Top Songs of 1939


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
35
Billie Holiday Strange Fruit Vocal Jazz
2
156
Judy Garland Over the Rainbow Film Soundtrack, Traditional Pop
3
361
Coleman Hawkins Body and Soul Swing
4
594
Glenn Miller In the Mood Big Band, Swing
5
1138
Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade Big Band, Swing
6
1477
The Ink Spots If I Didn't Care Traditional Pop, Vocal Group
7
1744
Gene Autry Back in the Saddle Again Cowboy
8
2151
Sidney Bechet Summertime Dixieland, Swing
9
2162
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven feat. Lester Young Lester Leaps In Swing
10
2501
Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'Em Pete Boogie Woogie, Jump-Blues
11
2844
Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Traditional Black Gospel
12
2936
Solomon Linda Mbube Mbube
13
3289
Max Steiner Tara's Theme Film Score
14
3693
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Martha Tilton and Ziggy And the Angels Sing Big Band, Vocal Jazz
15
3879
Billie Holiday Fine and Mellow Vocal Jazz
16
5548
Lead Belly The Gallis Pole Delta Blues
17
5701
Carmen Miranda O que é que a Bahiana tem Marchinha
18
6554
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra Sunrise Serenade Big Band
19
7551
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys San Antonio Rose Western Swing
20
7635
Glahe Musette Orchestra Beer Barrel-Polka Polka
21
7938
Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball Dixieland, Swing
22
8195
Vera Lynn We'll Meet Again Standards
23
8569
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Three Little Fishes (Itty Bitty Poo) Traditional Pop

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Lead Belly The Bourgeois Blues Delta Blues
Count Basie Taxi War Dance Big Band, Swing
Charlie Barnet Cherokee Swing
Fernandel Félicie aussi Chanson
Lionel Hampton When Lights Are Low Big Band
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Ida Red Western Swing
Fréhel La Java bleue Chanson réaliste