Songs from the Year 1935

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This page lists the top songs of 1935 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described on the in the site generation page.

Between 1920 and 1940 there are few available charts (at least that we can find). These results should be treated with some caution since, with few exceptions, they are based on fairly subjective charts and biased towards the USA.

During this era music was dominated by a number of "Big Bands" and songs could be attributed to the band leader, the band name, the lead singer or a combination of the them. It is common, for example, to see the same song listed with three different artists. And, just to stop us from getting bored, the success of a song was tied to the sales of sheet music, so a popular song would often be perfomed by many different combinations of singers and bands and the contemporary charts would list the song, without clarifying whose version was the major hit. Where we have found such issues we have attempted to consolidate the entries using the most widely accepted value for the artist in each case.

The top ten song artists of 1935 were:
1:Fred Astaire	3:Benny Goodman	5:The Dorsey Brothers	7:Ray Noble	9:Glen Gray
2:Fats Waller	4:Bing Crosby	6:Eddy Duchin	8:Guy Lombardo	10:Hal Kemp

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Fred Astaire	Cheek to Cheek	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (18 weeks), Your Hit Parade 1 of 1935, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1935), Australian Nostalgia 1 of 1930-1939, US invalid BB 2 of 1935, POP 2 of 1935, Oscar in 1935 (film 'Top Hat') (Nominated), AFI 15, Scrobulate 19 of vocal, nuTsie 27 of 1930s, Brazil 38 of 1936, RYM 1 of 1935
2	Shirley Temple	On The Good Ship Lollipop	1935	US invalid BB 1 of 1935, POP 1 of 1935, Music Imprint 9 of 1930s, Australian Nostalgia 55 of 1930-1939, AFI 69, RIAA 136, RYM 109 of 1935
3	Ray Noble	Isle of Capri	1935	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1934 (16 weeks), Your Hit Parade 2 of 1935, US invalid BB 16 of 1935, POP 16 of 1935, Australian Nostalgia 20 of 1930-1939, Brazil 57 of 1935
4	Eddy Duchin	Lovely to Look At	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (14 weeks), Oscar in 1935 (film 'Roberta') (Nominated), Your Hit Parade 5 of 1935, US invalid BB 12 of 1935, POP 12 of 1935, Brazil 49 of 1935
5	The Carter Family	Can the Circle be Unbroken (Bye & Bye)	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1935), Music Imprint 13 of 1920s, nuTsie 14 of 1930s, US Billboard 17 - 1935 (1 week), RIAA 116, Acclaimed 735 (1935), Visconti song of 1935, RYM 5 of 1935, Song of 1935
6	Bing Crosby	Silent Night, Holy Night	1935	Europe 2 of the 1930s (1935), nuTsie 5 of 1930s, US Billboard 6 - 1928 (3 weeks), UK 8 - Dec 1952 (2 weeks), DMDB 21 (1935), Global 4 (20 M sold) - 1935
7	Cole Porter	You're the Top	1935	Library of Congress artifact added 2006 (1934), US invalid BB 4 of 1935, POP 4 of 1935, US Billboard 10 - 1935 (1 week), RIAA 281, RYM 11 of 1935
8	Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers	I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1935), Library of Congress artifact added 2011 (1935), US Billboard 10 - 1936 (4 weeks), Acclaimed 1335 (1935), Song of 1935
9	Bing Crosby	Red Sails in the Sunset	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 6 of 1935, POP 6 of 1935, Europe 33 of the 1930s (1935), nuTsie 69 of 1930s
10	Fred Astaire	Top Hat, White Tie & Tails	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1935), US Billboard 2 - 1935 (13 weeks), US invalid BB 7 of 1935, POP 7 of 1935, RYM 14 of 1935, Song of 1935
11	The Dorsey Brothers	Lullaby of Broadway	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (11 weeks), US invalid BB 9 of 1935, POP 9 of 1935, Brazil 69 of 1935, nuTsie 95 of 1930s
12	Glen Gray	Blue Moon	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (8 weeks), US invalid BB 3 of 1935, POP 3 of 1935, Brazil 30 of 1936
13	Carlos Gardel	El Dia Que Me Quieras	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013 (1935), Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1935), Brazil 13 of 1935
14	Guy Lombardo	Red Sails in the Sunset	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (16 weeks), Your Hit Parade 4 of 1935, POP 6 of 1935, Europe 57 of the 1930s (1935)
15	Fats Waller	Truckin'	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (13 weeks), US invalid BB 8 of 1935, POP 8 of 1935, Your Hit Parade 9 of 1935, RYM 72 of 1935
16	Benny Goodman	King Porter Stomp	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1935), US Billboard 10 - 1935 (4 weeks), Scrobulate 49 of swing, nuTsie 68 of 1930s, RYM 71 of 1935, Song of 1935
17	Victor Young	She's a Latin From Manhattan	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (10 weeks), Your Hit Parade 6 of 1935, US invalid BB 15 of 1935, POP 15 of 1935
18	Bob Crosby & his Orchestra	In a Little Gypsy's Tea Room	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (13 weeks), Your Hit Parade 10 of 1935, US invalid BB 14 of 1935, POP 14 of 1935
19	Bing Crosby	It's Easy To Remember	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (9 weeks), Europe 35 of the 1930s (1935), Jazz Standard 527
20	Louis Armstrong	I'm in the Mood For Love	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (7 weeks), US invalid BB 11 of 1935, POP 11 of 1935, nuTsie 17 of 1930s, RYM 10 of 1935
21	Little Jack Little	I'm in the Mood For Love	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (14 weeks), Your Hit Parade 7 of 1935, POP 11 of 1935
22	Nelson Eddy	Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life	1935	US Billboard 5 - 1935 (6 weeks), US invalid BB 10 of 1935, POP 10 of 1935, Brazil 27 of 1935
23	The Dorsey Brothers	Chasing Shadows	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (9 weeks), US invalid BB 13 of 1935, POP 13 of 1935
24	Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra	And Then Some	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (12 weeks), US invalid BB 17 of 1935, POP 17 of 1935
25	Eddy Duchin	You Are My Lucky Star	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (9 weeks), US invalid BB 18 of 1935, POP 18 of 1935
26	Jimmie Lunceford	Rhythm is Our Business	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (16 weeks), Peel list 3 of 1945
27	Glen Gray	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (23 weeks), Your Hit Parade 3 of 1935
28	Bing Crosby	Soon	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (11 weeks), Europe 34 of the 1930s (1935)
29	Dick Jurgens & his Orchestra	Lullaby of Broadway	1935	Oscar in 1935 (film 'Gold Diggers of 1935'), UK 42 - Aug 1976 (4 weeks)
30	Guy Lombardo	What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (15 weeks), Europe 56 of the 1930s (1935)
31	Eddy Duchin	I Won't Dance	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (14 weeks), Your Hit Parade 8 of 1935
32	Xavier Cugat	The Lady in Red	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (12 weeks), POP 20 of 1935, Brazil 77 of 1936
33	Boston Pops Orchestra	Jealousy (Jalousie)	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1935), US Billboard 13 - 1938 (3 weeks)
34	The Boswell Sisters	The Object Of My Affection	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (10 weeks), nuTsie 93 of 1930s
35	Leo Reisman	It Ain't Necessarily So	1935	US invalid BB 5 of 1935, POP 5 of 1935, US Billboard 16 - 1935 (2 weeks)
36	Duke Ellington	In a Sentimental Mood	1935	US Billboard 14 - 1935 (3 weeks), Jazz Standard 19, Acclaimed 2237 (1962), RYM 4 of 1935
37	Richard Himber & his Orchestra	Just One of Those Things	1935	US Billboard 10 - 1935 (5 weeks), Jazz Standard 74, Brazil 90 of 1936
38	Fats Waller	A Little Bit Independent	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (7 weeks), RYM 30 of 1936
39	Dick Powell	Lullaby of Broadway	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1935), RYM 41 of 1935
40	Eddy Duchin	Cheek to Cheek	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (11 weeks), Brazil 54 of 1936
41	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back in Town	1935	US Billboard 8 - 1935 (10 weeks), Jazz Standard 581, RYM 69 of 1935, Song of 1935
42	Benny Goodman	Blue Moon	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (8 weeks), nuTsie 54 of 1930s
43	Tom Coakley & his Palace Hotel Orchestra	East of the Sun, West of the Moon	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (15 weeks)
44	(unknown)	Happy Birthday	1935	ASCAP song of 1935
45	Riley-Farley Orchestra	The Music Goes Round & Round	1935	US Billboard 1 - Dec 1935 (11 weeks)
46	Tommy Dorsey	On Treasure Island	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (14 weeks)
47	Ray Noble	Let's Swing It	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (7 weeks)
48	Ruth Etting	Life Is a Song	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (12 weeks)
49	Ray Noble	Paris in the Spring	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (11 weeks)
50	Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli	Djangology	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1935)
51	Silvio Caldas	Minha Palhoca	1935	Brazil 1 of 1935
52	George Formby	Fanlight Fanny	1935	Peel list 1 of 1935
53	Louis Prima	The Lady in Red	1935	US Billboard 8 - 1935 (5 weeks), POP 20 of 1935, Song of 1935
54	Al Bowlly & Ray Noble	Blue Moon	1935	US Billboard 5 - 1935 (6 weeks), Brazil 60 of 1936
55	Little Jack Little	Lullaby of Broadway	1935	US Billboard 5 - 1935 (8 weeks), POP 9 of 1935
56	Guy Lombardo	I'm Sittin' High on a Hill Top	1935	US Billboard 6 - 1935 (9 weeks), Brazil 92 of 1936
57	Fred Astaire	The Piccolino	1935	US Billboard 10 - 1935 (6 weeks), Brazil 49 of 1936
58	Ethel Merman	I Get a Kick Out of You	1935	US Billboard 12 - 1935 (5 weeks), Brazil 71 of 1935
59	Xavier Cugat	Begin the Beguine	1935	US Billboard 13 - 1935 (2 weeks), Brazil 59 of 1936
60	Bing Crosby	I Wished on the Moon	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (7 weeks), RYM 61 of 1935
61	Fats Waller	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter	1935	US Billboard 5 - 1935 (9 weeks), RYM 3 of 1935, Song of 1935
62	The Boswell Sisters	Cheek to Cheek	1935	US Billboard 10 - 1935 (4 weeks), Jazz Standard 187
63	Billie Holiday	What a Little Moonlight Can Do	1935	US Billboard 12 - 1935 (4 weeks), nuTsie 60 of 1930s
64	Jack Jackson & his Orchestra	Red Sails in the Sunset	1935	US Billboard 13 - 1935 (5 weeks), Jazz Standard 600
65	Chick Webb	Don't Be That Way	1935	US Billboard 20 - 1935 (1 week), Jazz Standard 183
66	Chick Bullock & his Orchestra	Lullaby of Broadway	1935	US Billboard 19 - 1935 (1 week), Jazz Standard 992
67	George Hall & his Orchestra	I Won't Dance	1935	US Billboard 20 - 1935 (1 week), Jazz Standard 999
68	Fred Astaire	Isn't This a Lovely Day?	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (11 weeks), RYM 14 of 1935
69	Johnny Green & his Orchestra	The Little Things You Used to Do	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (9 weeks)
70	Freddy Martin	Isle of Capri	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (9 weeks)
71	Jan Garber	In a Little Gypsy's Tea Room	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (8 weeks)
72	Mantovani	Red Sails in the Sunset	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (7 weeks)
73	Guy Lombardo	Cheek to Cheek	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (10 weeks)
74	The Dorsey Brothers	You Are My Lucky Star	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (5 weeks)
75	Eddy Duchin	You're All I Need	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (12 weeks)
76	Glen Gray	Fare Thee Well, Annabelle	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (9 weeks)
77	Hal Kemp	In the Middle of a Kiss	1935	US Billboard 2 - 1935 (14 weeks)
78	Carmen Miranda	Sonho de Papel	1935	Brazil 2 of 1935
79	Sleepy John Estes	Stop That Thing	1935	Peel list 2 of 1935
80	Duke Ellington	Cotton	1935	US Billboard 4 - 1935 (6 weeks), RYM 32 of 1935
81	Benny Goodman	Body & Soul	1935	US Billboard 5 - 1935 (8 weeks), RYM 12 of 1936
82	Bing Crosby & The Dorsey Brothers	Without a Word of Warning	1935	US Billboard 5 - 1935 (10 weeks), RYM 97 of 1935
83	Duke Ellington	Accent on Youth	1935	US Billboard 6 - 1935 (7 weeks), RYM 31 of 1935
84	Duke Ellington	Merry Go-Round	1935	US Billboard 6 - 1935 (5 weeks), RYM 34 of 1935
85	Louis Armstrong	You Are My Lucky Star	1935	US Billboard 6 - 1935 (5 weeks), RYM 38 of 1935
86	Bing Crosby & The Dorsey Brothers	I Wish I Were Aladdin	1935	US Billboard 7 - 1935 (5 weeks), RYM 96 of 1935
87	The Dorsey Brothers	I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (11 weeks)
88	Victor Young	About a Quarter to Nine	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (6 weeks)
89	Bert Ambrose & his Orchestra	I'm on a See-Saw	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (12 weeks)
90	Enric Madriguera & his Orchestra	I Found a Dream	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (8 weeks)
91	The Boswell Sisters	Dinah	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (6 weeks)
92	Freddy Martin	A Little Bit Independent	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (8 weeks)
93	Hal Kemp	With All My Heart	1935	US Billboard 3 - Dec 1935 (8 weeks)
94	Lew Stone & his Band	Isle of Capri	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (10 weeks)
95	The Dorsey Brothers	I Believe in Miracles	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (7 weeks)
96	Ozzie Nelson & his Orchestra	About a Quarter to Nine	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (12 weeks)
97	Western Brothers	We're Frightfully BBC	1935	Peel list 3 of 1935
98	Dircinha Batista	Meu Moreno	1935	Brazil 3 of 1935
99	Fred Astaire	No Strings	1935	US Billboard 9 - 1935 (6 weeks), RYM 1 of 1935
100	Fats Waller	Rhythm & Romance	1935	US Billboard 8 - 1935 (6 weeks), RYM 74 of 1935

Comments

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6 Aug 2022

1935

Are 1935 songs free to make a record without payment?

You can find quite a few of them on the internet (of course we don't supply them).

Have a look at archive.org for example

9 Aug 2018

#54 - Blue Moon - Al Bowlly & Ray Noble Orch.

This should also be added to Ray Noble 'Song Artist' page (currently #295).

7 Mar 2018

Music list for Friday

2 Sep 2017

#98 Western Brothers - Corection

Please disregard the first email. I did a little more research and Western Brothers is correct.

2 Sep 2017

#98 Western Brothers

The name of this group is correctly the Wesson Brothers.

14 Apr 2017

An Overlooked Source for 1900-1949

Added to your sources should be the reference book: "Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century" by Edward Foote Gardner. +It contains actual monthly and semi-monthly charts for the entire period 1900-1949. +Unlike Whitburn, it takes into account sheet music sales and vaudeville performances (early on). +There is no way on earth to know exactly what chart positions various recordings would have had. +Thus, according to historian Tim Brooks on Whitburn: "This is a "dangerous book." +Gardner, on the other hand, focused on songs, not the recordings, because there were a lot more data available for songs than there were for recordings, as you will see in his preface and bibliography. +That brings Gardner's work closer to the truth than any other reference in existence. +You quote Whitburn as being "Billboard" but Billboard had no charts until July 1940.

Edward Foote Gardner Author "Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century, Vol. 1", Paragon House, 2000

Unfortunately we can't use data in a book, we have to have some kind of digital source. If, for example, they make a listing available as a database or spreadsheet we could use that.

29 Feb 2016

Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops Orch-Jalousie

This recording should be in this Top 100 list. It made the US Billboard charts- #13 - 3 weeks. It was also selected for the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. It is listed there under 'G' for 'Gade - Jalousie' which is probably why you don't have it listed.

It seems to have been missing, we've added it (but assigned it to "Boston Pops Orchestra" that should sort out the issue.

9 Feb 2016

#92 - Isle Of Capri

Per Joel Whitburn this should be Lew Stone & Orch (rather than Lew Holtz). Vocalist here was Al Bowlly.

You are correct, data fixed, thanks

23 Aug 2015

1935 was a very good year

29 Jun 2015

Popular Songs of 1935

Matilde Albano was born in 1935. Here is the music played in the year of her birth.

22 Aug 2014

Song 47

If songs of this era charted in part due to sheet music sales, and seeing howHappy Birthday To You was copyrighted in 1935 by Summy Co, then the song probably placed as a sheet music entry and not a popular recording. Just thought I'd share my musings.

That is true, quite a few charts don't list a performer so we've had to try and work out whose version was most popular

15 Aug 2014

Carlos Gardel

El Dia Que Me Quieras (#26) was elected to Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.

We don't have any of the 2013 entries yet. We'll add them, thanks for the suggestion

10 Jun 2014

Patsy Montana-Duplicate listing

I want to Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart seems to be listed twice ( #17 and #49 ).

You are correct the data has been fixed thanks for the suggestion

7 Feb 2014

+Ozzie Nelson song

I recall an old 78 song called "quicker than you can say jack Robinson"but can find only a vague reference to an Ozzie nelson song in 1935. Where can I hear this tune again?

14 Feb 2013

I935 SONG

I935 SONG IN FRENCH WITH A MENTION OF GUADELOUPE, THE STORY OF A LITTLE BLACK BOY...IT STTARTS LIKE THIS: UN SOIR DANS SA SAVANNE, UN TOUT PETIT NEGRO ETC

3 Oct 2012

...old wedding ring

Not a lot of help, but "When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New" was a chart record in 1960 as part of a 6-song medley called "Sing With Bruce Hayes", performed by Mr, Hayes, Mary Mayo, and the Jerry Graff Singers. It peaked at No. 63 in the US publication "Music Vendor", during a 9 week chart run.

6 Sep 2012