A friend of mine wished me a Happy New Year by sending me the top hits of 1914. I was kind of stunned that kind of documentation existed, so I dug into it. It seems a guy named Bill Murray was all the rage, charting over and over with massive (ok, nowhere near massive) hits like “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary,” “He’d Have to Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)” & “When You’re All Dressed Up & No Place to Go.” Two of three sound like they’d be bomping tracks with serious twerk potential. A stark reminder of the times, the #2 hit was a UK War hit (you know, because WWI was being fought at the time), “Are We Downhearted? No!” Which, I suppose makes sense. People needed some cheering up, while trying to not be killed by the millions of German soldiers advancing towards them in France. And sure it wasn’t the Bill Murray you were thinking of, but would you have clicked otherwise? 😀
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Terry Gotham 
So glad that history of this type has been preserved. Love this post!
It’s good to put things in perspective with history – creative and thought provoking post. Nice work!
History always bring about perspective – creative and thought provoking post, nice job!
How great that this was preserved! Interesting to look back and put songs in context of their times. It’s a cool way to think about cultural history. And yes – I was excited thinking it was our Bill Murray! 🙂
What a great way to ring in the new year. That’s kinda fun and very unique. I admit that “Bill Murray” caught me way off guard 😉
I loved listening to these songs! These are the kinds of songs we never hear, but it’s great to take a look back into past and see what came from that era. How things have changed!