Editing 1939 in music (section)

==Top popular recordings==

The twenty-five 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
|-
| 1 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and his Orchestra]] || "[[In the Mood]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038170. In the mood / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038061/BS-038170-In_the_mood |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10416 || {{Start date|1939|8|1}} || {{Start date|1939|9|15}} || US Billboard 1939 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 30 total weeks, [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2004]]
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| 2 || [[Will Glahé|Glahe Musette Orchestra]] || "[[Beer Barrel Polka]]" || Victor V-710 || {{Start date|1938|5|11}} || {{Start date|1939|4}} || US Billboard 1939 #2, US #1 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks
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| 3 || [[Orrin Tucker|Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra]] Vocal chorus [[Bonnie Baker (singer)|Bonnie Baker]] || "[[Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 35200–35500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL35200.htm |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 35228 || {{Start date|1939|8|20}} || {{Start date|1939|9|29}} || US Billboard 1939 #3, US #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, sold 1,500,000<ref name=goldendisc>{{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><ref>'' 'Wee' Bonnie Baker Gailey, 73, Band Singer of 'Oh Johnny' Hit,'' by Seth Borenstein [[Sun-Sentinel]], August 14, 1990</ref>
|-
| 4 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Moonlight Serenade]]" || Bluebird B-10214 || {{Start date|1939|4|4}} || {{Start date|1939|4|26}} || US Billboard 1939 #4, US #3 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1991, ASCAP song of 1939
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| 5 || [[Judy Garland]] || "Over the Rainbow" || Decca 2672 || {{Start date|1939|7|28}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #5, US #5 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1981, AFI 1, RIAA 1, Music Imprint 1 of 1930s, ASCAP song of 1938, National Recording Registry 2016
|-
| 6 || [[Kate Smith]] || "[[God Bless America]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-035319. God bless America / Kate Smith – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036686/BS-035319-God_bless_America |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26198 || {{Start date|1939|3|21}} || {{Start date|1939|4|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #6, US #5 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1982, National Recording Registry 2002
|-
| 7 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Over the Rainbow]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038262. Over the rainbow / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038140/BS-038262-Over_the_rainbow |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10366 || {{Start date|1939|7|12}} || {{Start date|1939|8|17}} || US Billboard 1939 #7, US #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks
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| 8 || [[Larry Clinton|Larry Clinton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-030475. Deep purple / Larry Clinton Orchestra; Bea Wain – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035087/BS-030475-Deep_purple |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26141 || {{Start date|1938|12|23}} || {{Start date|1939|1|18}} || US Billboard 1939 #8, US #1 for 9 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000
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| 9 || [[Frankie Masters|Frankie Masters and His Orchestra]] || "Scatter Brain"<ref name=Vocalion1/> || Vocalion 4915 || {{Start date|1939|5|25}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #9, US #1 for 8 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 10 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Martha Tilton]]) || "And the Angels Sing"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-031875. And the angels sing / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Martha Tilton – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035587/BS-031875-And_the_angels_sing |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26170 || {{Start date|1939|2|1}} || {{Start date|1939|3|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #10, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
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| 11 || [[Mary Martin]] ([[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin Orchestra]]) || ""[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]"<ref name=Brunswick>{{Cite web |title=BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 8000 – end of series (8517) |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN8000.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick 8282 || {{Start date|1938|12|2}} || {{Start date|1939|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[The Ink Spots]] || ""[[If I Didn't Care]]" || Decca 2286 || {{Start date|1939|1|12}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} || US Billboard 1939 #12, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987, National Recording Registry 2017, sold 19,000,000<ref name=goldendisc/><ref>{{Cite web |title=National Recording Registry Reaches 500 |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-18-028/national-recording-registry-reaches-500/2018-03-21/ |access-date=2022-11-10 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref>
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| 13 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[What's New?]]" || Decca 2671 || {{Start date|1939|6|30}} || {{Start date|1939|9}} || US BB 1939 #13, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 14 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-041153. South of the border (Down Mexico way) / Hal Derwin ; Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200039076/BS-041153-South_of_the_border_Down_Mexico_way |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10376 || {{Start date|1939|8|1}} || {{Start date|1939|8|14}} || US Billboard 1939 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks
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| 15 || [[Bob Crosby|Bob Crosby and His Orchestra]] || "[[Day In, Day Out (1939 song)|Day In, Day Out]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 66000. Day in, day out / Bob Crosby Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000294113/66000-Day_in_day_out |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2703 || {{Start date|1939|7|24}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks
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| 16 || [[Cab Calloway|Cab Calloway and His Orchestra]] || "[[Jumpin' Jive|(Hep-Hep) The Jumpin' Jive]]"<ref name=Vocalion2>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000–5499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC5000.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 5005 || {{Start date|1939|7|17}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #16, US #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017
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| 17 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Stairway to the Stars]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-036878. Stairway to the stars / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037357/BS-036878-Stairway_to_the_stars |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10276 || {{Start date|1939|5|9}} || {{Start date|1939|5|22}} || US Billboard 1939 #17, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Kay Kyser|Kay Kyser and His Orchestra]] || "[[Three Little Fishies]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 8358 || {{Start date|1939|4|8}} || {{Start date|1939|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
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| 19 || [[Sammy Kaye|Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra]] || "[[Penny Serenade]]" || Victor 26150 || {{Start date|1939|1|20}} || {{Start date|1939|2|1}} || US BB 1939 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
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| 20 || [[Al Donahue|Al Donahue and His Orchestra]] || "[[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]"<ref name=Vocalion1>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4500–4999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC4500.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 4513 || {{Start date|1938|11|23}} || {{Start date|1938|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #20, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 21 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "The Man With The Mandolin"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038264. The man with the mandolin / Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038142/BS-038264-The_man_with_the_mandolin |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10358 || {{Start date|1939|7|12}} || {{Start date|1939|7|31}} || US Billboard 1939 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
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| 22 || [[Glen Gray|Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra]] || "[[Sunrise Serenade]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65035. Sunrise serenade-1 / Glen Gray Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293148/65035-Sunrise_serenade-1 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2321 || {{Start date|1939|2|17}} || {{Start date|1939|3}} || US Billboard 1939 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 23 || [[Woody Herman|Woody Herman and His Orchestra]] || "[[Woodchopper's Ball|At the Woodchopper's Ball]]" || Decca 2440 || {{Start date|1939|4|12}} || {{Start date|1939|5}} || US BB 1939 #23, US #9 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2002
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| 24 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] || "Hold Tight, Hold Tight" || Decca 2214 || {{Start date|1938|11|21}} || {{Start date|1938|12}} || US BB 1939 #24, US #2 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
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| 25 || Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra || "Heaven Can Wait"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65037. Heaven can wait / Glen Gray Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293150/65037-Heaven_can_wait |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2321 || {{Start date|1939|2|17}} || {{Start date|1939|3|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #25, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|}

Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B):
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 26 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Blue Orchids"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038139. Blue orchids / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038040/BS-038139-Blue_orchids |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10372 || {{Start date|1939|7|26}} || {{Start date|1939|8|14}} || US Billboard 1939 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
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| 27 || The Ink Spots || ""[[My Prayer]]" || Decca 2790 || {{Start date|1939|9|18}} || {{Start date|1939|10}} || US Billboard 1939 #42, US #3 for 1 week, 12 total weeks 
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| 28 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal Jack Leonard) || "[[Our Love (1939 song)|Our Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-034400. Our love / Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036494/BS-034400-Our_love |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26202 || {{Start date|1939|3|15}} || {{Start date|1939|4|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #19, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks 
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| 29 || Kay Kyser and His Orchestra || "The Umbrella Man"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 8225 || {{Start date|1938|9|1}} || {{Start date|1938|11}} || US Billboard 1939 #20, US #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks
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| 30 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Wishing (Will Make It So)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-035729. Wishing (Will make it so) / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036906/BS-035729-Wishing_Will_make_it_so |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10219 || {{Start date|1939|4|10}} || {{Start date|1939|5|3}} || US Billboard 1939 #30, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks
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| 31 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Forrest]]) || "[[They Say (jazz standard)|They Say]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-030733. They say / Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035159/BS-030733-They_say |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10075 || {{Start date|1938|12|19}} || {{Start date|1938|12|28}} || US Billboard 1939 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
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| 35 || The Ink Spots || "Address Unknown" || Decca 2707 || {{Start date|1939|8|17}} || {{Start date|1939|10}} || US Billboard 1939 #30, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks 
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| 45 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Moon Love"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-037157. Moon love / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037543/BS-037157-Moon_love |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10303 || {{Start date|1939|5|25}} || {{Start date|1939|6|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
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| 189 || [[Walter Huston]] || "[[September Song]]" || Brunswick 8272 || {{Start date|1938|11|14}} || {{Start date|1939|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #189, US #12 for 1 week, 5 total weeks
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| 190 || [[Gene Autry]] || "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"<ref name=Vocalion2/> || Vocalion 5122 || {{Start date|1939|9|11}} || {{Start date|1939|10|13}} || US Billboard 1939 #190, US #12 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US BBHB 1939 #8, US Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Home |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/home |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref>
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| 325 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems And His Orchestra]] (vocal [[Perry Como]]) || "[[I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]]" || Decca 2919 || {{Start date|1939|10|5}} || {{Start date|1939|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #325, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|}