| title | artist | year | album |
| The Cackling Hen | J. D. Harris | 1925 | Before the Big Bang |
| Cairo | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| Cake Walking Babies from Home | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five | 1925 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Cakewalk | John J. Kimmel | ca. 1907 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| Calamity Jane | Adelyne Hood and Arthur Fields | 1930 | Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier |
| Calicoco | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | Songs of the Night |
| California and You | Irving Kaufman | 1914 | 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You" |
| Call Me Darling | Freddie Rich’s Radio Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon | Ada Jones and American Quartet | 1910 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Calvary | J. J. Fisher | 1897 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Camp Meeting Blues | Ford Dabney’s Band | 1919 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| Camp Meeting Blues | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | After Midnight |
| Camp Meeting Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Camp Meeting Time | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1906 | 1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days" |
| Canal Street Blues | King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Canhanibalmo Rag | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1911 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| Can’t You Hear Me Calling, Caroline? | George MacFarlane | 1914 | 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You" |
| Cara Nome | Theodore Pusinelli | ca. 1903 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| Carmela | Knut Öhrström | 1924 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Carnival of Venice | Herbert L. Clarke | 1909 | Centennial |
| Carnival of Venice | Bohumir Kryl | ca. 1903 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Carnival of Venice | Bohumir Kryl | ca. 1918 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Carolina in the Morning | Arthur Fields and Ben Selvin’s Orchestra | 1923 | Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier |
| Carolina in the Morning | Van and Schenck | 1922 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Carolina Sunshine | Six Brown Brothers | 1919 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Carrie | Billy Murray | 1910 | Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
| Carrie | Billy Murray | 1909 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (Plantation Melody) | Alma Gluck and Male Chorus | 1914 | 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" |
| Carve Dat Possum | Harry C. Browne and Peerless Quartette | 1917 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Carving the Duck | George W. Johnson | 1903 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| Cary Waltz | Bohumir Kryl | ca. 1903 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Casey as a Doctor | Russell Hunting | 1897 | The 1890s, Vol. 1: "Wipe Him Off the Land" |
| Casey at the Telephone | Russell Hunting | ca. 1896 | The 1890s, Vol. 2: "Wear Yer Bran' New Gown" |
| Casey Jones | Billy Murray | 1910 | Before the Big Bang |
| Casey Jones | Billy Murray and the American Quartet | 1910 | Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
| Casey Jones | Billy Murray and American Quartet | 1910 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Casey Putting His Baby to Sleep | Russell Hunting | 1897 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Cassidy | Jack Norworth | 1915 | Together and Alone |
| Castle House Rag | Europe’s Society Orchestra | 1914 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Castle House Rag | National Promenade Band | 1914 | The Product of Our Souls |
| Castle Valse Classique | Metropolitan Military Band | 1916 | The Product of Our Souls |
| Castle Walk | Europe’s Society Orchestra | 1914 | The Product of Our Souls |
| The Castle Walk | Metropolitan Military Band | 1916 | The Product of Our Souls |
| The Castle Walk | Metropolitan Military Band | 1916 | The Product of Our Souls |
| Castle’s Lame Duck | Europe’s Society Orchestra | 1914 | The Product of Our Souls |
| Castles’ Half and Half | Prince’s Band | 1914 | The Product of Our Souls |
| The Castles in Europe (Castle House Rag) | Europe’s Society Orchestra | 1914 | The Product of Our Souls |
| Cavallaria Ligeira (Light Cavalry Overture) | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo) | Guido Deiro | ca. 1912 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| Cavalleria Rusticana (Siciliana) | Guido Deiro | 1917 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3 |
| Cavatina from Robert le Diable | William Tuson | ca. 1905 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| Charley, My Boy | Billy Murray with International Novelty Orchestra | 1924 | Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
| Chasing the Chickens | Six Brown Brothers | 1918 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Chattanooga Stomp | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Checkers | Bert Williams | 1919 | His Final Releases, 1919-1922 |
| Cheer Up Good Times Are Comin’ | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Cheer Up! Eat and Grow Thin | Nora Bayes | 1916 | Together and Alone |
| Cheerful Little Earful | Vincent Lopez Orchestra | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Cherie | Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | 1921 | 1921: "Make Believe and Smile" |
| Cherry Cherokee | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1921 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 2 |
| Cheyenne | Billy Murray | 1906 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town) | Markels’ Orchestra | 1922 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Chicken Reel | E. F. “Poss” Acree | 1924 | Before the Big Bang |
| Chicken Reel Comedy Medley | Six Brown Brothers | 1915 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Chicken Walk | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Chile Bean | Paul Biese Trio with Frank Crumit | 1920 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| Chili Bean | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago | 1920 | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921 |
| Chimes Blues | King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Chin Chin Medley | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Chinatown, My Chinatown | American Quartet | 1914 | 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" |
| Ching-a-Ling’s Jazz Bazaar | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1920 | Songs of the Night |
| Choo Choo Blues | Art Landry’s Syncopatin’ Six | 1923 | Centennial |
| Christmas Morning at Clancey’s | Steve Porter | 1908 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Christmas Suggestion [Ad for Junior Home Magazine] | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| The Church Across the Way [excerpt] | Silas Leachman | ca. 1894-97 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Chuyer Chnabe | Charles Schoenenberger and Louisa Schneckenbuehl | ca. 1920-1921 | Alpine Dreaming |
| Cillerthal | Graus Mountain Choir | 1897 | Before the Big Bang |
| Circus Day in Dixie | Versatile Four | 1916 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Ciribiribin | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| Clarinet Marmalade Blues | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | 1918 | Centennial |
| Clarionet Polka | Felix Jardella | 1897 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| Cleopatra Polka | Bohumir Kryl | 1918 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Close to My Heart | Albert Campbell and Henry Burr | 1915 | 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" |
| Coax Me | Collins & Harlan | 1904 | 1905: "Deliver Daniel From the Lion's Den" |
| Coax Me Medley | Prince’s Band | 1905 | 1905: "Deliver Daniel From the Lion's Den" |
| Cohan’s “Rag Babe” | Arthur Collins | 1908 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| Cohen on the Telephone | Joe Hayman | 1913 | 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You" |
| Cohen Telephones from Brighton | Joe Hayman and Company | ca. 1915 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| College Medley (Parody on College Songs) | Jack Norworth | 1910 | Together and Alone |
| College Medley With Illinois Loyalty And Michigan Victory | Sam Lanin’s Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| College Medley With Princeton Cannon Song And “Down The Field” (Yale) | Sam Lanin’s Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Columbia Polka | Bohumir Kryl | ca. 1901 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Come After Breakfast | Arthur Collins | 1909 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Come Along, My Mandy | Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth | 1910 | Together and Alone |
| Come Along My Mandy | Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth | 1910 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Come Back to Georgia | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| Come Down, Ma Evenin? Star | Henry Burr | 1903 | Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
| Come on and Kiss Your Baby | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1907 | Anthology: America's Favorite Entertainers |
| Come Out of the Kitchen, Mary Ann | Eddie Morton | 1917 | Ed. Morton's "Bit of Broadway" |
| Come Take a Trip in My Air-Ship | Billy Murray | 1904 | Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
| Come Take a Trip in My Air Ship | Billy Murray | 1904 | 1905: "Deliver Daniel From the Lion's Den" |
| Come To Me | Scrappy Lambert’s Collegians | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming | Peerless Quartet | 1908 | 1908: "Take Me Out with the Crowd" |
| Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine | Ada Jones and American Quartet | 1910 | 1911: "Up, Up a Little Bit Higher" |
| Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine | Blanche Ring | 1910 | 1911: "Up, Up a Little Bit Higher" |
| Comedy Tom | Six Brown Brothers | 1917 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Comin’ Thro The Rye | Freddie Rich’s Radio Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Comin’ Thro’ the Rye | Louis Christie | 1902 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| Comin’ Thro’ the Rye | George McNeice | ca. 1901 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| Comin’ Thro’ the Rye | Theodore Pusinelli | ca. 1903 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| Complainin’ (It’s Human Nature to Complain) | Sophie Tucker | 1922 | Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
| The Concourse March | Six Brown Brothers | 1919 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Confessin’ That I Love You | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Congratulations | Bert Lown and His Hotel Biltmore Music | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Constantly | Bert Williams | 1910 | The Middle Years, 1910-1918 |
| Contract Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | The Mike and Meyer Files |
| Coo Coo | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1919 | Songs of the Night |
| A Coon Band Contest | Earl Fuller’s Famous Jazz Band | 1917 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| A Coon Band Contest | Vess L. Ossman | 1901 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| A Coon Band Contest | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1906 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| A Cottage For Sale | The New York Twelve | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1915 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray | Vaughan Quartet | 1921 | Before the Big Bang |
| Couldn’t Help It, Had to | Dan W. Quinn | 1902 | Anthology: The King of Comic Singers, 1894-1917 |
| Country Club Medley | Haenschen’s Orchestra (W. G. Haenschen piano, T. T. Schiffer drums) | 1916 | The Missing Link |
| Crambambuli | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Crappy Dan | Spencer and Ossman | 1897 | The 1890s, Vol. 1: "Wipe Him Off the Land" |
| Crazy Blues | Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds | 1920 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Crazy Blues | Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds | 1920 | 1921: "Make Believe and Smile" |
| Crazy Blues | Mary Stafford and Her Jazz Band | 1921 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Creole Belles | Columbia Orchestra | ca. 1902 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| Crinoline Days | Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra | 1922 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Crisco Presents The Mills Brothers | The Mills Brothers | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Crooning | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago | 1921 | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921 |
| Crooning | Guido Deiro | 1921 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3 |
| Cross Roads | Henry Burr | 1928 | Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
| Crossing the Bar | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1911 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| Cryin’ For The Carolines | Ben Pollack Orchestra | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Crying Myself To Sleep | Hit of the Week Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Cuban Moon | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1920 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 2 |
| The Cubanola Glide | Billy Murray | 1910 | Anthology: The Denver Nightingale |
| The Cubanola Glide | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1910 | 1910: "Act Two, Scene New" |
| Cuckoo Yodel Song | Charles Schoenenberger and Louisa Schneckenbuehl | ca. 1920-1921 | Alpine Dreaming |
| Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine | Ada Jones and Billy Murray | ca. 1908 | 1908: "Take Me Out with the Crowd" |
| Czarenlied, from “Czar und Zimmermann” | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |