| title | artist | year | album |
| Wabash Blues | The Benson Orchestra of Chicago | 1921 | [show-short no=”6001″] |
| Wabash Blues | Isham Jones Orchestra | 1921 | [show-short no=”9002″] |
| Wabash Blues | Isham Jones Orchestra (laughing cornet: Louis Panico) | 1921 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Harry Tally | 1905 | [show-short no=”9013″] |
| Wait ‘Till the Sun Shines, Nellie | Byron G. Harlan | ca. 1906 | [show-short no=”9013″] |
| Wait Till You Get Them Up in the Air, Boys | Billy Murray | 1919 | [show-short no=”9001″] |
| Waiting at the Church | Ada Jones | 1906 | [show-short no=”9013″] |
| Waiting for Me | Eddie Morton | 1912 | [show-short no=”5017″] |
| Waiting for the Robert E. Lee | Guido Deiro | 1912 | [show-short no=”5014″] |
| Waiting for the Robert E. Lee | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 | [show-short no=”5005″] |
| Waiting for the Robert E. Lee | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Waiting for the Sun to Come Out | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| Wait’ll You See | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| Walkin’ the Dog | Six Brown Brothers | 1916 | [show-short no=”6002″] |
| Waltz Me Around Again Willie | Billy Murray and Haydn Quartet | 1906 | [show-short no=”9013″] |
| Wang-Wang Blues | Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Wang-Wang Blues | Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”9002″] |
| War Song Medley | Metropolitan Band | 1902 | [show-short no=”3001″] |
| War Stories | Nat M. Wills | 1917 | [show-short no=”5011″] |
| War Talk at Pun’kin Center | Cal Stewart | 1915 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| Was That the Human Thing To Do? | Rudy Vallee with his Connecticut Yankees | 1932 | [show-short no=”3005″] |
| Washington Post March | Sousa’s Band | 1897 | [show-short no=”9004″] |
| Watermelon Party | Polk Miller and Old South Quartet | 1909 | [show-short no=”1003″] |
| Way Down Barcelona Way | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1920 | [show-short no=”5507″] |
| Way Down South | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 | [show-short no=”5005″] |
| Way Down South | Heidelberg Quintet | 1912 | [show-short no=”5005″] |
| ‘Way Down Yonder in New Orleans | Blossom Seeley | 1922 | [show-short no=”9026″] |
| The Way to Kiss a Girl | Billy Murray | 1903 | [show-short no=”5501″] |
| The Wayside Cross | John Sweney and unknown female vocalist | 1897 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| We Don’t Want to Fight | Anonymous | 1889-90 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| We don’t want to fight [version 2] | Anonymous | 1890-95 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| We Take Our Hats Off to You, Mr. Wilson! | Nora Bayes | 1914 | [show-short no=”5007″] |
| We’ve Got a Parrot in Our House (Pretty Poll, Pretty Poll) | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1913 | [show-short no=”5507″] |
| Wearing of the Green (with variations) | Otto Mesloh with Metropolitan Band | 1902 | [show-short no=”3001″] |
| Weather Bird Rag | King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Wedding and Shimmie and Jazz | Dabney’s Band | 1920 | [show-short no=”6013″] |
| Weep No More (My Mammy) | Vernon Dalhart | 1921 | [show-short no=”9007″] |
| Weeping Willow Tree | Ernest Thompson | 1924 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| WeiĂźt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen | Anonymous | 1889-90 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| Were You Sincere | Hit of the Week Orchestra | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| The West Texas Blues | Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1921 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| Western Stars | Guido Deiro | 1920 | [show-short no=”5018″] |
| What a Friend We Have in Jesus | J. J. Fisher | 1897 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| What a Friend We Have in Jesus | Charles Taylor & His Two Daughters | ca. 1898 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| What Are You Going to Do to Help the Boys? | Charles Hart and Shannon Four | 1918 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue | Edith Wilson | 1929 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| What Do You Care (What I Do) | Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds | 1922 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| What Do You Mean, You Didn’t Want to Do It? | Ada Jones and Henry Burr | 1914 | [show-short no=”5502″] |
| What Do You Mean, You Lost Your Dog? | Eddie Morton | 1913 | [show-short no=”5017″] |
| What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? | Ada Jones and Billy Murray | 1917 | [show-short no=”9017″] |
| What Good Is Water, When You’re Dry? | Nora Bayes | 1910 | [show-short no=”5007″] |
| What Has Become of ‘Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo’ | Bernard and Robinson (The Dixie Stars) | 1924 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| What Kind of an American Are You? | Arthur Fields | 1917 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| What Kind Of Cough Is Serious? [ad for Pertussin] | Unknown | 1932 | [show-short no=”3005″] |
| What Shall the Harvest Be | Len Spencer | 1896 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| What You Goin’ to Do When de Rent Comes ’Round | Arthur Collins | 1905 | [show-short no=”9025″] |
| What’ll I Do | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | 1924 | [show-short no=”6011″] |
| What’ll We Do With Him Boys? (The Yanks Made a Monkey Out of You) | William J. (“Sailor”) Reilly | 1918 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| What’s the Matter with Father? | Eddie Morton | ca. 1910-11 | [show-short no=”5017″] |
| What’s the Matter with Father? | Billy Murray | 1910 | [show-short no=”9015″] |
| What’s The Use | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1930 | [show-short no=”3002″] |
| What’s Worth While Getting | Dabney’s Band | 1919 | [show-short no=”6013″] |
| When a Coon Sits in the Presidential Chair | Dan W. Quinn | 1899 | [show-short no=”5505″] |
| When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France | Marion Harris | 1918 | [show-short no=”5001″] |
| When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France [rejected take] | Marion Harris | 1918 | [show-short no=”5001″] |
| When Antelo Plays the ‘Cello | Elsie Janis | 1912 | [show-short no=”5013″] |
| When Aunt Dinah’s Daughter Hannah Bangs on That Piano | Six Brown Brothers | 1918 | [show-short no=”6007″] |
| When de Co’n Pone’s Hot / Possum | Edward Sterling Wright | 1913 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| When Francis Dances with Me | Ada Jones and Billy Murray | 1921 | [show-short no=”9007″] |
| When I Get Back to My American Blighty | Arthur Fields | 1918 | [show-short no=”5506″] |
| When I Hear That Jazz Band Play | Marion Harris | 1917 | [show-short no=”5001″] |
| When I Lost You | Henry Burr | 1913 | [show-short no=”9005″] |
| When I Return | Bert Williams | 1918 | [show-short no=”5003″] |
| When I Take My Sugar To Tea | Harry Reser’s Radio Band | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen | Albert Campbell and Henry Burr | 1912 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| When Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Chauncey Olcott | 1913 | [show-short no=”9005″] |
| When It’s Apple Blossom Time in Normandy | Marguerite Dunlap and Harry Macdonough | 1912 | [show-short no=”9005″] |
| When It’s Sleepy Time Down South | Phil Spitalny’s Music | 1931 | [show-short no=”3005″] |
| When John McCormack Sings a Song | Nora Bayes | 1916 | [show-short no=”5007″] |
| When Malindy Sings | Fisk University Jubilee Quartet | 1909 | [show-short no=”5020″] |
| When Mose with His Nose Leads the Band | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1906 | [show-short no=”5507″] |
| When My Baby Smiles | Dabney’s Band | 1920 | [show-short no=”6013″] |
| When My Baby Smiles at Me | Ted Lewis Jazz Band | 1920 | [show-short no=”9001″] |
| When Old Bill Bailey Plays the Ukulele | Nora Bayes | 1916 | [show-short no=”5007″] |
| When Reuben Comes To Town | Dan W. Quinn | 1900 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| When Shadows Fall I Hear You Calling, California | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| When the Bees Are in the Hive | Harry Macdonough & John Bieling with Haydn Quartet | 1905 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| When the Harvest Days Are Over | American Quartet | 1902 | [show-short no=”3001″] |
| When the Harvest Moon Is Shining on the River | Byron G. Harlan | 1905 | [show-short no=”9025″] |
| When the Jazz Band Starts to Play | Thomas Morris’ Past Jazz Masters | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’ | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1912 | [show-short no=”5507″] |
| When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam’ | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1912 | [show-short no=”9005″] |
| When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain | Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| When The Organ Played At Twilight | Fio Rito’s Music | 1930 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| When Tony Goes Over the Top | Billy Murray | 1918 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo | Arthur Collins | 1912 | [show-short no=”1001″] |
| When We Are M-A-Double-R-I-E-D | Ada Jones and Billy Murray | 1908 | [show-short no=”9009″] |
| When We Wind Up the Watch on the Rhine | Peerless Quartette | 1917 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| When You Ain’t Got No Money, You Needn’t Come Around | May Irwin | 1907 | [show-short no=”5015″] |
| When You and I Were Young Maggie | Henry Burr | ca. 1918 | [show-short no=”5502″] |
| When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues | Irving Kaufman | 1922 | [show-short no=”5504″] |
| When You and I Were Young, Maggie | Will Oakland | 1909 | [show-short no=”1006″] |
| When You Come Back | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1918 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| When You Come Back (and You Will Come Back, There’s the Whole World Waiting for You) | Raymond Dixon and Orpheus Quartet | 1918 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| When You Look in the Heart of a Rose | John McCormack | 1919 | [show-short no=”9019″] |
| When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose | American Quartet | 1914 | [show-short no=”9012″] |
| When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver | Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| When You’re a Long, Long Way from Home | Henry Burr | 1914 | [show-short no=”9012″] |
| When You’re in Louisville (Call on Me) | Elsie Janis | 1916 | [show-short no=”5013″] |
| When You’re Near | Guido Deiro | 1922 | [show-short no=”5019″] |
| Where Did You Stay Last Night? | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Where Do They Get ‘Em and How Do They Get ‘Em? | Gus Van and Joe Schenck | 1918 | [show-short no=”5016″] |
| Where Do We Go From Here? | Arthur Fields and the Peerless Quartet | 1917 | [show-short no=”9017″] |
| Where Is My Boy Tonight? | Ira D. Sankey | 1899 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Where Is the Man of My Dreams | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1922 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| Where the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door | Byron G. Harlan | 1905 | [show-short no=”9025″] |
| Where the River Shannon Flows | Harry Macdonough | 1909 | [show-short no=”9015″] |
| Where Was Moses When the Light Went Out [10 in. disc] | Bert Williams | 1901 | [show-short no=”5004″] |
| Where Was Moses When the Light Went Out [7 in. disc] | Bert Williams | 1901 | [show-short no=”5004″] |
| Which Do You Prefer? [ad for Rudy Vallee Orchestras] | Rudy Vallee and Orchestra | 1931 | [show-short no=”3004″] |
| While Miami Dreams | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1922 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| While They Were Dancing Around | Eddie Morton | 1913 | [show-short no=”5017″] |
| Whipped Cream | Fred Van Eps | 1913 | [show-short no=”1001″] |
| Whip-Poor-Will | Isham Jones Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| Whispering | Art Hickman’s Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6005″] |
| Whispering | Paul Whiteman and His Ambassador Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”9001″] |
| Whispering Hope | Alma Gluck and Louise Homer | 1912 | [show-short no=”9003″] |
| Whispering Pines | Guido Deiro | 1922 | [show-short no=”5019″] |
| Whist! The Bogie Man | Anonymous | 1890-95 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| The Whistler and His Dog | Pryor’s Orchestra | 1905 | [show-short no=”9025″] |
| The Whistling Coon | George W. Johnson | 1891 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| The Whistling Coon | George W. Johnson | 1896 | [show-short no=”9004″] |
| The Whistling Girl | George W. Johnson | 1898 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| Whistling In The Dark | Sam Lanin’s Dance Ensemble | 1931 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| Whistling Rufus | Vess Ossman | ca. 1899-1900 | [show-short no=”9006″] |
| Who Cares? | Eddie Elkins’ Orchestra | 1922 | [show-short no=”6012″] |
| Who’s Sorry Now? | Isham Jones and His Orchestra | 1923 | [show-short no=”9026″] |
| Who Broke the Lock | Cousins and DeMoss | 1898 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| Who Broke the Lock | Unique Quartette | ca. 1895 | [show-short no=”1005″] |
| Who Broke the Lock | The Unique Quartette | ca. 1895-1896 | [show-short no=”unique”] |
| Who Did It? | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1919 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| Who Killed Cock Robin? | Anonymous | 1890-95 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| Whoa Bill | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1905 | [show-short no=”5507″] |
| Whoopee Ti Yi Yo | Shannon Quartet | 1923 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| The Whores’ Union | Unknown | ca. 1892 | [show-short no=”1007″] |
| Why Did I Get Married | Cal Carson | ca. 1931-1932 | [show-short no=”3003″] |
| Why Do You Wait? | Unknown mixed quartet (“2 Hals, Fran & Jennie”) | 1897 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Why Don’t You Try? | Harry Tally | 1905 | [show-short no=”9013″] |
| Why Will Oakland records are hard to find | Will Oakland | 1954 | [show-short no=”jubilee”] |
| Why, Dear? | Joseph C. Smith’s Orchestra | 1921 | [show-short no=”6009″] |
| Wicked Blues | Edith Wilson and The Original Jazz Hounds | 1922 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| Wild Cherries Rag | Eddie Morton | 1910 | [show-short no=”5006″] |
| Wild Cherry Rag | Eddie Morton | 1909 | [show-short no=”1001″] |
| Wild Cherry Rag | Eddie Morton | 1909 | [show-short no=”5006″] |
| Wild Cherry Rag | Ed Morton | 1909 | [show-short no=”9014″] |
| Wild Weeping Blues | Mary Stafford and Her Jazz Band | 1921 | [show-short no=”6006″] |
| Will a Man Rob God? | Rev. Frederick A. Graves | ca. 1900 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Will Oakland in the present day (featuring “The Sunshine of Your Smile”) | Will Oakland | 1954 | [show-short no=”jubilee”] |
| Will Rogers Nominates Henry Ford for President | Will Rogers | 1923 | [show-short no=”1002″] |
| Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May | Harry Macdonough and Haydn Quartet | 1905 | [show-short no=”9013″] |
| William F. Hooley, bass singer (featuring “When the Rainbow Shines Bright at the Morn” by William F. Hooley and Male Quartet) | Will Oakland | 1954 | [show-short no=”jubilee”] |
| Willow Tit-Willow, “from The Mikado” | Anonymous | 1890-95 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| A Winning Fight | Dabney’s Military Band | 1918 | [show-short no=”6013″] |
| Wishing | Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | 1920 | [show-short no=”6008″] |
| With You | Statler Pennsylvanians | 1930 | [show-short no=”3002″] |
| With You, Dear, in Bombay | Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra conducted by Charlie Chaplin | 1925 | [show-short no=”6011″] |
| Wo den Himmel Berge Kraenzen | Charles Schoenenberger and Louisa Schneckenbuehl | ca. 1920-1921 | [show-short no=”8002″] |
| Wo di Alpen Rosen Blueh’n | Maenner Quartett | ca. 1920-1921 | [show-short no=”8002″] |
| Wo Steht den das Geschrieben | Piano accordian duet | ca. 1920-1921 | [show-short no=”8002″] |
| Women | Peerless Quartet | 1908 | [show-short no=”5502″] |
| Wonderful Words of Life | Ira D. Sankey | 1899 | [show-short no=”1009″] |
| Wonderful Pal | The Hickman Trio | 1919 | [show-short no=”6003″] |
| Won’t You Be a Dear, Dear Daddy to a ‘Itta Bitta Doll Like Me? | Sophie Tucker and Her Five Kings of Syncopation | 1918 | [show-short no=”5010″] |
| Won’t You Say a Word for Ireland? | Irving Kaufman | 1917 | [show-short no=”2001″] |
| The Woodchuck Song | Bob Roberts | ca. 1903 | [show-short no=”9024″] |
| The Wooden Soldier And The China Doll | Rudy Vallee with his Connecticut Yankees | 1932 | [show-short no=”3005″] |
| The Wooden Soldier And The China Doll | Rudy Vallee with his Connecticut Yankees | 1932 | [show-short no=”3005″] |
| Woodman, Spare That Tree | Bert Williams | 1913 | [show-short no=”5003″] |
| Woodman, Spare that Tree | Bert Williams | 1913 | [show-short no=”9005″] |
| Working Man Blues | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Working On The Railroad | Men About Town Trio | 1931 | [show-short no=”3004″] |
| Workingman Blues | King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band | 1923 | [show-short no=”6014″] |
| Wot Cher! | Anonymous | 1890-95 | [show-short no=”3006″] |
| Would You Care? | Frank Howard | 1905 | [show-short no=”9025″] |
| Wouldn’t You Like to Have Me for a Sweetheart | Ada Jones and Billy Murray | 1907 | [show-short no=”9009″] |
| The Wreck on the Southern Old 97 | Henry Whitter | 1923 | [show-short no=”1011″] |
| Wrigley’s Presents Myrt And Marge | Myrtle Vail and Donna Damarel | 1932 | [show-short no=”3005″] |