'Smile and show your dimple' - Sam Ash (1918) Irving Berlin song, which he would re-write in the 1930s Cover versions of Smile and Show Your Dimple by Samuel Ash | SecondHandSongs
Ada Jones Ada Jones / Harry Tally – Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon / When The Bells Are Ringing, Mary (1910, Shellac)
'He's a devil in his own home town' - Ed. Morton another Irving Berlin song Ed. Morton / Arthur Collins And Byron G. Harlan – He's A Devil In His Own Home Town / Celebrating Day In Tennessee (1914, Shellac)
All songs that came to mind for me too, although all my favorite recordings are from no earlier than 1925.
'Li'l' Liza Jane' Cover versions of Li'l' Liza Jane by Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band | SecondHandSongs
the list of Ragtime composers is long, and I heartily recommend checking into any and all known recordings of original scores. there's a pretty good listing of composers and their famous works here on Wikipedia ❨under the page category “Pre-194O” for the peak-years examples❩ : List of ragtime composers - Wikipedia there were some great Dixieland Jazz recordings which appeared toward the end of the 191Os, like : Livery Stable Blues⸻Original Dixieland Jass ❨later spelled “Jazz”❩ Band actual 1917 recording
'I'm Henry the VIII' - Harry Champion Harry Champion – I'm Henry The VIII / Standard Bread (1911, Shellac) Cover versions of I'm Henry the VIII written by Fred Murray, R.P. Weston | SecondHandSongs
'El Condor Pasa' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfVoK5QJU8U&ab_channel=AVIRUKÁ Victor matrix G-2295. El condor pasa / Orquesta del Zoológico - Discography of American Historical Recordings Cover versions of El condor pasa by Orquesta del Zoológico | SecondHandSongs
'Peg o' my heart' Charles W. Harrison / Arthur Clough – Peg O' My Heart / When I Dream Of Old Erin (I'm Dreaming Of You) (1913, Shellac) Cover versions of Peg o' My Heart written by Al Bryan, Fred Fisher | SecondHandSongs
dig this ! what a resource Index of /4y1/ courtesy of : @Robert Godridge My (and a friend's) collection of 78s on youtube, properly digitised! * fun fun fun !
Mahler just squeaks in with the Adagio from his (unfinished) 10th symphony. His marvelous 9th symphony was completed just as 1909 drew to a conclusion, so that one depends on how punctilious one is about dates, etc. Bill
'The trail of the lonesome pine' Cover versions of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine written by Harry Carroll, Ballard MacDonald | SecondHandSongs
'Hesitation Blues' Hesitation Blues (Oh! Baby Must I Hesitate?) by Al Bernard - RYM/Sonemic Cover versions of Hesitation Blues by Al Bernard | SecondHandSongs
'I Ain't Got Nobody Much' - Marion Harris (B-side of 78 by the Avon Comedy Four) 78 Record: Avon Comedy Four - Way Out Yonder In The Golden West (1916) Cover versions of I Ain't Got Nobody Much by Marion Harris | SecondHandSongs
'What do want to make those eyes at me for? (when they don't mean what they say)' Billy Murray and Ada Jones (the sheet music features Anna Held and Henry Lewis who I believe had performed the song on the stage) Cover versions of What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? written by Jimmy Monaco, Joseph McCarthy, Howard Johnson | SecondHandSongs
'Homesickness Blues' - Nora Bayes Nora Bayes – For Dixie And Uncle Sam / Homesickness Blues (1916, Shellac)
Some of the songs aren't bad, but why did people sing in a phony, almost operatic voice? It just sounds so corny. It took a few decades before singers started singing more naturally and with more feeling. Credit people like Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and Billie Holliday to create popular music that moves beyond people sitting around in a bar belting out tunes for amusement.