PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1931*
https://playback.fm/year/1931 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 MINNIE THE MOOCHER-CAB CALLOWAY & HIS COTTON CLUB ORCHESTRA-APRIL 2 JUST A GIGOLO-TED LEWIS-February 3 MOOD INDIGO-DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS FAMOUS ORCHESTRA-March 4 DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME-WAYNE KING-May 5 OUT OF NOWHERE-BING CROSBY-May 6 TIGER RAG-MILLS BROTHERS-December 7 STARDUST-ISHAM JONES-May 8 GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART-Guy Lombardo-July 9 AT YOUR COMMAND-Bing Crosby-August 10 GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART-Wayne King-July 11 Stardust-Louis Armstrong-May 12 Just One More Chance-Bing Crosby-July 13 I Got Rhythm-Red Nichols & His Five Pennies-January 14(There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time-Guy Lombardo-June 15 I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In a Five & Dime store)-Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians-June 16 By The River St.Marie-Guy Lombardo-May 17 When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain-Kate Smith-July 18 Sweet & Lovely-Gus Arnheim & his Orchestra-July 19 Rockin' In Rhythm-Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra-March 20 Sugar Blues-Clyde McCoy & His Orchestra-May 21 It's The Girl-Boswell Sisters & Dorsey Brothers Orchestra-September 22 Just A Gigolo-Bing Crosby-April 23 Lazy River-Louis Armstrong-June 24 Lady Of Spain-Ray Noble & His Orchestra-November 25 Smile Darn Ya Smile-Ben Selvin-July 26 Tico-Tico no Fuba-Orquestra Colbaz-July 27 Oh Donna Clara-Layton & Johnstone-July 28 I Got Rhythm-Ethel Waters-January 29 Dancing In The Dark-Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians-August 30 Bacon,Beans and Limousines-Will Rogers-July 31 Dancing In The Dark-Bing Crosby-October 32 Goodnight Sweetheart-Russ Columbo-July 33 Love For Sale-Libby Holman-March 34 I'll Bw Glad When You're Dead.You Rascal You-Louis Armstrong-November 35 Time On My Hands (You In My Arms)-Smith Ballew & His Piping Rock Orchestra-July 36 Cuban Love Song-Jacques Renard & His Orchestra-November 37 Siboney-Alfredo Brito & His Siboney Orchestra-June 38 Se Voce Jurar-Francisco Alves & Mario Reis-July 39 Goodnight Sweetheart-Al Bowlly-July 40 Cuban Love Song-Paul Whiteman-November 41 Out of Nowhere-Leo Reisman-May 42 When It's Sleepy Time Down South-Mildred Baley,Romancers,Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra-December 43 The Thrill Is Gone-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees-October 44 St.James Infirmary-Cab Calloway & his Cotton Club Orchestra-June 45 De Papo Pro Ar-Gastao Formenti-July 46 Somebody Loves You-Ted Lewis & His Band-May 47 I Don't Know Why (i Just Do)-Ernie Burchill,Andy Hansen,Bill Enger,Wayne King &-September 48 (There Ought To Be A) Moonlight Savings Time-Hal Kemp & His Orchestra-June 49 I Found A Million Dollar Baby-Bing Crosby-August 50 An Ev'ning In Caroline-Ted Lewis & His Band-December 51 Home-Peter Van Steeden & His Orchestra-July 52 When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On The Tuba-Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees-August 53 Now That You're Gone-Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians-October 54 Sweet & Lovely-Guy Lombardo-July 55 Wabash Moon-Wayne King & His Orchestra-April 56 Kickin' The Gong Around-Cab Calloway & his Cotton Club Orchestra-December 57 I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl-Bessie Smith-July 58 Com Que Roupa?-Noel Rosa-July 59 Experience Blues-Ruth Willis-July 60 That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine-Gene Autry & Jimmy Long-July *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).