TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1892*
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No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 TA-RA-RA-BOOM-DER-E.-LEN SPENCER-FEBRUARY 2 MICHAEL CASEY TAKING THE CENSUS-RUSSELL HUNTING-October 3 THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME-LEN SPENCER-September 4 THE PICTURE TURNED TOWARD THE WALL-MANHANSETT QUARTETTE-April 5 MICHAEL CASEY AT THE TELEPHONE-RUSSELL HUNTING-July 6 DADDY WON'T BUY ME A BOW-WOW-DAN QUINN-December 7 LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG-THOMAS BOTT-December 8 THROW HIM DOWN,McCLOSKEY-Charles Marsh-June 9 THE SONG THAT REACHED MY HEART-Joe Natus-June 10 SALLY IN OUR ALLEY-Manhansett Quartette-May 11 Slide,Kelly,Slide-George J.Gaskin-January 12 Near It-Len Spencer-November 13 The Pretty Red Rose-Will Denny-October 14 Ta-Ra-Boom (Medley)-U.S. Marine Band-April 15 Volunteers March-Gilmore's Band-February 16 The Star-Spangled Banner-Gilmore's Band-July 17 Sing Those Pretty Songs Again-J.W. Myers-March * 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