1934 in music – Wikipedia

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Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart positions 1 Bing Crosby “June in January”[3] Decca 310 November 9, 1934 (1934-11-09) November 24, 1934 (1934-11-24) US Billboard 1934 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 12 total weeks 2 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Vocal Bob Lawrence) “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”[4] Victor 24455 November 3, 1933 (1933-11-03) December 9, 1933 (1933-12-09) US Billboard US BB 1934 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, Jazz Standards 3 Bing Crosby “Love in Bloom”[5] Brunswick 6936 July 5, 1934 (1934-07-05) August 4, 1934 (1934-08-04) US Billboard 1934 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks 4 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra “Cocktails for Two”[6] Victor 24617 April 12, 1934 (1934-04-12) May 9, 1934 (1934-05-09) US Billboard 1934 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007 5 Ray Noble and His Orchestra (Vocal Al Bowlly) “The Very Thought of You”[7] Victor 24657 April 21, 1934 (1934-04-21) June 20, 1934 (1934-06-20) US Billboard 1934 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2005 6 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra “I’ll String Along with You”[5] Brunswick 6936 March 1, 1934 (1934-03-01) April 1934 (1934-04) US Billboard 1934 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks 7 Bing Crosby “Little Dutch Mill”[5] Brunswick 6794 March 10, 1934 (1934-03-10) March 31, 1934 (1934-03-31) US Billboard 1934 #7, US #1 for 5 weeks, 11 total weeks 8 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra “Let’s Fall in Love”[8] Victor 24510 January 5, 1934 (1934-01-05) January 17, 1934 (1934-01-17) US Billboard 1934 #8, US #1 for 5 weeks, 11 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1936) 9 Freddy Martin and His Orchestra “I Saw Stars”[5] Brunswick 6948 August 3, 1934 (1934-08-03) September 1934 (1934-09) US Billboard 1934 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 11 total weeks 10 Grace Moore and Metropolitan Orchestra “One Night of Love”[5] Brunswick 6994 October 3, 1934 (1934-10-03) November 1934 (1934-11) US Billboard 1934 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks 11 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians “Stars Fell on Alabama”[9] Decca 104 August 27, 1934 (1934-08-27) October 1934 (1934-10) US Billboard 1934 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 9 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1934 12 Ray Noble and His Orchestra (Vocal Al Bowlly) “The Old Spinning Wheel” Victor 24357 May 10, 1933 (1933-05-10) October 1933 (1933-10) US Billboard 1934 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks 13 Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra “Stay as Sweet as You Are”[10] Brunswick 7307 October 5, 1934 (1934-10-05) November 1934 (1934-11) US Billboard 1934 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks 14 Jan Garber and His Orchestra “All I Do Is Dream Of You”[11] Victor 24629 May 8, 1934 (1934-05-08) June 23, 1934 (1934-06-23) US Billboard 1934 #14, US #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks 15 Jimmie Grier and His Coconut Grove Orchestra “The Object of My Affection”[10] Brunswick 7308 October 5, 1934 (1934-10-05) November 1934 (1934-11) US Billboard 1934 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks 16 Enric Madriguera and His Orchestra “The Carioca”[12] Columbia 2885 January 24, 1934 (1934-01-24) March 1934 (1934-03) US Billboard 1934 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks 17 Leo Reisman “The Continental”[5] Brunswick 6973 May 7, 1934 (1934-05-07) June 1934 (1934-06) US Billboard 1934 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks 18 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra “Moon Glow”[12] Columbia 2927 May 14, 1934 (1934-05-14) June 1934 (1934-06) US Billboard 1934 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks 19 Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra “My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii”[5] Brunswick 6936 December 13, 1933 (1933-12-13) January 1934 (1934-01) US Billboard 1934 #19, US #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks 20 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Vocal Bob Lawrence “Wagon Wheels”[13] Victor 24517 January 10, 1934 (1934-01-10) February 1934 (1934-02) US Billboard 1934 #20, US #1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
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