The most frequently recorded song in the first half of the twentieth century was _____________________.

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To approach this question, I’ll compare each option against the clue that the item in question was the most frequently recorded song in the first half of the twentieth century.
Option 1: "Memphis Blues". This early tune (composed around 1912 by W.C. Handy, though some versions exist earlier) was indeed influential and widely recorded, but historical records typically credit another song as the most-recorded in the early decades of the 1900s, making this a plausible but not the top candidate for the given claim.
Option 2: "After the Ball". A very popular song from the 1890s, known for immense sheet-music sales and enduring performance history, yet it lies largely outside the first half of the twentieth century, so it does not align with the time frame of the question as strongly as other options.
Option 3: "White Christmas". This song, associated with Irving Berlin and popularized during the 1940s, clearly falls in the latter half of the twentieth century and thus fails the historical window implied by the prompt.
Option 4: "St. Louis Blues". Composed by W.C. Handy in 1914, it became a standard and was recorded hundreds, if not thousands, of times by a variety of artists across the 1910s–1920s and beyond. This broad, prolific recording history across multiple genres and artists makes it the strongest fit for the description of the most frequently recorded song in the first half of the twentieth century.
In comparing the options, the key factors are the era (first half of the 20th century) and the breadth of recordings across artists and years. While "Memphis Blues" is an important early blues number, the historical pattern of recording frequency in this period aligns more consistently with "St. Louis Blues" due to its enduring popularity and wide adoption by numerous performers across many years.
Therefore, evaluating the scope of recordings within the specified time frame leads to the conclusion that the listed candidate most often associated with that peak recording frequency is the one identified as "St. Louis Blues". The other choices either precede the period, postdate the period, or do not match the breadth of recordings typical of the era.

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The most frequently recorded song in the first half of the twentieth century was _____________________.

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