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Songs from the Year 1929

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This page lists the top songs of 1929 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 Eddie Cantor Makin' Whoopee 1929 US Billboard 2 - 1929 (10 weeks), US BB 2 of 1929, POP 2 of 1929, RYM 8 of 1928, Brazil 16 of 1929, RIAA 126, Acclaimed 1362 (1928)
2 Ethel Waters Am I Blue? 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (15 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1929), US BB 8 of 1929, POP 8 of 1929, Brazil 19 of 1930
3 Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' 1929 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 (1929), RYM 1 of 1929, US Billboard 17 - 1929 (1 week), RIAA 41, Acclaimed 778 (1929)
4 Louis Armstrong When You're Smiling 1929 US BB 1 of 1929, POP 1 of 1929, US Billboard 15 - 1929 (2 weeks), RYM 35 of 1929
5 Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) Singin' in the Rain 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (12 weeks), US BB 3 of 1929, POP 3 of 1929, Brazil 8 of 1930
6 Nick Lucas Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (19 weeks), US BB 4 of 1929, Brazil 17 of 1930, POP 17 of 1929
7 Guy Lombardo Sweethearts On Parade 1929 US Billboard 1 - Dec 1928 (12 weeks), US BB 9 of 1929, POP 9 of 1929, Brazil 11 of 1929
8 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Honey 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (15 weeks), US BB 7 of 1929, POP 7 of 1929, Brazil 43 of 1930
9 Gene Austin Carolina Moon 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (14 weeks), US BB 12 of 1929, POP 12 of 1929, Brazil 44 of 1929
10 George Olsen A Precious Little Thing Called Love 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (11 weeks), US BB 13 of 1929, POP 13 of 1929, Brazil 62 of 1930
11 Paul Whiteman Great Day 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (9 weeks), US BB 10 of 1929, POP 10 of 1929
12 Maurice Chevalier Louise 1929 US Billboard 3 - 1929 (10 weeks), US BB 6 of 1929, POP 6 of 1929, Brazil 87 of 1930
13 Leo Reisman The Wedding of the Painted Doll 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (12 weeks), US BB 14 of 1929, POP 14 of 1929
14 Al Jolson Little Pal 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (10 weeks), US BB 16 of 1929, POP 18 of 1929
15 Charley Patton Pony Blues 1929 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1929), RYM 10 of 1929, Acclaimed 903 (1929)
16 Copley Palza Orchestra Pagan Love Song 1929 US BB 5 of 1929, POP 5 of 1929, Brazil 37 of 1930
17 Jimmie Rodgers Waiting For the Train 1929 RYM 3 of 1929, US Billboard 14 - 1929 (3 weeks), Scrobulate 69 of americana
18 Coon-Sanders Orchestra Little Orphan Annie 1929 US Billboard 16 - 1929 (2 weeks), US BB 17 of 1929, POP 20 of 1929
19 Clarence Smith Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 1929 US BB 15 of 1929, POP 16 of 1929, Acclaimed 1478 (1928)
20 Bessie Smith Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out 1929 RYM 2 of 1929, US Billboard 15 - 1929 (2 weeks)
21 Peter Dawson The Admiral's Broom 1929 Peel list 1 of 1929
22 Mario Reis Gosto Que Me Enrosco 1929 Brazil 1 of 1929
23 Fats Waller Sweet Savannah Sue 1929 RYM 1 of 1929
24 Bob Haring & His Orchestra Pagan Love Song 1929 US Billboard 1 - 1929 (11 weeks)
25 Guy Lombardo College Medley Fox Trot 1929 POP 4 of 1929, US Billboard 6 - 1929 (5 weeks)
26 Leo Reisman With a Song In My Heart 1929 US Billboard 3 - 1929 (9 weeks), Brazil 40 of 1930
27 Louis Armstrong Ain't Misbehavin' 1929 US Billboard 7 - 1929 (4 weeks), RYM 7 of 1929
28 Louis Armstrong Basin Street Blues 1929 RYM 6 of 1929, US Billboard 20 - 1938 (1 week)
29 The Kentuckey Serenaders If I Had a Talking Picture of You 1929 US BB 11 of 1929, POP 11 of 1929
30 Louis Armstrong St James Infirmary 1929 RYM 9 of 1929, US Billboard 15 - 1929 (3 weeks)
31 Al Jolson Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) 1929 US Billboard 9 - 1929 (4 weeks), Europe 21 of the 1930s (1929)
32 Ruth Etting Exactly Like You 1929 US Billboard 11 - 1930 (3 weeks), POP 15 of 1929
33 Paul Whiteman If I Had a Talking Picture of You 1929 US Billboard 7 - 1929 (7 weeks), Brazil 77 of 1930
34 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Coquette 1929 US Billboard 10 - 1929 (3 weeks), POP 19 of 1929
35 The Carter Family I'm Thinking Tonight of Two Blue Eyes 1929 US Billboard 10 - 1929 (4 weeks), RYM 83 of 1929
36 Arnold Johnson & His Orchestra Breakaway 1929 US Billboard 20 - 1929 (1 week), Brazil 95 of 1930
37 Marion Harris Nobody's Using It Now 1929 US Billboard 20 - 1930 (1 week), RYM 99 of 1929
38 Fats Waller Handful of Keys 1929 RYM 40 of 1929, Acclaimed 1187 (1929)
39 Meade Lux Lewis Honky Tonk Train Blues 1929 RYM 51 of 1929, WXPN 476
40 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Lonely Troubador 1929 US Billboard 2 - 1929 (8 weeks)
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