100 Greatest Hits of the 1920s

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Aggravatin’ Papa
Sophie Tucker3:04
2Ain’t Misbehavin’
Fats Waller3:59
3Ain’t We Got Fun
Van & Schenck2:58
4All Alone
Al Jolson2:39
5Always
Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra3:12
6Am I Blue
Ethel Waters3:21
7Among My Souvenirs
Ben Selvin3:20
8April Showers
Al Jolson3:17
9Baby Face
Jan Garber & His Orchestra2:51
10Big Butter & Egg Man From the West
Louis Armstrong Hot Five; May Alix3:18
11Bill
Helen Morgan3:16
12Black and Tan Fantasy
Duke Ellington3:13
13Black Mountain Blues
Bessie Smith3:06
14Blue Skies
Ben Selvin; Charles Kaley3:19
15Bye Bye Blackbird
Gene Austin3:01
16California Here I Come
Al Jolson2:27
17Carolina in the Morning
Van & Schenck2:40
18Charmaine
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians3:01
19Corinne Corrina
Bo Carter6:18
20Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith3:32
21Dardanella
Ben Selvin3:15
22Dinah
Ethel Waters3:13
23Down Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith3:25
24East St. Louis Toodle‐Oo
Duke Ellington3:34
25Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith6:40
26Fare You Well Old Joe Clark
Fiddlin’ John Carson3:10
27Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
Gene Austin2:53
28Heebie Jeebies
Louis Armstrong3:10
29Honey
Rudy Vallée3:25
30I Ain’t Got Nobody
Marion Harris3:28
31I Wanna Be Loved by You
Helen Kane2:51
32Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Red Nichols2:48
33If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie!)
Eddie Cantor2:53
34I’ll See You in My Dreams
Isham Jones2:54
35I’m Ooking Over a Four Leaf Clover
Nick Lucas2:45
36In a Mist
Bix Beiderbecke2:48
37In the Jailbhouse Now
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-02-15)
banjo:
Ellsworth T. Cozzens (Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1928-02-15)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-15)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-15)
recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now (on 1928-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
Jimmie Rodgers43:21
38It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’
Wendell Hall3:05
39It Had to Be You
Isham Jones3:05
40I’ve Found a New Baby
Ted Lewis2:46
41James Alley Blues
Richard “Rabbit” Brown3:05
42King Porter Stomp
Fletcher Henderson3:02
43Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
Bing Crosby3:26
44Little Pal
Al Jolson3:08
45Louise
Maurice Chevalier3:23
46Love Me or Leave Me
Ruth Etting3:20
47Lovesick Blues
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers2:49
48Makin’ Whoopee!
Eddie Cantor3:11
49Margie
Eddie Cantor2:57
50Match Box Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:00
51Me and My Shadow
“Whispering” Jack Smith3:16
52Muskrat Ramble
Louis Armstrong2:36
53My Blue Heaven
Gene Austin3:42
54My Mammy
Al Jolson3:14
55My Man
Fanny Brice2:43
56Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
Bessie Smith3:04
57Ol’ Man River
Paul Robeson3:58
58Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Vincent Lopez4:11
59Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith3:09
60Pony Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1988)
recording of:
Pony Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and SBK United Partnership Ltd.
Charley Patton3:01
61Rhapsody in Blue
Paul Whiteman; George Gershwin9:04
62See See Rider Blues
Ma Rainey3:21
63Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson2:55
64Side by Side
Paul Whiteman2:58
65Singin’ in the Rain
Cliff Edwards2:22
66Singin’ the Blues
Frankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra3:00
67Sleep
Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians3:12
68Sleepy Time Gal
Ben Bernie; Arthur Fields2:47
69Some of These Days
recording of:
Some of These Days
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
writer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
Sophie Tucker3:30
70Somebody Stole My Gal
Ted Weems3:02
71Someone to Watch Over Me
Gertrude Lawrence2:46
72Sonny Boy
Al Jolson3:18
73St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith3:16
74Stardust
Hoagy Carmichael3:58
75Statesboro
Blind Willie McTell2:52
76Swanee
Al Jolson2:41
77Sweet Georgia Brown
Ben Bernie2:58
78Swingin’ Down the Lane
Isham Jones Orchestra3:06
79T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1)
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1927-11-30)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1927-11-30)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 42)
recording of:
Blue Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)) (on 1927-11-30)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Ralph Peer (publisher 1920s) (on 1928-02-03)
part of:
Blue Yodels by Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers3.53:26
80Tain’t Nobodys Business If I Do
Bessie Smith3:24
81The Birth of the Blues
Harry Richman2:53
82The Brakeman’s Blues
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-02-14)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-14)
ukulele:
Ellsworth T. Cozzens (Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1928-02-14)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-02-14)
recording of:
The Brakeman’s Blues (on 1928-02-14)
writer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Jimmie Rodgers43:12
83The Charleston
Arthur Gibbs and His Gang3:01
84The Prisoner’s Song
Vernon Dalhart3:16
85The Sidewalks of New York
Nat Shilkret; Lewis James3:13
86Three O’Clock in the Morning
Frank Crumit2:51
87Tip‐Toe Thru the Tulpis With Me
Nick Lucas2:46
88Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo’Bye)
Al Jolson2:29
89Turkey in the Straw
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers3:13
90Valencia
Paul Whiteman; Franklyn Baur2:50
91Waiting for a Train
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1928-10-22)
clarinet:
James Rikard (clarinetist, accompanied Jimmie Rodgers) (on 1928-10-22)
cornet:
C.L. Hutchison (cornetist, accompanied Jimmie Rodgers) (on 1928-10-22)
double bass [string bass]:
George MacMillan (American double bassist, accompanied Jimmie Rodgers) (on 1928-10-22)
guitar:
Dean Bryan (country guitarist, accompanied Jimmie Rodgers) (on 1928-10-22)
steel guitar:
John Westbrook (country guitarist, accompanied Jimmie Rodgers) (on 1928-10-22)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1928-10-22)
recording of:
Waiting for a Train (on 1928-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Jimmie Rodgers42:47
92Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Peerless Quartet2:37
93West End Blues
Louis Armstrong3:20
94When My Baby Smiles at Me
Ted Lewis and His Orchestra2:47
95When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along
Al Jolson2:39
96Whispering
Paul Whiteman3:18
97Who’s Sorry Now
Marion Harris3:21
98Wildwood Flower
The Carter Family3:12
99Yes Sir! That’s My Baby
Gene Austin2:52
100Yes! We Have No Bananas
Billy Jones3:05

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