Top 40 Hits for the year 1931

At Last I’m Happy - Ted Lewis (#12)
At Your Command - Bing Crosby (#1)
Basin Street Blues - Charleston Chasers (#14)
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea - Cab Calloway (#15)
Bidin' My Time - Foursome (#9)
Blue Again
Blues In My Heart - Fletcher Henderson (#19)
Body And Soul - Leo Reisman (#15)
By The River Sainte Marie - Guy Lombardo (#1)
Call Me Darling (Call Me Sweetheart, Call Me Dear) - Ben Selvin (#9)
Casa Loma Stomp - Glen Gray (#15)
Chant Of The Weed - Don Redman (#15)
Choo Choo - Paul Whiteman (#16)
Creole Rhapsody [Parts 1 & 2] - Duke Ellington (#18)
Cuban Love Song - Jacques Renard (#7)
Dallas Blues - Ted Lewis (#7)
Dancing In The Dark
Do The New York - Glen Gray (#17)
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Wayne King (#1)
A Faded Summer Love
For You - Joe Green's Marimba Band (#13)
Gems From George White’s Scandals - The Boswell Sisters (#3)
Georgia On My Mind - Frankie Trumbauer (#10)
Good Night, Sweetheart
Goodnight, Sweetheart - Guy Lombardo (#1)
Guilty
He’s Not Worth Your Tears - Benny Goodman (#20)
I Apologize - Bing Crosby (#3)
I Don't Know Why - Benny Krueger (#8)
I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five-And-Ten-Cent Store)
I Got Rhythm - Red Nichols (#5)
I Love Louisa
I Surrender Dear - Earl Burtnett (#18)
I Surrender, Dear - Gus Arnheim (#3)
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You - Louis Armstrong (#13)
I'm Alone Because I Love You - Frank Luther (#9)
I’m Good For Nothing But Love - Ruth Etting (#7)
I'm Through With Love
I’ve Got Five Dollars - Emil Coleman (#14)
Imagine - Earl Burtnett (#15)
It’s The Girl - The Boswell Sisters (#9)
Just A Gigolo
Just One More Chance
Kickin’ The Gong Around - Cab Calloway (#4)
The King’s Horses (And The King’s Men) - Ben Bernie (#7)
Lady Of Spain - Ray Noble (#5)
Lady, Play Your Mandolin
Lies - Gene Austin (#20)
Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries - Rudy Vallee (#3)
Limehouse Blues - Duke Ellington (#13)
Little Girl - Joe Ventuti (#4)
The Little Things In Life - Gus Arnheim (#4)
Lonesome Valley - Carter Family (#15)
Love For Sale
Love In The Moonlight - Gus Arnheim (#6)
Love Is Like That - Ruth Etting (#5)
Love Letters In The Sand - Ted Black (#6)
Mama Inez - Maurice Chevalier (#18)
Many Happy Returns Of The Day - Bing Crosby (#3)
Me! - Ben Bernie (#11)
Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway (#1)
Mood Indigo - Duke Ellington (#3)
My Ideal - Maurice Chevalier (#12)
My Song - Rudy Vallee (#10)
Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You) - Jack Denny (#5)
New Sun In The Sky - Fred Astaire (#10)
New Sun In the Sky - Leo Reisman (#10)
Ninety-Nine Out Of A Hundred (Wanna Be Loved) - Ben Bernie (#13)
Nobody’s Sweetheart - Cab Calloway (#13)
Now That You’re Gone - Ruth Etting (#13)
One More Time - Gus Arnheim (#5)
Ooh! That Kiss - Arden-Ohman Orchestra (#10)
Out Of Nowhere
Overnight - Ruth Etting (#18)
The Peanut Vendor
The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) - Don Azpiazu (#1)
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Reaching For The Moon - Ruth Etting (#6)
Rockin’ In Rhythm - Duke Ellington (#19)
Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On - The Boswell Sisters (#7)
Say A Little Prayer For Me - Smith Ballew (#15)
Shine On Harvest Moon
Siboney - Alfredo Brito And His Siboney Orchestra (#17)
Six Or Seven Times - Cab Calloway (#14)
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile - Ben Selvin (#14)
Something To Remember You By - Libby Holman (#6)
St James Infirmary - Cab Calloway (#3)
Star Dust
Sugar Blues - Clyde McCoy And His Orchestra (#2)
Sweet And Lovely
That's Why Darkies Were Born - Kate Smith (#12)
Them There Eyes - Gus Arnheim (#7)
Three Little Words - Ethel Waters (#8)
Thrill Is Gone - Rudy Vallee (#10)
Tickeration - Cab Calloway (#8)
Time On My Hands
To Whom It May Concern - Ben Bernie (#3)
Two Hearts In Waltz Time - Johnny Hamp (#12)
Wabash Moon
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
The Waltz You Saved For Me - Wayne King (#4)
Were You Sincere?
What Is It? - Smith Ballew (#17)
When I Take My Sugar To Tea - The Boswell Sisters (#6)
When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain
When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver - Frank Luther (#4)
When Your Lover Has Gone - Gene Austin (#10)
When Yuba Plays the Rumba On the Tuba - Rudy Vallee (#2)
Where Have You Been? - Emil Coleman (#6)
Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold Of The Day) - Russ Columbo (#13)
Why Shouldn’t I? - Gus Arnheim (#8)
(With You On My Mind I Find) I Can’t Write The Words - The Boswell Sisters (#20)
Would You Like To Take A Walk - Rudy Vallee (#4)
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams - Bing Crosby (#4)
You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)
You Rascal, You - Cab Calloway (#17)
You Try Somebody Else (We’ll Be Back Together Again) - Guy Lombardo (#8)
You're Driving Me Crazy - Nick Lucas (#7)
You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) - Rudy Vallee (#3)
You're My Everything - Arden-Ohman Orchestra (#10)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1932

After You’ve Gone - Louis Armstrong (#15)
All Of Me
All-American Girl - George Olsen (#6)
Alone Together - Leo Reisman (#9)
An Evening In Caroline - The Boswell Sisters (#12)
As You Desire Me - Russ Columbo (#6)
Auf Weiderseh’n, My Dear - Morton Downey (#17)
Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear - Jack Denny (#3)
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues - Mill Brothers (#20)
Banking On the Weather
Beale Street Blues - Joe Ventuti (#20)
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Blue Jazz - Glen Gray (#16)
Blue Ramble - Duke Ellington (#16)
Body And Soul - Louis Armstrong (#7)
Bon Voyage To My Ship Of Dreams - Jimmie Grier (#11)
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Bugle Call Rag - The Mills Brothers (#2)
By A Rippling Stream - Johnny Hamp (#11)
By The Fireside - George Olsen (#10)
By The Sycamore Tree - Paul Whiteman (#12)
Cabin In The Cotton
Can't We Talk It Over - Bing Crosby (#10)
Chinatown, My Chinatown
Chinese Lullaby - Paul Whiteman (#15)
Creole Rhapsody - Duke Ellington (#19)
Cuban Love Song - Ruth Etting (#10)
Dancing On The Ceiling - Jack Hylton (#10)
Down The Old Ox Road - Bing Crosby (#8)
Drums In My Heart - Leo Reisman (#16)
Georgia On My Mind - Mildred Bailey (#19)
Got A Date With An Angel - Debroy Somers Band (#13)
Hell's Bells - Art Kassel (#2)
Here Lies Love - Bing Crosby (#11)
Home On The Range - Bing Crosby (#18)
Hot Toddy - Cab Calloway (#14)
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky?)
I Got Rhythm - Louis Armstrong (#17)
I Love A Parade - Arden-Ohman Orchestra (#13)
I'll Follow You - Paul Whiteman (#19)
I'll Never Be The Same - Paul Whiteman (#14)
I'll Never Dream Again - Isham Jones (#7)
I've Got The World On A String
I’ve Got To Sing A Torch Song - Bing Crosby (#9)
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington (#6)
It Was So Beautiful
It was So Beautiful - Ruth Etting (#13)
Jealousy (Jalousie) - Leo Reisman (#7)
Just A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
Just Friends - Russ Columbo (#14)
Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
Kickin’ The Gong Around - Louis Armstrong (#11)
Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long - Louis Armstrong (#15)
Lazy Day - Bing Crosby (#4)
Lazy River - Hoagy Carmichael (#19)
Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee - Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians (#5)
Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep)
Louisiana Hayride - Leo Reisman (#10)
Love Me Tonight - Bing Crosby (#4)
Love, You Funny Thing - Louis Armstrong (#4)
Lullaby Of The Leaves - George Olsen (#1)
Masquerade - Ted Black (#3)
Mimi - Maurice Chevalier (#9)
Minnie The Moocher’s Wedding Day - Cab Calloway (#8)
Moon Over Dixie - Duke Ellington (#14)
Music In The Moonlight - Jimmie Grier (#10)
My Love - Bing Crosby (#4)
My Silent Love
Night - Jack Denny (#17)
Night And Day
The Night Was Made For Love - Leo Reisman (#10)
The Night When Love Was Born - Ruth Etting (#14)
Now You’ve Got Me Worryin’ For You - Eddy Duchin (#11)
Now's The Time To Fall In Love - Ben Selvin (#17)
Of Thee I Sing - Ben Selvin (#8)
Of Thee I Sing (Dance Medley) - Abe Lyman (#2)
One Hour With You - Jimmie Grier (#2)
Ooh! That Kiss - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#18)
Pagan Moon - Ted Black (#19)
Paradise
Please
Prisoner Of Love - Russ Columbo (#16)
Reefer Man - Cab Calloway (#11)
River, Stay 'Way From My Door - Kate Smith (#1)
Rockin' Chair
Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) - Duke Ellington (#15)
Sailing On The Robert E. Lee - Ray Noble (#5)
Say It Isn't So
Shine - Louis Armstrong (#17)
Snuggled On Your Shoulder (Cuddled In Your Arms)
Soft Lights And Sweet Music - Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians (#8)
Some Of These Days - Bing Crosby (#16)
Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon (My Man’s Gone) - The Boswell Sisters (#14)
Strange Interlude - Rudy Vallee (#6)
Street Of Dreams - Bing Crosby (#13)
Strictly Cullud Affair - Cab Calloway (#11)
Sweet Georgia Brown - Bing Crosby (#2)
Sweethearts Forever - Wayne King (#3)
Sweethearts On Parade - Louis Armstrong (#6)
Three On A Match - Paul Whiteman (#3)
Three's A Crowd
Underneath the Harlem Moon - Joe Rines (#6)
Underneath The Harlem Moon - Chick Bullock (#18)
Waltzing In A Dream - Bing Crosby (#6)
Was That the Human Thing To Do?
We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye
What A Perfect Combination - Eddie Cantor (#7)
When We’re Alone - Ruth Etting (#8)
When We're Alone (Penthouse Serenade)
Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day - Bing Crosby (#4)
Willow Weep For Me - Ted Fio Rito (#17)
You Can Depend On Me - Louis Armstrong (#4)
You’re Blase - Gus Arnheim (#5)
You’re My Everything - Russ Columbo (#12)
You’ve Got Me Crying Again - Bing Crosby (#12)
You’ve Got Me In The Palm Of Your Hand - Gus Arnheim (#7)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1933

(When It's) Darkness On The Delta - Ted Fio Rito (#12)
Adorable - Wayne King (#11)
Ain’t Gonna Grieve No More - Joe Haymes (#17)
All Aboard For Dreamland, Baby - Ted Lewis (#11)
An Orchid To You - Eddy Duchin (#10)
Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Guy Lombardo (#2)
At The Baby Parade - Enric Madriguera (#19)
Beloved - Don Bestor (#16)
Black-Eyed Susan Brown - Mark Fisher (#16)
Bless Your Heart - Freddy Martin (#14)
Blue Danube Waltz - Wayne King (#14)
Blue Prelude - Bing Crosby (#10)
Burns And Allen Dialog, Parts 1 and 2 - George Burns (#6)
By A Waterfall
California, Here I Come - Claude Hopkins (#17)
Chant Of The Swamp - Art Kassel (#14)
The Day You Came Along - Bing Crosby (#3)
Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?
Don’t Blame - Charles Agnew And His Stevens Hotel Orchestra (#13)
Don't Blame Me
Don’t Do Anything I Wouldn’t Do - Eddy Duchin (#14)
Drop Me Off At Harlem - Duke Ellington (#17)
Easter Parade - Leo Reisman (#5)
Forty-Second Street
Gold Digger's Song (We're In The Money) - Ted Lewis (#5)
Have You Ever Been Lonely - Ted Lewis (#8)
Heat Wave
Hobo, You Can’t Ride On This Train - Louis Armstrong (#10)
Hold Me
Hold Your Man - Don Bestor (#10)
I Can’t Remember - Eddy Duchin (#15)
I Cover The Waterfront - Eddy Duchin (#3)
I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You - Ted Fio Rito (#12)
(I Don't Stand) Ghost Of A Chance With You - Bing Crosby (#5)
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
I'll Be Faithful
I’ll Take An Option On You - Ted Fio Rito (#7)
I’m No Angel - Gus Arnheim (#15)
I’m Satisfied - Duke Ellington (#11)
I’ve Got You On My Mind - Fred Astaire (#17)
I've Told Every Little Star - Jack Denny (#10)
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree - Duke Ellington (#13)
In The Valley Of The Moon - Joe Green (#4)
Isn’t It Heavenly? - Eddy Duchin (#3)
It Isn't Fair - Isham Jones (#8)
It's Only A Paper Moon
It's The Talk Of The Town - Glen Gray (#6)
Just An Echo In the Valley
The Last Round-Up
Lazy Bones
Learn To Croon
Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing - Ben Bernie (#18)
Love In The Moonlight - Gus Arnheim (#10)
Love Is A Dream - Gus Arnheim (#17)
Love Is The Sweetest Thing - Ray Noble (#1)
Lover
Marching Along Together - Ben Bernie (#10)
Mine - Emil Coleman (#12)
Moon Song - Jack Denny (#5)
My Darling - Don Bestor (#9)
My Moonlight Madonna - Paul Whiteman (#11)
Night And Day - Eddy Duchin (#2)
Old Man Harlem - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#20)
Play, Fiddle, Play - Ted Lewis (#4)
Remember Me - Joe Green's Novelty Orchestra (#12)
Rise 'N' Shine - Paul Whiteman (#16)
Saturday Night Function - Sonny Greer (#14)
Shadow Waltz
Shadows On The Swanee - Paul Ash And His Orchestra (#17)
Shuffle Off To Buffalo
Smoke Rings - Clyde McCoy (#8)
The Song Is You - Jack Denny (#12)
Sophisticated Lady
Stormy Weather
Street Of Dreams
Swingy Little Thingy - Don Bestor (#15)
That’s My Home - Louis Armstrong (#17)
This Is Romance - Ben Bernie (#14)
Trouble In Paradise
Try A Little Tenderness
Under A Blanket Of Blue
Weep No More My Baby - Glen Gray (#17)
What Have We Got To Lose? - Roy Bargy And Romona (#13)
When It’s Lamp-Lightin’ Time In the Valley - Wayne King (#14)
(When It's) Darkness On The Delta
White Jazz - Glen Gray (#20)
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
Wild Goose Chase - Glen Gray (#6)
Willow Weep For Me - Paul Whiteman (#2)
Yesterdays - Leo Reisman (#3)
You Gotta Be A Football Hero (To Get Along With The Beautiful Girls) - Ben Bernie (#10)
You're An Old Smoothie - Paul Whiteman (#11)
You’re Beautiful Tonight, My Dear - Bing Crosby (#12)
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me - Bing Crosby (#1)
You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal - Jan Garber (#10)
You’ve Got Everything - Jan Garber (#10)
Young And Healthy - Bing Crosby (#2)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1934

Ain’t Cha Glad? - Benny Goodman (#6)
All I Do Is Dream Of You
Amapola - Castillians (#20)
And I Still Do - Anson Weeks (#20)
Anything Goes - Paul Whiteman (#5)
April In Paris
Basin Street Blues - Benny Goodman (#14)
Be Still, My Heart - Freddy Martin (#5)
The Beat O' My Heart - Ben Pollack (#2)
Blue In Love - Jan Garber (#18)
Blue Sky Avenue - Jan Garber (#19)
Born To Be Kissed
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Jan Garber (#6)
Breeze - Anson Weeks (#7)
Bugle Call Rag - Benny Goodman (#5)
The Carioca
The Champagne Waltz - Glen Gray (#7)
Chinese Rhythm - Cab Calloway (#6)
Christmas Night In Harlem - Paul Whiteman (#15)
Cocktails For Two
Coffee In The Morning (Kisses In The Night) - The Boswell Sisters (#13)
The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing)
Dames - Eddy Duchin (#12)
Daybreak Express - Duke Ellington (#20)
Dixie Lee - Glen Gray (#19)
Dust On The Moon - Eddy Duchin (#4)
Easy Come, Easy Go - Eddy Duchin (#4)
Everything I Have Is Yours - Rudy Vallee (#3)
Flying Down To Rio
For All We Know - Isham Jones (#16)
Give Me A Heart To Sing To - Bing Crosby (#12)
Good Morning Glory - Tom Coakley (#12)
Good Night, Lovely Little Lady - Bing Crosby (#2)
Hands Across The Table
Hot Lips - Henry Busse (#3)
The House Is Haunted (By The Echo Of Your Last Goodbye) - Glen Gray (#13)
I Ain’t Lazy, I’m Just Dreamin’ - Benny Goodman (#6)
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues - Benny Goodman (#20)
I Never Had A Chance
I Only Have Eyes For You
I Saw Stars
I Was In The Mood - Eddy Duchin (#8)
I Wish I Were Twins - Henry Allen (#20)
I Wish I Were Twins (So I Could Love You Twice As Much) - Emil Coleman (#8)
I’ll Close My Eyes To Everyone Else - Don Bestor (#5)
I'll Follow My Secret Heart - Ray Noble (#8)
I'll String Along With You
I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#20)
I’m So Lonesome For You, Caroline - Jan Garber (#17)
I’ve Had My Moments - Eddy Duchin (#4)
If I Had A Million Dollars - Richard Himber (#12)
If I Love Again - Paul Whiteman (#16)
Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good) - Eddy Duchin (#3)
In A Shelter From A Shower - Emil Coleman (#14)
Infatuation - Glen Gray (#15)
Inka Dinka Doo - Jimmy Durante (#6)
Isn’t It A Shame - Connee Boswell (#19)
Isn’t It A Shame? - Jan Garber (#15)
It Happens To The Best Of Friends - Benny Goodman (#14)
Jitter Bug - Cab Calloway (#20)
June In January
King Kamahamena (Conqueror Of The Islands) - Ted Fio Rito (#10)
Kiss Me Goodnight - Arthur Tracy (#14)
La Cucharacha - Lud Gluskin (#18)
Learning - Glen Gray (#12)
Let's Fall In Love
Limehouse Blues - Glen Gray (#20)
The Little Dutch Mill - Bing Crosby (#1)
Little Dutch Mill - Don Bestor (#13)
Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day
Lost In A Fog
Love In Bloom
Love Locked Out - Ambrose And His Orchestra (#10)
Love Me - Glen Gray (#15)
Love Me Or Leave Me - Benny Goodman (#16)
Love Thy Neighbor - Bing Crosby (#2)
May I?
Moon Glow
The Moon Was Yellow (And The Night Was Young) - Bing Crosby (#13)
Music Makes Me
My Dear (I Love you Truly) - Jan Garber (#11)
My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii - Ted Fio Rito (#1)
My Old Flame - Guy Lombardo (#7)
My Shawl - Castillian Troubadors (#16)
A New Moon Is Over My Shoulder - Johnny Green (#9)
The Object Of My Affection
Okay Toots - Eddie Cantor (#19)
Ol’ Pappy - Benny Goodman (#8)
The Old Spinning Wheel
On The Wrong Side Of The Fence - Jan Garber (#15)
Once In A Blue Moon - Bing Crosby (#11)
One Night Of Love - Grace Moore (#1)
Orchids In The Moonlight
Out In The Cold Again - Glen Gray (#4)
Pardon My Southern Accent
Rain - Jan Garber (#8)
Ridin' Around In The Rain
Riffin’ The Scotch - Benny Goodman (#6)
Riptide - Eddy Duchin (#3)
Rock And Roll - The Boswell Sisters (#7)
Saddest Tale - Duke Ellington (#9)
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - George Hall (#12)
Serenade For A Wealthy Widow - Reginald Foresythe (#14)
She Reminds Me Of You
(She Walks Like You, She Talks Like You) She Reminds Me Of You - Earl Burtnett (#8)
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
So Help Me - Emil Coleman (#13)
Soft Green Seas - Ted Fio Rito (#12)
Speak To Me Of Love (Parlez-Moi d’Amour) - Lucienne Boyer (#5)
Spellbound - Glen Gray (#10)
Stars Fell On Alabama
Stay As Sweet As You Are - Jimmie Grier (#1)
Stompin' At The Savoy - Chick Webb (#10)
Straight From The Shoulder - Bing Crosby (#16)
Take My Word - Benny Goodman (#5)
Temptation
Thank You For A Lovely Evening - Don Bestor (#7)
They Don’t Believe Me - Morton Downey (#15)
This Little Piggy Went To Market - Eddy Duchin (#5)
A Thousand Goodnights - Don Bestor (#4)
Three Little Words - Claude Hopkins (#15)
Throw Another Log On The Fire - Don Bestor (#9)
The Touch Of Your Hand - Leo Reisman (#10)
True - Enric Madriguera (#3)
Two Cigarettes In The Dark
The Very Thought Of You
Wagon Wheels - Paul Whiteman (#1)
Waitin’ At The Gate For Katy - Don Bestor (#17)
The Waltz You Saved For Me - Wayne King (#18)
We’ll Make Hay While The Sun Shines - Bing Crosby (#8)
What A Difference A Day Made - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#5)
What Is There To Say? - Emil Coleman (#12)
When You’re In Love - Russ Columbo (#18)
Why Do I Dream These Dreams?
Why Don’t You Practice What You Preach? - Jan Garber (#11)
Winter Wonderland - Guy Lombardo (#2)
With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming - Leo Reisman (#3)
Without That Certain Thing - Ambrose And His Orchestra (#9)
Wonder Bar - Emil Coleman (#20)
You Have Taken My Heart - Glen Gray (#16)
You Oughta Be In Pictures
You Oughta Be In Pictures (My Star Of Stars) - The Boswell Sisters (#17)
You're A Builder Upper
You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal - Glen Gray (#12)
You're The Top

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1935

About A Quarter To Nine
Accent On Youth
After You’ve Gone - Benny Goodman (#20)
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life - Nelson Eddy (#5)
Alexander's Ragtime Band - The Boswell Sisters (#9)
All Through The Night
And Then Some - Ozzie Nelson (#1)
Animal Crackers In My Soup - Don Bestor (#14)
At A Little Church Affair - Tommy Dorsey (#20)
Ballad In Blue - Benny Goodman (#9)
Because Of Once Upon A Time - Fats Waller (#16)
Begin The Beguine - Xavier Cugat (#13)
Black And Tan Fantasy - Jimmie Lunceford (#19)
Blame It On My Youth - Jan Garber (#17)
Blow, Gabriel, Blow - Enric Madriguera (#13)
Blue Danube Waltz - Ray Noble (#3)
Blue Moon
Body And Soul
Broadway Rhythm - Guy Lombardo (#9)
Can The Circle Be Unbroken (By And By) - Carter Family (#17)
Chasing Shadows
Cheek To Cheek
China Boy - Isham Jones (#13)
Chinatown, My Chinatown - Ray Noble (#14)
Clouds - Benny Goodman (#16)
The Cocoanut Pudding Vendor - Xavier Cugat (#20)
Cotton - Duke Ellington (#4)
Dinah - The Boswell Sisters (#3)
The Dixieland Band
Dodgin’ A Divorce - Reginald Foresythe (#18)
Don’t Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother - Jimmie Grier (#11)
Don't Give Up The Ship - Tommy Dorsey (#9)
Double Trouble - Ray Noble (#12)
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) - Tom Coakley (#1)
Every Day - Victor Young (#7)
Every Little Moment - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#10)
Every Now And Then - Ramona (#11)
Every Single Little Tingle Of My Heart - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#17)
Everything’s Been Done Before - Freddy Martin (#8)
Fare Thee Well, Annabelle - Glen Gray (#2)
Flowers For Madame
Footloose And Fancy Free - Richard Himber (#10)
From The Top Of Your Head - Bing Crosby (#10)
Garden Of Weed - Reginald Foresythe (#18)
The Gentleman Obviously Doesn’t Believe (In Love) - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#17)
Get Rhythm In Your Feet - Freddy Martin (#17)
Go Into Your Dance - Johnny Green (#20)
The Greener The Grass - Reginald Foresythe (#8)
Haunting Me - Eddy Duchin (#14)
Here’s To Romance - Enric Madriguera (#5)
Honeysuckle Rose
Hors D'Oeuvres - Ambrose And His Orchestra (#6)
I Believe In Miracles - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#3)
I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes - Freddy Martin (#6)
I Found A Dream - Enric Madriguera (#3)
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Paul Whiteman (#3)
I Was Lucky - Benny Goodman (#6)
I Wish I Were Aladdin - Bing Crosby (#7)
I Wished On the Moon - Bing Crosby (#2)
I Won't Dance
I'd Love To Take Orders From You - Phil Harris (#15)
I'd Rather Listen To Your Eyes - Jacques Renard (#14)
I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#14)
I'll Never Say 'Never Again', Again - Ozzie Nelson (#4)
I’m A Hundred Percent For You - Benny Goodman (#8)
I’m Falling In Love With Someone - Nelson Eddy (#4)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter - Fats Waller (#5)
I'm In The Mood For Love
I’m Living In A Great Big Way - Louis Prima (#13)
I'm On A See-saw - Ambrose And His Orchestra (#3)
I'm Sittin' High On A Hilltop - Guy Lombardo (#6)
I've Got A Feelin' You're Foolin' - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#3)
I've Got A Feeling You're Foolin' - Eddy Duchin (#9)
If It’s Love - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#18)
If The Moon Turns Green - Paul Whiteman (#8)
If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You - Enric Madriguera (#17)
In A Little Gypsy Tea Room
In A Sentimental Mood - Duke Ellington (#14)
In The Middle Of A Kiss - Hal Kemp (#2)
Isle Of Capri
Isn't This A Lovely Day - Fred Astaire (#3)
It Never Dawned On Me - Enric Madriguera (#14)
It's An Old Southern Custom - Eddy Duchin (#11)
It’s Dangerous To Love Like This - Hal Kemp (#17)
It’s Dark On Observatory Hill - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#16)
It's Easy To Remember - Bing Crosby (#1)
Japanese Sandman - Benny Goodman (#10)
Jingle Bells - Benny Goodman (#18)
Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul - Cab Calloway (#20)
King Porter Stomp - Benny Goodman (#10)
The Lady In Red
Let’s Swing It - Ray Noble (#1)
Life Is A Song
A Little Bit Independent
The Little Things You Used To Do - Johnny Green (#2)
London On A Rainy Night - Ambrose And His Orchestra (#20)
Lookie, Lookie, Here Comes Cookie
Love And A Dime - Jan Garber (#11)
Love Is Just Around The Corner - Bing Crosby (#8)
Love Me Forever - Russ Morgan (#7)
Lovely to Look At - Irene Dunne (#20)
Lovely To Look At
Lullaby Of Broadway
Lulu's Back In Town - Fats Waller (#8)
Mad About The Boy - Ray Noble (#19)
Maybe I’m Wrong Again - Bing Crosby (#14)
Me And Marie - Johnny Green (#18)
Me And My Wonderful One - Cleo Brown (#13)
The Merry-Go-Round - Duke Ellington (#6)
Moon Over Miami - Connee Boswell (#19)
Music Hall Rag - Benny Goodman (#9)
My Heart Is An Open Book - Glen Gray (#13)
My Melancholy Baby - Al Bowlly (#20)
The Night Is Young - Smith Ballew (#17)
Night Wind - Benny Goodman (#9)
No Other One
No Strings - Fred Astaire (#9)
The Object Of My Affection - Glen Gray (#10)
The Object of My Affection - The Boswell Sisters (#1)
Ole Faithful - Gene Autry (#10)
On The Good Ship Lollipop
On Treasure Island
Page Miss Glory - Hal Kemp (#6)
Para Vigo Me Voy (Say Si Si) - Xavier Cugat (#19)
Paris In The Spring
The Piccolino - Fred Astaire (#10)
Red Sails In The Sunset
Restless - Hal Kemp (#16)
Rhythm And Romance - Fats Waller (#8)
Rhythm Is Our Business - Jimmie Lunceford (#1)
The Rhythm Of The Rhumba - Lud Gluskin (#14)
Ride, Red, Ride - Mills Blue Rhythm Band (#9)
Roll Along Prairie Moon - Smith Ballew (#10)
The Rose In Her Hair - Russ Morgan (#9)
Seein’ Is Believin’ - Guy Lombardo (#10)
She's A Latin From Manhattan
Singing A Happy Song - Benny Goodman (#19)
Solitude
Sometimes I’m Happy - Benny Goodman (#12)
Soon - Bing Crosby (#1)
St. Louis Blues - The Boswell Sisters (#15)
Star Dust - Jimmie Lunceford (#10)
Star Gazing - Kay Kyser (#14)
Sweet And Slow - Fats Waller (#13)
Sweet Lorraine - Teddy Wilson (#17)
Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle - Tommy Dorsey (#4)
Tell Me That You Love Me - Freddy Martin (#7)
Thanks A Million - Paul Pendarvis (#5)
That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine - Gene Autry (#7)
That’s What You Think - Will Osborne (#13)
The Night Is Young - Glen Gray (#14)
Thrilled - Hal Kemp (#6)
Throwin’ Stones At The Sun - Benny Goodman (#16)
Tiny Little Fingertips - The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (#10)
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
Truckin' - Fats Waller (#1)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Gene Autry (#10)
Twenty-Four Hours A Day - Teddy Wilson (#6)
Way Back Home - Victor Young (#6)
What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) - Guy Lombardo (#1)
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Where Am I? (Am I In Heaven?) - Little Jack Little (#7)
Whose Honey Are You? - Fats Waller (#13)
Why Shouldn't I? - Johnny Green (#12)
With Every Breath I Take - Bing Crosby (#4)
Without A Word Of Warning - Bing Crosby (#5)
Would There Be Love? - Guy Lombardo (#17)
You And The Night And The Music - Libby Holman (#11)
You Are My Lucky Star
You Let Me Down - Jimmy Dorsey (#19)
You're A Heavenly Thing - Benny Goodman (#12)
You’re All I Need - Eddy Duchin (#2)
You’re So Darn Charming - Hal Kemp (#15)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1936

Afterglow - Leo Reisman (#14)
All My Life
Alone
Alone At A Table For Two - Guy Lombardo (#13)
Barrelhouse - Mills Blue Rhythm Band (#11)
A Beautiful Lady In Blue
Big John’s Special - Erskine Hawkins (#18)
Black Raspberry Jam - Fats Waller (#7)
Bojangles Of Harlem - Fred Astaire (#17)
The Broken Record
Bughouse - Red Norvo (#19)
Bugle Call Rag - Benny Goodman (#13)
But Definitely - Ray Noble (#20)
But Where Are You? - Ozzie Nelson (#18)
Bye Bye Baby
China Boy - Benny Goodman (#9)
Christopher Columbus
Clarinet Lament - Duke Ellington (#12)
Cling To Me - Richard Himber (#6)
Close To Me - Tommy Dorsey (#11)
Copper Colored Gal - Cab Calloway (#13)
Cross Patch - Fats Waller (#7)
Did I Remember?
Did You Mean It?
Dinner For One, Please James - Ray Noble (#7)
Dream Awhile - Eddy Duchin (#15)
Easy To Love - Shep Fields (#13)
Echoes Of Harlem - Duke Ellington (#19)
Eenie Meenie Miney Mo - Benny Goodman (#7)
Empty Saddles - Bing Crosby (#8)
Exactly Like You - Benny Goodman Trio (#12)
A Fine Romance
For Sentimental Reasons - Mildred Bailey (#18)
The Glory Of Love - Benny Goodman (#1)
Good-Bye - Benny Goodman (#20)
Goody Goody
There’s Love In Your Eyes - Benny Goodman (#9)
Here’s Love In Your Eyes - Benny Goodman (#9)
I Can't Escape From You - Bing Crosby (#7)
I Can't Give You Anything But Love - Teddy Wilson (#5)
I Don't Want To Make History (I Just Want To Make Love) - Hal Kemp (#12)
I Fell Like A Feather In The Breeze - Jan Garber (#3)
I Hope My Gabriel Likes My Music - Louis Armstrong (#13)
I Know That You Know - Benny Goodman (#14)
I’d Rather Lead A Band - Fred Astaire (#12)
I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs
I’ll Stand By - Dolly Dawn (#20)
I'm An Old Cowhand - Bing Crosby (#2)
I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown - Fred Astaire (#4)
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You - Tommy Dorsey (#8)
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself - The Boswell Sisters (#3)
I’m Grateful To You - Jan Garber (#18)
I’m In A Dancing Mood - Ambrose And His Orchestra (#16)
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
I'm Shooting High - Jan Garber (#3)
I’m Talking Through My Heart - Shep Fields (#16)
I've Got You Under My Skin
If I Had My Way - Bunny Berigan (#19)
(If I Had) Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes - Tommy Dorsey (#10)
If I Should Lose You - Richard Himber (#15)
If We Never Meet Again - Nat Brandywynne (#18)
(If You Can’t Sing It) You’ll Have To Swing - Ella Fitzgerald (#20)
If You Love Me - Jan Garber (#16)
In A Sentimental Mood - Benny Goodman (#13)
In The Chapel In The Moonlight
Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
Isn’t Love The Strangest Thing? - Duke Ellington (#12)
It Ain’t Necessarily So - Bing Crosby (#18)
It All Begins And Ends With You - Frank Froeba (#20)
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
It's Been So Long
It's De-Lovely - Leo Reisman (#7)
It’s Great To Be In Love Again - Eddy Duchin (#15)
Jazzy Lips - Duke Ellington (#20)
John Silver - Jimmy Dorsey (#13)
Keyhole Blues - Louis Armstrong (#19)
Knock, Knock, Who's There? - Ted Weems (#10)
Let Yourself Go - Fred Astaire (#2)
Let's Face The Music And Dance
Let's Sing Again
Lights Out - Eddy Duchin (#1)
A Little Bit Independent - Bob Crosby (#8)
Little Rendezvous In Hawaii - Tommy Dorsey (#13)
Long Ago And Far Away - Ben Bernie (#20)
Lost
Love Is Like A Cigarette - Duke Ellington (#8)
Love Me Or Leave Me - Benny Goodman Quartet (#4)
Lovely Lady - Tommy Dorsey (#12)
Lyin’ To Myself - Louis Armstrong (#10)
Me And The Moon
A Melody From The Sky
Mickey Mouse’s Birthday Party - Wayne King (#19)
Midnight Blue - Henry Allen (#15)
Misty Islands Of The Highlands - Jan Garber (#10)
Moon Glow - Benny Goodman (#8)
Moon Over Miami
Moonrise On The Lowlands - Willie Bryant (#20)
The Music Goes Round And Round
No Regrets
Oh Babe! Maybe Someday - Duke Ellington (#8)
On The Beach At Bali Bali
One Night In Monte Carlo - Freddy Martin (#15)
One, Two, Button Your Shoe - Shep Fields (#12)
Organ Grinder's Swing
Pennies From Heaven
Pick Yourself Up - Fred Astaire (#7)
Please Believe Me - Wingy Manone (#5)
Quicker Than You Can Say Jack Robinson - Ozzie Nelson (#16)
Red Sails In The Sunset - Louis Armstrong (#15)
A Rendezvous With A Dream
Robins And Roses - Bing Crosby (#2)
San Francisco - Tommy Dorsey (#10)
She Shall Have Music - Lud Gluskin (#3)
Silent Night, Holy Night - Bing Crosby (#7)
Sing An Old-Fashioned Song To A Young Sophisticate - Fats Waller (#13)
Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) - Ella Fitzgerald (#18)
Sing, Baby, Sing
Small Town Girl - Jan Garber (#13)
So Do I - Bing Crosby (#18)
Song Of The Islands - Bing Crosby (#14)
South Sea Island Magic
St. Louis Blues - Benny Goodman Quartet (#20)
Star Dust
A Star Fell Out Of Heaven
Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman (#11)
Summer Holiday - Jan Garber (#20)
Swingtime In The Rockies - Benny Goodman (#2)
Take My Heart
Thanks A Million - Louis Armstrong (#17)
There's A Small Hotel - Hal Kemp (#1)
There’s Always A Happy Ending - Rudy Vallee (#13)
These Foolish Things
These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You - Benny Goodman (#1)
To Mary, With Love - Tempo King (#12)
Tormented - Richard Himber (#10)
The Touch Of Your Lips
Twenty-Four Hours A Day - Joe Ventuti (#7)
Until The Real Thing Comes Along
Until Today
Wah-Hoo! - Paul Whiteman (#9)
Wake Up And Sing - Bob Howard (#15)
The Waltz In Swing Time - Johnny Green (#16)
The Way You Look Tonight
We Saw The Sea - Fred Astaire (#15)
Welcome, Stranger - Jimmy Dorsey (#18)
West Wind - Fats Waller (#11)
What's The Name Of That Song - Paul Whiteman (#7)
What’s The Reason (I’m not Pleasin’ You) - Jimmy Dorsey (#19)
When A Lady Meets A Gentleman Down South - Benny Goodman (#17)
When Did You Leave Heaven - Henry Allen (#16)
When Did You Leave Heaven?
When I'm With You - Hal Kemp (#1)
Who Loves You? - Billie Holiday (#4)
Will I Ever Know? - Jan Garber (#10)
With All My Heart
Would You?
Yearning For Love - Duke Ellington (#19)
You Came To My Rescue - Shep Fields (#19)
You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes - Benny Goodman (#2)
You Hit The Spot - Richard Himber (#9)
You Started Me Dreaming - Tommy Dorsey (#5)
You Turned The Tables On Me - Benny Goodman (#1)
You’re Not the Kind - Fats Waller (#7)
You’re The Cure For What Ails Me - Cab Calloway (#20)
Yours Truly Is Truly Yours - Leo Reisman (#14)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1937

Afraid To Dream - Benny Goodman (#6)
After You've Gone
Ain’t Misbehavin’ - Teddy Wilson (#6)
Alexander’s Ragtime Band - Louis Armstrong (#12)
Alibi Baby - Tommy Dorsey (#4)
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
All Over Nothing At All - Ella Fitzgerald (#20)
An Old Flame Never Dies - Tommy Dorsey (#20)
Arkansas Bazooka Swing - Bob Skyles (#19)
Azure - Duke Ellington (#13)
Basin Street Blues - Bing Crosby (#12)
Big Apple
Big Boy Blue - Ella Fitzgerald (#20)
Big Dipper - Larry Clinton (#7)
Blossoms On Broadway
Blue Hawaii - Bing Crosby (#5)
Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)
Body And Soul - Art Tatum (#19)
Boo Hoo
Can I Forget You?
Can’t Teach My Old Heart New Tricks - Benny Goodman (#14)
Caravan
Carelessly - Teddy Wilson (#1)
'Cause My Baby Says It's So - Kay Kyser (#12)
China Stomp - Lionel Hampton (#16)
Congo - Cab Calloway (#17)
Dark Eyes - Tommy Dorsey (#11)
Dedicated To You - Ella Fitzgerald (#19)
The Dipsy Doodle
Easy To Love - Ray Noble (#7)
Ebb Tide - Bunny Berigan (#5)
Farewell My Love - Russ Morgan (#7)
The First Time I Saw You
A Foggy Day - Fred Astaire (#3)
For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford (#7)
Gee! But You’re Swell - Benny Goodman (#14)
Gone With The Wind - Horace Heidt (#1)
Goodnight, My Love
Harbor Lights
Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?
He Ain’t Got Rhythm - Benny Goodman (#20)
Here’s Love In Your Eyes - Henry Allen (#17)
Honeysuckle Rose
How Could You - Anson Weeks (#7)
I Know Now - Guy Lombardo (#2)
I Love To Whistle - Fats Waller (#5)
I Still Love To Kiss You Goodnight
I Want To Be Happy - Benny Goodman (#17)
I’m A Ding Dong Daddy - Freddie Fisher (#13)
I’m Feeling Like A Million - Jan Garber (#19)
I'm In A Dancing Mood
I’ve Got My Heart Set On You - Glen Gray (#17)
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
(I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck - Fred Astaire (#13)
If It's The Last Thing I Do - Tommy Dorsey (#4)
If My Heart Could Only Talk - Tommy Dorsey (#17)
If You Ever Should Leace - Ella Fitzgerald (#12)
In The Chapel In The Moonlight - Ruth Etting (#20)
In The Still Of The Night - Tommy Dorsey (#3)
Indian Love Call - Nelson Eddy (#8)
It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane
It's De-Lovely
It's The Natural Thing To Do
Josephine
Lady Is A Tramp - Tommy Dorsey (#15)
The Lady Is A Tramp - Bernie Cummins (#16)
Let’s Call A Heart A Heart - Bing Crosby (#10)
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Little Old Lady
Love And Learn - Eddy Duchin (#9)
The Love Bug Will Bite You
Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm - Cab Calloway (#20)
The Man I Love - Benny Goodman (#20)
Marie - Tommy Dorsey (#1)
May I Have The Next Roamce With You? - Tommy Dorsey (#11)
May I Have The Next Romance? - Lud Gluskin (#9)
Meet Me In The Moonlight - Henry Allen (#16)
Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland - Jimmy Davis (#13)
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
Moon At Sea - Cab Calloway (#19)
The Moon Got In My Eyes - Shep Fields (#11)
Moon Got In My Eyes - Bing Crosby (#1)
Moonlight And Shadows
More Than You Know - Mildred Bailey (#15)
My Cabin Of Dreams
My Last Affair - Mildred Bailey (#10)
My Little Buckaroo - Bing Crosby (#19)
My Wild Irish Rose - Jan Garber (#19)
Never In A Million Years
Never Should Have Told You - Benny Goodman (#18)
New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo - Duke Ellington (#16)
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Shep Fields (#8)
The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful
Nobody’s Darling But Mine - Jimmy Davis (#19)
Nola - Tommy Dorsey (#4)
On A Little Bamboo Bridge - Shep Fields (#10)
Once In A While
One O’clock Jump - Count Basie (#15)
The One Rose (That’s Left In My Heart - Larry Clinton (#8)
The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
One, Two, Button Your Shoe - Bing Crosby (#19)
Peckin'
Pennies From Heaven
Posin’ - Tommy Dorsey (#6)
Public Melody Number One - Louis Armstrong (#7)
Remember Me?
Right Or Wrong - Mildred Bailey (#19)
Rockin' Chair - Mildred Bailey (#13)
Roses In December - Ozzie Nelson (#3)
Sail Along Silvery Moon - Bing Crosby (#4)
A Sailboat In The Moonlight
Satan Takes A Holiday - Tommy Dorsey (#1)
Scattin’ At The Kit-Kat - Duke Ellington (#9)
September In The Rain - Guy Lombardo (#1)
Serenade In The Night
Shall We Dance? - Fred Astaire (#3)
She’s Tall, She’s Tan, She’s Terrific - Cab Calloway (#17)
Slummin' On Park Avenue - Red Norvo (#8)
Smoke Dreams - Benny Goodman (#4)
Smoke Rings - Glen Gray (#15)
So Many Memories - Russ Morgan (#8)
So Rare
Song Of India - Tommy Dorsey (#5)
Stardust On The Moon - Tommy Dorsey (#9)
Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman (#4)
Stop! You’re Breaking My Heart - Russ Morgan (#10)
A Strange Loneliness - Bunny Berigan (#19)
Swanee River - Bunny Berigan (#18)
Sweet Is The Word For You - Bing Crosby (#8)
Sweet Leilani - Bing Crosby (#1)
That Foolish Feeling - Tommy Dorsey (#15)
That Old Feeling
There's A Lull In My Life
There’s A Ranch In The Sky - Jan Garber (#19)
There’s Frost On The Moon - Tommy Dorsey (#12)
There's Something In The Air - Shep Fields (#5)
They All Laughed - Fred Astaire (#6)
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Things Are Looking Up
This Year's Kisses
Tomorrow Is Another Day - Ted Fio Rito (#10)
Too Marvelous For Words - Bing Crosby (#1)
Trust In Me
Turn On That Red Hot Heat - Bunny Berigan (#18)
Twilight In Turkey - Tommy Dorsey (#18)
Vieni Vieni
Vieni, Vieni
Wake Up And Live - Cab Calloway (#17)
Was It Rain? - Frances Langford (#11)
What Will I Tell My Heart?
When My Dream Boat Comes Home
When The Organ Played ‘Oh Promise Me’ - Emery Deutsch (#19)
When The Poppies Bloom Again - Russ Morgan (#8)
When Two Love Each Other (Just As You And I) - Shep Fields (#13)
Where Are You? - Mildred Bailey (#5)
Where Or When - Hal Kemp (#1)
Whispers In The Dark
Who - Tommy Dorsey (#5)
With Plenty Of Money And You
You And I Know - Tommy Dorsey (#11)
The You And Me That Used To Be
You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming
(You Know It All) Smarty - Bing Crosby (#18)
You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart - Shep Fields (#15)
You’re Here, you’re There (You’re Everywhere) - Shep Fields (#12)
You're Laughing At Me - Fats Waller (#4)
Yours And Mine - Hudson-DeLange Orchestra (#11)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1938

(I’ve Been) Savin’ Myself For You - Benny Goodman (#12)
Abba Dabba (One Of The Arabian Knights) - Larry Clinton (#17)
Alexander's Ragtime Band
All Ashore
Always And Always - Larry Clinton (#9)
Angels With Dirty Faces - Cab Calloway (#3)
At A Perfume Counter
At Long Last Love
At Your Beck And Call - Jimmy Dorsey (#10)
A-Tisket A-Tasket
Back Bay Shuffle - Artie Shaw (#8)
Bambina
Basin Street Blues - Louis Armstrong (#20)
Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw (#1)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Benny Goodman (#4)
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon
Bewildered - Tommy Dorsey (#9)
Blue In The Black Of The Night - Gray Gordon (#5)
The Blues - Artie Shaw (#14)
Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey (#3)
Boogie Woogie (a/k/a 'Pine Top's Boogie Woogie) - Tommy Dorsey (#3)
Bumble Bee Stomp - Benny Goodman (#10)
Button, Button (Who’s Got the Button?) - Eddie DeLange (#11)
Cachita - Obregon's Orchestra (#16)
Carolina Moon - Sammy Kaye (#15)
Cathedral In The Pines - Shep Fields (#1)
Change Partners
Could You Pass In Love? - Benny Goodman (#20)
Cry, Baby, Cry
Day After Day - Richard Himber (#4)
Day Dreaming - Rudy Vallee (#8)
Deep In A Dream
The Devil With The Devil - Larry Clinton (#14)
Doggin’ Around - Count Basie (#19)
Don't Be That Way
Don’t Let That Moon Get Away - Bing Crosby (#19)
(Don't Wait Till) The Night Before Christmas - Eddy Duchin (#9)
Don’t You Make Me High - Blu Lu Barker (#15)
Donkey Serenade - Allan Jones (#8)
Every Day’s A Holiday - Cab Calloway (#18)
Fare Thee, Honey, Fare Thee Well - Connee Boswell (#11)
Feelin’ High And Mighty - Benny Goodman (#11)
The Flat Foot Floogee
A Foggy Day - Bob Crosby (#16)
For Men Only - Larry Clinton (#14)
The Gal From Joe’s - Duke Ellington (#20)
Going To Shout All Over God’s Heaven - Louis Armstrong (#16)
Goodnight, Angel - Artie Shaw (#2)
Great Speckle Bird - Roy Acuff (#13)
Harmony In Harlem - Duke Ellington (#15)
Have You Forgotten So Soon? - Red Norvo (#5)
Heart And Soul
Heigh Ho - Seven Dwarf's (#3)
How Can We Be Wrong? - Eddy Duchin (#15)
How'd Ja Like To Love Me?
I Can Dream, Can't I? - Tommy Dorsey (#5)

 

                Top 40 Hits for the year 1939

(Gotta Get Some) Shut-Eye - Kay Kyser (#6)
720 In The Books - Jan Savitt (#17)
Address Unknown - The Ink Spots (#1)
After All - Tommy Dorsey (#15)
Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life - Bing Crosby (#12)
Ain'tcha Comin' Out Tonight? - Glenn Miller (#8)
All Alone And Lonely - Jimmy Dorsey (#13)
All I Remember Is You - Tommy Dorsey (#11)
Alla En El Rancho Grande (My Ranch) - Bing Crosby (#6)
Among Those Sailing - Johnny Messner (#19)
An Apple For The Teacher - Bing Crosby (#2)
An Old Curiosity Shop - Shep Fields (#20)
And The Angels Sing
Angry - Tiny Hill (#13)
Annabelle
Are You Having Any Fun? - Tommy Dorsey (#6)
Artie Shaw Album - Artie Shaw (#12)
At A Little Hot Dog Stand - Bob Crosby (#14)
At Least You Could Say Hello - Connee Boswell (#14)
At The Woodchopper's Ball - Woody Herman (#9)
Back To Back - Glenn Miller (#8)
Beer Barrel Polka
Between 18th And 19th On Chestnut Street - Bob Crosby (#15)
Between A Kiss And A Sigh - Bing Crosby (#15)
Billy - Orrin Tucker (#10)
Blame It On My Last Affair - Mildred Bailey (#13)
Bless You - The Ink Spots (#15)
Blue Evening - Woody Herman (#9)
Blue Orchids
Bluebirds In The Moonlight - Glenn Miller (#9)
Bubble In the Wine - Lawrence Welk (#13)
Buck Dance Rhythm - Slim And Slam (#12)
Can I Help It - Bob Crosby (#8)
Cherokee - Charlie Barnet (#15)
Chestnut Tree - Hal Kemp (#12)
Chew, Chew, Chew (Your Bubble Gum) - Ella Fitzgerald (#14)
Chico's Love Song - The Andrews Sisters (#11)
Chopsticks - Kay Kyser (#20)
Cinderella (Stay In My Arms)
Ciribirbin (They're So In Love) - Bob Crosby (#13)
Comes Love
Concert In The Park - Jan Garber (#6)
Could Be - Johnny Messner (#3)
Dawn On The Street - Tommy Dorsey (#13)
Day In, Day Out
Deep Purple
Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Hal Kemp (#5)
East Side Of Heaven - Bing Crosby (#6)
Especially For You - Jimmy Dorsey (#10)
F.D.R. Jones
Falling In Love With Love - Frances Langford (#18)
For Tonight - Charlie Barnet (#15)
From Now On - Eddy Duchin (#8)
The Funny Old Hills - Bing Crosby (#5)
The Gal From Joe’s - Charlie Barnet (#13)
Get Out Of Town - Eddy Duchin (#7)
The Ghost Of Smokey Joe - Cab Calloway (#13)
Go Fly A Kite - Bing Crosby (#10)
God Bless America
Good For Nothin' But Love - Fats Waller (#7)
Good Morning - Abe Lyman (#10)
Goody Goodbye - Dolly Dawn (#9)
Gotta Get Some Shuteye - Glen Gray (#16)
Heaven Can Wait - Glen Gray (#1)
(Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway (#2)
(Ho-Die-Ay) Start The Day Right
Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food, Mama) - The Andrews Sisters (#2)
Honestly - Eddy Duchin (#16)
Honolulu - Tommy Dorsey (#20)
Hot Dog Joe - Van Alexander And His Orchestra (#13)
Hot Pretzels - Will Glahe (#11)
How Strange - Ted Fio Rito (#16)
Hurry Home - Sammy Kaye (#4)
I Cried For You
I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Benny Goodman (#6)
I Get Along Without You Very Well
Image Of A Girl - Safaris (#6)
In My Little Corner Of The World - Anita Bryant (#10)
In The Still Of The Night - Dion (#38)
Is A Blue Bird Blue - Conway Twitty (#35)
Is There Any Chance - Marty Robbins (#31)
It Only Happened Yesterday - Jack Scott (#38)
It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley (#1)
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Pokadot Bikini - Brian Hyland (#1)
Jealous Of You (Tango Della Gelosia) - Connie Francis (#19)
Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms (#36)
Josephine - Bill Black's Combo (#18)
Jump Over - Freddy 'Boom Boom' Cannon (#28)
Just A Little - Brenda Lee (#40)
Just Come Home - Hugo And Luigi (#35)
Just One Time - Don Gibson (#29)
Kiddio - Brook Benton (#7)
Lady Luck - Lloyd Price (#14)
Last Date
Let It Be Me - The Everly Brothers (#7)
Let The Little Girl Dance - Billy Bland (#7)
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters (#6)
Let's Have A Party - Wanda Jackson (#37)
Let's Think About Living - Bob Luman (#7)
Like Strangers - The Everly Brothers (#22)
Little Bitty Girl - Bobby Rydell (#19)
Little Coco Palm - Jerry Wallace (#36)
The Little Drummer Boy - The Harry Simeone Chorale (#24)
Little Things Mean A Lot - Joni James (#35)
Lonely Blue Boy - Conway Twitty (#6)
Lonely Teenager - Dion (#12)
Lonely Weekends - Charlie Rich (#22)
Look For a Star - Garry Milles (#16)
Look For A Star - Deane Hawley (#29)
Look For a Star (Part 1)
Love Walked In - Dinah Washington (#30)
Love You So - Ron Holden And Thunderbirds (#7)
Lucille - The Everly Brothers (#21)
Lucky Devil - Carl Dobkins Jr. (#25)
Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald (#27)
The Madison - Al Brown's Tunetoppers (#23)
Madison Time (part 1) - Ray Bryant Combo (#30)
Mama - Connie Francis (#8)
Many Tears Ago - Connie Francis (#7)
Mess Of Blues - Elvis Presley (#32)
Midnite Special - Paul Evans (#16)
A Million To One - Jimmy Charles (#5)
Mission Bell - Donnie Brooks (#7)
Money (That’s What I Want) - Barrett Strong (#23)
Mountain Of Love - Harold Dorman (#21)
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne (#1)
Mr. Lucky - Henry Mancini And His Orchestra (#21)
Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen (#5)
My Dearest Darling - Etta James (#34)
My Girl Josephine - Fats Domino (#14)
My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own - Connie Francis (#1)
My Home Town - Paul Anka (#8)
Natural Born Lover - Fats Domino (#38)
Never On Sunday - Don Costa And His Orchestra (#19)
New Orleans - Gary U.S. Bonds (#6)
Night - Jackie Wilson (#4)
No If's - No And's - Lloyd Price (#40)
Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - The Flamingos (#30)
North To Alaska - Johnny Horton (#4)
Not One Minute More - Della Reese (#16)
O Dio Mio - Annette (#10)
Oh, Little One - Jack Scott (#34)
Ol' Macdonald - Frank Sinatra (#25)
Old Lamplighter - The Browns (#5)
One Of Us (Will Weep Tonight) - Patti Page (#31)
Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison (#2)
Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) - Jessie Hill (#28)
Outside My Window - The Fleetwoods (#28)
Over The Rainbow - The Dimensions (#16)
Paper Roses - Anita Bryant (#5)
Pennies From Heaven - The Skyliners (#24)
Perfidia (Tonight) - The Ventures (#15)
Peter Gunn - Duane Eddy (#27)
Pineapple Princess - Annette with the Afterbeats (#11)
Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin (#8)
Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson (#2)
Pretty Blue Eyes - Steve Lawrence (#9)
Puppy Love - Paul Anka (#2)
Question - Lloyd Price (#19)
Red Sails In The Sunset - The Platters (#36)
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (#14)
Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love) - Dinah Washington (#7)
Rockin' Little Angel - Ray Smith (#22)
Ruby - Ray Charles (#28)
Ruby Duby Du - Tobin Mathews And Co. (#30)
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - The Chipmunks (#21)
Run Red Run - The Coasters (#36)
Run Samson Run - Neil Sedaka (#28)
Runaround - The Fleetwoods (#23)
Running Bear - Johnny Preston (#1)
Sad Mood - Sam Cooke (#29)
Sailor (Your Home Is The Sea) - Lolita (#5)
Same One - Brook Benton (#16)
Sandy - Larry Hall (#15)
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters (#1)
Shimmy Shimmy Ko-Ko-Bop - Little Anthony And The Imperials (#24)
Sink The Bismarck - Johnny Horton (#3)
Sixteen Reasons - Connie Stevens (#3)
Sleep - Little Willie John (#13)
Smokie (Part 2) - Bill Black's Combo (#17)
So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) - The Everly Brothers (#7)
Stairway To Heaven - Neil Sedaka (#9)
Starbright - Johnny Mathis (#25)
Stay - Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs (#1)
Step By Step - The Crests (#14)
Sticks And Stones - Ray Charles (#40)
String Along - Fabian (#39)
Stuck On You - Elvis Presley (#1)
Summer Set - Monty Kelly And His Orchestra (#30)
Summer's Gone - Paul Anka (#11)
Sway - Bobby Rydell (#14)
Sweet Nothin's - Brenda Lee (#4)
Swingin' On A Rainbow - Frankie Avalon (#39)
Swingin' School - Bobby Rydell (#5)
T. L. C. (Tender Love And Care) - Jimmie Rodgers (#24)
Ta Ta - Clyde McPhatter (#23)
Talk That Talk - Jackie Wilson (#34)
Teddy - Connie Francis (#17)
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning (#1)
Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson (#7)
That's All You Gotta Do - Brenda Lee (#6)
Theme For Young Lovers - Percy Faith (#35)
Theme From 'A Summer Place' - Percy Faith (#1)
The Theme From 'The Apartment' (Jealous Lover) - Ferrante And Teicher (#10)
The Theme from 'The Unforgiven' (The Need for Love) - Don Costa And His Orchestra (#27)
(There Was A) Tall Oak Tree - Dorsey Burnette (#23)
There's Something On Your Mind - Bobby Marchan (#31)
Think - James Brown (#33)
This Bitter Earth - Dinah Washington (#24)
This Magic Moment - The Drifters (#16)
Thousand Stars - Kathy Young with the Innocents (#3)
Three Nights A Week - Fats Domino (#15)
Ties That Bind - Brook Benton (#37)
Time And The River - Nat King Cole (#30)
To Each His Own - The Platters (#21)
Togetherness - Frankie Avalon (#26)
Tonight's The Night - The Shirelles (#39)
Too Much Tequila - The Champs (#30)
Tracy's Theme - Spencer Ross (#13)
Train Of Love - Annette with the Afterbeats (#36)
Trouble In Paradise - The Crests (#20)
The Twist - Hank Ballard And The Midnighters (#28)
Twist - Chubby Checker (#1)
Twistin' U.S.A. - Danny And The Juniors (#27)
Village Of St. Bernadette - Andy Williams (#7)
Volare - Bobby Rydell (#4)
Wait For Me - The Playmates (#37)
Walk - Don't Run - The Ventures (#2)
Walkin' To New Orleans - Fats Domino (#6)
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Freddy 'Boom Boom' Cannon (#3)
(Welcome) New Lovers - Pat Boone (#18)
What Am I Living For - Conway Twitty (#26)
What In The World's Come Over You - Jack Scott (#5)
When Will I Be Loved - The Everly Brothers (#8)
When You Wish Upon A Star - Dion (#30)
Where Are You - Frankie Avalon (#32)
Where Or When - Dion (#3)
White Christmas - Bing Crosby (#26)
White Silver Sands - Bill Black's Combo (#9)
Wild One - Bobby Rydell (#2)
A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - Jackie Wilson (#15)
Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey - Bobby Darin (#19)
Wonderful World - Sam Cooke (#12)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Ricky Nelson (#34)
Yogi - The Ivy Three (#8)
You Got What It Takes - Marv Johnson (#10)
You Mean Everything To Me - Neil Sedaka (#17)
You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones (#3)
(You Were Made For) All My Love - Jackie Wilson (#12)
You're Sixteen - Johnny Burnette (#8)
(You've Got To) Move Two Mountains - Marv Johnson (#20)
Young Emotions - Ricky Nelson (#12)