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 |
Ethel Waters |
Stormy Weather |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (11 weeks), US BB 3 of 1933, POP 4 of 1933, RYM 8 of 1933, Brazil 37 of 1933, Acclaimed 1896 (1933) |
| 2 |
Duke Ellington |
Sophisticated Lady |
1933 |
RYM 1 of 1933, US BB 2 of 1933, US Billboard 3 - 1933 (16 weeks), POP 3 of 1933, Brazil 78 of 1934 |
| 3 |
Bing Crosby |
Shadow Waltz |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (8 weeks), POP 9 of 1933, Europe 39 of the 1930s (1933), Brazil 64 of 1933, RYM 80 of 1933 |
| 4 |
Dick Powell |
Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money) |
1933 |
US BB 1 of 1933, POP 1 of 1933, US Billboard 18 - 1933 (1 week) |
| 5 |
Bing Crosby |
You're Getting to Be a Habit |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (14 weeks), US BB 10 of 1933, POP 16 of 1933, Europe 42 of the 1930s (1933) |
| 6 |
Eddy Duchin |
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (6 weeks), US BB 12 of 1933, POP 20 of 1933, RYM 51 of 1933 |
| 7 |
Paul Whiteman |
Lover |
1933 |
US Billboard 3 - 1933 (7 weeks), US BB 8 of 1933, POP 12 of 1933, RYM 74 of 1933, Brazil 98 of 1933 |
| 8 |
Ray Noble |
Love Is The Sweetest Thing |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (16 weeks), US BB 4 of 1933, POP 17 of 1933 |
| 9 |
George Olsen |
The Last Round-Up |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (24 weeks), US BB 6 of 1933, POP 8 of 1933 |
| 10 |
Eddy Duchin |
Night & Day |
1933 |
US Billboard 2 - 1933 (8 weeks), POP 6 of 1933, Brazil 17 of 1936, RYM 25 of 1933 |
| 11 |
Guy Lombardo |
The Last Round-Up |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (8 weeks), POP 8 of 1933, Europe 77 of the 1930s (1933) |
| 12 |
Leo Reisman |
Stormy Weather |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (19 weeks), Brazil 46 of 1935, Europe 97 of the 1930s (1933) |
| 13 |
Duke Ellington |
Stormy Weather |
1933 |
RYM 1 of 1933, US Billboard 4 - 1933 (16 weeks) |
| 14 |
Bing Crosby |
Just an Echo in the Valley |
1933 |
US Billboard 2 - 1933 (11 weeks), POP 7 of 1933, RYM 81 of 1933 |
| 15 |
Leo Reisman |
Yesterdays |
1933 |
US Billboard 3 - 1933 (8 weeks), US BB 7 of 1933, POP 10 of 1933 |
| 16 |
Don Bestor & His Orchestra |
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? |
1933 |
US Billboard 2 - 1933 (8 weeks), POP 2 of 1933 |
| 17 |
Eddy Duchin |
Hold Me |
1933 |
US BB 5 of 1933, US Billboard 11 - 1933 (3 weeks), POP 11 of 1933 |
| 18 |
Bing Crosby |
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song |
1933 |
US Billboard 9 - 1933 (4 weeks), POP 13 of 1933, RYM 80 of 1933 |
| 19 |
Louis Armstrong |
Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train |
1933 |
RYM 2 of 1933, US Billboard 10 - 1933 (4 weeks) |
| 20 |
Louis Armstrong |
That's My Home |
1933 |
RYM 2 of 1933, US Billboard 17 - 1933 (2 weeks) |
| 21 |
Bing Crosby |
Thanks |
1933 |
US Billboard 2 - 1933 (7 weeks), RYM 82 of 1933 |
| 22 |
BBC Dance Orchestra |
The Wedding of Mister Mickey Mouse |
1933 |
Peel list 1 of 1933 |
| 23 |
Carmen Miranda & Mario Reis |
Alo Alo |
1933 |
Brazil 1 of 1933 |
| 24 |
Ted Weems |
Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money) |
1933 |
POP 1 of 1933 |
| 25 |
Ted Lewis & His Orchestra |
Lazybones |
1933 |
US Billboard 1 - 1933 (11 weeks) |
| 26 |
Leo Reisman |
Easter Parade |
1933 |
US Billboard 5 - 1933 (12 weeks), POP 5 of 1933 |
| 27 |
Bing Crosby |
Temptation |
1933 |
US Billboard 3 - Dec 1933 (12 weeks), RYM 26 of 1933 |
| 28 |
Bing Crosby |
The Day You Came Along |
1933 |
US Billboard 3 - 1933 (9 weeks), RYM 83 of 1933 |
| 29 |
Victor Young |
The Last Round-Up |
1933 |
US Billboard 3 - 1933 (12 weeks), Brazil 88 of 1934 |
| 30 |
Paul Whiteman |
A Farewell To Arms |
1933 |
US Billboard 4 - 1933 (8 weeks), RYM 73 of 1933 |
| 31 |
Duke Ellington |
Drop Me Off at Harlem |
1933 |
RYM 6 of 1933, US Billboard 17 - 1933 (3 weeks) |
| 32 |
Mae West |
I Like a Guy What Takes His Time |
1933 |
US Billboard 5 - 1933 (5 weeks), Brazil 74 of 1934 |
| 33 |
Guy Lombardo |
Lover |
1933 |
US Billboard 8 - 1933 (5 weeks), POP 12 of 1933 |
| 34 |
Henry King & His Orchestra |
April in Paris |
1933 |
POP 9 of 1934, US Billboard 14 - Dec 1933 (2 weeks) |
| 35 |
Ted Fio Rito |
Hold Me |
1933 |
POP 11 of 1933, US Billboard 12 - 1933 (3 weeks) |
| 36 |
Paul Whiteman |
It's Only a Paper Moon |
1933 |
US Billboard 9 - 1933 (8 weeks), RYM 16 of 1934 |
| 37 |
Bing Crosby |
We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines |
1933 |
US Billboard 8 - 1934 (6 weeks), RYM 26 of 1933 |
| 38 |
Greta Keller |
Lover |
1933 |
POP 12 of 1933, US Billboard 15 - 1933 (2 weeks) |
| 39 |
Ted Williams |
Lazybones |
1933 |
US BB 11 of 1933, POP 18 of 1933 |
| 40 |
Duke Ellington |
I'm Satisfied |
1933 |
US Billboard 11 - 1933 (3 weeks), RYM 18 of 1933 |
| 41 |
Duke Ellington |
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree |
1933 |
US Billboard 13 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 19 of 1933 |
| 42 |
Ben Bernie |
Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing |
1933 |
US Billboard 18 - 1933 (1 week), POP 19 of 1933 |
| 43 |
Louis Armstrong |
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues |
1933 |
US Billboard 18 - 1933 (1 week), RYM 20 of 1933 |
| 44 |
Paul Whiteman |
You're an Old Smoothie |
1933 |
US Billboard 11 - 1933 (4 weeks), RYM 84 of 1933 |
| 45 |
Gene Autry |
The Last Round-Up |
1933 |
US Billboard 12 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 62 of 1933 |
| 46 |
Paul Whiteman |
Rise 'N' Shine |
1933 |
US Billboard 16 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 46 of 1933 |
| 47 |
Wayne King |
Blue Danube |
1933 |
US Billboard 14 - 1933 (3 weeks), RYM 105 of 1941 |
| 48 |
Paul Whiteman |
Eadie Was a Lady |
1933 |
US Billboard 17 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 84 of 1933 |
| 49 |
Guy Lombardo |
Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? |
1933 |
US Billboard 2 - 1933 (7 weeks) |
| 50 |
Bing Crosby |
The Last Round-Up |
1933 |
US Billboard 2 - 1933 (5 weeks) |