1926 Best Known Public Domain Songs List of 83
IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain music. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove PD status in the USA, you MUST find a published copy of the song with a copyright date of 1929 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1929 or earlier and include music, lyrics, and complete original copyright information. Some of these songs may not be PD in countries other than the USA.
| Title | V=Verse C=Chorus N=Note P=Production w=Words m=Music |
1 - 3 $5 ea 4 up $4 ea | |
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Songs are on this PD list if we have a pre-1930 PD sheet music publication in our library AND if anyone has asked about PD status of the song in the past 20 years. What Is A PD Download or Reprint? | |||
| After I Say I'm Sorry [What Can I Say] Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman | ||
| All Alone Monday Popular Song |
1927 - w. Bert Kalmar, m. Harry Ruby | ||
| Am I Wasting Time On You Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Howard Johnson, Irving Bibo | ||
| Are You Lonesome Tonight Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Roy Turk, Lou Handman | ||
| At Peace With The World Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | ||
| Baby Face Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Harry Akst | ||
| Barcelona Popular Song |
1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Polchard Evans | ||
| Because I Love You Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | ||
| Birth Of The Blues Popular Song |
1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | ||
| Black Bottom Popular Song |
1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | ||
| Black Bottom Stomp Popular Song |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | ||
| Blue Room Popular Song |
1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | ||
| Breezin' Along With The Breeze Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simmons, George Whiting | ||
| Bye Bye Blackbird Popular Song |
1926 - w. Mort Dixon, m. Ray Henderson | ||
| Cannon Ball Blues Popular Song |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | ||
| Charmaine Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | ||
| Cherie, I Love You Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Lillian Rosedale Goodman | ||
| Chicago Breakdown Popular Song |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton' | ||
| Clap Yo' Hands Popular Song |
1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. Georgia Gershwin | ||
| Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love Popular Song |
1926 - w. Raymond Klages, m. Jesse Greer | ||
| Cross Your Heart Popular Song |
1926 - w. Bud DeSylva, m. Lewis E. Gensler | ||
| Dead Man Blues Popular Song |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | ||
| Desert Song Popular Song |
1926 - w. Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, m. Sigmund Romberg | ||
| Do Do Do Popular Song |
1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | ||
| Doll Dance Popular Song |
1926 - m. Nacio Herb Brown | ||
| Fidgety Feet Popular Song |
1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | ||
| Following The Sun Around Popular Song |
1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | ||
| For My Sweetheart Popular Song |
1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | ||
| Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Roy Turk , Jack Smith, Maceo Pinkard | ||
| Girl Friend Popular Song |
1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | ||
| Hello Bluebird Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Cliff Friend | ||
| Hello, Aloha, How Are You? Popular Song |
1926 - w. I. Wolfe Gilbert, m. Abel Baer | ||
| Horses Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Richard A. Whiting, Byron Gay | ||
| How Many Times Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | ||
| I Can't Believe That You?re In Love With Me Popular Song |
1927 - w.m. Clarence Gaskill & Jimmy McHugh | ||
| I Know That You Know Popular Song |
1927 - w. Anne Caldwell, m. Vincent Youmans | ||
| I'd Climb The Highest Mountain Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Lew Brown, Sidney Clare | ||
| I'm Coming, Virginia Popular Song |
1927 - w. Will Marlon Cook, m. Donald Heywood | ||
| I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Fred Rich, Sam Coslow, Harry Link | ||
| I've Got The Girl Popular Song |
1927 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | ||
| In A Little Spanish Town Popular Song |
1926 - w. Sam Lewis, You Young, m. Mabel Wayne | ||
| It All Depends On You Popular Song |
1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | ||
| It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry Popular Song |
1927 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | ||
| It Was Only A Sun Shower Popular Song |
1927 - w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler, m. Ted Snyder | ||
| Jealousy [Jalousie - Tango] Popular Song |
1926 - m. Jacob Gade | ||
| Just A Bird's Eye View Of My Old Kentucky Home Popular Song |
1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | ||
| Just A Memory Popular Song |
1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | ||
| Katinka Popular Song |
1926 - w. Ben Russell, m. Henry Tobias N - NOT Katinka, 1915, w. Oscar Hauerbach, m. Rudolf Friml | ||
| Kinkajou Popular Song |
1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | ||
| Let's Tallk About My Sweetie Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | ||
| Little White House At The End Of Honeymoon Lane Popular Song |
1926 - w. Eddie Dowling, m. James F. Handley | ||
| Lonesome And Sorry Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Con Conrad | ||
| Looking At The World Through Rose Colored Glasses Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Tommy Malie, Jimmy Steiger | ||
| Lucky Day Popular Song |
1926 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | ||
| Mary Lou Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Abe Lyman, George Waggner, J. Russel Robinson | ||
| Me Too Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Harry Woods, Charles Tobias, Al Sherman | ||
| Moonlight On The Ganges Popular Song |
1926 - w. Chester Wallace, m. Sherman Myers | ||
| More We Are Together Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Irving King N - Based on 'Did You Ever See A Lassie' | ||
| Mountain Greenery Popular Song |
1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | ||
| Muddy Water Popular Song |
1927 - w. Joe Trent, m. Peter DeRose & Harry Richman | ||
| My Dream Of The Big Parade Popular Song |
1926 - w. Al Dubin, m. Jimmy McHugh | ||
| One Alone Popular Song |
1926 - w. Oscar Hammerstein II, m. Sigmund Romberg | ||
| Play Gypsies - Dance Gypsies Popular Song |
1926 - w. Julius Brummer, Alfred Grunwald, Harry B. Smith, m. Emmerich Kalman | ||
| Poor Papa. He Got Nuthin' At All Popular Song |
1926 - w. Billy Rose, m. Harry Woods | ||
| Ranger's Song Popular Song |
1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | ||
| Reaching For The Moon Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Benny Davis & Jessee Greer N - NOT Reaching For The Moon, 1931, w.m. Irving Berlin | ||
| Rio Rita Popular Song |
1927 - w. Joe McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | ||
| Say It Again [I Don't Believe It But] Popular Song |
1926 - w. Harry Richman, m. Abner Silver | ||
| Sidewalk Blues Popular Song |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | ||
| Sleepy Head Popular Song |
1926 - Benny Davis & Jesse Greer - Seller on Vacation | ||
| Someone To Watch Over Me Popular Song |
1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | ||
| Song Of The Wanderer Popular Song |
1927 - w.m. Neil Moret | ||
| Sunday Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Ned Miller, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger | ||
| Tamiami Trail Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Cliff Friend, Joseph H. Santly | ||
| There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight Popular Song |
1926 - w. Irving Mills, J. Keirn Brennan, m. Jimmy McHugh | ||
| Thinking Of You [I've Grown So Lonesome] Popular Song |
1926 - w. Paul Ash, m. Walter Donaldson | ||
| Ting-A-Ling [Waltz Of The Bells] Popular Song |
1926 - w. Addy Britt, m. Jack Little | ||
| Tonight You Belong To Me Popular Song |
1926 - w. Billy Rose, m. Lee David | ||
| When Day Is Done Popular Song |
1927 - w. Bud DeSylva, m. Robert Katscher | ||
| When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Harry Woods | ||
| Where Do You Work-a John? Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Mortimer Weinberg, Charley Marks, Harry Warren N - Push-a Push-a Push' Comic Song with Many Verses | ||
| Where'd You Get Those Eyes Popular Song |
1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman | ||
| Yankee Rose Popular Song |
1927 - w. Sidney Holden, m. Abe Frankel | ||
