TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1901*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 TELL ME PRETTY MAIDEN-HARRY MacDONOUGH & GRACE SPENCER-JUNE 2 MY BLUSHIN' ROSIE-ALBERT CAMPBELL-January 3 HELLO CENTRAL,GIVE ME HEAVEN-BYRON G. HARLAN-August
4 ANY OLD PLACE I HANG MY HAT IS “HOME SWEET HOME” TO ME-WILL DENNY-December
5 THE TALE OF THE BUMBLE BEE-HARRY MacDONOUGH-October 6 GOOD EVENING,CARRIE-DAN QUINN-December 7 ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER-HARRY MacDONOUGH-November 8 UNCLE JOSH'S HUSKIN' BEE DANCE-Cal Stewart-October 9 GOOD-BYE,DOLLY GRAY-Big Four Quartet-April 10 THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER-Sousa's Band-March 11 When Reuben Comes To Town-S.H. Dudley-March
12 Tell Me Pretty Maiden-Byron G.Harlan,Joe Belmont,Frank Stanley & Florodora Girls-July
13 Jim Lawson's Horse Trade With Deacon Witherspoon-Cal Stewart-July 14 In The Shade Of The Palm-J.W. Myers-September 15 Reuben Haskins From Skowhegan,Maine-Len Spencer-July 16 Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder-George J.Gaskin-June 17 You Can't Keep A Good Man Down-Dan Quinn-July 18 Good-Bye,Dolly Gray-Harry MacDonough-May 19 Whistling-S.H. Dudley-June 20 When The Harvest Days Are Over-Harry MacDonough-May 21 The Laughing Song-George Washington Johnson-April 22 Cindy,I Dream About You-Arthur Collins-March 23 Whip-Poor Will Sing-Joe Belmont-March 24 I'll Be With You When The Roses Bloom Again-Harry MacDonough-December 25 I've A Longing In My HeartFor You,Louise-Harry MacDonough-October 26 Minstrel Record No. 3-Georgia Minstrel Co.-April 27 Ma Blushin' Rosie-S.H. Dudley-March 28 When The Harvest Days Are Over-Byron G.Harlan-February 29 Ain't Dat A Shame-Dan Quinn-October 30 In The Shade Of The Palm-Harry MacDonough-September 31 Con Clancy's Christmas-Len Spencer-September 32 Sweet Annie Moore-S.H. Dudley-August 33 Sweet Annie Moore-Harry MacDonough-August 34 When I Think Of You-Mina Hickman-August 35 I Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles Me-Arthur Collins-July 36 I Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles Me-Joe Natus-July 37 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-J.W. Myers-June 38 American Patrol-Sousa's Band-February 39 William Tell Overture:Finale-Sousa's Band-February 40 Scene At A Dog Fight-Len Spencer-November 41 When You Were Sweet Sixteen-Harry MacDonough-August 42 In The Shade Of The Palm-Emilio DeGogorza-September 43 The Wedding Of Reuben And The Maid-Harry MacDonough-December 44 Tell Us,Pretty Ladies-Dan Quinn-November 45 When Mister Shakespeare Comes To Town-Dan Quinn-October 46 The Invincible Eagle March-Sousa's Band-October 47 Hearts And Flowers-Harry MacDonough-June 48 Uncle Josh On A Trip To Boston-Cal Stewart-May 49 Selections From "Florodora"-Gilmore's Band-May 50 Minstrels:First Part,No.5-Georgia Minstrel Co.-May 51 Roll On The Ground-Billy Golden-April 52 The Bride Elect:March-Sousa's Band-February 53 I'm Living Easy-Silas Leachman-September 54 Florodora:Selections-Vess Ossman-April * 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: Jim Walsh Talking Machine World (monthly record industry periodical) Sheet Music Sales ASCAP Record Label Publications:Victor,Edison,Columbia,Zono-Phone Best-selling records information