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The
Victor Talking Machine Company
Appendix XI
Record
Sales
While the following list is
not complete, it contains a large number of the selections which had
runs in excess of 400,000 until February, 1927. The parentheses
indicate the number of different forms—vocal, instrumental,
etc.—in which the selections were available.
|
Selection
|
No.
of Forms
|
Production
|
|
|
Three O’Clock in the
Morning
|
(4)
|
1,732,034
|
|
Whispering
|
(2)
|
1,479,052
|
|
Prisoner’s Song
|
(5)
|
1,320,356
|
|
Tuck Me to Sleep
|
(2) |
1,040,811
|
|
Valencia
|
(4) |
1,012,687
|
|
Dardanella
|
(1) |
961,144
|
|
Mr. Gallagher & Mr.
Shean
|
(2) |
929,185
|
|
The Sheik
|
(1) |
875,622
|
|
All Alone
|
(5) |
835,586
|
|
Wonderful One
|
(3) |
800,005
|
|
Wabash Blues
|
(1) |
763,136
|
|
Marcheta
|
(5) |
726,286
|
|
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
|
(2) |
722,895
|
|
It Ain’t Gonna Rain
No More
|
(3) |
678,403
|
|
Roses of Picardy
|
(5) |
667,885
|
|
La Golondrina
|
(5) |
644,862
|
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Yes, We Have No Bananas
|
(1) |
610,101
|
|
What’ll I Do
|
(4) |
538,434
|
|
At Peace with the World
|
(4) |
528,440
|
|
Indian Love Call
|
(5) |
526,884
|
|
Hot Lips
|
(2) |
523,106
|
|
You Forgot to Remember
|
(4) |
519,811
|
|
Who
|
(2) |
486,244
|
|
You Gave Me Your Heart
|
(1) |
480,137
|
|
Underneath the Mellow Moon
|
(2) |
466,370
|
|
Sleepy Time Gal
|
(2) |
459,713
|
|
Katharina
|
(4) |
456,166
|
|
Last Night on the Back Porch
|
(1) |
427,784
|
|
My Man
|
(2) |
424,849
|
|
I Love You
|
(2) |
421,322
|
|
Bye Bye Blackbird
|
(2) |
414,494
|
|
Linger A-while
|
(2) |
413,860
|
|
You’ve Got to See
Mamma Ev’ry Night
|
(2) |
413,466
|
|
Dinah
|
(3) |
405,763
|
|
The Old Rugged Cross
|
(1) |
405,647
|
|
The Death of Floyd Collins
|
(3) |
403,055
|
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(p. 114)
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