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I quite often look at the insight part of youtube to see which of my videos are most popular and it seems to be a real mix - although the top 4 never seem to change and usually poll the most views. Here are my top 10

Potato Head Blues - Louis Armstrong 13.6%
Thanks - Bing Crosby 13.5%
I want to be bad - Helen Kane 10.7%
The Charleston - Savoy Orpheans 7.7%
Aimt misbehavin' - Louis Armstrong 5.3%
Its all forgotten now - Al Bowlly 3.4%
My Prayer - Glen Miller 3.0%
The music goes around and around - Henry Hall 2.6%
Happy Feet - Jack Hylton 2.4%
Don't sit under the apple tree - Glen Miller 2.1%

So what are your top 10 you tube view videos?

S-B-H

Interesting, I wonder what the deal is with the Helen Kane video. That wasn't even a hit for her ( I don't think.)

Majority of those aren't surprising given their successful status when originally released. Even Potato Head Blues did pretty well.

My top 10 is definitely an unusual mix...

[n****r] Loves His 'Possum - Collins & Harlan 73.3%
En Quittant une Ville (J'entends) - Charles Trenet 1.7%
When the Mists have Rolled Away - Anthony & Harrison 1.6%
Masonic First Degree - Metropolitan Quartet 1.6%
Raga Tilak Shyam - Ravi Shankar & Chatur Lal 1.4%
Satan Takes a Holiday - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra 1.3%
Flowers of the Forest / Lochaber No More - Scots Guards 1.2%
Bake dat Chicken Pie - Collins and Harlan 1.2%
Carmen Selection (Bizet) - William H. Reitz 1.1%
Coon Song: My Lovin' Henry - Ada Jones 0.95%

http://www.youtube.com/user/Nipper1884

Civilization"- ANDREWS SISTERS & DANNY KAYE 8.0
The Marine's Hymn"- KATE SMITH 3.7
I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire"-HORACE HEIDT 3.1
The Hokey Pokey"- RAY ANTHONY & HIS ORCH. 2.7
The best Things In Life Are Free"- INK SPOTS 1.9
Oops!"- ELLA FITZGERALD & LOUIS ARMSTRONG 1.6
Transfusion"- NERVOUS NORVUS 1.1
Three Coins In The Fountain"-FRANK SINATRA 1.1
When I Grow Too Old To Dream"- SLIM WHITMAN 1.1
School Days"- CHUCK BERRY (original version)1.1

Open Road by John Charles Thomas is climbing the charts very quickly too, thanks to the recent Audi A6 Avant TV commercial.
I'm averaging about 25,000 total channel views a day, have 5,272,000 total views & with 3 more subs I'll hit 2000 subscribers.
Woohoo...party time

http://www.youtube.com/user/gramophoneshane

Here are my top ten - of course you´ll find some german tunes...

Sidney Bechet in a Hot Jazz Movie 1930 with Lilian Harvey and Willy Fritsch
3,6

Der Neger hat sein Kind gebissen 1926 Efim Schachmeister
3,2

Baby Dodds drum solo: Rudiments
3,0

Am Sonntag will mein Süßer mit mir segeln gehn - 1929 - Dajos Bela
2,8

Baby Dodds drum solo: Maryland, my Maryland
2,3

Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues (1945) Earl Hines on V DISC
1,9

Wenn der weisse Flieder wieder blüht 1929
1,7

Tiller Girls - Efim Schachmeister - 1926: Tillers Fox
1,7

YES SIR ! THATS MY BABY 1925 Dajos Bela Tanzorchester
1,7

Berlin Revue 1928 "Schön und Schick" 7: Sie will nur Luftballons
1,5

http://www.youtube.com/user/formiggini

1. No No Nora - Broadway Music Masters - 5.7%
2. The OKeh Laughing Record - 2.1%
3. The Gum Sucker's March - Percy Grainger - 1.9%
4. On the Banks of the Wabash - Harry McDonough - 1.6%
5. Under the Bamboo Tree - Arthur Collins - 1.5%
6. Put Your Arms Around Me - Collins & Harlan - 1.4%
7. The Bird on Nellie's Hat - Helen Trix - 1.1%
8. Too Much Mustard - 0.8%
9. Just a Wee Deoch an Doris - Harry Lauder - 0.7%
10. The Honeysuckle and the Bee - Columbia Orchestra - 0.7%

Jazz, jazz, hot dance bands, jazz, a bit of jazz, Annette Hanshaw, some hot dance bands, a bit of jazz and that's about it.