Editing 1940 in music (section)

==Top popular recordings==

The following songs appeared in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart]] during 1940. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Regional charts determined the 11–25 rankings each week, and records that failed to score on the main chart were ranked by highest position. Additional information was obtained from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified. 
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]] || "[[Frenesi]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-042546. Frenesi / Artie Shaw Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200040067/PBS-042546-Frenesi |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26542 || {{Start date|1940|3|3}} || {{Start date|1940|3|29}} || US BB 1940 #1, US #1 for 13 weeks, 29 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000, 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
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| 2 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Frank Sinatra]] || "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-048942. I'll never smile again / The Pied Pipers; Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043649/BS-048942-Ill_never_smile_again |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26628 || {{Start date|1940|4|23}} || {{Start date|1940|6|7}} || US BB 1940 #2, US #1 for 12 weeks, 20 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 3 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Only Forever (song)|Only Forever]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2033. Only forever / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268456/DLA_2033-Only_forever |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3300 || {{Start date|1940|7|3}} || {{Start date|1940|8}} || US BB 1940 #3, US #1 for 9 weeks, 22 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and his Orchestra]] || "[[Tuxedo Junction]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-046786. Tuxedo junction / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200042209/BS-046786-Tuxedo_junction |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10612 || {{Start date|1940|2|5}} || {{Start date|1940|2|23}} || US BB 1940 #4, US #1 for 9 weeks, 19 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 5 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[The Woodpecker Song]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-046739. The woodpecker's song / Glenn Miller Orchestra; Marion Hutton – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200042169/BS-046739-The_woodpeckers_song |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10598 || {{Start date|1940|1|29}} || {{Start date|1940|2|9}} || US BB 1940 #5, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 6 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[When You Wish Upon a Star]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-046084. When you wish upon a star / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200041871/BS-046084-When_you_wish_upon_a_star |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10570 || {{Start date|1940|1|6}} || {{Start date|1940|1|19}} || US BB 1940 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 7 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Careless" || Bluebird 10520 || {{Start date|1939|11|18}} || {{Start date|1939|12|8}} || US BB 1940 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 8 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Jack Leonard) || "[[All the Things You Are]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-040983. All the things you are / Jack Leonard; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200039010/BS-040983-All_the_things_you_are |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26401 || {{Start date|1939|10|20}} || {{Start date|1939|11|3}} || US BB 1940 #8, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 9 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Jack Leonard) || "[[Indian Summer (Victor Herbert song)|Indian Summer]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-042738. Indian summer / Jack Leonard; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200040213/BS-042738-Indian_summer |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26390 || {{Start date|1939|9|27}} || {{Start date|1939|10|20}} || US BB 1940 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks
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| 10 || Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) || "[[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-048489. Fools rush in (where angels fear to tread) / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043323/BS-048489-Fools_rush_in_where_angels_fear_to_tread |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10728 || {{Start date|1940|3|31}} || {{Start date|1940|5|24}} || US BB 1940 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Mildred Bailey]]) || "[[Darn That Dream]]" || Columbia 35331 || {{Start date|1939|12|3}} || {{Start date|1940|1|4}} || US BB 1940 #11, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[The Ink Spots]] || "[[Maybe (Allan Flynn and Frank Madden song)|Maybe]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 67863. Maybe / Ink Spots – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000295976/67863-Maybe |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3258 || {{Start date|1940|6|11}} || {{Start date|1940|7}} || US BB 1940 #12, US #2 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks 
|-
| 13 || Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) || "[[Blueberry Hill]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-053132. Blueberry Hill / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045349/BS-053132-Blueberry_Hill |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10768 || {{Start date|1940|6|13}} || {{Start date|1940|7}} || US BB 1940 #13, US #2 for 4 weeks, 19 total weeks
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| 14 || [[Will Bradley|Will Bradley and His Orchestra]] || [[Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar]] || Columbia 35530 || {{Start date|1940|5|21}} || {{Start date|1940|6|28}} || US BB 1940 #14, US #2 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
|-
| 15 || Bing Crosby || "Trade Winds" || Decca 3299 || {{Start date|1940|3|19}} || {{Start date|1940|4}} || US BB 1940 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || [[The Breeze and I]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 67584. The breeze and I / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000295697/67584-The_breeze_and_I |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3150 || {{Start date|1940|4|18}} || {{Start date|1940|5}} || US BB 1940 #16, US #2 for 6 weeks, 11 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold<ref name=GoldenDiscs/>
|-
| 17 || The Ink Spots || "[[We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 67928. We three (My echo, my shadow and me) / Ink Spots – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296041/67928-We_three_My_echo_my_shadow_and_me |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3379 || {{Start date|1940|7|16}} || {{Start date|1940|9}} || US BB 1940 #17, US #3 for 1 week, 15 total weeks
|-
| 18 || Bing Crosby || "Sierra Sue" || Decca 3133 || {{Start date|1940|3|22}} || {{Start date|1940|4}} || US BB 1940 #18, US #3 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Bob Crosby|Bob Crosby and His Orchestra]] || "[[With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 67189. With the wind and the rain in your hair / Bob Crosby Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000295302/67189-With_the_wind_and_the_rain_in_your_hair |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3018 || {{Start date|1940|2|13}} || {{Start date|1940|3}} || US BB 1940 #19, US #2 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 20 || [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]] || "It's a Blue World"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 66989. It's a blue world / Tony Martin – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000295102/66989-Its_a_blue_world |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2932 || {{Start date|1939|12|19}} || {{Start date|1940|1}} || US BB 1940 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 21 || Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (Vocal Ray Eberle) || "Say It"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-047095. Say it / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200042372/BS-047095-Say_it |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10631 || {{Start date|1940|2|24}} || {{Start date|1940|3|8}} || US BB 1940 #21, US #2 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|}