Top Songs of 1938
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Song▼ Genres▼
1
1355
 Artie Shaw Begin the Beguine Swing
2
1682
 Kate Smith God Bless America Big Band, Traditional Pop
3
1774
 Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys Wabash Cannonball Traditional Country
4
1962
 Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald A-Tisket, A-Tasket Swing, Vocal Jazz
5
2688
 Louis Armstrong When the Saints Go Marching In Dixieland
6
3697
 Bob Hope/Shirley Ross Thanks for the Memory Traditional Pop
7
4410
 Walter Huston September Song Film Soundtrack, Standards
8
4611
 Benny Goodman Don't Be That Way Big Band, Swing
9
5761
 The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul Traditional Black Gospel
10
8175
 Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues Delta Blues
11
8248
 Count Basie Jumpin' at the Woodside Big Band, Swing
12
8258
 Rina Ketty J'attendrai Chanson
13
8575
 Count Basie Swinging the Blues Big Band
14
9220
 Robert Johnson Me and the Devil Blues Delta Blues
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
18
9894
 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra My Reverie Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Johnny Hess Je suis swing Chanson
Mary Martin My Heart Belongs to Daddy Show Tunes, Traditional Pop
Pete Steele Coal Creek March Old-Time
Charles Trenet Je chante Chanson
Duke Ellington Prelude to a Kiss Big Band
Louis Armstrong Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Vocal Jazz
Charles Trenet Le Soleil et la lune Chanson
Benny Goodman One O'Clock Jump Big Band, Swing
Count Basie Doggin Around Big Band, Swing
Charles Trenet Boum !!... Chanson
Charles Trenet Y'a d'la joie Chanson
Sonny Boy Williamson (I) Decoration Blues / Decoration Day Blues Acoustic Chicago Blues