Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart positions
|
1 |
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra |
"Frenesi"[4] |
Victor 26542 |
March 3, 1940 (1940-03-03) |
March 29, 1940 (1940-03-29) |
US BB 1940 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 29 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000, 1,000,000 sold[5]
|
2 |
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra |
"I'll Never Smile Again"[6] |
Victor 26628 |
April 23, 1940 (1940-04-23) |
June 7, 1940 (1940-06-07) |
US BB 1940 #2, US #1 for 12 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold[5]
|
3 |
Bing Crosby |
"Only Forever"[7] |
Decca 3300 |
July 3, 1940 (1940-07-03) |
August 1940 (1940-08) |
US BB 1940 #3, US #1 for 9 weeks, 22 total weeks
|
4 |
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra |
"Tuxedo Junction"[8] |
Bluebird 10612 |
February 5, 1940 (1940-02-05) |
February 23, 1940 (1940-02-23) |
US BB 1940 #4, US #1 for 9 weeks, 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold[5]
|
5 |
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra |
"The Woodpecker Song"[9] |
Bluebird 10598 |
January 29, 1940 (1940-01-29) |
February 9, 1940 (1940-02-09) |
US BB 1940 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks
|
6 |
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra |
"When You Wish Upon a Star"[10] |
Bluebird 10570 |
January 6, 1940 (1940-01-06) |
January 19, 1940 (1940-01-19) |
US BB 1940 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
|
7 |
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra |
"Careless" |
Bluebird 10520 |
November 18, 1939 (1939-11-18) |
December 8, 1939 (1939-12-08) |
US BB 1940 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
8 |
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Jack Leonard) |
"All the Things You Are"[11] |
Victor 26401 |
October 20, 1939 (1939-10-20) |
November 3, 1939 (1939-11-03) |
US BB 1940 #8, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
9 |
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Jack Leonard) |
"Indian Summer"[12] |
Victor 26390 |
September 27, 1939 (1939-09-27) |
October 20, 1939 (1939-10-20) |
US BB 1940 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks
|
10 |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) |
"Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"[13] |
Bluebird 10728 |
March 31, 1940 (1940-03-31) |
May 24, 1940 (1940-05-24) |
US BB 1940 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks
|
11 |
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey) |
"Darn That Dream" |
Columbia 35331 |
December 3, 1939 (1939-12-03) |
January 4, 1940 (1940-01-04) |
US BB 1940 #11, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|
12 |
Ink Spots |
"Maybe"[14] |
Decca 3258 |
June 11, 1940 (1940-06-11) |
July 1940 (1940-07) |
US BB 1940 #12, US #2 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks
|
13 |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) |
"Blueberry Hill"[15] |
Bluebird 10768 |
June 13, 1940 (1940-06-13) |
July 1940 (1940-07) |
US BB 1940 #13, US #2 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks
|
14 |
Will Bradley and His Orchestra |
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar |
Columbia 35530 |
May 21, 1940 (1940-05-21) |
June 28, 1940 (1940-06-28) |
US BB 1940 #14, US #2 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
|
15 |
Bing Crosby |
"Trade Winds" |
Decca 3299 |
March 19, 1940 (1940-03-19) |
April 1940 (1940-04) |
US BB 1940 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks
|
16 |
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra |
The Breeze and I[16] |
Decca 3150 |
April 18, 1940 (1940-04-18) |
May 1940 (1940-05) |
US BB 1940 #16, US #2 for 6 weeks, 11 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold[5]
|
17 |
Ink Spots |
"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)"[17] |
Decca 3379 |
July 16, 1940 (1940-07-16) |
September 1940 (1940-09) |
US BB 1940 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 15 total weeks
|
18 |
Bing Crosby |
"Sierra Sue" |
Decca 3133 |
March 22, 1940 (1940-03-22) |
April 1940 (1940-04) |
US BB 1940 #18, US #3 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
|
19 |
Bob Crosby and His Orchestra |
"With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair"[18] |
Decca 3018 |
February 13, 1940 (1940-02-13) |
March 1940 (1940-03) |
US BB 1940 #19, US #2 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
|
20 |
Tony Martin |
"It's a Blue World"[19] |
Decca 2932 |
December 19, 1939 (1939-12-19) |
January 1940 (1940-01) |
US BB 1940 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
21 |
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) |
"Say It"[20] |
Bluebird 10631 |
February 24, 1940 (1940-02-24) |
March 8, 1940 (1940-03-08) |
US BB 1940 #21, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
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