Top Songs of 1936
Rank
▼
All Time
Rank
▼
Artist
▼
Song
▼
Genres
▼
1
290
Robert Johnson
Cross Road Blues
Delta Blues
2
1460
Bunny Berigan
I Can't Get Started
Big Band
3
1553
Robert Johnson
Sweet Home Chicago
Delta Blues
4
1660
Lead Belly
Goodnight Irene
Country Blues
5
1725
Robert Johnson
Terraplane Blues
Delta Blues
6
2641
Jones-Smith, Incorporated [Count Basie]
Oh, Lady Be Good
Swing
7
2944
Bing Crosby
Pennies from Heaven
Standards
8
3315
Tommy Dorsey
I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You
Swing
9
4271
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
Great Speckled Bird
Traditional Country
10
4637
Robert Johnson
Come On in My Kitchen
Delta Blues
11
4883
Fred Astaire
The Way You Look Tonight
Standards
12
5244
Jimmie Lunceford
Organ Grinder's Swing
Swing
13
6487
The Monroe Brothers
What Would You Give in Exchange?
Close Harmony
14
6492
Fred Astaire
A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)
Traditional Pop
,
Vocal Jazz
15
7263
Tommy Dorsey feat. Edythe Wright
Star Dust
Big Band
16
8551
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Swing
,
Vocal Jazz
17
8557
Benny Goodman & Charlie Christian
Stompin' at the Savoy
Big Band
,
Swing
18
8709
Marian Anderson
Ave Maria
Lieder
19
9367
Billie Holiday
Summertime
Standards
,
Vocal Jazz
20
9452
Jean Sablon
Vous qui passez sans me voir
Chanson
21
9723
Benny Goodman
Goody-Goody
Big Band
22
9724
Benny Goodman (with Ella Fitzgerald)
Goodnight, My Love
Big Band
23
9725
Fats Waller
It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Swing
24
9843
Tino Rossi
Marinella
Chanson
25
9933
Stéphane Grappelly and His Hot Four with Django Reinhardt
Djangology
Jazz manouche
26
9968
Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy
Indian Love Call
Operetta
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Steel Guitar Rag
Western Swing
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds of Joy
Walkin' and Swingin
Swing
,
Vocal Jazz
Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings
Boogie Woogie Stomp
Boogie Woogie
Ray Ventura et ses Collégiens
Ca Vaut Mieux Que D'attraper La Scarlatine
Chanson