Best Known Popular Public Domain Songs 1929 List of 68
Works published in 1929 will enter the public domain on January 1, 2022.
The Most Popular songs are listed below.
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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 1928 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1928 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 |
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| After I Say I'm Sorry [What Can I Say] | 1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman | |
| Am I Wasting Time On You | 1926 - w.m. Howard Johnson, Irving Bibo | |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight | 1926 - w.m. Roy Turk, Lou Handman V - Tonight I am down hearted, For tho' we have parted, I love you and I always will. C - Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? Are you sorry we drifted apart? Does your memory stray to a bright summer day, When I kissed you and called you sweetheart? | |
| At Peace With The World | 1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| Baby Face | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Harry Akst V - Rosy cheeks and turn'd up nose and curly hair. I'm raving 'bout my baby now. Pretty little dimples here and dimples there. C - Baby face. You've got the cutest little baby face. There's not another one could take you place. Baby Face. | |
| Barcelona | 1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Polchard Evans | |
| Because I Love You | 1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Why am I lonely and why am I blue? And why am I thinking just thinking of you. C - Because I love you I've tried so hard bu can't forget Because I love you. | |
| Birth Of The Blues | 1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson P - George White's Scandals | |
| Black Bottom | 1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson P - George White's Scandals | |
| Black Bottom Stomp | 1926 - m. Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (1890-1941) | |
| Blue Room | 1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers P - The Girlfriend | |
| Breezin' Along With The Breeze | 1926 - w.m. Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simmons, George Whiting | |
| Bye Bye Blackbird | 1926 - w. Mort Dixon, m. Ray Henderson V - Blackbird blackbird singing the blues all day. Right outside of my door. Blackbird blackbird Why do you sit and say 'There's no sunshine in store'. C - Pack up all my care and woe here I go singing low. Bye bye blackbird. Where somebody waits for me. Sugar's sweet and so is she. | |
| Cannon Ball Blues | 1926 - m. Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (1890-1941) | |
| Charmaine | 1926 - w.m. Erno Rapee, Lew Pollack | |
| Cherie, I Love You | 1926 - w.m. Lillian Rosedale Goodman | |
| Chicago Breakdown | 1926 - m. Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (1890-1941) | |
| Clap Yo' Hands | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. Georgia Gershwin P - Oh, Kay! | |
| Climbing Up The Ladder Of Love | 1926 - w. Raymond Klages, m. Jesse Greer P - Earl Carroll's Vanities | |
| Cossack Love Song [Don't Forget Me] | 1925 - w. Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, m. Herbert Stothart, George Gershwin P - Song of the Flame | |
| Cross Your Heart | 1926 - w. Bud DeSylva, m. Lewis E. Gensler P - Queen High | |
| Dead Man Blues | 1926 - m. Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (1890-1941) | |
| Deed I Do | 1926 - w.m. Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose V - I was oh so blue until you came along C - Do I Want you? Oh my do I? Honey, deed I do! | |
| Desert Song | 1926 - w. Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, m. Sigmund Romberg P - The Desert Song V - My desert is waiting, Dear, come there with me. I'm longing to teach you Love's sweet melody, C - Blue heaven and you and I, And sand kissing a moonlit sky. A desert breeze whisp'ring a lullaby, Only stars above you To see I love you. | |
| Do Do Do | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
| Doll Dance | 1926 - m. Nacio Herb Brown P - Hollywood Music Box Revue | |
| Fidgety Feet | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
| For My Sweetheart | 1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya, Huh? | 1926 - w.m. Roy Turk , Jack Smith, Maceo Pinkard | |
| Girl Friend | 1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers P - The Girl Friend | |
| Hello Bluebird | 1926 - w.m. Cliff Friend | |
| Hello, Aloha, How Are You? | 1926 - w. I. Wolfe Gilbert, m. Abel Baer | |
| Horses | 1926 - w.m. Richard A. Whiting, Byron Gay | |
| How Many Times | 1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| I'd Climb The Highest Mountain | 1926 - w.m. Lew Brown, Sidney Clare | |
| I'm Just Wild About Animal Crackers | 1926 - w.m. Fred Rich, Sam Coslow, Harry Link | |
| In A Little Spanish Town | 1926 - w. Sam Lewis, You Young, m. Mabel Wayne | |
| Jealousy [Jalousie - Tango] | 1926 - m. Jacob Gade | |
| Just A Bird's Eye View Of My Old Kentucky Home | 1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Katinka [Tobias] | 1926 - w. Ben Russell, m. Henry Tobias N - NOT Katinka, 1915, w. Oscar Hauerbach, m. Rudolf Friml | |
| Let's Tallk About My Sweetie | 1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Little White House At The End Of Honeymoon Lane | 1926 - w. Eddie Dowling, m. James F. Handley P - Honeymoon Lane | |
| Lonesome And Sorry | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Con Conrad | |
| Looking At The World Through Rose Colored Glasses | 1926 - w.m. Tommy Malie, Jimmy Steiger | |
| Lucky Day | 1926 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Mary Lou | 1926 - w.m. Abe Lyman, George Waggner, J. Russel Robinson | |
| Me Too | 1926 - w.m. Harry Woods, Charles Tobias, Al Sherman | |
| Moonlight On The Ganges | 1926 - w. Chester Wallace, m. Sherman Myers | |
| More We Are Together | 1926 - w.m. Irving King, Pseud: James Alexander Campbell-Tyrie (1903–1967) and Reginald John Connelly (1895–1963) N - "Based on ""Did You Ever See A Lassie""" | |
| Mountain Greenery | 1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | |
| My Dream Of The Big Parade | 1926 - w. Al Dubin, m. Jimmy McHugh | |
| One Alone | 1926 - w. Oscar Hammerstein II, m. Sigmund Romberg P - The Desert Song V - Lonely as a desert breeze, I may wander where I please. Yet I keep longing, Just to rest a while. C - One alone to be my own. I alone to know her caresses. One to be eternally The one my worshiping soul possesses. | |
| Play Gypsies - Dance Gypsies | 1926 - w. Julius Brummer, Alfred Grunwald, Harry B. Smith, m. Emmerich Kalman | |
| Poor Papa. He Got Nuthin' At All | 1926 - w. Billy Rose, m. Harry Woods | |
| Reaching For The Moon [Davis-Greer] | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Jessee Greer N - NOT Reaching For The Moon, 1931, w.m. Irving Berlin | |
| Say It Again [I Don't Believe It But] | 1926 - w. Harry Richman, m. Abner Silver | |
| Sidewalk Blues | 1926 - m. Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton (1890-1941) | |
| Sleepy Head | 1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Jesse Greer | |
| Someone To Watch Over Me | 1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
| Sunday | 1926 - w.m. Ned Miller, Chester Conn, Jule Styne, Bennie Krueger | |
| Tamiami Trail | 1926 - w.m. Cliff Friend, Joseph H. Santly | |
| There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight | 1926 - w. Irving Mills, J. Keirn Brennan, m. Jimmy McHugh | |
| Thinking Of You [I've Grown So Lonesome] | 1926 - w. Paul Ash, m. Walter Donaldson | |
| Ting-A-Ling [Waltz Of The Bells] | 1926 - w. Addy Britt, m. Jack Little | |
| Tonight You Belong To Me | 1926 - w. Billy Rose, m. Lee David V - Once more we meet, You look so sweet, Dear, can't you see how I feel? C - Though you belong to somebody else, Tonight you belong to me. Though we're apart, you're part of my heart, Tonight you belong to me. | |
| When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' | 1926 - w.m. Harry Woods V - I heard a robin this morning, I'm feeling happy today. Goin' to pack my cares in a whistle, And blow them all away. C - When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobin' a long, along. There'll be no more sobbin' When he starts throbbin' his old sweet song. | |
| Where Do You Work-a John? | 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 | 1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman |
