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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
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

(p. 114)

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