Songs from the Year 1932

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This page lists the top songs of 1932 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 Louis Armstrong All of Me 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (18 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1932), RYM 5 of 1932, US BB 8 of 1932, POP 8 of 1932, Brazil 19 of 1932
2 Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman Night & Day 1932 US BB 1 of 1932, POP 1 of 1932, RYM 4 of 1932, RIAA 195, Acclaimed 1369 (1932)
3 Duke Ellington It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 1932 Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1932), RYM 1 of 1932, US Billboard 6 - 1932 (6 weeks), Scrobulate 31 of swing
4 Bing Crosby & Mills Brothers Dinah 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (9 weeks), US BB 5 of 1932, POP 5 of 1932, Brazil 27 of 1932, Europe 47 of the 1930s (1931)
5 Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (8 weeks), POP 4 of 1932, RYM 6 of 1932, Brazil 60 of 1933, RIAA 196
6 Bing Crosby Please 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (16 weeks), US BB 9 of 1932, Europe 11 of the 1930s (1932), POP 12 of 1932, Brazil 53 of 1932
7 Bing Crosby Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (8 weeks), POP 4 of 1932, US BB 7 of 1932, Europe 44 of the 1930s (1932)
8 Ted Lewis & His Orchestra In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (22 weeks), US BB 3 of 1932, POP 3 of 1932
9 George Olsen Lullaby of the Leaves 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (10 weeks), US BB 13 of 1932, POP 20 of 1932, Brazil 84 of 1933
10 Guy Lombardo Paradise 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (10 weeks), US BB 6 of 1932, POP 6 of 1932
11 Guy Lombardo We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (8 weeks), US BB 10 of 1932, POP 10 of 1932
12 Kate Smith River, Stay 'Way from My Door 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (8 weeks), US BB 11 of 1932, POP 16 of 1932
13 Paul Whiteman All of Me 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (10 weeks), POP 8 of 1932, Brazil 66 of 1932
14 Guy Lombardo Too Many Tears 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (9 weeks), US BB 12 of 1932, POP 18 of 1932
15 Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra I've Got the World On a String 1932 US BB 2 of 1932, POP 2 of 1932, US Billboard 18 - 1932 (1 week)
16 Bing Crosby Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day) 1932 US Billboard 4 - 1932 (7 weeks), Europe 13 of the 1930s (1931), US BB 15 of 1932, POP 15 of 1932
17 Leo Reisman Paradise 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (17 weeks), POP 6 of 1932
18 George Olsen Say it Isn't So 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (9 weeks), POP 9 of 1932
19 Duke Ellington Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) 1932 RYM 1 of 1932, US Billboard 15 - 1932 (3 weeks)
20 Ted Fio Rito Willow Weep For Me 1932 US BB 4 of 1932, POP 11 of 1932, US Billboard 17 - 1932 (2 weeks)
21 Guy Lombardo How Deep Is the Ocean 1932 US Billboard 4 - 1932 (6 weeks), POP 17 of 1932, Brazil 42 of 1933
22 Maurice Chevalier MiMi 1932 US Billboard 9 - 1932 (6 weeks), US BB 14 of 1932, POP 14 of 1932
23 Tommy Dorsey Take My Hand, Precious Lord 1932 RYM 33 of 1932, RIAA 223, Acclaimed 1301 (1932)
24 Paul Whiteman Let's Put Out the Lights 1932 US Billboard 2 - 1932 (6 weeks), RYM 74 of 1932
25 Paul Whiteman Willow Weep For Me 1932 US Billboard 2 - Dec 1932 (7 weeks), RYM 75 of 1932
26 Pat O'Malley Goopy Geer 1932 Peel list 1 of 1932
27 Leo Reisman Night & Day 1932 US Billboard 1 - 1932 (18 weeks)
28 Castro Barbosa & O Grupo da Velha Guarda O Teu Cabelo Nao Nega 1932 Brazil 1 of 1932
29 Paul Whiteman We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye 1932 US Billboard 3 - 1932 (6 weeks), RYM 51 of 1932
30 Paul Whiteman Three on a Match 1932 US Billboard 3 - 1932 (5 weeks), RYM 72 of 1932
31 Bing Crosby Love Me Tonight 1932 US Billboard 4 - 1932 (6 weeks), POP 13 of 1932
32 Louis Armstrong Love, You Funny Thing 1932 US Billboard 4 - 1932 (6 weeks), RYM 14 of 1932
33 Louis Armstrong You Can Depend On Me 1932 US Billboard 4 - 1932 (16 weeks), RYM 16 of 1932
34 Joe Rines & His Orchestra Underneath the Harlem Moon 1932 US Billboard 6 - 1932 (6 weeks), POP 7 of 1932
35 Louis Armstrong Home 1932 RYM 5 of 1932, US Billboard 18 - 1932 (1 week)
36 Louis Armstrong Chinatown, My Chinatown 1932 US Billboard 5 - 1932 (7 weeks), RYM 24 of 1932
37 Paul Whiteman How Deep Is the Ocean 1932 US Billboard 5 - 1932 (5 weeks), RYM 27 of 1932
38 Louis Armstrong Body & Soul 1932 US Billboard 7 - 1932 (5 weeks), RYM 15 of 1932
39 Louis Armstrong Kickin' the Gong Around 1932 RYM 9 of 1932, US Billboard 11 - 1932 (3 weeks)
40 Louis Armstrong Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 1932 RYM 9 of 1932, US Billboard 12 - 1932 (2 weeks)
41 Louis Armstrong Sweethearts On Parade 1932 US Billboard 6 - 1932 (9 weeks), RYM 37 of 1932
42 Louis Armstrong Shine 1932 RYM 15 of 1932, US Billboard 17 - 1932 (1 week)
43 Kate Smith Too Late 1932 US Billboard 9 - 1932 (4 weeks), Brazil 73 of 1932
44 Louis Armstrong I Got Rhythm 1932 RYM 16 of 1932, US Billboard 17 - 1932 (2 weeks)
45 Louis Armstrong Lawd, You Made the Night Too Long 1932 US Billboard 15 - 1932 (2 weeks), RYM 26 of 1932
46 Louis Armstrong Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 1932 US Billboard 17 - 1932 (2 weeks), RYM 26 of 1932
47 Duke Ellington Blue Ramble 1932 US Billboard 16 - 1932 (3 weeks), RYM 30 of 1932
48 Paul Whiteman I'll Never Be The Same 1932 US Billboard 14 - 1932 (3 weeks), RYM 51 of 1932
49 Duke Ellington Moon Over Dixie 1932 US Billboard 14 - 1932 (3 weeks), RYM 54 of 1932
50 Paul Whiteman I'll Follow You 1932 US Billboard 19 - 1932 (1 week), RYM 27 of 1932

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