TOP SONGS IN THE USA FOR 1911*
No. Song-Artist-Peak month 1 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND-ARTHUR COLLINS & BYRON HARLAN-OCTOBER 2 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART-PEERLES QUARTET-December 3 I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE-JOHN McCORMACK-July 4 MOTHER MacHREE-JOHN McCORMACK-August 5 PUT YOU ARMS AROUND ME,HONEY-ARTHUR COLLINS & BYRON HARLAN-April 6 UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE-ARTHUR COLLINS & BYRON HARLAN-March 7
COME,JOSEPHINE,IN MY FLYING MACHINE-ADA JONES,BILLY MURRAY & AMERICAN QUARTET-June
8 COME,JOSEPHINE,IN MY FLYING MACHINE-Blanche Ring-May 9 MOTHER MacHREE-Will Oakland-October 10 I LOVE THE NAME OF MARY-Will Oakland-May
11 Down By The Old Mill Stream-Arthur Clough & Brunswick Quartet-November 12 I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad-Peerless Quartet-October 13 Some Of These Days-Sophie Tucker-August 14 Silver Bell-Peerless Quartet-January 15 It's Always June When You're In Love-Reed Miller-February 16 I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad-American Quartet & Walter Van Brunt-December 17 Let Me Call You Sweetheart-Arthur Clough-June 18 Italian Street Song-Lucy Isabelle Marsh & Victor Light Opera Co.--April 19 All Alone-Ada Jones & Billy Murray-September 20 Alexander's Ragtime Band-Billy Murray-December 21 Steamboat Bill-Arthur Collins-July 22 I've Got Your Number-Eldina Morris & Walter Van Brunt-March 23 Play That Barber Shop Chord-American Quartet-January 24 Woodman,Woodman Spare That Tree-Bob Roberts-November 25 My Beautiful Lady-Lucy Isabelle Marsh-August 26 Kathleen-Mavourneen-John McCormack-September 27 Some Of These Days-American Quartet-June 28 I Love It!-Arthur Collins-March 29 Jimmy Valentine-Peerless Quartet-November 30 Piano Man-Billy Murray-June 31 On Mobile Bay-Henry Burr & Albert Campbell-May 32 Don`t Wake Me Up,I`m Dreaming-Walter Van Brunt-September 33 Ciribiribin Waltz-Prince's Orchestra-January 34 That Was Before I Met You-Walter Van Brunt-October 35 Selections From "The Pink Lady"-Prince's Orchestra-September 36 The Honeymoon Glide-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-February 37 Stop,Stop,Stop (Come Over And Love Me Some More)-Eldina Morris-February 38 Lebesfreund (Old Vienna Waltz)-Fritz Kreisler-February 39 March Of The Toys-Victor Herbert & His Orchestra-October 40 Honey Love-"That Girl" Quartet-June 41 All Aboard For Blanket Bay-Ada Jones-June 42 The Grizzly Bear-American Quartet-April 43 For You Alone-Enrico Caruso-April 44 Chicken Reel-Byron G.Harlan & Frank Stanley-October 45 That Railroad Rag-Walter Van Brunt-August 46 Oceana Roll-Eddie Morton-November 47 Naughty Marietta Selection-Victor Herbert & His Orchestra-October 48 Two Little Love Bees-Reinald Werrenrath & Elizabeth Wheeler-July 49 Gee,But It's Great To Meet A Friend From Your Home Town-Billy Murray-May 50 The Birth Of Passion-Prince's Orchestra-January 51 Joy To The World-Trinity Choir-December 52 Knock Wood-Ada Jones & Walter Van Brunt-December 53 Save Up Your Kisses For A Rainy Day-Henry Burr-October 54 Save Up Your Kisses For A Rainy Day-Elsie Stevenson-October 55 By The Saskatchewan-Haydn Quartet & Reinald Werrenrath-September 56 In The Land Of Harmony-Arthur Collins-August 57 Life's A Funny Proposition,After All-George M.Cohan-August 58 Let Me Live And Stay In Dixieland-Elizabeth Brice-August 59 Let Me Live And Stay In Dixieland-Charles King-August 60 To The Strains Of That Wedding March (It's A Long,Long Walk)-June 61 Aida:Duet,Act IV:Aida A Me Togliesti (Aida Thou Hast Taken)-Enrico Caruso & Louise Homer-May 62 I'm Looking For A Nice Young Fellow Who's Looking For A Nice Young Girl-American Quartet-March 63 Kiss Me Honey,Kiss Me-Ada Jones & Billy Murray-March 64 In The Gloaming-Will Oakland & American Quartet-January 65 In The Gloaming-Heidelberg Quintet-January 66 Baby Shoes-American Quartet-September 67 Put Your Arms Around Me,Honey-Ada Jones-July 68 Gems From "Madame Sherry"-Victor Light Opera Co.-October 69 That Was Before I Met You-Ada Jones-August 70 Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes-John McCormack-May 71 Gems From "The Merry Widow"-Victor Light Opera Co.-March 72 Chicken Reel-Arthur Collins-December 73 I'm Just Pining For You-Walter Van Brunt-November 74 When You're In Town-Henry Burr & Elsie Stevenson--October 75 For Every Boy Who's Lonely,There's A Girl Who's Lonely-Lyric Quartet-October 76 June-Walter Van Brunt-September 77 All Alone-Ada Jones-September 78 All Alone-Walter Van Brunt-September 79 Mighty Lak' A Rose-Marguerite Dunlap-August 80 King Of The Bungaloos-Gene Greene-August 81 Sharpshooters' March-Guido Deiro-July 82 Put Your Arms Around Me-"That Girl" Quartet-April 83 Grizzly Bear-Arthur Collins-April 84 Addio (Good-Bye)-Enrico Caruso-April 85 Mediation From "Thais"-Fritz Kreisler-January 86 Turn Off Your Light,Mr.Moon Man-Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth-August 87 Red Rose Rag-Dolly Connolly-December 88 Turn Off Your Light,Mr.Moon Man-Jack Norworth-October 89 Dear,Delightful Women-Reinald Werrenrath-September 90 Love Is Like A Red,Red Rose-Henry Burr-August 91 Mary-Haydn Quartet & Elizabeth Wheeler-July 92 Day Dreams,Visions Of Bliss-Henry Burr-July 93 Day Dreams,Visions Of Bliss-Elsie Stevenson-July 94 Come,Josephine, In My Flying Machine-Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band-May 95 Think It Over,Mary-Byron G.Harlan-May 96 'Neath The Southern Moon-Merle Tillotson-April 97 Cheer Up,My Honey-Ada Jones & Billy Murray-April 98 Silver Bell-Ada Jones & Billy Murray-March 99 The Small-Town Gal-George M.Cohan-December 100 The Moonlight,The Rose And You-Frank Stanley & Henry Burr-April 101 Blaze Of Glory-New York Military Band-January 102 Any Little Girl,lThat's A Nice Girl Is The Right Girl For Me-Ada Jones-July 103 That Loving Soul Kiss-Sophie Tucker-June 104 I Love It-American Quartet-May 105 Oh That Moonlight Glide-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-May 106 My Beautiful Lady-Grace Kerns-November 107 Tell Her I Love Her So-Reed Miller-July 108 Spanish Love-Andrea Sarto-November 109 Moriah:Scotch Medley-Montgomery & Stone-November 110 The Camptown Races (Gwine To Run All Night)-Billy Murray-November 111 In The Land Of Harmony-American Quartet-October 112 Dance Of The Grizzly Bear-American Quartet-October 113 Gems From "Florodora"-Victor Light Opera Co.-September 114 My Beautiful Lady-Elizabeth Spencer-September 115 Infanta March-Fred Van Eps-August 116 It's Got To Be Someone I Love-Ada Jones-August 117 It's Got To Be Someone I Love-Walter Van Brunt-August 118 That's Why I Never Married-Billy Murray-July 119 Way Down East-Peerless Quartet-June 120 The Dublin Rag-Ada Jones-March 121 The Old Oaken Bucket-Peerless Quartet-March 122 Silver Bell-"That Girl" Quartet-February 123 Nora Malone-Blanche Rice-January 124 Peer Gynt Suite No.1-Prince's Orchestra-January 125 Knock On Wood-Sophie Tucker-January 126 Whistling Pete-Billy Golden & Joe Hughes 127 From The Land Of The Sky Blue Water-Alma Gluck-November 128 Gems From "Fortune Teller"-Victor Light Opera Co.-November 129 Pink Lady Selection-Victor Concert Orchestra-October 130 My Laddie-Alma Gluck-September 131 Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms-John McCormack-September 132 The Mississippi Dippy Dip-Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan-August 133 The Smiler-Vess Ossman-July 134 The Story Of The Rose-John Barnes Wells-May 135 Gems From "Babes In Toyland"-Victor Light Opera Co.-May 136 Oh,That We Two Were Marrying-Elizabeth Wheeler & William Wheeler-May 137 Gems From "The Pirates Of Panzance"-Victor Light Opera Co.-May 138 I'm So Tired Of Livin' I Don't Care When I Die-Arthur Collins-April 139 Tickle Toes-American Quartet-March 140 Alma-Harry Anthony & Inez Barbour-February 141 La Boheme:O Soave Faniculla (Thou Sweetest Maiden)-Enrico Caruso & Nellie Melba-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
Sheet Music Sales
ASCAP
Record Label Publications
Best-selling records information