PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1926*
https://playback.fm/year/1926 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 BYE,BYE,BLACKBIRD-GENE AUSTIN-SEPTEMBER 2 ALWAYS-GEORGE OLSEN & HIS ORCHESTRA-May 3 WHEN THE RED,RED ROBIN COMES BOB-BOB-BOBIN' ALONG-AL JOLSON-October 4 BABY FACE-JAN GARBER-November 5 THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES-PAUL WHITEMAN-December 6 I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD-AL JOLSON -February 7 VALENCIA-PAUL WHITEMAN-July 8 ALWAYS-Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra-June 9 SLEEPY TIME GAL-Ben Bernie-April 10 FIVE FOOT TWO,EYES OF BLUE-Gene Austin-April 11 Gimme A Lil' Kiss,Will Ya,Huh?-"Whispering" Jack Snith-June 12 Breezin' Along With the Breeze-Johnny Marvin-December 13 Fascinating Rhythm-Fred Astaire & George Gershwin-April 14 Heebie Jeebies-Louis Armstrong-July 15 Who?-George Olsen-March 16 Muskrat Ramble-Louis Armstrong-July 17 Black Bottom-The Kentuckey Serenaders-December 18 Show Me The Way To Go Home-Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra-January 19 Black Bottom Stomp-Jelly Roll Morton-December 20 Do,Do,Do-Gertrude Lawrence-December 21 Come On Boys Lets Do That Messin' Around-Blind Blake-July 22 Chua,Chua-Fernando & Romeu Silva-July 23 Sunny-George Olsen & His Orchestra-March 24 I've Found A New Baby-Ted Lewis & His Band-July 25 Valencia-Ben Selvin & His Orchestra-August 26 I Lost My Heart In Monterey (When I Found You)-Isham Jones & His Orchestra-December 27 Sleepy Time Gal-Nick Lucas-March 28 East St.Louis Toodle-oo-Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra-December 29 Am I Wasting My Time On You?-Lewis James-August 30 Big Butter And Egg Man-Louis Armstrong-December 31 Dinah (Ukelele Ike)-Cliff Edwards-March 32 That Certain Party-Ernest Hare & Bill Jones-March 33 Baby Face-"Whispering" Jack Smith-December 34 Ya Gotta Know How To Love-Gene Austin-September 35 Baby Face-Lewis James & Ipana Troubadors-November 36 Ave Maria-Pedro Celestino-July 37 Tonight You Belong To Me-Irving Kaufman-December 38 Turkey In The Straw-Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers-December 39 Horses-George Olsen & His Orchestra-July 40 Reaching For The Moon-Ben Bernie & His Orchestra-August 41 Moonlight On The Ganges-Paul Whiteman-December 42 Eu Vi Lili-Turunas da Mauriceia-July 43 Bird Song At Eventide-Henry Hall & His Orchestra-July 44 Lost Your Head Blues-Bessie Smith-October 46 She Knows Her Onions-The Happiness Boys-July 47 Always-Henry Burr-June 48 Mary Lou-Abe Lyman & His California Orchestra-July 49 At Peace With The World-Al Jolson-September 50 Lonesome And Sorry-Ruth Etting-August *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).