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1915 #1 hits

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  Before getting into the 1915 #1 hits, I should note how the charts were compiled per Joel Whitburn's A Century of Pop Music. Talking Machine World published monthly lists of the best-selling records as provided by the major record companies from 1914 to 1921. Billboard offered a weekly list of the most popular songs in vaudeville from 1913 to 1918. ASCAP published a selected list of the most popular songs in its history. Other information about top sheet music was from record company publications, led by Victor, Columbia, and Edison, plus other lists by Roger Kinkle, Jim Walsh, and Murrells. It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary - John McCormick (Victor), eight weeks at #1. It was also a #1 hit for the American Quartet for seven weeks in 1914. They Didn't Believe Me - Harry McDonald and Alice Green (Victor), seven weeks at #1. A Herbert Reynolds/Jerome Kern song from the musical The Girl From Utah. Hello, Frisco! (I Called You Up To Say "Hello!") - Alice Green a...
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Bishop Takes King

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  Recently, I posted on Facebook a cartoon called Bishop Takes King, drawn by David Cohen, "an Asheville-based artist/musician and resident of over forty years. He primarily draws editorial and commissioned cartoons for various outlets and companies." It commemorated the Service of Prayer for the Nation on January 21 and the sermon by the Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde. Most people enjoyed it, but one commenter wrote, "Roger, she's mentally ill. " OMG! I must read the transcript . "The first foundation for unity is honoring the inherent dignity of every human being, which is, as all faiths represented here affirm, the birthright of all people as children of the One God..." Isaiah 1:17:  Learn to do right; seek justice.  Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Direct message "Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you. As you told the nation yesterday, you hav...
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