Songs from the Year 1923

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This page lists the top songs of 1923 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find). These results should be treated with some caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts and biased towards the USA.

The top ten song artists of 1923 were:
1:Paul Whiteman	3:Isham Jones	5:Marion Harris	7:Billy Jones	9:King Oliver's Jazz Band
2:Bessie Smith	4:Eddie Cantor	6:Ben Selvin	8:Os Oito Batutas	10:Fiddlin' John Carson

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Bessie Smith	Down Hearted Blues	1923	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1923 (12 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006 (1923), Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1923), Music Imprint 2 of 1920s, US invalid BB 6 of 1923, POP 8 of 1923, Daily Deuce 16, nuTsie 19 of 1920s, Brazil 33 of 1925, RIAA 315, Acclaimed 852 (1923), RYM 1 of 1923, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
2	Isham Jones	Swingin' Down the Lane	1923	US Billboard 1 - Aug 1923 (15 weeks), ASCAP song of 1923, US invalid BB 9 of 1923, Brazil 11 of 1924, POP 14 of 1923, nuTsie 81 of 1920s, RYM 68 of 1923
3	Billy Jones	Yes! We Have No Bananas	1923	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1923 (13 weeks), Music Imprint 4 of 1920s, US invalid BB 5 of 1923, POP 6 of 1923, Brazil 18 of 1924, nuTsie 32 of 1920s, RIAA 304
4	Paul Whiteman	Parade of the Wooden Soldiers	1923	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1923 (13 weeks), US invalid BB 2 of 1923, POP 2 of 1923, Brazil 8 of 1924, nuTsie 91 of 1920s, RYM 40 of 1923
5	Eddie Cantor	No, No Nora	1923	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1923 (9 weeks), US invalid BB 10 of 1923, Brazil 16 of 1924, POP 16 of 1923, RYM 69 of 1923
6	Paul Whiteman	Bambalina	1923	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1923 (8 weeks), US invalid BB 11 of 1923, Brazil 13 of 1924, POP 18 of 1923, RYM 67 of 1923
7	Fiddlin' John Carson	Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane	1923	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1923), US Billboard 9 - Dec 1923 (2 weeks), Daily Deuce 18, Acclaimed 874 (1923), aceterrier.com 34 of the 1920s (1923), RYM 4 of 1923
8	Art Landry & his Orchestra	Dreamy Melody	1923	US Billboard 1 - May 1923 (10 weeks), US invalid BB 7 of 1923, POP 10 of 1923, Brazil 15 of 1924
9	Van & Schenck	Carolina in the Morning	1923	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1923 (14 weeks), US invalid BB 8 of 1923, POP 12 of 1923, Brazil 31 of 1923
10	Louis Armstrong	Dippermouth Blues	1923	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1923), Peel list 4 of 1923, US Billboard 9 - Jan 1924 (1 week), RYM 10 of 1923
11	Ben Selvin	Yes! We Have No Bananas	1923	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1923 (12 weeks), POP 6 of 1923, Brazil 10 of 1924, RYM 103 of 1923
12	Billy Murray & Ed Smalle	That Old Gang of Mine	1923	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1923 (14 weeks), US invalid BB 4 of 1923, POP 4 of 1923
13	Carl Fenton	Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses	1923	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1923 (10 weeks), US invalid BB 12 of 1923, POP 20 of 1923
14	Isham Jones	Who's Sorry Now?	1923	US Billboard 3 - Aug 1923 (8 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1924, nuTsie 86 of 1920s, RYM 68 of 1923
15	WC Handy	St Louis Blues	1923	Music Imprint 6 of 1910s, US Billboard 9 - Nov 1923 (1 week), RIAA 69, RYM 19 of 1923
16	Bessie Smith	T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do	1923	US Billboard 9 - Oct 1923 (1 week), Daily Deuce 24, nuTsie 61 of 1920s, RYM 2 of 1923
17	Jelly Roll Morton	Kansas City Stomp	1923	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2010 (1928), RYM 30 of 1923
18	King Oliver's Jazz Band	Canal Street Blues	1923	Library of Congress artifact added 2009 (1923), RYM 33 of 1923
19	Clarence Williams	Wild Cat Blues	1923	Library of Congress artifact added 2015 (1923), RYM 44 of 1923
20	King Oliver's Jazz Band	Chimes Blues	1923	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996 (1923), RYM 56 of 1923
21	Paul Whiteman	Carolina in the Morning	1923	US Billboard 5 - Feb 1923 (4 weeks), Brazil 19 of 1924, RYM 39 of 1922
22	Marion Harris	Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!	1923	POP 5 of 1923, US Billboard 6 - Oct 1923 (3 weeks), RYM 11 of 1923
23	Benny Krueger & his Orchestra	I Cried For You	1923	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1923 (10 weeks), POP 15 of 1923
24	Manhattan Harmony Four	Lift Every Voice	1923	Library of Congress artifact added 2016 (1923)
25	Melville Gideon	Horsey Keep Your Tail Up	1923	Peel list 1 of 1923
26	Orquestra Brasil-America	Tristezas do Jeca	1923	Brazil 1 of 1923
27	Henry Burr	Faded Love Letters	1923	US Billboard 3 - May 1923 (5 weeks), POP 7 of 1923
28	Isham Jones	Farewell Blues	1923	US Billboard 8 - Jun 1923 (1 week), POP 9 of 1923, RYM 65 of 1923
29	Ethel Waters	Georgia Blues	1923	US Billboard 10 - Nov 1923 (1 week), POP 11 of 1923, RYM 13 of 1922
30	Virginians	(I Wish I Could) Shimmy Like My Sister Kate	1923	US Billboard 3 - Feb 1923 (7 weeks), POP 17 of 1923
31	Bessie Smith	Baby Won't You Please Come Home	1923	US Billboard 6 - Sep 1923 (4 weeks), Scrobulate 47 of hi fidelity, RYM 13 of 1923
32	Eddie Cantor	He Loves It	1923	US Billboard 9 - Mar 1923 (1 week), POP 13 of 1923, RYM 34 of 1922
33	Bessie Smith	Aggravatin' Papa	1923	US Billboard 12 - Aug 1923 (1 week), nuTsie 73 of 1920s, RYM 12 of 1923
34	Marion Harris	Carolina in the Morning	1923	US Billboard 4 - Jan 1923 (4 weeks), nuTsie 68 of 1920s
35	Blossom Seeley	Way Down Yonder in New Orleans	1923	US Billboard 5 - Feb 1923 (3 weeks), nuTsie 99 of 1920s
36	Fiddlin' John Carson	You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone	1923	US Billboard 2 - Mar 1924 (8 weeks), RYM 6 of 1923
37	Eddie Cantor	I've Got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues	1923	US Billboard 2 - Nov 1923 (6 weeks), RYM 69 of 1923
38	Paul Specht & his Orchestra	Goodbye	1923	US Billboard 10 - Jan 1923 (1 week), POP 19 of 1923
39	The Georgians	(I Wish I Could) Shimmy Like My Sister Kate	1923	US Billboard 11 - Mar 1923 (1 week), POP 17 of 1923
40	Gene Rodemich & his Orchestra	Wolverine Blues	1923	US Billboard 7 - Nov 1923 (2 weeks), Jazz Standard 669
41	Ted Lewis & his Orchestra	Tin Roof Blues	1923	US Billboard 14 - Dec 1925 (1 week), Jazz Standard 614
42	Paul Whiteman	Last Night On the Back Porch	1923	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1923 (8 weeks), RYM 89 of 1923
43	Paul Whiteman	Wonderful One	1923	US Billboard 3 - May 1923 (5 weeks), RYM 108 of 1923
44	Paul Whiteman	I Love You	1923	US Billboard 3 - Jan 1924 (5 weeks), RYM 111 of 1923
45	Ben Selvin	Indiana Moon	1923	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1923 (9 weeks)
46	Ben Bernie	Swingin' Down the Lane	1923	US Billboard 2 - Aug 1923 (8 weeks)
47	Isham Jones	Broken Hearted Melody	1923	US Billboard 2 - Mar 1923 (7 weeks)
48	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	Barney Google	1923	US Billboard 2 - Jul 1923 (7 weeks)
49	Felix Mayol	Elle Vendait Des P'tits Gateaux	1923	France (Historical) 2 of the 1920s (1923)
50	Will Fyffe	I Belong to Glasgow	1923	Peel list 2 of 1923
51	Bahiano	Borboleta Nao & Ave	1923	Brazil 2 of 1923
52	Paul Whiteman	Dearest (You're the Nearest to My Heart)	1923	US Billboard 4 - Jun 1923 (5 weeks), RYM 87 of 1923
53	Paul Whiteman	Chansonette	1923	US Billboard 4 - Dec 1923 (6 weeks), RYM 90 of 1923
54	Bessie Smith	Gulf Coast Blues	1923	US Billboard 5 - Jul 1923 (4 weeks), RYM 1 of 1923
55	Isham Jones	Saw Mill River Road	1923	US Billboard 5 - May 1923 (5 weeks), RYM 65 of 1923
56	Marion Harris	Who's Sorry Now?	1923	US Billboard 5 - Sep 1923 (4 weeks), RYM 79 of 1923
57	Paul Whiteman	An Orange Grove in California	1923	US Billboard 5 - Jan 1924 (3 weeks), RYM 82 of 1923
58	Paul Whiteman	Way Down Yonder in New Orleans	1923	US Billboard 5 - Jun 1923 (3 weeks), RYM 87 of 1923
59	Paul Whiteman	Underneath the Mellow Moon	1923	US Billboard 5 - May 1923 (3 weeks), RYM 108 of 1923
60	Marion Harris	Beside a Babbling Brook	1923	US Billboard 7 - Jul 1923 (4 weeks), RYM 77 of 1923
61	Ben Bernie	Wildflower	1923	US Billboard 3 - Jul 1923 (5 weeks)
62	Henry Burr	Just a Girl That Men Forget	1923	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1923 (6 weeks)
63	Benny Krueger & his Orchestra	That Old Gang of Mine	1923	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1923 (5 weeks)
64	Great Whiteway Orchestra	Yes! We Have No Bananas	1923	US Billboard 3 - Aug 1923 (6 weeks)
65	Orquestra de Eduardo Souto	So Teu Amor	1923	Brazil 3 of 1923
66	Ben Selvin	Three O'Clock in The Morning	1923	US Billboard 8 - Mar 1923 (1 week), RYM 84 of 1923
67	Isham Jones	Marcheta	1923	US Billboard 8 - Aug 1923 (2 weeks), RYM 99 of 1923
68	Paul Whiteman	Lady of the Evening	1923	US Billboard 11 - May 1923 (1 week), RYM 86 of 1923
69	Paul Whiteman	Raggedy Ann	1923	US Billboard 12 - Feb 1924 (1 week), RYM 93 of 1923
70	Jelly Roll Morton	Grandpa's Spells (A Stomp)	1923	US Billboard 17 - 1927 (2 weeks), RYM 30 of 1923
71	Al Jolson	Stella	1923	US Billboard 4 - Sep 1923 (5 weeks)
72	Isham Jones	When You Walked Out, Someone Else Walked Right In	1923	US Billboard 4 - Sep 1923 (7 weeks)
73	Al Jolson	Lost (A Wonderful Girl)	1923	US Billboard 4 - Feb 1923 (3 weeks)
74	Al Jolson	Coal Black Mammy	1923	US Billboard 4 - Jun 1923 (3 weeks)
75	Al Jolson	Who Cares	1923	US Billboard 4 - Mar 1923 (4 weeks)
76	Os Oito Batutas	Ba-Ta-Cla	1923	Brazil 4 of 1923
77	Clyde Doerr & his Orchestra	Suez	1923	US Billboard 5 - Jan 1923 (3 weeks)
78	Dolly Kay	You've Gotta See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)	1923	US Billboard 5 - Apr 1923 (4 weeks)
79	Ted Lewis & his Orchestra	Bees' Knees	1923	US Billboard 5 - Feb 1923 (3 weeks)
80	Henry Burr	You Know You Belong to Somebody Else (So Why Don't You Leave Me Alone)	1923	US Billboard 5 - May 1923 (3 weeks)
81	Van & Schenck	You Tell Her - I Stutter	1923	US Billboard 5 - Apr 1923 (3 weeks)
82	Ted Lewis & his Orchestra	Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake	1923	US Billboard 5 - Oct 1923 (3 weeks)
83	Al Jolson	Morning Will Come	1923	US Billboard 5 - Aug 1923 (5 weeks)
84	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Some of These Days	1923	US Billboard 5 - Apr 1923 (3 weeks)
85	Van & Schenck	You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him	1923	US Billboard 5 - Feb 1923 (4 weeks)
86	Abe Lyman & his California Orchestra	Midnight Rose	1923	US Billboard 5 - Nov 1923 (5 weeks)
87	Bahiano	Tatu Subiu no Pau	1923	Brazil 5 of 1923
88	Benson Orchestra of Chicago	That Old Gang of Mine	1923	US Billboard 6 - Nov 1923 (3 weeks)
89	Great Whiteway Orchestra	You Gave Me Your Heart (So I Gave You Mine)	1923	US Billboard 6 - Apr 1923 (3 weeks)
90	Irving Kaufman	Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!	1923	US Billboard 6 - Sep 1923 (3 weeks)
91	Paul Specht & his Orchestra	Roses of Picardy	1923	US Billboard 6 - Jul 1923 (2 weeks)
92	Sophie Tucker	You've Gotta See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)	1923	US Billboard 6 - Jul 1923 (3 weeks)
93	Ernest Hare & Billy Jones	That Old Gang of Mine	1923	US Billboard 6 - Dec 1923 (3 weeks)
94	Carl Fenton	Indiana Moon	1923	US Billboard 6 - Nov 1923 (3 weeks)
95	Arthur Gibbs & his Gang	Louisville Lou	1923	US Billboard 7 - Aug 1923 (3 weeks)
96	Eddie Cantor	Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! Golly, I'm in Love	1923	US Billboard 7 - Oct 1923 (3 weeks)
97	Bar Harbor Society Orchestra	Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses	1923	US Billboard 7 - May 1923 (2 weeks)
98	Al Jolson	You've Simply Got Me Cuckoo	1923	US Billboard 7 - Dec 1923 (2 weeks)
99	Ben Bernie	Love Tales	1923	US Billboard 7 - Oct 1923 (3 weeks)
100	American Quartet	Nellie Kelly, I Love You	1923	US Billboard 7 - Jan 1923 (3 weeks)

Comments

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5 May 2017

looking for a 1923 song

Im looking for the song' With Your plus Fours On' from 1923, I think.

12 Aug 2014

Bessie Smith #25

"Jealous Hearted Blues"- I can find no record of this being elected to theNRR(Library of Congress).I think maybe this should be added to "Down Hearted Blues"(#1)which was elected to Library of Congress in 2002.

The original data says the song "Hearted Blues" was selected, we knew that must be wrong but selected the wrong Bessie Smith song. Thanks for the correction

10 Jan 2014

#7 Dippermouth Blues

Oliver recorded Dippermouth Blues twice in 1923. First for Gennett 5132-A (King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band) and second for OKeh 4918-A (King Oliver's Jazz Band). It is the OKeh recording which charted at #9 on Billboard. Armstrong performs on both recordings, but only as a member of the band. However, many listings credit Armstrong because his historical prominence overshadows Oliver's.

Thanks for the details

27 Nov 2013

1923

You have Dippermouth Blues for both King Oliver's Jazz Band and Louis Armstrong - these are one and the same (?) and should not be speratae entries.

Cheers, Piaras

Dippermouth Blues was first recorded by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in 1923, it is most often attributed to Joe "King" Oliver, but we think you (and John Peel) have it right so we've credited Louis Armstrong

Thanks for the suggestion

24 Feb 2013

song./ three oclock in the morning

looking for words to this song

19 Aug 2011

Wolverine Blues

The #32 listing for Wolverine Blues you have attributed to Jelly Roll Morton should probably be attributed to Gene Rodemich AHO. Morton's version was a hit in 1928 while Rodemich's was a hit in 1923.

Keep up the great work! This is a fabulous website!

You are clearly right to suggest that there is something wrong with that entry. The Billboard listing has the 1923 version of "Wolverine Blues" from Gene Rodemich and the 1926 version from Jelly Roll Morton, just as you suggest.

The issue is with the entry from the RYM web site, it states that the 1923 song was by Jelly Roll Morton, which doesn't seem right. However the original entry says that the B-side was "King Porter Stomp" which was by Morton, not Gene Rodemich.

So we think that the issue is that the RYM web site incorrectly lists the year and it should be 1926. We've changed the data to fix the issue, thanks for drawing it to our attention.