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Songs from the Year 1940

This page lists the top songs of 1940 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 Glenn Miller In the Mood 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - Oct 1939 (30 weeks), Europe 1 of the 1940s, US BB 2 of 1940, POP 2 of 1940, RYM 4 of 1939, Scrobulate 4 of swing, RIAA 11, UK 13 - Jan 1976, Holland 15 - Aug 1972, Party 45 of 1999, Acclaimed 477
2 Artie Shaw Frenesi 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (30 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Aug 1940, US 1 for 13 weeks Dec 1940, US BB 6 of 1940, POP 6 of 1940, Scrobulate 48 of swing, Europe 71 of the 1940s
3 Bing Crosby Only Forever 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (20 weeks), US 1940s 1 - Sep 1940, US 1 for 9 weeks Oct 1940, US BB 15 of 1940, POP 15 of 1940, Europe 24 of the 1940s, RYM 87 of 1940
4 Glenn Miller When You Wish Upon a Star 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (16 weeks), US BB 1 of 1940, POP 1 of 1940, RYM 15 of 1940
5 Tommy Dorsey I'll Never Smile Again 1940 US 1940s 1 - Jul 1940, US 1 for 12 weeks Jul 1940, US BB 8 of 1940, POP 8 of 1940, Europe 17 of the 1940s
6 Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) When You Wish Upon a Star 1940 Oscar in 1940, AFI 7, US Bullfrog 10 - 1940 (6 weeks), RYM 20 of 1940, RIAA 55, Acclaimed 1090
7 Glenn Miller Blueberry Hill 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (20 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Aug 1940, US BB 10 of 1940, POP 10 of 1940, RYM 29 of 1940
8 The Ink Spots When The Swallows Come Back to Capistrano 1940 US BB 3 of 1940, POP 3 of 1940, US Bullfrog 4 - 1940 (14 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Aug 1940, Peel list 4 of 1940
9 Jimmy Dorsey The Breeze & I 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (14 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Jul 1940, US BB 14 of 1940, POP 14 of 1940
10 Bing Crosby Trade Winds 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (17 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1940, US BB 17 of 1940, POP 19 of 1940
11 Glenn Miller Imagination 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (11 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jul 1940, POP 16 of 1940, US BB 20 of 1940
12 Glenn Miller Tuxedo Junction 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (19 weeks), US BB 7 of 1940, POP 7 of 1940, RYM 12 of 1940
13 Vaughn Monroe There I Go 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (12 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1940, US BB 19 of 1941, POP 23 of 1941
14 The Andrews Sisters Ferryboat Serenade 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (14 weeks), US 1940s 8 - Dec 1940, US BB 12 of 1940, POP 12 of 1940
15 Charlie Barnet Where Was I? 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (10 weeks), US 1940s 6 - Jul 1940, US BB 18 of 1940, POP 21 of 1940
16 Glenn Miller Careless 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (13 weeks), US BB 11 of 1940, POP 11 of 1940, RYM 29 of 1939
17 Glenn Miller The Woodpecker Song 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (16 weeks), US BB 13 of 1940, POP 13 of 1940, RYM 86 of 1940
18 Bing Crosby Sierra Sue 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (14 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jul 1940, POP 9 of 1940
19 Glenn Miller Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread) 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (13 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Jul 1940, POP 22 of 1940
20 Will Bradley Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - 1940 (22 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1940, POP 5 of 1940
21 Tommy Dorsey All the Things You Are 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - Dec 1939 (13 weeks), US BB 16 of 1940, POP 17 of 1940
22 The Ink Spots Maybe 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - 1940 (17 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Sep 1940, Europe 39 of the 1940s
23 Coleman Hawkins Body & Soul 1940 US BB 4 of 1940, POP 4 of 1940, RIAA 310, Acclaimed 683
24 Glenn Miller A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - 1940 (6 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1940
25 Bob Crosby & His Orchestra Down Argentina Way 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - Nov 1940 (13 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1940
26 Will Bradley Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - Nov 1940 (10 weeks), US 1940s 2 - Dec 1940
27 Dick Robertson & His Orchestra Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me) 1940 US BB 5 of 1940, US Bullfrog 12 - 1940 (6 weeks), POP 20 of 1940
28 Jimmie Davis You Are My Sunshine 1940 RYM 4 of 1940, RIAA 14, Acclaimed 677
29 Kay Kyser Playmates 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - 1940 (14 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Jul 1940
30 Tommy Dorsey Our Love Affair 1940 US 1940s 5 - Nov 1940, Europe 45 of the 1930s, US CashBox 47 - Mar 1956
31 Ella Fitzgerald Five O'Clock Whistle 1940 US Bullfrog 9 - Nov 1940 (5 weeks), US 1940s 9 - Jan 1941, RYM 53 of 1940
32 Erskine Hawkins Dolemite 1940 US Bullfrog 10 - 1940 (7 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Sep 1940, RYM 92 of 1940
33 Glenn Miller Pennsylvania Six Five Thousand 1940 RYM 2 of 1940, US 1940s 5 - Jul 1940
34 Charlie Barnet Pompton Turnpike 1940 US Bullfrog 3 - 1940 (13 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Oct 1940
35 Judy Garland I'm Nobody's Baby 1940 US Bullfrog 3 - 1940 (12 weeks), US 1940s 3 - Aug 1940
36 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys New San Antonio Rose 1940 US Bullfrog 11 - Nov 1940 (5 weeks), RYM 23 of 1940, RIAA 316
37 Glenn Miller When The Swallows Come Back to Capistrano 1940 US Bullfrog 2 - 1940 (12 weeks), US 1940s 10 - Aug 1940
38 Sammy Kaye Dream Valley 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - Dec 1940 (13 weeks)
39 Mitchell Ayres & His Fashions in Music Make Believe Land 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (13 weeks)
40 Tommy Dorsey & Frank Sinatra I'll Never Smile Again 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (20 weeks)
41 Mildred Bailey Darn That Dream 1940 US Bullfrog 1 - 1940 (11 weeks)
42 Woody Guthrie Blowin' Down This Road 1940 RYM 1 of 1940
43 Jimmy Dorsey 6 Lessons From Madame La Zonga 1940 US Bullfrog 4 - 1940 (14 weeks), US 1940s 4 - Aug 1940
44 Joe Loss Orchestra The Spitfire Song 1940 Peel list 1 of 1940
45 Woody Guthrie Talking Dust Bowl Blues 1940 RYM 1 of 1940
46 Al Bowlly When That Man is Dead & Gone 1940 Peel list 1 of 1940
47 The Ink Spots Do I Worry? 1940 RYM 3 of 1940, US Bullfrog 8 - 1941 (6 weeks)
48 The Ink Spots Java Jive 1940 RYM 3 of 1940, US Bullfrog 15 - Dec 1940 (3 weeks)
49 Glenn Miller The Nearness of You 1940 US Bullfrog 5 - 1940 (11 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Aug 1940
50 Will Bradley There I Go 1940 US Bullfrog 5 - Dec 1940 (7 weeks), US 1940s 5 - Dec 1940