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[[File:Tommy dorsey playing trombone.jpg|170px|thumbnail|right|[[Tommy Dorsey]] ''(pictured)'' achieved the first ''Billboard'' number-one single with "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]", which topped the chart for twelve consecutive weeks.]]
[[File:Tommy dorsey playing trombone.jpg|170px|thumbnail|right|[[Tommy Dorsey]] ''(pictured)'' achieved the first ''Billboard'' number-one single with "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]", which topped the chart for twelve consecutive weeks.]]
This is a '''list of number-one singles''' in the United States during the year 1939 according to music historian [[Joel Whitburn]].
This is a '''list of number-one singles''' in the United States during the 1930s according to music historian [[Joel Whitburn]].

Before the 1930s, only sporadic popular music charts appeared. In 1935, ''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' began publishing music charts, which were the first regular and consistently updated in the American [[Music industry|music industry]]. Although [[Billboard magazine]] had featured charts before, in 1940, the trade paper began publishing them regularly, overtaking ''Your Hit Parade'' with its methodology and scope. Chart data is pulled from music historian [[Joel Whitburn]], who, in addition to using ''Your Hit Parade'' and ''Billboard'', has used historical sources such as press releases, news stories, and sales data to best represent what prospective charts would've looked like had they been regularly published.


== Number ones ==
== Number ones ==
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[[File:Glenn Miller.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Glenn Miller]] has the record for most number-one hits in a single year, with seven reaching the top spot in 1939.]]
[[File:Glenn Miller.jpg|right|thumb|220px|[[Glenn Miller]] and [[Glenn Miller Orchestra|His Orchestra]] has the record for most number-one hits in a single year, with seven reaching the top spot in 1939.]]
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|-class="unsortable"
! <span id="1939"></span>Reached number one
! <span id="1930"></span> width=60px|Reached number one
!Artist(s)
! width=135px|Artist(s)
!Single
! Single
!Record label
! width=210px|Record label
!width="95"|Weeks at<br />number one
! Weeks at<br />number one
!Ref
! Ref
|-
|-
!colspan=6|{{anchor|10}}1939
!colspan=6<span id="1939">|{{anchor|10}}1939
|-
|-
|align="right"|January 7, 1939
|January 7, 1939
|align="center"|[[Artie Shaw]]
|align="center"|[[Artie Shaw]]
|"They Say"
|"They Say"
|align="center"|[[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]]
|align="center"|[[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|align="center" rowspan="24"|<ref name ="Pop Memories">{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel|date= |title=Pop Memories 1900-1940 |chapter=The #1 Hits|publisher=Record Research |year=2015 |page=295–297 |isbn=978-0-89820-216-8}}</ref>
|-
|-
|align="right" rowspan="2"|January 14, 1939
| rowspan="2"|January 14, 1939
|align="center"|[[Al Donahue]]
|align="center" style="height:3em"|[[Al Donahue]]<br>
|"[[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]"
|"[[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]"<br>
|align="center"|[[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]]
|align="center"|[[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]]<br>
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|5
|-
|-
|align="center"|Artie Shaw
|align="center" style="height:3em"|Artie Shaw
|"Thanks for Ev'rything"
|"Thanks for Ev'rything"<br>
|align="center"|Bluebird
|align="center"|Bluebird
|align="center"|1
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1
|-
|-
|align="right"|February 4, 1939
|February 4, 1939
|align="center"|[[Kay Kyser]]
|align="center"|[[Kay Kyser]]
|"[[The Umbrella Man (song)|The Umbrella Man]]"
|"[[The Umbrella Man (song)|The Umbrella Man]]"
|align="center"|[[Brunswick Records|Brunswick]]
|align="center"|[[Brunswick Records|Brunswick]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="right"|February 11, 1939
|February 11, 1939
|align="center"|[[Larry Clinton]]
|align="center"|[[Larry Clinton]]
|bgcolor=#FFFF99|"[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]"♪ <small>(1939)</small>
|bgcolor=#FFFF99|"[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" ♪ <small>(1939)</small>
|align="center"|[[RCA Records|Victor]]
|align="center"|[[RCA Records|Victor]]
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|9
|-
|-
|align="right"|March 18, 1939
|March 18, 1939
|align="center"|[[Guy Lombardo]]
|align="center"|[[Guy Lombardo]]
|"Penny Serenade"
|"Penny Serenade"
|align="center"|[[Decca Records|Decca]]
|align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Decca Records|Decca]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|align="right"|April 22, 1939
|April 22, 1939
|align="center"|[[Glen Gray]]
|align="center"|[[Glen Gray]]
|"Heaven Can Wait"
|"Heaven Can Wait"
|align="center"|[[Decca Records|Decca]]
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|align="right"|May 6, 1939
|May 6, 1939
|align="center"|[[Tommy Dorsey]]
|align="center"|[[Tommy Dorsey]]
|"[[Our Love (song)|Our Love]]"
|"[[Our Love (song)|Our Love]]"
|align="center"|Victor
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Victor
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|-
|-
|May 13, 1939
| August 19, 1950 || [[Gordon Jenkins]] and [[The Weavers]]
|align="center"|[[Benny Goodman]]
|bgcolor=#FFFF99|"[[Goodnight Irene]]"♪ <small>(1950)</small> || <div align="center">Decca</div> || <div align="center">13</div> ||
|"And the Angels Sing"
|align="center"|5
|-
|-
|May 20, 1939
| November 18, 1950 || [[Sammy Kaye]] || "[[Harbour Lights (song)|Harbor Lights]]" || <div align="center">Columbia</div> || <div align="center">2</div> ||
|align="center"|Kay Kyser
|"[[Three Little Fishies|<small>(Boop-Boop Dit-Tem Dot-Tem What-Tem Chu!)</small> Three Little Fishies <small>(Itty Bitty Poo)</small>]]"
|align="center"|Brunswick
|align="center"|2
|-
|-
|June 3, 1939
| December 2, 1950 || [[Phil Harris]] || "[[The Thing (song)|The Thing]]" || <div align="center">RCA Victor</div> || <div align="center">4</div> ||
|align="center"|[[Will Glahé|Glahé Musette<br> Orchestra]]
|"[[Beer Barrel Polka|Beer Barrel-Polka]]"
|align="center"|Victor
|align="center" rowspan="4"|4
|-
|-
|June 10, 1939
| December 30, 1950 || [[Patti Page]] || "[[The Tennessee Waltz]]" || <div align="center">Mercury</div> || <div align="center">9</div> ||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|[[Glenn Miller]]
|-class="unsortable"
|"Wishing <small>(Will Make It So)</small>"
!colspan=6|<span id="1951"></span>{{anchor|10}}[[List of number-one singles of 1951 (U.S.)|1951]]
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Bluebird
|-
|-
|July 8, 1939
| March 3, 1951 || [[Perry Como]] || "[[If (They Made Me a King)|If]]" || <div align="center">RCA Victor</div> || <div align="center">6</div> ||
|"[[Stairway to the Stars|Stairway To The Stars]]"
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"|August 12, 1939
| March 10, 1951 || [[Mario Lanza]] || "[[Be My Love]]" || <div align="center">RCA Victor (Red Seal)</div> || <div align="center">1</div> ||
| style="height:3em"|"Moon Love"
|-
|-
|align="center"|Glen Gray
| April 21, 1951 || [[Les Paul]] and [[Mary Ford]] || "[[How High The Moon]]" || <div align="center">Capitol</div> || <div align="center">9</div> ||
| style="height:3em"|"[[Sunrise Serenade]]"
|align="center"|Decca
|align="center"|2
|-
| rowspan="2"|September 9, 1939
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Glenn Miller
| style="height:3em"|"[[Over the Rainbow]]"
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Bluebird
|align="center"|7
|-
|"The Man With The Mandolin"
|align="center"|3
|-
|September 30, 1939
|"Blue Orchids"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1
|-
|October 21, 1939
|align="center"|[[Bob Crosby]]
|"[[Day In, Day Out (1939 song)|Day In-Day Out]]"
|align="center"|Decca
|-
|November 4, 1939
|align="center"|[[Shep Fields]]
|"[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South of the Border <small>(Down Mexico Way)</small>]]"
|align="center" |Bluebird
|align="center"|5
|-
|November 11, 1939
|align="center"|[[The Ink Spots]]
|"Address Unknown"
|align="center"|Decca
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1
|-
|November 25, 1939
|align="center"|Shep Fields
|"Scatter-Brain"
|align="center" rowspan="2"|Bluebird
|-
|December 16, 1939
|align="center"|Glenn Miller
|"[[In the Mood]]"
|-
|December 23, 1939
|align="center"|Shep Fields
|"Scatter-Brain"
|align="center"|Vocalion
|align="center"|6
|-
!colspan=6<span id="1940">|{{anchor|10}}1940
|-
|February 10, 1940
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Glenn Miller
|bgcolor=#FFFF99|"In the Mood" ♪ <small>(1940)</small>
|align="center" rowspan="3"|Bluebird
|align="center"|12
|align="center" rowspan="3"|<ref name ="Pop Memories"/><ref name ="Pop Hits Singles and Albums">{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel|date= |title=Pop Hits Singles and Albums, 1940-1954 |chapter=#1 Singles|publisher=Record Research |quote=[on "In the Mood"]: includes 1 week at #1 in 1939, 12/16. |year=2002 |page=311 |isbn=978-0-89820-198-7}}</ref>
|-
|May 4, 1940
|"[[Tuxedo Junction]]"
|align="center"|9
|-
|July 6, 1940
|"[[The Woodpecker Song]]"
|align="center"|5
|-
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}



[[:Category:Lists of number-one songs in the United States|1940]]
[[:Category:Lists of number-one songs in the United States|1940]]

Latest revision as of 15:06, 5 October 2024

Tommy Dorsey (pictured) achieved the first Billboard number-one single with "I'll Never Smile Again", which topped the chart for twelve consecutive weeks.

This is a list of number-one singles in the United States during the 1930s according to music historian Joel Whitburn.

Before the 1930s, only sporadic popular music charts appeared. In 1935, Your Hit Parade began publishing music charts, which were the first regular and consistently updated in the American music industry. Although Billboard magazine had featured charts before, in 1940, the trade paper began publishing them regularly, overtaking Your Hit Parade with its methodology and scope. Chart data is pulled from music historian Joel Whitburn, who, in addition to using Your Hit Parade and Billboard, has used historical sources such as press releases, news stories, and sales data to best represent what prospective charts would've looked like had they been regularly published.

Number ones

[edit]
Key
 ♪   – Number-one single of the year
Contents
←1920s  • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • The first Billboard singles charts →
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra has the record for most number-one hits in a single year, with seven reaching the top spot in 1939.
Reached number one Artist(s) Single Record label Weeks at
number one
Ref
1939
January 7, 1939 Artie Shaw "They Say" Bluebird 2 [1]
January 14, 1939 Al Donahue
"Jeepers Creepers"
Vocalion
5
Artie Shaw "Thanks for Ev'rything"
Bluebird 1
February 4, 1939 Kay Kyser "The Umbrella Man" Brunswick
February 11, 1939 Larry Clinton "Deep Purple" ♪ (1939) Victor 9
March 18, 1939 Guy Lombardo "Penny Serenade" Decca 1
April 22, 1939 Glen Gray "Heaven Can Wait" 2
May 6, 1939 Tommy Dorsey "Our Love" Victor 1
May 13, 1939 Benny Goodman "And the Angels Sing" 5
May 20, 1939 Kay Kyser "(Boop-Boop Dit-Tem Dot-Tem What-Tem Chu!) Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo)" Brunswick 2
June 3, 1939 Glahé Musette
Orchestra
"Beer Barrel-Polka" Victor 4
June 10, 1939 Glenn Miller "Wishing (Will Make It So)" Bluebird
July 8, 1939 "Stairway To The Stars"
August 12, 1939 "Moon Love"
Glen Gray "Sunrise Serenade" Decca 2
September 9, 1939 Glenn Miller "Over the Rainbow" Bluebird 7
"The Man With The Mandolin" 3
September 30, 1939 "Blue Orchids" 1
October 21, 1939 Bob Crosby "Day In-Day Out" Decca
November 4, 1939 Shep Fields "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" Bluebird 5
November 11, 1939 The Ink Spots "Address Unknown" Decca 1
November 25, 1939 Shep Fields "Scatter-Brain" Bluebird
December 16, 1939 Glenn Miller "In the Mood"
December 23, 1939 Shep Fields "Scatter-Brain" Vocalion 6
1940
February 10, 1940 Glenn Miller "In the Mood" ♪ (1940) Bluebird 12 [1][2]
May 4, 1940 "Tuxedo Junction" 9
July 6, 1940 "The Woodpecker Song" 5

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2015). "The #1 Hits". Pop Memories 1900-1940. Record Research. p. 295–297. ISBN 978-0-89820-216-8.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). "#1 Singles". Pop Hits Singles and Albums, 1940-1954. Record Research. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-89820-198-7. [on "In the Mood"]: includes 1 week at #1 in 1939, 12/16.

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