Top Artists of 1926 - Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

US & UK hit charts

1925 <-

1926

-> 1927

	Artist	Points	Songs
1.	George Olsen and His Orchestra	2445	01/1926 • Who? • 382 pts 02/1926 • Sunny • 328 pts 04/1926 • Always • 380 pts 05/1926 • Drifting and Dreaming (Sweet Paradise) • 277 pts 06/1926 • Horses • 328 pts 08/1926 • The Girl Friend • 277 pts 10/1926 • Katinka • 236 pts 11/1926 • Lucky Day • 236 pts
2.	Al Jolson	1684	03/1926 • I'm Sitting on Top of the World • 380 pts 04/1926 • Miami • 216 pts 07/1926 • I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again • 236 pts 08/1926 • I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (If I Knew I'd Find You) • 195 pts 08/1926 • At Peace with the World • 277 pts 09/1926 • When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along • 380 pts
3.	Gene Austin	1647	03/1926 • I Never Knew • 178 pts 03/1926 • Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue • 379 pts 03/1926 • Save Your Sorrow (For Tomorrow) • 126 pts 03/1926 • Sleepy Time Gal • 277 pts 05/1926 • Sweet Child (I'm Wild About You) • 126 pts 07/1926 • Bye Bye, Blackbird • 381 pts 09/1926 • Ya Gotta Know How to Love • 178 pts
4.	Whispering Jack Smith	1538	01/1926 • Cecilia • 195 pts 03/1926 • Then I'll be Happy • 165 pts 05/1926 • Some Other Bird Whistled a Tune • 140 pts 06/1926 • Gimme a Lil' Kiss, Will Ya Huh? • 380 pts 07/1926 • Poor Papa • 151 pts 10/1926 • When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along • 165 pts 10/1926 • Tonight's My Night with Baby • 126 pts 12/1926 • Baby Face • 216 pts
5.	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	1311	05/1926 • That Certain Feeling • 236 pts 06/1926 • Valencia • 386 pts 11/1926 • Moonlight on the Ganges • 328 pts 12/1926 • When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along • 195 pts 12/1926 • Why Do Ya Roll Those Eyes? • 165 pts
6.	Isham Jones & His Orchestra	1262	02/1926 • The Original Charleston • 236 pts 04/1926 • My Castle in Spain • 236 pts 09/1926 • At Peace with the World • 236 pts 12/1926 • I Lost My Heart in Monterey (When I Found You) • 277 pts 12/1926 • It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry • 277 pts
7.	The Revelers	1205	01/1926 • Dinah • 260 pts 07/1926 • Just Around the Corner • 140 pts 09/1926 • Valencia (A Song of Spain) • 236 pts 10/1926 • The Blue Room • 277 pts 11/1926 • Birth of the Blues • 140 pts 12/1926 • Lucky Day • 151 pts
8.	Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra	1058	02/1926 • Show Me the Way to Go Home • 277 pts 04/1926 • Song of the Vagabonds • 165 pts 05/1926 • Always • 380 pts 06/1926 • Song of the Flame • 236 pts
9.	Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians	1010	01/1926 • Freshie • 178 pts 04/1926 • Thanks for the Buggy Ride • 236 pts 05/1926 • I Love My Baby • 216 pts 10/1926 • Looking at the World Thro' Rose-Colored Glasses • 260 pts 10/1926 • Cherie, I Love You • 120 pts
10.	Ben Bernie & His Orchestra	969	02/1926 • Sleepy Time Gal • 381 pts 07/1926 • Reaching for the Moon • 328 pts 07/1926 • Cherie, I Love You • 260 pts
11.	Ted Lewis & His Band	948	02/1926 • Bam, Bam, Bamy Shore • 165 pts 04/1926 • That Certain Party • 178 pts 07/1926 • I've Found a New Baby • 328 pts 09/1926 • Where'd You Get Those Eyes? • 277 pts
12.	The Ipana Troubadors	899	02/1926 • Paddlin' Madelin' Home • 178 pts 05/1926 • Song of the Flame • 165 pts 06/1926 • Cossack Love Song • 151 pts 07/1926 • Everything's Gonna Be All Right • 120 pts 10/1926 • When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along • 133 pts 11/1926 • Baby Face • 151 pts
13.	Vernon Dalhart	819	01/1926 • The Convict and the Rose • 165 pts 01/1926 • The Wreck of the Shenandoah • 216 pts 06/1926 • The Governor's Pardon • 178 pts 11/1926 • There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight • 260 pts
14.	Abe Lyman and His Californians	798	05/1926 • After I Say I'm Sorry • 216 pts 07/1926 • Mary Lou • 277 pts 07/1926 • There's a Blue Ridge in My Heart, Virginia • 165 pts 10/1926 • Breezin' Along with the Breeze • 140 pts
15.	Nick Lucas	797	02/1926 • Sleepy Time Gal • 277 pts 05/1926 • Always • 260 pts 08/1926 • Bye Bye, Blackbird • 260 pts
16.	Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra	782	02/1926 • I'm Sitting on Top of the World • 165 pts 03/1926 • A Little Bungalow • 178 pts 09/1926 • Mountain Greenery • 260 pts 10/1926 • Cross Your Heart • 178 pts
17.	Henry Burr	766	01/1926 • You Forgot to Remember • 236 pts 05/1926 • Always • 277 pts 09/1926 • I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again • 126 pts 11/1926 • The Prisoner's Sweetheart • 126 pts
18.	Ethel Waters	633	01/1926 • Dinah • 328 pts 06/1926 • I've Found a New Baby • 140 pts 07/1926 • Sugar • 165 pts
19.	Billy Jones & Ernest Hare	630	03/1926 • That Certain Party • 165 pts 03/1926 • Show Me the Way to Go Home • 133 pts 12/1926 • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes • 216 pts 12/1926 • How Many Times? • 116 pts
20.	Johnny Marvin	558	05/1926 • Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley • 178 pts 10/1926 • Breezin' Along with the Breeze • 380 pts
21.	Ruth Etting	548	06/1926 • Let's Talk About My Sweetie • 120 pts 08/1926 • Lonesome and Sorry • 277 pts 08/1926 • But I Do, You Know I Do • 151 pts
22.	Franklyn Baur	541	01/1926 • Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? • 140 pts 02/1926 • Just a Cottage Small • 165 pts 12/1926 • Tonight You Belong to Me • 236 pts
23.	Cliff Edwards	521	1926 • When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along • 133 pts 02/1926 • Remember • 151 pts 03/1926 • Dinah • 236 pts
24.	Lewis James	502	02/1926 • Sleepy Time Gal • 133 pts 06/1926 • Always • 133 pts 08/1926 • Am I Wasting My Time on You? • 236 pts
25.	Benny Krueger and His Orchestra	472	09/1926 • Bye Bye, Blackbird • 195 pts 10/1926 • How Many Times? • 277 pts
26.	Johnny Hamp & His Orchestra	442	11/1926 • That's Why I Love You • 165 pts 12/1926 • Black Bottom • 277 pts
27.	Bessie Smith	415	02/1926 • I Ain't Got Nobody • 178 pts 09/1926 • Lost Your Head Blues • 236 pts
28.	John McCormack	400	02/1926 • You Forgot to Remember • 140 pts 03/1926 • Just a Cottage Small • 260 pts
29.	Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra	395	05/1926 • Rio Rita • 179 pts 11/1926 • On the Riviera • 216 pts
30.	Arden-Ohman Orchestra	369	02/1926 • Sentimental Me • 236 pts 04/1926 • Looking for a Boy • 133 pts
31.	Billy Murray & Aileen Stanley	367	01/1926 • Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann • 151 pts 12/1926 • I Can't Get Over a Girl Like You (Loving a Boy Like Me) • 216 pts
32.	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	336	05/1926 • Here in My Arms • 196 pts 09/1926 • Bye Bye, Blackbird • 140 pts
33.	Art Landry & His Orchestra	303	03/1926 • Sleepy Time Gal • 151 pts 04/1926 • Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue • 151 pts
34.	Ross Gorman & His Orchestra	285	08/1926 • Valencia • 133 pts 09/1926 • Cherie, I Love You • 151 pts
35.	Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra	284	07/1926 • Sorry and Blue • 165 pts 09/1926 • Lonesome and Sorry • 120 pts
36.	Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra	278	03/1926 • Carolina Stomp • 151 pts 04/1926 • Dinah • 126 pts
37.	The Brox Sisters	268	05/1926 • Kentucky's Way of Sayin' Good Morning • 151 pts 06/1926 • Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again • 116 pts
38.	Harry Richman	260	10/1926 • The Birth of the Blues • 260 pts
39.	Jesse Crawford	253	11/1926 • Valencia • 120 pts 12/1926 • At Dawning • 133 pts
40.	Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanan	236	03/1926 • A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You • 236 pts
41.	Ford & Glenn	236	06/1926 • Sleepy Head • 236 pts
42.	Dennis King	236	04/1926 • Song of the Vagabonds • 236 pts
43.	Ted Weems and His Orchestra	216	09/1926 • Love Bound • 216 pts
44.	Willie Howard	195	01/1926 • My Yiddishe Momme • 195 pts
45.	Henry Burr & Billy Murray	195	03/1926 • I Wonder Where My Baby is To-night? • 195 pts
46.	Carolyn Thompson	195	05/1926 • Only a Rose • 195 pts
47.	Louis Armstrong	178	07/1926 • Muskrat Ramble • 178 pts
48.	Frank Munn	165	01/1926 • Lullaby Lane • 165 pts
49.	Irène Bordoni	165	06/1926 • This Means Nothing to Me • 165 pts
50.	Eddie Cantor	165	01/1926 • Oh Boy! What a Girl • 165 pts