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The Number One Hits of 1936 |
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| Dec 28, 1935 – Jan 3, 1936 Fats Waller A Little Bit Independent Composed by Joe Burke with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. |
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| Jan 4, 1936 – Feb 7, 1936 Tommy Dorsey The Music Goes Round and Round (5 weeks*) Composed by Edward Farley, Michael Riley, and Red Hodgson. |
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| Jan 4, 1936 – Jan 31, 1936 Rikey-Farley Orchestra The Music Goes Round and Round This orchestra also had a popular version of the song during this time. |
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| Feb 1, 1936 – Feb 22, 1936 Eddy Duchin Moon Over Miami (3 weeks*) Composed by Joe Burke with lyrics by Edgar Leslie. |
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| Feb 8, 1936 – Mar 20, 1936 Tommy Dorsey Alone Composed by Nacio Herb Brown with lyrics by Arthur Freed. |
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| Feb 29, 1936 – Mar 13, 1936 Jan Garber A Beautiful Lady in Blue Composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis. |
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| Mar 14, 1936 – Apr 24, 1936 Benny Goodman Goody Goody (6 weeks*) Composed by Matty Malneck with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. |
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| Mar 21, 1936 – Mar 27, 1936 Eddy Duchin Lights Out Composed by Billy Hill with lyrics by Maurie Rubens. |
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| Apr 4, 1936 – Apr 10, 1936 Fred Astaire I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket Composed by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film “Follow the Fleet.” |
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| Apr 11, 1936 – Apr 24, 1936 Benny Goodman The Glory of Love Composed by Billy Hill. |
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| Apr 25, 1936 – May 8, 1936 Guy Lombardo Lost Composed by Edgar Leslie and Horatio Nicholls. |
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| May 9, 1936 – May 22, 1936 Jan Garber A Melody From The Sky Composed by Louis Alter with lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell. |
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| May 23, 1936 – May 29, 1936 Tommy Dorsey You Composed by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Harold Adamson. |
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| May 30, 1936 – Jul 10, 1936 Benny Goodman The Glory of Love (6 weeks*) Benny Goodman’s version continued to be popular during this time. |
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| Jun 6, 1936 – Jul 4, 1936 Jimmy Dorsey Is It True What They Say About Dixie? (4 weeks*) Composed by Gerald Marks with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Sammy Lerner. |
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| Jun 6, 1936 – Jun 13, 1936 Fats Waller All My Life Composed by Sam H. Stept with lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell. |
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| Jul 11, 1936 – Jul 17, 1936 Hal Kemp There’s a Small Hotel Composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. |
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| Jul 18, 1936 – Jul 24, 1936 Eddie Duchin Take My Heart Composed by J. Fred Coots with lyrics by Mitchell |
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| Jul 25, 1936 – Aug 21, 1936 Fats Waller It’s a Sin To Tell a Lie (4 weeks*) Composed by Billy Mayhew. |
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| Aug 1, 1936 – Aug 14, 1936 Benny Goodman These Foolish Things Remind Me of You Composed by Harry Link, Holt Marvell, and Jack Strachey. |
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| Aug 15, 1936 – Aug 21, 1936 Hal Kemp When I’m With You Composed by Ben Oakland with lyrics by Mack Gordon. |
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| Aug 22, 1936 – Aug 28, 1946 Andy Kirk Until The Real Thing Comes Along Composed by Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Alberta Nichols, and Mann Holiner. |
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| Aug 29, 1936 – Sep 19, 1936 Shep Fields Did I Remember? Composed by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Harold Adamson. |
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| Sep 5, 1936 – Oct 9, 1936 (5 weeks*) Fred Astaire A Fine Romance Composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. |
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| Oct 3, 1936 – Nov 13, 1936 Fred Astaire The Way You Look Tonight (6 weeks*) Composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. |
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| Oct 10, 1936 – Oct 23, 1936 Guy Lombardo When Did You Leave Heaven? Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Walter Bullock. |
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| Nov 14, 1936 – Nov 27, 1936 Benny Goodman You Turned The Tables on Me Composed by Louis Alter with lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell. |
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| Nov 28, 1936 – Feb 5, 1937 (10 weeks*) Bing Crosby Pennies From Heaven Composed by Arthur Johnston with lyrics by Johnny Burke. |
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| Dec 5, 1936 – Dec 11, 1936 Eddy Duchin In The Chapel In The Moonlight Composed by Billy Hill. |
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| Dec 12, 1936 – Dec 26, 1936 Shep Fields In The Chapel In The Moonlight Shep Fields had his popular version of the song. |
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| Nov 28, 1936 – Feb 5, 1937 (10 weeks*) Bing Crosby Pennies From Heaven Bing Crosby’s version continued to be popular during this time. |
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*ties, and sometimes interrupted by competing songs The Biggest Pop Artists of 1936 include: Charts based on Billboard music charts. |
