Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart positions |
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1 | Bing Crosby | "Sweet Leilani" | Decca | February 22, 1937 (1937-02-22) | March 1937 (1937-03) | US BB 1937 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales [9] |
2 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "Once In A While" | Victor | July 21, 1937 (1937-07-21) | October 13, 1937 (1937-10-13) | US BB 1937 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937 |
3 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "The Dipsy Doodle" | Victor | October 14, 1937 (1937-10-14) | November 1, 1937 (1937-11-01) | US BB 1937 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks |
4 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | Victor | April 21, 1937 (1937-04-21) | May 5, 1937 (1937-05-05) | US BB 1937 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks |
5 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "Boo Hoo" | Victor | February 17, 1937 (1937-02-17) | March 1937 (1937-03) | US BB 1937 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks |
6 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "September in the Rain" | Victor | February 2, 1937 (1937-02-02) | March 1937 (1937-03) | US BB 1937 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks |
7 | Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | "That Old Feeling" | Bluebird | July 2, 1937 (1937-07-02) | July 21, 1937 (1937-07-21) | US BB 1937 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks |
8 | Bob Crosby and His Orchestra | "Whispers in the Dark" | Decca | July 7, 1937 (1937-07-07) | August 1937 (1937-08) | US BB 1937 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks |
9 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Ella Fitzgerald) | Goodnight, My Love | Victor | November 5, 1936 (1936-11-05) | November 18, 1936 (1936-11-18) | US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks |
10 | Bing Crosby | "The Moon Got in My Eyes" | Decca | July 12, 1937 (1937-07-12) | August 1937 (1937-08) | US BB 1937 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks |
11 | Hal Kemp and His Orchestra | "This Year's Kisses" [10] | Brunswick | January 4, 1937 (1937-01-04) | February 1937 (1937-02) | US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks |
12 | Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians | "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" | Victor | May 28, 1937 (1937-05-28) | June 1937 (1937-06) | US BB 1937 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks |
13 | Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) | "Carelessly" [10] | Brunswick | March 31, 1937 (1937-03-31) | April 1937 (1937-04) | US BB 1937 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks |
14 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "Satan Takes a Holiday" | Victor | April 15, 1937 (1937-04-15) | July 1937 (1937-07) | US BB 1937 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks |
15 | Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Margaret McCrae) | "This Year's Kisses" | Victor | December 30, 1936 (1936-12-30) | January 20, 1937 (1937-01-20) | US BB 1937 #15, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks |
16 | Bing Crosby | Remember Me? | Decca | September 20, 1937 (1937-09-20) | October 1937 (1937-10) | US BB 1937 #16, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks |
17 | Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra | "It's De-Lovely" | Victor | October 2, 1937 (1937-10-02) | October 21, 1937 (1937-10-21) | US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks |
18 | Russ Morgan and His Orchestra | "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" [10] | Brunswick | April 29, 1937 (1937-04-29) | May 1937 (1937-05) | US BB 1937 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks |
19 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "Marie" | Victor | January 29, 1937 (1937-01-29) | February 17, 1937 (1937-02-17) | US BB 1937 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 150,000 sales [11] |
20 | Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" | Bluebird | June 3, 1937 (1937-06-03) | June 16, 1937 (1937-06-16) | US BB 1937 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks |
21 | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | "(You Know it All) Smarty" | Victor | June 11, 1937 (1937-06-11) | June 30, 1937 (1937-06-30) | US BB 1937 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks |
22 | Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | "The Big Apple" | Victor | August 13, 1937 (1937-08-13) | August 25, 1937 (1937-08-25) | US BB 1937 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
23 | Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) | "You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming" [10] | Brunswick | August 29, 1937 (1937-08-29) | September 1937 (1937-09) | US BB 1937 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
24 | Hal Kemp and His Orchestra | "Where or When" [10] | Brunswick | March 24, 1937 (1937-03-24) | April 1937 (1937-04) | US BB 1936 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks |
27 | Fred Astaire | "They Can't Take That Away From Me" [10] | Brunswick | March 14, 1937 (1937-03-14) | April 1937 (1937-04) | US BB 1937 #27, US #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2005, Jazz Standards 1937 |
28 | Bing Crosby | Too Marvelous for Words | Decca | March 3, 1937 (1937-03-03) | April 1937 (1937-04) | US BB 1937 #28, US #1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks |
29 | Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra | Caravan | Master | May 14, 1937 (1937-05-14) | June 1937 (1937-06) | US BB 1937 #60, US #4 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009, Jazz Standards 1936 |