Top Songs of the 1930s


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