Songs from the Year 1933

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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.