Editing 1920 in music (section)

==Top Popular Recordings 1920==

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 1920:<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>
|-
| 1 ||  [[Ben Selvin|Selvin's Novelty Orchestra]] || "[[Dardanella]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-23344. Dardanella / Selvin's Novelty Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700008515/B-23344-Dardanella |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 18633 || {{Start date|1919|11|20}} || {{Start date|1920|1}} || US Billboard 1920 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 24 total weeks, 1-6 million sold<ref name=goldendiscs/>
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| 2 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra]] || "[[Whispering (song)|Whispering]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-24393. Whispering / Ambassador Orchestra ; Paul Whiteman - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700009606/B-24393-Whispering |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 18690 || {{Start date|1920|8|23}} || {{Start date|1920|11}} || US Billboard 1920 #2, US #1 for 11 weeks, 20 total weeks, [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2019]], 2,000,000 sales<ref name=goldendiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
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| 3 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[Swanee (song)|Swanee]]"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia A2884 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings|url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/191985/Columbia_A2884|access-date=2021-08-14|website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 2884 || {{Start date|1920|1|9}} || {{Start date|1920|4}} || US Billboard 1920 #3, US #1 for 9 weeks, 18 total weeks, National Recording Registry 2004
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| 4 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "[[When My Baby Smiles at Me (song)|When My Baby Smiles at Me]]" || Columbia 2908 || {{Start date|1920|1|12}} || {{Start date|1920|4}} || US Billboard 1920 #4, US #1 for 7 weeks, 18 total weeks
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| 5 || [[John Steel (singer)|John Steel]] || "The Love Nest"  || Victor 24871 || {{Start date|1920|11|9}} || {{Start date|1920|11|24}} || US Billboard 1920 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 6 || [[Art Hickman|Art Hickman and His Orchestra]] || "Hold Me"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 78694. Hold me / Art Hickman's Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000016784/78694-Hold_me |access-date=2022-06-26 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 2899 || {{Start date|1919|9|25}} || {{Start date|1920|5}} || US Billboard 1920 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
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| 7 || [[Marion Harris]] || "[[Saint Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]]" || Victor 24871 || {{Start date|1920|2|15}} || {{Start date|1920|4}} || US Billboard 1920 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
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| 8 || Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra || "[[The Japanese Sandman]]" || Victor 18690 || {{Start date|1920|8|23}} || {{Start date|1920|11}} || US Billboard 1920 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
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| 9 || Al Jolson || "[[I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now]]" || Columbia 2794 || {{Start date|1919|9|15}} || {{Start date|1919|12}} || US Billboard 1920 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
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| 10 || Art Hickman and His Orchestra || "The Love Nest" || Columbia 2955 || {{Start date|1920|6|11}} || {{Start date|1920|9}} || US Billboard 1920 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 6 total weeks
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| 11 || [[Edith Day]] ([[Rosario Bourdon|Rosario Bourdon Orchestra]]) || "[[Alice Blue Gown]]" || Victor 45176 || {{Start date|1920|1|26}} || {{Start date|1920|4}} || US Billboard 1920 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks
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| 34 || [[Isham Jones|Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra]] || "Kismet" || Brunswick 5021 || {{Start date|1920|6|1}} || {{Start date|1920|9}} || US Billboard 1920 #34, US #4 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks
|}