This page lists the top songs of 1917 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

There are almost no charts from before 1920 so this list is heavily determined by very few entries.

The top ten song artists of 1917 were:
1:American Quartet	3:Prince's Orchestra	5:Nora Bayes	7:Original Dixieland Jazz Band	9:Van & Schenck
2:Peerless Quartet	4:John McCormack	6:Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	8:Victor Military Band	10:Al Jolson

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Nora Bayes	Over There	1917	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1917 (10 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1917), Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1917), Brazil 22 of 1918
2	American Quartet	Over There	1917	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1917 (18 weeks), ASCAP song of 1917, Music Imprint 5 of 1910s, Brazil 8 of 1918, RIAA 39
3	Anna Wheaton & James Harrod	Till the Clouds Roll By	1917	US Billboard 1 - Aug 1917 (10 weeks), aceterrier.com 3 of 1900-19 (1917), Brazil 22 of 1920
4	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	At the Darktown Strutter's Ball	1917	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006 (1917), US Billboard 2 - Oct 1917 (7 weeks)
5	Victor Military Band	Poor Butterfly	1917	US Billboard 1 - Feb 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 11 of 1918
6	Elsie Baker	Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby)	1917	US Billboard 1 - Mar 1917 (11 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1918
7	Van & Schenck	For Me & My Gal	1917	US Billboard 1 - May 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 21 of 1918
8	Horace Wright & Rene Dietrich	My Own Iona	1917	US Billboard 1 - Jan 1917 (9 weeks), Brazil 26 of 1918
9	John McCormack	Send Me Away with a Smile	1917	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1917 (10 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1918
10	John McCormack	The Star Spangled Banner	1917	US Billboard 1 - May 1917 (8 weeks), RIAA 62
11	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Livery Stable Blues	1917	aceterrier.com 16 of 1900-19 (1917), US Billboard 4 - Jun 1917 (4 weeks), Guardian Jazz 2
12	Henry Burr	Joan of Arc	1917	US Billboard 2 - Sep 1917 (6 weeks), Brazil 15 of 1918
13	American Quartet	Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France	1917	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1917 (8 weeks)
14	Knickerbocker Quartet	Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag	1917	US Billboard 1 - Apr 1917 (10 weeks)
15	American Quartet	Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!	1917	US Billboard 1 - Jun 1917 (9 weeks)
16	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	Lookout Mountain	1917	US Billboard 1 - Jul 1917 (6 weeks)
17	Peerless Quartet	Over There	1917	US Billboard 1 - Oct 1917 (10 weeks)
18	Hampton Quartette	Listen to the Lambs	1917	Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1917)
19	Bahiano	Pelo Telefone	1917	Brazil 1 of 1917
20	Walter Glynne	I Passed By Your Window	1917	Peel list 1 of 1917
21	Joseph Smith & his Orchestra	Havanola Fox-Trot	1917	US Billboard 4 - Aug 1917 (3 weeks), Brazil 17 of 1918
22	Fritz Kreisler	Poor Butterfly	1917	aceterrier.com 24 of 1900-19 (1917), US Billboard 9 - Jun 1917 (2 weeks)
23	Eddie Cantor	That's the Kind of a Baby for Me	1917	aceterrier.com 21 of 1900-19 (1917), US Billboard 10 - Dec 1917 (1 week)
24	Frances Alda	La Marseillaise	1917	US Billboard 8 - Sep 1917 (2 weeks), Brazil 10 of 1918
25	Joseph Smith & his Orchestra	Gems from Ziegfeld Follies of 1917	1917	US Billboard 10 - Nov 1917 (1 week), Brazil 13 of 1918
26	Lambert Murphy	Smiles	1917	US Billboard 5 - Dec 1918 (3 weeks), Jazz Standard 777
27	Horace Wright	O'Brien is Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian	1917	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1917 (7 weeks)
28	Marion Harris	They Go Wild, Simply Wild, Over Me	1917	US Billboard 2 - Dec 1917 (5 weeks)
29	James F Harrison & James Reed	In the Sweet Long Ago	1917	US Billboard 2 - Apr 1917 (5 weeks)
30	Al Jolson	Someone Else May be There While I'm Gone	1917	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1917 (4 weeks)
31	Victor Military Band	Katinka	1917	US Billboard 2 - Mar 1917 (5 weeks)
32	Prince's Orchestra	Till the Clouds Roll By	1917	US Billboard 2 - Aug 1917 (8 weeks)
33	Arthur Collins & Byron G Harlan	They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii	1917	US Billboard 2 - Feb 1917 (6 weeks)
34	Harry MacDonough & Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Babes in the Wood	1917	US Billboard 2 - Jan 1917 (6 weeks)
35	Anna Wheaton	M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I	1917	US Billboard 2 - Jun 1917 (7 weeks)
36	Charles Harrison	All the World Will be Jealous of Me	1917	US Billboard 2 - Aug 1917 (6 weeks)
37	Josie Collins	Love Will Find a Way	1917	Peel list 2 of 1917
38	Choro do Pixinguinha	Sofres Porque Queres	1917	Brazil 2 of 1917
39	Peerless Quartet	America, Here's My Boy	1917	US Billboard 3 - May 1917 (5 weeks)
40	Prince's Orchestra	The Man Behind the Hammer & the Plow	1917	US Billboard 3 - Jul 1917 (5 weeks)
41	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	My Hawaiian Sunshine	1917	US Billboard 3 - Feb 1917 (4 weeks)
42	Columbia Stellar Quartet	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (The Boys Are Marching)	1917	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1917 (4 weeks)
43	Prince's Orchestra	Poor Butterfly	1917	US Billboard 3 - Mar 1917 (6 weeks)
44	Ada Jones & Billy Murray	What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes At Me For?	1917	US Billboard 3 - Mar 1917 (5 weeks)
45	John McCormack	There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding	1917	US Billboard 3 - Sep 1917 (5 weeks)
46	American Quartet	Sailin' Away On the Henry Clay	1917	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1917 (5 weeks)
47	Byron G Harlan	I'm a Twelve O'Clock Fellow in a Nine O'Clock Town	1917	US Billboard 3 - Jul 1917 (4 weeks)
48	Peerless Quartet	We're Going Over	1917	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1917 (4 weeks)
49	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	Missouri Waltz (Hush-a-Bye, Ma Baby)	1917	US Billboard 3 - Nov 1917 (5 weeks)
50	Florrie Ford	Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty	1917	Peel list 3 of 1917
51	Bahiano	A Baratinha	1917	Brazil 3 of 1917
52	Eubie Blake	Jazzing around	1917	aceterrier.com 19 of 1900-19 (1917)
53	Carlos Gardel	Mi Noche Triste	1917	aceterrier.com 26 of 1900-19 (1917)
54	The Oriental Orchestra	Russian Scissors	1917	aceterrier.com 31 of 1900-19 (1917)
55	Ford Hawaiians	Wiliwili Wai	1917	aceterrier.com 36 of 1900-19 (1917)
56	Weber & Fields	The Baseball Game	1917	US Billboard 4 - Jan 1917 (3 weeks)
57	Al Jolson	Pray for Sunshine	1917	US Billboard 4 - Apr 1917 (4 weeks)
58	Peerless Quartet	I May be gone for a Long, Long Time	1917	US Billboard 4 - Oct 1917 (4 weeks)
59	Prince's Orchestra	The Old Grey Mare	1917	US Billboard 4 - Sep 1917 (4 weeks)
60	John McCormack	Keep the Home Fires Burning	1917	US Billboard 4 - Sep 1917 (4 weeks)
61	Sterling Trio	Hawaiian Butterfly	1917	US Billboard 4 - Jun 1917 (6 weeks)
62	Reinald Werrenrath	Battle Hymn of the Republic	1917	US Billboard 4 - Jul 1917 (3 weeks)
63	John McCormack	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling	1917	US Billboard 4 - May 1917 (3 weeks)
64	Victor Military Band	Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag	1917	US Billboard 4 - Mar 1917 (5 weeks)
65	Al Jolson	From Here to Shanghai	1917	US Billboard 4 - Jun 1917 (4 weeks)
66	Reinald Werrenrath	Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag	1917	US Billboard 4 - Apr 1917 (3 weeks)
67	Elizabeth Brice	Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!	1917	US Billboard 4 - Aug 1917 (4 weeks)
68	Ada Jones & MJ O'Connell	Some Sunday Morning	1917	US Billboard 4 - Dec 1917 (4 weeks)
69	Henry Burr	All the World Will be Jealous of Me	1917	US Billboard 4 - Aug 1917 (3 weeks)
70	Grupo de Caxanga	Vagalume Sorrindo	1917	Brazil 4 of 1917
71	The Six Brown Brothers	Smiles & Chuckles	1917	Peel list 4 of 1917
72	MJ O'Connell	Send Me Away with a Smile	1917	US Billboard 5 - Dec 1917 (3 weeks)
73	Elsie Baker	For You a Rose	1917	US Billboard 5 - Aug 1917 (3 weeks)
74	Henry Burr & Albert Campbell	Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow	1917	US Billboard 5 - Apr 1917 (4 weeks)
75	Nora Bayes	(Goodbye, & Luck Be with You) Laddie Boy	1917	US Billboard 5 - Dec 1917 (3 weeks)

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