Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | Bing Crosby | "Pennies from Heaven" [3] | Decca 947 | July 24, 1936 (1936-07-24) | November 1936 (1936-11) | US BB 1936 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, Jazz Standards 1936 |
2 | Fred Astaire | "The Way You Look To-night" [4] | Brunswick 7717 | July 26, 1936 (1936-07-26) | August 1936 (1936-08) | US BB 1936 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Jazz Standards 1936 |
3 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "The Glory Of Love" [5] | Victor 25316 | April 23, 1936 (1936-04-23) | May 6, 1936 (1936-05-06) | US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks |
4 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "Alone" [6] | Victor 25191 | November 7, 1935 (1935-11-07) | December 1935 (1935-12) | US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks |
5 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "Goody Goody" [7] | Victor 25245 | January 24, 1936 (1936-01-24) | February 1936 (1936-02) | US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks |
6 | Fred Astaire | "A Fine Romance" [4] | Brunswick 7716 | July 28, 1936 (1936-07-28) | August 1936 (1936-08) | US BB 1936 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks |
7 | Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven | "The Music Goes Round and Round" [8] | Victor 25201 | May 25, 1936 (1936-05-25) | August 1936 (1936-08) | US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks |
8 | Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | "Did I Remember?" [9] | Bluebird 6476 | July 3, 1936 (1936-07-03) | July 31, 1936 (1936-07-31) | US BB 1936 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks |
9 | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" [10] | Victor 25342 | June 5, 1936 (1936-06-05) | June 17, 1936 (1936-06-17) | US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks |
10 | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" [11] | Decca 768 | March 29, 1936 (1936-03-29) | August 1936 (1936-08) | US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
11 | Jan Garber and His Orchestra | "Melody from the Sky" [12] | Decca 761 | February 27, 1936 (1936-02-27) | April 1936 (1936-04) | US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
12 | Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra | "Moon Over Miami" [13] | Victor 25212 | December 23, 1935 (1935-12-23) | December 27, 1935 (1935-12-27) | US BB 1936 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
13 | Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Band | "The Music Goes 'Round and Around" [14] | Decca 578 | October 24, 1935 (1935-10-24) | November 1935 (1935-11) | US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 sales [15] |
14 | Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" [16] | Bluebird 6640 | October 22, 1936 (1936-10-22) | November 4, 1936 (1936-11-04) | US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks |
15 | Hal Kemp and His Orchestra | "There's a Small Hotel" [4] | Brunswick 7634 | March 12, 1936 (1936-03-12) | April 1936 (1936-04) | US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks |
16 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "When Did You Leave Heaven" [17] | Victor 25357 | July 2, 1936 (1936-07-02) | July 17, 1936 (1936-07-17) | US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks |
17 | Jan Garber and His Orchestra | "A Beautiful Lady in Blue" [18] | Decca 651 | December 16, 1935 (1935-12-16) | January 1936 (1936-01) | US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks |
18 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "It's Been So Long" [19] | Victor 25245 | January 24, 1936 (1936-01-24) | February 1936 (1936-02) | US BB 1936 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks |
19 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) | "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You" [20] | Victor 25351 | June 15, 1936 (1936-06-15) | July 1, 1936 (1936-07-01) | US BB 1936 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1935 |
20 | Hal Kemp and His Orchestra | "When I'm with You" [4] | Brunswick 7681 | May 13, 1936 (1936-05-13) | July 1936 (1936-07) | US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks |