| Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart positions<
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| 1 |
Chick Webb Orchestra (vocal Ella Fitzgerald) |
“A-Tisket, A-Tasket”[4] |
Decca 1840 |
May 2, 1938 (1938-05-02) |
June 1938 (1938-06) |
US Billboard 1938 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 19 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986, 250,000 sales[5] |
| 2 |
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain) |
“My Reverie”[6] |
Victor 26006 |
July 16, 1938 (1938-07-16) |
August 3, 1938 (1938-08-03) |
US Billboard 1938 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 100,000 sales[5] |
| 3 |
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (vocal Edythe Wright) |
“Music, Maestro, Please”[7] |
Victor 25866 |
May 12, 1938 (1938-05-12) |
June 8, 1938 (1938-06-08) |
US Billboard 1938 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 20 total weeks
|
| 4 |
Artie Shaw and his Orchestra |
“Begin the Beguine” |
Bluebird 7746 |
July 24, 1938 (1938-07-24) |
August 17, 1938 (1938-08-17) |
US Billboard 1938 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1977, National Recording Registry 2012, Jazz Standards 1935
|
| 5 |
Horace Heidt And His Brigadiers |
“Ti-Pi-Tin” |
Brunswick 8078 |
February 11, 1938 (1938-02-11) |
March 1938 (1938-03) |
US Billboard 1938 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
| 6 |
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (Vocal Martha Tilton) |
“Don’t Be That Way” |
Victor 25792 |
February 16, 1938 (1938-02-16) |
March 2, 1938 (1938-03-02) |
US Billboard 1938 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
|
| 7 |
The Andrews Sisters |
“Bei Mir Bistu Shein” |
Decca 1562 |
November 24, 1937 (1937-11-24) |
December 1937 (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[8] |
| 8 |
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra (Vocal Bea Wain) |
“Cry, Baby, Cry” |
Victor 25819 |
March 31, 1938 (1938-03-31) |
April 13, 1938 (1938-04-13) |
US Billboard 1938 #8, US #1 for 4 weeks, 25 total weeks
|
| 9 |
Bing Crosby |
“I’ve Got A Pocketful Of Dreams” |
Decca 1562 |
July 11, 1937 (1937-07-11) |
July 1937 (1937-07) |
US Billboard 1938 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 17 total weeks
|
| 10 |
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra |
“Thanks for the Memory” |
Bluebird 7318 |
November 29, 1937 (1937-11-29) |
December 1937 (1937-12) |
US Billboard 1938 #10, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938
|
| 11 |
Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey) |
“Says My Heart” |
Brunswick 8135 |
April 19, 1938 (1938-04-19) |
May 1938 (1938-05) |
US Billboard 1938 #11, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|
| 12 |
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra |
“I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart” |
Brunswick 8108 |
March 3, 1938 (1938-03-03) |
March 1938 (1938-03) |
US Billboard 1938 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 19 total weeks
|
| 13 |
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra |
“Love Walked In” |
Vocalion 4017 |
March 20, 1938 (1938-03-20) |
April 1938 (1938-04) |
US Billboard 1938 #13, US #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks
|
| 14 |
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra |
“Cathedral in the Pines” |
Bluebird 7533 |
April 20, 1938 (1938-04-20) |
May 4, 1938 (1938-05-04) |
US Billboard 1938 #14, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
|
| 15 |
Red Norvo and His Orchestra (Vocal Mildred Bailey) |
“Please Be Kind” |
Brunswick 8088 |
February 10, 1938 (1938-02-10) |
March 1938 (1938-03) |
US Billboard 1938 #15, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
|
| 16 |
Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra |
“Rosalie” |
Vocalion 4017 |
September 7, 1938 (1938-09-07) |
October 1938 (1938-10) |
US Billboard 1938 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks
|
| 17 |
Russ Morgan and His Orchestra |
“I’ve Got a Pocketful of Dreams” |
Decca 1936 |
July 7, 1938 (1938-07-07) |
August 1938 (1938-08) |
US Billboard 1938 #17, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|
| 18 |
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra |
“Change Partners” |
Decca 2002 |
July 29, 1938 (1938-07-29) |
September 1938 (1938-09) |
US Billboard 1938 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
|
| 19 |
Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy |
“I Won’t Tell a Soul (I Love You)” |
Decca 2127 |
September 2, 1938 (1938-09-02) |
October 1938 (1938-10) |
US Billboard 1938 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
|
| 20 |
Bing Crosby |
“You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” |
Decca 2147 |
October 14, 1938 (1938-10-14) |
November 1938 (1938-11) |
US Billboard 1938 #20, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
| 21 |
Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell |
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band” |
Decca 1887 |
January 26, 1938 (1938-01-26) |
March 1938 (1938-03) |
US Billboard 1938 #21, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
| 22 |
Fats Waller and his Rhythm |
“Two Sleepy People” |
Bluebird 10000 |
October 13, 1938 (1938-10-13) |
November 2, 1938 (1938-11-02) |
US Billboard 1938 #22, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks
|
| 23 |
Fred Astaire |
“Change Partners” |
Brunswick 8189 |
March 24, 1938 (1938-03-24) |
July 1938 (1938-07) |
US Billboard 1938 #23, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|
| 24 |
Fred Astaire |
“Nice Work if You Can Get It” |
Brunswick 7983 |
October 17, 1937 (1937-10-17) |
November 1937 (1937-11) |
US Billboard 1938 #24, US #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1937
|
| 25 |
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra |
“Heart and Soul” |
Victor 26046 |
September 1, 1938 (1938-09-01) |
September 21, 1938 (1938-09-21) |
US Billboard 1938 #25, US #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, Jazz Standards 1938
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