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Songs from the Year 1931

Other Years: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

This page lists the top songs of 1931 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 they are based on fairly subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Minnie the Moocher 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (17 weeks), RYM 1 of 1931, US BB 3 of 1931, POP 3 of 1931, RIAA 82, Scrobulate 87 of swing, Acclaimed 649
2 Ted Lewis & His Orchestra Just a Gigolo 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 1 of 1931, POP 1 of 1931, Brazil 41 of 1931
3 Duke Ellington Mood Indigo 1931 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975, US Billboard 3 - 1931 (10 weeks), RYM 3 of 1931, US BB 7 of 1931, POP 7 of 1931, Acclaimed 518
4 Bing Crosby Out of Nowhere 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 13 of 1931, POP 13 of 1931, Europe 54 of the 1930s, Brazil 57 of 1931
5 Guy Lombardo Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (11 weeks), US BB 4 of 1931, POP 4 of 1931, RYM 40 of 1931
6 Wayne King Dream a Little Dream of Me 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (12 weeks), US BB 9 of 1931, POP 9 of 1931, RYM 14 of 1931
7 The Mills Brothers Tiger Rag 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (13 weeks), US BB 10 of 1931, POP 10 of 1931, Brazil 50 of 1932
8 Bing Crosby At Your Command 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (9 weeks), US BB 17 of 1931, POP 17 of 1931, Europe 48 of the 1930s
9 Wayne King Good Night Sweetheart 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (15 weeks), POP 4 of 1931, Brazil 41 of 1932
10 Red Nichols I Got Rhythm 1931 US BB 2 of 1931, POP 2 of 1931, US Billboard 5 - Dec 1930 (8 weeks)
11 Guy Lombardo (There Ought to Be A) Moonlight Savings Time 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 14 of 1931, POP 14 of 1931
12 Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five & Dime store) 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (6 weeks), US BB 16 of 1931, POP 16 of 1931
13 Bing Crosby Just One More Chance 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (19 weeks), POP 15 of 1931, Europe 19 of the 1930s
14 Guy Lombardo By the River St Marie 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (11 weeks), US BB 18 of 1931, POP 18 of 1931
15 Kate Smith When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 19 of 1931, POP 19 of 1931
16 Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra Sweet & Lovely 1931 US Billboard 1 - 1931 (14 weeks), US BB 20 of 1931, POP 20 of 1931
17 Duke Ellington Rockin' in Rhythm 1931 US BB 11 of 1931, POP 11 of 1931, RYM 15 of 1931, US Billboard 19 - 1931 (1 weeks)
18 Cab Calloway Minnie the Moocher 1931 Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, Brazil 32 of 1931
19 Ray Noble Lady of Spain 1931 US Billboard 5 - 1931 (15 weeks), US BB 12 of 1931, POP 12 of 1931
20 Ben Selvin Smile Darn Ya Smile 1931 US BB 8 of 1931, POP 8 of 1931, US Billboard 14 - 1931 (2 weeks)
21 Ethel Waters I Got Rhythm 1931 POP 2 of 1931, US Billboard 17 - 1931 (1 weeks)
22 Clyde McCoy & His Orchestra Sugar Blues 1931 US Billboard 2 - 1931 (20 weeks), Brazil 78 of 1932
23 Orquestra Colbaz Tico-Tico no Fuba 1931 Brazil 1 of 1931
24 Layton & Johnstone Oh Donna Clara 1931 Peel list 1 of 1931
25 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Doin' the Rhumba 1931 RYM 1 of 1931
26 Bing Crosby Just a Gigolo 1931 Peel list 3 of 1931, US Billboard 12 - 1931 (2 weeks)
27 Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians Dancing in the Dark 1931 US Billboard 3 - 1931 (11 weeks), Brazil 18 of 1932
28 Bing Crosby Dancing in the Dark 1931 US Billboard 3 - 1931 (6 weeks), Brazil 31 of 1932
29 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra St James Infirmary 1931 US Billboard 3 - 1931 (8 weeks), RYM 43 of 1931
30 Russ Columbo Good Night Sweetheart 1931 US Billboard 3 - 1931 (5 weeks), Brazil 100 of 1932
31 Wayne King Wabash Moon 1931 US Billboard 4 - 1931 (11 weeks), RYM 14 of 1931
32 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Kickin' the Gong Around 1931 US Billboard 4 - 1931 (7 weeks), RYM 20 of 1931
33 Duke Ellington Limehouse Blues 1931 RYM 5 of 1931, US Billboard 13 - 1931 (3 weeks)
34 Louis Armstrong (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You 1931 RYM 6 of 1931, US Billboard 13 - 1931 (3 weeks)
35 Libby Holman Love for Sale 1931 US Billboard 5 - 1931 (8 weeks), Brazil 98 of 1931
36 Gene Autry & Jimmy Long That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine 1931 US Billboard 7 - 1935 (5 weeks), RYM 65 of 1931
37 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra Cuban Love Song 1931 US Billboard 7 - 1931 (4 weeks), Brazil 67 of 1932
38 Ruth Etting I'm Good for Nothing but Love 1931 US Billboard 7 - 1931 (6 weeks), RYM 85 of 1931
39 Alfredo Brito & His Siboney Orchestra Siboney 1931 Brazil 15 of 1932, US Billboard 17 - 1931 (2 weeks)
40 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 1931 US Billboard 15 - 1931 (3 weeks), RYM 20 of 1931
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