TOP MUSIC HITS FOR EACH YEAR (THE CHARTS) ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1930 1. "Happy Days Are Here Again" - Ben Selvin or Benny Meroff 2. "Puttin on the Ritz" - Harry Richman 3. "On The Sunny Side of the Street" - Ted Lewis 4. "To My Mammy" - Al Jolson 5. "Ten Cents A Dance" - Ruth Etting 6. "Three Little Words" - Duke Ellington 7. "Body and Soul" - Paul Whiteman 8. "Stein Song (University of Maine)" - Rudy Vallee 9. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman 10. "When It's Springtime In The Rockies" - Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra or Ben Selvin 11. "Chant of The Jungle" - Roy Ingraham 12. "Little White Lies" - Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians 13. "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" - McKinney's Cotton Pickers 14. "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" - Nat Shilkret 15. "You're Driving Me Crazy! (What Did I Do?)" - Guy Lombardo ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1931 1. "Just A Gigolo" - Ted Lewis 2. "I Got Rythym" - Red Nichols or Ethel Waters 3. "Minnie The Moocher" - Cab Calloway 4. "Good Night, Sweetheart" - Wayne King or Guy Lombardo 5. "Stardust" - Isham Jones 6. "As Time Goes By" Jacques Renard or Rudy Vallee 7. "Mood Indigo" - Duke Ellington 8. "Smile Darn Ya Smile" - Ben Selvin 9. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" - Wayne King 10. "Tiger Rag" - Mills Brothers 11. "Rockin' In Rhythm" - Duke Ellington 12. "Lady of Spain" - Ray Noble 13. "Out of Nowhere" - Bing Crosby 14. "(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time" - Guy Lombardo 15. "Just One More Chance" - Bing Crosby 16. "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five and Dime store)" - Fred Waring's Pennsylvanias 17. "At You Command" - Bing Crosby 18. "By The River St. Marie" - Guy Lombardo 19. "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" - Kate Smith 20. "Sweet and Lovely" - Gus Arnheim ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1932 1. "Night and Day" - Fred Astaire and Leo Reisman 2. "I've Got The World On A String" - Cab Calloway 3. "In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town" - Ted Lewis 4. "Willow Weep For Me" - Ted Fio Rito 5. "Dinah" - Bing Crosby & Mills Brothers 6. "Paradise" - Guy Lombardo or Leo Reisman 7. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" - Bing Crosby or Rudy Vallee 8. "All of Me" - Louis Armstrong or Paul Whiteman 9. "Please" - Bing Crosby 10. "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" - Guy Lombardo 11. "River, Stay 'Way From My Door" - Kate Smaith & Guy Lombardo 12. "Too Many Tears" - Guy Lombardo 13. "Lullaby of the Leaves" - George Olson 14. "MiMi" - Maurice Chevalier 15. "Where The Blue Of The Night (Meets The Gold of the Day)" - Bing Crosby ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1933 1. "Gold Digger's Song (We're In The Money)" - Dick Powell or Ted Weems or Dick Powell 2. "Sophisticated Lady" - Duke Ellington 3. "Stormy Weather" - Ethel Waters 4. "Love is The Sweetest Thing" - Ray Noble 5. "Hold Me" - Eddie Duchin or Ted Fio Rito 6. "The Last Round-Up" - George Olson or Guy Lombardo 7. "Yesterdays" - Leo Reisman 8. "Lover (Rodgers & Hart)" - Paul Whiteman or Greta Keller or Guy Lombardo 9. "Forty-Second Street" - Don Bestor 10. "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" - Bing Crosby 11. "Lazybones" - Ted Williams 12. "Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?" - Eddy Duchin ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1934 1. "Winter Wonderland" - Guy Lombardo 2. "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" - Paul Whiteman 3. "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Ben selvin or Eddy Duchin or Jane Froman 4. "Moon Glow" - Benny Goodman 5. "Stompin' At The Savoy" - Chick Webb 6. "Forty-Second Street" - Don Bestor 7. "The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing)" - Leo Reisman 8. "Cocktails For Two" - Duke Ellington 9. "April In Paris" - Freddy Martin or Henry King 10. "Very Thought Of You" - Ray Noble 11. "The Old Spinning Wheel" - Ray Noble 12. "Stars Fell on Alabama" - Guy Lombardo 13. "Let's Fall In Love" - Eddie Duchin 14. "My Little Grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" - Ted Fio Rito 15. "June in January" - Bing Crosby 16. "I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)" - Chick Webb 17. "I Saw Stars" - Freddy Martin 18. "You Oughta Be In Pictures" - Rudy Vallee 19. "Love in Bloom" - Bing Crosby 20. "The Carioca" - Enric Madriguera ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1935 1. "On The Good Ship Lollipop" - Shirley Temple 2. "Cheek To Cheek" - Fred Astaire 3. "Blue Moon" - Glen Gray 4. "You're The Top" - Cole Porter 5. "It Ain't Necessarily So" - Leo Reisman 6. "Red Sails In The Sunset" - Guy Lombardo or Bing Crosby 7. "Top Hat" - Fred Astaire 8. "Truckin'" - Fats Waller 9. "Lullaby of Broadway" - Dorsey Brothers or Little Jack Little 10. "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" - Nelson Eddie 11. "I'm In The Mood For Love" - Little Jack Little or Louis Armstrong 12. "Lovely To Look At" - Eddy Duchin 13. "Chasing Shadows" - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra 14. "In A Little Gypsy Tea Room" - Bob Crosby 15. "She's a Latin From Manhattan" - Victor Young 16. "Isle of Capri" - Ray Noble 17. "And Then Some" - Ozzie Nelson 18. "You Are My Lucky Star" - Eddy Duchin 19. "The Music Goes Round and Round" - Edyth Wright, Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1936 1. "Pennies From Heaven" - Bing Crosby 2. "Way You Look Tonight" - Fred Astaire 3. "Alone" - Tommy Dorsey 4. "The Music Goes Round and Round" - Tommy Dorsey 5. "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" - Benny Goodman 6. "Goody Goody" - Benny Goodman 7. "It's A Sin To Tell a Lie" - Fats Waller 8. "Easy To Love" - Shep Feilds 9. "It's a Sin To tell a Lie" - Fats Waller 10. "Glory Of Love" - Benny Goodman 11. "Did I Remember?" - Shep Fields 12. "A Fine Romance" - Fred Astaire 13. "Is It True What they Say About Dixie?" - Jimmy Dorsey 14. "A Melody From the Sky" - Jan Garber 15. "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" - Fred Astaire 16. "Moon Over Miami" - Eddy Duchin 17. "A Beautiful Lady In Blue" - Jan Gaber 18. "Until The Real Thing Comes Along" - Andy Kirk 19. "There's a Small Hotel" - Hal Kemp 20. "All My Life" - Fats Waller ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1937 1. "One O'Clock Jump" - Count Basie 2. "Harbor Lights" - Fances Langford or Claude Thornhill 3. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" - Fred Astaire 4. "It's De-Lovely" - Eddy Duchin 5. "The Lady Is A Tramp" - Tommy Dorsey or Sophie Tucker 6. "I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm" - Billy Holiday or Ray Noble or Glen Gray 7. "Sweet Leilani" - Bing Crosby 8. "Song of India" - Tommy Dorsey 9. "Caravan" - Duke Ellington 10. "Goodnight, My Love" - Benny Goodman 11. "September In the Rain" - Guy Lombardo 12. "The Moon Got in My Eyes" - Bing Crosby 13. "That Old Feeling" - Shep Fields 14. "The Dipsy Doodle" - Tommy Dorsey 15. "Satan takes a Holiday" - Tommy Dorsey 16. "It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane" - Guy Lombardo 17. "Whispers In The Dark" - Bob Crosby 18. "Boo Hoo" - Guy Lombardo 19. "This Year's Kisses" - Benny Goodman or Hal Kemp 20. "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" - Russ Morgan or Shep Fields ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1938 1. "Whistle While You Work" - Seven Dwarfs 2. "Begin the Beguine" - Artie Shaw 3. "Sing Sing Sing" - Benny Goodman 4. "Shortenin' Bread" - Andrews Sisters 5. "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" - Andrews sisters 6. "Heart and Soul" - Larry Clinton 7. "You Go To My Head" - Larry Clinton 8. "A Tisket A Tasket" - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb 9. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" - Bing Crosby & Connee Boswel 10. "I Let a Song Go out Of My Heart" - Duke Ellington 11. "Music, Maestro, Please" - Tommy Dorsey 12. "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" - Bing Crosby 13. "Nice Work If You Can Get It" - Fred Astaire 14. "Don't Be That Way" - Benny Goodman 15. "I Can't Get Started" - Bunny Berigan 16. "Change Partners" - Fred Astaire 17. "My Reverie" - Larry Clinton 18. "Cry, Baby, Cry" - Larry Clintonl 19. "My Reverie" - Larry Clinton 20. "I've Got A Pocket Full of Dreams" - Bing Crosby ************************************************************* Top 100 Hits of 1939 1. "Over The Rainbow" - Judy Garland 2. "God Bless America" - Kate Smith 3. "In The Mood" - Glenn Miller 4. "When The Saints Go Marching In" - Louis Armstrong 5. "Moonlight Serenade" - Glenn Miller 6. "Beer Barrel Polka" - Will Glahe 7. "Sunrise Serenade" - Glenn Miller 8. "Three Little Fishies" - Kay Kyser 9. "Little Brown Jug" - Glenn Miller 10. "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" - Shep Fields 11. "Jeepers Creepers" - Al Donohue 12. "If I Didn't Care" - Ink Spots 13. "Wishing (Will Make It So)" - Glenn Miller 14. "And The Angels Sing" - Benny Goodman 15. "Deep Purple" - Larry Clinton 16. "Heaven can Wait" - Glen Gray 17. "They Say" - Artie Shaw 18. "Stairway To The Stars" - Glenn Miller 19. "Says My Heart" - Red Norvo 20. "Scatter-Brain" - Frankie Masters *************************************************************
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