Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from the 1930s

The Top Songs from the 1930s
Rank	All Time Rank	Artist	Single	Year	Sample
1	70	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	1939
2	234	Robert Johnson	Cross Road Blues	1936
3	300	Judy Garland	Over the Rainbow	1939
4	761	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	Minnie the Moocher	1931
5	881	Robert Johnson	Hellhound on My Trail	1937
6	919	Glenn Miller	In the Mood	1939
7	928	Robert Johnson	Love in Vain	1937
8	946	Gene Autry	Back in the Saddle Again	1939
9	962	The Carter Family	Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)	1935
10	976	Duke Ellington	Mood Indigo	1930
11	980	Benny Goodman	Sing, Sing, Sing	1937
12	1071	Skip James	Devil Got My Woman	1931	Listen
13	1114	Count Basie	One O'Clock Jump	1937
14	1140	Kate Smith	God Bless America	1938
15	1174	Leadbelly	Goodnight Irene	1936
16	1180	Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys	Wabash Cannonball	1938
17	1203	Coleman Hawkins	Body and Soul	1939
18	1357	Duke Ellington	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	1932
19	1379	Patsy Montana	I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	1935
20	1495	Jimmie Rodgers	Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)	1930
21	1509	Glenn Miller	Moonlight Serenade	1939
22	1541	Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	1938
23	1559	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Begin the Beguine	1938
24	1567	The Sons of the Pioneers	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	1934
25	1720	The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	1939
26	2469	Louis Armstrong	Star Dust	1931
27	2480	Robert Johnson	Sweet Home Chicago	1936
28	2481	Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	1939
29	2575	Robert Johnson	Terraplane Blues	1936
30	2595	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	1939
31	2600	Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	Cheek to Cheek	1935
32	2602	Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Ol' Man River	1936
33	2628	Sonny Boy Williamson (I)	Good Morning (Little) School Girl	1937
34	2656	Ben Selvin Orchestra	Happy Days Are Here Again	1930
35	2667	Big Joe Williams	Baby Please Don't Go	1935
36	2707	Count Basie's Kansas City Seven	Lester Leaps In	1939
37	2718	Ethel Merman	I Got Rhythm	1930
38	2724	Robert Johnson	Come On in My Kitchen	1936
39	2765	Sidney Bechet	Summertime	1939
40	2832	Fats Waller	Honeysuckle Rose	1934
41	2837	Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	1932
42	2859	Tommy Dorsey	I'm Getting Sentimental Over You	1932
43	2864	Bunny Berigan	I Can't Get Started	1936
44	2871	Walter Huston	September Song	1938
45	2889	Bing Crosby	Pennies from Heaven	1936
46	2895	Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans	Great Speckled Bird	1936
47	2921	Harry Richman	Puttin' On the Ritz	1930
Some songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
		Mississippi Sheiks	Sitting on Top of the World	1930
		Bob Hope/Shirley Ross	Thanks for the Memory	1938
		Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire	Night and Day	1932
		Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	1933
		Art Tatum	Tea for Two	1939
		Bing Crosby	Brother Can You Spare a Dime	1932
		Fred Astaire	They Can't Take That Away from Me	1937	Listen
		Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Ida Red	1939