This page lists the song chart entries of Al Jolson. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
Al Jolson |
Swanee |
1920 |
US Billboard 1 - May 1920 (18 weeks), US invalid BB 1 of 1920, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1920), POP 1 of 1920, nuTsie 1 of 1920s, Library of Congress artifact added 2004 (1920), Brazil 5 of 1921, Music Imprint 8 of 1910s, Europe 22 of the 1930s (1920), RIAA 124, Acclaimed 912 (1919), aceterrier.com 100 of the 1920s (1920), RYM 5 of 1920 |
2 |
Al Jolson |
California, Here I Come |
1924 |
US Billboard 1 - May 1924 (12 weeks), US invalid BB 1 of 1924, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1924), POP 1 of 1924, Brazil 24 of 1925, nuTsie 27 of 1920s, RYM 12 of 1924 |
3 |
Al Jolson |
April Showers |
1922 |
US Billboard 1 - Jan 1922 (17 weeks), US invalid BB 1 of 1922, POP 1 of 1922, Brazil 9 of 1922, nuTsie 42 of 1920s, aceterrier.com 56 of the 1920s (1921), RYM 41 of 1922 |
4 |
Al Jolson |
Toot Toot Tootsie (Goodbye) |
1922 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1922 (10 weeks), Peel list 2 of 1922, US invalid BB 3 of 1923, POP 3 of 1923, Brazil 18 of 1923, nuTsie 34 of 1920s, RYM 12 of 1922 |
5 |
Al Jolson |
Sonny Boy |
1928 |
US Billboard 1 - 1928 (19 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2002 (1928), US invalid BB 7 of 1928, POP 7 of 1928, nuTsie 13 of 1920s, Brazil 29 of 1929, RYM 19 of 1928 |
6 |
Al Jolson |
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody) |
1918 |
US Billboard 1 - Aug 1918 (14 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1918), aceterrier.com 9 of 1900-19 (1918), Brazil 8 of 1919, Canada 12 - Nov 1961 (6 weeks) |
7 |
Al Jolson |
Anniversary Song |
1947 |
Australia 1 for 5 months - Sep 1947, US Billboard 2 - Feb 1947 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Feb 1947 (14 weeks), Your Hit Parade 4 of 1947, Australian Nostalgia 4 of 1940-1949, DDD 34 of 1946 |
8 |
Al Jolson |
My Mammy |
1928 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011 (1927), US Billboard 2 - 1928 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 4 of 1930, nuTsie 18 of 1920s, Brazil 35 of 1922, RYM 61 of 1928 |
9 |
Al Jolson |
I'm Sitting On Top of the World |
1926 |
US Billboard 1 - Mar 1926 (11 weeks), US invalid BB 8 of 1926, POP 8 of 1926, Europe 20 of the 1930s (1925), Brazil 25 of 1926 |
10 |
Al Jolson |
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along |
1926 |
US Billboard 1 - Sep 1926 (8 weeks), US invalid BB 1 of 1926, POP 3 of 1926, nuTsie 82 of 1920s, RYM 50 of 1926 |
11 |
Al Jolson |
All Alone |
1925 |
US Billboard 1 - Jan 1925 (9 weeks), US invalid BB 10 of 1925, POP 10 of 1925, Brazil 21 of 1925, nuTsie 93 of 1920s |
12 |
Al Jolson |
I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now |
1920 |
US Billboard 1 - Dec 1919 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 9 of 1920, Brazil 17 of 1920, POP 18 of 1920, RYM 13 of 1920 |
13 |
Al Jolson |
There's a Rainbow Round My Shoulder |
1928 |
US Billboard 1 - 1928 (13 weeks), US invalid BB 19 of 1928, POP 19 of 1928, Brazil 38 of 1929, RYM 19 of 1928 |
14 |
Al Jolson |
Angel Child |
1922 |
US Billboard 1 - May 1922 (8 weeks), US invalid BB 8 of 1922, POP 8 of 1922, Brazil 22 of 1924 |
15 |
Al Jolson |
Avalon |
1921 |
US Billboard 2 - Nov 1920 (9 weeks), POP 11 of 1921, Europe 14 of the 1930s (1920), Brazil 22 of 1921, RYM 47 of 1921 |
16 |
Al Jolson |
Little Pal |
1929 |
US Billboard 1 - 1929 (10 weeks), US invalid BB 16 of 1929, POP 18 of 1929, nuTsie 71 of 1920s |
17 |
Al Jolson |
O-H-I-O (O-My-O!) |
1921 |
US Billboard 1 - Apr 1921 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 5 of 1921, POP 5 of 1921, RYM 48 of 1921 |
18 |
Al Jolson |
I Wonder What's Become of Sally? |
1924 |
US Billboard 1 - Oct 1924 (12 weeks), US invalid BB 15 of 1924, POP 20 of 1924 |
19 |
Al Jolson |
That Haunting Melody |
1912 |
US Billboard 1 - Mar 1912 (11 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1913 |
20 |
Al Jolson |
The Spaniard Who Blighted My Life |
1913 |
US Billboard 1 - May 1913 (9 weeks), Brazil 12 of 1914 |
21 |
Al Jolson |
Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land |
1918 |
US Billboard 1 - Jul 1918 (8 weeks), Brazil 19 of 1919 |
22 |
Al Jolson |
I Sent My Wife to the Thousand Isles |
1916 |
US Billboard 1 - Sep 1916 (7 weeks), Brazil 20 of 1918 |
23 |
Al Jolson |
Ragging the Baby to Sleep |
1912 |
US Billboard 1 - Jul 1912 (12 weeks), Brazil 24 of 1913 |
24 |
Al Jolson |
I'll Say She Does |
1919 |
US Billboard 1 - Aug 1919 (9 weeks), Brazil 29 of 1920 |
25 |
Al Jolson |
When You Were Sweet Sixteen |
1948 |
Australia 1 for 1 month - Dec 1948, Australian Nostalgia 33 of 1940-1949 |
26 |
Al Jolson |
Give Me My Mammy |
1922 |
US Billboard 2 - Apr 1922 (8 weeks), Brazil 33 of 1923 |
27 |
Al Jolson |
You're a Dangerous Girl |
1916 |
US Billboard 2 - Sep 1916 (6 weeks), Brazil 40 of 1918 |
28 |
Al Jolson |
Let Me Sing & I'm Happy |
1930 |
US Billboard 2 - 1930 (10 weeks), Brazil 74 of 1931 |
29 |
Al Jolson |
Down Where the Swanne River Flows |
1916 |
US Billboard 3 - Aug 1916 (5 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1917 |
30 |
Al Jolson |
Tell Me |
1920 |
US Billboard 3 - Jan 1920 (5 weeks), Brazil 19 of 1920 |
31 |
Al Jolson |
Mandalay |
1924 |
US Billboard 3 - Sep 1924 (5 weeks), Brazil 28 of 1925 |
32 |
Al Jolson |
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) |
1913 |
US Billboard 1 - Sep 1913 (13 weeks) |
33 |
Al Jolson |
I'm All Bound Round with the Mason-Dixon Line |
1918 |
US Billboard 1 - Mar 1918 (9 weeks) |
34 |
Al Jolson |
You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet |
1920 |
US Billboard 3 - Mar 1920 (5 weeks), Brazil 36 of 1922 |
35 |
Al Jolson |
On the Road to Calais |
1919 |
US Billboard 5 - May 1919 (3 weeks), Brazil 27 of 1920 |
36 |
Al Jolson |
Chloe |
1920 |
US Billboard 5 - Apr 1920 (4 weeks), Brazil 40 of 1920 |
37 |
Al Jolson |
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) |
1929 |
US Billboard 9 - 1929 (4 weeks), Europe 21 of the 1930s (1929) |
38 |
Al Jolson |
To My Mammy |
1930 |
US Billboard 7 - 1930 (7 weeks), POP 17 of 1930 |
39 |
Al Jolson |
Someone Else May be There While I'm Gone |
1917 |
US Billboard 2 - Jan 1917 (4 weeks) |
40 |
Al Jolson |
The one I love belongs to someone else |
1924 |
US Billboard 2 - May 1924 (7 weeks) |
41 |
Al Jolson |
I'm in Seventh Heaven |
1929 |
US Billboard 2 - 1929 (6 weeks) |
42 |
Al Jolson |
Tell That to the Marines |
1919 |
US Billboard 2 - Jan 1919 (5 weeks) |
43 |
Al Jolson |
Mother of Mine, I Still Have You |
1928 |
US Billboard 2 - 1928 (8 weeks) |
44 |
Al Jolson |
Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula |
1916 |
US Billboard 2 - Jun 1916 (7 weeks) |
45 |
Al Jolson |
N Everything |
1918 |
US Billboard 2 - Jun 1918 (5 weeks) |
46 |
Al Jolson |
Back to the Carolina You Love |
1915 |
US Billboard 2 - Jan 1915 (8 weeks) |
47 |
Al Jolson |
I'm Goin' South |
1924 |
US Billboard 2 - May 1924 (7 weeks) |
48 |
Al Jolson |
Broken Doll |
1916 |
Peel list 2 of 1916 |
49 |
Al Jolson |
Wonderful Kid from Madrid |
1920 |
US Billboard 5 - May 1920 (3 weeks), RYM 98 of 1920 |
50 |
Al Jolson |
Coo Coo |
1922 |
US Billboard 7 - Aug 1922 (2 weeks), RYM 102 of 1922 |
51 |
Al Jolson |
I'm Saving Up the Means to Get to New Orleans |
1916 |
US Billboard 3 - Dec 1916 (4 weeks) |
52 |
Al Jolson |
At Peace with the World |
1926 |
US Billboard 3 - Aug 1926 (5 weeks) |
53 |
Al Jolson |
Follow the Swallow |
1924 |
US Billboard 3 - Nov 1924 (6 weeks) |
54 |
Al Jolson |
Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! |
1928 |
US Billboard 8 - 1928 (4 weeks), RYM 61 of 1928 |
55 |
Al Jolson |
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum |
1932 |
US Billboard 19 - 1933 (1 week), RYM 82 of 1932 |
56 |
Al Jolson |
From Here to Shanghai |
1917 |
US Billboard 4 - Jun 1917 (4 weeks) |
57 |
Al Jolson |
Coal Black Mammy |
1923 |
US Billboard 4 - Jun 1923 (3 weeks) |
58 |
Al Jolson |
Steppin' Out |
1924 |
US Billboard 4 - May 1924 (6 weeks) |
59 |
Al Jolson |
Why Can't You? |
1929 |
US Billboard 4 - 1929 (6 weeks) |
60 |
Al Jolson |
Lost (A Wonderful Girl) |
1923 |
US Billboard 4 - Feb 1923 (3 weeks) |
61 |
Al Jolson |
Pray for Sunshine |
1917 |
US Billboard 4 - Apr 1917 (4 weeks) |
62 |
Al Jolson |
Mr Radio Man |
1924 |
US Billboard 4 - Jun 1924 (4 weeks) |
63 |
Al Jolson |
Ol' Man River |
1928 |
US Billboard 4 - 1928 (5 weeks) |
64 |
Al Jolson |
Who Cares |
1923 |
US Billboard 4 - Mar 1923 (4 weeks) |
65 |
Al Jolson |
Lazy |
1924 |
US Billboard 4 - Jun 1924 (5 weeks) |
66 |
Al Jolson |
Stella |
1923 |
US Billboard 4 - Sep 1923 (5 weeks) |
67 |
Al Jolson |
Yoo Hoo |
1922 |
US Billboard 4 - Feb 1922 (5 weeks) |
68 |
Al Jolson |
You Are Too Beautiful |
1932 |
Jazz Standard 449, RYM 82 of 1932 |
69 |
Al Jolson |
I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again |
1926 |
US Billboard 5 - Jul 1926 (3 weeks) |
70 |
Al Jolson |
That Little German Band |
1913 |
US Billboard 5 - Sep 1913 (4 weeks) |
71 |
Al Jolson |
Hello 'tucky |
1925 |
US Billboard 5 - Feb 1925 (3 weeks) |
72 |
Al Jolson |
Morning Will Come |
1923 |
US Billboard 5 - Aug 1923 (5 weeks) |
73 |
Al Jolson |
In Sweet September |
1920 |
US Billboard 5 - Sep 1920 (3 weeks) |
74 |
Al Jolson |
Scandanavia |
1921 |
US Billboard 5 - Jul 1921 (3 weeks) |
75 |
Al Jolson |
Pullman Porter Blues |
1913 |
US Billboard 5 - Oct 1913 (4 weeks) |
76 |
Al Jolson |
Ev'ry Little While |
1917 |
US Billboard 5 - May 1917 (2 weeks) |
77 |
Al Jolson |
Arcady |
1924 |
US Billboard 6 - Mar 1924 (2 weeks) |
78 |
Al Jolson |
I Gave Her That |
1920 |
US Billboard 6 - Mar 1920 (2 weeks) |
79 |
Al Jolson |
Miami |
1926 |
US Billboard 6 - Apr 1926 (3 weeks) |
80 |
Al Jolson |
Sister Susie Sewing Shirts For Soldiers |
1915 |
US Billboard 6 - Mar 1915 (2 weeks) |
81 |
Al Jolson |
Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night? |
1916 |
US Billboard 6 - Jul 1916 (2 weeks) |
82 |
Al Jolson |
Snap Your Fingers |
1912 |
US Billboard 6 - Jul 1912 (2 weeks) |
83 |
Al Jolson |
When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues |
1930 |
US Billboard 6 - 1930 (7 weeks) |
84 |
Al Jolson |
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew I'd Find You) |
1926 |
US Billboard 7 - Aug 1926 (2 weeks) |
85 |
Al Jolson |
You've Simply Got Me Cuckoo |
1923 |
US Billboard 7 - Dec 1923 (2 weeks) |
86 |
Al Jolson |
Wedding Bells (Will They Ever Ring for Me?) |
1918 |
US Billboard 8 - Jun 1918 (1 week) |
87 |
Al Jolson |
Golden Gate |
1928 |
US Billboard 9 - 1928 (4 weeks) |
88 |
Al Jolson |
My Papa Doesn't Two-Time No Time |
1924 |
US Billboard 11 - Jul 1924 (1 week) |
89 |
Al Jolson |
Blue River |
1928 |
US Billboard 16 - 1928 (1 week) |
90 |
Al Jolson |
Used to You |
1929 |
US Billboard 18 - 1929 (1 week) |
91 |
Al Jolson |
Now He's Got A Beautiful Girl |
1919 |
Brazil 33 of 1919 |
92 |
Al Jolson |
That Lovin' Traumerei |
1916 |
Brazil 37 of 1916 |
93 |
Al Jolson |
If I Only Had A Match |
1948 |
US Billboard 26 - Mar 1948 (1 week) |
94 |
Al Jolson |
The Cantor |
1932 |
RYM 70 of 1932 |
95 |
Al Jolson |
Ding-A-Ring A Ring |
1921 |
RYM 83 of 1921 |
96 |
Al Jolson |
I'll See You in CUBA |
1920 |
RYM 98 of 1920 |
97 |
Al Jolson |
No Sad Songs for Me |
1950 |
RYM 119 of 1950 |
98 |
Al Jolson |
Are You Lonesome Tonight? |
1950 |
RYM 119 of 1950 |
In addition to the above listed songs Al Jolson also contributed to the
following entries:
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16 Aug 2013
Al Jolson
Hi, maybe you can help me out?
I'm looking for the "b side" from an Al +Jolson 78. The song is titled: My Gal (not to be confised with my gal sal) and is on the flip side of +the original version of his hit Swannee. My parents have this 78 in the victrolla however they are 1,500 miles away. I cannot find this tune on line and have tried archive.org etc with no luck. It's a beautiful tune that would be a hit today if recorded again and by far my favorite recording by Al, +and he has a lot !
I will have it re-recorded and submitt it. Just can't believe I can't find it on the Internet. Not sure, but I think it was Brunswick records.
Thank you for your help! Respectfully, James
The Bullfrog list has "Swanee" as Columbia 2884
We, of course, only have chart listings and can only tell you the song was never a hit