Editing 1926 in music (section)

==Top Popular Recordings 1926==

The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1926:<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref>
Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Chart Positions</big>
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| 1 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[Valencia (song)|Valencia]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35242. Valencia / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009482/BVE-35242-Valencia |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20007  || {{Start date|1926|3|30}} || {{Start date|1926|6}} || US Billboard 1926 #1, US Pop #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,012,687 sales<ref name=victor />
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| 2 || [[Vernon Dalhart]] || "[[The Prisoner's Song]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800004795/B-30633-The_prisoners_song |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19427 || {{Start date|1924|8|13}} || {{Start date|1925|12|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #2, US Pop #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930,<ref name=victor>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
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| 3 || [[Jan Garber|Jan Garber and His Orchestra]] || "[[Baby Face (song)|Baby Face]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35558. Baby face / Jan Garber Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009798/BVE-35558-Baby_face |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20105 || {{Start date|1926|9|29}} || {{Start date|1926|9}} || US Billboard 1926 #3, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 4 || [[George Olsen|George Olsen and His Music]] || "[[Who? (song)|Who?]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-33856. Who / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008130/BVE-33856-Who |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19840 || {{Start date|1925|11|6}} || {{Start date|1926|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #4, US Pop #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>  
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| 5 || [[Ben Bernie|Ben Bernie and His Orchestra]] || "Sleepy Time Gal"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E17061-E17063. Sleepy time gal / Ben Bernie; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220501/E17061-E17063-Sleepy_time_gal |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 2992 || {{Start date|1926|1}} || {{Start date|1926|2}} || US Billboard 1926 #5, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 6 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[The Birth of the Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36036. The birth of the blues / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010281/BVE-36036-The_birth_of_the_blues |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20138 || {{Start date|1926|3|30}} || {{Start date|1926|10}} || US Billboard 1926 #6, US Pop #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 7 || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Bye Bye Blackbird]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-35354. Bye bye blackbird / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800009594/BVE-35354-Bye_bye_blackbird |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20044 || {{Start date|1926|4|29}} || {{Start date|1926|7|31}} || US Billboard 1926 #7, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks, 414,494 sales<ref name=victor />  
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| 8 || George Olsen and His Music || "[[Always (Irving Berlin song)|Always]]"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu">{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix 74008. Always (Waltz) / Casa Lopez Orchestra; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000206172/74008-Always_Waltz |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19955 || {{Start date|1926|2|5}} || {{Start date|1926|4}} || US Billboard 1926 #8, US Pop #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks  
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| 9 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[I'm Sitting on Top of the World]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E17172-E17173. I'm sitting on top of the world / Carl Fenton's Orchestra; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000220563/E17172-E17173-Im_sitting_on_top_of_the_world |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3014 || {{Start date|1925|12|21}} || {{Start date|1925|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #9, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
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| 10 || [[Johnny Marvin]] || "[[Breezin' Along with the Breeze]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W142355. Breezin' along with the breeze / Johnny Marvin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000032116/W142355-Breezin_along_with_the_breeze |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 699 || {{Start date|1926|8}} || {{Start date|1926|9}} ||  US Billboard 1926 #10, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12
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| 11 || [[Vincent Lopez|Vincent Lopez and His Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra]] || "Always"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu"/> || Okeh 40567 || {{Start date|1926|2}} || {{Start date|1926|4}} || US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
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| 12 || Al Jolson || "[[When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E19418-E19420. When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along / Carl Fenton's Orchestra; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000221690/E19418-E19420-When_the_red_red_robin_comes_bob_bob_bobbin_along |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3222 || {{Start date|1926|6|1}} || {{Start date|1926|7}} || US Billboard 1926 #12, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 13 || [[Whispering Jack Smith]] || "Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya Huh?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34683. Gimme a little kiss (Will ya? Huh?) / Jack Smith - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008921/BVE-34683-Gimme_a_little_kiss_Will_ya_Huh |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19978 || {{Start date|1926|3|5}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #11, US Pop #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 14 || Gene Austin || "Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34103. Five foot two, eyes of blue (Has anybody seen my girl) / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008356/BVE-34103-Five_foot_two_eyes_of_blue_Has_anybody_seen_my_girl |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19899 || {{Start date|1925|12|11}} || {{Start date|1926|2}} || US Billboard 1926 #14, US Pop #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks
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| 15 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Moonlight on the Ganges]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-36044. Moonlight on the Ganges / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800010289/BVE-36044-Moonlight_on_the_Ganges |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 20139 || {{Start date|1926|8|13}} || {{Start date|1926|10}} || US Billboard 1926 #15, US Pop #2 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 16 || George Olsen and His Music || "Sunny"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-33855. Sunny / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008129/BVE-33855-Sunny |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19840 || {{Start date|1925|11|6}} || {{Start date|1926|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #16, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks  
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| 17 || [[Ethel Waters]] || "[[Dinah (song)|Dinah]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W141164. Dinah / Ethel Waters - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000030928/W141164-Dinah |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 487 || {{Start date|1925|12}} || {{Start date|1926|1}} || US Billboard 1926 #17, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 18 || Ben Bernie and His Orchestra || "Reaching for the Moon"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E18754-E18756. Reaching for the moon / Ben Bernie; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000221379/E18754-E18756-Reaching_for_the_moon |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3170 || {{Start date|1926|4|11}} || {{Start date|1926|6}} || US Billboard 1926 #18, US Pop #2 for 2 weeks, 6 total weeks
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| 19 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "[[I've Found a New Baby]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W141673. I've found a new baby / Ted Lewis and his Band - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000031437/W141673-Ive_found_a_new_baby |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 600-D || {{Start date|1926|2|11}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #19, US Pop #2 for 1 week, 6 total weeks
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| 20 || George Olsen and His Music || "Horses"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-34676. Horses / George Olsen and his Music - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800008914/BVE-34676-Horses |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19977 || {{Start date|1926|3|4}} || {{Start date|1926|5}} || US Billboard 1926 #20, US Pop #2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks  
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| 21 || Vernon Dalhart || "[[Andrew Jenkins (songwriter)|The Death of Floyd Collins]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-33374. Death of Floyd Collins / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800007650/BVE-33374-Death_of_Floyd_Collins |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19779 || {{Start date|1925|9|9}} || {{Start date|1925|11}} || US Billboard 1926 #21, US Pop #3 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1925 #4, 403,055 sales<ref name=victor />
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