Maple Leaf RagScott Joplin
Maple Leaf Rag
1916
Stark's first run of 400 copies took a year to sell; Joplin was cutting it to piano roll in 1916.
★ 7.8
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Livery Stable Blues
1917
Barnyard imitations from clarinet, cornet and trombone, waxed for Victor in February 1917: the first jazz record commercially released.
★ 6.4
Tiger Rag
1918
Cut for Victor in March 1918, over 136 versions by 1942, and New Orleans still argues over who wrote it.
★ 5.0
After You've GoneMarion Harris
After You've Gone
1918
Cut for Victor in July 1918 by the singer billed as Queen of the Blues; jazz kept it.
★ 4.3
Stars and Stripes Forever
1911
By Sousa's account he composed it in his head at sea, Christmas Day 1896; that piccolo obbligato does the rest.
★ 3.9
Some of These Days
1911
Tucker's maid pressed Shelton Brooks's song on her in 1910, and it stayed her signature for the rest of her career.
★ 3.7
Over There
1917
Cohan wrote it on his morning commute in April 1917, and two million copies of sheet music followed.
★ 3.4
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
1911
Leo Friedman's tune, Beth Slater Whitson's words, and a 1911 quartet disc now in the National Recording Registry.
★ 3.2
The Memphis BluesVictor Military Band
The Memphis Blues
1914
Handy sold the rights and complained bitterly ever after; this July 1914 recording entered the National Recording Registry.
★ 2.9
Auld Lang Syne
1910
Burns said he took the song down from an old man; Stanley's 1910 disc is probably the first commercial recording.
★ 1.3