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Songs from the Year 1938

This page lists the top songs of 1938 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 very few available charts (at that we can find), hence these results should be treated with caution since they are mostly based on subjective charts.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Artie Shaw	Begin the Beguine	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (18 weeks), US BB 2 of 1938, POP 2 of 1938, RYM 10 of 1938, Brazil 32 of 1939, RIAA 91, Acclaimed 1163
2	The Andrews Sisters	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (10 weeks), US BB 5 of 1938, RYM 5 of 1937, POP 5 of 1938, Europe 6 of the 1930s
3	Seven Dwarfs	Whistle While You Work	1938	US BB 1 of 1938, POP 1 of 1938, US Bullfrog 2 - 1938 (13 weeks)
4	Fred Astaire	Nice Work If You Can Get It	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - Nov 1937 (15 weeks), US BB 13 of 1938, POP 13 of 1938, RYM 20 of 1937, Europe 79 of the 1930s
5	Bing Crosby	I've Got a Pocket Full of Dreams	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (17 weeks), US BB 20 of 1938, POP 20 of 1938, Europe 26 of the 1930s, RYM 43 of 1938
6	Fred Astaire	Change Partners	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (8 weeks), US BB 16 of 1938, POP 16 of 1938, Europe 83 of the 1930s, RYM 89 of 1938
7	Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket A-Tasket	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (19 weeks), US BB 8 of 1938, POP 8 of 1938, RIAA 104
8	Duke Ellington	I Let a Song Go out of My Heart	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (19 weeks), US BB 10 of 1938, POP 10 of 1938, RYM 54 of 1938
9	Bing Crosby	You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (11 weeks), US BB 12 of 1938, POP 12 of 1938, Europe 25 of the 1930s
10	Tommy Dorsey	Music, Maestro, Please	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (20 weeks), US BB 11 of 1938, POP 11 of 1938, Europe 55 of the 1930s
11	Benny Goodman	Don't Be That Way	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (13 weeks), US BB 14 of 1938, POP 14 of 1938, Europe 65 of the 1930s
12	Larry Clinton	My Reverie	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (19 weeks), US BB 17 of 1938, POP 17 of 1938, Brazil 38 of 1938
13	Bob Hope & Shirley Ross	Thanks For the Memory	1938	Oscar in 1938, AFI 63, RIAA 170, Acclaimed 1316
14	Larry Clinton	Heart & Soul	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (14 weeks), US BB 6 of 1938, POP 6 of 1938
15	Larry Clinton	Cry, Baby, Cry	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (25 weeks), US BB 18 of 1938, POP 18 of 1938
16	Fats Waller	Two Sleepy People	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (11 weeks), Europe 78 of the 1930s, RYM 93 of 1938
17	The Boswell Sisters	Alexander's ragtime band	1938	US Bullfrog 4 - 1938 (5 weeks), POP 9 of 1938, Europe 17 of the 1930s, RIAA 154
18	Al Jolson & Bing Crosby	Alexander's ragtime band	1938	US BB 9 of 1938, POP 9 of 1938, Europe 16 of the 1930s, US Bullfrog 20 - May 1947 (2 weeks)
19	Bunny Berigan	I Can't Get Started	1938	US Bullfrog 10 - 1938 (3 weeks), US BB 15 of 1938, POP 15 of 1938, Acclaimed 1480
20	Larry Clinton	You Go to My Head	1938	US Bullfrog 3 - 1938 (12 weeks), US BB 7 of 1938, POP 7 of 1938
21	Tampa Red	Lula Mae	1938	Peel list 1 of 1943, RYM 12 of 1938
22	Fats Waller	Your Feets Too Big	1938	Peel list 1 of 1938, US Bullfrog 15 - 1939 (2 weeks)
23	The Andrews Sisters	Short'nin' Bread	1938	US BB 4 of 1938, POP 4 of 1938, RYM 42 of 1938
24	Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Cathedral In The Pines	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (10 weeks), Europe 93 of the 1930s
25	Chick Webb	A-Tisket A-Tasket	1938	RYM 8 of 1938, POP 8 of 1938, Acclaimed 848
26	Tommy Dorsey	Boogie Woogie	1938	US Bullfrog 3 - 1938 (9 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Oct 1943
27	Robert Johnson	Honeymoon Blues	1938	RYM 1 of 1938
28	Jimmy Dorsey	Change Partners	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (12 weeks)
29	Red Norvo & His Orchestra	Says My Heart	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (12 weeks)
30	Sammy Kaye	Love Walked In	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (16 weeks)
31	Horace Heidt	Ti-Pi-Tin	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (13 weeks)
32	Martha Tilton	I Let a Song Go out of My Heart	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (9 weeks)
33	Russ Morgan	I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (13 weeks)
34	Red Norvo & His Orchestra	Please Be Kind	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (16 weeks)
35	Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell	Alexander's ragtime band	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (11 weeks)
36	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	1938	RYM 1 of 1938
37	Andy Kirk	I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (12 weeks)
38	Silvio Caldas	Pastorinhas	1938	Brazil 1 of 1938
39	Kay Kyser	The Umbrella Man	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - Dec 1938 (11 weeks)
40	Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol	You're a Sweetheart	1938	US Bullfrog 1 - 1938 (11 weeks)