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Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Collins & Harlan, the team of American singers Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan, formed a popular comic duo between 1903 and 1926. They sang ragtime standards as well as what were known as "coon songs" – music sung by white performers in a black dialect. Their material also employed many other stereotypes of the time including Irishmen and farmers. Rival recording artist Billy Murray nicknamed them "The Half-Ton Duo" as both men were rather overweight. Collins and Harlan produced... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: The Aba Daba Honeymoon - #2: I Love the Ladies - #3: When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam' - #4: Alexander's Ragtime Band - #5: Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey

1901

12/1901

The Wedding of Reuben and the Maid
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

102 pts

[Columbia 31685]
written by Maurice Levi & Harry B. Smith

1902

12/1902

Down Where the Wurzburger Flows
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

118 pts

[Edison 8238]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Vincent P. Bryan

1903

01/1903

Under the Bamboo Tree
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 1635]
written by Bob Cole & J. Rosamond Johnson

09/1903

Hurrah for Baffin's Bay
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

118 pts

[Columbia 1491]
written by Theodore F. Morse & Vincent Bryan

10/1903

Parody on Hiawatha
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

86 pts

[Victor 1631]
written by Neil Moret

1904

04/1904

Under the Anheuser Bush
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

102 pts

[Victor 2668]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling

08/1904

Good-Bye, Fedora
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

73 pts

[Columbia 1803]
written by Robert J. Adams & Harry Williams

1905

02/1905

Coax Me
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

102 pts

[Edison 8907]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling

07/1905

Tammany
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

102 pts

[Victor 4373]
written by Gus Edwards & Vincent P. Bryan

10.

08/1905

Come Along, Little Girl, Come Along
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

67 pts

[Edison 9028]
written by J. B. Mullen & Alfred Bryan

11.

12/1905

In My Merry Oldsmobile
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

61 pts

[Zon-o-Phone 290]
written by Gus Edwards & Vincent P. Bryan

1906

12.

03/1906

The Leader of the German Band
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

73 pts

[Victor 4555]
written by Theodore F. Morse & Edward Madden

13.

05/1906

Paddle Your Own Canoe
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

55 pts

[Edison 9184]
written by Theodore F. Morse & Edward Madden

14.

07/1906

Out in an Automobile
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

80 pts

[Victor 4709]
written by George Evans & Vincent Bryan

15.

11/1906

I'm Crazy 'Bout It!
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 4850]
written by Shepard N. Edmonds

16.

11/1906

Susan, Kiss Me Good and Hard
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

61 pts

[Edison 9377]
written by J. Fred Helf

17.

12/1906

Camp Meetin' Time
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

118 pts

[Columbia 3513]
written by Egbert Van Alstyne & Harry Williams

18.

12/1906

Would You Leave Your Happy Home for Me?
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

61 pts

[Columbia 3514]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling

1907

19.

03/1907

Good-a-Bye, John!
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 4941]
written by Victor Herbert & Henry Blossom

20.

06/1907

Bake Dat Chicken Pie
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 5116]
written by Frank Dumont

21.

06/1907

That Welcome Mat Ain't Out for Me
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

55 pts

[Victor 5092]

22.

07/1907

And a Little Bit More
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Columbia 3649]

1908

23.

01/1908

Who Do You Love?
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

47 pts

[Victor 5288]
written by John Rosamond Johnson & Bob Cole

24.

03/1908

Come on and Kiss Yo' Baby
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

73 pts

[Victor 16224-A]
written by Sadie Mae Clark

25.

05/1908

My Gal Irene
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

102 pts

[Victor 5399]
written by traditional

26.

07/1908

Honey, Won't You Please Come Down?
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

55 pts

[Edison 9858]
written by David Reed

27.

10/1908

Down in Jungle Town
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 5484]
written by Theodore F. Morse & Edward Madden

28.

11/1908

It Looks Like a Big Night To-Night
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

67 pts

[Edison 9985]
written by Egbert Van Alstyne & Harry Williams

1909

29.

01/1909

Alabam'
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 5618]

30.

01/1909

Honey Lou
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

67 pts

[Victor 5605]
written by Tom Lemonier & Ed Rose

31.

02/1909

The Right Church, but the Wrong Pew
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

119 pts

[Columbia 621]
written by Chris Smith & Cecil Mack

32.

03/1909

Down Among the Sugar Cane
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

102 pts

[Victor 5670]
written by Cecil Mack, Chris Smith, Dan Avery & Charles Hart

33.

04/1909

The Sweetest Gal in Town
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 16262]
written by J. Rosamond Johnson & Bob Cole

34.

04/1909

Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay!
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

61 pts

[Edison 10094]
written by John H. Flynn & Will D. Cobb

35.

10/1909

My Wife's Gone to the Country (Hurrah! Hurrah!)
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

81 pts

[Victor 5736]
written by George M. Whiting, Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder

36.

12/1909

Down at the Huskin' Bee
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

61 pts

[Victor 16365]
written by Halsey K. Mohr

1910

37.

01/1910

On a Monkey Honeymoon
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

285 pts

[Victor 16426]
written by Theodore F. Morse & Jack Mahoney

38.

02/1910

I'm A-Dreamin' of You
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

156 pts

[Columbia 3326]
written by J. B. Mullen & Frank Fogarty

39.

03/1910

Down Where the Big Bananas Grow
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

222 pts

[Victory 16446]
written by Ted S. Barron & Louis Weslyn

40.

04/1910

Some Day, Melinda
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

184 pts

[Edison 10326]
written by Bert Fitzgibbon

41.

04/1910

That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

337 pts

[Victor 16472]
written by Irving Berlin

42.

05/1910

The Cubanola Glide
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

285 pts

[Columbia 800]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Vincent Bryan

43.

07/1910

Moonlight in Jungle Land
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

201 pts

[Victor 16483]
written by Johann C. Schmid & James E. Dempsey

44.

09/1910

Sugar Moon
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

285 pts

[Victor 16540]
written by Percy Wenrich & Stanley Murphy

45.

12/1910

Casey Jones
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

243 pts

[Columbia 907]
written by Clarence M. Jones

1911

46.

01/1911

The Honeymoon Glide
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

271 pts

[Indestructable 1437]
written by Raymond Walker & Joseph H. McKeon

47.

02/1911

Under the Yum Yum Tree
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

374 pts

[Columbia 943]
written by Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling

48.

03/1911

Oh That Moonlight Glide
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

175 pts

[Victor 5807]
written by Albert Von Tilzer & Junie McCree

49.

03/1911

#5 Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

374 pts

[Victor 16708]
written by Albert Von Tilzer & Junie McCree

50.

08/1911

The Mississippi Dippy Dip
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

148 pts

[Victor 16870]
written by Raymond Walker & Ballard MacDonald

51.

09/1911

#4 Alexander's Ragtime Band
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

378 pts

[Victor 16908]
written by Irving Berlin

1912

52.

02/1912

Everybody's Doing It Now
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

328 pts

[Victor 17020]
written by Irving Berlin

53.

05/1912

I'm Going Back to Dixie
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

178 pts

[Columbia 1112]
written by Irving Berlin & Ted Snyder

54.

09/1912

That Precious Little Thing Called Love (The Riddle Song)
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

178 pts

[Victor 17094]
written by Chris Smith & Cecil Mack

55.

10/1912

Oh! You Circus Day
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

277 pts

[Columbia 1187]
written by James V. Monaco & Edith Maida Lessing

56.

11/1912

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

277 pts

[Edison Amberol 1144]
written by Lewis F. Muir & L. Wolfe Gilbert

57.

11/1912

Ragtime Soldier Man
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

165 pts

[Victor 17150]
written by Irving Berlin

1913

58.

01/1913

Row! Row! Row!
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

195 pts

[Edison Amberol 1529]
written by James V. Monaco

59.

02/1913

#3 When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam'
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

381 pts

[Columbia 1246]
written by Irving Berlin

60.

03/1913

Down in Dear Old New Orleans
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

236 pts

[Columbia 1260]
written by Jay Whidden, Con Conrad & Joe Young

61.

04/1913

Melinda's Wedding Day
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

327 pts

[Victor 17295]
written by Al Piantadosi, Joe Goodwin & Joseph McCarthy

62.

05/1913

Here Comes My Daddy Now (Oh Pop-Oh Pop-Oh Pop)
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

215 pts

[Victor 17315]
written by Lewis F. Muir & L. Wolfe Gilbert

63.

07/1913

Snookey Ookums
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

259 pts

[Columbia 1317]
written by Irving Berlin

64.

12/1913

On the Honeymoon Express
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

215 pts

[Victor 17431]
written by Frank Stilwell, James Kendis & Lou Klein

65.

12/1913

The International Rag
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

276 pts

[Victor 17431]
written by Irving Berlin

1914

66.

01/1914

On the Old Fall River Line
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

253 pts

[Columbia 1419]
written by Harry Von Tilzer, William Jerome & Andrew B. Sterling

67.

02/1914

Underneath the Tango Moon
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

191 pts

[Victor 17480]
written by Harry Carroll & Thomas J. Gray

68.

02/1914

Down in Chattanooga
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

278 pts

[Victor 17527]
written by Irving Berlin

69.

05/1914

#2 I Love the Ladies
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

407 pts

[Columbia 1513]
written by Grant Clarke & Jean Schwartz

70.

06/1914

Camp Meeting Band
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

177 pts

[Victor 17537]
written by L. Wolfe Gilbert & Lewis F. Muir

71.

06/1914

Celebratin' Day in Tennessee
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

296 pts

[Columbia 1525]
written by Jack Glogau & Lew Brown

72.

09/1914

Eagle Rock
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

177 pts

[Victor 17610]
written by Harry Carroll & Harold Richard Atteridge

73.

10/1914

#1 The Aba Daba Honeymoon
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

408 pts

[Victor 17620]
written by Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan

1915

74.

03/1915

On the 5:15
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

205 pts

[Columbia 1675]
written by Billy Murray

75.

08/1915

Minstrel Parade
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

173 pts

[Victor 17783]
written by Irving Berlin

76.

08/1915

Auntie Skinner's Chicken Dinner
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

187 pts

[Victor 17755]
written by Theodore F. Morse, Arthur Fields & Earl Carroll

77.

09/1915

Memphis Blues
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

187 pts

[Columbia 1721]
written by W.C. Handy & George A. Norton

78.

09/1915

Alabama Jubilee
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

344 pts

[Columbia 1721]
written by George Cobb & Jack Yellen

79.

10/1915

Just Try to Picture Me Down Home in Tennessee
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

205 pts

[Victor 17841]

80.

10/1915

Those Charlie Chaplin Feet
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

159 pts

[Columbia 1780]
written by Archie Gottler & Edgar Leslie

1916

81.

02/1916

You'd Never Know That Old Home Town of Mine
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

159 pts

[Columbia 1887]
written by Walter Donaldson & Howard E. Johnson

82.

07/1916

Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

188 pts

[Victor 18014]
written by Pete Wendling, E. Ray Goetz & Joe Young

83.

10/1916

Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Honolulu)
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

366 pts

[Victor 18110]
written by Albert Von Tilzer, Stanley Murphy & Charles R. McCarron

1917

84.

02/1917

They're Wearing 'Em Higher in Hawaii
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

318 pts

[Victor 18210]
written by Halsey K. Mohr & Joe Goodwin

85.

07/1917

Night Time in Little Italy
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

173 pts

[Victor 18282]
written by Fred Fisher & Joseph McCarthy

86.

10/1917

Lily of the Valley
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

229 pts

[Columbia 2298]
written by Anatol Friedland & L. Wolfe Gilbert

1918

87.

01/1918

The Old Grey Mare
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

269 pts

[Victor 18387]
written by traditional & Frank Panella

88.

03/1918

Dark Town Strutters' Ball
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

368 pts

[Columbia 2478]
written by Shelton Brooks

89.

11/1918

When Uncle Joe Steps into France
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

160 pts

[Victor 18492]
written by Billy Winkle & Bernie Grossman