Top Songs of the 1930s
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Song▼ Genres▼ Year▼
1
35
 Billie Holiday Strange Fruit Vocal Jazz 1939
2
156
 Judy Garland Over the Rainbow Film Soundtrack, Traditional Pop 1939
3
290
 Robert Johnson Cross Road Blues Delta Blues 1936
4
361
 Coleman Hawkins Body and Soul Swing 1939
5
376
 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra Minnie the Moocher Swing 1931
6
594
 Glenn Miller In the Mood Big Band, Swing 1939
7
723
 Count Basie One O'Clock Jump Big Band, Swing 1937
8
759
 Robert Johnson Hellhound on My Trail Delta Blues 1937
9
863
 Duke Ellington Mood Indigo Dixieland 1930
10
909
 Robert Johnson Love in Vain Delta Blues 1937
11
916
 Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing Big Band, Swing 1937
12
1007
 Lead Belly The Midnight Special Delta Blues 1934
13
1067
 The Carter Family Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) Appalachian Folk Music, Country Gospel 1935
14
1138
 Glenn Miller Moonlight Serenade Big Band, Swing 1939
15
1294
 Lydia Mendoza Mal Hombre Tejano 1934
16
1355
 Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine Swing 1938
17
1452
 Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare a Dime Traditional Pop 1932
18
1460
 Bunny Berigan I Can't Get Started Big Band 1936
19
1477
 The Ink Spots If I Didn't Care Traditional Pop, Vocal Group 1939
20
1553
 Robert Johnson Sweet Home Chicago Delta Blues 1936
21
1660
 Lead Belly Goodnight Irene Country Blues 1936
22
1674
 Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire Night and Day Standards 1932
23
1682
 Kate Smith God Bless America Big Band, Traditional Pop 1938
24
1725
 Robert Johnson Terraplane Blues Delta Blues 1936
25
1744
 Gene Autry Back in the Saddle Again Cowboy 1939
26
1768
 Patsy Montana I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Yodeling, Cowboy 1935
27
1774
 Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys Wabash Cannonball Traditional Country 1938
28
1790
 Skip James Devil Got My Woman Delta Blues 1931
29
1819
 Duke Ellington Caravan Big Band, Swing 1937
30
1899
 The Sons of the Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds Cowboy 1934
31
1962
 Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald A-Tisket, A-Tasket Swing, Vocal Jazz 1938
32
2022
 Louis Armstrong with Earl Hines Weather Bird Swing 1930
33
2037
 Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra Cheek to Cheek Standards 1935
34
2109
 Mississippi Sheiks Sitting on Top of the World Country Blues 1930
35
2111
 Don Azpiazu El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor) Latin Jazz, Rhumba 1930
36
2151
 Sidney Bechet Summertime Dixieland, Swing 1939
37
2162
 Count Basie's Kansas City Seven feat. Lester Young Lester Leaps In Swing 1939
38
2295
 Duke Ellington It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Big Band, Swing 1932
39
2341
 Fred Astaire They Can't Take That Away from Me Standards, Vocal Jazz 1937
40
2347
 Louis Armstrong Star Dust Big Band 1931
41
2469
 Big Joe Williams Baby Please Don't Go Delta Blues 1935
42
2501
 Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'Em Pete Boogie Woogie, Jump-Blues 1939
43
2590
 Sonny Boy Williamson (I) Good Morning (Little) School Girl Acoustic Chicago Blues 1937
44
2641
 Jones-Smith, Incorporated [Count Basie] Oh, Lady Be Good Swing 1936
45
2685
 Quintette du Hot Club de France Minor's Swing Jazz manouche, Swing 1937
46
2688
 Louis Armstrong When the Saints Go Marching In Dixieland 1938
47
2703
 Ethel Waters Stormy Weather Standards, Vocal Jazz 1933
48
2754
 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra Moten's Swing Big Band, Swing 1933
49
2784
 The Andrews Sisters Bei mir bist du schön Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Group 1937
50
2818
 Carlos Gardel El dia que me quieras Tango 1935
51
2844
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Traditional Black Gospel 1939
52
2886
 Ben Selvin Orchestra Happy Days Are Here Again Traditional Pop 1930
53
2936
 Solomon Linda Mbube Mbube 1939
54
2944
 Bing Crosby Pennies from Heaven Standards 1936
55
2966
 Fats Waller Honeysuckle Rose Stride, Vocal Jazz 1934
56
3072
 Duke Ellington In a Sentimental Mood Big Band 1935
57
3220
 Benny Goodman King Porter (Stomp) Big Band, Swing 1935
58
3287
 Carlos Gardel Volver Tango 1935
59
3289
 Max Steiner Tara's Theme Film Score 1939
60
3315
 Tommy Dorsey I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You Swing 1936
61
3506
 Ethel Merman I Got Rhythm Show Tunes, Traditional Pop 1930
62
3693
 Benny Goodman & His Orchestra with Martha Tilton and Ziggy And the Angels Sing Big Band, Vocal Jazz 1939
63
3697
 Bob Hope/Shirley Ross Thanks for the Memory Traditional Pop 1938
64
3879
 Billie Holiday Fine and Mellow Vocal Jazz 1939
65
4025
 Art Tatum Tea for Two Stride 1933
66
4271
 Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans Great Speckled Bird Traditional Country 1936
67
4295
 Lucienne Boyer Parlez-moi d'amour Chanson 1930
68
4345
 Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) Country Yodeling 1930
69
4410
 Walter Huston September Song Film Soundtrack, Standards 1938
70
4419
 Trio Matamoros Lágrimas negras Bolero son 1932
71
4489
 Duke Ellington Reminiscing in Tempo Big Band 1935
72
4601
 Harry Richman Puttin' On the Ritz Big Band, Vocal Jazz 1930
73
4611
 Benny Goodman Don't Be That Way Big Band, Swing 1938
74
4637
 Robert Johnson Come On in My Kitchen Delta Blues 1936
75
4675
 Sidney Bechet Maple Leaf Rag Dixieland 1932
76
4702
 The Boswell Sisters Alexander's Ragtime Band Traditional Pop 1934
77
4775
 Marian Anderson He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Spirituals 1932
78
4883
 Fred Astaire The Way You Look Tonight Standards 1936
79
5111
 Fletcher Henderson Queer Notions Big Band, Swing 1933
80
5244
 Jimmie Lunceford Organ Grinder's Swing Swing 1936
81
5259
 Sol Hoopii Hula Girl Hawaiian Music 1933
82
5340
 Art Tatum Tiger Rag Stride 1933
83
5504
 Kokomo Arnold Milk Cow Blues Country Blues 1934
84
5515
 W.H. Stepp Bonaparte's Retreat Old-Time 1937
85
5548
 Lead Belly The Gallis Pole Delta Blues 1939
86
5574
 Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens Tout va très bien madame la marquise Chanson, Satire 1935
87
5658
 Mary Lou Williams Night Life Stride 1930
88
5673
 Jimmie Lunceford For Dancers Only Swing 1937
89
5701
 Carmen Miranda O que é que a Bahiana tem Marchinha 1939
90
5761
 The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul Traditional Black Gospel 1938
91
5797
 Ray Noble & His Orchestra The Very Thought of You British Dance Band 1934
92
5878
 Josephine Baker J'ai deux amours Chanson 1930
93
6344
 Skip James Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Delta Blues 1931
94
6354
 Tommy Dorsey Marie Big Band, Swing 1937
95
6457
 Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell Blues Before Sunrise Piano Blues 1934
96
6487
 The Monroe Brothers What Would You Give in Exchange? Close Harmony 1936
97
6492
 Fred Astaire A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz 1936
98
6554
 Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra Sunrise Serenade Big Band 1939
99
6688
 Son House My Black Mama Delta Blues 1931
100
6816
 Billie Holiday He’s Funny That Way Vocal Jazz 1937
101
7083
 Benny Goodman Moonglow Big Band 1934
102
7255
 Red Norvo Dance of the Octopus Chamber Jazz 1934
103
7263
 Tommy Dorsey feat. Edythe Wright Star Dust Big Band 1936
104
7347
 The Carter Family Worried Man Blues Acoustic Blues, Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country 1930
105
7386
 Ruth Etting Ten Cents a Dance Traditional Pop 1930
106
7416
 Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey Take My Hand, Precious Lord Traditional Black Gospel 1932
107
7541
 Bessie Smith Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl Piano Blues, Vaudeville Blues 1931
108
7551
 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys San Antonio Rose Western Swing 1939
109
7635
 Glahe Musette Orchestra Beer Barrel-Polka Polka 1939
110
7638
 Mildred Bailey Rockin' Chair Vocal Jazz 1932
111
7644
 Fats Waller Viper's Drag Ragtime 1935
112
7791
 Blind Willie Johnson John the Revelator Acoustic Texas Blues 1930
113
7898
 Duke Ellington Rockin' in Rhythm Big Band, Dixieland 1931
114
7938
 Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball Dixieland, Swing 1939
115
8174
 Robert Johnson Ramblin' on My Mind Delta Blues 1937
116
8175
 Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues Delta Blues 1938
117
8195
 Vera Lynn We'll Meet Again Standards 1939
118
8248
 Count Basie Jumpin' at the Woodside Big Band, Swing 1938
119
8258
 Rina Ketty J'attendrai Chanson 1938
120
8411
 Carlos Gardel Mi Buenos Aires Querido Tango 1934
121
8551
 Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy Until the Real Thing Comes Along Swing, Vocal Jazz 1936
122
8557
 Benny Goodman & Charlie Christian Stompin' at the Savoy Big Band, Swing 1936
123
8561
 Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra Lovely to Look At Traditional Pop 1935
124
8569
 Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Three Little Fishes (Itty Bitty Poo) Traditional Pop 1939
125
8575
 Count Basie Swinging the Blues Big Band 1938
126
8624
 Benny Goodman Avalon Big Band, Dixieland 1937
127
8674
 Damia Les Goélands Chanson réaliste 1937
128
8709
 Marian Anderson Ave Maria Lieder 1936
129
8713
 Benny Goodman Body and Soul Standards, Swing 1935
130
8730
 Teddy Wilson/Billie Holiday What a Little Moonlight Can Do Swing, Vocal Jazz 1935
131
9220
 Robert Johnson Me and the Devil Blues Delta Blues 1938
132
9290
 Bing Crosby Dancing in the Dark Standards 1931
133
9367
 Billie Holiday Summertime Standards, Vocal Jazz 1936
134
9452
 Jean Sablon Vous qui passez sans me voir Chanson 1936
135
9549
 Benny Goodman After You've Gone Standards, Swing 1935
136
9701
 Fred Astaire Nice Work If You Can Get It Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz 1937
137
9723
 Benny Goodman Goody-Goody Big Band 1936
138
9724
 Benny Goodman (with Ella Fitzgerald) Goodnight, My Love Big Band 1936
139
9725
 Fats Waller It's a Sin to Tell a Lie Swing 1936
140
9747
 Ted Weems & His Orchestra Heartaches Big Band 1933
141
9752
 Artie Shaw They Say Swing 1938
142
9753
 Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers Ti-Pi-Tin Big Band, Vaudeville 1938
143
9770
 Fats Waller Two Sleepy People Stride, Vocal Jazz 1938
144
9795
 Cannon's Jug Stompers Walk Right In Country Blues, Jug Band 1930
145
9843
 Tino Rossi Marinella Chanson 1936
146
9850
 Ethel Merman You're the Top Show Tunes, Traditional Pop 1934
147
9884
 Rudy Vallée Stein Song (University of Maine Fighting Song) Big Band, Traditional Pop 1930
148
9894
 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra My Reverie Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz 1938
149
9933
 Stéphane Grappelly and His Hot Four with Django Reinhardt Djangology Jazz manouche 1936
150
9968
 Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy Indian Love Call Operetta 1936

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Leo Soileau La Valse Gueydan (Jolie Fille) Traditional Cajun 1935
Hoagy Carmichael Georgia on My Mind Traditional Pop 1930
Growling Tiger Money Is King Calypso 1935
Johnny Hess Je suis swing Chanson 1938
Duke Ellington Creole Rhapsody Dixieland 1931
Agustín Lara Noche de ronda Bolero 1935
Mary Martin My Heart Belongs to Daddy Show Tunes, Traditional Pop 1938
Rudy Vallée Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz 1932
Duke Ellington Sophisticated Lady Big Band 1933
Casa Loma Orchestra Casa Loma Stomp Swing 1931
Tommy Dorsey Song of India Big Band, Swing 1937
Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel no. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Country Yodeling 1931
Benny Goodman Sometimes I’m Happy Big Band, Swing 1935
Lead Belly The Bourgeois Blues Delta Blues 1939
Louis Armstrong All of Me Vocal Jazz 1932
Bessie Smith Gimmie a Pigfoot Vaudeville Blues, Vocal Jazz 1934
Louis Armstrong Lazy River Jazz 1932
Pete Steele Coal Creek March Old-Time 1938
Sidney Bechet Shag Dixieland 1932
Count Basie Taxi War Dance Big Band, Swing 1939
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Golden Gate Gospel Train Southern Gospel, Vocal Group 1937
Judy Garland Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You Traditional Pop 1937
Charlie Barnet Cherokee Swing 1939
Lys Gauty Le Chaland qui passe Chanson 1933
Skip James I'm So Glad Delta Blues 1931
The Charleston Chasers Basin Street Blues Swing 1931
Charles Trenet Je chante Chanson 1938
Jimmie Lunceford White Heat Big Band 1934
Bing Crosby Out of Nowhere Traditional Pop 1931
Bing Crosby Stardust Traditional Pop 1931
Duke Ellington Prelude to a Kiss Big Band 1938
Louis Armstrong Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Vocal Jazz 1938
Robert Johnson I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Delta Blues 1937
Fernandel Félicie aussi Chanson 1939
George Formby With My Little Stick of Blackpool Music Hall 1937
Marie Dubas Le doux caboulot Chanson réaliste 1932
Jimmie Lunceford Rhythm Is Our Business Swing 1935
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra feat. Harold Arlen Stormy Weather Standards 1933
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Steel Guitar Rag Western Swing 1936
Charles Trenet Le Soleil et la lune Chanson 1938
Washington Phillips A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter Gospel 1930
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy Walkin' and Swingin Swing, Vocal Jazz 1936
Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings Boogie Woogie Stomp Boogie Woogie 1936
Bing Crosby Temptation Traditional Pop 1933
Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra Stompin' at the Savoy Swing 1934
Jimmie Rodgers Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel Country Yodeling 1933
Jimmie Rodgers Miss the Mississippi and You Country Yodeling 1932
Duke Ellington Daybreak Express Big Band 1934
Jean Sablon Ce petit chemin Chanson 1933
Bing Crosby Just a Gigolo Traditional Pop 1931
Benny Goodman Blue Skies Big Band, Swing 1935
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra Toby Big Band, Swing 1933
Lionel Hampton When Lights Are Low Big Band 1939
Hal Kemp Where or When Big Band 1937
Benny Goodman One O'Clock Jump Big Band, Swing 1938
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Ida Red Western Swing 1939
Django Reinhardt et Quintette du Hot Club de France Dinah Jazz manouche 1935
Count Basie Doggin Around Big Band, Swing 1938
Gene Autry & Jimmy Long The Yellow Rose of Texas Cowboy 1933
Fred Astaire Puttin' On the Ritz Big Band, Swing, Traditional Pop 1930
Gaston Ouvrard Je N'suis Pas Bien Portant Chanson à texte 1934
Jimmie Lunceford Stratosphere Big Band 1934
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Bumble Bee Country Blues 1930
Kokomo Arnold Old Original Kokomo Blues Country Blues 1934
Charles Trenet Boum !!... Chanson 1938
Fréhel La Java bleue Chanson réaliste 1939
Hoagy Carmichael Rockin' Chair Jazz 1930
Mistinguett C'est vrai Chanson réaliste 1933
Charles Trenet Y'a d'la joie Chanson 1938
Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens Ca Vaut Mieux Que D'attraper La Scarlatine Chanson 1936
Robert Johnson 32-20 Blues Delta Blues 1937
Robert Johnson Kind Hearted Woman Blues Delta Blues 1937
Robert Johnson Walkin' Blues Delta Blues 1937
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) Decoration Blues / Decoration Day Blues Acoustic Chicago Blues 1938