Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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1 | Wayne King and His Orchestra (vocal Ernie Birchill) | "Good-night Sweetheart" [12] | Victor 22825 | September 29, 1931 (1931-09-29) | October 1931 (1931-10) | US Billboard 1931 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks |
2 | Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra | "Mood Indigo" [13] | Victor 22587 | December 10, 1930 (1930-12-10) | January 23, 1931 (1931-01-23) | US Billboard 1931 #2, US #3 for 10 total weeks, 48,191 sales, [14] Grammy Hall of Fame in 1975 |
3 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra (vocal Donald Novis) | "Sweet And Lovely" [15] | Victor 22770 | July 19, 1931 (1931-07-19) | August 1931 (1931-08) | US Billboard 1931 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 20,527 sales [16] |
4 | Mills Brothers | "Tiger Rag" [17] | Brunswick 6197 | October 9, 1931 (1931-10-09) | November 1931 (1931-11) | US Billboard 1931 #4, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks |
5 | Wayne King and His Orchestra | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" [18] | Victor 22643 | February 18, 1931 (1931-02-18) | March 1931 (1931-03) | US Billboard 1931 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 30,755 sales, [19] ASCAP song of 1930 |
6 | Bing Crosby | "Just One More Chance" [20] | Brunswick 6120 | May 4, 1931 (1931-05-04) | May 1931 (1931-05) | US Billboard 1931 #6, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks |
7 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "By the River St. Marie" [21] | Columbia 2401-D | February 10, 1931 (1931-02-10) | March 1931 (1931-03) | US Billboard 1931 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
8 | Bing Crosby | "At Your Command" [22] | Brunswick 6145 | June 24, 1931 (1931-06-24) | July 1931 (1931-07) | US Billboard 1931 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks |
9 | Kate Smith with Ben Selvin and His Orchestra | "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" [23] | Columbia 2516-D | August 17, 1931 (1931-08-17) | September 1931 (1931-09) | US Billboard 1931 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks |
10 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra (vocal Bing Crosby) | "I Surrender Dear" [24] | Victor 22618 | January 19, 1931 (1931-01-19) | March 1931 (1931-03) | US Billboard 1931 #10, US #3 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks |
11 | Leo Reisman and His Orchestra (vocal Ben W. Gordon) | "Just a Gigolo" [25] | Victor 22606 | January 5, 1931 (1931-01-05) | March 1931 (1931-03) | US Billboard 1931 #11, US #15 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, 39,618 sales [26] |
12 | Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison | "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" [27] | Victor 22588 | November 26, 1930 (1930-11-26) | January 23, 1931 (1931-01-23) | US Billboard 1931 #12, US #4 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1931 #3, 38,805 sales [28] |
13 | Wayne King and His Orchestra | "The Waltz You Saved for Me" [29] | Victor 22575 | November 7, 1930 (1930-11-07) | April 1931 (1931-04) | US Billboard 1931 #13, US #4 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 38,450 sales [30] |
14 | Bing Crosby | "Out of Nowhere" [31] | Brunswick 6090 | March 30, 1931 (1931-03-30) | April 1931 (1931-04) | US Billboard 1931 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks |
15 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time" [32] | Columbia 2457-D | April 29, 1931 (1931-04-29) | May 1931 (1931-05) | US Billboard 1931 #15, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks |
16 | Cab Calloway and His Orchestra | "Minnie the Moocher" [33] | Brunswick 6074 | March 3, 1931 (1931-03-03) | March 1931 (1931-03) | US Billboard 1931 #16, US #1 for 1 week, 17 total weeks |
17 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "Love For Sale" [34] | Victor 22598 | December 24, 1930 (1930-12-24) | March 1931 (1931-03) | US Billboard 1931 #17, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, 34,465 sales [35] |
18 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" [36] | Victor 22707 | May 4, 1931 (1931-05-04) | June 1931 (1931-06) | US Billboard 1931 #18, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks, 20,769 sales [37] |
19 | Bing Crosby | "I Found a Million Dollar Baby (in a Five and Ten Cent Store)" [38] | Brunswick 6140 | May 4, 1931 (1931-05-04) | June 1931 (1931-06) | US Billboard 1931 #19, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks |
20 | Gus Arnheim Coconut Grove Orchestra (vocals Rhythm Boys) | "The Little Things In Life" [39] | Victor 22580 | November 25, 1930 (1930-11-25) | December 1930 (1930-12) | US Billboard 1931 #20, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, 29,066 sales [40] |
21 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" [41] | Victor 22611 | January 13, 1931 (1931-01-13) | April 1931 (1931-04) | US Billboard 1931 #21, US #4 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 32,716 sales [42] |
22 | Wayne King and His Orchestra | "Goofus" [43] | Victor 22600 | November 6, 1930 (1930-11-06) | January 1931 (1931-01) | US Billboard 1931 #22, US #4 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 38,450 sales [44] |
23 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "Good Night, Sweetheart" [45] | Columbia 2547-D | October 8, 1931 (1931-10-08) | November 1931 (1931-11) | US Billboard 1931 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks |
24 | Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees | "When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba" [46] | Victor 22742 | June 15, 1931 (1931-06-15) | August 1931 (1931-08) | US Billboard 1931 #24, US #2 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 27,402 sales [47] |
25 | Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians | "Dancing in the Dark" [48] | Victor 22708 | May 18, 1931 (1931-05-18) | July 1931 (1931-07) | US Billboard 1931 #25, US #3 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 26,928 sales [49] |
26 | Ted Lewis and His Band | "Just a Gigolo" [50] | Columbia 2378-D | January 13, 1931 (1931-01-13) | February 1931 (1931-02) | US Billboard 1931 #26, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks |