The Number One Hits of 1939
December 31, 1938 – January 13, 1939
Bing Crosby – You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby*
December 31, 1938 – January 13, 1939
Andy Kirk – I Won’t Tell a Soul (I Love You)*
January 14, 1939 – February 25, 1939
Al Donohue – Jeepers Creepers (6 weeks*)
January 14, 1939 – January 20, 1939
Artie Shaw – Thanks For Ev’rything
February 4, 1939 – February 10, 1939
Kay Kyser – The Umbrella Man
February 11, 1939 – April 21, 1939
Larry Clinton – Deep Purple (9 weeks*)
March 18, 1939 – March 25, 1939
Guy Lombardo – Penny Serenade
April 22, 139 – May 5, 1939
Glem Gray – Heaven Can Wait
May 6, 1949 – May 12, 1939
Tommy Dorsey – Our Love
May 13, 1939 – June 9, 1939
Benny Goodman – And The Angels Sing (5 weeks*)
May 20, 1939 – June 2, 1939
Kay Kyser – Three Little Fishies
June 3, 1939 – June 30, 1939
Will Glahe – Beer Barrel Polka
June 10, 1939 – July 7, 1939
Glenn Miller – Wishing (Will Make It So)
July 8, 1939 – August 12, 1939
Glenn Miller – Stairway to the Stars
August 12, 1939 – September 8, 1939
Glenn Miller – Moon Love*
August 12, 1939 – August 25, 1939
Glen Miller – Sunrise Serenade*
September 9, 1939 – October 20, 1939
Glenn Miller – Over The Rainbow (7 weeks*)
September 9, 1939 – September 29, 1939
Glenn Miller – The Man With The Mandolin (3 weeks*)
September 30, 1939 – October 6, 1939
Glenn Miller – Blue Orchids
October 21, 1939 – November 3, 1939
Bing Crosby – Day In, Day Out
November 4, 1939 – November 24, 1939
Shep Fields – South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (5 weeks*)
November 11, 1939 – November 17, 1939
The Ink Spots – Address Unknown
November 25, 1939 – January 26, 1940
Frankie Masters – Scatter-Brain
*ties, and sometimes interrupted by competing songs
The biggest Pop Artists of 1939 include:
Andrews Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, Connee Boswell, Cab Calloway, Larry Clinton, Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Eddie Duchin, Duke Ellington, Shep Fields, Ella Fitzgerald, Jan Garber and His Orchestra, Judy Garland, Will Glahe, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Lionel Hampton, Erskine Hawkins, Horace Heidt, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, The Ink Spots, Harry James, Dick Jurgens, Hal Kemp, Gene Krupa, Kay Kyser, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, Glenn Miller, The Mills Brothers, Russ Morgan, Ozzie Nelson, Red Norvo, Dick Robertson, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Dick Todd, Fats Waller, Chick Webb, Lawrence Welk
Charts based on Billboard music charts.
