Your Hit Parade was an American radio and television music program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1953 on radio, and seen from 1950 to 1959 on television. In 1935, they began publishing the earliest weekly music chart, preceding the Billboard singles chart, which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine beginning on July 27, 1940.
The Your Hit Parade chart was established in April 1935, which operated under a proprietary formula to determine the popularity of a song based on five factors, including 1) record sales (divided between a) retail and b) wholesale), 2) sheet-music copies of the song (both retail and wholesale), 3) number of radio plays, a category that is sub-divided between a) plays on the three national networks and b) plays on local stations, 4) plays on jukeboxes, and 5) numbers of requests to orchestra leaders to play a particular song. [1] As such, though the musicians who popularized each song are credited with having done so, this is not exactly the same as them having made a hit record.
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No. | Date(s) | Song | Artist(s) | Record label | Ref |
001 | April 20, 1935 | "Soon" | Bing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra | Decca | [2] [3] |
002 | April 27, 1935 | "Lovely to Look At" | Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra | Victor | [2] [3] |
003 | May 4, 1935 | "Lullaby of Broadway" | Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra | [2] [4] | |
May 11, 1935 | |||||
004 | May 18, 1935 | "What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)" | Guy Lombardo | Decca | [2] [5] |
May 25, 1935 | |||||
005 | June 1, 1935 | "Life Is a Song" | Ruth Etting | Columbia | [2] [6] |
June 8, 1935 | |||||
006 | June 15, 1935 | "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" | Bob Crosby | Decca | [2] [7] |
007 | June 22, 1935 | "Chasing Shadows" | The Dorsey Brothers | [2] [7] | |
June 29, 1935 | |||||
July 6, 1935 | |||||
re | July 13, 1935 | "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" | Bob Crosby | [2] [7] | |
re | July 20, 1935 | "Chasing Shadows" | The Dorsey Brothers | [2] [7] | |
008 | July 27, 1935 | "In the Middle of a Kiss" | Hal Kemp | Brunswick | [2] [7] |
re | August 3, 1935 | "Chasing Shadows" | The Dorsey Brothers | Decca | [2] [7] |
009 | August 10, 1935 | "Paris in the Spring" | Ray Noble | Victor | [2] [8] |
010 | August 17, 1935 | "And Then Some" | Ozzie Nelson | Brunswick | [2] [9] |
011 | August 24, 1935 | "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" | Tom Coakley | Victor | [2] [10] |
012 | August 31, 1935 | "You're All I Need" | Eddy Duchin | [2] [5] | |
re | September 7, 1935 | "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" | Tom Coakley | [2] [10] | |
September 14, 1935 | |||||
013 | September 21, 1935 | "I'm in the Mood for Love" | Little Jack Little | Columbia | [2] [7] |
014 | September 28, 1935 | "Cheek to Cheek" | Fred Astaire | Brunswick | [2] [10] |
October 5, 1935 | |||||
October 12, 1935 | |||||
October 19, 1935 | |||||
October 26, 1935 | |||||
015 | November 2, 1935 | "You Are My Lucky Star" | Eddy Duchin | Victor | [2] [11] |
November 9, 1935 | |||||
November 16, 1935 | |||||
016 | November 23, 1935 | "Red Sails in the Sunset" | Guy Lombardo | Decca | [2] [12] |
November 30, 1935 | |||||
December 7, 1935 | |||||
December 14, 1935 | |||||
017 | December 21, 1935 | "On Treasure Island" | Tommy Dorsey | [2] [8] | |
018 | December 28, 1935 | "A Little Bit Independent" | Fats Waller | Victor | [2] [6] |
January 4, 1936 | |||||
019 | January 11, 1936 | "The Music Goes Round and Round" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] [13] |
January 18, 1936 | |||||
January 25, 1936 | |||||
020 | February 1, 1936 | "Moon Over Miami" | Eddy Duchin | [2] [13] | |
021 | February 8, 1936 | "Alone" | Tommy Dorsey | [2] [14] | |
February 15, 1936 | |||||
February 22, 1936 | |||||
February 29, 1936 | |||||
022 | March 7, 1936 | "Lights Out" | Eddy Duchin | [2] [13] | |
re | March 14, 1936 | "Alone" | Tommy Dorsey | [2] [14] | |
re | March 21, 1936 | "Lights Out" | Eddy Duchin | [2] [13] | |
023 | March 28, 1936 | "Goody Goody" | Benny Goodman | [2] [15] | |
April 4, 1936 | |||||
April 11, 1936 | |||||
April 18, 1936 | |||||
024 | April 25, 1936 | "Lost" | Guy Lombardo | [2] [13] | |
May 2, 1936 | |||||
May 9, 1936 | |||||
025 | May 16, 1936 | "Melody from the Sky" | Jan Garber | Decca | [2] [13] |
026 | May 23, 1936 | "You" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] [16] |
re | May 30, 1936 | "Lost" | Guy Lombardo | Victor | [2] [13] |
027 | June 6, 1936 | "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" | Jimmy Dorsey | Decca | [2] [17] |
June 13, 1936 | |||||
June 20, 1936 | |||||
June 27, 1936 | |||||
028 | July 4, 1936 | "The Glory of Love" | Benny Goodman | Victor | [2] [15] |
re | July 11, 1936 | "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" | Jimmy Dorsey | Decca | [2] [17] |
029 | July 18, 1936 | "Take My Heart" | Eddy Duchin | Victor | [2] [18] |
July 25, 1936 | |||||
030 | August 1, 1936 | "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" | Benny Goodman | [2] [19] | |
August 8, 1936 | |||||
031 | August 15, 1936 | "When I'm With You" | Hal Kemp | Brunswick | [2] [16] |
August 22, 1936 | |||||
032 | August 29, 1936 | "Did I Remember" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] [14] |
September 5, 1936 | |||||
September 12, 1936 | |||||
September 19, 1936 | |||||
September 26, 1936 | |||||
October 3, 1936 | |||||
033 | October 10, 1936 | "When Did You Leave Heaven" | Guy Lombardo | Victor | [2] [20] |
October 17, 1936 | |||||
034 | October 24, 1936 | "The Way You Look Tonight" | Fred Astaire | Brunswick | [2] [20] |
October 31, 1936 | |||||
November 7, 1936 | |||||
November 14, 1936 | |||||
November 21, 1936 | |||||
November 28, 1936 | |||||
035 | December 5, 1936 | "I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs" | Eddy Duchin | Victor | [2] [15] |
036 | December 12, 1936 | "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] [17] |
037 | December 19, 1936 | "Pennies from Heaven" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [13] |
re | December 26, 1936 | "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] [17] |
January 2, 1937 | |||||
re | January 9, 1937 | "Pennies from Heaven" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [13] |
038 | January 16, 1937 | "It's De-Lovely" | Eddy Duchin | Victor | [2] [21] |
re | January 23, 1937 | "Pennies from Heaven" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [13] |
January 30, 1937 | |||||
039 | February 6, 1937 | "Goodnight My Love" | Benny Goodman | Victor | [2] [22] |
February 13, 1937 | |||||
040 | February 20, 1937 | "With Plenty of Money and You" | Henry Busse | Decca | [2] [21] [23] |
re | February 27, 1937 | "Goodnight My Love" | Benny Goodman | Victor | [2] [22] |
March 6, 1937 | |||||
041 | March 13, 1937 | "When My Dream Boat Comes Home" | Guy Lombardo | [2] [24] | |
042 | March 20, 1937 | "This Year's Kisses" | Benny Goodman | [2] [25] | |
March 27, 1937 | |||||
043 | April 3, 1937 | "Boo-Hoo" | Guy Lombardo | [2] [22] | |
April 10, 1937 | |||||
April 17, 1937 | |||||
April 24, 1937 | |||||
May 1, 1937 | |||||
May 8, 1937 | |||||
044 | May 15, 1937 | "September in the Rain" | [2] [26] | ||
045 | May 22, 1937 | "Carelessly" | Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday | Brunswick | [2] [27] |
May 29, 1937 | |||||
re | June 5, 1937 | "September in the Rain" | Guy Lombardo | Victor | [2] [26] |
June 12, 1937 | |||||
June 19, 1937 | |||||
June 26, 1937 | |||||
046 | July 3, 1937 | "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | [2] [21] | ||
July 10, 1937 | |||||
July 17, 1937 | |||||
July 24, 1937 | |||||
July 31, 1937 | |||||
047 | August 7, 1937 | "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" | [2] [26] | ||
re | August 14, 1937 | "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | [2] [21] | ||
re | August 21, 1937 | "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" | [2] [26] | ||
August 28, 1937 | |||||
048 | September 4, 1937 | "Whispers in the Dark" | Bob Crosby | Decca | [2] [23] |
049 | September 11, 1937 | "So Rare" | Guy Lombardo | Victor | [2] [27] |
re | September 18, 1937 | "Whispers in the Dark" | Bob Crosby | Decca | [2] [23] |
September 25, 1937 | |||||
October 2, 1937 | |||||
050 | October 9, 1937 | "That Old Feeling" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] [28] |
October 16, 1937 | |||||
October 23, 1937 | |||||
October 30, 1937 | |||||
051 | November 6, 1937 | "Remember Me?" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [29] |
052 | November 13, 1937 | "You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming" | Teddy Wilson | Brunswick | [2] [23] |
053 | November 20, 1937 | "Vieni, Vieni" | Rudy Vallee | Bluebird | [2] [25] |
054 | November 27, 1937 | "Once in a While" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] [16] |
December 4, 1937 | |||||
December 11, 1937 | |||||
December 18, 1937 | |||||
December 25, 1937 | |||||
January 1, 1938 | |||||
January 8, 1938 | |||||
055 | January 15, 1938 | "Rosalie" | Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Vocalion | [2] [30] |
056 | January 22, 1938 | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" | The Andrews Sisters | Decca | [2] [31] |
057 | January 29, 1938 | "You're a Sweetheart" | Dolly Dawn | Vocalion | [2] [32] |
re | February 5, 1938 | "Rosalie" | Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | [2] [30] | |
re | February 12, 1938 | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" | The Andrews Sisters | Decca | [2] [31] |
re | February 19, 1938 | "You're a Sweetheart" | Dolly Dawn | Vocalion | [2] [33] |
058 | February 26, 1938 | "I Double Dare You" | Russ Morgan | Brunswick | [2] [34] |
059 | March 5, 1938 | "Thanks for the Memory" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] [35] |
March 12, 1938 | |||||
March 19, 1938 | |||||
060 | March 26, 1938 | "Ti-Pi-Tin" | Horace Heidt | Brunswick | [2] [35] |
April 2, 1938 | |||||
April 9, 1938 | |||||
April 16, 1938 | |||||
April 23, 1938 | |||||
April 30, 1938 | |||||
061 | May 7, 1938 | "Please Be Kind" | Red Norvo | [2] [30] | |
062 | May 14, 1938 | "Love Walked In" | Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Vocalion | [2] [36] |
May 21, 1938 | |||||
May 28, 1938 | |||||
June 4, 1938 | |||||
063 | June 11, 1938 | "Cry, Baby, Cry" | Larry Clinton | Victor | [2] [31] |
064 | June 18, 1938 | "Says My Heart" | Red Norvo | Brunswick | [2] [35] |
June 25, 1938 | |||||
July 2, 1938 | |||||
July 9, 1938 | |||||
065 | July 16, 1938 | "Music, Maestro, Please" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] [36] |
July 23, 1938 | |||||
066 | July 30, 1938 | "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" | Duke Ellington | Brunswick | [2] [34] |
re | August 6, 1938 | "Music, Maestro, Please" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] [36] |
August 13, 1938 | |||||
067 | August 20, 1938 | "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald | Decca | [2] [23] |
August 27, 1938 | |||||
September 3, 1938 | |||||
September 10, 1938 | |||||
September 17, 1938 | |||||
September 24, 1938 | |||||
068 | October 1, 1938 | "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" | Bing Crosby | [2] [36] | |
October 8, 1938 | |||||
069 | October 15, 1938 | "Change Partners" | Fred Astaire | Brunswick | [2] [31] |
re | October 22, 1938 | "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [36] |
October 29, 1938 | |||||
re | November 5, 1938 | "Change Partners" | Fred Astaire | Brunswick | [2] [31] |
070 | November 12, 1938 | "My Reverie" | Larry Clinton | Victor | [2] [36] |
November 19, 1938 | |||||
November 26, 1938 | |||||
December 3, 1938 | |||||
December 10, 1938 | |||||
December 17, 1938 | |||||
December 24, 1938 | |||||
071 | December 31, 1938 | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [37] [38] |
re | January 7, 1939 | "My Reverie" | Larry Clinton | Victor | [2] [36] |
re | January 14, 1939 | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [38] |
072 | January 21, 1939 | "Jeepers Creepers" | Al Donahue | Vocalion | [2] [38] |
re | January 28, 1939 | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | Bing Crosby | Decca | [2] [38] |
re | February 4, 1939 | "Jeepers Creepers" | Al Donahue | Vocalion | [2] [38] |
February 11, 1939 | |||||
February 18, 1939 | |||||
February 25, 1939 | |||||
073 | March 4, 1939 | "Deep Purple" | Larry Clinton | Victor | [2] [38] |
March 11, 1939 | |||||
March 18, 1939 | |||||
March 25, 1939 | |||||
April 1, 1939 | |||||
April 8, 1939 | |||||
April 15, 1939 | |||||
074 | April 22, 1939 | "Heaven Can Wait" | Glen Gray | Decca | [2] |
April 29, 1939 | |||||
075 | May 6, 1939 | "Our Love" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] |
May 13, 1939 | |||||
076 | May 20, 1939 | "And the Angels Sing" | Benny Goodman | [2] | |
May 27, 1939 | |||||
June 3, 1939 | |||||
June 10, 1939 | |||||
077 | June 17, 1939 | "Wishing (Will Make It So)" | Glenn Miller | Bluebird | [2] [39] |
June 24, 1939 | |||||
July 1, 1939 | |||||
July 8, 1939 | |||||
078 | July 15, 1939 | "Stairway to the Stars" | [2] | ||
July 22, 1939 | |||||
July 29, 1939 | |||||
August 5, 1939 | |||||
079 | August 12, 1939 | "Moon Love" | [2] | ||
August 19, 1939 | |||||
August 26, 1939 | |||||
September 2, 1939 | |||||
080 | September 9, 1939 | "Over the Rainbow" | [2] | ||
September 16, 1939 | |||||
September 23, 1939 | |||||
September 30, 1939 | |||||
October 7, 1939 | |||||
October 14, 1939 | |||||
081 | October 21, 1939 | "Day In, Day Out" | Bob Crosby | Decca | [2] |
re | October 28, 1939 | "Over the Rainbow" | Glenn Miller | Bluebird | [2] [39] |
082 | November 4, 1939 | "Blue Orchids" | [2] | ||
083 | November 11, 1939 | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Shep Fields | [2] | |
November 18, 1939 | |||||
November 25, 1939 | |||||
084 | December 2, 1939 | "Scatter-Brain" | Frankie Masters | Vocalion | [2] |
re | December 9, 1939 | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] |
re | December 16, 1939 | "Scatter-Brain" | Frankie Masters | Vocalion | [2] |
re | December 23, 1939 | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Shep Fields | Bluebird | [2] |
re | December 30, 1939 | "Scatter-Brain" | Frankie Masters | Vocalion | [2] |
January 6, 1940 | |||||
January 13, 1940 | |||||
January 20, 1940 | |||||
085 | January 27, 1940 | "All the Things You Are" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] |
086 | February 3, 1940 | "Careless" | Glenn Miller | Bluebird | [2] [39] |
re | February 10, 1940 | "All the Things You Are" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] |
re | February 17, 1940 | "Careless" | Glenn Miller | Bluebird | [2] [39] |
087 | February 24, 1940 | "Indian Summer" | Tommy Dorsey | Victor | [2] |
re | March 2, 1940 | "Careless" | Glenn Miller | Bluebird | [2] [39] |
March 9, 1940 | |||||
088 | March 16, 1940 | "Darn That Dream" | Benny Goodman | Columbia | [2] |
re | March 23, 1940 | "Careless" | Glenn Miller | Bluebird | [2] [39] |
089 | March 30, 1940 | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | [2] | ||
April 6, 1940 | |||||
April 13, 1940 | |||||
April 20, 1940 | |||||
April 27, 1940 | |||||
090 | May 4, 1940 | "The Woodpecker Song" | [2] | ||
May 11, 1940 | |||||
May 18, 1940 | |||||
May 25, 1940 | |||||
June 1, 1940 | |||||
June 8, 1940 | |||||
June 15, 1940 | |||||
091 | June 22, 1940 | "Imagination" | [2] | ||
092 | June 29, 1940 | "Make Believe Island" | Mitchell Ayres | [2] | |
re | July 6, 1940 | "Imagination" | Glenn Miller | [2] [39] | |
July 13, 1940 | |||||
093 | July 20, 1940 | "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" | [2] |
The following artists achieved five or more number-one hits during the period 1935–1940. A number of artists had number-one singles on their own as well as part of a collaboration.
Artist | Number-one hits |
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Glenn Miller | 10 |
Guy Lombardo | |
Tommy Dorsey† | |
Eddy Duchin | 8 |
Benny Goodman | 7 |
Shep Fields | 5 |
Bing Crosby | |
† Includes two number-one hits co-leading the Dorsey Brothers
The following artists were featured at the top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1935–1940.
Artist | Weeks at number one |
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Glenn Miller | 45 |
Guy Lombardo | 33 |
Tommy Dorsey | 32† |
Shep Fields | 20 |
Benny Goodman | 17 |
Larry Clinton | |
Bing Crosby | 13 |
Fred Astaire | |
† Includes 2 number-one hits co-leading The Dorsey Brothers
The following songs (21 total) reached number-one for five weeks or more from 1935 to 1940.
Weeks at number-one | Song | Artist(s) |
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8 | "My Reverie" | Larry Clinton |
7 | "Once in a While" | Tommy Dorsey |
"Deep Purple" | Larry Clinton | |
"Over the Rainbow" | Glenn Miller | |
"The Woodpecker Song" | ||
6 | "Did I Remember" | Shep Fields |
"The Way You Look Tonight" | Fred Astaire | |
"Boo-Hoo" | Guy Lombardo | |
"It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | ||
"Ti-Pin-Pin" | Horace Heidt | |
"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald | |
"Scatter-Brain" | Frankie Masters | |
5 | "Chasing Shadows" | The Dorsey Brothers |
"Cheek to Cheek" | Fred Astaire | |
"Alone" | Tommy Dorsey | |
"Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" | Jimmy Dorsey | |
"September in the Rain" | Guy Lombardo | |
"Jeepers Creepers" | Al Donahue | |
"South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Shep Fields | |
"Careless" | Glenn Miller | |
"When You Wish Upon a Star" |
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