| Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart Positions
|
| 1 |
Wayne King and His Orchestra (vocal Ernie Birchill) |
"Good-night Sweetheart"[12] |
Victor 22825 |
September 29, 1931 |
October 1931 |
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 |
January 23, 1931 |
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 |
August 1931 |
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 |
November 1931 |
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 |
March 1931 |
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 |
May 1931 |
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 |
March 1931 |
US Billboard 1931 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
| 8 |
Bing Crosby |
"At Your Command"[22] |
Brunswick 6145 |
June 24, 1931 |
July 1931 |
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 |
September 1931 |
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 |
March 1931 |
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 |
March 1931 |
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 |
January 23, 1931 |
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 |
April 1931 |
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 |
April 1931 |
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 |
May 1931 |
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 |
March 1931 |
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 |
March 1931 |
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 |
June 1931 |
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 |
June 1931 |
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 |
December 1930 |
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 |
April 1931 |
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 |
January 1931 |
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 |
November 1931 |
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 |
August 1931 |
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 |
July 1931 |
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 |
February 1931 |
US Billboard 1931 #26, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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