Songs from the Year 1933

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This page lists the top songs of 1933 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). These results should be treated with some caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts and biased towards the USA.

The top ten song artists of 1933 were:

1:Bing Crosby3:Duke Ellington5:Eddy Duchin7:Ethel Waters9:Don Bestor & his Orchestra
2:Guy Lombardo4:Leo Reisman6:Paul Whiteman8:Ted Lewis & his Orchestra10:George Olsen
# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Ethel Waters Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (11 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003 (1933), Library of Congress artifact added 2004 (1933), US invalid BB 3 of 1933, POP 4 of 1933, nuTsie 15 of 1930s, Brazil 37 of 1933, Acclaimed 1896 (1933), RYM 8 of 1933
2 Duke Ellington Sophisticated Lady 1933 ASCAP song of 1933, US invalid BB 2 of 1933, US Billboard 3 - 1933 (16 weeks), POP 3 of 1933, Brazil 78 of 1934, RYM 1 of 1933, Song of 1940
3 Leo Reisman Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (19 weeks), Australian Nostalgia 10 of 1930-1939, Brazil 46 of 1935, Europe 97 of the 1930s (1933)
4 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
5 George Olsen The Last Round-Up 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (24 weeks), US invalid BB 6 of 1933, Australian Nostalgia 8 of 1930-1939, POP 8 of 1933
6 Ray Noble Love Is The Sweetest Thing 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (16 weeks), US invalid BB 4 of 1933, POP 17 of 1933, Australian Nostalgia 47 of 1930-1939
7 Dick Powell Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money) 1933 US invalid BB 1 of 1933, POP 1 of 1933, US Billboard 18 - 1933 (1 week)
8 Bing Crosby You're Getting to Be a Habit 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (14 weeks), US invalid BB 10 of 1933, POP 16 of 1933, Europe 42 of the 1930s (1933)
9 Paul Whiteman Lover 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 8 of 1933, POP 12 of 1933, Brazil 98 of 1933, RYM 74 of 1933
10 Guy Lombardo The Last Round-Up 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (8 weeks), POP 8 of 1933, Europe 77 of the 1930s (1933)
11 Eddy Duchin Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (6 weeks), US invalid BB 12 of 1933, POP 20 of 1933, RYM 51 of 1933
12 Leo Reisman Yesterdays 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (8 weeks), US invalid BB 7 of 1933, Jazz Standard 9, POP 10 of 1933
13 Eddy Duchin Night & Day 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (8 weeks), POP 6 of 1933, Brazil 17 of 1936, RYM 25 of 1933
14 Ted Lewis & his Orchestra Lazybones 1933 US Billboard 1 - 1933 (11 weeks), US invalid BB 11 of 1933, POP 18 of 1933
15 Ted Lewis & his Orchestra Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money) 1933 POP 1 of 1933, US Billboard 5 - 1933 (7 weeks)
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 invalid BB 5 of 1933, US Billboard 11 - 1933 (3 weeks), POP 11 of 1933
18 Bing Crosby Just an Echo in the Valley 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (11 weeks), POP 7 of 1933, RYM 81 of 1933
19 Guy Lombardo Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (10 weeks), Jazz Standard 106
20 BBC Dance Orchestra The Wedding of Mister Mickey Mouse 1933 Peel list 1 of 1933
21 Carmen Miranda & Mario Reis Alo Alo 1933 Brazil 1 of 1933
22 Victor Young The Last Round-Up 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (12 weeks), Brazil 88 of 1934
23 Leo Reisman Easter Parade 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (12 weeks), POP 5 of 1933
24 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
25 Mae West I Like a Guy What Takes His Time 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (5 weeks), Brazil 74 of 1934
26 Gene Autry The Last Round-Up 1933 US Billboard 12 - 1933 (2 weeks), nuTsie 81 of 1930s, RYM 62 of 1933
27 Bing Crosby Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (5 weeks), nuTsie 63 of 1930s
28 Guy Lombardo Lover 1933 US Billboard 8 - 1933 (5 weeks), POP 12 of 1933
29 Bing Crosby Thanks 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (7 weeks), RYM 82 of 1933
30 Henry King & his Orchestra April in Paris 1933 POP 9 of 1934, US Billboard 14 - Dec 1933 (2 weeks)
31 Ted Fio Rito Hold Me 1933 POP 11 of 1933, US Billboard 12 - 1933 (3 weeks)
32 Art Kassel & his Kassels-in-the-Air Moon Song (That Wasn't Meant for Me) 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks), Jazz Standard 776
33 Greta Keller Lover 1933 POP 12 of 1933, US Billboard 15 - 1933 (2 weeks)
34 Ben Bernie Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing 1933 US Billboard 18 - 1933 (1 week), POP 19 of 1933
35 Fletcher Henderson & his Orchestra It's the Talk of the Town 1933 US Billboard 20 - 1933 (1 week), Jazz Standard 255
36 Bing Crosby Temptation 1933 US Billboard 3 - Dec 1933 (12 weeks), RYM 26 of 1933
37 Bing Crosby The Day You Came Along 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (9 weeks), RYM 83 of 1933
38 Don Bestor & his Orchestra The Last Round-Up 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (10 weeks)
39 Guy Lombardo Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (7 weeks)
40 Bing Crosby The Last Round-Up 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (5 weeks)
41 Hal Kemp Shuffle Off to Buffalo 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (12 weeks)
42 Bing Crosby Young & Healthy 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (7 weeks)
43 Don Bestor & his Orchestra Shuffle Off to Buffalo 1933 US Billboard 2 - 1933 (8 weeks)
44 Mario Reis & Lamartine Babo Linda Morena 1933 Brazil 2 of 1933
45 Frances Langford Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) 1933 Peel list 2 of 1933
46 Duke Ellington Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) 1933 US Billboard 4 - 1933 (16 weeks), RYM 1 of 1933
47 Louis Armstrong That's My Home 1933 US Billboard 17 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 2 of 1933, Song of 1932
48 Paul Whiteman A Farewell To Arms 1933 US Billboard 4 - 1933 (8 weeks), RYM 73 of 1933
49 Louis Armstrong High Society Calypso 1933 Flanders 12 - May 1957 (2 months), RYM 24 of 1933
50 Bing Crosby Learn To Croon 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (6 weeks)
51 Victor Young Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (8 weeks)
52 Wayne King The Moon Song 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (5 weeks)
53 Hotel Commodore Orchestra Hold Me 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (7 weeks)
54 Eddy Duchin Isn't It Heavenly? 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (6 weeks)
55 Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees Just an Echo in the Valley 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (6 weeks)
56 Eddy Duchin I Cover the Waterfront 1933 US Billboard 3 - 1933 (6 weeks)
57 Spike Hughes & his All American Orchestra How Come You Do Me Like You Do 1933 Peel list 3 of 1933
58 Almirante O Orvalho Vem Caindo 1933 Brazil 3 of 1933
59 Bing Crosby We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines 1933 US Billboard 8 - 1934 (6 weeks), RYM 26 of 1933
60 Paul Whiteman It's Only a Paper Moon 1933 US Billboard 9 - 1933 (8 weeks), RYM 16 of 1934
61 Louis Armstrong Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train 1933 US Billboard 10 - 1933 (4 weeks), RYM 2 of 1933
62 Duke Ellington I'm Satisfied 1933 US Billboard 11 - 1933 (3 weeks), RYM 18 of 1933
63 Paul Whiteman You're an Old Smoothie 1933 US Billboard 11 - 1933 (4 weeks), RYM 84 of 1933
64 Duke Ellington In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree 1933 US Billboard 13 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 19 of 1933
65 Wayne King Blue Danube 1933 US Billboard 14 - 1933 (3 weeks), RYM 105 of 1941
66 Paul Whiteman Rise 'N' Shine 1933 US Billboard 16 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 46 of 1933
67 Duke Ellington Drop Me Off at Harlem 1933 US Billboard 17 - 1933 (3 weeks), RYM 6 of 1933
68 Paul Whiteman Eadie Was a Lady 1933 US Billboard 17 - 1933 (2 weeks), RYM 84 of 1933
69 Louis Armstrong I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 1933 US Billboard 18 - 1933 (1 week), RYM 20 of 1933
70 Glen Gray Sophisticated Lady 1933 US Billboard 4 - 1933 (9 weeks)
71 Don Redman Lazy Bones 1933 US Billboard 4 - 1933 (5 weeks)
72 Bing Crosby My Love 1933 US Billboard 4 - 1933 (5 weeks)
73 Joe Green Novelty Orchestra In the Valley of the Moon 1933 US Billboard 4 - 1933 (12 weeks)
74 Joe Venuti & his Blue Six Jazz Me Blues 1933 Peel list 4 of 1933
75 Francisco Alves Nao Tem Traducao 1933 Brazil 4 of 1933
76 Fats Waller Rosetta 1933 Jazz Standard 203, RYM 67 of 1935
77 Jack Denny & his Orchestra Moon Song 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (6 weeks)
78 Ben Selvin Street Of Dreams 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (5 weeks)
79 Guy Lombardo Street Of Dreams 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (5 weeks)
80 Bing Crosby I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance 1933 US Billboard 5 - 1933 (6 weeks)
81 Carlos Galhardo Boas Festas 1933 Brazil 5 of 1933
82 Jan Garber I'll Be Faithful 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (5 weeks)
83 George Burns & Gracie Allen Burns & Allen Dialog, Parts 1 & 2 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
84 George Olsen Louisiana Lullaby 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
85 Ted Lewis & his Orchestra Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (7 weeks)
86 Leo Reisman By a Waterfall 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (6 weeks)
87 Ted Lewis & his Orchestra Try a Little Tenderness 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (10 weeks)
88 Glen Gray Under a Blanket of Blue 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (7 weeks)
89 Jack Teagarden Ain't Cha Glad? 1933 US Billboard 6 - Dec 1933 (9 weeks)
90 Meyer Davis & his Orchestra Did You Ever See a Dream Walking? 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
91 Glen Gray Wild Goose Chase 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
92 Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees Shadow Waltz 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (7 weeks)
93 Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees Whisper Waltz 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
94 Ethel Waters Don't Blame Me 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (8 weeks)
95 Glen Gray It's the Talk of the Town 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (11 weeks)
96 Guy Lombardo By a Waterfall 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (6 weeks)
97 Guy Lombardo This Time It's Love 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
98 Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much 1933 US Billboard 6 - 1933 (4 weeks)
99 Francisco Alves & Castro Barbosa Feitio de Oracao 1933 Brazil 6 of 1933
100 Hal Kemp 42nd Street 1933 US Billboard 7 - 1933 (7 weeks)

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27 Aug 2023

Number One +Song on October 1933

Can you please tell me what was the number one song on October 13, 1933+


2 Dec 2016

29 july 1933

Hi. Can you please tell me what was number one on 29 july 1933

There was no number one from before 1940 (anywhere)


15 Jul 2016

"Ah, the moon is here"

from 1933 film musical, Footlight Parade. +Looking for this one...


9 Jun 2016

I'll be faithful


15 Aug 2014

Ethel Waters

Stormy Weather(#1) was also elected to Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003.

Again its not in the Wikipedia list, on the site its listed as "Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)"

We've fixed the data, thanks for the suggestion


30 Jul 2013

Very good thank you.


18 Jun 2013

Paul whiteman+

There are also similar issues to Paul whiteman's ranking on this page compared to the actual year pages.like 1920 and 1933 for example

Yes. Different versions of the input data and a range of ways of calculating.

We see this as a strength (getting a range of different views)


3 Mar 2013

U dont have Henry hall

We have not found any UK based charts from the 1930s. So he doesn't have enough entries to make the list.

The two songs that we do have are "Bird Song At Eventide" in 1926 and "Play to Me, Gypsy" from 1934.


26 Feb 2012

Looking for a song

The words are "Women do get weary" is it called "Try a little tenderness". I love the songs of this period as they have words which make sense and tunes that have great harmonies.

Thank You, Bernard Bloch.

In the Otis Redding (1966) version the words are "young girls they do get weary". According to Wikipedia the song was written in 1932 and first recorded by Ray Nobel.

We have entries for Ray Noble (Peel list 2 of 1932), Ted Lewis & his Orchestra (US Billboard 6 - 1933 (10 weeks)), Ruth Etting (US Billboard 16 - 1933 (2 weeks)), Frank Sinatra (Peel list 2 of 1947, RYM 64 of 1945) and Aretha Franklin (US Billboard 100 - Sep 1962 (1 week)) that predate Otis Redding's 1966 version.


2 Nov 2011

# +43 Lazybones

I wonder if this is actually # 26. I have no idea who this Ted Williams could be.

Looking at the evidence it looks like you are right. We can't find definitive evidence that the entry is wrong, but it looks likely to us.

So we've fixed the data. Thanks for the suggestion


2 Nov 2011

# 28 Easter Parade

This recording features a vocal by Clifton Webb who sang the song in the Broadway show "As Thousands Cheer".

You are correct, however assigning the song to just Leo Reisman makes it easier to find connected tracks.


2 Nov 2011

# 9 Stormy Weather

This recording features the song's composer Harold Arlen singing the vocal.

It does indeed, however the way we list song artists means that the assignment here stays as Leo Reisman.


13 Aug 2011

Gold Digger's song

I'm in cocurrance with the above poster about the #25 Ted Weems listing. I've looked through everything that I have on Ted Weems and can't find a version of the Gold Digger's song by him.

I also agree that this is a GREAT website! Thanks for all your hard work!

On re-looking at it you do seem to be correct, our earlier comment does seem to be a mistake. Thanks for correcting us.


4 Jan 2011

Gold digger's song

I guess #25 is by Ted Lewis & his Orchestra instead of Ted Weems. Could you check this?

You have a very nice website by the way! :-)

"Gold Digger's Song (We're in The Money)" was a hit for Dick Powell, Hal Kemp, Ted Lewis & His Orchestra and Ted Weems in 1933. Only the first and the last acts did well enough with it to be included on this list.

Ted Lewis reached number 5 in the billboard chart but didn't get into any other charts.


20 Dec 2010

Very nice and organized. Five stars!!


4 Nov 2010

"Songs From The Tear 1933"

The lists for 1932 and 1933 look. Need I say more?

We've looked. The lists have a limited number of sources, but the page does mention that.

So yes, you do need to say more, we don't understand what point you are trying to make.