Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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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] |