Acclaimed Music - The Top Songs from the 1930s
The Top Songs from the 1930s

Rank All Time
Rank
ArtistSingleYearSample
1 111 Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
1939
2 226 Robert Johnson
Cross Road Blues
1936
3 380 Judy Garland
Over the Rainbow
1939
4 653 Glenn Miller
In the Mood
1939
5 691 Duke Ellington
Mood Indigo
1930
6 693 Gene Autry
Back in the Saddle Again
1939
7 719 Kate Smith
God Bless America
1938
8 724 Benny Goodman
Sing, Sing, Sing
1937
9 843 Robert Johnson
Hellhound on My Trail
1937
10 865 Count Basie
One O'Clock Jump
1937
11 879 Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Minnie the Moocher
1931
12 893 Leadbelly
Goodnight Irene
1936
13 922 The Carter Family
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
1935
14 926 Coleman Hawkins
Body and Soul
1939
15 1097 Chick Webb & His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
1938
16 1122 The Sons of the Pioneers
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1934
17 1189 Patsy Montana
I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
1935
18 1249 The Ink Spots
If I Didn't Care
1939
19 1303 Jimmie Rodgers
Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner)
1930
20 1387 Glenn Miller
Moonlight Serenade
1939
21 1404 Skip James
Devil Got My Woman
1931 Listen
22 1446 Robert Johnson
Love in Vain
1937
23 1650 Ben Selvin Orchestra
Happy Days Are Here Again
1930
24 1668 Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Begin the Beguine
1938
25 1750 Harry Richman
Puttin' on the Ritz
1930
26 1757 Bing Crosby
Pennies from Heaven
1936
27 1900 Bob Hope/Shirley Ross
Thanks for the Memory
1938
28 1947 Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
1932
29 1951 Leo Reisman & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire
Night and Day
1932
30 2006 Art Tatum
Tea for Two
1939
31 2182 Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
Lester Leaps In
1939
32 2238 Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago
1936
33 2258 Fats Waller
Honeysuckle Rose
1934
34 2280 Robert Johnson
Terraplane Blues
1936
35 2293 Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
1932
36 2294 Bunny Berrigan & His Orchestra
I Can't Get Started
1937
37 2298 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This Train
1938
38 2338 Robert Johnson
Come on in My Kitchen
1936
39 2339 Walter Huston
September Song
1938
40 2382 Sonny Boy Williamson (I)
Good Morning (Little) School Girl
1937
41 2541 Ethel Waters
Stormy Weather
1933
42 2544 Big Joe Williams
Baby Please Don't Go
1935
43 2892 Fred Astaire
They Can't Take That Away from Me
1937 Listen


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