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Songs from the Year 1927

Other Years: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

This page lists the top songs of 1927 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Gene Austin My Blue Heaven 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (26 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978 (1928), US BB 2 of 1927, POP 3 of 1927, RYM 13 of 1927, Brazil 15 of 1928, DMDB 53 (1927)
2 Frankie Trumbauer Singin' the Blues 1927 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1977 (1927), US BB 5 of 1927, POP 5 of 1927, US Billboard 9 - 1927 (6 weeks), RYM 49 of 1927, Acclaimed 1917 (1927)
3 Bix Beiderbecke In a Mist 1927 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1980 (1927), RYM 7 of 1927, US BB 10 of 1927, POP 10 of 1927, US Billboard 20 - 1928 (1 week), Acclaimed 1477 (1927)
4 Sophie Tucker & Ted Lewis Some of These Days 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (12 weeks), US BB 12 of 1927, POP 12 of 1927, Brazil 20 of 1927, RIAA 314, Acclaimed 1559 (1911)
5 Whistling Jack Smith Me & My Shadow 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (14 weeks), US BB 4 of 1927, POP 4 of 1927, Brazil 24 of 1927, RIAA 289
6 Ben Bernie Ain't She Sweet? 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (12 weeks), US BB 1 of 1927, POP 2 of 1927
7 Gertrude Lawrence Someone to Watch Over Me 1927 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1927), US Billboard 2 - 1927 (11 weeks), US BB 3 of 1927, POP 7 of 1927
8 Hoagy Carmichael Stardust 1927 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 (1927), RYM 13 of 1928, RIAA 40, DMDB 43 (1929), Acclaimed 654 (1927)
9 Blind Lemon Jefferson Matchbox Blues 1927 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1927), RYM 1 of 1927, Acclaimed 1061 (1927)
10 Ben Selvin Blue Skies 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (9 weeks), US BB 6 of 1927, POP 6 of 1927, Brazil 37 of 1927
11 Paul Whiteman In a Little Spanish Town 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (15 weeks), US BB 11 of 1927, POP 11 of 1927, Brazil 21 of 1927
12 Gene Austin Tonight You Belong to Me 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (13 weeks), US BB 13 of 1927, POP 13 of 1927, Brazil 26 of 1927
13 George Olsen At Sundown (When Love is Calling Me Home) 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (12 weeks), US BB 14 of 1927, POP 14 of 1927, Brazil 32 of 1927
14 Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra Russian Lullaby 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (15 weeks), US BB 17 of 1927, POP 17 of 1927, Brazil 38 of 1928
15 Guy Lombardo Charmaine 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (15 weeks), US BB 18 of 1927, POP 18 of 1927, Brazil 32 of 1928
16 Red Nichols Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (15 weeks), US BB 19 of 1927, POP 19 of 1927, Brazil 43 of 1928
17 Moran & Mack Two Black Crows, Parts 1 & 2 (The Early Bird Catches The Worm) 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (12 weeks), US BB 15 of 1927, POP 15 of 1927
18 George Olsen Varsity Drag 1927 US Billboard 4 - 1927 (7 weeks), US BB 7 of 1927, POP 9 of 1927, Brazil 73 of 1928
19 Nick Lucas I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 1927 POP 1 of 1927, US Billboard 2 - 1927 (10 weeks)
20 Ben Bernie I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover 1927 POP 1 of 1927, US Billboard 3 - 1927 (8 weeks)
21 Gene Austin Forgive Me 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (11 weeks), Brazil 38 of 1927
22 Paul Whiteman My Blue Heaven 1927 US Billboard 1 - 1927 (16 weeks), Brazil 47 of 1928
23 Vernon Dalhart Lindbergh (Eagle of the USA) 1927 US Billboard 4 - 1927 (5 weeks), US BB 9 of 1927, POP 20 of 1927
24 Vernon Dalhart Lucky Lindy 1927 US BB 8 of 1927, POP 8 of 1927, US Billboard 11 - 1927 (2 weeks)
25 DeFord Bailey Pan American Blues 1927 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1927)
26 Gastao Formenti Anoitecer 1927 Brazil 1 of 1927
27 Nat Shilkret Flapperette 1927 Peel list 3 of 1927, US Billboard 6 - 1927 (5 weeks)
28 Blind Lemon Jefferson Black Snake Moan 1927 RYM 1 of 1927
29 George Olsen The Best Things in Life Are Free 1927 US Billboard 3 - 1927 (9 weeks), Brazil 66 of 1928
30 Paul Whiteman Side By Side 1927 US Billboard 3 - 1927 (8 weeks), RYM 90 of 1927
31 Jelly Roll Morton Mr Jelly Lord 1927 RYM 4 of 1927, POP 16 of 1927
32 Ruth Etting Shaking the Blues Away 1927 US Billboard 4 - 1927 (8 weeks), RYM 48 of 1927
33 Vaughn Deleath Are You Lonesome Tonight? 1927 US Billboard 4 - 1927 (7 weeks), Brazil 86 of 1928
34 Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground 1927 Peel list 4 of 1927, Acclaimed 1799 (1927)
35 Louis Armstrong Potato Head Blues 1927 RYM 6 of 1927, US Billboard 12 - 1927 (3 weeks)
36 Jimmie Rodgers The Soldier's Sweetheart 1927 US Billboard 9 - Dec 1927 (5 weeks), RYM 12 of 1927
37 Bessie Smith After You've Gone 1927 US Billboard 7 - 1927 (4 weeks), RYM 23 of 1927
38 Bessie Smith A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1927 RYM 10 of 1927, US Billboard 13 - 1928 (2 weeks)
39 Irving Kaufman The Little White House (At the End of Honeymoon Lane) 1927 US Billboard 6 - 1927 (7 weeks), Brazil 100 of 1928
40 Paul Whiteman I'm Comin', Virginia 1927 US Billboard 6 - 1927 (4 weeks), RYM 111 of 1938
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