Editing 1937 in music (section)

==Top popular recordings==

The twenty popular records in the United States listed below were extracted from [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Sweet Leilani]]" || Decca || {{Start date|1937|2|22}} || {{Start date|1937|3}} || US BB 1937 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 25 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Once in a While (1937 song)|Once In A While]]" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|7|21}} || {{Start date|1937|10|13}} || US BB 1937 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 14 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1937|Jazz Standards 1937]]
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| 3 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "The Dipsy Doodle" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|10|14}} || {{Start date|1937|11|1}} || US BB 1937 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
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| 4 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane]]" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|4|21}} || {{Start date|1937|5|5}} || US BB 1937 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 5 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "Boo Hoo" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|2|17}} || {{Start date|1937|3}} || US BB 1937 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 6 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "[[September in the Rain]]" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|2|2}} || {{Start date|1937|3}} || US BB 1937 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "[[That Old Feeling (song)|That Old Feeling]]" || Bluebird || {{Start date|1937|7|2}} || {{Start date|1937|7|21}} || US BB 1937 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Bob Crosby|Bob Crosby and His Orchestra]] || "Whispers in the Dark" || Decca || {{Start date|1937|7|7}} || {{Start date|1937|8}} || US BB 1937 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks 
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| 9 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Ella Fitzgerald]]) || [[Goodnight My Love (1936 song)|Goodnight, My Love]] || Victor || {{Start date|1936|11|5}} || {{Start date|1936|11|18}} || US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "The Moon Got in My Eyes" || Decca || {{Start date|1937|7|12}} || {{Start date|1937|8}} || US BB 1937 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Hal Kemp|Hal Kemp and His Orchestra]] || "[[This Year's Kisses]]"<ref name=Brunswick>{{Cite web |title=Brunswick 78rpm numerical listing discography: 7500–8000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN7500.htm |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick || {{Start date|1937|1|4}} || {{Start date|1937|2}} || US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians || "A Sailboat in the Moonlight" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|5|28}} || {{Start date|1937|6}} || US BB 1937 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 13 || [[Teddy Wilson|Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra]] (vocal [[Billie Holiday]]) || "Carelessly"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick || {{Start date|1937|3|31}} || {{Start date|1937|4}} || US BB 1937 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 14 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Satan Takes a Holiday]]" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|4|15}} || {{Start date|1937|7}} || US BB 1937 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 15 || Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Margaret McCrae) || "This Year's Kisses" || Victor || {{Start date|1936|12|30}} || {{Start date|1937|1|20}} || US BB 1937 #15, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 16 || Bing Crosby || Remember Me? || Decca || {{Start date|1937|9|20}} || {{Start date|1937|10}} || US BB 1937 #16, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
|-
| 17 || [[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra]] || "[[It's De-Lovely]]" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|10|2}} || {{Start date|1937|10|21}} || US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Russ Morgan|Russ Morgan and His Orchestra]] || "[[The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick || {{Start date|1937|4|29}} || {{Start date|1937|5}} || US BB 1937 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 19 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "Marie" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|1|29}} || {{Start date|1937|2|17}} || US BB 1937 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, 150,000 sales<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1939 |title=Some New Highs |pages=39 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://archive.org/details/variety133-1939-02/page/n149/mode/2up?q=highs |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 20 || Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra || "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" || Bluebird || {{Start date|1937|6|3}} || {{Start date|1937|6|16}} || US BB 1937 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 21 || [[Fats Waller|Fats Waller and his Rhythm]] || "(You Know it All) Smarty" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|6|11}} || {{Start date|1937|6|30}} || US BB 1937 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 22 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "The Big Apple" || Victor || {{Start date|1937|8|13}} || {{Start date|1937|8|25}} || US BB 1937 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
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| 23 || Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (vocal Billie Holiday) || "You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick || {{Start date|1937|8|29}} || {{Start date|1937|9}} || US BB 1937 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 24 || Hal Kemp and His Orchestra || "[[Where or When]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick || {{Start date|1937|3|24}} || {{Start date|1937|4}} || US BB 1936 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 27 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[They Can't Take That Away From Me]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick || {{Start date|1937|3|14}} || {{Start date|1937|4}} || US BB 1937 #27, US #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2005, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1937|Jazz Standards 1937]]
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| 28 || Bing Crosby || [[Too Marvelous for Words]] || Decca || {{Start date|1937|3|3}} || {{Start date|1937|4}} || US BB 1937 #28, US #1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 29 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra]] || [[Caravan (1937 song)|Caravan]] || Master || {{Start date|1937|5|14}} || {{Start date|1937|6}} || US BB 1937 #60, US #4 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1936|Jazz Standards 1936]]
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