Top Songs of 1928


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
349
Louis Armstrong West End Blues Dixieland
2
568
Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel (T for Texas) Country Yodeling
3
1244
Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues Piedmont Blues
4
1613
Clarence "Pine Top" Smith Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Boogie Woogie
5
1740
Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra Ol' Man River Show Tunes, Spirituals, Standards
6
1840
Bessie Smith Empty Bed Blues Piano Blues, Vaudeville Blues
7
2010
Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Acoustic Texas Blues
8
2074
Leroy Carr How Long, How Long Blues Piano Blues
9
2137
The Carter Family Keep on the Sunny Side Appalachian Folk Music, Country Gospel
10
2180
Mississippi John Hurt Stack O' Lee Blues Piedmont Blues
11
2270
Louis Armstrong Struttin' with Some Barbeque Dixieland
12
2330
Louis Armstrong St. James Infirmary Dixieland, Vocal Jazz
13
2763
Tampa Red & Georgia Tom It's Tight Like That Acoustic Chicago Blues
14
2768
Al Jolson My Mammy Traditional Pop, Vaudeville
15
2836
Joseph Falcon Allons à Lafayette Traditional Cajun
16
4572
Tommy Johnson Cool Drink of Water Blues Delta Blues
17
4833
Mississippi John Hurt Frankie Piedmont Blues
18
5009
Helen Kane I Wanna Be Loved By You Standards
19
5202
Jimmie Rodgers In the Jailhouse Now Country Yodeling
20
5408
Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers Lovesick Blues Vaudeville Blues, Vocal Jazz
21
5657
Tommy Johnson Big Road Blues Delta Blues
22
5825
Blind Willie Johnson Mother's Children Have a Hard Time Acoustic Texas Blues
23
6609
Furry Lewis Kassie Jones Country Blues
24
7398
Duke Ellington Creole Love Call Dixieland
25
7505
Duke Ellington The Mooche Big Band, Swing
26
7567
Harry McClintock The Big Rock Candy Mountains Traditional Country
27
9193
Rita Montaner El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) Rhumba, Son Cubano
28
9280
Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band Prove It on Me Blues Jug Band, Vaudeville Blues
29
9540
Trio Matamoros Son de la Loma Bolero son, Trova
30
9555
Bascom Lamar Lunsford I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time
31
9608
Louis Armstrong Hotter Than That Dixieland

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (Good Old) Mountain Dew Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time
Al Jolson Sonny Boy Film Soundtrack, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Lonnie Johnson Careless Love Blues Country Blues
Washington Phillips Denomination Blues Country Blues, Gospel
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Doin' Things Swing