Editing 1928 in music (section)

==Top popular recordings==
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 1928:<ref name=whitburn>{{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>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Label
! Recording date
! Release date
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[Sonny Boy (song)|Sonny Boy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE250. Sonny boy / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244257/LAE250-Sonny_boy |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4033 || {{Start date|1928|8|20}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 19 total weeks, 938,466 sales  
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| 2 || [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] || "[[Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014984/BVE-40753-Blue_yodel |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21142 || {{Start date|1927|11|30}} || {{Start date|1928|3|31}} || US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, Hillbilly 1928 #1, 1,085,985 sales,<ref name=whitburn /> [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2004]]
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| 3 || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Ramona (1928 song)|Ramona]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42584. Ramona / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016820/BVE-42584-Ramona |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21334 || {{Start date|1928|4|2}} || {{Start date|1928|6}} || US BB 1928 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=whitburn />
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| 4 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "My Angel"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-43661. My angel / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017836/BVE-43661-My_angel |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21388 || {{Start date|1928|4|21}} || {{Start date|1928|7}} || US BB 1928 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 5  || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-45297. Jeannine, I dream of lilac time / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800019421/BVE-45297-Jeannine_I_dream_of_lilac_time |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21564 || {{Start date|1928|6|26}} || {{Start date|1928|9|7}} || US BB 1928 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks
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| 6 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra]] v_[[The Rhythm Boys]] || "[[Among My Souvenirs]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-40934. Among my souvenirs / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015165/CVE-40934-Among_my_souvenirs |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> ||  Victor 35877 || {{Start date|1927|11|22}} || {{Start date|1928|2}} || US BB 1928 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 7 || Paul  Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Ramona"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-41293. Ramona / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015525/BVE-41293-Ramona |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21214 || {{Start date|1928|1|4}} || {{Start date|1928|3|16}} || US BB 1928 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 8 || Al Jolson || "[[There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix LAE249. There's a rainbow 'round my shoulder / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000244256/LAE249-Theres_a_rainbow_round_my_shoulder |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 4033 || {{Start date|1928|8|20}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #7, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 9 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra v_Rhythm Boys || "[[Together (1928 song)|Together]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-41635. Together / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015869/CVE-41635-Together |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> ||  Victor 35883 || {{Start date|1928|1|21}} || {{Start date|1928|4}} ||  US BB 1928 #8, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 10 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh#Music|Laugh, Clown, Laugh!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-43131. Laugh! Clown, laugh! / Pennsylvanians; Fred Waring - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017309/BVE-43131-Laugh_Clown_laugh |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21308 || {{Start date|1928|3|8}} || {{Start date|1928|6}} || US BB 1928 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
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| 11 || [[Cliff Edwards]] || "[[I Can't Give You Anything but Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W146622. I can't give you anything but love / Cliff Edwards - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000036285/W146622-I_cant_give_you_anything_but_love |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1471-D || {{Start date|1928|7|3}} || {{Start date|1928|9}} || US BB 1928 #10, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
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| 12 || Paul  Whiteman and His Orchestra v_[[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Ol' Man River]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-41607. Ol' Man River / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800015841/BVE-41607-Ol_Man_River |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21218  || {{Start date|1928|1|11}} || {{Start date|1928|4}} || US BB 1928 #11, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
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| 13 || Gene Austin || "[[List of songs recorded by Perry Como#G|Girl Of My Dreams]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42585. Girl of my dreams / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016821/BVE-42585-Girl_of_my_dreams |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21334 || {{Start date|1928|4|2}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #12, US #2 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 408,684 sales
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| 14 || Al Jolson || "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E25183-E25185. Mother of mine, I still have you / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000225070/E25183-E25185-Mother_of_mine_I_still_have_you |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3719 || {{Start date|1927|11|11}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #13, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 15 || [[Nat Shilkret|Nat Shilkret and the Troubadors Orchestra]] || "[[Diane (Erno Rapee and Lew Pollack song)|Diane (I'm In Heaven When I See You Smile)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-40158. Diane (I'm in heaven when I see you smile) / The Troubadours - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014389/BVE-40158-Diane_Im_in_heaven_when_I_see_you_smile |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21000 || {{Start date|1927|10|7}} || {{Start date|1927|12}} || US BB 1928 #14, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 16 || Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra || "Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-46619. Jeannine, I dream of lilac time / Nathaniel Shilkret; Victor Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800020610/BVE-46619-Jeannine_I_dream_of_lilac_time |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21572 || {{Start date|1928|7|27}} || {{Start date|1928|10}} || US BB 1928 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 17 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[My Mammy (song)|My Mammy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix C1833. My mammy / Abe Lyman's California Orchestra; Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000236278/C1833-My_mammy |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3912 || {{Start date|1928|3|31}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
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| 18 || [[Vincent Lopez|Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra]] || "My Angel (Angela Mia)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick matrix E27433. My angel / Casa Lopez Orchestra; Lewis James; Vincent Lopez - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000226487/E27433-My_angel |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Brunswick 3927 || {{Start date|1928|4|26}} || {{Start date|1928|6}} || US BB 1928 #18, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
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| 19 || [[Ben Selvin|The Knickerbockers (Ben Selvin Orchestra)]] || "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix W146380. I can't give you anything but love / The Knickerbockers - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000249538/W146380-I_cant_give_you_anything_but_love |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 1424 || {{Start date|1928|6|1}} || {{Start date|1928|8}} || US BB 1928 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
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| 20 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "[[Naughty Marietta (operetta)|Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-43189. Ah! Sweet mystery of life / Fred Waring; Waring's Concert Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017367/CVE-43189-Ah_Sweet_mystery_of_life |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 35921 || {{Start date|1928|4|17}} || {{Start date|1928|7}} || US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
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| 24  || [[Gene Austin]] || "[[My Melancholy Baby]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-39177. My melancholy baby / Gene Austin - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800013439/BVE-39177-My_melancholy_baby |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21015 || {{Start date|1927|9|14}} || {{Start date|1927|12}} || US Billboard 1928 #24, US #3 for 1 week, 8 total weeks
|}

===1928 Harlem Hit Parade (non-official)===
(created with Popular Music Chart Entries)<ref name=whitburn />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! Label
! Recording Date
! Release Date
! Chart Positions
|-
| 1 || [[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]] || "[[Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-42442. Can't help lovin' dat man / Helen Morgan - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800016679/BVE-42442-Cant_help_lovin_dat_man |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21238 || {{Start date|1928|2|28}} || {{Start date|1928|4|23}} || US BB 1928 #78, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
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| 2 || Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra v_[[Paul Robeson]] || "[[Ol' Man River]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix CVE-43122. Ol' Man River / Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra; Paul Robeson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800017300/CVE-43122-Ol_Man_River |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 35912 || {{Start date|1928|3|1}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #80, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />	
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| 3 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five]] || "[[West End Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix W400967. West End blues / Louis Armstrong; Hot Five - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000209787/W400967-West_End_blues |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 8597 || {{Start date|1928|6|28}} || {{Start date|1928|8}} || US BB 1928 #82, US #8 for 1 week, 6 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
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| 4 || [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams' Blue Seven]] || "[[Baby Won't You Please Come Home]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix W81472. Baby won't you please come home / Clarence Williams' Blue Seven - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000208130/W81472-Baby_wont_you_please_come_home |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 8510 || {{Start date|1927|9|23}} || {{Start date|1927|11}} || US BB 1928 #155, US #13 for 1 week, 2 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
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| 5 || Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five || "[[Struttin' with Some Barbecue]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=OKeh matrix W82037. Struttin' with some barbecue / Louis Armstrong; Hot Five - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000208696/W82037-Struttin_with_some_barbecue |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Okeh 8566 || {{Start date|1927|12|9}} || {{Start date|1928|5}} || US BB 1928 #157, US #14 for 1 week, 3 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
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| 6 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Orchestra]] || "[[Black and Tan Fantasy|Black and Tan Fantasie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BVE-40155. Black and tan fantasie / Duke Ellington Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014386/BVE-40155-Black_and_tan_fantasie |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 21137 || {{Start date|1927|10|26}} || {{Start date|1928|2|3}} || US BB 1928 #170, US #15 for 1 week, 3 total weeks<ref name=whitburn />
|}

===Other important recordings===
*"The Mooche" by [[Duke Ellington]]
*"Muggles" by Louis Armstrong
*"Big Bill Blues" by [[Big Bill Broonzy]]
*"Prison Cell Blues" by [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]]
*"[[Statesboro Blues]]" by [[Blind Willie McTell]] (released 1929)
*"Playing With the Strings" by [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]]
*"[[How Long, How Long Blues]]" by [[Leroy Carr]]
*"[[It's Tight Like That]]" by [[Tampa Red]] and [[Thomas A. Dorsey|Georgia Tom]]
*"I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama" by [[Bessie Smith]]
*"Son de la Loma" by [[Trio Matamoros]]