List of Your Hit Parade number-one songs
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 Juke-boxes, 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.
Number ones
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Guy Lombardo replaced himself at the number-one slot seven times total, with a record five consecutive in 1937.
| Reached number one |
Artist(s) | Song | Record label | Weeks at number one |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | |||||
| April 20, 1935 | Bing Crosby with
Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra |
"Soon" | Decca | 1 | [2][3] |
| April 27, 1935 | Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra | "Lovely to Look At" | Victor | 1 | [2][3] |
| May 4, 1935 | Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra | "Lullaby of Broadway" | 2 | [2][4] | |
| May 18, 1935 | Guy Lombardo | "What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)" | Decca | 2 | [2][5] |
| June 1, 1935 | Ruth Etting | "Life Is a Song" | Columbia | 2 | [2][6] |
| June 15, 1935 | Bob Crosby | "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" | Decca | 1 | [2][7] |
| June 22, 1935 | The Dorsey Brothers | "Chasing Shadows" | 3 | [2][7] | |
| July 13, 1935 | Bob Crosby | "In a Little Gypsy Tea Room" | 1 | [2][7] | |
| July 20, 1935 | The Dorsey Brothers | "Chasing Shadows" | 1 | [2][7] | |
| July 27, 1935 | Hal Kemp | "In the Middle of a Kiss" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][7] |
| August 3, 1935 | The Dorsey Brothers | "Chasing Shadows" | Decca | 1 | [2][7] |
| August 10, 1935 | Ray Noble | "Paris in the Spring" | Victor | 1 | [2][8] |
| August 17, 1935 | Ozzie Nelson | "And Then Some" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][9] |
| August 24, 1935 | Tom Coakley | "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" | Victor | 1 | [2][10] |
| August 31, 1935 | Eddy Duchin | "You're All I Need" | 1 | [2][5] | |
| September 7, 1935 | Tom Coakley | "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" | 2 | [2][10] | |
| September 21, 1935 | Little Jack Little | "I'm in the Mood for Love" | Columbia | 1 | [2][7] |
| September 28, 1935 | Fred Astaire | "Cheek to Cheek" | Brunswick | 5 | [2][10] |
| November 2, 1935 | Eddy Duchin | "You Are My Lucky Star" | Victor | 3 | [2][11] |
| November 23, 1935 | Guy Lombardo | "Red Sails in the Sunset" | Decca | 4 | [2][12] |
| December 21, 1935 | Tommy Dorsey | "On Treasure Island" | 1 | [2][8] | |
| December 28, 1935 | Fats Waller | "A Little Bit Independent" | Victor | 2 | [2][6] |
| 1936 | |||||
| January 11, 1936 | Tommy Dorsey | "The Music Goes Round and Round" | Victor | 3 | [2][13] |
| February 1, 1936 | Eddy Duchin | "Moon over Miami" | 1 | [2][13] | |
| February 8, 1936 | Tommy Dorsey | "Alone" | 4 | [2][14] | |
| March 7, 1936 | Eddy Duchin | "Lights Out" | 1 | [2][13] | |
| March 14, 1936 | Tommy Dorsey | "Alone" | 1 | [2][14] | |
| March 21, 1936 | Eddy Duchin | "Lights Out" | 1 | [2][13] | |
| March 28, 1936 | Benny Goodman | "Goody Goody" | 4 | [2][15] | |
| April 25, 1936 | Guy Lombardo | "Lost" | 2 | [2][13] | |
| May 16, 1936 | Jan Garber | "Melody from the Sky" | Decca | 1 | [2][13] |
| May 23, 1936 | Tommy Dorsey | "You" | Victor | 1 | [2][16] |
| May 30, 1936 | Guy Lombardo | "Lost" | Victor | 1 | [2][13] |
| June 6, 1936 | Jimmy Dorsey | "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" | Decca | 4 | [2][17] |
| July 4, 1936 | Benny Goodman | "The Glory of Love" | Victor | 1 | [2][15] |
| July 11, 1936 | Jimmy Dorsey | "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?" | Decca | 1 | [2][17] |
| July 18, 1936 | Eddy Duchin | "Take My Heart" | Victor | 2 | [2][18] |
| August 1, 1936 | Benny Goodman | "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" | 2 | [2][19] | |
| August 15, 1936 | Hal Kemp | "When I'm With You" | Brunswick | 2 | [2][16] |
| August 29, 1936 | Shep Fields | "Did I Remember" | Bluebird | 6 | [2][14] |
| October 10, 1936 | Guy Lombardo | "When Did You Leave Heaven" | Victor | 2 | [2][20] |
| October 24, 1936 | Fred Astaire | "The Way You Look Tonight" | Brunswick | 6 | [2][20] |
| December 5, 1936 | Eddy Duchin | "I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs" | Victor | 1 | [2][15] |
| December 12, 1936 | Shep Fields | "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][17] |
| December 19, 1936 | Bing Crosby | "Pennies from Heaven" | Decca | 1 | [2][13] |
| December 26, 1936 | Shep Fields | "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][17] |
| 1937 | |||||
| January 9, 1937 | Bing Crosby | "Pennies from Heaven" | Decca | 1 | [2][13] |
| January 16, 1937 | Eddy Duchin | "It's De-Lovely" | Victor | 1 | [2][21] |
| January 23, 1937 | Bing Crosby | "Pennies from Heaven" | Decca | 2 | [2][13] |
| February 13, 1937 | Benny Goodman | "Goodnight My Love" | Victor | 1 | [2][22] |
| February 20, 1937 | Henry Busse | "With Plenty of Money and You" | Decca | 1 | [2][21][23] |
| February 27, 1937 | Benny Goodman | "Goodnight My Love" | Victor | 2 | [2][22] |
| March 13, 1937 | Guy Lombardo | "When My Dream Boat Comes Home" | 1 | [2][24] | |
| March 20, 1937 | Benny Goodman | "This Year's Kisses" | 2 | [2][25] | |
| April 3, 1937 | Guy Lombardo | "Boo-Hoo" | 6 | [2][22] | |
| May 15, 1937 | "September in the Rain" | 1 | [2][26] | ||
| May 22, 1937 | Teddy Wilson and Billie Holiday | "Carelessly" | Brunswick | 2 | [2][27] |
| June 5, 1937 | Guy Lombardo | "September in the Rain" | Victor | 4 | [2][26] |
| July 3, 1937 | "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | 5 | [2][21] | ||
| August 7, 1937 | "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" | 1 | [2][26] | ||
| August 14, 1937 | "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | 1 | [2][21] | ||
| August 21, 1937 | "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" | 2 | [2][26] | ||
| September 4, 1937 | Bob Crosby | "Whispers in the Dark" | Decca | 1 | [2][23] |
| September 11, 1937 | Guy Lombardo | "So Rare" | Victor | 1 | [2][27] |
| September 18, 1937 | Bob Crosby | "Whispers in the Dark" | Decca | 3 | [2][23] |
| October 9, 1937 | Shep Fields | "That Old Feeling" | Bluebird | 4 | [2][28] |
| November 6, 1937 | Bing Crosby | "Remember Me?" | Decca | 1 | [2][29] |
| November 13, 1937 | Teddy Wilson | "You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][23] |
| November 20, 1937 | Rudy Vallee | "Vieni, Vieni" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][25] |
| November 27, 1937 | Tommy Dorsey | "Once in a While" | Victor | 7 | [2][16] |
| 1938 | |||||
| January 15, 1938 | Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | "Rosalie" | Vocalion | 1 | [2][30] |
| January 22, 1938 | The Andrews Sisters | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" | Decca | 1 | [2][31] |
| January 29, 1938 | Dolly Dawn | "You're a Sweetheart" | Vocalion | 1 | [2][32] |
| February 5, 1938 | Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | "Rosalie" | 1 | [2][30] | |
| February 12, 1938 | The Andrews Sisters | "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" | Decca | 1 | [2][31] |
| February 19, 1938 | Dolly Dawn | "You're a Sweetheart" | Vocalion | 1 | [2][33] |
| February 26, 1938 | Russ Morgan | "I Double Dare You" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][34] |
| March 5, 1938 | Shep Fields | "Thanks for the Memory" | Bluebird | 3 | [2][35] |
| March 26, 1938 | Horace Heidt | "Ti-Pi-Tin" | Brunswick | 6 | [2][35] |
| May 7, 1938 | Red Norvo | "Please Be Kind" | 1 | [2][30] | |
| May 14, 1938 | Sing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | "Love Walked In" | Vocalion | 4 | [2][36] |
| June 11, 1938 | Larry Clinton | "Cry, Baby, Cry" | Victor | 2 | [2][31] |
| June 18, 1938 | Red Norvo | "Says My Heart" | Brunswick | 4 | [2][35] |
| July 16, 1938 | Tommy Dorsey | "Music, Maestro, Please" | Victor | 2 | [2][36] |
| July 30, 1938 | Duke Ellington | "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][34] |
| August 6, 1938 | Tommy Dorsey | "Music, Maestro, Please" | Victor | 2 | [2][36] |
| August 20, 1938 | Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald | "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Decca | 6 | [2][23] |
| October 1, 1938 | Bing Crosby | "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" | 2 | [2][36] | |
| October 15, 1938 | Fred Astaire | "Change Partners" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][31] |
| October 22, 1938 | Bing Crosby | "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" | Decca | 2 | [2][36] |
| November 5, 1938 | Fred Astaire | "Change Partners" | Brunswick | 1 | [2][31] |
| November 12, 1938 | Larry Clinton | "My Reverie" | Victor | 7 | [2][36] |
| December 31, 1938 | Bing Crosby | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | Decca | 1 | [2][37] |
| 1939 | |||||
| January 7, 1939 | Larry Clinton | "My Reverie" | Victor | 1 | [2][36] |
| January 14, 1939 | Bing Crosby | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | Decca | 1 | [2] |
| January 21, 1939 | Al Donahue | "Jeepers Creepers" | Vocalion | 1 | [2] |
| January 28, 1939 | Bing Crosby | "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" | Decca | 1 | [2] |
| February 4, 1939 | Al Donahue | "Jeepers Creepers" | Vocalion | 4 | [2] |
| March 4, 1939 | Larry Clinton | "Deep Purple" | Victor | 7 | [2] |
| April 22, 1939 | Glen Gray | "Heaven Can Wait" | Decca | 2 | [2] |
| May 6, 1939 | Tommy Dorsey | "Our Love" | Victor | 2 | [2] |
| May 20, 1939 | Benny Goodman | "And the Angels Sing" | 4 | [2] | |
| June 17, 1939 | Glenn Miller | "Wishing (Will Make It So)" | Bluebird | 4 | [2][38] |
| July 15, 1939 | "Stairway to the Stars" | 4 | [2] | ||
| August 12, 1939 | "Moon Love" | 4 | [2] | ||
| September 9, 1939 | "Over the Rainbow" | 6 | [2] | ||
| October 21, 1939 | Bob Crosby | "Day In, Day Out" | Decca | 1 | [2] |
| October 28, 1939 | Glenn Miller | "Over the Rainbow" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][38] |
| November 4, 1939 | "Blue Orchids" | 1 | [2] | ||
| November 11, 1939 | Shep Fields | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | 3 | [2] | |
| December 2, 1939 | Frankie Masters | "Scatter-Brain" | Vocalion | 1 | [2] |
| December 9, 1939 | Shep Fields | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Bluebird | 1 | [2] |
| December 16, 1939 | Frankie Masters | "Scatter-Brain" | Vocalion | 1 | [2] |
| December 23, 1939 | Shep Fields | "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" | Bluebird | 1 | [2] |
| December 30, 1939 | Frankie Masters | "Scatter-Brain" | Vocalion | 4 | [2] |
| 1940 | |||||
| January 27, 1940 | Tommy Dorsey | "All the Things You Are" | Victor | 1 | [2] |
| February 3, 1940 | Glenn Miller | "Careless" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][38] |
| February 10, 1940 | Tommy Dorsey | "All the Things You Are" | Victor | 1 | [2] |
| February 17, 1940 | Glenn Miller | "Careless" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][38] |
| February 24, 1940 | Tommy Dorsey | "Indian Summer" | Victor | 1 | [2] |
| March 2, 1940 | Glenn Miller | "Careless" | Bluebird | 2 | [2][38] |
| March 16, 1940 | Benny Goodman | "Darn That Dream" | Columbia | 1 | [2] |
| March 23, 1940 | Glenn Miller | "Careless" | Bluebird | 1 | [2][38] |
| March 30, 1940 | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | 5 | [2] | ||
| May 4, 1940 | "The Woodpecker Song" | 7 | [2] | ||
| June 22, 1940 | "Imagination" | 1 | [2] | ||
| June 29, 1940 | Mitchell Ayres | "Make Believe Island" | 1 | [2] | |
| July 6, 1940 | Glenn Miller | "Imagination" | 2 | [2][38] | |
| July 20, 1940 | "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" | 1 | [2] | ||
Statistical trivia
By artist
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 |
|---|---|
| Glenn Miller | 10 |
| Guy Lombardo | |
| Tommy Dorsey† | |
| Eddy Duchin | 8 |
| Benny Goodman | 7 |
| Shep Fields | 5 |
| Bing Crosby | |
† Includes 2 number-one hits co-leading The Dorsey Brothers
Artists by total number of weeks at number one
The following artists were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1935–1940.
| Artist | Weeks at number one |
|---|---|
| Glenn Miller | 45 |
| Guy Lombardo | 33 |
| Tommy Dorsey | |
| Shep Fields | 20 |
| Benny Goodman | 17 |
| Larry Clinton | |
| Bing Crosby | 13 |
| Fred Astaire | |
† Includes 2 number-one hits co-leading The Dorsey Brothers
Songs by total number of weeks at number one
The following songs were featured in top of the chart for the highest total number of weeks during 1935–1940.
| Weeks at number one |
Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | "My Reverie" | Larry Clinton |
| 7 | "Deep Purple" | |
| "Once in a While" | Tommy Dorsey | |
| "The Woodpecker Song" | Glenn Miller | |
| 6 | "Did I Remember" | Shep Fields |
| "The Way You Look Tonight" | Fred Astaire | |
| "Boo-Hoo" | Guy Lombardo | |
| "Ti-Pin-Pin" | Horace Heidt | |
| "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" | Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald | |
| "Over the Rainbow" | Glenn Miller | |
| "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" | ||
| 5 | "Cheek to Cheek" | Fred Astaire |
| "It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane" | Guy Lombardo | |
| "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Glenn Miller |
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