AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (DAVID KENT) TOP SINGLES FOR 1940
1-THE WOODPECKER SONG-KATE SMITH;GLENN MILLER-DECEMBER
2-TILL THE LIGHTS OF LONDON SHINE AGAIN-JOE LOSS-August
3-SOUTH OF THE BORDER (DOWN MEXICO WAY)-JOE LOSS;CARSON ROBINSON-January
4-BLUE ORCHIDS-JOE LOSS;GLENN MILLER-May
5-BEER BARREL POLKA (ROLL OUT THE BARREL)-ANDREWS SISTERS;JOE LOSS-April
6-BEGIN THE BEGUINE-JOE LOSS;ARTIE SHAW-May
7-THE SINGING HILLS-JACK WHITE;BING CROSBY-December
8-SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE WITH YOU-Joe Loss;West End Players-August
9-OH JOHNNY OH JOHNNY OH-Joe Loss;Andrews Sisters-August
10-WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR-Roy Smeck;Kate Smith-December
11-Wish Me Luck (As You Wave Me Goodbye)-Gracie Fields-January
12-Scatter Brain-Frankie Masters;Milt Herth-August
13-There’s A Boy Coming Home On Leave-Jack White;Ambrose-December
14-Over The Rainbow-Judy Garland;Jim Davidson-March
15-Run,Rabbit,Run-London Piano-Accordeon Band;Joe Loss-April
16-Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant-Major-London Piano Accordean Band;Ambrose-June
17-An Apple For The Teacher-Nick Lucas;Bing Crosby & Connee Boswell-March
18-F.D.R. Jones-Joe Loss;Flanagan & Allen-July
19-She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor-Dick Robertson;Nick Lucas-October
20-The Man That Comes Around-Tommy Tucker-October
21-The Man With The Mandolin-Jim Davidson;Nick Lucas-January
22-(We’re..) The Washing On The Siegfried Line-Jim Davidson;Jack Lumsdaine-January
23-A Man And His Dream-Nick Lucas;Bing Crosby-March
24-Rosita (Her Name Was Rosita)-Joe Loss;Ambrose-November
25-You’re The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)-The Hill Billies;Dick Todd-January
26-Begin The Beguine-Andrews Sisters-MAY
27-There’s A Boy Coming Home On Leave-Flanagan & Allen-December
28-When You Wish Upon A Star-Glenn Miller-December
29-Run,Rabbit,Run-Flanagan & Allen-April
30-Over The Rainbow-Nick Lucas-March
31-The Man With The Mandolin-Horace Heidt-January
32-She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor-Harry Roy-October
33-(Forever) I’ll Remember-Ambrose & His Orchestra;Joe Loss-June
34-Shabby Old Cabby-Joe Loss-March
35-Good Luck (and The Same For You)-Billy Cotton-July
36-Nursie Nursie-Ambrose & His Orchestra-September
37-Love Never Grows Old-Ambrose & His Orchestra-August
38-Alla En El Rancho Grande (My Ranch)-Bing Crosby & The Foursome-May
39-Little Sir Echo-Bing Crosby;Horace Heidt-January
40-There’ll Always Be An England-Joe Loss-August
41-If A Grey Haired Lady Says “How’s Your Father”-Flanagan & Allen-July
42-In An Old Dutch Garden-Glenn Miller-October
43-Three Little Fishies-Kay Kyser-January
44-With The Wind And Rain In Your Hair-Dick Todd-December
45-Deep Purple-Bing Crosby;Jimmy Dorsey-January
46-Sunrise Serenade-Glen Gray;Horace Heidt-January
47-Wishing (Will Make It So)-Glenn Miller-January
48-Careless-Jim Davidson;Al Bowlly-July
49-One Day When We Were Young-Milliza Korjus;Joe Loss-January
50-Boomps-A-Daisy-Joe Loss-January
51-Playmates-Dick Robertson-December
52-Goodbye Sally-Ambrose & His Orchestra-September
53-The Gaucho Serenade-Dick Todd-September
54-We’re Off To See The Wizard-Jim Davidson-March