Editing 1936 in music (section)

==Top popular recordings 1936==

The twenty popular records listed below were extracted from [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]],<ref name=PopMemories>{{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]] || "[[Pennies from Heaven (song)|Pennies from Heaven]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 463. Pennies from heaven / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266886/DLA_463-Pennies_from_heaven |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 947 || {{Start date|1936|7|24}} || {{Start date|1936|11}} || US BB 1936 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1936|Jazz Standards 1936]]
|-
| 2 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[The Way You Look Tonight|The Way You Look To-night]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 7717 || {{Start date|1936|7|26}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Jazz Standards 1936
|-
| 3 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Ward (singer)|Helen Ward]]) || "[[The Glory of Love (Benny Goodman song)|The Glory Of Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-100381. The glory of love / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023520/BS-100381-The_glory_of_love |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25316 || {{Start date|1936|4|23}} || {{Start date|1936|5|6}} || US BB 1936 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
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| 4 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Alone (1935 song)|Alone]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98102. Alone / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Cliff Weston – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022559/BS-98102-Alone |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25191 || {{Start date|1935|11|7}} || {{Start date|1935|12}} || US BB 1936 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
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| 5 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Ward (singer)|Helen Ward]]) || "[[Goody Goody]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-96569. Goody-goody / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022346/BS-96569-Goody-goody |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25245 || {{Start date|1936|1|24}} || {{Start date|1936|2}} || US BB 1936 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 6 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "[[A Fine Romance (song)|A Fine Romance]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 7716 || {{Start date|1936|7|28}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Clambake Seven]] || "[[The Music Goes 'Round and Around|The Music Goes Round and Round]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98363. The music goes 'round and 'round / Clambake Seven; Tommy Dorsey; Edythe Wright – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022665/BS-98363-The_music_goes_round_and_round |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25201 || {{Start date|1936|5|25}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "Did I Remember?"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-102338. Did I remember / Charles Chester; Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023991/BS-102338-Did_I_remember |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 6476 || {{Start date|1936|7|3}} || {{Start date|1936|7|31}} || US BB 1936 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Fats Waller|Fats Waller and his Rhythm]] || "[[It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-101667. It's a sin to tell a lie / Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023819/BS-101667-Its_a_sin_to_tell_a_lie |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25342 || {{Start date|1936|6|5}} || {{Start date|1936|6|17}} || US BB 1936 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Is It True What They Say About Dixie?]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 319. Is it true what they say about Dixie? / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000266742/DLA_319-Is_it_true_what_they_say_about_Dixie |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 768 || {{Start date|1936|3|29}} || {{Start date|1936|8}} || US BB 1936 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Jan Garber|Jan Garber and His Orchestra]] || "Melody from the Sky"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix C 90619. Melody from the sky / Jan Garber Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000281970/C_90619-Melody_from_the_sky |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 761 || {{Start date|1936|2|27}} || {{Start date|1936|4}} || US BB 1936 #11, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Moon Over Miami (song)|Moon Over Miami]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98456. Moon over Miami / Eddy Duchin Orchestra; Lew Sherwood – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022725/BS-98456-Moon_over_Miami |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25212 || {{Start date|1935|12|23}} || {{Start date|1935|12|27}} || US BB 1936 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 13 || [[Mike Riley (musician)|Riley-Farley and their Onyx Club Band]] || "The Music Goes 'Round and Around"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 60110. The music goes 'round and around / Mike Riley, Eddie Farley and their Onyx Club Boys – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000288223/60110-The_music_goes_round_and_around |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 578 || {{Start date|1935|10|24}} || {{Start date|1935|11}} || US BB 1936 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 100,000 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=14}}</ref>
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| 14 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "[[In the Chapel in the Moonlight]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-02192. In the chapel in the moonlight / Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200025061/BS-02192-In_the_chapel_in_the_moonlight |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 6640 || {{Start date|1936|10|22}} || {{Start date|1936|11|4}} || US BB 1936 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks 
|-
| 15 || [[Hal Kemp|Hal Kemp and His Orchestra]] || "[[There's a Small Hotel]]"<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 7634 || {{Start date|1936|3|12}} || {{Start date|1936|4}} || US BB 1936 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "When Did You Leave Heaven"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-100766. When did you leave heaven? / Carmen Lombardo; Guy Lombardo; Royal Canadians – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023545/BS-100766-When_did_you_leave_heaven |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25357 || {{Start date|1936|7|2}} || {{Start date|1936|7|17}} || US BB 1936 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks 
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| 17 || Jan Garber and His Orchestra || "A Beautiful Lady in Blue"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-98362. A beautiful lady in blue / Al Bowlly; Ray Noble Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022664/BS-98362-A_beautiful_lady_in_blue |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 651 || {{Start date|1935|12|16}} || {{Start date|1936|1}} || US BB 1936 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 18 || Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal [[Helen Ward (singer)|Helen Ward]]) || "It's Been So Long"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-96567. It's been so long / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200022344/BS-96567-Its_been_so_long |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25245 || {{Start date|1936|1|24}} || {{Start date|1936|2}} || US BB 1936 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks
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| 19 || Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Ward) || "[[These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)|These Foolish Things Remind Me of You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-101256. These foolish things remind me of you / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Helen Ward – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200023701/BS-101256-These_foolish_things_remind_me_of_you |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25351 || {{Start date|1936|6|15}} || {{Start date|1936|7|1}} || US BB 1936 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1935|Jazz Standards 1935]]
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| 20 || Hal Kemp and His Orchestra || "When I'm with You"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 7681 || {{Start date|1936|5|13}} || {{Start date|1936|7}} || US BB 1936 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|}