| Race Horse Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | The Mike and Meyer Files |
| Ragged William | Metropolitan Orchestra | 1901 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| Ragging the Baby to Sleep | Al Jolson | 1912 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| Ragging the Songs Mother Used to Sing | Nora Bayes | 1916 | Together and Alone |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Bob Roberts | 1912 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| Ragtime Moses Old-Time Bomboshay | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1918 | Pennant-Winning Battery of Songland |
| Ragtime Regiment Band | Heidelberg Quintet | 1913 | Floating Down the River |
| Ragtime Temple Bells | Billy Murray | 1914 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| The Ragtime Violin | American Quartet | 1911 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off to War | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1917 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off to War | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1917 | Pennant-Winning Battery of Songland |
| Rah, Rah, Rah | Peerless Quartet | 1908 | 1908: "Take Me Out with the Crowd" |
| Railroad Blues | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago | 1920 | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921 |
| The Railroad Question | William Jennings Bryan | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| The Rain Song | Afro-American Folk Song Singers | 1914 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| The Rain Song | Right Quintette | 1915 | Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922 |
| Rainbow | Frank Stanley and Henry Burr | 1908 | 1908: "Take Me Out with the Crowd" |
| Rainbow Division March | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1918 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| Rainbow of My Dreams | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| Rainbow of My Dreams | Six Brown Brothers | ca. 1920 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Rainy Day Blues | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | After Midnight |
| Rainy Day Blues | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1919 | Songs of the Night |
| Rainy Day Blues | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1919 | Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise |
| Rakoczy March (from The Damnation of Faust) | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1906 | Echoes from Asbury Park |
| Razazza Mazzazza | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1905 | Echoes from Asbury Park |
| Razzle Dazzle | Vess L. Ossman | 1903 | 1904: "Call It the Land of Dreams" |
| Reaching For The Moon | Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Read ‘Em and Weep | Al Bernard | 1920 | The Missing Link |
| Rebecca of Sunny-Brook Farm | American Quartet | 1914 | 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You" |
| Red Pepper: A Spicy Rag | Fred Van Eps | 1911 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| Red Wing (An Indian Fable) | Frank C. Stanley and Henry Burr | 1907 | 1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days" |
| Reformed Love (and a Few Other Subjects) | Nat M. Wills | 1909 | The Famous Tramp Comedian |
| Regretful Blues | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1918 | Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise |
| Reilly as a Policeman | Russell Hunting | ca. 1895 | Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s |
| Reminiscing about Minstrel Days | Will Oakland | ca. 1954 | Monarchs of Minstrelsy |
| Republican and Democratic Treatment of Trusts | William Howard Taft | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| Resplandor de Luna (Moonlight Waltz) | Guido Deiro | 1922 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 4 |
| Restaurant Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1915 | The Mike and Meyer Files |
| Reuben Rag | Sophie Tucker | 1910 | Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922 |
| Rex Minstrel No. 2 | Peerless Quartette | 1914 | At the Minstrel Show |
| The Right Church, but the Wrong Pew | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1908 | 1909: "Talk of Your Scand'lous Times" |
| The Right Church but the Wrong Pew | Eddie Morton | 1908 | The Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1 |
| Right or Wrong | Markels’ Orchestra | 1921 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Right or Wrong | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | 1921 | Before the Big Bang |
| Rights and Progress of the Negro | William Howard Taft | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| The Rights of Labor | William Howard Taft | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| Rigoletto Quartet | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | Broadway's Favorite Clowns |
| The Ring | Bohumir Kryl | 1911 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Ring Down the Curtain, I Can’t Sing To-Night | Francklyn Wallace | ca. 1902 | Monarchs of Minstrelsy |
| Ring i himmelens klockor | Scandinavian Bell Ringers | 1925 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Ring Ting-a-Ling | Ada Jones | 1912 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| Ringside Blues | Greenwich Village Orchestra | 1923 | Centennial |
| Ringtail Blues | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1918 | Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise |
| River of Jordan | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1915 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| River, Stay ‘Way From My Door | Erno Rapee’s Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3 |
| Riverside Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Riverside Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ | Harry Lauder | 1911 | 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee" |
| Rock of Ages | Steve Porter | 1898 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rock of Ages | United States Marine Band | 1895 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody | Al Jolson | 1918 | 1918: "Like the Sunshine After Rain" |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1918 | Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise |
| Rock All Our Babies to Sleep | Riley Puckett | 1924 | Before the Big Bang |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Bison City Quartette | 1892-1894 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Thomas Bott | 1895 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Greater New York Quartette | 1900 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Holding’s Parlor Orchestra | 1892 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep [fragment] | Unknown trombone solo (possibly William Sulger) | 1897 | Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900 |
| Rockin’ the Boat | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | Songs of the Night |
| The Rocky Road to Dublin | Allen Sisson | 1925 | Before the Big Bang |
| Roll Jordan Roll | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1909 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| Roll Jordan Roll | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1911 | There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916 |
| Roll on Silvery Moon | Matt Keefe | 1917 | Monarchs of Minstrelsy |
| Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On | Maxwell House Orchestra | 1931 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2 |
| Roll Them Cotton Bales | Heidelberg Quintet | 1914 | Floating Down the River |
| Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes | Al Bernard | 1928 | Monarchs of Minstrelsy |
| Rondino | Ebba Frederickson and Hildur Bergström | 1925 | Swede Home Chicago |
| Room Rent Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | Centennial |
| Roosevelt Policies | William Howard Taft | 1908 | Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph |
| Ro-Ro-Rollin’ Along | Hit of the Week Orchestra | 1930 | The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1 |
| Rosa Rosetta | Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth | 1910 | Together and Alone |
| Rose | Isham Jones Orchestra | 1920 | Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides |
| Rose of Araby | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides |
| Rose of Bagdad | Eddie Kuhn’s Dance Specialists | 1920 | The Moaninest Moan of Them All |
| Rose of Mandalay | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| The Rose of No Man’s Land | George Gordon and Robert Bruce | 1918 | The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy |
| The Rose of No Man’s Land | Charles Hart and Elliott Shaw | 1918 | 1919: "Jazzin' Around and Paintin' the Town" |
| Rose of Stamboul | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1922 | Songs of the Night |
| Rose of Washington Square | Kentucky Serenaders | 1920 | 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker" |
| Rose Room | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot |
| Rose Room | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1 |
| Rose Room | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | Songs of the Night |
| Roses of Picardy | Lambert Murphy | 1917 | 1918: "Like the Sunshine After Rain" |
| Rosita | International Novelty Orchestra | 1923 | The Missing Link |
| Rosy Cheeks | Six Brown Brothers | ca. 1920 | Those Moaning Saxophones |
| Round the Corner | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | After Midnight |
| ‘Round the Campfire | Haydn Quartet | 1904 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Row! Row! Row! | Ada Jones | 1912 | 1913: "Come and See the Big Parade" |
| Royal Flying Corps | Guido Deiro | 1918 | Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3 |
| Royal Garden Blues | Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds | 1921 | Centennial |
| Royal Garden Blues | Mary Stafford and Her Jazz Band | 1921 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Rozhinkes mit Mandlen | William Nemrell | ca. 1901-1903 | Attractive Hebrews: The Lambert Yiddish Cylinders, 1901-1905 |
| The Rube and the Country Doctor | Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley | 1910 | Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923 |
| Ruff Johnson’s Harmony Band | Gene Greene | 1917 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |
| Rule, Britannia! | Anonymous | 1890-95 | Etching the Voice |
| Rules and Regulations “Signed Razor Jim” | Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1922 | "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson |
| Runnin’ Wild | Miss Patricola | 1922 | 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part" |
| Russian Fantasia | Bohumir Kryl | 1902 | World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet |
| Russian Rag | Earl Fuller’s Rector Novelty Orchestra | 1918 | Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday |