made To Order For Me-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-December 40 Hello Hawaii,How Are You?-Billy Murray-April *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).