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Songs from the Year 1931

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 very few available charts (at that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are mostly based on subjective charts.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Minnie the Moocher 1931 US Bullfrog 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 Duke Ellington Mood Indigo 1931 US Bullfrog 3 - 1931 (10 weeks), RYM 3 of 1931, US BB 7 of 1931, POP 7 of 1931, Acclaimed 518
3 Bing Crosby Out of Nowhere 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 13 of 1931, POP 13 of 1931, Europe 54 of the 1930s
4 Bing Crosby At Your Command 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (9 weeks), US BB 17 of 1931, POP 17 of 1931, Europe 48 of the 1930s
5 Ted Lewis Just a Gigolo 1931 US BB 1 of 1931, POP 1 of 1931
6 The Mills Brothers Tiger Rag 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (13 weeks), US BB 10 of 1931, POP 10 of 1931
7 Guy Lombardo (There Ought to Be A) Moonlight Savings Time 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 14 of 1931, POP 14 of 1931
8 Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five & Dime store) 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (6 weeks), US BB 16 of 1931, POP 16 of 1931
9 Bing Crosby Just One More Chance 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (19 weeks), POP 15 of 1931, Europe 19 of the 1930s
10 Guy Lombardo By the River St Marie 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (11 weeks), US BB 18 of 1931, POP 18 of 1931
11 Kate Smith When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (8 weeks), US BB 19 of 1931, POP 19 of 1931
12 Duke Ellington Rockin' in Rhythm 1931 US BB 11 of 1931, POP 11 of 1931, RYM 15 of 1931, US Bullfrog 19 - 1931 (1 weeks)
13 Guy Lombardo Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight 1931 US BB 4 of 1931, POP 4 of 1931, RYM 40 of 1931
14 Ray Noble Lady of Spain 1931 US Bullfrog 5 - 1931 (15 weeks), US BB 12 of 1931, POP 12 of 1931
15 Ben Selvin Smile Darn Ya Smile 1931 US BB 8 of 1931, POP 8 of 1931, US Bullfrog 14 - 1931 (2 weeks)
16 Wayne King Dream a Little Dream of Me 1931 US BB 9 of 1931, POP 9 of 1931, RYM 14 of 1931
17 Ethel Waters I Got Rhythm 1931 POP 2 of 1931, US Bullfrog 17 - 1931 (1 weeks)
18 Pat O'Malley Goopy Geer 1931 Peel list 1 of 1931
19 Jacques Renard As Time Goes By 1931 US 1940s 3 - Mar 1943, POP 6 of 1931
20 Wayne King & His Orchestra Dream a Little Dream of Me 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (12 weeks)
21 Gus Arnheim & His Orchestra Sweet & Lovely 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (14 weeks)
22 Ted Lewis & His Orchestra Just a Gigolo 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (8 weeks)
23 Guy Lombardo Goodnight Sweetheart 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (11 weeks)
24 Wayne King & His Orchestra Good Night Sweetheart 1931 US Bullfrog 1 - 1931 (15 weeks)
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 Bullfrog 12 - 1931 (2 weeks)
27 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra St James Infirmary 1931 US Bullfrog 3 - 1931 (8 weeks), RYM 43 of 1931
28 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Kickin' the Gong Around 1931 US Bullfrog 4 - 1931 (7 weeks), RYM 20 of 1931
29 Duke Ellington Limehouse Blues 1931 RYM 5 of 1931, US Bullfrog 13 - 1931 (3 weeks)
30 Louis Armstrong (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You 1931 RYM 6 of 1931, US Bullfrog 13 - 1931 (3 weeks)
31 Ruth Etting I'm Good for Nothing but Love 1931 US Bullfrog 7 - 1931 (6 weeks), RYM 85 of 1931
32 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 1931 US Bullfrog 15 - 1931 (3 weeks), RYM 20 of 1931
33 Duke Ellington Creole Rhapsody (Parts 1 & 2) 1931 RYM 17 of 1931, US Bullfrog 18 - 1931 (2 weeks)
34 Duke Ellington Blue Again 1931 US Bullfrog 12 - 1931 (2 weeks), RYM 48 of 1931
35 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Nobody's Sweetheart 1931 US Bullfrog 13 - 1931 (2 weeks), RYM 43 of 1931
36 Gus Arnheim Sweet & Lovely 1931 US BB 20 of 1931, POP 20 of 1931
37 Louis Armstrong The Peanut Vendor 1931 US Bullfrog 15 - 1931 (2 weeks), RYM 33 of 1931
38 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Six or Seven Times 1931 US Bullfrog 14 - 1931 (2 weeks), RYM 40 of 1933
39 The Carter Family Lonesome Valley 1931 US Bullfrog 15 - 1931 (2 weeks), RYM 92 of 1935
40 Ruth Etting Good Night Sweetheart 1931 US Bullfrog 17 - 1931 (2 weeks), RYM 84 of 1931