The American Quartet

The American Quartet Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The American Quartet was a four-member vocal group that recorded for various companies in the United States between 1899 and 1925. The membership varied over the years, but the most famous line-up – John Bieling (first tenor), Billy Murray (second tenor), Steve Porter (baritone), and William F. Hooley (bass) – recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company from 1909 to 1913. The same group of singers also recorded for Edison Records as the Premier Quartet (or Quartette), and for that... [more on Wikipedia]

The American Quartet began charting in 1910 with He's a College Boy.The artist placed 50 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 48 of which reached the Top‑10, including 6 number‑ones.

Top songs: #1: Moonlight Bay - #2: Everybody Two-Step - #3: Over There - #4: Oh, You Beautiful Doll - #5: Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
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  1910
1.
07/1910

He's a College Boy
The American Quartet greentick

267 pts
4
US
[Victor 16492]
written by Theodore F. Morse & Jack Mahoney
2.
11/1910

Any Little Girl That's a Nice Girl is the Right Little Girl for Me
The American Quartet greentick

243 pts
5
US
[Victor 16560]
written by Fred Fisher & Thomas J. Gray
3.
12/1910

Play That Barber-Shop Chord
The American Quartet greentick

337 pts
2
US
[Victor 5799]
written by Lewis Muir, William Tracey & Ballard MacDonald
  1911
4.
03/1911

The Grizzly Bear
The American Quartet greentick

255 pts
4
US
[Victor 16681]
written by Irving Berlin & George Botsford
5.
03/1911

Tickle Toes
The American Quartet greentick

148 pts
10
US
[Victor 16683]
written by Fleta Jan Brown & Herbert Spencer
Some of These Days
6.
05/1911

Some of These Days
The American Quartet greentick

271 pts
3
US
[Victor 16834]
written by Shelton Brooks
7.
05/1911

I Love It
The American Quartet greentick

175 pts
8
US
[Victor 16837]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & E. Ray Goetz
8.
09/1911

Baby Shoes
The American Quartet greentick

231 pts
5
US
[Victor 16859]
written by Al Piantadosi, Joe Goodwin & Ed Rose
9.
10/1911

Dance of the Grizzly Bear
The American Quartet greentick

161 pts
9
US
[Victor 16881]
written by George Botsford & Irving Berlin
10.
10/1911

In the Land of Harmony
The American Quartet greentick

161 pts
9
US
[Victor 16898]
written by Ted Snyder & Bert Kalmar
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
11.
12/1911

#4  Oh, You Beautiful Doll
The American Quartet greentick

372 pts
1
US
[Victor 16979]
written by Nat Ayer & Seymour Brown
  1912
That Mysterious Rag
12.
01/1912

That Mysterious Rag
The American Quartet greentick

216 pts
6
US
[Victor 16982]
written by Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder
13.
02/1912

Oh That Navajo Rag
The American Quartet greentick

165 pts
9
US
[Victor 17000]
written by Egbert Van Alstyne & Harry Williams
14.
02/1912

Ragtime Violin
The American Quartet greentick

277 pts
3
US
[Victor 17025]
written by Irving Berlin
Moonlight Bay
15.
03/1912

#1  Moonlight Bay
The American Quartet greentick

384 pts
1
US
[Victor 17034]
written by Percy Wenrich & Edward Madden
16.
04/1912

Another Rag (A Raggy Rag)
The American Quartet greentick

178 pts
8
US
[Victor 17027]
written by Theodore F. Morse & D. A. Esrom
17.
05/1912

The Skeleton Rag
The American Quartet greentick

216 pts
6
US
[Victor 17041]
written by Percy Wenrich & Edward Madden
18.
09/1912

You're My Baby
The American Quartet greentick

216 pts
6
US
[Victor 17114]
written by Nat D. Ayer & A. Seymour Brown
19.
10/1912

When You're Away
The American Quartet greentick

236 pts
5
US
[Victor 17139]
written by Bert Grant, A. Seymour Brown & Joe Young
20.
11/1912

Mary Was My Mother's Name
The American Quartet greentick

151 pts
10
US
[Victor 17130]
written by Alfred Solman & Arthur J. Lamb
21.
11/1912

#2  Everybody Two-Step
The American Quartet greentick

379 pts
1
US
[Victor 17171]
written by Wallie Herzer & Earle C. Jones
22.
12/1912

Hitchy-Koo
The American Quartet greentick

236 pts
5
US
[Victor 17198]
written by Maurice Abrahams, Lewis F. Muir & L. Wolfe Gilbert
  1913
23.
02/1913

On the Mississippi
The American Quartet greentick

276 pts
3
US
[Victor 17237]
written by Harry Carroll, Arthur Fields & Ballard MacDonald
24.
02/1913

Parisienne
The American Quartet greentick

276 pts
3
US
[Victor 17239]
written by Albert Von Tilzer & Lew Brown
25.
03/1913

That Old Girl of Mine
The American Quartet greentick

327 pts
2
US
[Victor 17264]
written by Egbert Van Alstyne & Earle C. Jones
26.
03/1913

Beautiful Doll Good-Bye
The American Quartet greentick

195 pts
7
US
[Victor 17244]
written by Solly Ginsberg Violinsky & Al B. White
27.
04/1913

Row, Row, Row
The American Quartet greentick

178 pts
8
US
[Victor 17295]
written by James V. Monaco & William Jerome
28.
12/1913

Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay
The American Quartet greentick

236 pts
5
US
[Victor 17411]
written by George Botsford & Jean Havez
  1914
29.
03/1914

All Aboard for Dixieland
The American Quartet greentick

253 pts
5
US
[Victor 17535]
written by George L. Cobb & Jack Yellen
30.
04/1914

The Ragtime Dream
The American Quartet greentick

177 pts
9
US
[Victor 17535]
written by Joe Goodwin & Lew Brown
  1915
31.
01/1915

At the Mississippi Cabaret
The American Quartet greentick

227 pts
6
US
[Victor 17650]
written by Albert Gumble & A. Seymour Brown
32.
04/1915

They All Had a Finger in the Pie
The American Quartet greentick

173 pts
9
US
[Victor 17704]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Vincent Bryan
  1916
33.
01/1916

Along the Rocky Road to Dublin
The American Quartet greentick

267 pts
3
US
[Victor 17900]
written by Bert Grant & Joe Young
34.
06/1916

Siam
The American Quartet greentick

159 pts
9
US
written by Fred Fisher & Howard E. Johnson
  1917
35.
03/1917

Rolling Stones (All Come Rolling Home Again)
The American Quartet greentick

160 pts
9
US
[Victor 18215]
written by Edgar Leslie & Archie Gottler
36.
03/1917

How's Every Little Thing in Dixie?
The American Quartet greentick

229 pts
5
US
[Victor 18225]
written by Albert Gumble & Jack Yellen
Let's All Be Americans Now
37.
05/1917

Let's All Be Americans Now
The American Quartet greentick

160 pts
9
US
[Victor 18258]
written by Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie & Geo. W. Meyer
38.
06/1917

#5  Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!
The American Quartet greentick

369 pts
1
US
[Victor 18279]
written by Abe Olman & Ed Rose
Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France
39.
09/1917

Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France
The American Quartet greentick

368 pts
1
US
[Victor 18335]
written by Billy Baskette, C. Francis Reisner & Benny Davis
Over There
40.
09/1917

#3  Over There
The American Quartet greentick

374 pts
1
US
[Victor 18333]
written by George M. Cohan
41.
12/1917

Sailin' Away on the Henry Clay
The American Quartet greentick

269 pts
3
US
[Victor 18353]
written by Egbert Van Alstyne & Gus Kahn
  1918
42.
11/1918

Everything is Peaches Down in Georgia
The American Quartet greentick

230 pts
5
US
[Victor 18497]
written by Milton Ager & Grant Clarke
  1919
43.
09/1919

Anything Is Nice If It Comes from Dixie
The American Quartet greentick

166 pts
9
US
[Victor 18589]
written by George W. Meyer, Milton Ager & Grant Clarke
44.
11/1919

Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)
The American Quartet greentick

153 pts
10
US
[Victor 18605]
written by James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald & Joe Goodwin
  1921
45.
11/1921

Strut, Miss Lizzie
The American Quartet greentick

238 pts
5
US
[Victor 18799]
written by Turner Layton & Henry Creamer
  1922
46.
02/1922

Mandy'n Me
The American Quartet greentick

134 pts
12
US
[Victor 18832]
written by Otto Motzan, Con Conrad & Bert Kalmar
47.
07/1922

In the Little Red School House
The American Quartet greentick

238 pts
5
US
[Victor 18904]
written by James A. Brennan & Al Wilson
  1923
48.
01/1923

Nellie Kelly I Love You
The American Quartet greentick

195 pts
7
US
[Victor 18957]
written by George M. Cohan
Carolina in the Morning
49.
04/1923

Carolina in the Morning
The American Quartet greentick

178 pts
8
US
[Victor 19006]
written by Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn
  1924
50.
03/1924

What Do You Do Sunday, Mary?
The American Quartet greentick

119 pts
14
US
[Victor 19188]
written by Stephen O. Jones & Irving Caesar


See also...

Billy Murray • John Bieling • Steve Porter • William F. Hooley


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