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 |