| Race Horse Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1912 | [show-short no=”5023″] |
| Ragged William | Metropolitan Orchestra | 1901 | [show-short no=”1001″] |
| Ragging the Baby to Sleep | Al Jolson | 1912 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Ragging the Songs Mother Used to Sing | Nora Bayes | 1916 | [show-short no=”5007″] |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Bob Roberts | 1912 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Ragtime Moses Old-Time Bomboshay | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1918 | [show-short no=”5016″] |
| Ragtime Regiment Band | Heidelberg Quintet | 1913 | [show-short no=”5005″] |
| Ragtime Temple Bells | Billy Murray | 1914 | [show-short no=”1001″] |
| The Ragtime Violin | American Quartet | 1911 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off to War | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1917 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| The Ragtime Volunteers Are Off to War | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1917 | [show-short no=”5016″] |
| Rah, Rah, Rah | Peerless Quartet | 1908 | [show-short no=”9009″] |
| Railroad Blues | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago | 1920 | [show-short no=”6001″] |
| The Railroad Question | William Jennings Bryan | 1908 | [show-short no=”1008″] |
| The Rain Song | Afro-American Folk Song Singers | 1914 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| The Rain Song | Right Quintette | 1915 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| Rainbow | Frank Stanley and Henry Burr | 1908 | [show-short no=”9009″] |
| Rainbow Division March | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1918 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| Rainbow of My Dreams | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | [show-short no=”6003″] |
| Rainbow of My Dreams | Six Brown Brothers | ca. 1920 | [show-short no=”6002″] |
| Rainy Day Blues | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | [show-short no=”6013″] |
| Rainy Day Blues | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1919 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| Rainy Day Blues | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1919 | [show-short no=”6004″] |
| Rakoczy March (from The Damnation of Faust) | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1906 | [show-short no=”5008″] |
| Razazza Mazzazza | Arthur Pryor’s Band | 1905 | [show-short no=”5008″] |
| Razzle Dazzle | Vess L. Ossman | 1903 | [show-short no=”9024″] |
| Reaching For The Moon | Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| Read ‘Em and Weep | Al Bernard | 1920 | [show-short no=”6011″] |
| Rebecca of Sunny-Brook Farm | American Quartet | 1914 | [show-short no=”9012″] |
| Red Pepper: A Spicy Rag | Fred Van Eps | 1911 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Red Wing (An Indian Fable) | Frank C. Stanley and Henry Burr | 1907 | [show-short no=”9008″] |
| Reformed Love (and a Few Other Subjects) | Nat M. Wills | 1909 | [show-short no=”5011″] |
| Regretful Blues | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1918 | [show-short no=”6004″] |
| Reilly as a Policeman | Russell Hunting | ca. 1895 | [show-short no=”1007″] |
| Reminiscing about Minstrel Days | Will Oakland | ca. 1954 | [show-short no=”1006″] |
| Republican and Democratic Treatment of Trusts | William Howard Taft | 1908 | [show-short no=”1008″] |
| Resplandor de Luna (Moonlight Waltz) | Guido Deiro | 1922 | [show-short no=”5019″] |
| Restaurant Scene | Joe Weber and Lew Fields | 1915 | [show-short no=”5023″] |
| Reuben Rag | Sophie Tucker | 1910 | [show-short no=”5010″] |
| Rex Minstrel No. 2 | Peerless Quartette | 1914 | [show-short no=”1004″] |
| The Right Church, but the Wrong Pew | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1908 | [show-short no=”9014″] |
| The Right Church but the Wrong Pew | Eddie Morton | 1908 | [show-short no=”5006″] |
| Right or Wrong | Markels’ Orchestra | 1921 | [show-short no=”6012″] |
| Right or Wrong | Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra | 1921 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| Rights and Progress of the Negro | William Howard Taft | 1908 | [show-short no=”1008″] |
| The Rights of Labor | William Howard Taft | 1908 | [show-short no=”1008″] |
| Rigoletto Quartet | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | [show-short no=”6007″] |
| The Ring | Bohumir Kryl | 1911 | [show-short no=”5022″] |
| Ring Down the Curtain, I Can’t Sing To-Night | Francklyn Wallace | ca. 1902 | [show-short no=”1006″] |
| Ring i himmelens klockor | Scandinavian Bell Ringers | 1925 | [show-short no=”8003″] |
| Ring Ting-a-Ling | Ada Jones | 1912 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Ringside Blues | Greenwich Village Orchestra | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Ringtail Blues | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1918 | [show-short no=”6004″] |
| River of Jordan | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1915 | [show-short no=”5020″] |
| River, Stay ‘Way From My Door | Erno Rapee’s Orchestra | 1931 | [show-short no=”3004″] |
| Riverside Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Riverside Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Roamin’ in the Gloamin’ | Harry Lauder | 1911 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Rock of Ages | Steve Porter | 1898 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rock of Ages | United States Marine Band | 1895 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody | Al Jolson | 1918 | [show-short no=”9018″] |
| Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody | Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band | 1918 | [show-short no=”6004″] |
| Rock All Our Babies to Sleep | Riley Puckett | 1924 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Bison City Quartette | 1892-1894 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Thomas Bott | 1895 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Greater New York Quartette | 1900 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep | Holding’s Parlor Orchestra | 1892 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep [fragment] | Unknown trombone solo (possibly William Sulger) | 1897 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Rockin’ the Boat | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| The Rocky Road to Dublin | Allen Sisson | 1925 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| Roll Jordan Roll | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1909 | [show-short no=”5020″] |
| Roll Jordan Roll | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1911 | [show-short no=”5020″] |
| Roll on Silvery Moon | Matt Keefe | 1917 | [show-short no=”1006″] |
| Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On | Maxwell House Orchestra | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| Roll Them Cotton Bales | Heidelberg Quintet | 1914 | [show-short no=”5005″] |
| Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes | Al Bernard | 1928 | [show-short no=”1006″] |
| Rondino | Ebba Frederickson and Hildur Bergström | 1925 | [show-short no=”8003″] |
| Room Rent Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Roosevelt Policies | William Howard Taft | 1908 | [show-short no=”1008″] |
| Ro-Ro-Rollin’ Along | Hit of the Week Orchestra | 1930 | [show-short no=”3002″] |
| Rosa Rosetta | Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth | 1910 | [show-short no=”5007″] |
| Rose | Isham Jones Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| Rose of Araby | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| Rose of Bagdad | Eddie Kuhn’s Dance Specialists | 1920 | [show-short no=”6012″] |
| Rose of Mandalay | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | [show-short no=”6003″] |
| The Rose of No Man’s Land | George Gordon and Robert Bruce | 1918 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| The Rose of No Man’s Land | Charles Hart and Elliott Shaw | 1918 | [show-short no=”9019″] |
| Rose of Stamboul | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1922 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| Rose of Washington Square | Kentucky Serenaders | 1920 | [show-short no=”9001″] |
| Rose Room | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | [show-short no=”1003″] |
| Rose Room | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1919 | [show-short no=”6003″] |
| Rose Room | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| Roses of Picardy | Lambert Murphy | 1917 | [show-short no=”9018″] |
| Rosita | International Novelty Orchestra | 1923 | [show-short no=”6011″] |
| Rosy Cheeks | Six Brown Brothers | ca. 1920 | [show-short no=”6002″] |
| Round the Corner | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | [show-short no=”6013″] |
| ‘Round the Campfire | Haydn Quartet | 1904 | [show-short no=”1002″] |
| Row! Row! Row! | Ada Jones | 1912 | [show-short no=”9005″] |
| Royal Flying Corps | Guido Deiro | 1918 | [show-short no=”5018″] |
| Royal Garden Blues | Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds | 1921 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Royal Garden Blues | Mary Stafford and Her Jazz Band | 1921 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| Rozhinkes mit Mandlen | William Nemrell | ca. 1901-1903 | [show-short no=”8001″] |
| The Rube and the Country Doctor | Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley | 1910 | [show-short no=”1002″] |
| Ruff Johnson’s Harmony Band | Gene Greene | 1917 | [show-short no=”1001″] |
| Rule, Britannia! | Anonymous | 1890-95 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| Rules and Regulations “Signed Razor Jim” | Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1922 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| Runnin’ Wild | Miss Patricola | 1922 | [show-short no=”9026″] |
| Russian Fantasia | Bohumir Kryl | 1902 | [show-short no=”5022″] |
| Russian Rag | Earl Fuller’s Rector Novelty Orchestra | 1918 | [show-short no=”1001″] |