Top Songs of 1938


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
4
1962
Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald A-Tisket, A-Tasket Swing, Vocal Jazz
1
1355
Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine Swing
Charles Trenet Boum !!... Chanson
Pete Steele Coal Creek March Old-Time
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) Decoration Blues / Decoration Day Blues Acoustic Chicago Blues
Count Basie Doggin Around Big Band, Swing
8
4611
Benny Goodman Don't Be That Way Big Band, Swing
2
1682
Kate Smith God Bless America Big Band, Traditional Pop
12
8258
Rina Ketty J'attendrai Chanson
Charles Trenet Je chante Chanson
Johnny Hess Je suis swing Chanson
11
8248
Count Basie Jumpin' at the Woodside Big Band, Swing
Charles Trenet Le Soleil et la lune Chanson
14
9220
Robert Johnson Me and the Devil Blues Delta Blues
Mary Martin My Heart Belongs to Daddy Show Tunes, Traditional Pop
18
9894
Larry Clinton & His Orchestra My Reverie Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz
Louis Armstrong Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Vocal Jazz
Benny Goodman One O'Clock Jump Big Band, Swing
Duke Ellington Prelude to a Kiss Big Band
9
5761
The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul Traditional Black Gospel
7
4410
Walter Huston September Song Film Soundtrack, Standards
10
8175
Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues Delta Blues
13
8575
Count Basie Swinging the Blues Big Band
6
3697
Bob Hope/Shirley Ross Thanks for the Memory Traditional Pop
15
9752
Artie Shaw They Say Swing
16
9753
Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers Ti-Pi-Tin Big Band, Vaudeville
17
9770
Fats Waller Two Sleepy People Stride, Vocal Jazz
3
1774
Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys Wabash Cannonball Traditional Country
5
2688
Louis Armstrong When the Saints Go Marching In Dixieland
Charles Trenet Y'a d'la joie Chanson