Editing 1938 in music (section)

==Top popular recordings==

The twenty popular records 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<
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| 1 || [[Chick Webb|Chick Webb Orchestra]] (vocal [[Ella Fitzgerald]]) || "[[A-Tisket, A-Tasket]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 63693. A-tisket, a-tasket / Chick Webb Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000291806/63693-A-tisket_a-tasket |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 1840 || {{Start date|1938|5|2}} || {{Start date|1938|6}} || US Billboard  1938 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986, 250,000 sales<ref name=Variety>{{Cite news |date=February 1939 |title=Some New Highs |page=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>
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| 2 || [[Larry Clinton|Larry Clinton and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Bea Wain]]) || "[[My Reverie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-024049. My reverie / Larry Clinton Orchestra; Bea Wain – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200032735/BS-024049-My_reverie |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26006 || {{Start date|1938|7|16}} || {{Start date|1938|8|3}} || US Billboard 1938 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 100,000 sales<ref name=Variety/>
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| 3 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (vocal [[Edythe Wright]]) || "Music, Maestro, Please"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-023211. Music, maestro, please / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Edythe Wright – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200032354/BS-023211-Music_maestro_please |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 25866 || {{Start date|1938|5|12}} || {{Start date|1938|6|8}} || US Billboard 1938 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks
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| 4 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and his Orchestra]] || "[[Begin the Beguine]]" || Bluebird 7746 || {{Start date|1938|7|24}} || {{Start date|1938|8|17}} || US Billboard 1938 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1977, [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2012]], [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1935|Jazz Standards 1935]]
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| 5 || [[Horace Heidt|Horace Heidt And His Brigadiers]] || "[[Ti-Pi-Tin]]" || Brunswick 8078 || {{Start date|1938|2|11}} || {{Start date|1938|3}} || US Billboard 1938 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks 
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| 6 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] || "Don't Be That Way" || Victor 25792 || {{Start date|1938|2|16}} || {{Start date|1938|3|2}} || US Billboard 1938 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
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| 7 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] || "[[Bei Mir Bistu Shein]]" || Decca 1562 || {{Start date|1937|11|24}} || {{Start date|1937|12}} || US Billboard 1938 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 10 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, National Recording Registry 2008, 100,000 sales, 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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| 8 || Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain) || "[[Cry, Baby, Cry]]" || Victor 25819 || {{Start date|1938|3|31}} || {{Start date|1938|4|13}} || US Billboard 1938 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 25 total weeks
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| 9 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[I've Got A Pocketful Of Dreams]]" || Decca 1562 || {{Start date|1937|7|11}} || {{Start date|1937|7}} || US Billboard 1938 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks
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| 10 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "[[Thanks for the Memory]]" || Bluebird 7318 || {{Start date|1937|11|29}} || {{Start date|1937|12}} || US Billboard 1938 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1938|Jazz Standards 1938]]
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| 11 || [[Red Norvo|Red Norvo and His Orchestra]] (Vocal Mildred Bailey) || "Says My Heart" || Brunswick 8135 || {{Start date|1938|4|19}} || {{Start date|1938|5}} || US Billboard 1938 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 12 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra]] || "[[I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart]]" || Brunswick 8108 || {{Start date|1938|3|3}} || {{Start date|1938|3}} || US Billboard 1938 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks
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| 13 || [[Sammy Kaye|Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra]] || "[[Love Walked In]]" || Vocalion 4017 || {{Start date|1938|3|20}} || {{Start date|1938|4}} || US Billboard 1938 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 14 || Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra || "Cathedral in the Pines" || Bluebird 7533 || {{Start date|1938|4|20}} || {{Start date|1938|5|4}} || US Billboard 1938 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 15 || Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey) || "[[Please Be Kind]]" || Brunswick 8088 || {{Start date|1938|2|10}} || {{Start date|1938|3}} || US Billboard 1938 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 16 || Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra || "Rosalie" || Vocalion 4017 || {{Start date|1938|9|7}} || {{Start date|1938|10}} || US Billboard 1938 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
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| 17 || [[Russ Morgan|Russ Morgan and His Orchestra]] || "I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams" || Decca 1936 || {{Start date|1938|7|7}} || {{Start date|1938|8}} || US Billboard 1938 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 18 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Change Partners]]" || Decca 2002 || {{Start date|1938|7|29}} || {{Start date|1938|9}} || US Billboard 1938 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 19 || [[Andy Kirk (musician)|Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy]] || "I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)" || Decca 2127 || {{Start date|1938|9|2}} || {{Start date|1938|10}} || US Billboard 1938 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
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| 20 || Bing Crosby || "[[You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby]]" || Decca 2147 || {{Start date|1938|10|14}} || {{Start date|1938|11}} || US Billboard 1938 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
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| 21 || Bing Crosby and [[Connee Boswell]] || "[[Alexander's Ragtime Band]]" || Decca 1887 || {{Start date|1938|1|26}} || {{Start date|1938|3}} || US Billboard 1938 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
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| 22 || [[Fats Waller|Fats Waller and his Rhythm]] || "[[Two Sleepy People]]" || Bluebird 10000 || {{Start date|1938|10|13}} || {{Start date|1938|11|2}} || US Billboard 1938 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
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| 23 || [[Fred Astaire]] || "Change Partners" || Brunswick 8189 || {{Start date|1938|3|24}} || {{Start date|1938|7}} || US Billboard 1938 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 24 || Fred Astaire || "[[Nice Work if You Can Get It (song)|Nice Work if You Can Get It]]" || Brunswick 7983 || {{Start date|1937|10|17}} || {{Start date|1937|11}} || US Billboard 1938 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1937|Jazz Standards 1937]]
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| 25 || Larry Clinton and His Orchestra || "[[Heart and Soul (Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael song)|Heart and Soul]]" || Victor 26046 || {{Start date|1938|9|1}} || {{Start date|1938|9|21}} || US Billboard 1938 #25, US #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, [[List of 1930s jazz standards#1938|Jazz Standards 1938]]
|}

=== Top Christmas hits===
*"Don't Wait 'Till The Night Before Christmas" – [[Eddy Duchin]] and His Orchestra