The Number One Hits of 1940
November 25, 1939 – January 26, 1940
Frankie Masters – Scatter-Brain
January 27, 1940 – February 9, 1940
Tommy Dorsey – All The Things You Are
February 3, 1940 – March 2, 1940
Glenn Miller – Careless (5 weeks*)
February 12, 1940 – May 3, 1940
Glenn Miller – In The Mood (12 weeks*)
February 24, 1940 – March 2, 1940
Tommy Dorsey – Indian Summer
March 16, 1940 – March 23, 1940
Benny Goodman – Darn That Dream
March 30, 1940 – May 3, 1940
Glenn Miller – When You Wish Upon A Star
May 4, 1940 – July 19, 1940
Glenn Miller – Tuxedo Junction (9 weeks*)
May 4, 1940 – June 28, 1940
Glenn Miller – The Woodpecker Song (7 weeks*)
June 22, 1940 – July 4, 1940
Glenn Miller – Imagination
July 10, 1940 – July 19, 1940
Artist – Song
(effective July 20, 1940, dates became (mostly) more consistant)
July 20, 1940 – July 26, 1940
Glenn Miller – Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
July 27, 1940 – August 23, 1940
Tommy Dorsey – I’ll Never Smile Again
August 24, 1940 – September 6, 1940
Charlie Barnett – Where Was I?
September 7, 1940 – September 13, 1940
Jimmy Dorsey – The Breeze and I
September 14, 1940 – October 18, 1940
Bing Crosby – Sierra Sue
October 19, 1940 – November 22, 1940
Bing Crosby – Only Forever
November 23, 1940 – November 27, 1940
Glenn Miller – Blueberry Hill
November 28, 1940 – December 20, 1940
Andrews Sisters – Ferryboat Serenade*
November 28, 1940 – December 20, 1940
Bing Crosby – Trade Winds
December 21, 1940 – March 14, 1941
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra – Frenesi
*ties, and sometimes interrupted by competing songs
The biggest Pop Artists of 1940 include:
Andrews Sisters, Mitch Ayers and His Fashions in Music, Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, Count Basie, Connee Boswell, Will Bradley, Bing Crosby, Bob Crosby, Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, Eddie Duchin, Duke Ellington, Shep Fields, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Erskine Hawkins, Horace Heidt, Woody Herman and His Orchestra, The Ink Spots, Harry James, Dick Jurgens, Sammy Kaye, Hal Kemp, Gene Krupa, Kay Kyser, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, Frankie Masters, Glenn Miller, The Mills Brothers, Vaughn Monroe, Ozzie Nelson, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Dinah Shore, Kate Smith, Dick Todd
Charts based on Billboard music charts.
