This is a list of number-one singles in the United States during the 1930s according to music historian Joel Whitburn.
Before the 1930s, only sporadic popular music charts appeared. In 1935, Your Hit Parade began publishing music charts, which were the first regular and consistently updated in the American music industry. Although Billboard magazine had featured charts before, in 1940, the trade paper began publishing them regularly, overtaking Your Hit Parade with its methodology and scope. Chart data is pulled from music historian Joel Whitburn, who, in addition to using Your Hit Parade and Billboard, has used historical sources such as press releases, news stories, and sales data to best represent what prospective charts would've looked like had they been regularly published.
Number ones edit
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- ♪ – Number-one single of the year
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| ←1920s • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • The first Billboard singles charts → |
| Reached number one | Artist(s) | Single | Record label | Weeks at number one |
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| 1939 | |||||
| January 7, 1939 | Artie Shaw | "They Say" | Bluebird | 2 | [1] |
| January 14, 1939 | Al Donahue |
"Jeepers Creepers" |
Vocalion |
5 | |
| Artie Shaw | "Thanks for Ev'rything" |
Bluebird | 1 | ||
| February 4, 1939 | Kay Kyser | "The Umbrella Man" | Brunswick | ||
| February 11, 1939 | Larry Clinton | "Deep Purple" ♪ (1939) | Victor | 9 | |
| March 18, 1939 | Guy Lombardo | "Penny Serenade" | Decca | 1 | |
| April 22, 1939 | Glen Gray | "Heaven Can Wait" | 2 | ||
| May 6, 1939 | Tommy Dorsey | "Our Love" | Victor | 1 | |
| May 13, 1939 | Benny Goodman | "And the Angels Sing" | 5 | ||
| May 20, 1939 | Kay Kyser | "(Boop-Boop Dit-Tem Dot-Tem What-Tem Chu!) Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo)" | Brunswick | 2 | |
| June 3, 1939 | Glahé Musette Orchestra |
"Beer Barrel-Polka" | Victor | 4 | |
| June 10, 1939 | Glenn Miller | "Wishing (Will Make It So)" | Bluebird | ||
| July 8, 1939 | "Stairway To The Stars" | ||||
| August 12, 1939 | "Moon Love" | ||||
| Glen Gray | "Sunrise Serenade" | Decca | 2 | ||
| September 9, 1939 | Glenn Miller | "Over the Rainbow" | Bluebird | 7 | |
| "The Man With The Mandolin" | 3 | ||||
| September 30, 1939 | "Blue Orchids" | 1 | |||
| October 21, 1939 | Bob Crosby | "Day In-Day Out" | Decca | ||
| November 4, 1939 | Shep Fields | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Bluebird | 5 | |
| November 11, 1939 | The Ink Spots | "Address Unknown" | Decca | 1 | |
| November 25, 1939 | Shep Fields | "Scatter-Brain" | Bluebird | ||
| December 16, 1939 | Glenn Miller | "In the Mood" | |||
| December 23, 1939 | Shep Fields | "Scatter-Brain" | Vocalion | 6 | |
| 1940 | |||||
| February 10, 1940 | Glenn Miller | "In the Mood" ♪ (1940) | Bluebird | 12 | [1][2] |
| May 4, 1940 | "Tuxedo Junction" | 9 | |||
| July 6, 1940 | "The Woodpecker Song" | 5 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2015). "The #1 Hits". Pop Memories 1900-1940. Record Research. p. 295–297. ISBN 978-0-89820-216-8.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). "#1 Singles". Pop Hits Singles and Albums, 1940-1954. Record Research. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-89820-198-7.
[on "In the Mood"]: includes 1 week at #1 in 1939, 12/16.
1940
Category:1940 record charts
Category:1940 in American music