Top Songs of 1927


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
989
Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Acoustic Texas Blues
2
1099
Duke Ellington Black and Tan Fantasy Big Band
3
1124
Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke Singin' the Blues Dixieland
4
1466
Bix Beiderbecke In a Mist Dixieland
5
1741
Blind Lemon Jefferson Match Box Blues Acoustic Texas Blues
6
1983
Hoagy Carmichael Star Dust Jazz, Standards
7
2019
Louis Armstrong Potato Head Blues Dixieland
8
3238
Gene Austin My Blue Heaven Traditional Pop
9
3638
Blind Lemon Jefferson Black Snake Moan Acoustic Texas Blues
10
3798
Dock Boggs Country Blues Old-Time
11
5252
DeFord Bailey Pan American Blues Country Blues
12
5924
Jelly Roll Morton Doctor Jazz-Stomp Big Band
13
5933
Richard "Rabbit" Brown James Alley-Blues Country Blues
14
6118
Bessie Smith Back-Water Blues Vaudeville Blues
15
7178
Frankie Trumbauer I'm Coming Virginia Big Band, Dixieland
16
7336
The Carter Family Single Girl, Married Girl Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Fletcher Henderson Whiteman Stomp Dixieland
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Wild Cat Swing
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Sail Away Ladies Old-Time
Bix Beiderbecke The Jazz Me Blues Dixieland
Fletcher Henderson Variety Stomp Big Band
Dock Boggs Sugar Baby Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time
Henry Thomas John Henry Country Blues
Bessie Smith Alexander's Ragtime Band Vaudeville Blues
Louis Armstrong Wild Man Blues Dixieland
Frankie Trumbauer Riverboat Shuffle Big Band, Swing
Bessie Smith Young Woman's Blues Vaudeville Blues, Vocal Jazz
Sippie Wallace I'm a Mighty Tight Woman Blues