TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1903*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME-HAYDN QUARTET-APRIL 2 COME DOWN MS. EVENING STAR-MINA HICKMAN-March 3 DOWN WHERE THE WURZBURGER FLOWS-ARTHUR COLLINS & BYRON HARLAN-February 4 HARRAH FOR BAFFIN'S BAY-ARTHUR COLLINS & BYRON HARLAN-October 5 ANY RAGS?-ARTHUR COLLINS-December 6 IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME-SOUSA'S BAND-May 7 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE-HARRY MacDONOUGH & JOHN BIELING-June 8 COME DOWN,MA' EV'NING STAR-Henry Burr-August 9 HIAWATHA-Harry MacDonough-July 10 UNCLE JOSH ON AN AUTOMOBILE-Cal Stewart-June 11 Good-Bye Eliza Jane-Arthur Collins-November 12 Dear Old Girl-J.W. Myers-November 13 Reuben Haskins' Ride On A Cyclone Auto-Len Spencer-October 14 My Old Kentucky Home-Haydn Quartet-September 15 In The Good Old Summertime-Harry MacDonough-February 16 You Can't Fool All The People All The Time-Arthur Collins-September 17 By The Sycamore Tree-Bob Roberts-December 18 Always In The Way-Byron G.Harlan-May 19 In The Sweet Bye And Bye-J.Aldrich Libbey-March 20 Beautiful Bird,Sing On-Harry MacDonough-September 21 The Rosary-William H.Thompson-January 22 Please,Mama,Buy Me A Baby-Byron G.Harlan-November 23 Hurrah For Baffin's Bay-Bob Roberts-August 24 Mighty Like A Rose-George Alexander-December 25 Up In A Cocoanut Tree-Billy Murray-April 26 I'm Thinking Of You All De While-Bob Roberts-August 27 I'm A Jonah Man-Arthur Collins-July 28 Heidelberg-Harry MacDonough-May 29 Heidelberg-J.W. Myers-February 30 Hiawatha-Columbia Orchestra-April 31 There's No Place Like Home-Byron G.Harlan-April 32 Parody Of "Hiawatha"-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-January 33 A Night Trip To Buffalo-American Quartet-July 34 The Rosary-Henry Burr-June 35 If I But Know-J.W. Myers-May 36 Tessie (You Are The Only Only)-Billy Murray-April 37 Congo Love Song-Mina Hickman-September 38 It's A Lovely Day For A Walk-Corrine Morgan-August 39 It's A Lovely Day For A Walk-Frank Stanley-August 40 Since I First Met You-Harry MacDonough-May 41 You're As Welcome As The Flowers In May-J.W. Myers-December 42 Tessie-John Bieling-July 43 Tessie-Harry MacDonough-July 44 Uncle Josh And Aunt Nancy Smith On A Visit To New York-Cal Stewart-March 45 In The City Of Sighs And Tears-J.W. Myers-February 46 Down Where The Wurzburger Flows-Arthur Collins-January 47 Under The Bamboo Tree-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-January 48 When Kate And I Were Comin' Thro' The Rye-Harry MacDonough-December 49 Two Eyes Of Blue-Harry MacDonough-May 50 My Own United States-J.W. Myers-March 51 To My First Love-Henry Burr-November 52 Marriage Is Sublime-Bob Roberts-July 53 I'm A Jonah Man-Bob Roberts-July 54 The Message Of The Violets-J.W. Myers-April 55 Uncle Josh's Troubles In A Hotel-Cal Stewart-February * 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