List of ''Your Hit Parade'' number-one singles of the 1930s

This article is about the US number-one songs chart held during the 1930s.

Your Hit Parade was an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1953 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television. In 1935, they began publishing the earliest weekly music chart, preceding the Billboard number-one singles chart, which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, since July 27, 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.

Before the Billboard era, the Your Hit Parade chart was established in April 1935, which operated under a proprietary formula to determine the sales rankings of 78 rpm singles. This listing runs from the beginning of Your Hit Parade, April 20, 1935, until July 20, 1940, the week before Billboard would publish its first chart.

Number ones

Contents
←1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1940s →
Guy Lombardo replaced himself at the number-one slot seven times total, with a record five consecutive in 1937.
Reached
number one		 Artist(s) Single Record label Weeks at
number one		 Ref
1935
April 20,
1935		Bing Crosby"Soon"
Decca
1
[1]
April 27,
1935		Eddie Duchin"Lovely to Look At"
Victor
1
[1]
May 4,
1935		The Dorsey Brothers"Lullaby of Broadway"
2
[1]
May 18,
1935		Guy Lombardo"What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)"
Decca
2
[1]
June 1,
1935		Ruth Etting"Life is a Song"
Columbia
2
[1]
June 15,
1935		Bob Crosby"In a Little Gypsy Tea Room"
Decca
1
[1]
June 22,
1935		The Dorsey Brothers"Chasing Shadows"
3
[1]
July 13,
1935		Bob Crosby"In a Little Gypsy Tea Room"
1
[1]
July 20,
1935		The Dorsey Brothers"Chasing Shadows"
1
[1]
July 27,
1935		Hal Kemp"In the Middle of A Kiss"
Brunswick
1
[1]
August 3,
1935		The Dorsey Brothers"Chasing Shadows"
Decca
1
[1]
August 10,
1935		Ray Noble"Paris in the Spring"
Victor
1
[1]
August 17,
1935		Ozzie Nelson"And Then Some"
Brunswick
1
[1]
August 24,
1935		Tom Coakley"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"
Victor
1
[1]
August 31,
1935		Eddie Duchin"You're All I Need"
1
[1]
September 7,
1935		Tom Coakley"East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)"
2
[1]
September 21,
1935		Little Jack Little"I'm in the Mood for Love"
Columbia
1
[1]
September 28,
1935		Fred Astaire"Cheek to Cheek"
Brunswick
5
[1]
November 2,
1935		Eddie Duchin"You Are My Lucky Star"
Victor
3
[1]
November 23,
1935		Guy Lombardo"Red Sails in the Sunset"
Decca
4
[1]
December 21,
1935		Tommy Dorsey"On Treasure Island"
1
[1]
December 28,
1935		Fats Waller"A Little Bit Independent"
Victor
2
[1]
1936
January 11,
1936		Tommy Dorsey"The Music Goes Round and Round"
Victor
3
[1]
February 1,
1936		Eddie Duchin"Moon Over Miami"
1
[1]
February 8,
1936		Tommy Dorsey"Alone"
4
[1]
March 7,
1936		Eddie Duchin"Lights Out"
1
[1]
March 14,
1936		Tommy Dorsey"Alone"
1
[1]
March 21,
1936		Eddie Duchin"Lights Out"
1
[1]
March 28,
1936		Benny Goodman"Goody Goody"
4
[1]
April 25,
1936		Guy Lombardo"Lost"
1
[1]
May 16,
1936		Jan Garber"Melody From The Sky"
Decca
1
[1]
May 30,
1936		Guy Lombardo"Lost"
Victor
1
[1]
June 6,
1936		Jimmy Dorsey"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"
Decca
4
[1]
July 4,
1936		Benny Goodman"The Glory of Love"
Victor
1
[1]
July 11,
1936		Jimmy Dorsey"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"
Decca
1
[1]
July 18,
1936		Eddy Duchin"Take My Heart"
Victor
2
[1]
August 1,
1936		Benny Goodman"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"
2
[1]
August 15,
1936		Hal Kemp"When I'm With You"
Brunswick
2
[1]
August 29,
1936		Shep Fields"Did I Remember"
Bluebird
6
[1]
October 10,
1936		Guy Lombardo"When Did You Leave Heaven"
Victor
2
[1]
October 24,
1936		Fred Astaire"The Way You Look Tonight"
Brunswick
6
[1]
December 5,
1936		Eddie Duchin"I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs"
Victor
1
[1]
December 12,
1936		Shep Fields"In the Chapel in the Moonlight"
Bluebird
1
[1]
December 19,
1936		Bing Crosby"Pennies from Heaven"
Decca
1
[1]
December 26,
1936		Shep Fields"In the Chapel in the Moonlight"
Bluebird
1
[1]
1937
January 9,
1937		Bing Crosby"Pennies from Heaven"
Decca
1
[1]
January 16,
1937		Eddie Duchin"It's De-Lovely"
Victor
1
[1]
January 23,
1937		Bing Crosby"Pennies from Heaven"
Decca
2
[1]
February 13,
1937		Benny Goodman"Goodnight My Love"
Victor
1
[1]
February 20,
1937		Henry Busse"With Plenty of Money and You"
Decca
1
[1]
February 27,
1937		Benny Goodman"Goodnight My Love"
Victor
2
[1]
March 13,
1937		Guy Lombardo"When My Dream Boat Comes Home"
1
[1]
March 20,
1937		Benny Goodman"This Year's Kisses"
2
[1]
April 3,
1937		Guy Lombardo"Boo-Hoo"
6
[1]
May 15,
1937		"September in the Rain"
1
[1]
May 22,
1937		Teddy Wilson and Billy Holiday"Carelessly"
Brunswick
2
[1]
June 5,
1937		Guy Lombardo"September in the Rain"
Victor
4
[1]
July 3,
1937		"It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane"
5
[1]
August 7,
1937		"A Sailboat in the Moonlight"
1
[1]
August 14,
1937		"It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane"
1
[1]
August 21,
1937		"A Sailboat in the Moonlight"
2
[1]
September 4,
1937		Bob Crosby"Whispers in the Dark"
Decca
1
[1]
September 11,
1937		Guy Lombardo"So Rare"
Victor
1
[1]
September 18,
1937		Bob Crosby"Whispers in the Dark"
Decca
3
[1]
October 9,
1937		Shep Fields"That Old Feeling"
Bluebird
4
[1]
November 6,
1937		Bing Crosby"Remember Me?"
Decca
1
[1]
November 13,
1937		Teddy Wilson"You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming"
Brunswick
1
[1]
November 20,
1937		Rudy Vallee"Vieni,
Vieni"
Bluebird
1
[1]
November 27,
1937		Tommy Dorsey"Once in a While"
Victor
8
[1]
1938
January 15,
1938		Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye"Rosalie"
Vocalion
1
[1]
January 22,
1938		The Andrews Sisters"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön"
Decca
1
[1]
January 29,
1938		Dolly Dawn"You're a Sweetheart"
Vocalion
1
[1]
February 5,
1938		Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye"Rosalie"
1
[1]
February 12,
1938		The Andrews Sisters"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön"
Decca
1
[1]
February 19,
1938		Dolly Dawn"You're a Sweetheart"
Vocalion
1
[1]
February 26,
1938		Russ Morgan"I Double Dare You"
Brunswick
1
[1]
March 5,
1938		Shep Fields"Thanks for the Memory"
Bluebird
3
[1]
March 26,
1938		Horace Heidt"Ti-Pin-Pin"
Brunswick
6
[1]
May 7,
1938		Red Norvo"Please Be Kind"
1
[1]
May 14,
1938		Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye"Love Walked In"
Vocalion
4
[1]
June 11,
1938		Larry Clinton"Cry, Baby, Cry"
Victor
2
[1]
June 18,
1938		Red Norvo"Says My Heart"
Brunswick
4
[1]
July 16,
1938		Tommy Dorsey"Music, Maestro, Please"
Victor
2
[1]
July 30,
1938		Duke Ellington"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
Brunswick
1
[1]
August 6,
1938		Tommy Dorsey"Music, Maestro, Please"
Victor
2
[1]
August 20,
1938		Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald"A-Tisket, A-Tasket"
Decca
6
[1]
October 1,
1938		Bing Crosby"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams"
2
[1]
October 15,
1938		Fred Astaire"Change Partners"
Brunswick
1
[1]
October 22,
1938		Bing Crosby"I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams"
Decca
2
[1]
November 5,
1938		Fred Astaire"Change Partners"
Brunswick
1
[1]
November 12,
1938		Larry Clinton"My Reverie"
Victor
7
[1]
December 31,
1938		Bing Crosby"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
Decca
1
[1]
1939
January 7,
1939		Larry Clinton"My Reverie"
Victor
1
[1]
January 14,
1939		Bing Crosby"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
Decca
1
[1]
January 21,
1939		Al Donahue"Jeepers Creepers"
Vocalion
1
[1]
January 28,
1939		Bing Crosby"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
Decca
1
[1]
February 4,
1939		Al Donahue"Jeepers Creepers"
Vocalion
4
[1]
March 4,
1939		Larry Clinton"Deep Purple"
Victor
7
[1]
April 22,
1939		Glen Gray"Heaven Can Wait"
Decca
2
[1]
May 6,
1939		Tommy Dorsey"Our Love"
Victor
2
[1]
May 20,
1939		Benny Goodman"And the Angels Sing"
4
[1]
June 17,
1939		Glenn Miller"Wishing (Will Make It So)"
Bluebird
4
[1]
July 15,
1939		"Stairway to the Stars"
4
[1]
August 12,
1939		"Moon Love"
4
[1]
September 9,
1939		"Over the Rainbow"
6
[1]
October 21,
1939		Bob Crosby"Day In, Day Out"
Decca
1
[1]
October 28,
1939		Glenn Miller"Over the Rainbow"
Bluebird
1
[1]
November 4,
1939		"Blue Orchids"
1
[1]
November 11,
1939		Shep Fields"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"
3
[1]
December 2,
1939		Frankie Masters"Scatter-Brain"
Vocalion
1
[1]
December 9,
1939		Shep Fields"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"
Bluebird
1
[1]
December 16,
1939		Frankie Masters"Scatter-Brain"
Vocalion
1
[1]
December 23,
1939		Shep Fields"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"
Bluebird
1
[1]
December 30,
1939		Frankie Masters"Scatter-Brain"
Vocalion
4
[1]
1940
January 27,
1940		Tommy Dorsey"All the Things You Are"
Victor
1
[1]
February 3,
1940		Glenn Miller"Careless"
Bluebird
1
[1]
February 10,
1940		Tommy Dorsey"All the Things You Are"
Victor
1
[1]
February 17,
1940		Glenn Miller"Careless"
Bluebird
1
[1]
February 24,
1940		Tommy Dorsey"Indian Summer"
Victor
1
[1]
March 2,
1940		Glenn Miller"Careless"
Bluebird
2
[1]
March 16,
1940		Benny Goodman"Darn That Dream"
Columbia
1
[1]
March 23,
1940		Glenn Miller"Careless"
Bluebird
1
[1]
March 30,
1940		"When You Wish Upon a Star"
5
[1]
May 4,
1940		"The Woodpecker Song"
7
[1]
June 22,
1940		"Imagination"
1
[1]
June 29,
1940		Mitchell Ayres"Make Believe Island"
1
[1]
July 6,
1940		Glenn Miller"Imagination"
2
[1]
July 20,
1940		"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"
1
[1]

Statistics by decade

By artist

The following artists achieved five or more number-one hits during the period 1935–1940. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration.

Artist Number-one hits
Glenn Miller 10
Guy Lombardo
Tommy Dorsey†
Eddie Duchin 8
Benny Goodman 7
Shep Fields 5
Bing Crosby

† Includes 2 number-one hits co-leading The Dorsey Brothers

Artists by total number of weeks at number-one

The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1935–1940.

Artist Weeks at number-one
Glenn Miller 45
Guy Lombardo 33
Tommy Dorsey
32†
Shep Fields 20
Benny Goodman 17
Larry Clinton
Bing Crosby 13
Fred Astaire

† Includes 2 number-one hits co-leading The Dorsey Brothers

Songs by total number of weeks at number-one

The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1935–1940.

Weeks at
number one		 Song Artist(s)
8 "Once in a While" Tommy Dorsey
7 "My Reverie" Larry Clinton
"Deep Purple"
"The Woodpecker Song" Glenn Miller
6 "Did I Remember" Shep Fields
"The Way You Look Tonight" Fred Astaire
"Boo-Hoo" Guy Lombardo
"Ti-Pin-Pin" Horace Heidt
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald
"Over the Rainbow" Glenn Miller
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"
5 "Cheek to Cheek" Fred Astaire
"It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" Guy Lombardo
"When You Wish Upon a Star" Glenn Miller

See also

References

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