PLAYBACK.FM (Website) TOP SINGLES FOR 1936*
https://playback.fm/year/1936 No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 PENNIES FROM HEAVEN-BING CROSBY-DECEMBER 2 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT-FRED ASTAIRE-October 3 GOODY GOODY-BENNY GOODMAN-April 4 SUMMERTIME-BILLIE HOLIDAY-July 5 THE GLORY OF LOVE-BENNY GOODMAN & HELEN WARD-July 6 GOODNIGHT,IRENE-LEADBELLY-July 7 CROSS ROAD BLUES-ROBERT JOHNSON-July 8 DID I REMEMBER?-Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-September 9 IT'S A SIN TO TELL A LIE-Fats Waller-July 10 ALONE-Cliff Weston & Tommy Dorsey-December 11 The Music Goes Round And Round-Tommy Dorsey-January 12 These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You-Benny Goodman-August 13 A Melody From The Sky-Jan Garber-May 14 A Fine Romance-Fred Astaire-October 15 He's Got The Whole World In His Hands-Marian Anderson-July 16 Moon Over Miami-Eddy Duchin-February 17 There's A Small Hotel-Hal Kemp-July 18 Is It True What They Say About Dixie-Jimmy Dorsey-June 19 When Did You Leave Heaven?-Guy Lombardo-October 20 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You-Dorsey Brothers-November 21 Sweet Home Chicago-Robert Johnson-July 22 I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket-Fred Astaire-April 23 Until The Real Thing Comes Along-Andy Kirk-September 24 A Beautiful Lady In Blue-Jan Garber-April 25 All My Life-Fats Waller-June 26 I've Got You Under My Skin-Al Bowlly.Ray Noble & His Orchestra-December 27 Great Speckled Bird-Roy Acuff-July 28 Lotta Sax Appeal-Andy Kirk-July 29 When I'm With You-Hal Kemp-August 30 Take My Heart-Eddy Duchin-July 31 I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs-Eddy Duchin-December 32 Lights Out-Eddy Duchin-March 33 Pierro Apaixonado-Joel & Gaucho-July 34 Stompin' At The Savoy-Benny Goodman Orchestra-July 35 These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You-Billie Holiday-August 36 Easy To Love-Shep Fields & his Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-December 37 I'm An Old Cowhand-Bing Crosby-September 38 Robins & Roses-Bing Crosby-June 39 Pennies From Heaven-Eddy Duchin-December 40 Organ Grinder's Swing-Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra-November 41 Lost-Guy Lombardo-April 42 Steel Guitar Rag-Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys-July 43 It's Been So Long-Benny Goodman-March 44 You-Tommy Dorsey-May 45 You Turned The Tables On Me-Benny Goodman-November 46 In The Chapel In The Moonlight-Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra-December 47 These Foolish Things Remind Me Of You-Leslie A Hutchinson-August 48 O ebrio-Vicente Celestino-July 49 Would You?-Bing Crosby-August 50 32 20 Blues-Robert Johnson-July 51 San Francisco-Tommy Dorsey-July 52 Until The Real Thing Comes Along-Fats Waller-September 53 A Fine Romance-Billie Holiday-October 54 No Regrets-Billie Holiday-August 55 I Can't Get Started-Hal Kemp-July 56 Echoes of Harlem-Duke Ellington-July 57 Gloomy Sunday-Hal Kemp-July 58 Magoas de Caboclo-Orlando Silva-July 59 Christopher Columbus-Pha Terrell & Andy Kirk-June 60 What Will I Tell My Heart-Pha Terrell & Andy Kirk Orchestra-December *This list was compiled with charts from various western industrialized nations (primarily the USA and UK).