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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1922.
The following songs achieved the highest positions in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website during 1922: [8] Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Jolson | "April Showers" | Columbia 3500 | October 21, 1921 | December 1921 | US Billboard 1922 #1, US #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [9] |
| 2 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Three O'Clock in the Morning" | Victor 18940 | August 21, 1922 | November 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,732,034 sold (Victor 1920s memo), [10] 3.5 million [11] |
| 3 | Ed Gallagher and Al Shean | "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" | Victor 18941 | July 21, 1922 | October 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 929,185 sold (Victor 1920s memo) [10] |
| 4 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Stumbling" | Victor 18899 | August 23, 1922 | November 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks |
| 5 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Hot Lips" | Victor 18920 | March 30, 1922 | September 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 11 total weeks, 523,106 sold (Victor 1920s memo), [10] 1,000,000 sold [11] |
| 6 | Al Jolson | "Angel Child" | Columbia 3568 | January 17, 1922 | May 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 8 total weeks |
| 7 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "On the Alamo" | Brunswick 2245 | February 15, 1922 | May 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks |
| 8 | Billy Jones & Ernie Hare | "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" | Okeh 4608 | April 15, 1922 | July 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #8, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks |
| 9 | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | "Do it Again" | Victor 18882 | June 23, 1922 | July 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks, 523,206 sold (Victor 1920s memo) [10] |
| 10 | Henry Burr | "My Buddy" | Victor 18930 | July 13, 1922 | October 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #10, US #1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks |
| 11 | Fanny Brice (Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon) | "My Man" | Victor 45263 | November 15, 1921 | February 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks, 424,849 sold (Victor 1920s memo) [10] |
| 12 | Al Jolson | "Give Me My Mammy" | Columbia 3540 | October 22, 1921 | April 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #12, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks |
| 18 | Vernon Dalhart and the Criterion Trio | "Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)" | Victor 18807 | September 1, 1921 | November 1921 | US Billboard 1922 #18, US #2 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks, 1,040,811 sold (Victor 1920s memo) [10] |
| 19 | Isham Jones Orchestra | "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" | Brunswick 2313 | July 1, 1922 | October 1922 | US Billboard 1922 #19, US #2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks |
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