Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart Positions
|
1 |
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra |
"Valencia"[7] |
Victor 20007 |
March 30, 1926 (1926-03-30) |
June 1926 (1926-06) |
US Billboard 1926 #1, US Pop #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,012,687 sales[8]
|
2 |
Vernon Dalhart |
"The Prisoner's Song"[9] |
Victor 19427 |
August 13, 1924 (1924-08-13) |
December 5, 1925 (1925-12-05) |
US Billboard 1926 #2, US Pop #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930,[8]
|
3 |
Jan Garber and His Orchestra |
"Baby Face"[10] |
Victor 20105 |
September 29, 1926 (1926-09-29) |
September 1926 (1926-09) |
US Billboard 1926 #3, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks
|
4 |
George Olsen and His Music |
"Who?"[11] |
Victor 19840 |
November 6, 1925 (1925-11-06) |
January 1926 (1926-01) |
US Billboard 1926 #4, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales[6]
|
5 |
Ben Bernie and His Orchestra |
"Sleepy Time Gal"[12] |
Brunswick 2992 |
January 1926 (1926-01) |
February 1926 (1926-02) |
US Billboard 1926 #5, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
6 |
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra |
"The Birth of the Blues"[13] |
Victor 20138 |
March 30, 1926 (1926-03-30) |
October 1926 (1926-10) |
US Billboard 1926 #6, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|
7 |
Gene Austin |
"Bye Bye Blackbird"[14] |
Victor 20044 |
April 29, 1926 (1926-04-29) |
July 31, 1926 (1926-07-31) |
US Billboard 1926 #7, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 414,494 sales[8]
|
8 |
George Olsen and His Music |
"Always"[15] |
Victor 19955 |
February 5, 1926 (1926-02-05) |
April 1926 (1926-04) |
US Billboard 1926 #8, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
|
9 |
Al Jolson |
"I'm Sitting on Top of the World"[16] |
Brunswick 3014 |
December 21, 1925 (1925-12-21) |
January 1925 (1925-01) |
US Billboard 1926 #9, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
10 |
Johnny Marvin |
"Breezin' Along with the Breeze"[17] |
Columbia 699 |
August 1926 (1926-08) |
September 1926 (1926-09) |
US Billboard 1926 #10, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12
|
11 |
Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra |
"Always"[15] |
Okeh 40567 |
February 1926 (1926-02) |
April 1926 (1926-04) |
US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|
12 |
Al Jolson |
"When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)"[18] |
Brunswick 3222 |
June 1, 1926 (1926-06-01) |
July 1926 (1926-07) |
US Billboard 1926 #12, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|
13 |
Whispering Jack Smith |
"Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya Huh?"[19] |
Victor 19978 |
March 5, 1926 (1926-03-05) |
May 1926 (1926-05) |
US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|
14 |
Gene Austin |
"Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue"[20] |
Victor 19899 |
December 11, 1925 (1925-12-11) |
February 1926 (1926-02) |
US Billboard 1926 #14, US Pop #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
15 |
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra |
"Moonlight on the Ganges"[21] |
Victor 20139 |
August 13, 1926 (1926-08-13) |
October 1926 (1926-10) |
US Billboard 1926 #15, US Pop #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|
16 |
George Olsen and His Music |
"Sunny"[22] |
Victor 19840 |
November 6, 1925 (1925-11-06) |
January 1926 (1926-01) |
US Billboard 1926 #16, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|
17 |
Ethel Waters |
"Dinah"[23] |
Columbia 487 |
December 1925 (1925-12) |
January 1926 (1926-01) |
US Billboard 1926 #17, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|
18 |
Ben Bernie and His Orchestra |
"Reaching for the Moon"[24] |
Brunswick 3170 |
April 11, 1926 (1926-04-11) |
June 1926 (1926-06) |
US Billboard 1926 #18, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 6 total weeks
|
19 |
Ted Lewis and His Band |
"I've Found a New Baby"[25] |
Columbia 600-D |
February 11, 1926 (1926-02-11) |
May 1926 (1926-05) |
US Billboard 1926 #19, US Pop #2 for 1 week, 6 total weeks
|
20 |
George Olsen and His Music |
"Horses"[26] |
Victor 19977 |
March 4, 1926 (1926-03-04) |
May 1926 (1926-05) |
US Billboard 1926 #20, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks
|
21 |
Vernon Dalhart |
"The Death of Floyd Collins"[27] |
Victor 19779 |
September 9, 1925 (1925-09-09) |
November 1925 (1925-11) |
US Billboard 1926 #21, US Pop #3 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1925 #4, 403,055 sales[8]
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