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Type: 1920s

Ain't We Got Fun, Performed by Billy Jones
Ain't We Got Fun, Performed by Benson Orchestra
Ain't We Got Fun, Performed by Van and Schenk
April Showers, Performed by Al Jolson
April Showers, Performed by Happiness Boys
Carolina in the Morning, Performed by Paul Whiteman
Daddy, You've Been Like a Mother to Me, Performed by Henry Burr
Frankie and Johnny, Performed by
Happy Tho' Married, Performed by Herbert Berliner
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles, Performed by Helen Clark and George Wilton
Jazz Baby, Performed by
Makin' Whoopee, Performed by Louisiana Collegians
My Mammy, Performed by Al Jolson
My Mammy, Performed by Diamond Trio
Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody, Performed by Al Jolson
Second Hand Rose, Performed by Fannie Brice
Singing in the Rain, Performed by Gus Arnheim
Toot, Toot, Tootsie, Performed by Al Jolson
Wabash Blues, Performed by Isham Jones

Type: Blues

Alcoholic Blues, Performed by All Star Trio
Crazy Blues, Performed by Mamie Smith
Crazy Blues, Performed by Mamie Smith
It's Right Here for You, Performed by Mamie Smith
King Porter: A Stomp, Performed by Jelly Roll Morton
Muscle Shoals Blues, Performed by Fats Waller
That Thing Called Love, Performed by Mamie Smith
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did, Performed by Ethel Waters
You Can't Keep a Good Man Down, Performed by Mamie Smith

Type: Civil War

Battle Hymn of the Republic, Performed by Richard Warrenrath
Battle Hymn of the Republic, Performed by Thomas Chalmers
Blue and the Grey, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Boys of the Old Brigade, Performed by Chatauqua Preachers' Quartet
Dixie Land, Performed by Peerless Quartet
Down Where the Swanee River Flows, Performed by Hayden Quartet
Goodbye Dolly Gray, Performed by Hugh Donovan
Just Before the Battle, Mother, Performed by John Young
Just Before the Battle, Mother, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Marching Through Georgia, Performed by Harlan and Stanley
Maryland, My Maryland, Performed by Herbert Stuart
My Maryland March, Performed by
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Performed by John Young
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, Performed by S.H. Dudley
Vacant Chair, Performed by Hayden Quartet
Vacant Chair, Performed by Harry Macdonough
War Songs, Performed by Victor Male Chorus
War Songs March, Performed by
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Performed by John Terrill
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Performed by Farrar and Columbia Quartet
When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Performed by John Terrill

Type: Civil War Reunion

Sleep Noble Hearts, Performed by Lyric Quartette

Type: French & Indian War

Yankee Doodle, Performed by George Gaskin
Yankee Doodle, Performed by Thomas Clark
Yankee Doodle, Performed by Vess Ossman

Type: Gilded Age

Grandfather's Clock, Performed by

Type: Irish

Medley: Irish Jigs, Performed by Raoul Gagnier
Medley: Irish Songs, 1, Performed by Palace Quartet
Medley: Irish Songs, 2, Performed by Palace Quartet

Type: Jazz

Baltimore Buzz, Performed by Eubie Blake
Bandana Days/I'm Just Wild About Harry, Performed by Eubie Blake
Castle House Rag, Performed by Europe's Society Orchestra
Castle Walk, Performed by Europe's Society Orchestra
Darktown Strutter's Ball, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Dixie Jass Band One Step, Performed by Original Dixieland Jass Band
Down Home Rag, Performed by Europe's Society Orchestra
Hesitating Blues, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Hungarian Rag, Performed by Eubie Blake
Jazz Baby, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Jazzing Around, Performed by Eubie Blake
Livery Stable Blues, Performed by Original Dixieland Jas Band
Memphis Blues, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Plantation Echoes, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
St. Louis Blues, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
St. Louis Blues, Performed by Original Dixieland Jass Band
Tiger Rag Blues, Performed by Original Dixieland Jass Band
Too Much Mustard, Performed by Europe's Society Orchestra

Type: Minstrel

Beulah Land, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Cake Walk in Coontown, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Carry Me Back to Old Virginia, Performed by Henry Burr
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Performed by Henry Burr
Jim Crow Reel, Performed by Adelard St. Louis
Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Medley: Plantation Songs, Performed by Harry Macdonough
My Old Kentucky Home, Performed by Harry Macdonough
My Old Kentucky Home, Performed by Edward M. Favor
O Susanna, Performed by Henry Burr
Old Black Joe, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Old Black Joe, Performed by Henry Burr
Old Folks at Home, Performed by Henry Burr
Old Folks at Home, Performed by Florence Easton
Turkey in the Straw, Performed by Willie Eckstein

Type: Negro Spiritual

Deep River, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Deep River, Performed by Kathleen Howard

Type: Negro Spirituals

Band of Gideon, Performed by Fisk Jubilee Quartet
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Performed by Southern Four

Type: Patriot

Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean, Performed by Florence Hayward

Type: Patriotic

America (My Country Tis of Thee), Performed by George Gaskin
America (My Country Tis of Thee), Performed by Diamond Four
America the Beautiful, Performed by Navy Band
Anchor's Away, Performed by Navy Band
Caissons Go Rolling Along, Performed by U.S. Army Ceremonial Band
Hail Columbia, Performed by
Hail to the Chief, Performed by U.S. Air Force Concert Band
Lanky Yankee Boys in Blue, Performed by Billy Murray
Marine Hymn, Performed by U.S. Marine Band
Stars and Stripes Forever, Performed by Sodero's Band
Stars and Stripes Forever, Performed by Sousa's Band
Stars and Stripes Forever, Performed by Vess Ossman
Star-Spangled Banner, Performed by Thomas Chalmers
Star-Spangled Banner, Performed by Anna Case
Star-Spangled Banner, Performed by Diamond Four
Star-Spangled Banner, Performed by Hayden Quartet
Star-Spangled Banner, Performed by Sousa's Band
You're a Grand Old Flag, Performed by Billy Murray

Type: Ragtime

Ma Rag Time Baby, Performed by Peerless Quartet

Type: Sacred

At a Georgia Camp Meeting, Performed by
He was Nailed to the Cross for Me, Performed by Ernest V. Stoneman
Land of Hope and Glory, Performed by Clara Butt
Nearer My God to Thee, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Old Hundred, Performed by Henry Burr
Onward Christian Soldiers, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Rock of Ages, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Rock of Ages, Performed by Henry Burr
Rock of Ages, Performed by Robert Price
What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Performed by Henry Burr

Type: Sentimental

Home, Sweet Home, Performed by Harry Macdonough

Type: Tin Pan Alley

Alexander's Ragtime Band, Performed by Billy Murray
Bicycle Built for Two, Performed by Canada Remembers Chorus sample
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?, Performed by Kid Ory's Creole Orchestra
Broadway Hit Medley, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Performed by Billy Murray
By the Sea, Performed by
Casey Jones, Performed by Irving Kaufman
Casey Jones, Performed by Billy Murray
Come Josephine in My Flying Machine, Performed by Ada Jones and Billy Murray
Come Josephine in My Flying Machine, Performed by Blanche Ring
Down by the Old Mill Stream, Performed by
Harrigan, Performed by
Hello, Ma Baby, Performed by Len Spencer
Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, Performed by Dan W. Quinn
I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl, Performed by Ella Retford
In My Merry Oldsmobile, Performed by
In the Good Old Summertime, Performed by Harry Macdonough
In the Good Old Summertime, Performed by Robert Price
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Performed by Henry Burr
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Just Because She Made Dem Goo-goo Eyes, Performed by John Dobbs
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis, Performed by Robert Price
Moonlight Bay, Performed by Premier Quartet
My Wild Irish Rose, Performed by Columbia Stellar Quartet
My Wild Irish Rose, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Oh Dem Golden Slippers, Performed by Harry C. Brown
Oh, You Beautiful Doll, Performed by Billy Murray
Old Oaken Bucket, Performed by Henry Burr
On the Banks of the Wabash, Performed by Henry Burr
Pretty Baby, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Pretty Baby, Performed by Henry Burr
Pretty Baby, Performed by Orpheus Quartet
School Days, Performed by Byron Harlan
Shine on Harvest Moon, Performed by Piano Roll
Sidewalks of New York, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Smiles, Performed by Robert Price
Smiles, Performed by Henry Burr
Smiles, Performed by Fred Van Eps
Snyder, does Your Mother Know You're Out?, Performed by George P. Watson
Some of These Days, Performed by Sophie Tucker
Swanee, Performed by Fred Van Eps
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, Performed by
Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Performed by Edward Meeker
That's an Irish Lullabye, Performed by George MacFarlane
Too-a-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral, Performed by George MacFarlane
Under the Bamboo Tree, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Under the Bamboo Tree, Performed by Marie Cahill
Vamp, Performed by Fred Van Eps
Wait Till the Cows Come Home, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Wait Till the Cows Come Home, Performed by Henry Burr
Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee, Performed by Heidelberg Quintet
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee, Performed by Billy Murray
When We Are Married, Performed by Harry Macdonough
When You Were Sweet Sixteen, Performed by Harry Macdonough
Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder, Performed by Edward M. Favor
Yankee Doodle Boy, Performed by F.E. Lewis
Yankee Doodle Boy, Performed by Billy Murray

Type: World War I

Aba Daba Honeymoon, Performed by Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan
All Of No Man's Land Is Ours, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Are We Downhearted?, Performed by Arthur Boyton
Au Revoir But Not Goodbye, Performed by Peerless Quartet
Bachelor Gay, Performed by Peter Dawson
Battle That Wasn't, Performed by Jolly Jesters
Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser, Performed by Mark Sheridan
Boys in Khaki, Boys in Blue, Performed by F. Wheeler
Break the News to Mother, Performed by Henry Burr
Colonel Bogey March, Performed by Henri Miro
Conscientious Objector, Performed by Alfred Lester
Do Something, Performed by Arthur Fields
Doctor Shelly, Performed by Harry Champion
Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You, Performed by Walter van Brunt
Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You, Performed by Billy Murray
Don't Take My Darling Boy Away, Performed by J. Philips and Helen Clark
Doughboy Jack and Doughnut Jill, Performed by Geoffrey O'Hara
Down in the U-17, Performed by Billy Murray
Farmyard on the Brain, Performed by Ernie Mayne
For Your Country and My Country, Performed by Peerless Quartet
From the North, South, East, and West, Performed by Harry Lauder
Good Bye-ee, Performed by Courtland and Jeffries
Good Morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!, Performed by Arthur Fields
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, Performed by American Quartet
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, Performed by American Quintet
Grand Peace Record, Performed by Military Band
Have You Heard of My Boy Jack?, Performed by Louise Kirkby-Lunn
Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land, Performed by Henry Burr
Hello Central, Get Me No Man's Land, Performed by Al Jolson
Here We Are, Here We Are Again!, Performed by F. Wheeler
Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser, Performed by Whit Cunliffe
Homes They Left Behind, Performed by Maggie Teyte
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm, Performed by Harry Fay
How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Hunting the Hun, Performed by Arthur Fields
I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Performed by Morton Harvey
I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, Performed by Morton Harvey
I Don't Know Where I'm Going, But…, Performed by Peerless Quartet
I Don't Want to Get Well, Performed by Van & Schenck
I May Be Gone for a Long Time, Performed by Shannon Four
I'd Feel at Home If They Let…, Performed by Billy Murray
If You Were the Olnly Girl in the World, Performed by Violet Lorraine and George Robey
It's a Long Way to Berlin, Performed by Maurice Burkhart
It's A Long Way to Berlin But We'll Get There, Performed by Arthur Fields
It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Performed by Stanley Kirkby
It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Performed by Billy Murray
It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Performed by Albert Farrington
It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Performed by John McCormack
I've a Bit of a "Blighty One", Performed by Vesta Tilley
Joan of Arc, Performed by Henry Burr
Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight, Performed by Henry Burr
Keep the Home Fires Burning, Performed by Columbia Stellar Quartet
Keep the Home Fires Burning, Performed by John McCormack
Keep the Trench Fires Going, Performed by Henry Burr
K-K-K-Katy, Performed by Billy Murray
Laddie in Khaki, Performed by Robert Carr
Let's All Be Americans Now, Performed by American Quartet
L-I-B-E-R-T-Y, Performed by Henry Burr
L-I-B-E-R-T-Y, Performed by Henry Burr
Liberty Bell, Performed by Peerless Quartet
Liberty Loan March, Performed by Sousa's Band
Little Bit of Carpenter, Performed by Harry Champion
Lloyd George's Beer, Performed by Ernie Mayne
Marching Back to Blighty, Performed by Harry Cove
My Choc'late Soldier Sammy Boy, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
My Meatless Day, Performed by Ernie Mayne
My Old Iron Cross, Performed by Harry Champion
My Sweetheart is Somewhere in France, Performed by Elizabeth Spencer
Never Mind the Food Controller, Performed by Florrie Forde
Now You've Got the Khaki On, Performed by Marie Lloyd
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning, Performed by Eddie Cantor
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning, Performed by Arthur Fields
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning, Performed by Arthur Fields
Oh! It's a Lovely War, Performed by Courtland and Jeffries
Oh! Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!, Performed by Billy Murray
Old Contemptibles, Performed by Robert Carr
On Patrol In No Man's Land, Performed by Jim Europe's 369th Infantry Hell Fighters Band
Our Whistling Tommies, Performed by Royal Court Orchestra
Over There, Performed by Nora Bayes
Over There, Performed by Billy Murray
Over There, Performed by Enrico Caruso
Over There, Performed by Henry Burr
Pack Up Your Troubles, Performed by Columbia Stellar Quartet
Pack Up Your Troubles, Performed by Murray Johnson
Pack Up Your Troubles, Performed by Reinald Werrenrath
Parodies of the Camp, Performed by Geoffrey O'Hara
Potsdam, Performed by Penrose and Whitlock
Rose of No Man's Land, Performed by William Thomas
Rose of No Man's Land, Performed by Henry Burr
Rose of Picardy, Performed by John McCormack
Roses of Picardy, Performed by Ernest Pike
Send Me Away With a Smile, Performed by John McCormack
Sergeant Solomon Isaacstein, Performed by Gus Harris
Sidney's in Civvies Again, Performed by Vesta Tilley
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts, Performed by Jack Charman
Smoke Clouds, Performed by Herbert Payne
So Long Mother, Performed by Columbia Quartet
Somewhere in France is a Lily, Performed by Henry Burr
Somewhere in France, Dear Mother, Performed by Stanley Krikby
Sons of Liberty, Performed by Henry Burr
Stoney Broke in No Man's Land, Performed by Frank Miller
Submarine Attack, Somewhere at Sea, Performed by Henry Burr
Sugar, Performed by Ernie Mayne
Summertime on Bredon, Performed by Gervase Elwes
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty, Performed by Florrie Forde
Tanks that Broke the Ranks, Performed by Fanning and Fortune
There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding, Performed by John McCormack
There's a Service Flag Flying at Our House, Performed by Henry Burr
There's a Vacant Chair at Home, Performed by Joseph Phillips
There's a Vacant Chair in Every House Tonight, Performed by Shannon Four
They All Look Alike in Khaki, Performed by Ella Retford
Three Cheers for Little Belgium, Performed by Violet Lorraine
Till the Boys Come Home, Performed by Stanley Kirkby
Till We Meet Again, Performed by Vernon Dalhart and Gladys Price
Till We Meet Again, Performed by Henry Burr
Torpedo and the Whale, Performed by Columbia Stellar Quartet
Tow, the Row, Row, Performed by Whit Cunliffe
U.S. Field Artillery March, Performed by Sousa's Band
United Forces March, Performed by Metropolitan Military Band
We All Went Marching Home, Performed by Black Diamonds Band
We Didn't Want to Fight, Performed by Stanley Kirkby
We Don't Want the Bacon, Performed by Peerless Quartet
We Stopped Them at the Marne, Performed by Henry Burr
We'll Do Our Share, Performed by Peerless Quartet
We'll Never Let the Old Flag Fall, Performed by Frederick Wheeler
What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys, Performed by Charles Hart
What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys, Performed by Henry Burr
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, Performed by Tom Clare
When I Get Back to the U.S.A., Performed by Billy Murray
When I Send You a Picture of Berlin, Performed by Arthur Fields
When the Lusitania Went Down, Performed by Herbert Stuart
When Tommy Comes Marching Home, Performed by Harry Marlow
When Uncle Sammy Leads the Band, Performed by Peerless Quartet
When We've Wound Up the Watch, Performed by Lorraine and Thorne
When You're a Long Way from Home, Performed by Kirby & Cove
Where Do We Go From Here?, Performed by Arthur Fields
Where Do We Go From Here?, Performed by American Quartet
While They Were Dancing Around, Performed by Peerless Quartet
While They Were Dancing Around, Performed by Henry Burr
Who Bashed Bill Kaiser?, Performed by Tom Clare
Would You Rather Be a Colonel, Performed by Arthur Fields
Yanks Are At It Again, Performed by Billy Murray
Yanks Started Yankin', Performed by Arthur Fields
You Can't Beat Us, Performed by Arthur Fields
Your King and Country Wants You, Performed by Edna Thornton
Your King and Country Wants You, Performed by Helen Clark
You're a Grand Old Flag, Performed by American Quartet