| title | artist | year | album |
| La Bohome–Musetta’s Waltz Song | Guido Deiro | 1912 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2 |
| La Bohome (Musetta’s Waltz Song) | Guido Deiro | 1917 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3 |
| La Boiteuse | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| La Campana di San Giusto | Guido Deiro | 1923 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 4 |
| La Forza del Destino Overture | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1907 | Echoes from Asbury Park |
| La Marseillaise | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| La Paloma | Hit of the Week Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| La Paloma | Six Brown Brothers | 1914 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| La Rondinella | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| La Sorella | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| La Spagnola | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| La Traviata (Prelude to Act 3) | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| La Veeda | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides |
| The Labor Question | William Jennings Bryan | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| (Goodbye; and Luck Be with You) Laddie Boy | Nora Bayes | 1917 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| (Goodbye; and Luck Be with You) Laddie Boy | Nora Bayes | 1917 | Together and Alone |
| Lady of the Evening | John Steel | 1922 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Lafayette (We Hear You Calling) | Reinald Werrenrath | 1918 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| Lament | Clarence Cameron White | 1919 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| Land, du välsignade | Folke Andersson | 1927 | Swede Home Chicago |
| The Land of Minstrelsy | Premier Quartet Minstrels | 1919 | At the Minstrel Show |
| Längtan till Sverige | Knut Öhrström | 1925 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Lasca | Edgar L. Davenport | 1909 | Before the Big Bang |
| Lassus Trombone | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | After Midnight |
| Last Day of School at Pumpkin Center | Cal Stewart | 1908 | The Indestructible Uncle Josh |
| Last Night on the Back Porch | Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra (with American Quartet) | 1923 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Last Night Was the End of the World | Henry Burr | 1913 | Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
| Last Night Was the End of the World | Henry Burr | 1913 | 1913: "Come and See the Big Parade" |
| The Last Rose of Summer | Bohumir Kryl | 1903 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| The Last Shot Got Him (The Great Bloo-ie Song) | Eddie Morton | 1912 | Ed. Morton's "Bit of Broadway" |
| The Laughing Coon | George W. Johnson | ca. 1898 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| The Laughing Song | George W. Johnson | ca. 1894-98 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| The Laughing Song | George W. Johnson | 1902 | The 1890s, Vol. 1: "Wipe Him Off the Land" |
| Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long | Andy Sannella and His Orchestra | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Lazy Jazz Waltz | Six Brown Brothers | 1920 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Lazy Lou’siana Moon | Jan Garber’s Orchestra | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Le Corbeau et le Renard | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Le Père la Victoire | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Lead Kindly Light | American Quartet | 1902 | The Pink Lambert: A Collection of the First Celluloid Cylinders |
| Lead Kindly Light | Ira D. Sankey | 1899 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Lead Me, Savior and It is Well with My Soul | Rittersville Singing Club | ca. 1898-1900 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| The Leader of the German Band | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1905 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| Learning | Sophie Tucker and Her Five Kings of Syncopation | 1920 | Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
| Learning a City Gal How to Milk | Cal Stewart | ca. 1897-98 | Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s |
| The Lee Family | Bert Williams | 1916 | The Middle Years, 1910-1918 |
| Left All Alone Again Blues | Marion Harris | 1920 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| The Len-A-Dor Hit of 1932 [Ad for Leonard Refrigerators] | Unknown | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Lena, la bella Lena | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Les Patineurs | Guido Deiro | ca. 1913 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2 |
| Let George Do It | Eddie Morton | 1910 | The Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1 |
| Let It Alone | Bert Williams | 1906 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| Let It Alone [2 min. cylinder] | Bert Williams | ca. 1906-07 | The Early Years, 1901-1909 |
| Let It Alone [10 in. disc] | Bert Williams | 1906 | The Early Years, 1901-1909 |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Columbia Quartette | 1911 | 1911: "Up, Up a Little Bit Higher" |
| Let the Rest of the World Go By | Elizabeth Spencer and Charles Hart | 1919 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| Let’s All Be Americans Now | American Quartet | 1917 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| Let’s Bury the Hatchet | Arthur Fields | 1918 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| Let’s Get Friendly | The New York Twelve | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Let’s Have Another Cup O’ Coffee | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Let’s Take an Old-Fashioned Walk | Ada Jones and Billy Murray | 1907 | 1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days" |
| The Letter Edged in Black | Hattie Nevada | 1897 | Before the Big Bang |
| The Liberty Bell March | Edison Grand Concert Band | ca. 1896-97 | The 1890s, Vol. 2: "Wear Yer Bran' New Gown" |
| Libuse Overture | Kryl?s Bohemian Band | 1911 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Life’s Railway to Heaven | George Reneau | 1924 | Before the Big Bang |
| The Lights of My Home Town | Peerless Quartet | 1915 | 1916: "The Country Found Them Ready" |
| Lilla Frida, och Jag | Gustaf Fonandern | 1923 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Lily of Laguna | Eugene Stratton | 1911 | Monarchs of Minstrelsy |
| Lily of the Valley | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1917 | 1917: "Yankees to the Ranks" |
| The Limited Express | Columbia Orchestra | ca. 1904 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Lindy, Does You Love Me? | Dan W. Quinn | 1894 | Anthology: The King of Comic Singers, 1894-1917 |
| The Linger Longer Girl | Frank C. Stanley and Elise Stevenson | 1906 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| Listen to That Dixie Band | Irving Kaufman | ca. 1915 | Anthology: The Last Recording Pioneer |
| Listen to the Mocking Bird | Joe Belmont | 1914 | Before the Big Bang |
| Listen to the Mocking Bird | George W. Johnson | 1896 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| A Little Bit of Heaven (“Shure They Call It Ireland”) | George MacFarlane | 1915 | 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" |
| A Little Boy Called “Taps” | Byron G. Harlan | 1904 | 1904: "Call It the Land of Dreams" |
| A Little Bunch of Shamrocks | Edgar Stoddard and Henry Burr | 1913 | Centennial |
| Little David / Shout All Over God’s Heaven | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1909 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| Little David Play on Yo’ Harp / Shout All Over God’s Heaven | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1909 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| Little David Play on Your Harp | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1916 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| The Little Ford Rambled Right Along | Arthur Fields | 1915 | Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier |
| The Little Ford Rambled Right Along | Billy Murray | 1915 | 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles" |
| Little Girl | Freddie Rich’s Radio Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Little Grey Home in the West | Alma Gluck | 1914 | 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You" |
| A Little Love, a Little Kiss | John McCormack | 1913 | 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You" |
| Little Nell | George McNeice | ca. 1901 | Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920 |
| The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane | Fiddlin’ John Carson | 1923 | Before the Big Bang |
| A Little Ship Was on the Sea | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| The Little Things In Life | Hit of the Week Orchestra | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Little White Lies | Vincent Lopez Orchestra | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Livery Stable Blues | Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band | 1917 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Livery Stable Blues | Original Dixieland Jass Band | 1917 | 1917: "Yankees to the Ranks" |
| Lobe den Herren | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Loch Lomond | Henry Burr | 1905 | Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
| Lola One-Step | Guido Deiro | 1918 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3 |
| London Blues | Jelly Roll Morton’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| London (CafĂ©) Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Lonesome | Byron G. Harlan | 1909 | 1909: "Talk of Your Scand'lous Times" |
| Lonesome Alimony Blues | Bert Williams | 1920 | His Final Releases, 1919-1922 |
| Lonesome Lover | Vincent Lopez Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Lonesome Mama Blues | Original Memphis Five | 1922 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Lonesome Mama Blues | The Virginians | 1922 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Lonesome Mama Blues | Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1922 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Lonesome Mamma Blues | Markels’ Orchestra | 1922 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Lonesome Railroad | Cal and Gid Carson | ca. 1931-1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Lonesome Road | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1919 | Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise |
| Long Boy | Byron G. Harlan with Peerless Quartet | 1917 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| Long, Long Ago | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Look for the Silver Lining | Marion Harris | 1920 | 1921: "Make Believe and Smile" |
| Look for the Silver Lining | Isham Jones Orchestra | 1920 | Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides |
| Looking That Way | Rittersville United Quartet | ca. 1898-1900 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Lookout Mountain | Albert Campbell and Henry Burr | 1917 | 1917: "Yankees to the Ranks" |
| Lord’s Prayer | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| The Lord’s Prayer | Emile Berliner | 1890 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Loreley [choir] | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Loreley [instrumental quintet] | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Loreley [tenor] | Anonymous | 1889-90 | Etching the Voice |
| Los Bomberos | Guido Deiro | ca. 1911 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 |
| The Lost Chord | Bohumir Kryl | ca. 1905 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Louisa | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1906 | Echoes from Asbury Park |
| Lovable | Rudy Vallee and Orchestra | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Love Bird | Isham Jones Orchestra | 1920 | Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides |
| Love Is Mine | Enrico Caruso | 1911 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| Love Letters In The Sand | Sam Lanin’s Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine | Henry Burr | ca. 1906 | Anthology: The Original King of Pop |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine | Henry Burr | ca. 1906 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| Love Me and the World Is Mine | Albert Campbell | 1906 | 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright" |
| Love Me Like I Like to Be Loved | Clarice Vance | 1909 | The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer |
| The Love Nest | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1920 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| The Love Nest | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1920 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| Love Nest | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1920 | Songs of the Night |
| The Love Nest | John Steel | 1920 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses | Carl Fenton and His Orchestra | 1923 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Love, Here Is My Heart | Fred Brown | 1916 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| Love, You Funny Thing! | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Lovely Summertime | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1919 | Songs of the Night |
| Lovesick Blues | Irving Kaufman | 1922 | Before the Big Bang |
| Lovin’ Lady | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides |
| Lovin’ Sam (The Sheik of Alabam’) | Isabelle Patricola with The Virginians | 1922 | 1922: "An Angel's Voice I Hear" |
| Loving You the Way I Do | Bubber Miley and His Mileage Makers (vocal by Edith Wilson) | 1930 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Lucille | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1919 | Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise |
| Lueget vo Berg und Tal | Charles Schoenenberger and Louisa Schneckenbuehl | ca. 1920-1921 | Alpine Dreaming |
| Lullaby Of The Leaves | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1932 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4 |
| Lustige Khsidim | Dave Franklin | ca. 1901-1903 | Attractive Hebrews: The Lambert Yiddish Cylinders, 1901-1905 |
| Luz y Sombra (Lights and Shadows) | Guido Deiro | 1922 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 4 |